Tag Archive for 'software'
It only really took Vista to make thousands of geeks look more fondly at Windows XP, and so Microsoft’s announcement that it would be maintaining the last-gen OS for use on low-power netbooks was well received. The devil, of course, is in the details, and that’s an area Microsoft excels in: one of their more [...]
Data Robotics has released an SDK for their Drobo robotic RAID array. The Drobo, which we reviewed in August last year, attempts to make backup and data redundancy straightforward by automating much of the RAID process; while it initially was intended for connection to a single PC, the company subsequently released a networking component called DroboShare. With the [...]
PsyStar, maker of OS X clone computers, have solved half of their most significant drawbacks, though there’s still some confusion over exactly how legitimate their solution is. Although the appeal of a cheap machine running Apple’s lauded software was a draw for many, the inability to load an existing copy of Leopard (you had to [...]
Snow Leopard and Safari 4 screenshot has shown up on a German site Apfeltalk.de. As you might recall, some developers who signed NDA at WWDC 08 get to peek into the new upcoming OS.
Dash, makers of the Dash Express GPS unit, recently opened up their API so that developers could create applications taking advantage of the device’s GPS and cellular network connection. One of the newest additions to the Dash software catalogue has been Dave Zatz’s Twitter app, which not only allows you to download the latest 20 [...]
FireFox 3 will be release tomorrow and Mozilla team is planning to set a Guinness World Record for most downloaded software in 24 hours with this release. So far, 1,361,323 million people around the world have pledged to download FireFox 3 during its 24 hour “download day”. You have to complete the download to be [...]
Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 combines four programs that make your ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) running Windows Vista even easier to use. Origami Experience 2.0 is available as a free download to UMPC owners. Back in January, Origami Experience 2.0 was released to OEMs for potential inclusion in their units and the HTC Shift is probably the [...]
Running OS X on generic PC hardware is nothing new, and some companies have even risked Apple’s ire and launched commercial products using the popular software, but EFiX’s upcoming USB dongle is slightly different. It claims to allow you to install OS X Leopard, from a retail DVD, on a computer of your choosing. [...]
The Apple store is down, the rumor mill has reached a point of crazed teeth-grinding and iPhone Buzz is registered and ready to cover the Steve Jobs keynote opening WWDC 2008. Remember, when the show kicks off at 10AM San Francisco time we’ll be live blogging the whole event at http://live.iphonebuzz.com, but the chat has [...]
With mere hours to go until the WWDC 2008 keynote kicks off, it almost seems pointless to speculate on what Steve Jobs might announce as his “one more thing”. But it’s Monday morning and the tubes are clogged with 3G iPhone rumors, so it’s actually a relief to see something else with an Apple logo [...]
