OpenCL, specced in just 6 months, is ready for Snow Leopard

November 21st, 2008

How long does it take to create a standard in the tech industry? Let’s put it this way: we’re still waiting for the final word on videotapes (die, Betacam, die). So when you hear that a universal interface between applications and computing hardware has been hammered out in six months, you better be impressed. A [...]

Snow Leopard, she is coming in Q1 2009

November 19th, 2008

Can’t wait for the next iteration of OS X? Well, it’s coming in Q1 2009 which means you still have about 2 more months to sit on your hands and think happy thoughts. Apple’s Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard said that the OS would launch Q1 2009 which places it in the [...]

The Onion sums up OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7 sentiments

November 8th, 2008

Both Microsoft and Apple have important operating system releases dropping soon in OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7. If previous experiences have taught us anything, the tech crowd will cheer at the minor feature bumps Steve Jobs announces and grumble at anything out of Redmond. The Onion did a fine job compiling some of the expected features [...]

Call the family in, tell them to sit down, and break the news: Devs get iPhone 2.2 beta 2 and new Snow Leopard builds

October 25th, 2008

A new version of the iPhone OS is floating around. 2.2 beta 2 doesn’t include cut and paste, MMS, or the ability to heal the halt and deaf. It does, however, have Google Street Views. You’d best tell grandma she can stop wetting herself in anticipation. There is still no cut and paste.
As for Snow [...]

Ballmer gets snippy with Intel

October 2nd, 2008

Steve Ballmer, in a move not exactly challenging Microsoft’s unfortunate reputation as a bloated, last-generation software developer paralyzed by inertia, criticized Intel for focusing on multiple cores — a strategy Ballmer says “mandates and necessitates ongoing OS innovation.” Oh, no! Oh good heavens! What will we do? Design our OS that reflects (or influences!) the [...]

10+ alternative OSes that may provide next year’s innovations

September 26th, 2008

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One interesting thing about the software world, I find, is that there is a trickle-up system for innovation. Things like live searches, better task bars, and the much-debated widget/gadget/dashboard idea often have had their seeds in smaller OSes or pieces of software. Designers will find a way to work something in their [...]

Snow Leopard’s 64-bit aspirations

September 3rd, 2008

If the last time you talked about how many bits something had was when you got a Super Nintendo, you’re probably as puzzled as I once was about the whole shift to 64-bit computing. Isn’t that the computing power of a Jaguar, not a Snow Leopard? No, silly goose. It’s very technical and I don’t [...]

MacBook Air getting new proc, HDD, battery

August 14th, 2008

Come September, we’re expecting a whole bushel of Apple improvements. I’m looking forward to a completely new MacBook Pro for use with Snow Leopard, but those of you more concerned with form than function will be happy to hear that the MacBook Air will be getting spec’ed up too. It’s been reported that the new [...]

Snow Leopard screens trickle out: Safari has mysterious ‘Save as Web Application’ menu item!

June 22nd, 2008

The first shots of Snow Leopard, Apple’s new operating system that should be here in about a year, are now starting to appear online. On a German site, of all crazy things! Anyhow, the biggest news from the released screen shots is the existence of a mysterious “Save as Web Application” menu item in Safari. [...]

Snow Leopard won’t support PowerPC Macs

June 11th, 2008

Snow Leopard, or OS X 10.6, went out to developers at WWDC yesterday, and one glaring aspect that worries some is the fact that 10.6 is made specifically for Intel-based Macs, meaning that G5 won’t run it. In fact all PowerPC-based Macs are left out in the cold.
This was bound to happen, though, as Apple’s [...]

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