It has holes in it. While I’m a Macintosh advocate, and like most Apple products, I have to say that Apple, Inc., has been dropping the ball on security. Recent reports indicate that the computer and software giant waits up to 18 months at a stretch before updating its OS with necessary security fixes. That’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Windows’
Don’t get too snug in that Mac security blanket…
Posted: 11th April 2012 by Matthew in Tech BlogTags: Apple, Mac, Security, Windows
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App stores competing for market share
Posted: 12th December 2011 by Matthew in Tech BlogTags: Android, GoodReader, ios, Windows
Apple recently announced 100 million downloads from its new Mac App Store. Largely fueled by the OS X Lion upgrade, the Mac App Store has provided thousands of free and paid apps to Mac users quickly and affordably. But, other app stores are also competing to boast large numbers of downloads. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 [...]
Windows no longer Windoze?
Posted: 13th September 2011 by Matthew in Tech BlogTags: fast boot, Windows
You know, I’ve been a user of Microsoft operating systems since MS-DOS and Windows 3. That said, I have never been a fan of the way the OS works, and I have never been happy with the boot times. Microsoft claims that Windows 8 will change that. Using a sort of hybrid between hibernation mode [...]