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No apologies for Microsoft Windows

Recently I've had some discussion with colleagues about Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux in comparison to each other. Generally, I've found... Read more

22 July, 2011

3 reasons why Mac is best

...maths as well. In short, here are the reasons: Linux Mac OS X Windows My trusty old ThinkPad X60s died last week, only days after... Read more

22 May, 2012

xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows

...passwords! OS X comes with Boot Camp, which enables a dual OS X/Windows machine. But it’s no good for Linux. Over at billsdon... Read more

23 May, 2012
Ten ways round Linux hardware problems

Ten ways round Linux hardware problems

...to know are all in /var/log: Xorg.0.log for any X Windows issues cups/error_log for printing issues messages for any hotplugging... Read more

23 September, 2010 by Jack Wallen
VirtualBox 4.1.16

VirtualBox 4.1.16

...of the GNU General Public License (GPL). VirtualBox runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux and supports a large number of guest operating systems... Read more

22 May, 2012
PocketMoney - checkbook, budgets, expenses 4.0

PocketMoney - checkbook, budgets, expenses 4.0

...together over Wi-Fi or to the PocketMoney desktop app on OS X, Windows, and Linux (www.catamount.com).[SUPPORT: e-mail support@catamount.com... Read more

27 March, 2012
XBMC 11.0

XBMC 11.0

XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is... Read more

24 March, 2012

Harnessing the power of SSH

One piece of software I regularly use on various systems is SSH. It is a very powerful and useful protocol for remote... Read more

5 March, 2012
WinaXe Windows X Server 7.7

WinaXe Windows X Server 7.7

WinaXe is the pre-eminent X Windows environment. It enables easy access to different operating systems. WinaXe Windows... Read more

4 February, 2012

Evernote buys image-tweaking app Skitch

...the web and as a native app for Android, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows and other operating systems. It can handle text, audio, web links... Read more

19 August, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
SuperSync 4.1

SuperSync 4.1

...on. Keep track of all your music across multiple computers -- Mac OS X, Windows, and iPod; Compare and merge any two music libraries; Move music... Read more

18 June, 2011
SharedPlan Pro 6.2.6

SharedPlan Pro 6.2.6

...improve your profitability. SharedPlan project management tools are available for Mac OS X, Windows, iPhone, and online in your browser. Projects are effortlessly shared across... Read more

20 May, 2011

Microsoft issues Windows Phone 7 security update

...they were present on all supported releases of Windows, Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, Kin and Zune devices. They affect these web properties... Read more

4 May, 2011
Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

We may all applaud the many improvements in Linux, but Jack Wallen still has fond memories of the operating system's infancy Read more

8 April, 2011 by Jack Wallen

MySQL fork Drizzle gets general release

...multicore hardware and with wide platform support, including Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Windows and Solaris. Drizzle "is in some ways similar to MySQL, and... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

17 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

19 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

20 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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