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multitouch goodness
Full-Screen Multitouch Mac OS X Is Here (But Not from Apple)
It's not from Apple, but it gives a pretty good idea of what to expect from them, especially knowing that only one guy—Christian Moore—got this system running at full speed on a simple Intel-based MacBook. His Lux free open framework enables true multitouch interaction in Mac OS X. In fact, he says it can work under any platform and even a web browser, enabling complex user interfaces and object manipulation comparable to Jeff Han's magic walls or the Microsoft Surface anywhere. We talked with Moore about how it works and what to expect from it. More »
11:50 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By jesusdiaz
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53 comments
Latest by n/a: Multitouch screens make impressive demos, but I can't help thinking about the incredible outbreak of repetitive stress injuries that would quickly develop if significant numbers of people ever tried using a setup like this on a daily basis. Holdiing your more »
platform wars
Vista Running 108 Apps Bites Mac OS X Back
This video shows Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 running 108 applications at only 30% processor usage, according to Reader Daniel Smith, who sent it to us in response to the picture of Mac OS X Leopard running 150 applications this weekend. His specs are nothing to write home about: More »
desktop battle
Mac OS X Market Share at 7.31% and Rising
Apple's Mac OS X had a good year last year, according to Net Applications. Market share for OS X climbed to 7.31% for the month of December, 2007, up from 6.38% in February, a 14.57% increase. How about the Windows OSes? Why, they're at a paltry 91.79 % of the market. [Net Applications]
military
The U.S. Army's office of enterprise information systems is introducing Mac computers to its systems, it is hoped the move will render the Army less open to attack from hackers. Further, by having Macs as part of their system, it is less likely a single attack will take effect across the whole network. These new measures come at a time when the security of digital information has increasingly been under threat.
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U.S. Army to Instigate Wider Mac Implementation
The U.S. Army's office of enterprise information systems is introducing Mac computers to its systems, it is hoped the move will render the Army less open to attack from hackers. Further, by having Macs as part of their system, it is less likely a single attack will take effect across the whole network. These new measures come at a time when the security of digital information has increasingly been under threat.More »
bug fix
Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 Test Builds Seeded to Developers
After all the gushing about Mac OS X Leopard has died down, now it's time for some reality, namely, bug fixes in the form of OS X 10.5.2. According to Apple Insider, test builds of this update were seeded to developers, and that distribution included a 76-item list of fixes and code corrections thus far. More »
desktop comparison
Desktop Evolution: Windows and Mac OS Visual Comparison Through the Years
Since Windows 95 dropped more than a decade ago, our desktops have evolved to no end. Having recently had a fresh Leopard install on our Macs, we thought we would take a look back, with a side-by-side comparison of Windows and Mac operating systems by visual interface alone. All the major releases are here, and it is interesting to see the general progression made by even just the UI. Jump for our ridiculously large and awesome image, put together by our new intern, Eric Sheline: More »
12:45 AM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Haroon Malik
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124 comments
Latest by n/a: @Dooga: THANK YOU!!!! I could not have put that any better i am so god damn sick of the elitist attitude. Now to add I honestly think that the whole elitist attitude is nothing more than a coping mechanism, you more »
everybody panic
Two Possible Mac Data Loss Issues Still Unadressed by Apple
Although no official word has been released by Apple, there appears to be two serious data loss issues that could affect MacBook owners and users of Mac OS X Leopard. According to blogger Tom Karpik, Leopard's Finder has a bug in its directory-moving code that can result in massive data loss when transferring large files—regardless of the type of destination drive. Apparently, this flaw has been around since the days of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, so it could represent an ongoing problem that Apple has failed to address. More »
question of the day
Brian and I have been debating the merits of the Leopard feature called Spaces. Using CTRL keys, you can shift up, down, left and right, to different sets of open apps and windows, while the desktop itself remains stationary wherever you go. I have jumped in with glee, but Blam is not as sold: he thinks it does pretty much what Exposé does for him already. Here's how the debate went, but we're curious as to what you thought.
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Do You Use Leopard's Spaces?
