So while technically this is an operating system blog, it is hard to pass up posting about the iPad. For the uninformed, the iPad is the new tablet computer from Apple. To say the least it is not getting the warmest of welcomes right now. Here are a couple of its shortcomings followed up by [...] Read more »

In the “No Big Surprise” category this week is the announcement that Mac cloner Psystar, has lost the Apple lawsuit. Psystar sells Mac clones for much less than Apple, which is typically a very closed platform. It was Psystars circumvention of Apples copyright-protection that caused them to lose the lawsuit. Did anyone actually expect a [...] Read more »

When it comes to adding applications to their marketplace Palm appears incredibly slow. It has been 2 1/2 months and they still appear to be dragging their feet on their app store. The ironic part to all of this is that Apple took a year to deploy their app store but it has been such [...] Read more »

This post is from our new OS Attack author Andrew Seay. Please help him feel welcome – Paul
Charlie Miller, aka Safari Charlie, recently revealed the exploit code which allows an attacker to take complete control of any iPhone using a series of text messages which are not displayed on the receiving handset.
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12 years ago on August 6th 1997 Steve Jobs shocked attendees at Macworld in Boston by announcing a partnership Microsoft. This video is one that brings back a lot of memories and always makes me laugh. When it comes to working with Microsoft, Apple fans are not exactly the most enthusiastic of people. And the [...] Read more »