One of the only features some of us here like about Windows is that you can alt-ctrl-del and look at the open tasks and programs running at any given time.
It's nice to know what's sucking up all of your memory (pr0n) and what's bogging down your processor (DVD burning). Sloth for Mac OS X shows us exactly what's running, Windows style.
You can see which application is running which process, reveal the directory it's running out of, and kill it off if you want. If you're super geeky and/or bored you can even look at the IP and Unix sockets to see what application is connecting to the interwebs at any given time.
This is a really handy dandy tool, and the source is available too for monkeying...er, slothing around.
One of the better parts about Sloth is that it's a Cocoa app, and runs nice and slick on your Mac.
Fire up the popcorn popper, and get ready to settle into your comfy chair with your iTunes.
iTunes has brought some award winning films from the MGM studios to the iTunes store that are available for purchase and download. These new film additions from the largest film library in the world include Dances with Wolves, Mad Max, The Great Train Robbery, Rocky, The Thomas Crown Affair, Ronin, and Lilies in the Field among others from the list of 208 other Academy Award winners.
The movies are expected to be online in the next few weeks, and will be available in near DVD quality at resolutions of 640x480 and can be viewed on computers, fifth generation iPods, TV's and with Apples new Apple TV.
Apple's current iTunes store holds over 350 television shows and now over 500 movies thanks to the MGM addition.
Look out for some BBC shows like Doctor Who to be available for download through BBC on demand. This new program will also users to watch or download popular television shows on their computers through a special application. The shows will be available up to a week after their initial airing. After this initial launch, the BBC will be releasing a desktop application called iPlayer which allows users to download and watch programs from seven days prior. When downloaded through the iPlayer, a program will be available for 30 days for viewing on computers. There is also talk about keeping episodes stacked, whereby users will be able to watch them up to a week after they originally air. Parental controls are also being researched and are to be worked into the plan.
Today Microsoft said that it had 55 legal cases started with dealers that have been accused of selling counterfeit software online. Microsoft said that this is the highest number of shakedowns to date, hitting the US, Germany, Netherlands, France, Britain, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Korea, Mexico and Poland.
Online sellers of the counterfeit Microsoft materials have been using eBay and auction sites to sell the materials. This is an extremely pressing issue for Microsoft--not only are they loosing money, but the software in question could be defective and potentially hazardous to users, leaving backdoors open for possible security breaches and identity thefts. Our friends at Microsoft investigated these counterfeit applications and found that 43% actually contained additional programs and code that is not part of the actual operating system! Wow! I know that Microsoft's software can be rather expensive at times, but is it really worth dealing with all the hassle counterfeit software can bring? Especially nowadays when we live online, and do practically everything on the World Wide Web including banking and purchasing. Pretty spooky stuff!
Unless you have a really great memory, or consider yourself a walking Windows Open Source Software directory, complete with URLs, you'll want to bookmark this site, The OSSwin project is a good listing of OSS software for Windows (list hosted by Sourceforge.net). Consider this contraband headquarters, a site dedicated to slowly taking over your PC with non-Microsoft software. Closed-source software is so early-90's. The OSSwin project reads like a menu of interesting and flavorful choices. It is by no means comprehensive, but you may a few downloads you haven't seen before. Enjoy downloading this tidy list of apps from The OSSwin project. The categories included in this mother-lode are as follows:
One of the only features some of us here like about Windows is that you can alt-ctrl-del and look at the open tasks and programs running at any given time.
