Tag: microsoft software

  • Worldwide Telescope launches half-baked!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Microsoft launched their much-hyped WorldWide Telescope this morning. The application has a lot of promise as an educational tool, in that it can make astronomy fun and engaging. First off, there is no Mac version. Boo! For this reason alone, I should have just walked away. But I didn’t because it promised so much and…

  • Get off your high horse Ed!

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    Tom Raftery
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    There was a big bruhaha on the intertubes over the weekend when Apple ran its software update on Windows and offered the Safari 3.1 browser download as the default selected option. Now I am not for a second condoning this kind of behaviour. I believe opt-in is the only way to do optional updates, especially…