Stories by: Scot Finnie

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    Steve Jobs' indelible mark on the computer industry 06/10/2011 12:32:00

    There is unlikely to be another visionary like Apple Chairman Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at age 56, no one who will have anything approaching his impact on the computer and electronics industries.
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    Getting IT set for mobile 08/11/2010 22:11:00

    "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control, and we'll be lucky to live through it."
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    Time to get smart about smartphones 09/03/2010 07:06:00

    If you didn't get the message with the release of the iPhone or the subsequent arrival of Android, then Windows Phone 7 has to be your wake-up call. Mobile is no longer just the future; its time is now.
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    Questioning the netbook phenomenon 24/04/2009 02:27:00

    It's human nature to get on the bandwagon of a "good thing." Take the screaming hype that is the netbook phenomenon, for example.
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    Firefox 3 for Mac: Is it time to switch from Safari? 19/06/2008 08:56:22

    When I switched from a Windows PC to a Mac in 2006, I was very disappointed in my choice of Web browsers. As a confirmed Firefox user, I expected Mozilla's Mac browser to be a no-brainer. But after trying Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 for the Mac, I adopted Apple's Safari -- and haven't looked back. Now that Firefox 3.0 is out, though, is it finally the better choice for Mac OS X?
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    Eating my words on the MacBook Air 21/04/2008 10:13:08

    For those of you who take joy in such things (and I would if I were you), it looks like I'm going to have eat a good many of the words from my initial analysis of the MacBook Air back in January.
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    The verdict: Leopard spanks Vista 12/11/2007 09:16:33

    This story caps off a truly comprehensive wave of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard coverage from Computerworld. Our readers have asked for more operating system coverage, and we're delivering.
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    Why Microsoft should fear Apple 29/03/2007 08:40:55

    Should Microsoft fear Apple's Macintosh? Maybe not quaking-in-your-boots scared, mind you, but Redmond should certainly be concerned.
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    A Windows expert opts for a Mac life 08/02/2007 09:00:37

    Windows Vista is in most ways an excellent operating system. But I've found myself increasingly disturbed by the many ways Microsoft is willing to erode the overall user experience, in most cases in the name of boosting its bottom line.
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    Firefox: The best browser of all 29/12/2006 08:00:18

    The people who live and breathe the Internet will all tell you the same thing: Firefox is the best Web browser for Windows and the Mac. Even after Microsoft played catch-up patty-cake with the release of IE7 earlier this year, Windows users who truly know the Web are continuing to choose Firefox.
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    The skinny on Vista's Software Protection Platform (SPP) 13/11/2006 12:12:40

    One aspect of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system that has raised users' hackles is its new anti-piracy system, called Software Protection Platform (SPP). To understand SPP, it's necessary to take a few steps back. Microsoft began its aggressive campaign against software piracy in Office XP and Windows XP with functionality called Office product activation (OPA) and Windows product activation (WPA).
 
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