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Apple 3 to 5 years ahead of Microsoft |
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 13:20 |
 Apple is 3 to 5 years ahead of Microsoft in computer user experience for the first time in 20 years. With the recent introduction of its Leopard operating system and newly announced multi-touch launchpad support, investment in and consumer adoption have never looked brighter for Apple. A massive, sweeping desktop consumer change toward Apple is inevitable now - if computing trends of the past have anything to say about it. In this article, we examine how the technologies introduced in the Apple “Air” will influence not only the next several years of computing industry change, but will also likely mean very positive improvements in automotive and aircraft electronics as well. |
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Firefox claims download success |
Mozilla is claiming a download record for the release of Firefox 3
In the first 24 hours the web browser was available the software was downloaded more than 8 million times, says Mozilla.
Statistics from the download servers are being scrutinised to produce an official figure that will be passed to the Guinness World Record organisation.
But the launch was marred by news from security firms who have found the first flaws in the software...
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Microsoft's browser gets upgraded |
Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) available to the general public.
The new version is the first upgrade to the web browsing program for more than five years...
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Yahoo goes back to its roots |
For millions of people worldwide Yahoo remains synonymous with the internet itself, but after Microsoft walked away from buying the firm what does the future hold?...
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Google's experimental Gmail toys |
In a first, Google is opening up its testing process by calling on tens of millions of Gmail users to put new features of the service through their paces... |
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