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• Mac Enterprise Security: Flawed in Fact, or Flawed Facts? 3 days, 2 hours ago
  
  The six issues that Computerworld described as enterprise security flaws in Mac OS X amount to little more than shibboleths, according to John Martellaro. Some draw from the experience of the wrong type of user, some quote consultants instead of presenting quantitative truth, and some simply speculate, he writes.
• Apple finally sues unlicensed Macintosh cloner Psystar 6 days, 22 hours ago
  
  Apple's adventures with Mac clones had at best, mixed results, and Steve Jobs quickly ended the program in 1997 after his return as CEO. While a company named Psystar ignored that memo when it decided to release its own unofficial Mac clones earlier this year, there's no way it's going to miss Apple's latest memo, which came in the form of a just-uncovered lawsuit filed earlier this month.
• Microsoft’s software update beats Apple and Ubuntu 1 week, 4 days ago
  
  "We have measured the software update “access point” availability for these three operating systems during Q2 2008 (April, May, June). If that access point is unavailable or inaccessible, the operating system cannot connect and download updates. So, how reliable are they?"
• Don't compare GNU/Linux with Windows or MacOS - they are not in the same game 1 week, 6 days ago
  
  Recently a blog post entitled “Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy has come across my feed-radar a few times. It’s yet another in the long line of “Linux ain’t ready yet” jeremiads and it doesn’t really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?
• Best Backup Apps for Windows, Linux and Mac 1 month ago
  
  You come home, turn on your computer, and as if you were being punished for something, it does not work. After careful review, you discover that the hard drive has failed. This situation happens more often than you might like to think. In this article, I will share some suggestions for dealing with it in the preventive sense. In short, how-to have a backup of your hard drive, ready to go.
• Microsoft and Apple: Forget the Future, Deliver on the Present 1 month ago
  
  Whether it’s hardware, operating systems, or any other available technology gadget, we’re constantly being shown what the future is, and so much effort and time is spent on giving us a glimpse of what the future will bring. Both Microsoft and Apple focus on the future of their operating systems, and it’s only reasonable that they would do so.
• Why Apple Picked OS X Over Linux for iPhone 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  My iPhone is sitting beside me right now, and I’m still thrilled that I purchased it. I’ve never been more excited about a device, and I can’t wait to see how the iPhone continues to develop.
• Future OS X To Be DRM Restricted? 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Whenever a patent from Microsoft or Apple is filed, we devour it like it’s fresh meat. These patents give us a glimpse of interesting things that are being worked on, and even though we may not be able to see the actual implementations for years to come, the patent filings help us to get an idea of what we can expect if they ever see the light of day.
• Google gets serious about the Mac 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  In the "20 percent time" that Google employees have to work on projects of personal interest, it turns out that an increasing number are spending time writing open-source projects for their beloved Macs.
• No Windows? Use Linux, Intel Macs for PC Gaming with CrossOver 2 months ago
  
  Sure, Mac gaming is becoming less of an oxymoron these days, but if you want to game with a keyboard, Windows is still the way to go. Fortunately, Codeweavers' has concocted a solution for those who want the PC gaming experience on Mac (and Linux!) without using Boot Camp or partitioning drives. Introducing CrossOver Games.
• CrossOver Games Mac Version 7.0.0 Review 2 months ago
  
  The recent advent of Mac OS X systems for Intel has been a welcome reward for those of us that need Windows compatibly.
• OS X Gains U.S. Army As A Customer 2 months, 1 week ago
  
  As a computer user, it’s easy for me to just think about everyday people like myself using operating systems. Just like me, they go to a store like Best Buy or The Apple Store, purchase an operating system, install it, and then use it for work or play, sometimes both. In the case of Linux, maybe they’ve downloaded it and have access to it in that way. Of course, aside from individuals, corporations also use operating systems, and they use them on a scale and in a way that we can’t even begin to imagine, since many of us just fire up our computers in our home office to do some simple Web browsing.
• Carrier-Grade Mac OS X, anyone? 2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  MontaVista Software announced that its Carrier Grade Linux distribution supports P.A. Semi's "PWRficient" dual-core 2GHz PowerPC processor. The news comes only a week after Apple revealed plans to acquire P.A., a fabless semiconductor firm.
• Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP 3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others.
• Safari on Windows: decidedly not illegal (plus, font fixes!) 3 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  It's being widely reported this morning that Safari on Windows is "illegal." This is completely false, but we understand why outlets are reporting this.
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