Mac OS X and Linux Continue to Erode Windows' Install Base
Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux operating systems continue to erode the install base of Microsoft's proprietary platform. According to statistics made available by Net Applications, Windows accounted for a market share of no less than 93.06% back in August 2007.
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2.9.2008 Video of Windows 7 Installed on Netbooks
Following Microsoft's release of its Windows 7 Beta operating system, a number of PC users were keen on finding out just how fast the new OS developed by the Redmond, Washington-based software giant was.
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15.1.2009 Vista SP1 Installed System Memory RAM
One of the aspects that Service Pack 1 changes for Windows Vista is the way that the operating system reports the amount of installed system memory.
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13.6.2008 Vista SP1 with Antivirus Installed on Multiple CPU Systems Eats All Resources
Microsoft has warned customers of a problem affecting both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, where the two operating systems in combination with some antivirus software, and running on machines with multiple processors, can eat all the system resources available to them.
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10.8.2009 Remove and Uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant - Fix Office Must Be Installed Error
On most OEM computers running Microsoft Windows operating system, regardless of it’s a desktop, notebook or laptop PC, now comes with pre-loaded trial version of Microsoft Office 2007, primarily Home and Student Edition, which is a time-limited product for evaluation if use without proper activation.
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17.8.2008 MAC meeting?
Get a Mac Mini for free!
With the popularity of Mac Mini's, people are snatching them up quickly before they are all gone. We've done this offer for a free one and so should you! The quickest way to get your free Mac Mini it to sign up to the Rhapsody service through the link below (it will only cost you 99 cents) and follow the directions.
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Windows XP on a MAC?
Apple has formally given its thumbs-up to attempts to install and run Windows XP on Intel-based Macs. It has posted a tool called Boot Camp that allows iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini owners to run the Microsoft OS more easily. The company also confirmed the next major Mac OS X release, Leopard, will integrate the twin-OS technology.
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5.4.2006 Apple's "Get a Mac" attack
Apple Computer may have broken bread with the Wintel camp, but that doesn't mean it's finding the closer association easy to swallow.
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5.5.2006 Mac clones to rise again?
I remember fondly the heady days of the Mac clones. Cloner Power Computing promoted their 225MHz PowerPC tower at Macworld Expo in Boston by offering free bungee jumps off a 225 foot crane tower outside the Hynes Convention Center.
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14.4.2008 Do not make Win 7 too Mac-like
Blogger Paul Thurrott has written a couple of interesting posts about the difference between “simple” and “easy” in the context of Windows 7.
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4.12.2008 Windows 7 on a Mac Mini
Finding myself with some free time on Tuesday, I decided to try and see whether and how Windows 7 would install using Boot Camp on a Mac.
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29.1.2009 Apple, Microsoft on Windows on Mac
Microsoft's response to Apple's release of Boot Camp with a positive statement:
"Windows is a great operating system," a Microsoft statement said. "We're pleased that Apple customers are excited about running it, and that Apple is responding to meet the demand."
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8.4.2006 Office 2008 for Mac to come this year
Putting lingering questions about update timing to rest, Microsoft has announced that the new version of Office for Mac will arrive in the second half of this year.
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9.1.2007 A Mac user switches to Vista?
Say something critical about Microsoft and Windows and no one bats an eyelash. But write anything even faintly judgmental about the Macintosh and in comes a flood of hate mail from Mac users. The worst part is the tone of most, which generally tend toward religious zealotry. So before I begin, let me begin by saying any e-mails of that type that are sent in response to this story will be deleted, with no reply.
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3.2.2007 Windows vs. Linux vs. Mac OS X
There has been a consistent amount of “ink” spilled over comparing Windows, Linux and Mac OS X this month. The reports have generated some controversy, because they point out that Windows delivers a more secure platform than Linux and Mac OS X.
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30.3.2007 A Mac-to-Vista Switcher in Pink
This weekend, my 13-year-old daughter and I set out to replace her first-generation MacBook. She instead picked a pink Sony VAIO running Windows Vista Home Premium.
