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When Steve Jobs tried to hire Linus Torvalds
In a profile on Linus Torvalds, you know, the creator of Linux, Wired relays an interesting piece of information, namely that Steve Jobs many years back tried to recruit Torvalds to work at Apple. Torvalds has never met Bill Gates, but around 2000, when he was still working at Transmeta, he met Steve Jobs. Jobs […]
Continue reading...SiriOus removed from Cydia app store after Nuance refuses to offer license
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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As one of the more compelling features in iOS 5, it’s not too surprising to see a number of Siri imitators hti other mobile platforms. Also to be expected are jailbreak hacks enabling Siri to run on devices other than the iPhone 4S. A few weeks ago we highlighted a developer who, as a proof […]
Continue reading...Google revamps new employee computer policy; Windows now out of the equation
Monday, May 31, 2010
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While Steve Ballmer was busy taking solace in the fact that 94 out of 100 computer purchases are Windows PCs, Google updated its employee computer policy to explicitly exclude Windows machines due to security concerns. Whereas new employees were once given a choice between Linux, Windows, or Mac OS, Windows is now effectively out of […]
Continue reading...How OS fanboys look at other operating systems [Graphic]
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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Now ain’t this the truth.
Continue reading...Proof that Snow Leopard is the hottest OS on the market
Monday, December 7, 2009
A lot of College girls use Halloween as an excuse to put on skimpy outfits and dress up as sexy devils, policewomen etc. Now this, of course, is nothing new, but we gotta give props to the girl below for extending the sexy Halloween motif to include Snow Leopard. What better way to show your […]
Continue reading...Hackintosh market share surpasses Linux
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
We reported the other day that recent data released by Net Applications shows that the percentage of computers running Mac OS X increased to 9.93% in January, up from 9.63% in December 2008. Another interesting tidbit is that the number of people using Hackintosh computers appear to outnumber those using Linux. And let’s not forget […]
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Friday, March 23, 2012
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