<Date: 2009-11-05>
<Author: Muhammad Ali>
<Category: Apple>
Parallels has just released Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac. Parallels Desktop is a virtualization software for Snow Leopard. As the name implies, it enables you to run Mac and other operating systems in parallel. The just released virtualization companion for Mac enables you to run Windows 7, Linux and other operating systems on your Apple machine. Read more...
Permalink: Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac brings support for Aero in Windows 7
<Date: 2009-10-28>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Google>
This just in via Gizmodo. Chrome OS is now available for download as a Beta version. It isn’t the official Google version, but it’s worth a shot if you’re into Linux, netbooks and Chrome browser. It also provides a lot more desktop apps than expected from the official Google Chrome OS. Read more...
Permalink: Chrome OS beta available for download (not by Google)
<Date: 2009-07-08>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Google>
After years of speculation by different blogs and industry analysts, and the release of Android, Google has finally announced an x86 operating system called Google Chrome Operating System. Targeted to be available in the second half of 2010, Google Chrome OS will be an open source and light weight operating system targeted towards net books. Read more...
Permalink: Google announces the Google Chrome Operating System
<Date: 2009-05-11>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Apps for Windows>
I had been planning on starting a section on Apps for Windows since some time now, and no better way to start with version 2 of one of my favorite applications, The New York Times Reader. Previously based on WPF, and now shifted to Adobe Air, for cross platform compatibility, the new Times Reader 2.0 is available for Windows, Linux and OS X users. It contains some new enhancements over version 1, but most of the changes have been cosmetic. It really looks as if it was designed for the Mac only, if you take a cue from the new UI. It’s clean and slightly gray, with excellent typography and streamlined navigation. While the application itself is free, along with some of the news sections, you’ll have to shell out $3.45/week for full access. That shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the free version though, as it could cater most users very well with its variety of content. The available news sections increases on Sunday, with Magazine being the added free section for that day with several other paid ones. 
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Permalink: Apps for Windows: A Review of The New York Times Reader 2.0
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<Date: 2009-04-10>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Microsoft, Windows>
Another new Laptop Hunter commercial by Microsoft which takes a bitter shot at Apple this time claiming they’re for kids. Even though Lisa, Jackson’s mom, thinks Macs are pretty and popular for her kid’s age, the kid rejects it! Talk about being smart. Instead they get a Sony VAIO FW with Blu-ray and a big screen so he can play games. It’s funny when they say, “BLUU RAYY”. Looks weird honestly. Apple still hasn’t replied to these commercials with I’m a Mac ads so far. Read more...
Permalink: Another Laptop Hunters $1500 Ad by Microsoft. Meanwhile Linux Comes out to Play
<Date: 2009-04-09>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Microsoft>
The Linux Foundation CEO Jim Zemlin made some tall claims at the Linux Collaboration Summit, which as expected, is lots of hyperbole. Just like Microsoft’s claim of having Windows on 95% of netbooks was met with criticism, I think a little reply is deserved by Zemlin’s claims. Here we go: Read more...
Permalink: Unbelievable claims by Linux Foundation CEO
