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RSS windows-on-a-macMalware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Earlier this month, a Mac OS X researcher also claimed that the iPhone operating system, which is a stripped-down version of Mac OS 10.5, does not have the patch updates that the desktop operating system has. [14 Jul 2008]
HP NAS Gives Holmbergs Fast File Share on a Mixed Platform
White Paper Holmbergs needed a new consolidated storage solution capable of serving its mixed Windows/Mac platform. Holmbergs installed an HP NAS unified network storage solution running Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003. [09 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up Is there equally good news for Mac and Linux users? Slightly better news for Windows fans, the BBC has taken the wraps off the new version of the splendid iPlayer. Wave goodbye to Windows XP and say hello to Vista. [27 Jun 2008]
BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News A cross platform version of the download service for Mac and Linux is pencilled in for the end of year. As well as Windows, iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media, Apple iPhone and iPod Touch and the Nintendo Wii. [25 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment I am off to an Apple Mac. Join me in the exodus to Apple Mac. First thing on readers' hit-lists this month was the government plan for prisoners to gain IT skills.then readers found a moment to engage in some iPhone debate before turning their... [19 Jun 2008]
IBM sings a Symphony to rival Office
News Versions for the Mac and Ubuntu are coming later this year. Symphony 1.0 is now available as a standalone package, running on Windows Vista and XP, as well as on major Linux versions including Suse and Red Hat. [09 Jun 2008]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News While touchscreen tech on PDAs is not a new innovation, the 2007 entry of Mac-maker Apple into the mobile market breathed new life into the technology, with its touchscreen iPhone quickly leading to a flood of other touch phones into the marketplace. [02 Jun 2008]
BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
News In terms of platforms, 10 per cent of programme requests came from Apple Mac users and three per cent from those using the iPhone or iPod Touch. There was initial criticism of iPlayer due to it only being available on the Windows XP platform, but... [20 May 2008]
Sales of Mac Office rocket, says Microsoft
News For those still using the last release of Office, Lefebvre said that, after several delays, Microsoft is on track to release by the end of June the converters that let that product work with the XML file formats that are part of Office 2007 for... [13 May 2008]
Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...
News Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user eBay hits back at boycotters Meanwhile, back in the present, silicon.com's Apple guru Seb Janacek contemplated what converted him to the ways of the Mac 10 years ago. [28 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment My first Mac, a 533MHz single CPU, replaced a 1GHz Windows desktop. Comments came flying in on this, some cheering for the winner, while some were a little miffed their favourite didn't feature on the poll… And from old computers to the latest in... [24 Apr 2008]
Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod
News Apple yesterday posted a 36 per cent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod players and iPhones, but its profit margin and cautious outlook disappointed investors. Shannon Cross, analyst at Cross Research, said: "It... [24 Apr 2008]
Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket
Comment The June Apple developer conference is likely to focus heavily on the iPhone and development roadmap, probably more so than the Mac. The Mac, and more recently the iPod, have had an undeniable influence on both the hardware and operating system and... [23 Apr 2008]
Adobe gives Linux breath of fresh AIR
News AIR 1.0, released late last month, runs on Windows and Mac OS. Adobe has released an alpha version of AIR on Linux and announced it is joining the Linux Foundation. As part of the AIR-on-Linux release, Adobe is making an update to the alpha version... [01 Apr 2008]
BBC iPlayer hacked… again
News The iPlayer hack released on Thursday can run on Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems, Battley claimed, and circumvents Windows-based digital rights management. Battley said: "I'm a Linux user, and the BBC iPlayer originally was only for... [17 Mar 2008]
