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RSS macsInside Mac: Using Virex
White Paper Fortunately, Macs seem to be safe from most viruses, but every now and then, one will slip through, and when one does, one needs to be prepared to deal with it. Viruses are the bane of the Internet. They typically get... [10 Oct 2007]
Are 'naked PCs' cheaper for businesses?
News We also run a few Macs now that use Parallels to provide a Windows OS - and of course this means purchasing Windows XP as a stand-alone option, which seems disproportionately expensive. UK businesses have backed calls... [27 Sep 2007]
Vista sales failing to sparkle
News Swenson credited the large number of people switching to Macs as part of the reason for the spike in Mac Office sales. Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down 59.7 per cent compared with Windows XP,... [12 Sep 2007]
BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks
News The BBC has already said it wants to make its content as widely available as possible and that an iPlayer for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is on its "critical path" for this year. The government has responded to an... [07 Sep 2007]
E-CSMA: Supporting Enhanced CSMA Performance in Experimental Sensor Networks Using Per-Neighbor Transmission Probability Thresholds
White Paper This paper proposes to enhance the de facto state of carrier sensing-based MACs in wireless sensor networks by using low cost channel feedback combined with a learning approach to try to better predict the probability of... [03 Sep 2007]
Hop-by-Hop Congestion Control Over a Wireless Multi-Hop Network
White Paper Many wireless MACs use a time-division strategy for channel access, where, at any point in space, the physical channel can be accessed by a single user at each instant of time. This paper focuses on congestion control... [31 Aug 2007]
16,000 back iPlayer petition
News The statement added that developing an iPlayer for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is "absolutely on our critical path for this year". More than 16,000 people have now signed an e-petition protesting about the way the BBC... [20 Aug 2007]
Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News Macs are as easy to hack as they are to use, according to security researcher Charles Miller. Open source is yet another vector for new attacks on Apple Macs. During his presentation, 'Hacking Leopard:... [14 Aug 2007]
Apple targets Twitter generation
News So to draw curious neighbors over the fence, Jobs likes to show family-friendly applications when showing off new Macs or software, appealing to the desire of those in attendance to easily create a digital record of... [08 Aug 2007]
iPhone gets first update
News Apple has issued a score of security updates for Macs and also the first update for its iPhone mobile device. Dozens of vulnerabilities and bugs were covered by a total of six downloads for Mac OS 10.3.9 (Panther), Mac... [01 Aug 2007]
Stories of the month - July 2007
News The age-old Mac vs PC debate was reignited this month when half of the silicon.com CIO Jury decided the cost of upgrading to Microsoft's latest OS - Windows Vista - is encouraging companies to consider investing in Macs... [30 Jul 2007]
BBC iPlayer petition hits 10,000
News The BBC added that developing a version for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is "absolutely on our critical path for this year". More than 10,000 people have signed an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website urging the... [23 Jul 2007]
Minority Report: Macs gaining enterprise cred
Comment Over the past few years Apple has done a lot to make Macs more appealing to corporations - and, says Seb Janacek, it looks like its hard work may just be starting to pay off. Other factors which have appeared over the... [19 Jul 2007]
Macs versus PCs - the battle continues
News In a recent interview, the CIO of property asset management company Capital & Regional kicked off the debate, telling silicon.com Macs are "smarter money and cheaper" than Microsoft's newest OS - a view that seems to be... [18 Jul 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 13.07.07
Round-Up Podcast Are Macs better value than Vista, should you sack someone by IM and how techies beat stress at work are all discussed in this week's silicon.com Weekly Round-Up podcast. Host Steve Ranger is joined in the studio by Andy... [13 Jul 2007]