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3.12.2007 Download Mac OS X 10.5.6 Now
Not surprisingly, Apple has released Mac OS X Update version 10.5.6 for both Client and Server users of the Mac OS. Weighing in at around 370MB and 470MB respectively, the two updates are immediately available to download and install on Leopard-running Macs.
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15.12.2008 Firefox, Mac Not Immune to Flaws, Viruses
Symantec has some bad news for Macintosh and Mozilla users. According to a recent report by the security firm, neither Mac OS X nor Firefox is as secure as proponents claim.
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Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive
Overview
The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive includes essential tools that can help you transform the way you create, share, and manage ideas and information using all four Office 2004 for Mac programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. After you install the Test Drive, you can use it for 30 days. It includes almost all of the features found in Office 2004. For details about the Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, see the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive Read Me.
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4.12.2005 Microsoft Quietly Ditches WMP for Mac
Despite pledging its support for Apple's platform, Microsoft has backed out of future releases of Windows Media Player for Mac, and the company's Web site now directs visitors to download a third-party application from developer Flip4Mac.
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12.1.2006 Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.8
Apple on Friday pushed what is likely the second-to-last update to Mac OS X 10.4, code-named "Tiger." The update includes several fixes to printing, Finder and Apple applications and networking, as well as several third-party fixes among other modifications.
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30.9.2006 Vista Will Have Little Impact on Mac Sales: Analyst Says
While the launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system will drive consumer PC sales in the coming months, the operating system's impact on sales of Apple's Macintosh are expected to be minimal, according to a recent report.
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17.2.2007 No cheap upgrade to Vista for Mac users
After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system.
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23.2.2007 Apple Launches 8 Core Mac Pro
Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.
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5.4.2007 Mac OS X Leopard vs. Windows Vista
HardwareLogic has partnering up with Newegg to sponsor the User Guide Of The Month.
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8.5.2007 Switching from Windows to Mac: The ROI case
Auto Warehousing Co. CIO Dale Frantz says his decision to go from a Windows shop to one powered by Apple is based on time and labor spent maintaining Windows.
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23.7.2007 Mac OS X Leopard: A Guided Tour
To further promote the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which Apple Incorporated has announced will be available on October 26, the company has posted a guide tour to promote the release of the latest version of its operating system.
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20.10.2007 8-core Mac Pros and Xserves have arrived
Apple has introduced a new Mac Pro (starting at just $2,799) with eight processor cores, a new system architecture and Mac OS X Leopard, as well as a new Xserve (starting at just $2,999), a 1U rack-optimized server that includes an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server Leopard.
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8.1.2008 Next Version of Office for Mac Drops in 2010
Microsoft is not only hard at work cooking the next iteration of the Office System for Windows users, but also the next version of Office for Mac.
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13.8.2009Apple refreshes its Mac desktops with Intel Nehalem CPUs
The latest Mac desktops will include a new Mac Mini, iMac, and Mac Pro, as well as a new dual band Airport Extreme Wi-Fi base station and Time
Capsule.
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03.03.2009Apple's Mac OS X, Safari register share gains in September
Apple's share of the worldwide computer installed based rose to over 6.6 percent last month, helped largely by growth of Intel-based systems,
according to just-released data from market research firm Net Applications. At the same time, the company's Safari web browser also posted healthy
share gains.
For the month of September, the percentage of Internet users running the Intel version of Apple's Mac OS X
operating system grew more than 14.5 percent to 3.23 percent, up from 2.82 percent in August. Some of those users appear to have upgraded from systems
running the PowerPC version of Mac OS X, which saw its share dip slight to 3.33 percent from 3.38 percent.
When combined,
however, Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac systems accounted for more than 6.61 percent of the worldwide computer installed base in September, according to
Net Applications. That represents a 40 percent surge from the same time a year ago, when both flavors of the Mac OS combined for just a 4.72 share. It
also represents a 7.5 percent increase from August, when both versions combined for a 6.15 percent share.
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01.10.2007Mac users set to receive Picasa
Google is planning to release a beta of the popular photo editing/viewing program Picasa on the Mac today. According to Jason Cook from Picasa the
features you will be seeing in the beta will be the most of the features you currently see in the Windows version. They are going to try to implement
more features like geotagging in the coming weeks. The question is how many Mac users will use the program? Picasa think the fan base will be big
with many Mac users requesting the program, "We have many Mac users, and we think they'll be excited about this. It makes the Picasa Web Albums
experience better" said Cook.
