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March 28th, 2007

Similar Experiences with Vista and OSX Security?

Deb Shinder, editor of WXPNews points us to an article by George Ou at ZD Net that talks about the potentially similar experiences people can have between Vista’s new security approvals and OSX processes as well. We’ve become all too familiar with the antics between the two given the latest PC vs. Mac commercials to […]

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March 15th, 2007

Running Vista? Here are some fixes

It’s barely out of the Microsoft womb and not even sleeping through the night and already we’re talking about Vista fixes. That’s got to say something for development. If you’re running Vista, you may have stumbled across these issues and have been looking for a fix on your own.
PC Magazine has identified 5 major issues […]

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January 8th, 2007

Apple Users Love Microsoft Mice

Looks like one area where Microsoft hardware can be sure to beat Apple is in the little rodent category, computer mice that is.
ForeverGeek has the full story
Tags: Apple, left-click, Logitech, mice, Microsoft, Mighty-Mouse, Optical, right-click, scrolling

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November 2nd, 2006

Zune Email Newsletter

I signed up for the Zune newsletter quite awhile back when the original website first popped up with the weird guy and the rabbit.
I just received my first e-mail newsletter from that sign-up. Technology and coolness aside, Microsoft could learn something from Apple about how to create a buzz around something that’s not yet available.
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October 31st, 2006

Mac Commercials Challenge

I was speaking with a friend of mine a few days ago and we got to talking about the new Mac ads. He had the suggestion that to really push the software and show what it can do, instead of just talking about how cool it is not to be a PC, is to completely […]

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October 4th, 2006

Firefox Vulnerabilities a Hoax

Looks like the Black Hat community has a black-eye to go along with their hats.
Claimed security hole in Firefox “just a joke”
It’s probably not a healthy thing for me, but I kind of wish it wasn’t true. I really do think that if Apple and Firefox had half the market share Microsoft did with Windows […]

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July 25th, 2006

More Zune to think about

Engadget provides some more information about what we know and don’t know about Zune.
Zune: what we know, think we know, and don’t yet know
Tags: Apple, entertainment, iPod, music, Zune

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June 22nd, 2006

Dinner Guests: Jobs & Gates

You’ve got to visit the Engadget website for a great photo of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates having dinner together.
It’s a caption contest, so be sure and leave your best remark up there for all to see. Here’s mine:
“Steve, I can’t believe you got me a MacMini running Vista for Christmas!”
Tags: Apple, Bill Gates, dinner-guests, […]

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June 13th, 2006

Vista Looks Alot Like OSX for a Reason?

I’m just going to throw this out there, but I keep hearing the reports that Vista is just a knock-off of Apple’s OSX.
Then you’ve got John C. Dvorak saying that Apple’s eventual plan is to drop OSX and move completely to Windows OS.
Could it be that Vista looks alot like OSX because the goal […]

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May 2nd, 2006

I like Macs

To clarify just a little bit, I like Macs. They’re just not my currently preferred hardware of choice. Given my recent post you may have thought otherwise. If I were in the market for a new computer, I might choose a Mac over a PC. There are some factors that will go against that like […]

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