What is the difference between an apple and a window ?

Linux Foundation started a contest for the best ad promoting Linux. Participants should do the ad in maximum 60 seconds and they need to promote I'm Linux. Was no requirement to mention Apple or Windows. And this ad was not for free. The winner get a free trip to tokyo to participate in the Linux Foundational Japan Linux Symposium.

Read more here: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24408/1231/

Was 90 entries but the best 3 you can see them here:






This is just the third place ... but the finish is so funny
Do you know what is the difference between an apple and a window ?



Other 2 videos what should be mentioned:

Dell triples Windows XP downgrade tax from 50$ to 150$

This days I'm very happy because I use Debian/Ubuntu Desktops at work and home. Is insane to get 150$ for a downgrade. This is happening for Dell Users:

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40501/140/

At Debian/Ubuntu it is free ... and I think no one will want to downgrade (as linux user). Anyway ... if you want it then you can get it for FREE not for 150$.

But is true ... a lot of Laptops vendors are selling their products only with Vista ... and no support for Linux, XP, Apple.


Another beer and I will sleep on the keyboard.

Apple 3d Desktop

It seems Apple will launch soon a 3d Desktop ... After Linux compiz, Kde 4.2 and Microsoft Vista , Apple is coming with their new 3d Desktop.



Apple 3D desktop was revealed in their patent filing. But if you are curious just read more here: http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/11/apple-exploring-3d-desktop-and-application-interfaces/

The fastest laptop for MS Vista is ... Apple MacBook Pro

This is just hilarious:

PC World tested Apple MacBook Pro and they discovered is the fastest laptop with Windows Vista.

Read more here

Processor: 2.4-GHz Core 2 Duo T7700 processor,
RAM: Max 4GB
HDD: 160GB
Video: nVidia GeForce 8600M GT

Root password from iPhone was cracked

Like all OS from Apple the iPhone operating system is based on '*nix' so some smart guys retrived the encrypted password from a iPhone restore image and get all the "real" strings from it (with 'strings' linux program) and after that identified the accounts (accounts are preserved in clear text files) and extracted them. After that it was a piece a cake to run John the Ripper on the ecnrypted password to get out the real password. It's not such a big deal. Anyway I'm just curious about the use of this password. Probably when you will have the iPhone connected to internet is very possible to can be attacked.

Having the passwords will not do anybody any good for the moment. The iPhone has no console or terminal access, so there is no way to log in as either account. In fact, nobody even seems certain that the accounts access the machine at all, some Internet commentators suggesting that the password file was left over from early development work, or was intentionally included to throw hackers off the scent.

Read more details here .