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Redrum writes:
Everyone thinks that Apple's iPod runs an OS called Pixo, and that the iPhone ushered in a brand epoch based on OS X. That myth has been busted: the iPod runs Apple's own Mach/BSD kernel, and Pixo is only used as a graphics layer. Daniel Eran outlines the story behind Pixo and what OS X means for Apple. It's no joke; the story was confirmed by Tim Monroe, a member of Apple's QuickTime engineering team as is easy to verify yourself: Those OS X iPods? They're Already Here! Pixo, ARM, and the Mac OS.
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Z00L00K writes:
This may be old news to some, but anyway...
According to an article there is a serious problem with Vista when Quicktime is used.
I thought I was just unlucky the first time but when something happens two times in the exact same fashion, you just got to check into it a little more.
System is Vista Ultimate 32-bit with RAID 10 on Intel ICH8R chipset. A couple of weeks ago I tried running a .mov file using Apple QuickTime software (latest version) and that is when things started to go downhill. The file seemed very slow to load and eventually QuickTime crashed after a lot of persuasion. Once QuickTime was closed, I was notified of a RAID error through the Intel Matrix Storage Console but the same thing will happen if you reboot during the lockup as well.
The problem here is that a rather normal application is able to cause data corruption on this level. This means that there is an obvious problem with Vista that can be exploited by malware.
Maybe it's the cause of "Beauty is only skin deep but ugly is down to the bone." from where I refer to that Vista has got a new skin of security but under the skin it's still the same ugly security handling.
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Pete writes:
Over here in the UK we have yet to get our hands on the 'almighty' iPhone and while there are a lot of professional reviews and video from the US, we really want to hear from real users. What is it like to use on a day-today basis and is it annoyingly large or quite pocket-friendly? Does the EDGE connectivity cut it or is way too slow? Is the touchscreen interface easier to use than real keys? Finally, is it really worth buying one or should we stick to our trusty red phone booths?