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The Link Removed developers have released a public beta of CCleaner for Mac. Previously only available on Windows, CCleaner is a popular cleaning and maintenance tool that allows users to easily delete, for example, the temporary internet files, cookies and history from a variety of web...

Link Removed - Invalid URL what changes have been made in the latest Mac OS X Snow Leopard Security update that was released earlier today. Besides adding specific detection for the "Mac Defender" malware, Apple has added a daily update to this database. Apple maintains a list of known...

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Microsoft is preparing a features promotion blitz for its newest platforms ahead of Apple's developer conference in two weeks. But fresh iOS and Mac OS version will release before Windows. Is it better to be first to marketing or first to market? Link Removed Link...

The Mac App Store is the recently launched integrated application store for Mac OS X which brings the experience of the iPhone and iPad App Store to Apple's general purpose operating system. For the user, this promises a one-stop shop for Mac applications and easy installation and updating. But...

A fake antivirus application is targeting Mac OS X computers using Apple's Safari browser. Cybercriminals pushing MAC Defender, named like the legitimate MacDefender antivirus product, are manipulating keywords to push malicious sites to the top of search results. According to security...

Windows: From the creators of Fences comes Bins, which is basically the Windows 7 equivalent of the “Stacks” feature in Mac OS X. If you want to organise your taskbar’s program icons into little convenient bins, this download is for you. (more…) More...

# customization If you like the new look of Lion, you're out of luck on a Mac but oddly in luck if you own a Windows 7 PC. Lion Skin Pack is an easily installable set of GUI customizations for Windows 7 that make Windows look just like the next generation Mac operating system. More » Link Removed

Are you a Windows 7 user lusting for a Mac, or at least for a Mac-like interface? One way to indulge your craving is using this simple installer to alter Windows 7's user interface to make it look like the upcoming version of Mac OS X, 10.7 Lion. More...

So you’re perfectly happy with the way Windows 7 functions, but you’re finding the trademark Apple soft, gray sexiness from OS X 10.7 Lion irresistible? Fear not, oh yeah of multi-OS affinities! A new transformation pack makes skinning Windows 7 to like OS X Lion an absolute breeze. You’ll find...

If you like the new look of Lion, you’re out of luck on a Mac but oddly in luck if you own a Windows 7 PC. Lion Skin Pack is an easily installable set of GUI customisations for Windows 7 that make Windows look just like the next generation Mac operating system. (more…) More...

News Analysis: A lot of chatter emanating from Microsoft headquarters indicates Windows 8 could be released as early as next year. Microsoft needs to make sure that it doesn’t stumble with this new generation coming as it seems close on the heels of the successful Windows 7. As 2011 continues to...

As recently as a year ago, Windows XP was the kingpin of PCs in the US with 43.1 percent market share. But that's rapidly changing. StatCounter shows that while Mac OS X is creeping up slightly and Windows Vista continues its death march, Windows 7 is on the rise, steadily closing the gap with...

Dear Lifehacker, I’m a student using a MacBook Pro for uni on which I’ve got Mac OS X & Windows 7 dual booted. I’m constantly switching between the two depending on what I need to do (though Windows is my preferred OS). Recently I’ve noticed that the battery lasts longer on the OS X side than it...

Over the last few years, Microsoft has co-opted many of the better innovations of Apple’s Mac OS X, making Windows 7 the most Mac-like Windows yet. It’s a trend that’s set to continue, as Microsoft is now working on a new feature for Windows 8 called History Vault that bares an eerie similarity...

While Microsoft prepares Windows 8 for the tablet wars , it's also reportedly taking a page from Mac OS X with a feature called "History Vault." According to Winrumors , History Vault will be an advanced backup utility similar to Time Machine for Mac OS X . The system will create regular...

While Microsoft prepares Windows 8 for the tablet wars, it's also reportedly taking a page from Mac OS X with a feature called "History Vault." Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft plans for Windows 8 to imitate the behavior of Time Machine in Mac OS X... Source: Yahoo! News

A leak Wednesday has uncovered plans for Windows 8 to imitate the behavior of Time Machine in Mac OS X. Nicknamed History Vault, it would use the Shadow Copies feature that came as early as Vista but give it a proper visual interface for restoring older files. The WinRumors shot doesn't provide...

February 16, 2011 -- Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies announced on Wednesday it has recently released sample code for Windows 7 and Mac OS X apps for monitoring SoftLayer server information. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Hello: trying but unable to do: -w7pro to connect (cat 5e not wireless) to my home C/S w2K network, so that I can access files at a wXPproSp3 pc. I can connect to that same XPproSP3 PC from another XPproSP3 PC, and from my OS X.5 mac (using smb). I can connect from the w7 laptop to a shared...