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The rankings can change as more people take the online test, and as of early Monday afternoon, Firefox users on Windows 95 were showing a score of 103.13. Earlier in the day, Windows 95 users werenit appearing in any of the top 20 slots. Previously, Firefox users on PowerPC-based Macs were holding the top slot…

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announced the launch and immediate availability of Macnification on Tuesday. The new software allows the scientist to import, organize, find, annotate, analyze, adjust, compare, visualize and publish microscopic images. “All major image file formats can be imported into Macnification, in addition to many proprietary formats including e.g. Gatan Digital Micrograph (dm3), JEOL SEM images (tiff…

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IBM has engaged in an internal research project to evaluate Macs and Linux systems and compare them to the PCs theyire using now for potential migration. Currently, itsi just a pilot, research project, according to IBM. On Thursday Daniel Dilger at Roughly Drafted discussed the research project, and suggested that the program was designed to…

Apple has posted detailed descriptions of 150 WWDC sessions on three tracks, iPhone, Mac, and Information Technologies. The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is in San Francisco, June 9-13. To see detailed descriptions of each session, go to the WWDC08 sessions page and under the session track tabs, select the radio button for Descriptions: on.

The thrill of a new computer, unpacking it and setting it up is well known to technologists. However, when thatis not an option, itis still possible to get some of that New Computer Smell by engaging in a fix up project, according to William Mize on Monday. Thatis what he did with his Mac mini…

The firm is estimating Apple will report 2.11 million Macs shipped during the quarter, up from its earlier 1.97 million prediction. 2Q profit estimates are up, too, at US$1.09 from $1.05 a share. Analysts raised their 2008 EPS from $4.94 up to $5.04, as well. Appleis second quarter earnings report is scheduled for Wednesday, April…

“Whether producing a 30-second spot, the nightly news or a major motion picture, Final Cut Studio is the choice of editors around the world,” Rob Schoeben, Appleis vice president of Applications Product Marketing, said in a statement. “With the introduction of Final Cut Server, collaboration just got a whole lot easier for millions of editors,…

Last week, I read Dan Frake’s intriguing column describing his re-evaluation of the MacBook Air. Essentially, after extended time using an Air while on vacation, Dan found that he did not miss the Air’s lack of traditional features nearly as much as he had anticipated. This reminded me of a question I have been thinking…

Artists concepts for the notebook computer we might be using in the year 2015 were published at Computerworld on Wednesday. Some of the ideas seem remarkably PC centric, but do provide food for thought in the era of the MacBook Air. The first of five pages shows what might be the best design, a widescreen…

“Apple is understandably proud of this new feature, which mimics the finger gestures used to navigate around its popular iPhone,” Ken Mingis wrote. “It was introduced with the MacBook Air, but itis not included in the new MacBook models also unveiled last month. I expect this feature to work its way down the food chain,…

“So far, our sense is that the Mac business appears to be recession proof. We were already looking for robust Mac unit growth of 38 percent year over year, but now we think it may be closer to 42 percent,” Mr. Wu said. “MacBook Air sales, which saw a little bit of a lull after…

Microsoft posted the first update v12.0.1, for Office 2008 on Tuesday. The update addresses issues related to security, stability and performance. The update also fixes a problem created by the original installer that set a UID incorrectly and affects computers with more than one user. The knowledge base article covers the security bulletin MS08-014, security…