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Apple to slow pace of Mac OS X tweaks

Apple Computer plans to continue rapidly bringing out new versions of Mac OS X, but it won't continue at quite the pace it's maintained in recent years. Read more »

Mac OS X gets first open-source virtualisation tool

Sun has released a major update to its open-source desktop virtualisation tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Apple's Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems, in addition to other improvements. Read more »

iPhone: Google Talk, new security threats

Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, however these new applications come in light of new security scares. Read more »

Is Apple Mac's popularity creating insecurity?

Macs are still less likely than PCs to be exploited by malware, but Apple's rising popularity and Wednesday's discovery of a Mac-targeted Trojan could spell the beginning of the end for the Mac security haven. Read more »

Apple's Leopard shows up on file sharing sites

A file purporting to be a preview version of Apple's next Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" operating system showed up on file sharing sites over the weekend. Read more »

Apple developers cautiously upbeat on Intel

Apple developers aren't exactly looking forward to rewriting their applications to run on Intel chips, but the switch will have its benefits. Read more »

KDE starts testing version 4.1

KDE, the desktop software project widely used on Linux systems, this week released the first test version of KDE 4.1, a significant upgrade and the second edition of KDE to use the Qt 4 application development framework. Read more »

Ubuntu users get easy access to Windows apps

Ubuntu can now access Parallels Workstation for Linux, which allows users to run Windows applications, via the operating system's built-in update tool. Read more »

Update released for Gnome Linux desktop

The Gnome project has released the first test version of the Gnome 2.22 desktop this week, with changes including a new Web-browser engine, updates for virtual network computer and accessibility, and a new file system. Read more »

Vista still struggling as Linux finds its feet

Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, only 13 percent of companies say they expect to move all desktops to the operating system, according to a survey released this week. Furthermore, adoption of Linux continues to gather pace, with a particular emphasis on the desktop emerging. Read more »

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Tech Guide: What's inside Apple's Mac OS X Tiger

How does Apple's latest version of Mac OS X, Tiger, look and feel on the desktop? Read more »

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

Panther adds new and useful features, but at the expense of some old standbys. Current Jaguar users need not apply. Read more »

Using AppleScript to build Mac OS X applications

You can easily build applications that use the Aqua UI and interact with other applications on your Mac. We'll show you how. Read more »

First Take: Apple Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

Panther, a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.3, offers beefed-up compatibility with Windows networks and support for IPv6 networking. Read more »

I've learned to like Linux (but not to love it)

Continuing his quest to live with Linux, columnist David Coursey finds a bunch of stuff he really likes, some other stuff that he can tolerate, and a few things that still have him scratching his head. Read more »

Can a Windows user learn to love Linux?

A regular Windows user takes Linux for a test run to determine which operating system fits best. Read more »

Integrate Macs into a PC environment with built-in OS X tools

You no longer have to fear a mixed Windows and Mac environment. Find out how several OS X tools, including SMB access, Samba, Personal Web sharing, and FTP access, make mixing PCs and Macs easier than ever. Read more »

Use lbdb to combine contact sources for easy address lookup

Address book storage varies by e-mail client; many keep contacts in their own storage format that makes them inaccessible to other clients. One program, called the Little Brother's Database, can bring many of these together to make it easy to search for contacts outside of your e-mail client. Read more »

10 things you should know about virtualisation

Virtualisation has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Microsoft has promised that the Hyper-V virtualisation component (formerly called Viridian) will follow within 180 days of the Windows Server 2008 release. Read more »

What virtualisation tools are available for testing?

This article talks about some of the free or inexpensive tools you might use to accomplish your virtualisation testing. Read more »

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Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google already has customised some of its websites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software. Read more »

Virtualisation -- threat or menace?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It sounds like VMware's Rosenblum has this opportunity figured out, and I suspect that Microsoft's Virtual PC managers do too. It'll be interesting to watch this market develop over time. Read more »

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  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

  • Staff Adobe briefly considered its own browser

    Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, but are that many people so in love with it? Meanwhile, the Flash player dominates its segment because lots of people find it to be a terrific. So might Adobe one day decide that the next logical step is to try its hand at building its own Web browser? Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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