Category: Operating Systems

New computer: Where's the Start menu?

Windows 8 Start screen

If you’ve recently bought a new computer, or are expecting Santa Claus to leave some shiny tech in your stocking, be advised that most new Windows PCs will come with Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro. Unlike Windows 7, which is the standard operating system for all faculty and staff here at A&M-Commerce, Microsoft has …

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eCollege Face Lift

The new look for eCollege courses continues to rollout. In Summer II, phase3 will include ACCT, AS, BA MIS, and MKTM. All online courses will have the new look for the Fall term.

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Apple goes full circle with new Mac Pro

Apple, Inc. gave a sneak peak of their redesigned Mac Pro at last week’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.  Available “later this year,” the new Mac Pro is a vast departure from the current Mac Pro line which has changed little in form factor in the last decade. Few would argue that …

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Give a web server a hug today

Twenty years ago today Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and his team at CERN, made the WWW free for public use. The software, developed on a NeXT cube, that made the World Wide Web possible was then called WorldWideWeb, later to be called httpd, which we know of today as the Apache Web Server (Microsoft and others …

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Technology News Roundup

There have been several bits of interesting technology news this week, so here is a quick round up of articles. Before each one is a short description to help you decide if you want to read more. Windows-based Tablet May Be Too Late: Apple iPad sales are climbing and Microsoft has yet to enter into …

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