
目前可讓Mac OS X讀寫NTFS磁碟格式的軟體「Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X」正在免費放送中,限時一天。只要到網站頁面中下載軟體並安裝,在安裝過程中就可以取得免費的軟體序號。不過請注意,必須要在免費期間結束之前安裝拿到序號才行。
另外,給Windows PC用的「Paragon HFS+ for Windows」同樣也是限時一天免費放送,對於Mac/PC並存環境的使用者來說應該是相當方便的工具。

目前可讓Mac OS X讀寫NTFS磁碟格式的軟體「Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X」正在免費放送中,限時一天。只要到網站頁面中下載軟體並安裝,在安裝過程中就可以取得免費的軟體序號。不過請注意,必須要在免費期間結束之前安裝拿到序號才行。
另外,給Windows PC用的「Paragon HFS+ for Windows」同樣也是限時一天免費放送,對於Mac/PC並存環境的使用者來說應該是相當方便的工具。
BGR刊出了搭載Windows 7的HP平板電腦「HP Slate」的原型機運作影片。影片中看來運作的還算ok,而且搭載Windows 7是很大的賣點,不過介面似乎跟古代的Tablet PC差不多就是......
但是HP現在好像已經把重心放在Web OS上,所以這東東到最後會不會上市似乎還很難說?


ZDNet整理了從Windows 1.01到最新的Windows 7 的開機畫面,有興趣的人可以到ZDNet網頁懷念一下...
via Dinosaur Sightings/ Windows splash screens from 1.01 to 7 | ZDNet
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| Illustration by Nick Bilton/The New York Times |
The iPhone, although locked and frustratingly placed into a walled garden, is the epitome of simplicity. You control it by touching the screen — an intuitive interface that even a toddler can figure out. It’s virtually impossible to change key settings by accident. And if you do somehow mess things up, it’s a cinch to reset the machine back to its pristine, out-of-the-box state.
iPhoen雖然像是被鎖在被圍牆包圍的花園,不過仍然是簡單的代表。你可以使用觸控螢幕-一個連初學者也能搞懂的直覺介面。它幾乎不可能意外更改關鍵設定。就算因為做了某些事搞砸一切,仍然可以很容易的將機器回復到出廠時的狀態。
Why can’t PCs work that way?
為什麼個人電腦不能像這樣?
One of the big challenges to moving the iPhone or Windows Phone 7 operating system to personal computers involves the multitouch interface. Although Microsoft and Apple have been working for years to integrate multitouch into their respective operating systems, it’s not as easy as starting from scratch — especially for Mac OS X, Apple’s current computer operating system.
將iPhone或是Windows Phone 7的作業系統轉移到個人電腦上,其中一大難題是多點觸控介面。雖然Microsoft與Apple已花了數年的時間將多點觸控技術整合到各自的作業系統上,不過這比從頭開始還要困難。特別是Apple目前的個人電腦作業系統 Mac OS X。
A former senior Apple engineer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements signed while an employee, explained that adding full multitouch to OS X would require a hefty redesign of many components in the code. “It’s one thing to add multitouch to a few applications, implementing the ability to pinch and zoom from the trackpad on the laptop with the Preview application,” the engineer said. “But it’s a whole different story if you want to implement these technologies on the desktop, or globally on OS X.”
一位前資深Apple工程師(因為有保密條款所以匿名)解釋,將完整的觸控功能加入OS X需要重新撰寫大量組件的程式碼。「將多點觸控功能加入某些軟體,像使用筆記型電腦軌跡板在Preview中以捏指動作縮放圖片是一回事。但是想要將這些科技帶到桌上型電腦或是整個OS X上,是完全不同的。」
An easier approach, the Apple engineer indicated, would be to add the iPhone OS as a layer on top of OS X, similar to Apple’s Front Row experience.
此位Apple工程師表示,一個比較簡單的方法是像Apple的Front Row一樣的方式,在OS X上加入 iPhone OS。
Another former Apple programmer I consulted pointed out that Mac OS X is a “kludged mess of code from past operating systems.” The programmer added that if Apple could start over with the desktop OS, it “would take into consideration that Google’s Android OS is going to look and work almost exactly the same on computers and mobile phones, and it won’t have a desktop feel.”
另外一位前Apple程式設計師指出,Mac OSX是「繼承過去作業系統一團混亂的代碼」,如果Apple可以重新設計桌上型的作業系統,將會考慮像Google Addroid OS那樣,無論在電腦或是手機上外觀與操作上都幾乎相同的設計,而且不會有桌上型電腦的感覺。
If Apple were to adopt an iPhone-like OS for its computers, developers would have to build applications for only one platform, the programmer said, and Apple could even extend the platform to Apple TV. “It’s like Apple has the opportunity for a do-over.”
如果Apple在電腦上採用類似iPhone OS的作業系統,程式開發人員只需要在單一平台上撰寫軟體,Apple甚至可以將平台延伸到Apple TV,這位前Apple程式設計師說明。「這就像Apple有了可以重新來過的機會。」
隨著這已經被玩了十年還一堆人在玩的遊戲-星海爭霸(StarCraft)即將(?)要出第二代的時候,想必很多人都已經打算以此為標準購入新機了吧?最近西班牙遊戲雜誌Micromania 的編輯們去了Blizzard親自玩上N輪之後,做出了以下的建議:(注意,此非玻璃扎正式官方建議是也,官方有正式滅火聲明)