Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Mac OS’
In the wake of the China attacks that resulted in Google threatening to leave China , the search giant is abandoning Windows due to concerns over security. According to the Financial Times , the technology titan has been slowly phasing out the use of Windows internally since January, not long after it was assaulted by Chinese hackers.
June 1, 2010 | Posted in
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Mac users with a MobileMe subscription may well be familiar with the Back to my Mac feature that enables you to connect to and use your Mac from another one anywhere in the world. But it only works between Macs, and chances are you’ll only have access to a PC when you really need access to that one essential file. Step forward, GoToMyPC for Mac.
February 27, 2010 | Posted in
SOFTWARE |
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A recent Apple Inc. job posting has revealed that the company intends to focus on bringing the iPhone OS onto new gadgets, devices and platforms. The job posting from the Cupertino, CA, company specifically calls for an engineering manager to handle “platform bring-up.” In the job description, Apple states that it’s looking for a manager “to lead a team focused on bring-up of iPhone OS on new platforms.” It seems like Apple wants some outside talent with very strong technical experience, especially when it comes to bringing software onto multiple hardware devices
February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Our top Apple news this week was dominated by news out of the 2010 Macworld Expo. It turns out that Apple’s absence didn’t really hold back a great conference and, in fact, might have helped it. In addition to the Expo, Steve Jobs kept railing on Flash, the App Store got a little cleaner, and we polled users on their 3G data usage.
February 21, 2010 | Posted in
GADGETS,
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Fans and critics alike may soon have access to the first authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. According to the New York Times , former Time magazine editor Walter Isaacson has been selected to work with Jobs. Currently, neither Isaacson nor Jobs have confirmed the report, but the paper claims to have spoken to multiple individuals with inside knowledge of the project.
February 16, 2010 | Posted in
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“We would like to take advantage of more modern technologies on Mac OS X, and 10.4 support has been a hindrance,” Josh Aas, one of Mozilla’s Mac experts, said in a mailing list post . “We are planning to make the decision to remove 10.4 support final and remove the code from the tree.
February 15, 2010 | Posted in
TECHNOLOGY |
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New Chrome for Mac beta syncs bookmarks, adds extensions The Google Chrome team has announced another beta release of Chrome for Mac, adding a number of oft-requested features. Chrome for Mac now supports extensions, which allow adding a number of additional browser features as needed. The team also added support for Chrome’s cloud-based bookmark syncing [...]
February 12, 2010 | Posted in
IT&TECH,
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Apple offers fix for audio-related Mac Pro performance issue Apple has released a kernel extension to address unusual heat and performance issues related to audio tasks on Nehalem-based Mac Pros. Mac Pro Audio Update 1.0 is designed to address CPU utilization issues caused by tasks such as listening to tracks in iTunes or using FireWire [...]
February 12, 2010 | Posted in
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While the list of tweaks is absurdly small in the latest iPhone OS update, we know that some of you simply have to run the latest and greatest OS at all times regardless of risk. Fortunately for you, the Dev-Team has stepped to with a new version of PwnageTool (v3.1.5 for Mac OS X) that [...]
February 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Just when you think you’ve tried every Twitter app out there, a few more appear on the scene. For Mac users that might have either grown tired of, or are looking for alternatives to, Tweetie, Twitterrific, Kiwi or Socialite, never fear, there are indeed other native Mac OS X options out there! While some of [...]
January 30, 2010 | Posted in
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