New Parallels 3.0 Sports Sexy New Features

Just when you thought things could not get any better with the most popular virtualization software for the Mac a whole new version announcement just pops up in your mailbox! A recent email sent to current customers announced the upcoming June 6th release of version 3.0 states that among 50+ new features this version will include 3d support for Windows applications. Upgrade price is about right at $39 for pre-orders and $49 for those who wait till after June 6th to pick up a copy.

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3 Reasons Why The OLPC Project has Microsoft Running Scared

Unless you have been hiding under a rock then you have very likely read about the ongoing One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project which aims to design, produce and distribute a laptop with a target price around $100 to millions of needy children around the world. The basic idea is that these devices would be purchased and used in poor rural areas where no existing computing technology exists. So why does such a noble endeavor strike fear into the heart of such a mammoth company as Microsoft? It’s really simple, these groundbreaking new computing devices run Linux not Windows. At first glance this seems like not such a huge deal but if you look at the target distribution numbers for the OLPC then you begin to understand the fear coming from Microsoft about the long term consequences of this project. Imagine a world where millions of children have their first experience with a computer…running Linux. This is really Microsoft’s worst nightmare and ample justification for their recent attempts at spreading the FUD about patent violations and other similar anti-linux actions.

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Something New, Something Old?

So it appears that Palm Inc. has been quite busy lately with rumors now circulating about a “response to the Apple iPhone” in the works. Not such a huge surprise since Palm has been in the handheld buisness since day one but with the iPhone due June 20th I can’t really imagine Palm coming to the table with something quite as interesting. I could be wrong, but with all the hype being generated by the iPhone’s design it stands to reason that *someone* is going to come up with a decent knock-off, might as well be Palm! The important part of this announcement really is the realization that even if the iPhone is a financial dog for Apple the design itself has made a huge impact on the smartphone market. I personally love the idea of the touchscreen vs. the traditional keypad and dedicated buttons found on my current phone; the Blackberry 8800 and can’t wait to see if the iPhone concept takes the cell phone market by storm.

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A Mac User’s View of Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

After my less-than-thrilling experience with Windows Vista I decided to take the plunge and download the latest release of Ubuntu with the intent to see just how far Linux has come in the last year or so. Last time I used Linux was for a server setup which worked very well but I was not all that impressed with the desktop implementation back then, which was about a year ago. Since then Ubuntu has emerged as a major force on the Linux desktop front with several solid releases that have much of the internet buzzing about how Linux might be finally ready to give the folks in Redmond a run for their money. So what does a die hard Mac fanboy have to say about the latest release of Ubuntu (Ubuntu 7.04) Feisty Fawn? Quite a bit actually…..

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Digg gets pwned, crowd goes wild.

Just in case you missed it, the very popular (and even more so at the moment) social bookmarking site digg.com has really screwed the pooch. They decided to remove posts that linked to, or referenced the now insanely popular HD-DVD DRM key which in theory you can use to copy HD-DVD movies. As you can well imagine the very flawed thought process at digg.com was to try and remove something which I am sure the MPAA was going to give them a hassle over but the resulting flood of new posts (featuring the key) are now swamping the site. <sadistic laugh> Of course this proves two things, one that yes, digg.com CAN be manipulated by a large number of users and two, that even minor attempts to “filter” or remove posts such as these are doomed to fail thanks to the very social aspect of the site itself. As for the impact to the MPAA’s latest attempts at DRM….well, better luck next time.

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