Archives for September 2011

Apple has had a policy for a while now that basically says that you cannot merge multiple Apple IDs. This is becoming a problem as various change this year have caused problems with users needing to log in with each ID. Back in July TUAW said:

Some readers have been managing two Apple IDs on purpose and are now frustrated about the fact that Apple is restricting logins for automatic downloads. Others have only just discovered that they have two IDs. Most of them have already contacted Apple, only to be given the same answer without exception: Apple will not consolidate Apple ID accounts.

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Within the first night that the Windows 8 preview was launched, Microsoft saw 500,000 downloads of the operating system. In an interview, Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft still had a lot of work to do to get it ready for production.

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Intel is working on its next generation of processors and from what we hear, the power requirements will be much less which in turn means that the battery life in a laptop can be extended further. When Intel launches the Haswell architecture in 2013 they estimate that battery life on a laptop using these chips will be a full day (24 hours).

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Details about Windows 8 launched yesterday along with a developers download of the OS. The new operating system was detailed in a 3 hour keynote which packed in a lot of impressive details about where Microsoft is headed with the OS. Some people like Windows 8 while others think it will fail.

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Microsoft has released Windows 8 to developers today. The Windows 8 download will be available at 8PM PT today. Microsoft made the announcement earlier today at the Build conference

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