Paint.NET 3.5 final released
Paint.NET developers have released the gold edition of Paint.NET 3.5.
Paint.NET 3.5 has already seen a couple of beta editions and the stable version is now available as a free download.
The changelog is pretty comprehensive as this is a major update:
New: Refreshed user interface with new icons and visual styling. On [...]
Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac now available
Parallels has announced that they are now offering Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac to interested customers.
This application enable users of Mac OS X to run other operating systems on their machines.
It supports a variety of operating systems like Windows and Linux.
The latest version costs USD [...]
Microsoft explains when a Windows 7 Upgrade is an Upgrade
A couple of online resources are highlighting hacks which enable a user to install Windows 7 Upgrade copy on a fresh hard disk.
This means that the user is no longer required to have an installed edition of a previous version of Windows to use the [...]
Amazon Kindle app for Windows and Mac coming up soon!
Amazon had a surprise for the owners of their Kindle eBook reader.
Kindle is facing fresh competition from a series of new eBook readers that have been launched in the recent days.
Barnes & Noble has just announced their Nook eBook reader which looks like [...]
Apple mocks Microsoft with a new ad targeting Windows 7
Microsoft launched their latest operating system Windows 7 yesterday.
And Apple had a new Get a Mac advertisement mocking Windows 7.
The ad features the PC boasting about the problems solved by Windows 7 compared to previous versions (specifically Windows Vista).
Mac is not amused. He [...]
Windows 7 finally launched around the world
Microsoft finally launched their Windows 7 operating system around the world.
This operating system is now available to anyone interested in upgrading their machines to this new edition.
It would also be available for new machines. It is already being offered by several personal computer manufacturers with their products. [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials launch is a success
Microsoft has reported that around 1.5 million people downloaded their recently launched Security Essentials security application in the first week after the launch.
This product is being offered for free and provides basic protection on the Windows platform.
It works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. [...]
VMWare Fusion 3 available for pre-ordering now!
VMWare is perhaps the most well known virtualization solution provider for the Apple Mac platform.
The company is now taking pre-orders for their upcoming VMWare Fusion 3 platform.
This new edition is optimized for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7 operating systems.
The company said that [...]
Windows 7 Steve Ballmer edition!
Ars Technica has reported about one of their readers who received a special edition Windows 7 kit from Microsoft.
This kit came with Windows 7 Ultimate with a box featuring the signatures of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer!
The box calls it the Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition.
Incidentally Microsoft had released a special [...]
Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 2 released
Paint.NET developers have released the second beta of their upcoming Paint.NET 3.5 release.
They have fixed a lot of bugs in this release: Paint.NET v3.5 Beta 2 (Build 3561)
Changes/fixes since version 3.5 Beta 1:
* The menu bar was rendering incorrectly for certain themes (Windows 7 / Vista).
* Some items were [...]
