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Konfabulator Developer Sold to Yahoo! [UPDATED]

By Nick, July 24, 2005

Word is spreading tonight that Konfabulator developer Pixoria has been purchased by Yahoo! Inc. Konfabulator is a widget engine many speculate to be the inspiration for the Dashboard feature in Mac OS X Tiger.

The Mac Observer has a more in-depth article about the aquisition and Yahoo!’s plans for Konfabulator:

Yahoo is hoping widgets will entice computer users to look at small snippets of content and then click through to more content on its Web pages, thereby selling more advertisements. Yahoo is also hoping it widgets will help increase its current base of 10.1 million subscribers who pay for premium services.

UPDATE: Konfabulator is now available as a free download for both OSX and Windows


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Deer Park Alpha 2

By Pilky, July 21, 2005

The Mozilla Foundation released Deer Park Alpha 2 10 days ago. It is a significant update because it is what will become Firefox 1.1. I’ve been looking at the OSX version to see how much has changed over Firefox 1.0.6.

Unfortunately for some, there aren’t many drastic changes. But that doesn’t mean that this isn’t going to be a worth while update. One of the biggest new features that’s been added is the ability to rearrange tabs. It’s a very well implemented feature, but it is rather sluggish. Though this should change by the time the final release comes out

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Another pretty big feature, for mac users at least, is the claim that it has better aqua support, as well as a Safari profile migrator. The profile migrator is pretty easy to use and let’s you import your bookmarks, history, cookies and preferences from safari. The improved aqua support isn’t really all that visible, as it still uses non aqua interface elements for forms on websites and also uses Jaguar style tabs. If you’re looking for an OSX native gecko based browser then it looks like Camino will still be your best bet, unless things change between now and the release.

It also claims to have a better pop up blocker. The major problem with this is that it still doesn’t manage to block pop unders, which are becoming increasingly popular. Another downfall is that the browser doesn’t see any faster than the current version of Firefox. Rendering is still as…
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Which OS is the Safest?

By Pilky, July 20, 2005

Windows is putting it on display with big arrows pointing towards it saying "Come on, hit me!"

With OSX and Linux making large gains in the OS market people are asking the same question they’ve asked millions of times before. Would these OS’s be safer than Windows if they ever became mainstream?

Well let’s assume just for the purpose of this article that OSX, Linux and Windows suddenly all get a 33.3% market share over night. Which would be the most secure, both in the short term and the long term. Well in the short term I think OSX would the the one that’s most secure. After all it currently has no viruses and it has a very good security system requiring you to enter in your admin password to do anything that could affect the system. It also has another advantage in it’s file permissions, which are also used in Linux. These mean that it is almost impossible to wipe an entire disk clean.

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And this is where OSX wins over Linux in the short term. The only thing that has the power to wipe an entire disk clean with ignoring permissions is the all mighty root (hail to root). Root has the power to create but also the power to destroy. Root can do anything. Luckily, it can also be disabled, which is where OSX has the advantage. By default, OSX ships with root disabled, meaning an instant increase in security due to the fact that it is a hell of a lot harder to wipe an entire HD. Granted, it’s still easy to wipe your…
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Apple US Market Share Jumps--Again

By Nick, July 19, 2005

After another outstanding quarter, Apple has seen its US market share shoot up 22% year-over-year from 3.7% to 4.5%. Apple’s market share increases put if fourth in the United States, behind Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Gateway.

As The Mac Observer put it:

[US] Shipments in Q2 2005 were 658,000 units compared to 495,000 in the same period last year. The .8% increase puts Apple in fourth place among manufacturers.
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Apple’s global unit shipments rose more than 37% year-on-year quarter, more than twice the 16.6% growth of the overall PC industry. “(Apple’s) growth in retail, Europe, and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) all grew by more than twice the worldwide rate,” IDC reported


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500 Million Songs Downloaded off iTunes

By Nick, July 17, 2005

iTunes has reached the 500 million download milestone. More news to come as it becomes available.


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