The first reviews are in for the MacBook Air:
Wall Street Journal
- “beautiful, amazingly thin computer, but one whose unusual trade-offs may turn off some frequent travelers.”
- “difficult to describe just how surprising…
Archive for January 23rd, 2008
Jan23
MacBook Air Reviews: Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today [Now Shipping]
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan23
Netflix to Offer Mac Video Streaming in 2008
AlleyInsider reports that during their Q4 financial results, Netflix confirmed that they were hoping to have a Mac web-streaming video solution available in 2008. An earlier Netflix blog entry from August had reported the same expectation. The core…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan23
Dell, Microsoft Team on (Product) Red PCs
Not to be bested by the likes of Apple and Motorola, Dell and Microsoft are joining forces to create (Product) Red PCs that will help African women and children with HIV/AIDS. The PCs will be crimson versions of Dell’s XPS One line running Microsoft Windows Vista, and as much as $80 of the purchase price will be donated to The Global Fund via (Product) Red, Microsoft said.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan23
View of Apple from an insider heading out
Longtime Apple programmer Jens Alfke just went freelance. His online debriefing offers an candid perspective on how Apple treats developers as well as the company’s interest on social networking applications (or more to the point, the lack of the same).
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan23
Drive-By Pharmers Harvest Personal Data
One year after a proof-of-concept hack for pharming wireless routers hit the Internet, network security company Symantec issued a warning that more attacks are on the way. The new attack — which targets wireless routers — is similar to other pharming hacks in that it reroutes the domain name system server used by any device that connects to the Internet
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan23
Microsoft memo: Windows 7 and Windows Live to be even more tightly joined at the hip
The “plus” in Microsoft’s Software+Services strategy is going to get a lot more oomph in the not-too-distant future — at least according to a planning memo for Windows Live Wave 3 that I had a chance to see recently.
Filed in: Microsoft
Jan23
You don’t have to love everything about open source to be an advocate
I just read a rather muddled blog from CNET.com about the author’s thoughts on the “Linux community.” He’s generally striking a positive note about all the good things about open source alternatives, but sprinkled in are some odd comments that made me wonder what he was really getting at: …
Filed in: Software
Jan23
Mac OS X 10.5.2: World of Warcraft Fix, Still No Airport Extreme Backups (Yet)
A few more tidbits on the coming Mac OS X 10.5.2 update.
- The latest seed reportedly fixes a known driver problem that affects World of Warcraft on PowerPC machines.
- Despite early hope that the 10.5.2 update would fix…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan23
Beware of vishing attacks via e-mail
The Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued a warning on the rise of vishing attacks, which is like phishing in that the attacks are propagated through e-mail, but there’s a difference. An excerpt from the IC3 site: Vishing operates like phishing by persuading consumers to divulge…
Filed in: Security
Jan23
Unified communication with Siemens OpenScape v2.3
Unified communication (UC) has transitioned from being a buzzword to a business necessity in global workplaces today. Communication hurdles can impair businesses. Flexibility with interoperability is a chief requirement from the integrated communication solutions available. This is where UC ensures a convergence of communication channels — instant…
Filed in: Software
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