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Transparency returns with a vengeance in Mac OS X Leopard

Transparency returns with a vengeance in Mac OS X LeopardSome of the transparency seems sillyEspecially the menu bar but I think there is an app out there that will get rid of that for you. I haven't used Leopard so I cannot attest to liking it's transparency, or not, but...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Transparency, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mac OS X Leopard, vengeance, Apple Macintosh, transparency, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

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After Dark X + Fish (gz)

The moment all you After Dark fans have been waiting for has arrived at last. You can finally have those toasters flying across your OS X screen. Those cute little appliances that were the defining feature of the Mac's early days have returned with a vengeance, spinning and twirling through...

Tags: Void, Infinisys, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-02-27

Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 update

Apple late Monday released its Mac OS X 10.5.2 update, which addresses many annoying bugs as well as tackling a number of interface issues that bugged longtime users. According to the technote on the release, users should backup before installing the update this is really important....

Tags: Apple Inc., Backups, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Things that suck somewhat: Mac OS X Sheets

There's a time and a place for transparency in the user interface and Mac OS X usually is right on the mark unlike Windows Vista. However, Sheets, the animated window that holds buttons for some modal dialogs needs work. Apple this week released an update to its...

Tags: Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Window, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Sheet, Construction, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Leopard's Finder Cover Flow: Yuck!

Cover Flow, the file picker interface in iTunes, is now a standard view option in Mac OS X Leopard. Some see it as a great leap forward and others want it banished, hidden deep in some preferences pane. Some users say Cover Flow's view, which presents the...

Tags: David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-11-02

News to know: IBM's fear free enterprise; Everex Google PC; Vista security

Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Everex delivers $198 err $199 Google-friendly PC. IBM touts enterprises free of fear and $1.5 billion security spend. Ed Bott: One year later, Vista really is more secure. AP: Cisco Announces $16B China Expansion...

Tags: Security, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, PC, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Everex, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., OpenSocial, Nanotechnology, Data Centers, Keyboards, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Peripherals

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Transparency returns with a vengeance in Mac OS X Leopard

Longtimers with Mac OS X remember that transparency came early with the first version of the Aqua interface and the Quartz 2D compositing engine. Soon, transparency went away and many users were glad. But Steve Jobs must want to see below the surface of his virtual desktop and transparency is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Window, Pixel, Quartz Extreme, Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Construction, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Apple: Back to the Mac (and the future)

Apple: Back to the Mac and the futureYou must have missed the news.Gateway was bought by Acer maing Acer the third largest computer manufacturer. Apple is fourth. Try and keep it real!No surprise Apple is behind HP and DellThose two companies sell a huge majority of their systems...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Symantec warns users over Bluetooth security

Symantec warns users over Bluetooth securityHow about Bluetooth warning us about SYMANTEC?Consider the source:Symantec has personally and maliciously destroyed several high end USEFUL products and have caused the parent companies to go out of business, because they were basically one-product companies.First was NORTON. Originally Norton was a very helpful guy...

Tags: SECURITY, Bluetooth, Norton Co., Symantec Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-22

Microsoft has changed (some of) its monopolistic ways

Microsoft has changed some of its monopolistic waysKerberosPerhaps the new, ethical Microsoft will publish its modifications to Kerberos so that Windows clients can use non-Microsoft autheneticaion servers. They agreed to this in 1997 (http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/1997-11/embraces.html) but nothing ever came of it. So it seesm to me that they aren't...

Tags: Kerberos, Operating systems, UNIX, Web, Microsoft Corp., MICROSOFT HAS

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

Dell restates financials; Says books were cooked

Dell restates financials; Says books were cookedGoodbye Dell, nice knowing youThis isn't a good thing at all. With all the problems in the past there is a big hammer waiting to take vengeance on this type of behavior.So much for SOX complianceAs if Technology is responsible for lying. The...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

CIO switches his company from Windows to Macs

CIO switches his company from Windows to MacsSwitch to OracleRun it on mac OXhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/macos/index.htmlOooo, rewriting to Java eh?Hey this is great.[i]But function by function, AWC will rewrite all VIPS client software in Java 6.0 or higher so it can run at the front end on Apple Macs.[/i]I wonder if this...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, REAL fact, dependence, Apple Inc., OSX, Dale Frantz, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive

The spammers behind last year's destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the 'Storm Worm' malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services.The ongoing attacks, which use botnets of hijacked Windows computers, successfully shut down the Web servers that power...

Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-06-11

Eben Moglen predicts broad embrace of GPL 3

Eben Moglen predicts broad embrace of GPL 3The momentum is building, this will be exciting. I can't wait to see all ofthe projects that choose GPL3. Solaris, Java, Samba, MySQL, . . . , LINUX!!!!Another thing, the collective thought that went in to the GPL3 is truelyamazing. Lawyers at Sun,...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., GPL, open source, GPL 3, Linux, Eben Moglen

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

How Google loses in Microsoft Office battle, big time

How Google loses in Microsoft Office battle, big timeNo credibilityYou lost any and all credibility by including quotes from No axe to grind and John Zern. Both are some of the biggest M$ shills that post here. Using them in an Google bash story is ridiculous.this is getting...

Tags: Check-out Digital Market, Microsoft Office, No_Ax_to_Grind, No_axe, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Two flavors of Bluetooth experience

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Two flavors of Bluetooth experienceYeah that's it...Don't give me choices, I can't handle choices... Most people don't want their stuff making decisions for them.Has anybody gotten a bluetooth dongle to work on Vista?Has anybody been able to get any of the current blue tooth dongle's...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Linux, Games, computer, Bluetooth, Apple Macintosh, game, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-02-10

Time of the tech-no: A growing minority of teens are decidedly unwired

In this wired world, one would have to look hard to find a student who doesnt take advantage of the Internet on some level, but they are out there, reports USA Today. Call them tech-nos. They are shunning the very thing that most students are embracing with a...

Tags: Education Technology, Social networking

Blog posts 2007-01-24

Alien Shooter: Vengeance demo (zip)

Alien Shooter: Vengeance drops players into an expansive sci-fi world of classic hack 'n slash gameplay and features a variety of playable characters, dozens of weapons and more than 50 alien species.This demo includes part of the single-player campaign and survival modes.

Tags: CDV Software Entertainment AG

Software downloads 2006-12-21

Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasons

Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasonsI agree with the risks for RedHat, but, killing RedHat does NOT help MS, itwould hurt them. A new RedHat with a different name would form out of the ashes of RedHat, with all infringing code removed...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Marbux, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

Apple iTunes 7

An enhanced interface and the addition of a movies section highlight the updates in Apple's iTunes 7, which remains the epicenter of the iPod ecosystem. The popular Windows and Mac jukebox application has undergone a major face-lift with the addition of eye-popping visual features such as the album-centric Cover Flow...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes

Product reviews 2006-09-15