PC World’s Gregg Keizer writes in his column that users of Leopard are five times more likely to say that they’re “very satisfied” with the OS than users of Windows Vista. This is according to a research done by ChangeWave Research.

Quoting from the article

In a February survey of 2,200 U.S. corporate computer users, 53% of those using Mac OS X 10.5 reported that they were very satisfied with their operating system. Of those using Windows XP or Windows Vista, however, 40% of the former and only 8% of the latter said they were very satisfied.

Apple is certainly making headway. First with the consumer market which it has stamped it’s name on. If you’re a consumer and looking for a computer, chances are Apple is the best fit for you. However this is also starting to become true for the corporate market. With Vista’s not so stellar performance, Leopard is looking better and better to enterprises.

Add to the fact that with a Mac you can install both operating systems and it will feel like you’re getting two computers for the price of one.

I’ve also seen more and more businesses use Macs. Although this is still confined to small to medium scale ones, not unless you’re in a creative agency then the default platform would be Apple.

As time goes by we should be seeing more Macs in the workplace.

Read the complete PC World article here.

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Reading a post on Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog entitled “iPhone vs. BlackBerry 9000: The keyboard wars, round 2“, I can’t help but ask which is really better, physical or virtual keys?

I’ve been using a Nokia e61 for the past year. So far I’m happy with it’s keypad and I must say going back to a phone that doesn’t have a QWERTY keyboard is something I don’t intend to do. However ever since my dad got an iPhone, I’ve had a lot more time to play with it.

The first time I used the keyboard it really took some getting used to. I often made mistakes but the predictive text input made up for some of my mistakes. The keyboard is indeed smaller and harder to hit than the physical keys of my e61 however the good thing I see about this is that all Apple needs to correct this mistake is to upgrade the software. As opposed to changing hardware for the physical keys.

One thing good about virtual keyboards is that you can program it to be there when you need it and disappear when you don’t giving you more freedom to use the limited real estate of your device’s screen. Plus like what I just said, changing things are just a matter of updating software. In most cases that is.

The good thing about physical keys is tactile feedback. You’re able to feel he keys even without looking. I can actually type something without looking at my e61. Something I haven’t been able to do with the iPhone.

Improvements need to be made on the iPhone, the keyboard is one of them. Overall I do think that virtual keys are the way to go. Somehow an iPhone with physical keys won’t feel the same.

Which do you prefer?

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I may love Twitter, the site where you have 140 short characters to tell the world what you’re up to, lovers may love Twitter, but I do understand that Twitter’s not for everyone. Some people don’t want to share the details of every thought, meal or bathroom break with the rest of the Internet and find the constantly updated details of other people’s every thought too much to keep up with.

If you’re one of these people, allow me to introduce you to the anti-Twitter: dawdlr. As the website puts it, “dawdlr is a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: what are you doing, you know, more generally?”

Instead of typing in what you’re up to, you send dawdlr a postcard detailing your activities, and some are chosen for the site. (Current postcards include “trying not to look back” and “enjoying living in London”). It’s basically a humdrum version of Postsecret, as well as a satire on our rush-obsessed society.

If you want to join in, you have plenty of time: the site’s updated around twice a year, with the next update due on May 21st.

Hop to it! Or y’know, don’t . . .

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If you’re like me, you have no idea if you’re maintaining proper tire pressure in your car tires in between trips to the shop. This self-inflating tire, developed in the Czech Republic, takes this out of your hands by inflating automatically through a device called a peristaltic pump which inflates the tire as it turns, keeping it at a constant, safe pressure level. This technology, if adopted widely, will not only make the roads safer, but will have a positive environmental impact by way of savings on fuel (cars with under-inflated tires use more fuel), resulting in a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, and an increase in the lifespan of tires. Read more here.

Via smart stuff and gizmag

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Legendary British nature documentary maker David Attenborough (you may be familiar with his work if you saw the groundbreaking and epic Planet Earth has developed an oddly effective new way to film his favourite subjects - reclusive wild animals - in their natural habitat.

For his new program, Tiger - Spy in the Jungle, currently showing on BBC1 in the UK (and no doubt in America and the rest of the world soon), he got exclusive footage of tiger cubs, and was able to follow them from newborns to adulthood thanks to an inventive new filming technique. Trunk cams.

Yes, somehow Attenborough and his team got elephants to film the action in India’s Pench National Park, using cameras made to camouflage with their trunks. (I swear this isn’t an April Fool).

You can read more about this revolution in nature documentary making here, but I still don’t understand how the elephants were persuaded to participate. I hope they at least got union rates.

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Dogpile has a little fun promotion going on right now where you can send a little bit of a humorous spoof e-mail to your friends on April Fool’s Day this year.

As you can see from the graphic above there are a number of different messages and jokes you can send with their tool.

Another nice little benefit of this fun little promotion is that you can go there now and setup the messages to be delivered for you on April Fool’s Day!

Just look for the doggy to dig up some April Fool’s Day fun.

If you’re not familiar with Dogpile, it’s a search engine that piles all the results of Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Live Search, and Ask for the results.

Go uncover more from your own search results by using Dogpile.

Tags: April Fool’s Day, Ask, Dogpile, Google, Humor, jokes, Live Search, search, Yahoo

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Who knew that Mac and Tatoos would go well together. Well, apparently Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman did. These two are the people behind Hyperspance Studios.

Guy and Michele have been using Macs together with Photoshop and other software to create inspiring tatoo designs. Using the internet to do research on possible designs, they then transfer it to Photoshop where they can manipulate and visualize how their tatoos would come out.

Quoting from their interview at Apple…

“Our Macs are indispensable,” Aitchison agrees. “We do plenty of analog projects, from painting to sculpting, but at some point it all gets funneled through the digital world. The ability to function smoothly between multiple creative applications makes it very easy to move between different media, and between the digital and analog worlds.”

Read the full interview here.

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In the event that you’re a big Harrison Ford or Indiana Jones follower, now you can get all your cool Indiana Jones gear at the Indiana Jones Store online with 10% off now.

After having seen two recent movies starring Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia and Transformers), I can honestly say I may be as interested in seeing him play whatever role it is he’ll be doing as I am seeing Harrison Ford act as the title character.

Tags: actors, collectibles, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Shia LaBeouf

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I never was much into the bar scene of meeting and dating people, but if I had been hopefully I wouldn’t have been the type of guy that would have necessitated having the Rejection Hotline service used on me.

The dating scene is full of people who can’t take a hint or can’t take “no” for an answer (and many who apparently can’t take showers, can’t brush their teeth, or can’t seem to go out in social settings without awkwardly embarrassing themselves).

The Rejection Hotline exists as a simple alternative to uncomfortable situations and it is a public service to both the rejector and to the rejectee!

Has anyone out there used Rejection Hotline or something similar? Did it work? How bad of a loser was the guy/gal?

Tags: bars, clubs, dating, jerks, losers, meeting people, rejection hotline, social

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Available as a free download, Apple has just released Aperture 2.1. What’s new with this version? Well the most notable addition is the introduction of an open plug-in architecture that will enable third party developers to create plug-ins for Aperture.

Apple has included it’s own plug-in, Dodge & Burn. Other plug-ins from third party developers are coming. Among these are Noise Ninja by PictureCode, Viveza by Nik Software and others.

Aperture 2.1 is available now as a free download to Aperture 2 owners. Read the official Apple press release here.

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