Starting next week, there’ll be a new way to run Windows applications on a Mac. VMWare’s Fusion. “As I write this column on a Mac laptop using the Mac version of Microsoft Word,” Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal) reports, “Fusion is allowing me to simultaneously run several popular Windows programs—Microsoft Outlook, Windows Media Player and [...]

In the past several months, gadget lovers all over the world have been treated to the suspense of awaiting Apple’s new gadget, the iPhone. Apple has always been known to place such high value in their customers’ satisfaction. That is perhaps one big reason for the inevitable popularity of its products. It’s [...]

Locked phones are generally used to help operators recoup the cost of subsidizing handsets for their customers, but AT&T is not subsidizing the iPhone, which is priced at either US$499 or $599, depending on the model. Instead, the phone is locked because AT&T has a five-year agreement with Apple to be the sole iPhone provider [...]

Apple® today unveiled a near final version of Mac OS® X Leopard, the sixth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system. Scheduled to ship in October, Leopard introduces over 300 new features, including a new Desktop and Dock with Stacks, an intuitive new way to organize files; an updated Finder featuring Cover Flow™ [...]

Apple® last week announced that more than 1 million copies of Safari™ for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday. Safari 3 is the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use browser, and is available as a free download at www.apple.com/safari. Safari 3 is the fastest browser running [...]

Apple Inc.’s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29 in the United States, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company’s website. The combination cellphone, media player and wireless web-surfing device will retail for $499 US and $599 US, depending on configuration. It will be offered exclusively by AT&T Inc.’s wireless [...]

Microsoft Corp. has signed a deal to share technology with a Linux distributor with Canadian roots. It’s the second deal that Microsoft has inked to allow its patent-protected software to operate alongside open-source operating systems. Under terms of the deal, signed Monday, New York-based Xandros Inc. will develop software tools that work with Microsoft’s systems and will [...]

Apple Inc. on Monday launched a test version of Safari, its first web browser for computers that run on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system. “We think Windows users are going to be really impressed when they see how fast and intuitive web browsing can be with Safari,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive officer, at the [...]

When you think of web-based attacks from hackers, what country first coes to mind? The United States? China? Try Venezuela. Last week Akamai Technologies Inc. launched a new free web service that allowed viewers to see a sort of internet weather report on global traffic tie-ups and attacks. Surprisingly, Venezuela had the highest attacks of any [...]

Google may be seeking a reopening of state and federal government antitrust action against Microsoft, but a US Department of Justice (DOJ) official has recommended against it, newspaper reports indicated on Sunday. Google alleged that Microsoft’s Windows Vista OS puts other search software companies at a disadvantage, making it difficult for users to employ non-Microsoft desktop-search [...]