History of Mac OS

If you are asked, what is the best looking OS that you want? No doubt, it's Apple Mac OS X. Below are videos of the history of Mac OS. Enjoy.!!

Apple releases iOS 4.3 ahead of schedule

Apple today released its iOS 4.3 software ahead of schedule.

The software, which was originally set to be released on Friday to coincide with the launch of the iPad 2, went out to users as an update from within Apple's iTunes software this morning.

Among the new features are support for Wi-Fi hot spots on GSM iPhones, video streaming through Apple's AirPlay technology, iTunes Home Sharing, and improved JavaScript performance in Safari. iPad users also get a new option within the settings menu that lets them turn the iPad's side switch into either a mute switch or a screen orientation lock--functionality the company had changed with the release of iOS 4.2.

iOS 4.3 was unveiled during the iPad 2 press briefing earlier this month, though developers got their hands on the first beta of the software in January. Apple released a Gold Master copy of the software just last week.

The new software is the first iOS update to leave out the iPhone 3G from the list of devices that Apple will support. Joining the 3G in devices that won't be eligible for the update include the original iPhone, as well as the first- and second-generation iPod touch.

Along with iOS 4.3 for iOS devices, the Apple TV received a software update today that adds Major League Baseball's MLB.TV streaming service, as well as the National Basketball Association's League Pass. Both subscription services work in a similar fashion to Netflix, with users entering in their existing account credentials to gain access. That update only goes out to users with the latest version of Apple TV.

Stay tuned for our hands-on with how the hot-spot feature performs on the GSM iPhone.


Source: http://asia.cnet.com/crave/apple-releases-ios-43-ahead-of-schedule-62207637.htm

IE9 for Windows Phone outpaces Safari on iPhone

Apple gets plenty of praise for advancing mobile browsers with its iPhone's version of Safari, but an audience greeted its performance with some laughter as Microsoft compared it to an upcoming version of IE9 for Windows Phone 7. 

Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft corporate vice president, showed off the browser here at the Mobile World Congress show during a keynote speech by Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. Specifically, Belfiore showed it running a Microsoft fishtank demonstration that's been in widespread use since the hardware acceleration work began in earnest among personal computer browser makers last year. 

And he got a laugh from out of the audience when he compared the 50 fish in the IE9 virtual fishtank on an unnamed HTC phone. They flitted rapidly on IE9 but barely moved on Safari. 

"The Safari Web browser is not taking advantage of hardware acceleration so you really get a sense for how dramatic the difference is when we use the full-power capability of the device," he said. 

Belfiore neglected to emphasize that the version of IE9 he was pitting against Safari isn't due until toward the end of 2011 with an update to Windows Phone 7, and it's quite likely Safari will look different then, presumably running on new iPhone hardware. 

Like IE9 for Windows on PCs, the mobile version includes hardware acceleration in some domains and supports HTML5, a next-generation standard for Web pages. Belfiore also showed the mobile browser using HTML5's ability to show built-in video, in this case with a demonstration version of an IMDb movie site. 

Microsoft, lagging Apple's iOS and Google's Android in the smartphone market, is trying furiously to become a contender with Windows Phone 7. Released in November, a minor upgrade is due in weeks bringing copy and paste abilities and some better application performance, said Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Windows Phone 7. The IE9 for mobile devices will arrive later in 2011 in a major release, an upgrade pace not as rapid as Google's. 

Windows Phone customers could well be pleased with IE9--indeed, they'd better be, because it's unlikely they'll get an alternative. That's because Microsoft requires third-party apps to be written in Silverlight or XNA, and browsers today typically aren't. 

"If you can write a browser in Silverlight or XNA, you could submit it to the market," Sullivan said. "We have no policy" to specifically bar other browsers, he added. 

Opera and Firefox are available on Android, though only in beta thus far, because Google released a native development kit (NDK) that lets programmers write to lower-level interfaces.

Is it possible that Microsoft might take that route? Not likely, he said. 

"We have no plans" for an NDC, Sullivan said. "We think our development platform and tools are a key strength of the platform." 

iOS4.3 is coming

iOS4.3 Betta for iPad and iPhone

For iPad two key functions:
1. Mute button options for Mute or Rotation Lock
2. Multitouch gestures with 4 and 5 fingers

For iPhone is Personal Hotspot which lets us use iPhone as Wi-Fi hotspot to share internet connection up to 5 devices. COOL... :))

Firefox 4 Tiba Bulan Depan

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta - Mozilla Firefox 4 rencananya resmi dirilis pada Februari mendatang. Senior Director of Platform Engineering Mozilla, Damon Sicore mengatakan siap mengapalkan mesin browser yang katanya dapat menampilkan tayangan tiga dimensi itu.

"Sudah waktunya untuk menghadirkan Mozilla Firefox 4," kata Sicore seperti dikutip situs teknologi PC World hari ini. Dia memperkirakan kehadiran browser ini akan digunakan para peselancar internet dan memberikan pengalaman baru bagi mereka.

Saat ini, lanjut Sicore, tim teknisi di Mozilla sedang membenahi sekitar 160 bug yang diperkirakan bakal menghambat jalannya mesin browser tersebut. "Kami akan bekerja keras untuk membersihkan bug itu," ujarnya.

Sicore menambahkan, Mozilla sangat berterima kasih kepada para sukarelawan yang telah membantu dalam menguji Mozilla Firefox versi Beta yang dapat diunduh melalui situs Mozilla. Kebanyakan dari mereka, menurut dia, adalah para pengguna mesin browser Windows yang menjajal keandalan Mozilla Firefox.

Persaingan antara browser Mozilla dengan Windows memang sedang panas-panasnya. Di Eropa, Mozilla menjadi browser nomor satu karena berhasil menyalip Windows sebagai mesin browser yang paling banyak digunakan. 

Source: http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/it/2011/01/13/brk,20110113-305921,id.html

Chrome OS puts the cloud in your hands

Google unleashed the Chrome OS on the world today, shipping it in a limited-edition prototype laptop outfitted with the kind of hardware and specs that it expects manufacturers to use with the browser-based operating system. Chrome OS represents a major step forward for cloud computing, with single-serving Web sites getting rebranded as easy-access apps and the nascent HTML5 underpinning the whole show.

It's far from perfect, though. Not all of Chrome-the-browser's extensions run on Chrome-the-OS, and although it boots and wakes fast, it lags in other areas. At the end of the day, it's a Netbook, perhaps more G1 than Nexus One. It's the operating system that makes it so exciting.



Source: http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2010/12/10/chrome-os-puts-the-cloud-in-your-hands/