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06.01.2009Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008
The Windows installed base
will hit the 1 billion mark by
the end of Microsofts fiscal
2008 (which ends on June 30),
according to Steve Ballmer,
Microsoft CEO.
śThere will be more PCs
running Windows than
automobiles at that point,ť
Ballmer told attendees of the
companys annual Financial
Analyst Meeting (FAM) in
Redmond on July 26.
Ballmer addressed
invited Wall Street analysts
and media about how Microsoft
has been driving shareholder
value and continues to do so
in the coming months/years.
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26.07.2007Mac Trojan hits pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop
Although Apple's Macintosh environment has long been touted by its fans as "more secure" than Windows, a Trojan enabling remote control of
Mac machines struck a second time this week.
Earlier found only in illegal copies of Apple's iWork Suite, the Trojan has now turned up in
pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop for Mac OS X. Actually, the Trojan doesn't even exploit any OS vulnerability. Instead, it disguises itself as part
of the installer package for the application, so it is installed along with the application. Once installed, the malware launches a back door program,
thereby allowing an attacker to remotely conduct misdeeds such as copying data.
A tool for detecting and removing specifically this Trojan is
now available from
SecureMac.com...
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29.01.2009Word for Mac Exploit in the Wild
Symantec is warning about a new security exploit making the rounds that takes advantage of a flaw in Office 2004 for Mac. A maliciously crafted Word
file could lead to malware and rootkits being installed on a vulnerable system, including Windows PCs running older versions of Office...
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13.10.2007Adobe claims 100 million AIR installs...Where's Silverlight?
Yesterday at a conference in Japan, Adobe announced it has received an independent assessment of the worldwide installed base for its Web platforms.
A Millward Brown survey estimates that
Flash has been installed on 99% of the world's Internet-enabled PCs, leading Adobe to estimate that Flash Player 10 by itself will break the 80%
penetration mark by the end of Q2 2009.
Some 100 million PCs are believed to have successfully installed Adobe's AIR runtime platform -- and
by "successfully," the company means, it's running and active and without trouble. That's based on the company's own statistics about
downloads...
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29.01.2009Mag names Mac Pro 'fastest PC in UK'
Apple's four-core Intel-based
Mac Pro desktop has been named
the UK's fastest PC after it
was lined up against a
top-of-the-line Windows
machine by British magazine PC
Pro.
According to
the publication's upcoming
November issue, out in two
weeks' time, the 3GHz Mac Pro
was run alongside a Pentium
D-based machine. The Mac Pro
has two dual-core Xeon 5160
CPUs, 4GB of DDR 2 memory
mounted on FB-DIMMs, a Quadro
FX 4500 graphics card and
1.75TB of hard disk capacity.
Windows XP was installed on
the Mac using Apple's Boot
Camp utility.
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05.10.2006Mac OS X worm maker raps Apple on security
The anonymous researcher who
claims to have crafted a Mac
OS X worm said Tuesday that he
or she will report his
findings to Apple Inc., but
added that the Cupertino,
Calif. company "has a very
long way to go" on security.
Identified only as
the researcher behind the
Information
Security Sell Out blog, he
or she on Sunday announced
that a still-unpatched bug in
mDNSResponder, a component of
Apple's Bonjour automatic
network configuring service,
could be exploited by a worm.
Apple's May security update,
dubbed 2007-005, included a
fix for the mDNS bug.
"
is in the same
code base, obviously, but that
is where the similarity to the
recently patched issues
ends," said the Info Sec
researcher in an e-mail
interview. "When Apple fixed
the previous issues, they did
not take care of the entire
code base and there are a lot
of bugs there...some are
exploitable, like the one I am
using, while others are not.
But the fact remains that
Apple did a horrible job in
fixing this package." ..
winbeta.org - 18.07.2007
Mac clone maker wins legal round against Apple
A federal judge last week ruled that Psystar Corp. can continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone maker a rare win in its
seven-month-old battle with Apple.
