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Apple Unveils Mac OS X Mountain Lion: So Long iChat, Hello Twitter |
| By Chris Taylor | Mashable Tech | February 16, 2012 |
Apple developers, start your engines. Mac users, start dreaming of how much cooler your desktop or laptop experience could be this summer. That's when Apple will launch the latest big cat-themed Mac OS X, version 10.8: Mountain Lion. At 8:30 a.m. EST Thursday, the developer preview version of Mountain Lion was live and available to Apple's legions of app makers. Mashable was briefed on the new Mac OS prior to the announcement. |
FBI could take down Internet for millions on March 8 |
| By Andrew Couts | Digital Trends |
| The Federal Bureau of Investigation may soon be forced to shut down a number of key Domain Name System (DNS) servers, which would cut Internet access for millions of Web users around the world, reports BetaBeat. The DNS servers were installed by the FBI last year, in an effort to stop the spread of a piece of malware known as DNSCharger Trojan. But the court order that allowed the set up of the replacement servers expires on March 8. |
Protect your professional reputation on Facebook Timeline |
| by David Daw, PCWorld Jan 3, 2012 |
| Facebook's new Timeline layout isn't available yet for businesses and Facebook hasn't announced plans to move pages over to the new layout, but that doesn't mean it doesn't affect you or your business. |
PopClip brings iOS-like text-editing options to Mac OS X |
| By Dan Frakes, Macworld.com - January 4, 2012 |
ver since Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) was released, there's been controversy over the obvious influence of Apple's iOS. From gestures to scrolling to the overall interface, a good number of Mac users have complained that the Mac OS has become too similar to iOS. At the same time, there are people who wish OS X was more like iOS—or at least the good parts of it. |
SugarSync updates Android and iOS apps, brings auto sync technology to videos |
| By Zachary Lutz posted Jan 4th 2012 | EngadgetMobile |
| If you're jonesing to get your photos and movies from your smartphone back to the home computer without futzing around with cables, the folks at SugarSync have a new spoonful of sweetness for Android and iOS devices -- and with its free price, it should be easy to swallow. |
Go Daddy Supports E-PARASITE Legislation Even Though Its Own Site Is Dedicated To Theft Of Property Under Terms Of The Bill |
| techdirt.com | from the find-a-new-gc,-folks dept |
| The supporters of the new E-PARASITE Act (the even worse version of the already dreadful PROTECT IP) have been pretty desperate trying to find any "tech" companies to support these bills. It's kind of amusing that the only ones they've been able to turn up so far have been some of the most hated companies around among techies. |
Upgrading Documents to the New Google Docs Editor |
from Google Operating System, by Alex Chitu
Last year's update of the Google Docs word processor had an important flaw: no backwards compatibility. You couldn't open your old documents in the new editor and you couldn't even upgrade your existing documents to the new format. Even if it's not obvious, Google Docs has two word processors that handle two incompatible native formats. |
Google's Guide to the Webfrom Google Operating System by Alex Chitu Google Chrome's comic book was a great way to introduce to the world a new browser, but not everyone knew what's an URL or a web app. "20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web" is a guidebook created by the Google Chrome team that tries to address this issue by explaining complicated terms like "Internet", "cloud computing", "JavaScript", "HTML5", "cookies", "URL", "IP address" using illustrations and real life analogies. |
Social Media Revolution 2011 |
Part of the world's most watched Social Media video series; "Social Media Revolution" by Erik Qualman. Based on #1 International Best Selling Book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman. This is a shorter version that includes new social media statistics for 2011.
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