It hasn’t been much time since Apple launched Lion, Mac OS X 10.7, to the general public. There have been cries of various issues, specifically the unreliability of WiFi connections in Lion, due to which Apple has hurriedly released the first update, 10.7.1 to the general public. Weirdly, this build wasn’t even released to developers before general availability today while OS X 10.7.2 was seeded to developers.
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Apple Releases Mac OS 10.6.8 v1.1
Apple released a “supplemental update” to Mac OS X 10.6.8 users on Tuesday.
The update is said to fix several bugs such as printers failing to work and HDMI issues. This is the changelog for this update:
U.S. Army Currently Testing iPhone, Android and Windows Phone
The U.S. Army is currently conducting several six week tests of the three most popular mobile operating systems, namely iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
Yet another Froyo update for Nexus One
Just a few days ago , Froyo FRF85B build was released official for Nexus One for both T-Mobile and AT&T users. The Froyo updates haven’t stopped yet as there is yet another build released today. Again, this new update is being pushed off for both T-Mobile and AT&T users. The build number of this new update is FRF91 and its size is about 900k which means it doesn’t have any big changes.
Chrome OS beta available for download (not by 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.
Microsoft working on a new research Operating system called Barrelfish
Microsoft Research in Cambridge has teamed up with ETH Zurich Systems group to work on a new research operating system called Barrelfish which is being designed from the ground up, to cope with the demand of increasing number of processing cores, as well as the diversity in computer hardware. This is no the first time that Microsoft is working on a research operating system. Singularity was another research based operating system, the code of which is available for download on CodePlex.
OS X 10.6.1 update already in the works by Apple – Here’s what’s coming
OS X 10.6 hasn’t been the best of operating system updates from Apple. No wonder it’s priced at $30. More often than not, it has application incompatibility and driver related issues meaning it has broken a lot of stuff. Developers will need to work to get these issues solved now even though everything worked fine with Leopard. But Apple will be addressing some compatibility, stability and security issues that with the 10.6.1 update.
Can’t wait for Google Chrome OS? Try these alternatives
Google Chrome Operating System announcement has shaken up the entire blogosphere, even though what it aims to achieve with its OS is already being done by many currently available netbook operating systems with varying degrees of success. My opinion is you can’t win the operating system war on web applications alone, you need both client and web apps in an OS. Google thinks otherwise. Why would you want to launch a browser just to access Windows Live Messenger or Skype?
Google Chrome OS will be available in 2010, but till then you can try out these many wonderful alternatives available that provide you quick access to web destinations as well as native apps.
Why did Google announce Chrome OS today? Microsoft will be announcing something next Monday
Microsoft will be making a big announcement next Monday, although we don’t know any details about it. But from the above update on FriendFeed by Robert Scoble, it seems it will be similar to the Chrome OS that Google announced today. It could very well be something based around their research project Gazelle: