Why, when and how to migrate to Windows 8
Windows 8 machines are coming out sometime this fall, but that doesn’t mean businesses should shift to panic mode to upgrade their corporate desktops and laptops, experts say. While the new operating system offers significant new features compared to previous Microsoft upgrades, none is so compelling that it overrides practical business factors, they say. The platform does have a lot to recommend it, says Nick Govelovich, a...
Chrome 20 browser released: exclusive 64-bit Linux Flash, fewer MacBook crashes
By Steve Dent posted Jun 29th 2012 5:47AM If your new MacBook is having kernel panics, or you’re forced to run a 32-bit browser in Linux because you need Flash, Google’s brought relief with version 20 of Chrome. While acting sheepish about “yet another release,” the Chrome Blog said “hundreds of bugs” were fixed, including a MacBook resource leak issue which was temporarily patched by disabling some...
New Apple iPad is a Delight
We’ve seen this movie before: a frenzied buildup punctuated by constant speculation. And then Apple actually announces the object behind all the fuss — in this particular sequel the latest iPad, which goes on sale Friday. By Paul Sakuma, AP Apple’s new iPad has an improved screen and an improved camera. Then the mood shifts. People bummed out by the features that Apple did not put into its freshly baked tablet computer...
Shuttle takes quiet nettops down the Cedar Trail, intros XS35V3 and XS35GTA V3
By Jon Fingas posted Jun 29th 2012 6:16AM Nettops have slipped a bit out of vogue, but Shuttle is keeping the flame alive for those who like their desktops tiny and hushed. The XS35V3 and XS35GTA V3 have moved on to more contemporary Cedar Trail-era, 2.13GHz Atom D2700 processors that keep the power draw to a fanless 27W, even when everything is churning at full bore. That limit might get tested with the GTA variant, which brings in...
Call of Duty: Black Ops to come to the Mac this fall
Aspyr Media is bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops to the Mac later this year; in the meantime, it’s whetting gamers’ appetite for carnage immediately with a limited-time half-off sale of older Call of Duty titles in the Mac App Store.Originally released in October 2010 for, well, pretty much everyone else, Call of Duty: Black Ops takes place in the 1960s and puts your character into various Cold War...
