Windows Vista: Compatibility Update
Microsoft has issued a new compatibility update for anyone upgrading to Windows Vista. On a somewhat related note, it appears people are running into problems with having to re-validate their copy of...
View ArticleRunning OSX 10.4.9 on Your Windows Machine
A handy guide to installing Mac OSX 10.4.9 and dual-booting it with Windows Vista on your Windows machine (of course, it states clearly that this guide is for informational purposes only). Enjoy!
View ArticleMicrosoft's Silverlight
TechCrunch has an interesting article regarding Microsoft's Silverlight and why it could be the killer app for web 2.0 development.
View ArticleParallels Desktop 3 for Mac Coming In June
Parallels Desktop 3 for Mac will soon be released. Some of the highly anticipated features are support for 3D gaming, Snapshots and "SmartSelect". With the Snapshot feature, you can do Snapshots of the...
View ArticleParallels 3.0 Installed
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac has been released and I have my copy downloaded and installed. Will be playing around with the new version over the next couple of days. Stay tuned.....
View ArticleOffice 2007: De Facto For OEMs
After June 30th 2007, OEM vendors will have to ship new systems with Office 2007, since Microsoft will no longer be supplying Office 2003 after this date.
View ArticleVMWare Fusion released
VMWare has finally released VMWare Fusion, their competitor to Parallels for Mac. MacNN has a nice article with the VMWare Fusion product manager in which he compares VMWare Fusion to Parallels for...
View ArticleParallels 3.0 Beta Released
Parallels Desktop 3.0 Beta has been released (and it is free upgrade to licensed users of Parallels Desktop 3). It looks like the main improvements were for Coherence mode as well as some performance...
View ArticleParallels 3.0 Released
Parallels officially released their 3.0 upgrade (build 5160) today, which is supposed to improve Coherence mode as well as add support for Mac OSX's "Expose" function. I went ahead and took the plunge...
View ArticleParallels Cut-n-Paste no longer working correctly....
Just an FYI: if you haven't installed Apple's security update 2007-009, don't install it unless you want to lose your cut-n-paste functionality (otherwise known as the clipboard synchronization in the...
View ArticleParallels Cut-n-Paste Issue Fixed!
For those suffering with the Parallels dreaded cut-n-paste bug, at last, a Parallels update is available for this issue (build# 5584). Several users have reported back on the forum thread that this...
View ArticleWindows XP Control Panel Keyboard Shortcuts
For you Windows XP users, here is a handy guide of keyboard shortcuts for the Control Panel (something I had stumbled across while working on the nephew's computer this evening).
View ArticleIE7 and IE6: Running both versions
Recently I have come across the need to run both IE6 and IE7 side by side in the same environment (in order to test some web pages behavior). My starting point was Windows XP SP2 with IE7 already...
View ArticleiTunes 7.6.1 Released
iTunes 7.6.1 has been released. Looks like this is a fairly minor release containing some bug fixes as well as adding support for Apple TV version 2. Also, according to MacRumors, Apple has notified...
View ArticleIE8 Beta Released
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 which has features aimed at competing with Safari 3. Some of the new features are WebSlices (which sounds similar to the LiveBookMarks feature in Firefox)....
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