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Windows 7 on Mac OS X Boot Camp – Too Hot!

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

So, I’ve been experimenting with running Windows 7 via Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro (Early 2008), and my experience has been a bit frustrating. First, the trackpad simply won’t work, no matter how many drivers I try (and to be specific, the two-finger right-click substitute is a no go). And even if I could [...]

My Personal Mac vs. PC Experience: I’m Going with Windows 7

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Speaking of the Mac, my year-long experiment is over, and the winner is: Windows 7. Yes, after more than a year using a Macbook Pro (early 2008 edition) as my primary system, I’ve now switched “back” to Windows and have retired the Mac. Some very general conclusions: 1. Windows 7 tipped things in Windows’ favor, [...]

Security Expert: Mac Safer Because of Smaller Market Share

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I’ve always argued (admittedly, without that sound a technical understanding) that Macs are safer from malware only because Apple’s market share is so much less and therefore there’s less of a market to attract malware writers. Seems like this guy agrees: Pwn2Own contest winner: Macs are safer than Windows: Repeating comments he made earlier, Miller [...]

Why I Don’t Have an iPhone

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Any device for which the following can be written in a serious news story is one that I can’t imagine having any use for: Early this year, iFart Mobile was one of the more popular titles on the AppStore, where there are currently over 75 fart-themed titles on offer. The bloom may be off the [...]

2008′s Best Science

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Wired’s 2008 Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs are pretty impressive indeed. Scientists had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2008. The Large Hadron Collider fired up for the first time, a temple of science opened its doors, several companies promised cheap genome sequencing and President-elect Obama hired a fantastic team of science advisers. After decades of [...]

The Eye of Sauron

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Via NASA:

Lots of Ice Water on Mars

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Water is necessary for human survival. There’s lots of water on Mars: Giant glaciers buried under the surface of Mars at much lower latitudes than any previously known ice are a potential source of drinking water for future astronauts. The discovery, made using ground-penetrating radar on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, offers new possibilities in the [...]

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