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  • 12 February 2013

  • News: Cook: The only thing Apple won't do is release a lousy product

    Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference. Though--unsurprisingly--he spilled no Apple secrets, Cook did manage to leave room wide open for Apple to introduce a lower-priced iPhone, and reiterated some common company tropes about its focus and goals.

  • News: How to build your own Steam Box today

    Manufacturers have tried to put PCs in our living room for years, with mixed success. One of the most recent example is Alienware's X51, which looks great in a home-theater rack, but delivers underwhelming performance when you use it to play high-end games with all their graphic settings cranked up.

  • 11 February 2013

  • News: Linux Foundation releases secure boot loader

    Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware.

  • News: Linux Foundation releases secure boot loader

    Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware.

  • News: Dell buyout faces backlash from shareholders

    The backlash against Dell Inc.’s $US 24.4 billion leveraged buyout continues, with one of the company’s largest shareholders Southeastern Asset Management Inc., planning to oppose the deal.

  • 08 February 2013

  • News: Adobe releases emergency patch for Windows and OS X systems

    Adobe recently released an emergency update for Flash Player on all platforms after two zero-day bugs were discovered in the wild targeting Windows and Mac OS X computers. The vulnerabilities allowed hackers to hijack both Windows PCs and Macs. Adobe recommends all users to update their systems as soon as possible.

  • 07 February 2013

  • News: Counting iPads, Apple bests HP to top PC market, says researcher

    For those that call tablets personal computers, Apple Inc. is the world's top PC maker, according to research firm Canalys.

  • News: Rumors of an HP split-up shot down

    While reports have been circulating that Hewlett-Packard's board of directors is considering breaking up the company, a source close to company said it's simply not true.

  • 06 February 2013

  • News: Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell sign of turbulent times in PC biz

    Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell, the world's third-largest seller of personal computers, was a signal that the personal computer, Microsoft's Windows, or both, are at growing risk of irrelevance, analysts said Tuesday.

  • News: HP slams Dell, plans to steal its customers

    Just as Dell announced it had finalized its deal to go privatel, Hewlett-Packard came out swinging, criticizing its rival and declaring it's going after Dell's customers.

  • News: HP calls Dell's go-private strategy a 'tough road ahead'

    In the wake of Dell announcement to be taken private by Michael Dell and Silver Lake for $US 24.4 billion, rival PC maker Hewlett Packard issued a statement calling the move will not prove good for its customers

  • News: Quicken Essentials users can switch with iBank update

    Mac users who've felt locked into the much-maligned Quicken Essentials now have another alternative: On Tuesday, developer IGG Software announced that the latest update to its Mac-only app iBank app can import documents from Intuit's software.

  • 04 February 2013

  • News: Dell may be close to finalizing buyout deal

    Dell reportedly is closing in on finalizing a deal to take the company private, and all the speculation is shining a renewed spotlight on the PC maker, say analysts.

  • News: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A ships in Europe and soon the world

    Just as Henry Ford revolutionized the auto world with his Model A, the scrappy lot at Raspberry Pi are doing the same with the computing world with their Model A.

  • News: URL detection flaw causes OS X apps to crash

    Over the weekend, reports of a rather curious OS X bug were reported with a mixture of amusement and surprise. Affecting only recent versions of Mountain Lion--including, according to some reports, as-yet unreleased betas of the operating system--the bug manifests itself in the form of a crash every time you type File:/// (with an uppercase F) inside most standard text input controls like those you can find in a Web form or in text editors like TextEdit.

  • News: How to get a new PC that runs Windows 7, not Windows 8

    New Coke, the XFL, the recently canceled ABC drama 666 Park Avenue--all perfectly decent, but they lacked that certain excitement that turns a pimply kid into a Justin Bieber.

  • News: Expo Notes: Ergotron's workstations show off their Mac metal

    Ergotron has long made ergonomic workstation accessories, but never before have those products been so directly aimed at Mac users. Here on the Macworld/iWorld showfloor, the company has set up prototypes of a striking new line of WorkFit Sit-Stand Workstation that include products specifically designed to match Apple's aluminum-body computers.

  • 01 February 2013

  • News: Windows 8's usage uptake falls further behind Vista's

    Windows 8 fell further behind the pace of Windows Vista's uptake last month, a metric company said today, even as usage share of the new operating system continued to slowly climb.

  • 31 January 2013

  • News: Mac Pro sales to stop March 1 in EU countries

    If you live in a country under the European Union and you were thinking of purchasing a Mac Pro, best not to wait too much longer. Apple told reseller and channel partners Thursday that it would stop all sales of the desktop system on March 1 to comply with new EU regulatory standards.

  • News: Expo Notes: FiledRight helps small law firms get organized

    For more than two decades, Mindwrap has been in the business of organizing and sorting documents for big corporations and other businesses buried in paperwork. With its newest product--FiledRight, which is on display this week at Macworld/iWorld--the company is taking aim at smaller businesses with a new Mac app to help them digitize their records.

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