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Of course you realize, this means war.: Of course you realize, this means war.Jason, that was superb.ntI disagree with you, Jason"Apple could significantly expand its market share by allowing Mac OS X to run legally on other hardware platforms"1. Writing an operating system for one set of hardware is way easier than for the "whatever" hardware. You...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, MacOS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., hardware, Jason, PC, Wintel, accident; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Server to server: MacOS X vs. Linux: Server to server: MacOS X vs. LinuxRudy are you bitter??I love Apple products but OSX is nowhere near Linux as a server solution. With you it's always about how much better Solaris is than linux or in this case OSX. Linux has a proven track record from embedded devices to...; Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, virtualization, Apple Mac OS X, server, Apple Inc., Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, LINUX IS, server market; Discussion threads 2007-11-15
RCDefaultApp (dmg): RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or higher preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers (or UTIs; MacOS 10.4 only). MacOS X uses the extension and file type settings to...; Tags: Application, RCDefaultApp, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-05-14
How lucrative is pump-and-dump spam?: How lucrative is pump-and-dump spam?Maybe go after the ZombiesIf your computer is Zombied, it can be tracked down, and your ISP absolutely blocks your computer until it is "fixed". For Zombied machine's elsewhere in the world, could not the worlds backbone apply the same filtering. Become a Zombie,...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, MS-Windoze, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, Linux, virus; Discussion threads 2007-03-09
Apple Vistas: It's almost impossible, when looking at Microsoft's Vista beta not to think about Apple and MacOS X. One thing that keeps popping up when you do that is the possibility that Apple's Intel decision was a replay of their 1993 decision to out-source much of their hardware production to the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, MacOS X, Mactel; Blog posts 2006-06-13

Bootcamp: end of the beginning or beginning of the end?: Bootcamp: end of the beginning or beginning of the end?Bootcamp effectsTo be honest, I've barely looked into Bootcamp at all. I haven't read what Apple's PR have said or what others have said. This is despite the fact that I've thought for some time that Apple should do this -...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Sales strategy, UNIX, Apple Inc., Bootcamp, Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X; Discussion threads 2006-04-12
Boot Camp: end of the beginning or beginning of the end?: When Apple announced, last week, release of a utility allowing MacTel machines to boot and run Windows/XP we saw two basic kinds of reactions: some people immediately announced that this was the beginning of the end as MacOS X would now give way to Microsoft Vista, while other people concluded...; Tags: Operating systems, Apple Computer Inc., MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, hardware, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2006-04-12
Better Mac OS X Security Numbers: Some things just aren't credible on their face, so when George Ou mined Secunia's security advisories for vulnerability data to prove that Mac OS X is less secure than Windows/XP, I had an immediate problem. According to his research Secunia's security advisories since January 2004 cover about 238 serious Mac...; Tags: Apple Mac OS, vulnerability; Blog posts 2006-03-02
MacOS X on Linux?: Yesterday I talked about the pricing box Apple finds itself in as it tries to integrate Intel CPUs into its products: basically going from a $72 CPU in an iBook to one selling, in volume, for about $240 destroys the financial structure needed to meet school board demand for significant...; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Intel Corp.; Blog posts 2005-12-06
!Pix Screen Capture Converter (zip): MacOS X has a special feature that allows capturing screen elements and save them automatically asPNG MacOS X Tiger your desktop. !Pix Screen Capture Converter can automatically convert the captured image to up to eight different file formats and store each file in a proper named folder at one shot....; Tags: Folder, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2005-10-21
Streaming .avi and MPEG files: Dear Bloggie: We produce .avi and mpeg formatted video. Currently folks download these and begin to view them after the download completes. We would like to stream them as well as providing downloads. Besides a Real server, is there an efficient, cost effective way to do this? Signed,...; Tags: server, X-RAID; Blog posts 2005-09-28
Linux and MacOS X on X360?: The fastest Macintosh in the world right now should be a Microsoft X360 developer unit running a three-way, 3.2Ghz, PowerG5 successor on a 22.5GB/S bus. The only problem with it, of course, is that Microsoft's nexus DRM implementation prevents it from running MacOS X. That's fixable, although probably not...; Tags: Apple Mac OS, nexus; Blog posts 2005-08-24
Apple: Open-source pedigree will protect Tiger: Apple: Open-source pedigree will protect TigerThe Road AheadOn the day after the release of a 64/32 bit computer that fits in the footprint of an LCD monitor, Apple has other news as well. Tiger is on track and will be shipping mid 05. The OS will have a WinFS style...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, Apple Mac OS, MacOS X, Apple Macintosh, Chimera, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2004-09-01

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Apple's coming notebook transition: Apple's coming notebook transitionBarking up the wrong tree?I think it might be something else.I think Hell may have frozen over again.What if this 'transition' is actually Apple making MacOS X available for the general PC public as a purchasable product?Think about it. Everyone said Apple would never use Intel....; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, notebook, OSX, hardware; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality: DTrace and the Linux bunker mentalityBecause it is the Linux way Paul1) Take something good and copy it badly.2) Never, ever listen to anyone offering advice regarding usability [i]"Linux ain't no Fisher Price OS"[/i] etc.3) Spend more time arguing on the mailing lists, than actually developing and bug-testing.RE: DTrace and...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....; Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
The end of Mac clones: Apple sues Psystar: The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarfinallyI was wondering what was taking Apple so long to respond. I mean why Psystar even did this cloning. They don't know about infringements, or that they can get in trouble? Weird.The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarI hope Psystar pulls a...; Tags: Desktops, Virtualization Technology, Apple Products, Psystar, Apple Inc., Mac-clone, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destination: Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destinationmulticoreinfo.comCheck out http://multicoreinfo.com for multicore related news and programming resources.Tired of CoresI'm tired of the core nonsense. How about we use the existing cores more effectively?Anyone stick a scratched CD/DVD into a Vista machine and enjoy the explorer freeze-up while some blocking i/o is going on?...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Tahiti, multi-core, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
In the information age, IT innovation means everything: In the information age, IT innovation means everythingInteresting.I think many IT failures are due to misundersyanding the company's business model. The nuances if you will. This is another reason to develop internally. To take it one step further. There are many good IT personnel that only understand IT. They don't...; Tags: Strategy, Leadership, Operating systems, information technology, innovation, Linux, Unix, blog; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?: Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?If it is object oriented -it would work like OS/2, the versions after Microsoft and IBM stopped working together.The Workplace Shell was the best environment I've ever worked on.Baseless speculation is fun but uselessToward that end I would recommend you look up the meaning of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Corp., operating system, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-07-07