Check out this amazing screenshot of Parallels 3106 in coherence mode, with an added touch: a WindowBlinds \'Aqua\' skin for XP. This creates a seamless visual presentation between operating systems.
Improvements include USB 2.0 support, full Virtual CD/DVD support, improved Coherence mode, better support for Boot Camp partitions, and new feature Parallels Transporter.
The Human Interface Guidelines, where Apple says how application UI should look, are pretty much dead. So some Mac developers took it upon themselves to make a wiki where a more complete and up-to-date standard can be created.
According to a new post on O\'Reilly.net, it appears that the next version of Apple\'s OS X \'Leopard\' will include native GTK support. It goal is to: \"run Gtk+ applications without X11 on Mac OS X\". Sounds like good news for developers!
GUI version and library conversion routines by ATOM_alac. Support for iTunes 7.0.1 and 7.0.2. Fast dumping for iTunes 7.x. Patch offsets are now specified in an external file. Invalid m4a files which were sometimes produced by 2.4 are now detected and reconverted. List of protected files is now retrieved from the XML library file.
We\'ve got another one here we\'ve yet to learn a lot about: Hitachi\'s apparently working on a hybrid DVD / hard drive camcorder that not only records video to SD and your drive (and even SD), but also records video to DVD from that very same internal drive, making burning DVD videos a PC-less process. Suhweet. Watch out for more info on the DZHS500A
To use the potential features of the next version of Firefox today, install the Firefox 2 extensions that won the hearts of Download.com editors Seth Rosenblatt and Peter Butler.
We finally got our hands on the new Intel XServe and as we have done before we completely took it apart. Here are a few pics of the take apart. We will be adding more as the day goes on. It is a nice redesign. Do not let the outside fool you this is a completely new server.
Weeks after the release of the new Wireless 360 headset, many customers have complained about hundreds of documented flaws with no official response or product recall from MS. Everything from continuous disconnects, no connections, and major feedback have caused customers to exchange, return, or simply dump the faulty headsets altogether.
Reluctantly, the Ubuntu developer community has decided that with the next version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, it will be including some proprietary drivers. Feisty Fawn\'s emphasis on \"multimedia enablement\" appears to be the culprit.
\"CNET Labs might be ahead of Apple\'s product release cycle, and we likely violated our Mac Pro\'s warranty, but we just had to see what the Apple Mac Pro could do when populated with a pair of Intel\'s brand-new, quad-core Xeon 5355 processors.\"
The latest piece of news from the Optimus project is an announcement that the company will be taking pre-orders for the Optimus-103 on December 12. That will hopefully also mean an unveiling of the price, and if we\'re lucky, some specifications for the keyboard.
Gadgeteer Julie bought a Zune to review and found it skipped on most of her music. So she took it back to Walmart for a refund and they give her the first degree: where did she get the music, was it hers, maybe it was the music that was bad? Then her final comment: \"I am going to have to call the main office Monday and find out what the deal is..\"
Valve is adding multi-core processor support to Half-Life 2\'s Source engine in time for the release of Kentsfield. We travelled to Seattle to talk to Gabe Newell and his team about what this will mean for gamers and hardware geeks, as well as examining a new benchmark tool created to show off what can be done.
CrossOver Mac will allows Mac users to run their favorite Windows applications and games seamlessly on their Mac. Windows files can be opened directly within your file browser and no Windows Operating System license required. This video shows Counter-Strike Source running under OS X at a fairly respectable framerate.
Refrigerators used to consume 2000 kilowatt-hours per day, now they use 450 kwh. Windows used to let in every ounce of heat that hit them, now the reflect the majority of infra-red light. Light bulbs used to be made of white-hot tungsten, now they\'re made of cool fluorescent gasses. The story of how an 80 year old particle physicist saved us all
A satellite photo in Google Earth (or Google Maps) shows a cruise ship which was capsized by a Typhoon back in 2003. See photos and links to the location, and a ground-level photo of the ship shortly after it happened.