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Friday
Jun112010
Adobe Flash 10.1 officially lands for Mac and Windows PCs alike »
Adobe Flash 10.1 officially lands for Mac and Windows PCs alikeRemember that old (albeit slightly cheeky) saying: “got milk?” Well, the same can be applied to Adobe Flash — “got Flash?” All kidding aside, Adobe’s finally released Flash 10.1 for Mac OSX, Windows XP, Vista and 7; so if you’re not yet up-to-date with the coolest flash player in town, hit that green link. – Download
Saturday
Mar062010
Mac Heist - 7 Top Mac Apps for 20 bucks and for charity
Updated on Mar 9, 2010 by
Brandon Davenport
Yes, this feels to good to be true - but it is true, and you have to check it out now! Say hello to the MacHeist nanoBundle. As Mac users, we find it hard to expose ourselves to new indie Mac Apps because of availability, not being easy to find, and sometimes price. MacHeist has come to the rescue with this new lineup of apps that are valued at $260, and they are selling them in a bundle for 20 bucks, and donating to charity!
More info after the break...
Tuesday
Feb092010
Attention: Windows 7 Release Candidate Beta Expires February 15th
If you're like me and got your hands on the RC build of Windows 7 you've been lamenting this day for a while now. Starting next Monday, February 15th, Windows 7 will begin cycling 2 hour shut downs, which not only will be annoying, but will impair the save feature when working in applications.
Don't get me wrong, I love Windows 7, but it just sucks having to officially buy something that I've been using for almost a year now. Though, I knew about this from the start when I first signed up and you should've too! So what are you going to do now - Go back to XP and Vista? Or will you fork over the cash to run Microsoft's new stylish OS?
Oh, and don't think you can outrun that 2 hour shut down process for long either! Starting June 1st your desktop will be replaced with a "This copy of Windows is not genuine" image, so there's much of a workaround. Just do the right thing and buy a legit copy - I think Microsoft deserves it for finally pulling through and giving us something we can actually work on without complaint.
Friday
Jan292010
Microsoft Reports Record Revenue Quarter
Microsoft reports this quarter they've earned more than $19 billion dollars in revenue, and it's all thanks in part to fan favorite, Windows 7; Selling over 60 million copies since its release in late October, the sleek and sexy operating system has become the fastest selling OS ever released. Turning popular opinion on its head, Windows 7 gave Microsoft another chance at life and made the common PC user think twice before switching over to a MAC - and how could you blame them for considering it after the monstrosity that was Vista, and all those quirky yet lovable "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads - we heart you John Hodgman.
Windows 7 made owning a PC fun again, and it's given some credibility back to a company that appeared down and beaten. I'm not trying to sound like an ad here myself, but I love everything about Windows 7, and if you haven't gotten the chance to upgrade yet you really should consider it. And as a dedicated PC user, I doubt I'll ever switch exclusively to a Mac because of it... that is unless Apple wants to start sponsoring us and hand me a Macbook Pro to try out, which in that case I might not toot Microsoft's horn so much. Hey, I've been defending the iPad left and right all over the internets these passed few days - I think I deserve some recognition!
Friday
Jan012010
the 3 Best Free Antivirus applications for Windows 7
Windows has always been known for "viruses" and being "unsafe" and Windows has earned a reputation of being the virus prone OS. Why though? Well lets compare it to Mac. There is one Mac user for every Windows user, and that tells a lot. If you are a virus developer, you are going to go for the biggest crowd right? The next question is what can you do to protect yourself from all these viruses? Its hard to decide which one to download, so we made it easy with a simple choice, and we have gone around the interwebz and found the top 3 Anti-virus apps available today [Continued...]
Monday
Dec282009
Why you don't need to keep re-installing Windows to "Start Fresh"
Every tech savvy person always tells you to re-install Windows every once and a while to "speed things up". The problem is, the operating system itself doesn't get slower, its all the stuff you are installing or using. Windows is just another piece of software that just happens to have the ability to run stand-alone. Here is the real reason why your Windows OS is slow.
Thursday
Nov122009
Windows 7 is borrowing a Mac look and feel - Microsoft group manager
Before yesterday, lots of people didn't have a clue as to who Simon Aldous is. Mr. Aldous, a group manager at Microsoft, and he recently had a sit down with PCR to do a Q&A. He stirred the pot (to the point of it slopping over the sides). He had been asked one particular Question that was pointed directly at the shiny new OS. When asked if Windows 7 was "really a much more agile operating system," Simon made a deliberate decision to say the following:
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it's very graphical and easy to use. What we've tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it's traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.
Then he trainwrecked the statement by stating that "We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance." Microsoft was none to happy.
Microsoft's Response after the break!
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