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Talking Points Memo sees Windows visitors decline, Mac and iOS users soar

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:00:00 +0000

The progressive left-leaning political news site Talking Points Memo issued an interesting set of (non-partisan) statistics that shows just how much the share of total devices running Microsoft Windows has declined in the last five years. As you can see from the chart above, in 2006 78% of visitors to TPM were using devices running some flavor of Windows (blue line). Total share of Windows devices started a rapid decline in the years that followed, thanks mostly in part to the increasing popularity of Macs (red line). By 2009, Windows devices had fallen 13% while Mac devices rose by 10%.

But what's really interesting is what started to happen in 2009. With the rise of mobile devices like the iPhone 3G, mobile visits (green line) to the site skyrocketed from 3% in 2009 to 14% in 2011. More interesting is that mobile devices continued to take a huge chunk away from Windows devices. While Mac usage on the site only declined 2% between 2009-2011, Windows usage took a big dip, going from 65% to 57%.

TPM does note that the sites visitors tend to slant towards the Mac-favoring side anyway, but still founder Josh Marshall rightly points out that that the decline of visitors running a Microsoft OS from 78% in 2006 to only 57% is huge.

TPM further notes that the breakdown of mobile OS traffic is about 77% iOS and 23% all other mobile OSs. When you combine the 28% OS X traffic with the iOS traffic, devices that use an Apple OS account for a whopping 40% of the site's traffic. Not bad for a company that only had a 20% share of the traffic just five years ago.

[via Daring Fireball]

Talking Points Memo sees Windows visitors decline, Mac and iOS users soar originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The hidden secrets inside Apple icons

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:30:00 +0000

We all like our apps, right? We especially like some of those beautifully designed OS X icons that Apple has created through the years. But did you know that a few of those very same icons have some secret meanings that many people don't know about? Thanks to Electricpig, we can now understand the secrets, history, and even inside jokes that those Apple icons put on display but many of us miss.

From the map on the iPhone's Maps icon being 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino (Apple's home base) to the iPod artist silhouette being of one-time Apple partner Bono to actual Java code written on the napkin in their Java icon, Apple has a long history of embedding secret meanings and Easter eggs in their icons. While some Apple fans may own a limited-edition print of the original Mac OS icons or even felt keychains in the form of iPhone icons, not too many of us know all the secrets inside our icons -- until now.

Do you know any other hidden secrets in either OS X or iOS icons that were missed? If so, please be sure to let us know about them!

The hidden secrets inside Apple icons originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM Leaked On Torrent Sites

admin — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:39:00 +0000

After having used almost every Microsoft Operating System since MS-DOS, I’ve to say that Windows 7 is the best Microsoft OS to be released since Windows 98 Second Edition. W7 addressed many flaws that were present in its predecessor Windows Vista and according to Microsoft it was a phenomenal success in terms of sales as well. Anyways here’s some news that might interest you if you are one of the millions running Windows 7 on your PC or Laptop - A Release To Manufacturing (RTM) build of the...

XP-More Clones and Duplicates Windows 7 Virtual PC and XP Mode Machines

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:33:17 +0000

Microsoft provides a free virtualization tool named Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7, together with a pre-installed and pre-activated Windows XP SP3 virtual machine called Windows XP Mode. Windows Virtual PC (VPC) and Windows XP Mode (XPM) integrates seamlessly with Windows 7 Explorer, allowing virtual applications to be run from host’s desktop via RemoteApp. Windows Virtual [...]

Windows Home Server “Vail” Public Beta Download

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:30:40 +0000

Microsoft has lately official released the beta version of its new Windows Home Server, code named as Vail for tech savvy enthusiasts or developers to test and give feedback to the Redmond Company. Prior to this release, a Consumer Technology Preview (CTP 4) version of “Vail” was actually leaked back in January of this year. [...]

Found Footage: Android running on the iPhone

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:15:00 +0000

Filed under: iPhone

Hacker David "Planetbeing" Wong has posted a video of Google's Linux-based Android OS running via OpeniBoot on the iPhone. Obviously, it's way off of Apple's reservation, but as you can see in the video above, it works very well -- you can browse the web, play media, and even send and receive calls and messages. If you want to give it a shot (and of course, with all iPhone hacks, the usual disclaimers apply -- you might brick your iPhone or worse, cause Steve Jobs a headache), the files are all available for download from his site.

Currently he's only got it running on the 1st generation iPhone, but he says that it should eventually be able to work with later versions. His goal, he says, is to eventually provide iPhone users with a supplementary or even an alternative OS, but as with most of these hacks, it seems like more of a novelty rather than a useful implementation. Still, if you've been itching to free the OS bonds of your 1st gen iPhone, now's your chance to try and slip free of the chains.

TUAW Found Footage: Android running on the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How to Clear and Delete Last Logged In Users and Bad Login Attemps Log (wtmp and btmp)

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:28:21 +0000

In Linux and Unix operating system, it’s possible to use “last” command to display and show the last logged in (and out) users history, and “lastb” command to show and display all the bad login attempts. The users’ login history is been logged and saved in wtmp file while faild login attempts is been stored [...]

Visual C++ 2010 Runtime Redistributable Package (x86, x64, ia64) Free Download

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:45:17 +0000

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 runtime redistributable package installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries, which required to run applications developed with Visual C++ 2010 on a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2010 installed. Visual C++ 2010 is released as part of Visual Studio 2010. Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 redistributable package installs runtime components [...]

iPhone OS 4.0: Enterprise Features

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Filed under: iPhone

Apple has posted an outline of what it believes to be the key enterprise features of iPhone OS 4.0. Third-party multitasking, enhanced security and mobile device management are among the marquee features.

As a former IT director, I'm drawn in by mobile device management (MDM). Setting up individual pieces of hardware is a time-consuming hassle. New MDM APIs let developers integrate features like wireless configuration and update, remote wipes and policy compliance (no games, please!) into their apps. Additionally, wireless app distribution lets managers then install those apps over Wi-Fi and 3G.

Apple also touts the unified email inbox and SSL VPN support along with pre-existing features like Exchange support.

Still, there will be users who feel that the iPhone is a plaything when compared to the all-business Blackberry. May they enjoy their plastic QWERTY keyboards and multi-tasking prowess for years to come.

TUAW iPhone OS 4.0: Enterprise Features originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone OS 4.0 Secrets: Hidden iPod application hints at automobile integration

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, SDK

An TUAW informant has slipped us some video showcasing a new application built into iPhone OS 4.0. Apparently bundled with iPods and iPhones, the new application transforms the iPhone screen into a simple remote control which is used to manipulate a menu system that's fed out via a video lead. That menu system was captured in the recording shown at the top of this post.

Our source says that information bundled into the application shows that Apple intends this new "iPod out" functionality to be used in automobiles using the iPod Accessory Protocol (IAP). Hints as to this use are found in strings within the application itself. These strings include IAPSimpleRemoteCarButtonNotification and IAPSimpleRemoteCarButtonTypeKey.

He suggests that the application might be used in an Apple-branded car kit, where the user docks his iPhone or iPod touch and gains full access to the onboard audio libraries (no video at this time). The car kit could include both a video screen to show the menus and custom physical buttons that would produce the notifications to allow the user to move through those menus, and select from them.

Other hints in the application point to hands-free phone integration as well (kCTCallStatusChangeNotification). Incoming phone calls would be routed into the same system, allowing users to answer calls without having to pick up their device.

The idea of an Apple-branded iPhone Car Kit sounds pretty exciting to us. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

TUAW iPhone OS 4.0 Secrets: Hidden iPod application hints at automobile integration originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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