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Whether it changed everything, made you think different, or was just a sideshow to the Windows centerpiece of your life, there’s no denying version X of Mac OS has been the most successful and enduring piece of software Apple has ever produced. It is turning 10 years old today, so we thought we’d spare a moment to say congratulations and to dust off an image of our favorite logo of the bunch. And who knows, with the next iteration being dubbed Lion and the lack of any more senior big cats available, maybe this will be the last big anniversary before Apple takes the leap into version 11.

[Thanks, Robert]

Mac OS X turns X years old today originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony may have discontinued the NEX-3, but the future of those interchangeable E-mount lenses seems downright secure — after all, they’ll fit quite nicely on this new NEX-FS100. The NXCAM HD that Sony teased last November is what you’re gawking at right now, which is either the pro alternative to the NEX-VG10 or the far-more-affordable PMW-F3, depending on whether you typically tote camcorders or tend to shoot professional film. Either way, $5,850 buys you a Super 35mm sensor that shoots 1080p60 content at up to 28Mbps to SD, Memory Stick (or an optional 128GB SSD) or output uncompressed 4:2:2 footage over HDMI, monitoring the lot on a swiveling 3.5-inch LCD display. The package doesn’t include the 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 lens pictured above — that’s an extra $700 on top of the price — but Sony will throw in that viewfinder tube and shotgun mic. While we all look forward to online availability and some thorough reviews, why not join us after the break for video? Then, scoot on over to F-Stop Academy for the very first footage shot with the unit.

[Thanks, Nate W.]

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Sony’s NXCAM HD is the NEX-FS100, brings Super 35mm sensor pricetag down to $5,850 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Inkling is a pretty cute name for a product, you have to admit, but by the end of the year it could be pretty serious business. It’s a company that specializes on publishing textbooks on the iPad, devices that are rapidly killing the poor paper industry. As of now the company’s products are few, but two major publishers, Pearson and McGraw-Hill, have signed on to support the service, a deal that will see Inkling’s product catalog swell by several orders of magnitude. Up to 100 books are expected to be there by the end of the year and, while that’s nothing compared to the massive variety of volumes that swell students’ backpacks and diminish their drinking funds at the beginning of every semester, it is a solid start. Best of all, Inkling’s current texts cost 35 percent less than their printed doppelgangers, meaning there’s hope for cheaper e-books after all.

Inkling signs with major publishers to bring 100 textbooks to iPad by 2012, no actual ink originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on January 09, 2008 by CyberNet.

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs).

As you browse the Internet during the day, feel free to post the software updates you come across in the comments below so that we can include them the following day!

–Stable Releases–

The software listed here have all been officially released by the developers.

• Google Desktop 5.7.801.1629 [Homepage] [Mirror]
  Type of Application: Desktop search
  Changes: N/A

–Pre-Releases (Alpha, Beta, etc…)–

The software listed here are pre-releases that may not be ready for everyday usage.

• UltraVNC 1.0.4 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Mirror]
  Release: Release Candidate 8
  Type of Application: Control a remote computer
  Changes: Improved Vista support

–Release Calendar–

• Early 2008 – Vista SP1 [Review]
• Early 2008 – Internet Explorer 8 Beta [Review]
• Early 2008 – XP SP3 [Review]
• January, 2008 – PhraseExpress 5 [Review]
• January 10 – Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3
• January 15, 2008 – Mac Office 2008 [Review]
• February, 2008 – iPhone SDK [Review]
• February, 2008 – Deskscapes 2.0 [Review]
• February 27, 2008 – Windows Server 2008 [Review]
• March, 2008 – WordPress 2.5 [Review] ^UPDATED
• March 4, 2008 – OpenOffice.org 2.4
• April 24, 2008 – Ubuntu 8.04
• September 2, 2008 – OpenOffice.org 3.0 [Review]
• 2009 – Windows Mobile 7 [Review]
• 2009 – Paint.NET 4.00 [Review]
• 2010 – Windows 7 [Review]

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The Thunderbolt, you might have noticed, marked an unpleasant change for HTC by making it a tiny bit difficult to replace the company’s own Android software with your favored community-sourced alternative. Well, turns out it’s not alone and could in fact be just be the tip of an unhappy iceberg heading our way. The AndIRC guys responsible for cracking it open have also noted with some distress that the Incredible S — likely to become the Droid Incredible 2 in the States — features a similar signature check when flashing recovery images. In short, that means any ROMs that don’t know HTC’s “open sesame” password, won’t be allowed to ride on your device. Bogus? Totally, dude.

HTC locks down Incredible S against custom ROMs too, starts a fight with its best friends originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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