Apple has just released the 3rd major update to Mac OS X 10.5 today, which contains “general operating system fixes” detailed in a support document on Apple’s site.
Notable changes include additional RAW support for several cameras, improved Wi-fi and Time Capsule support for Apple’s Time Machine, and fixes for an issue where video would stutter [...]
As part of Microsoft’s Windows 7 announcements yesterday the company has revealed that their professional developers conference is scheduled this year and the company is ready to reveal more about Windows 7.
Looking at the sessions agenda you can see the following:
* Windows 7: Graphics Advances
* Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life
* Windows [...]
Since Microsoft still isn’t willing to talk — or even comment on any of the information its own employees already have discussed publicly — about Windows 7, I thought I’d make a list of the many things that are known already about Windows 7 (beyond the 2010 due date).
Remember, as the Softies themselves like to [...]
Steven Sinofsky’s motto should be, in the spirit of Memorial Day: “Loose lips sink ships.” Office development proceeded with scant disclosure under his tenure. Little has changed since he assumed the role as Microsoft’s senior veep for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering group. Open disclosure and dialog punctuated past Windows development—not that the process [...]
Vispa secures your Windows Vista installation and protects your privacy. In addition to so-called antispy features, it disables common security threats and increases your Windows performance.
The only recommendation I can give is not applying settings without vague knowledge of what you´re doing. Not every setting is desired in every environment. Vispa is no tool for [...]
The public beta of Microsoft’s browser will focus on standards compliance — for better or worse.
I’ve given a lot of attention to the forthcoming Firefox 3.0 lately, but let’s not forget that Microsoft has a new version of its own browser in the works, too. According to Nick MacKechnie, a senior technical account manager at [...]
Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista underperforms in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception. In this demo I show how Vista outperforms Windows XP and I show the under the covers process traces of just how it achieves it.
Demo environment consists of two images. One Vista SP1 [...]
Ensuring your website is ready for Internet Explorer 8
Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way by default. Giving top priority to Web standards interoperability allows us to help web developers and designers drive toward the ideal [...]
The saviour that was meant to be, Vista Service Pack 1, isn’t. In some cases it’s actually a performance decrease for an operating system already grinding up-to-date PCs to a halt. XP fans (for the most part) are happily using Service Pack 3, and Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb) is barking at the gates [...]
XdN Tweaker is a free tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.
It sets itself apart from the other tweak programs though by not being filled with options, settings, and “tweaks” that are actually normal options and menu settings of other programs. It tries to fill the gaps that other tweak programs [...]
