Windows 7, Mac OS make gains in January
News But about a week ago, Microsoft extended the window for the downloads, saying the Windows 7 beta is available through February 10. In its Operating System Market Share report for January, Net Applications showed the Mac OS at 9.93 percent, up from...
[February 2, 2009, 8:13]
Mozilla blocks pop-ups, but Netscape won't
News The browser uses novel features from Mozilla, including "tabbed browsing," which lets people open several pages within one window and click between pages similar to a filing system. In the advanced menu window, under "Scripts and Plugins," people...
[August 14, 2002, 15:33]
Command22
Downloads Using Command22 you can run DOS commands without bringing up the command prompt (MS DOS) window. WARNING: Since CMD22, SCMD22, DCMD22 may run any console applications (including del or format), the unsecured Command22 usage may cause serious...
[May 24, 2006, 8:00]
Google's desktop liberation tool
Leader The extraordinary power of Internet search engines has shone a bright white light on Window's own terrible search function -- people just can't understand why it it's easier to find a needle in the Net haystack than that vital email buried in...
[October 15, 2004, 12:00]
Apple releases public beta of Safari 4
News In terms of changes that will be more visible to average users, Safari 4 moves the tabs from below the address bar to the very top of the window. It allows users to add a new tab by clicking a '+' sign in the upper right-hand corner of the window.
[February 24, 2009, 16:32]
Windows 7 Search-Run
Blog SQL Server running the command line or “find” window. Visaster ended up with a neutered search-run window and Windows 7 RC continues it. Another issue is that using the search-run window to run programs may not make it obvious to the user using...
[May 26, 2009, 4:50]
Open-source search looks for Web niche
News Rather, it will provide an open window into its calculations, with links to explanations on how it determined each result, according to lead architect Doug Cutting. Top computer scientists at the major portals and some academic researchers are...
[August 18, 2003, 17:05]
Linux touted as the solution to online-banking problems
News So the company took the Linux distribution and used the open source IceWM window manager to build a "user interface that had been made to look and behave much like the Windows XP that most users are used to".
[March 24, 2005, 10:45]
Web giants mull taskbar
News In addition, advocates of the technology say it offers a simple and direct way for people to call up information such as stock quotes, dictionary definitions and other data without going through the added step of opening a full browser window.
[January 12, 2004, 14:40]
Apple didn't "steal" from Xerox
Talkback This is why to this day, the Mac's Apple menu is on the top left and the Window's Start menu is on the bottom left. Apple was the first to give Microsoft the opportunity to get into the applications software business by allowing it to write...
[August 17, 2009, 18:48]
