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Apple Releases Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Update

Apple has just released their second minor update to their latest desktop operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2. While there are a lot of fixes for Mac users, iPhone users may want to pay particular attention to the “general reliability improvements” for MobileMe and iDisk. (And yes, the infamous “guest account” data deletion [...]

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Apple Releases Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Update

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Chrome And Safari Are Rounding Errors

This is the third installment of our exclusive interview last week with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. In the first article we showed an overview and video footage of the main subject areas we covered: Big Opportunities, Operating Systems/Browsers, Mobile, Search and Developers.

In the second post we did a deeper dive on his thoughts on big business opportunities for Microsoft in the next 5 – 10 years.

Here we focus on his thoughts on the competitive landscape around operating systems and browsers. And Ballmer has lots to say on the subject. Particularly because Microsoft has fresh browser and OS products in the pipe: IE8 launched earlier this year and Windows 7 launches on October 22.

TechCrunch50 Conference 2009: September 14-15, 2009, San Francisco