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Submission + - reverse GUI migration (apple.com)

Submitted by alxtoth on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @11:24AM

alxtoth writes: Long time there was talk about "yellow box" as a means to run Windows applications in Macs, side by side with native Mac apps. Makes me wonder, isn't Apple doing the total opposite? I mean, there is QuickTime, iTunes and now Safari 3 running on Windoze with a Mac look-and-feel ? What will be the next port, iPhoto maybe ?!?

Submission + - Forensics tool for Mac OS

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alxtoth

on Saturday April 28, 2007 @03:07PM

alxtoth writes: "Somebody inserts an USB dongle into your Mac, and "..the device is able to extract OS user passwords, logins for different Apple applications, website history and passwords to different visited sites and more" . They say it's not for sale for anybody. That's their problem who they sell to, but the scary part is: how to get such data out of OS X in the first place? http://www.slipperybrick.com/2007/04/maclockpick/"

Feed Samsung's SGH-i400 goes Symbian S60 (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @05:32AM

Filed under: Cellphones

Symbian is back in the news this morning after another night of promiscuity. Having been spotted shacking-up with with LG and Google just yesterday, the Nokia bedfellow was just outed with this cutie, Samsung's new SGH-i400 smartphone. It's not the first Samsung S60 slider we've seen, nor will it be the last. In addition to some pretty bold "symbian OS" branding in the upper-right corner, the i400 brings a regular ol' 2 megapixel camera, dedicated MP3 key, stereo speakers, Bluetooth, MicroSD expansion, and support for full web browsing on it's 2.3-inch "wide display." No word on a 3G radio here so we'll have to assume the worst (tri-band GSM/EDGE). We do know that it'll make its debut in Russia in July and then "other European countries" shortly thereafter. Hey Russia, welcome to Europe!

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Submission + - Software Piracy in India

Submitted by

Greg

on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @04:47AM

Greg writes: "Getting pirated software in India is as easy as buying a burger from McDonalds. There are small shops set up in every major city which sell everything from the latest games to software. The pricing is standard for all software's a DVD of Windows Vista and Visual Studio costs the same."

Submission + - Apple's growth

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website design

on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @03:45AM

website design writes: "Apple Inc. has a decent shot of outgrowing Microsoft Corp. within the next five years if it can keep churning out hit wonders, an extrapolation of revenue data from the two industry heavyweights has revealed. An analysis at 10Layers points out that while both Microsoft and Apple have seen healthy revenue growth in the last 5 years, Apple is growing at a near exponential rate compared to Microsoft's linear path. For more on the subject you shall visit me at:ecommerce web site design .Anyay coming to the point"Microsofts revenues have grown approximately 60 percent from just under $30B in 2002 to over $44B in 2006," the report states. Given that 44B — 30B = 14B, and that 14B = 46.7% not 60%, I am less than sanguine about the accuracy of the rest of the report. "However, while Microsoft has grown linearly for this period, Apple has accelerated with revenues of just under $6B in 2002 growing to just under $21B in 2006." For Apple, that represents an impressive 250 percent revenue growth. In an attempt to predict the future growth rates of both firms, 10Layers compiled an extrapolation of Microsofts linear and Apple's almost exponential revenue growth from the past twelve months. The pure extrapolation shows that Apple could catch up with Microsoft as early as 2010 or 2011, given the current growth rates. Interesting assumptions and calculations. But this is revenue growth not market share growth- which is fine in terms of the bottom line that shareholders care about. I just wonder what their prediction would be about market share. Could Apple surpass Microsoft and yet have only 15% of the market share? Comparing Apple and Microsoft is difficult, given that Apple has self-branded hardware exclusively and Microsoft does not."

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