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Valve Might Develop Steam for Linux

Valve has manged to become the biggest gaming distribution platform in the world and until recently it was only available for the Windows platform, but now there is hope that a Linux version of Steam will follow. There have been some rumors, for a couple of years, that Valve will start to officially release a Linux v...

18 January 2012
06:59 GMT

Every Mac and Windows Reboot Process in One Page, The Restart Page

Nostalgia is a powerful force. It can make people forget the bad parts and drum up the good ones, the past always seeming better than the present. That's probably less true for operating systems, though there's plenty of nostalgia for the 'good old days' in these parts as well. Still, most peopl...

9 January 2012
13:11 GMT

Pear OS Linux 3.0 RC1 Officially Released

Pear OS Linux, a distribution that takes its inspiration from Mac OS (check out the logo and the desktop), is now at version 3.0 RC1. Built on a solid Linux foundation, Pear OS Linux is engineered to take advantage of the technologies in every PC and to deliver the most intuitive and integrated computer experience.Pe...

8 December 2011
10:15 GMT

Mac OS X 10.8 Confirmed - Apple's Next Big Cat

Apple has begun testing its next major version of the Mac operating system, Mac OS X 10.8, of which we currently don’t know anything in terms of features. That includes the name too.People with a keen eye for web visits from Cupertino, California have discovered that Apple is accelerating the development of Mac...

31 October 2011
16:21 GMT

New Mac Backdoor Found in the Wild

Security researchers warn of a newly identified Mac backdoor that was found in a malicious archive uploaded anonymously to Virus Total last month.The Virus Total archive is called "PortalCurrent events-2009 July 5.rar" suggesting that it's a local copy of the Wikipedia July 5, 2009, current events page.The archi...

26 July 2011
10:08 GMT

Apple’s Mac OS X Just Turned 10

Since the early 2000s, Mac OS X has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. Mac OS X is the successor to Mac OS 9, the final release of the "classic" Mac OS (Apple's primary operating system since 1984). On September 13, 2010, Mac OS X (ten) turned 10.Mac OS X is a Unix-based graphical operating s...

14 September 2010
08:31 GMT

Happy Birthday Mac OS X (9 Years Since Launch)

Today, Apple’s Mac OS X is nine years old. Released on March 24, 2001, Cheetah was the very first iteration of Mac OS X, bearing the 10.0 version number. In fact, the X in “Mac OS X” stands for the Roman numeral for “10.” The X is a very prominent part of the Mac OS brand identity. Since...

24 March 2010
10:44 GMT

Windows 7, Linux and Mac OS Start the Market Share Ballet

At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications. While Linux is flirting with the 1% usage share mark, Windows 7 has grown to...

2 June 2009
14:01 GMT

Apple's iPhone Not as Safe as Mac OS

The iPhone and the Mac OS are not too far apart; both are Apple products and both use the same operating system, just that the iPhone's is more basic. In terms of security updates and patches, the iPhone is seriously deficitary - the latest update is four months old, it is from February! The device is set up to...

4 July 2008
10:56 GMT

Neuroimaging Centre Finds Mac OS 'Fast' and 'Cheap'

Not a day goes by without someone, somewhere turning to Macs for what they can offer in terms of operability, reliability, computing speed and so on. Everyone who hasn't switched yet to the Mac, however, complains about the high price one has to pay to get a decent Apple system. Not professor Gary Green. The man...

26 May 2008
17:26 GMT

Mac OS Security Exploit Works with Windows

The recent discovery of a Mac OS security glitch has triggered "threats" (so to speak) on behalf of Jacob Appelbaum and Adam Boileau (the two guys who've acknowledged the programming flaw), as a response to Apple's and Microsoft's non-response to the issue. The latter, who's known about the glitch...

6 March 2008
05:01 GMT

MacLockPick Grabs Secrets from Your Mac

Don't be baffled if someone inserts a flash drive in your computer and extracts your most sensitive data. It can happen! Here's a device that can affect you (if you're a newb criminal that is).The MacLockPick, as the name probably suggests, only works with Mac OS X 10.3 and higher. The software contain...

28 April 2007
04:34 GMT

Windows Vista About to Run Over MacIntel - Linux already Roadkill

Windows Vista has hit the shelves on January 30, 2007. Since then, Linux has long been left in the dust, nothing more than road kill and Windows Vista is breathing down MacIntel's neck, being about to run it over. Furthermore, after the first two months of commercial availability, Windows Vista has taken its tol...

2 April 2007
05:41 GMT


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