He also hinted that if Psystar proves its allegations, others may then be free to sell
computers with Mac OS X already installed.
winbeta.org - 09.02.2009
TiVo Delivers Major Series3 Update
TiVo pushed a major update to
a small segment of its
installed Series3 base on
Monday, bringing many popular
new features of the Series2
console to the next-generation
set-top box for the first
time...
betanews.com - 13.02.2007
Psystar wins legal round against Apple
In an interesting twist, Computer World is reporting that a federal judge ruled last week that the Mac clone maker Psystar can continue its
countersuit against computer maker and Mac OS developer Apple Corporation. Psystar is (in)famous for legally battling Apple for the last seven
months, calling them out for breaking antitrust laws, and the Judge hinted that if Psystar can prove its allegations, other manufacturers may be able
to sell computers with Mac OS X pre-installed. This is bad news for Apple, as currently they are the only company legally allowed to sell computers
with Mac OS X, but many people criticize them for charging an "Apple tax".
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neowin.net - 09.02.2009
Mac Mojo: Audio/Video support in Messenger for Mac next year
One of the nifty features missing in the Messenger for Mac is Audio/Video (A/V) support. It is not possible to do a video or audio chat using the
Messenger for Mac. The recent update, Messenger for Mac 7 added A/V support for corporate services (works with Office Live Communications Server 2007)
but not for personal services(Windows Live Services). Mac Mojo, the Office for Mac team announced today that A/V support for personal services will be
available next year as an update on Messenger for Mac. Mac Mojo team said that the new release of Windows Live Messenger, which is currently in beta
delivers a new A/V protocol which makes easier to deliver A/V support in Messenger for Mac.
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neowin.net - 19.12.2008
Google Base Beta Service Goes
Public
Google late Tuesday officially
launched into beta its Google
Base listing service that
enables users to upload all
types of information and make
it searchable online. The
service acts as a giant Web
database for everything from
recipes to classifieds, but
should eBay and craigslist be
worried?
Photos: View images of Google
Base..
betanews.com - 16.11.2005
Mac cloner plans to take on Apple's Mac OS EULA
Miami-based Psystar is now offering a Mac clone for $399, and is vowing to fight for its right to produce the device should Cupertino's lawyers come
a-knocking...
betanews.com - 16.04.2008
Snow Leopard shipped with flash vulnerability
Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), has been found to ship with an outdated version of Adobe's Flash Player
(10.0.23.1). This version of Flash Player contains a vulnerability on Mac machines that could leave your system vulnerable to hackers. What could be
the most distressing thing of all, is when users upgraded from Leopard (10.5) to Snow Leopard (10.6), users found themselves with a downgraded version
of Adobe's Flash Player (10.0.23.1). Users who upgraded that had the latest security patches installed of Flash Player (10.0.32.18) found
themselves with a vulnerable version installed on their machine.
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neowin.net - 04.09.2009
Apple brings back Leopard feature with update, but users report problems
Apple issued firmware updates for its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule base stations late Wednesday, bringing back a feature it initially touted for
Mac OS X Leopard, but later dropped...
betanews.com - 21.03.2008
Mac user: How Microsoft has cleaned up Windows
If you asked me a year ago what I thought about Windows, I probably would've said something along the lines of "disorganized", "a mess", or
"not adequate for my needs". So I was very surprised when I gave the Windows 7 beta, and then the release candidate, a real test run. I was one of
the people who never really liked Windows Vista, and to this day I dread working on computers that have it installed. While I believed it was a step
up from XP in many ways, Windows XP had a certain consistency to it that Vista still lacks.
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neowin.net - 24.05.2009
Parallels Mac Virtualization Gets Major Update
Parallels updated its software
that allows Mac users to run
Windows within Mac OS X on
Thursday, adding support for
Vista Boot Camp partitions,
among other enhancements...
betanews.com - 09.06.2007
Office Open XML Support for Mac Delayed
Mac users will have to wait a
bit longer if they wish to
read or edit documents created
with the new Open XML formats
in Office 2007. Microsoft has
delayed an update for Office
2004 for Mac until two months
after the release of Office
2008 for Mac...
betanews.com - 16.05.2007
