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- Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1; Will bring back VBA
- Microsoft on Tuesday said that it is releasing Service Pack 1 for Office for Mac and outlined a future roadmap that brings back Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The software giant outlined the changes in a statement touting that Office 2008 for Mac is "selling faster than...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 Mac Beta sports new Aqua look
- The OpenOffice.org productivity suite will ditch the need for Mac users to run the X11 windowing system with Version 3.0. The update, now with a Beta Version in release, will offer limited VBA support, unlike Microsoft's Mac Office suite. The compatibility picture is...
- Tags: Beta, OpenOffice.org, Compatibility Picture, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- PrinterSetup project for CUPS
- A recently released printer utility for larger Mac deployments is in "prototyping phase." For those managing mass-quantities of Macs and Unix machines, this project could be useful. PrinterSetup is a component of PrintingWorks, an open-source CUPS "print accounting solution" by Lucid Information Systems. The docs say it's...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, PrinterSetup, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Mobile software Monday: HanDBase 4.0 and Nokia Podcasting
- My plan was to post software reviews here every Monday, but at times my schedule and life doesn't allow me to give a full test of a software package and write up my thoughts so I missed last week. Thus, I am posting a double review this week on Mobile...
- Tags: Application, Device, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Podcasting, S60, Nokia Podcasting Application, Submissions, Podcasts, Storage, Databases, Internet, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- The Mac desktop, set to music
- A friend emailed me a link to the above video from YouTube, which is a music video for The Bird And The Bee's "Again & Again" created entirely on/in a Mac OS X desktop. I especially like the creative plug to buy the song on iTunes at the end of...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Music, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Image Gallery: HanDBase 4.0 and Nokia Podcasting applications
- HanDBase 4.0 is the latest release of one of the most popular mobile database applications that works with Windows Mobile, S60, and Palm devices. There are desktop clients for Windows and Mac as well. The Nokia Podcasting application is a free podcatcher application and does not actually...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, HanDBase 4.0, Nokia Podcasting Application, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller, screenshots, nokia, podcasting, mobile database, windows mobile, s60, palm
- Image galleries 2008-05-12
- JPG/JPEG Photo Converter (exe)
- JPG/JPEG Photo Converter is a wonderful tool to convert many photo formats such as BMP, GIF, PNG, TIF, ICO, EXIF, WMF, and EMF to JPG/JPEG file with some useful parameters changed. It resizes the original photo's width or height, and has a convenient proportional calculator to keep aspect ratio on...
- Tags: Photograph, CHENGDU WEISHU TECHNOLOGY, JPG/JPEG Photo Converter
- Software downloads 2008-05-12
- To Catch a Thief
- To catch a thief ... the high-tech way. Somone broke into Kait Dupalga's apartment and stole TVs, iPods, a set of car rims – and Kate's Mac laptop. The big break in the case came when a friend of Kate's sent her a text message congratulating...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mr., Friend, Photograph, Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- All USB ports aren't created equal
- All USB ports aren't created equalPretty much convincedGood grief. What has happened to journalism today? Never mind. I already know.Point is, you don't need to be pretty much convinced. There's this radical concept that's been floating around for about 400 years called the scientific method. It's key element is experiment....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), USB port, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-10
- Freeze Frame 2.0 becomes Bokeh 1.0
- When you need all the processing power your Mac can provide, it's good to eliminate distractions. That's where Elgebar Studios's Freeze Frame and now Bokeh, its Leopard-only successor, comes to the rescue. The $17 Bokeh software lets users target a single application that's running processor-intensive tasks and...
- Tags: Distraction, Apple Macintosh, Image, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Why do Macs need so much fixing?
- Why do Macs need so much fixing?My point exactly (nt)(nt)I guess we're both the luckiest people in the world.All of my systems (Windows, OS X, Linux, and Solaris) work fine. No muss, no fuss, no problems. It's good to be me.Come come nowRoss2000: [i]Am I the luckiest guy in the...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Macs need, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta
- First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 betaOLD NEWS: Don't expect OpenOffice to develop more perfect compatibilityI gave up on OpenOffice a long long time ago and I'm not surprised that the compatibility is still pitiful. OpenOffice's Presentation could never handle PowerPoint files properly. OpenOffice's Writer could handle simple documents,...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Why do Macs need so much fixing?
- Last weekend, in the course of a column about Steve Ballmer, my colleague Larry Dignan tossed an offhand shout-out in my general direction: When Ed Bott has a series on how to fix–or at least cope with Vista–you know this OS isn't so hot. Why should this thing need...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Network Magic simplifies tasks for home users
- Network Magic from Pure Networks isn't a new product, but it's new to me. I've been playing around with this home-network manager for a week or so, and I think it's a great solution for those who are unfamiliar with networking. Its clean design and easy-to-understand interface helps you perform...
- Tags: Network, Network Magic, Network Map, Network Advisor, Networking, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon
- Hey there, it's Jake, Jason's evil twin. It's Friday which means that it's my turn to take the wheel for trip down Apple rumor lane. Fasten your seat belts because here we go: Apple Developing Wiimote-Like Controller? – AppleInsider reports that a new Apple patent application reveals...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iLounge, 3G, E-mail, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Google's open source problem is Affero
- Google's open source problem is AfferoOrly?So, if I understand things correctly (from the linked article and this), Affero would require Google to release their source code updates for software that runs the [i]services[/i] they sell, not just for compiled software packages as under the current Affero?In the case of the...
- Tags: Mac-user, Affero, F/OSS, open source, AGPL, Google Inc., source code
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the normUnlike the Music Industry - Never heard of "oil payola"Superspike? Really. It's interesting that we have so much of the stuff that why don't the companies start paying us to use their fuel? I guess that would probably be "illegal" at...
- Tags: Gas Prices, telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
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