Selil

 Apple has a bit of an issue. The implementation of the iTunes portion of the Apple ecosystem occurred prior to the iPhone app store, or the arrival of the .Mac service which later became .Me then iCloud service environment. Whew.. That problem is unexpected exposure of user content through the implementations of the subsequent and [...]

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The fall 2008 semester ITS 470 Large Scale High Performance Systems course completed a project to produce a live distribution knoppix CD. Feedback from the public on these projects is highly sought after as the problems are real world. As this project is using extensively open source tools those original licenses are extended to any [...]

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Seriously. I love my Mac. I am happy with Apple Mail and Address Book. I like the ability to publish calendars in iCal. But no recurring tasks? A little background would be helpful. I have been using PCs since the early 1980s. I have worked with DOS and C/PM. I started on Windows with 3.1 [...]

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When we’re talking about the personal computer world we can divide the world into three camps; Wintel; Apple; and Linux. For the scope of this discussion and due to the almost frenzy of Linux advocates they’re out of the discussion. We’re talking about some of my perceptions of Apple versus Wintel since I swapped.

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Hi I henceforth will be known as an Apple fan boy, Mac addict, snob, elitist media junky or other epithets heaped upon me by the sad and sordid people living the PC lifestyle. I now work exclusively on an Intel based Macintosh. I’ve always had a PowerPC Powerbook, or iBook hiding in the wings for [...]

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The use of a particular operating system should not be determined by the current hype surrounding it. Unfortunately the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) game is played by both the Linux, MacOS, and Windows groupies. When choosing an operating system for yourself or a client it should be chosen based on the use. It’s a [...]

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