operating systems
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All Of Snow Leopard’s Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
4:25AM John Herrman | Screencap formats, secret dock animations, previously unseen menu shortcuts, login screen backgrounds: These are the hidden settings that Apple doesn’t want you to see (or just forgot about) and that Secrets — a free, super-simple app — helpfully wrangles into one place. More »
Software
1:51AM John Herrman | Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn’t even crack one-third of its predecessor’s install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars]
Reality Check
1:51AM John Herrman | Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn’t even crack one-third of its predecessor’s install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars]
Design
6:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7’s laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work — including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn’t make the final design. More »
Ask The Artist: How Windows 7’s Home Screen Evolved
6:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7’s laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work — including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn’t make the final design. More »
Software
Surprise! Psystar’s Rebel EFI Software And Customer Service Shady
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Psystar’s Rebel EFI software promises that you can install OS X on any PC with a Core 2 Duo, Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem processor for $US50, but we are discovering that you will probably end up getting screwed royally. More »
Software
Giz Explains: Android, And How It Will Take Over The World
Software
Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Is Vulnerable To 8 Out Of 10 Viruses
1:50AM Rosa Golijan | The folks at SophosLabs didn’t believe claims that Windows 7 and its User Account Controls were any more secure than previous versions of the OS, so they tested a clean install. Result? A reminder that you should always use protection. More »
Software
Parallels 5 Runs Win7 Next To Snow Leopard With Multitouchiness
7:01PM Matt Buchanan | It’s a virtual war: VMWare Fusion 3 for Snow Kitty and Win7 popped out last week, and now here’s Parallels 5. It’s also fully 64-bit, with Windows apps that behave like native ones, including full multitouch gestures, and more zoomzoom. More »
QOTD
More Giz Readers Own Macs Than PCs
6:40AM Sean Fallon | Surprisingly, our poll yesterday revealed that Mac owners were running neck and neck with PC owners, each commanding 41 per cent of the vote. Although Mac owners have maintained an extremely slight edge over the last few hours in actual numbers. More »
QOTD
Do You Use A Mac Or A PC As Your Personal Home Computer?
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out in the wild, it is time, once again, to take stock of the state of home computing. That is to say, are you using a Mac or a PC? More »
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