Category: Windows

  • Getting a Vaio

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    Microsoft Belgium rang me yesterday (I don’t think they realised it was a public holiday here!). I did some consultancy for Microsoft Belgium last November and at the time they asked me if I’d be interested in participating in a program where they send out laptops pre-loaded with Vista. The aim of the program is…

  • New version of Parallels too popular!

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    I have written about Parallels previously and how it makes running Windows applications on a Mac seamless. Arstechnica are reporting that the latest version of Parallels is now available to download. For anyone who already owns a copy of Parallels, this is a free upgrade (wohoo!). Demand for the upgrade appears to be extreme though,…

  • More bad news for Vista

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    According to an article in InformationWeek, a privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in Windows Vista. The vulnerability was reported to Microsoft by eEye Digital Security on the 19th of January. Marc Maiffret, Chief Hacking Officer of eEye said: with this vulnerability, you can elevate yourself to system-level access. Any normal user can do anything…

  • Parallels on Mac

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    I upgraded my copy of Parallels to the RC3 version released today. I did this to take advantage of the Coherence mode which allows you to run Windows and Mac apps on the one screen transparently (see above). The upgrade wasn’t without its scary moments. At one point the upgrade of drivers caused XP to…

  • How to annoy people when you launch

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    Via Bernie and Robert Scoble I heard about Sharpcast. Sharpcast has one product, called Sharpcast Photos which does: Automatic backup, effortless sharing and anywhere-access for your photo collection. Your PC, the web and optionally your mobile phone working as one. It sounded like a cool idea until I saw the requirements to get it to…

  • Apple takes the pi** out of Vista' incessant security warnings!

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    UPDATE: This video has been taken down from YouTube, There is a version of it on the Mac site here (.mov) and there are two similar ads on this page on the Apple site.

  • "An operating system has never had parental control features before" – Bill Gates

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    “An operating system has never had parental control features before” Bill Gates came out with this incredible statement two and a half minutes into the following interview on NBC http://www.youtube.com/v/BO1pvWUELIUReally Bill? So how do you explain this screenshot of the built-in Parental Controls on my Mac? There have been Parental Controls on the Mac for…

  • Microsoft hobbles Windows Vista

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    Ed Bott has aa article on ZDNet comparing the licencing terms of Windows XP and the forthcoming retail version of Windows Vista (Microsoft’s upcoming successor for XP). It turns out that whereas with Windows XP you could re-install the OS on as many different machines as you wished (as long as it was deleted off…