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Windows 7 (motto: “It’s the one that’s not Vista!”), the next version of the omnipresent Microsoft computer operating system, is currently in public beta testing. As with other Windows releases, it will come in several flavors: one for home users, one for businesses, etc. There’s also one intended for low-end… Continue Reading »

By now, you’re probably well aware of what I think about the Microsoft laptop hunter ad campaign. The first one was decent, but the second was absolute trash. It’s nice to see that Microsoft is finally fighting back in the ad wars that Apple has initiated, but I think they… Continue Reading »

Microsoft is at it again with another one of their new series of ads attacking Macs for their price, as well as other things. In their first ad with Lauren, she wandered into the “Mac Store” but didn’t end up buying anything because there was no computer for under $1,000.… Continue Reading »

I have been using the Safari 4 beta for a little over 24 hours now on both Windows XP/Vista and OS X Tiger/Leopard.  Apart from the slight learning curve (where’d my Tab bar go?!), I have to say, I love the OS X version. The Windows side of things is,… Continue Reading »

With Safari 4, Apple apparently got over its “let’s bring Mac OS X style windows into a Windows environment” mentality, and has done a really great job making Safari 4 fit in with the environment in which it is installed. Oddly enough, it seems as though they designed the new… Continue Reading »

I have been using Safari for Windows at work since it was released in 2007. I have tried to be patient with it, because I know Apple, except for iTunes, is not in the business of making applications for Windows. With the most recent release 3.2.1 in November of last… Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s highly anticipated Windows 7 operating system fixes many of the problems in the tragedy that is Vista. However, when it comes to one thing, Microsoft still doesn’t understand what they are doing. It has been announced that the Windows 7 SKU (stock keeping unit) will offer six different varieties… Continue Reading »

Reports of a new security issue in both the Mac and Windows versions of Safari are stating that there is a “hole” in how Safari handles RSS feeds, which could potentially allow an attacker to capture a user’s personal information, cookies, passwords, etc. through a malicious web page. The discovery… Continue Reading »

XKCD Comics, an extremely popular online comic strip that can usually be found among the top ten stories on Digg, has created a pretty funny comic about the new Windows 7 beta. This beta, which has been released to the public (2.5 million to be exact) this week at CES,… Continue Reading »

Apple has released an update to Boot Camp.  The update is pretty slim on details. Here’s what it has to say… This update improves the performance of the Apple Multi-Touch trackpad when running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. Continue Reading »