Brian and I have been debating the merits of the Leopard feature called Spaces. Using CTRL keys, you can shift up, down, left and right, to different sets of open apps and windows, while the desktop itself remains stationary wherever you go. I have jumped in with glee, but Blam is not as sold: he thinks it does pretty much what Exposé does for him already. Here's how the debate went, but we're curious as to what you thought.
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everybody panic
Surprise, Leopard's Got Security Flaws
We've already covered a couple of Leopard's uh-ohs and their fixes, but researchers have kicked up the dirt to reveal a few security-related flaws. First, according to Jürgen Schmidt, editor in chief at Heise Security, if you enable Leopard's firewall (it's disabled by default) and set it to "block all incoming connections," some internal system services are still allowed access from the internet, making it a mite porous. And according to Thomas Ptacek from Matasano Security, two of its security features—sandboxing and library randomization—are half-baked in execution. More »
breaking
Apple Says Two Million Copies of Leopard Sold in First Weekend
Today Apple reported that starting Friday, October 26 through the weekend, it sold 2 million copies of Leopard, saying it beat Tiger as "the most successful OS release in Apple's history." Sales include software shipping with new Macs as well as boxed copies bought at brick-and-mortar and online. Steve Jobs' unsurprising comment goes like this:"Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers. Leopard's innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac."Press release... More »
apple
The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o:
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Leopard Disk Utility Format Issue Screws With Time Machine (But There's An Easy Fix)
The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o:
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12:00 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Wilson Rothman
66,664 views,
44 comments
Oh Mac OS X Leopard Box
Oh, btw, the holographic Leopard box is everything the blurry YouTube videos promised and more. Wilson says he can't stop staring into its starry Time Machine maw.
Oh, btw, the holographic Leopard box is everything the blurry YouTube videos promised and more. Wilson says he can't stop staring into its starry Time Machine maw.
apple
Apple Answers Leopard Questions, Slaps MSFT On the Ass
We talked to Brian Croll, senior director, Mac OS X Product Marketing at Apple this morning about, yep, Leopard. We had quite a few questions, and Brian had answers for many of them. Here's the information we managed to eke out, including Leopard's demands on MacBook Pro battery life, the possibility of Widgets on iPhone, and whether or not that cool R2D2 iChat hologram effect survived. (Care to place bets?) Oh, one more thing: Apple was also quick to reiterate that "Everyone gets the Ultimate version" in a not so subtle dig at Microsoft's confusing Vista variants. More »
11:15 AM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Wilson Rothman
48,377 views,
48 comments
Latest by Dakota Courtois: With a lot of the internet fads these days, I had a diffrent "cat" for Apple. Mac OS X "Longcat". Because Longcat is looooooooooooooooong. more »
bursting your bubble
Mac OS X Less Secure Than Vista?
If prize-winning security researcher Dino Dai Zovi is correct, it's time for Mac fanboys to stop being so smug about Mac OS X security. Dai Zovi says Microsoft Windows Vista slam dunks Mac OS X 10.4 when it comes to vulnerabilities:"I have found the code quality, at least in terms of security, to be much better overall in Vista than Mac OS X 10.4. It is obvious from observing affected components in security patches that Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) has resulted in fewer vulnerabilities in newly written code. I hope that more software vendors follow their lead in developing proactive software security development methodologies."Should we believe this guy? More »
keep dreaming
Alky Project Hopes to Bring DirectX 10 Gaming to Mac, WinXP, and Linux
If the thought of bringing DirectX 10 functionality to your non-Vista machine sounds enticing, you'll wanna check out the Alky Project. No, it has nothing to do with liquor, but instead it's a project developed by 19-year-old Cody Brocious to bring the DirectX 10 platform (gaming in particular) to Windows XP, Mac and Linux users. More »
apple
Gizmodo Cases: Fifty Apple Mac OS X Engineers Not Really Missing
Previously, in the last episode of "Burn iPhone Burn!": anonymous Cupertino-area man going by the pseudonym of
10:10 PM on Mon Apr 23 2007
By Addy Dugdale
6,929 views,
26 comments
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