Reversing its earlier stance, Microsoft is now saying that it will allow users to run Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium as guest operating systems on a virtual machine. Previously, users have to purchase the most expensive Vista Business and Vista Ultimate versions to do so. …
Archive for January 21st, 2008
Jan21
IBM guns for SME market with Lotus Foundations
At Monday’s opening of the annual Lotusphere conference, IBM introduced a new product offering called Lotus Foundations that it says is aimed squarely at companies with five to 500 employees. Lotus Foundations will consist of on-premise software servers to be primarily through channel partners. It will compete…
Filed in: Software
Jan21
Death to the glossy display!
(If you’re a big fan of glossy displays, you can probably skip this post)
I’ve been gushing about the MacBook Air to anyone that will listen for the past week, but I have to admit that now that I’m back from Macworld Expo the Kool Aid is starting to wear off.Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t […]
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan21
Mac OS X 10.5.2: Optional Translucent Menubar, DVD/CD Sharing
Some screenshots of the new features found in the Mac OS X 10.5.2 seed have been detailed by BabyGotMac.com. Amongst the new features:
- Transparency in the menu bar is now optional and can be set in Desktop Preferences:
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan21
Bug Labs Store is open for business (sort of)
Bug Labs, who won the CNET Best of CES award in the Emerging Technologies category, opened the doors of their online store today. In case you missed all of the excitement around the Bug platform at CES, you can check out my video demo here. In a…
Filed in: Software
Jan21
Use your Rock Band drums in Windows
Andrew Rudson has written an app for Windows that allows you to turn your Rock Band drum kit into a drum machine that you can use to play and record your Neil Peart-esque rhythms. I tried it out at the office on Friday and at home over the weekend…
Filed in: Software
Jan21
Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week
This week — specifically on January 22 — Microsoft will make its Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight 1.0 available to corporate users via Windows Software Update Services (WSUS), as well as via Microsoft Update (MU).
Filed in: Microsoft
Jan21
Next MacBooks, MacBook Pros To Receive Multi-touch Trackpad
AppleInsider also believes the MacBook Air’s multi-touch trackpad will make its way into Apple’s MacBook Pro line before eventually being extended to the MacBook as well. Rumors of such an update were first reported by MacRumors (1, 2).
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan21
Dell Takes Swipe at Energy Costs With New Blades
Dell has released a new M-Series blade solution, the M1000e, that boasts a new balance of performance, ease of use, and more efficient energy consumption — not to mention environmentally friendly lead-free configurations. Dell says it designed the M1000e “from the ground up” using Dell Energy Smart technologies that resulted in 30 patent applications.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan21
Apple Quietly Intros 64-Bit Windows Support in Boot Camp
Apple has started quietly shipping 64-bit Windows Vista drivers (for Boot Camp) with the install disks of the latest Mac Pros which were just released earlier this month. The installation instructions that come with the new Mac Pros specify this new…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
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