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It’s widely known now that Windows 7 will be released on October 22nd of this year, and Mac OS X Snow Leopard will also come out to the public in September. Business Insider has posted an article with their “Ten Reasons Why People Will Upgrade To Windows 7.”  And while… Continue Reading »

Or, “When Things Fall Apart.” And boy can things fall apart when you install the SP2/12.2.0 upgrade to Office for Mac 2008. To begin with, unless you absolutely have to upgrade, it is definitely a good idea to wait.  There are some serious issues here, which Microsoft will hopefully address… Continue Reading »

As we approach the release of Snow Leopard, Apple continues to send new betas to developers to fix all the existing issues. One of the latest releases—10A402—contains some user interface improvements on top of the bug fixes. Apple has mostly been advertising this version of their operating system as a… Continue Reading »

It’s official (even across the pond); Google is expanding the Chrome brand beyond a browser and creating the Chrome OS. According to the Google Blog, the OS is founded on a three S strategy: speed, simplicity and security. In an era of operating systems whose roots stretch all the way… Continue Reading »

Mac OS X Snow Leopard is on track to ship this September, according to Apple, but users eligible for the Up To Date program can order it as soon as today (in fact, I just did). According to Apple’s site, anyone who purchased a qualified computer on June 8th or… Continue Reading »

The excitement continues to build for tomorrow’s WWDC keynote and the developer announcements that are sure to follow. Yesterday, we took a look at what to expect from iPhone OS 3.0, as well as at Apple’s strategy for rolling out updates and why they include (or, more importantly, don’t include)… Continue Reading »

A fantastic week of E3 announcements and demonstrations is past us, and it’s now time turn our attention towards Apple’s WWDC. The event kicks off Monday, June 8th at 10:00 PDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, but we couldn’t wait to get our live blog… Continue Reading »

New leaked screen shots and videos posted on a Portuguese website showcase some of the new features we will be seeing in Mac OS X v10.6.  Snow Leopard has been noted for being mostly a stability build to make Mac OS X more dependable, as well as slimming down its… Continue Reading »

Neil McAllister over at Developer World posted an interesting article regarding Apple’s forthcoming Grand Central technology. It is a great article (a little dense if you are not a hardcore techie), but I wonder if his conclusions are necessarily right. Continue Reading »

The latest press release from Apple has outlined a few details about what we’ll be seeing at this years World Wide Developers Conference. The event will begin with the usual keynote from Apple, with Phil Schiller giving a preview of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. We’ll also see the public… Continue Reading »