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Operating System

North America Web Consumption: OS X Growing

2010.02.27

Quantcast, a web statistics company, announced January results: 86.8% of web consumption is via Windows; just 10.9% is by OS X. Sounds like your regular market share story with Windows dominating, but dig a little and you get a different story.
OS X grew 7.0% M/M, 5.2% Q/Q and 29.4% Y/Y in January 2010. Windows, on [...]

Sosumi

2010.02.26

Sound it out: “So sue me.” Get the story behind how the sound got its name. Jim Reekes worked at Apple for over 12 years and is the person responsible for many sounds on the the Mac, including the startup sound. Excellent interview: the video. (I would rate the video PG-13 for a few strong [...]

Palm webOS 1.4

2010.02.26

The font is smooth and simple. The icons are intuitive. But what is with the menu system that mimics desktop applications? Couldn’t there be just buttons instead? Source: Pre Central via Engadget

Chrome OS Flow: Full NVIDIA Ion Acceleration

2010.02.19

If you have an ION GPU doing the graphics work and running Chrome OS (ChromiumOS), make sure to download and install the latest Hexxeh build called Flow: it takes full advantage of NVIDIA’s ION GPU. The already featherweight OS should start flying now. Source: Hexxeh via Chromium Netbooks, Engadget

Mac Chrome OS

2009.12.03

Google’s “Mac OS X Roadmap” for its Chrome OS states:
Now that we have an initial beta release under our belts…
The Chrome OS is coming to the Mac very soon. If you would like to test drive a build there is a 20MB build 33770: chrome-mac.zip dated 03-Dec-2009 18:23. According to ZDNet the 33770 build “works [...]

Windows 7 BSOD

2009.12.01

Instead of blue it’s black this time and affects most all Windows versions, including Windows 7. So what happens? You login, black screen appears and the computer freezes. Microsoft is, of course, investigating why its latest security updates are causing BSODs. If you’re experiencing BSODs, Microsoft wants you to call its customer service line:

800.642.7676 (Customer [...]

Chrome OS in 1GB USB Key

2009.11.30

Hexxeh has built a Chrome OS Diet version that fits into a 1GB USB key with improved WiFi support. Source: Hexxeh via Engadget

Chrome OS Runs On Dell Mini 10v

2009.11.27

The Chrome OS has been hacked thanks to Doug A. and now runs on Dell’s Mini 10v including WiFi. Not perfect, but working: The ChromiumOS network connection may take up to 5-10 minutes to see your WiFi connections. A USB image as well as instructions are available for download at Direct2Dell. I expect Chrome OS [...]

Android + Chrome OS = ?

2009.11.23

Original image courtesy: Rich Dellinger, Engadget
“Android and Chrome will likely converge over time.” – Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google. Android and Chrome OS should be merged now. Chrome OS is light enough to be loaded on smartphones but the weak link is its 100% dependence on the cloud. Incorporating Android apps into the Chrome OS [...]

Windows 7 Sales Twice As Many

2009.11.23

Steve Ballmer is excited. Windows 7 sales in its first few weeks, starting October 22, are double that of any previous version. No specific numbers were shared but Vista sold 20 million copies in its first month. Windows 7, including boxed copies and ones included in PCs, might be in a run for 40 million. [...]


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