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Microsoft releases Office 2004/2008 updates

March 9, 2010

Microsoft released updates to Office for Mac 2004 and 2008, primarily to plug security holes in the program. The 2008 version should be more stable, as well, following the update.
The Open XML converter needed by 2004 users to read documents created by the latest versions of Office has been updated as well.
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iMac 27″ Displays fixed!

February 26, 2010

Apple announced that the issues that affected some of the new 27″ iMacs are solved by two new firmware updates.
A small number of purchasers of the incredibly popular new iMacs found their displays a bit yellowish, or flickering, and when the new iMacs sold out of some stores and resellers, let to rumors that production [...]

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Why HTML5 matters to Mac users

January 23, 2010

by Joe Aimonetti
Recent announcements from popular video hosting Web sites YouTube and Vimeo that they will now be offering HTML5 compatible video streaming have tremendously positive affects for Mac users. YouTube kicked off the announcement on Wednesday with Vimeo following suit shortly thereafter. If video on HTML5 gains traction, we could see the end or [...]

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Maintenance? On a Mac?

January 12, 2010

Yep. Maintenance. Just like your car, a Mac needs to have “stuff” done to it from time to time, to keep running normally and to prevent slow performance and the dreaded SPOD (spinning pizza-wheel of death).
CAUTION: Unless specifically noted, the links to applications will be for Snow Leopard versions. Contact the developer for earlier versions.
When [...]

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Questions to ask your ISP when troubleshooting an Internet modem or router issue

January 12, 2010

Apple posted a knowegebase document that most of will need sooner or later. The content is below:
If you’re troubleshooting a broadband Internet connection issue related to your modem or router, you should ask your ISP certain questions (or check their support website).  If you use a modem/router that your ISP did not provide, you should ask the [...]

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4 Essential PDF Tips for Snow Leopard

December 28, 2009

From Macworld today, four great tips for working with PDFs in Snow Leopard, paraphrased below:
1. E-Mail PDFs with one click
Many of us use the PDF button at the bottom of the Print dialogue box to save a document as a PDF. That’s a great trick available in Leopard. Another great trick is the Mail PDF [...]

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Memory Chip Shortage in 2010?

December 28, 2009

Reports from DRAMexchange indicate that the supply of memory chips may be in short supply in the latter part of 2010. Consumer demand for more memory, and company replacement of current computers will drive the shortage.
Memory prices have risen most of the past year, but seem to have stabilized in the past couple of months. [...]

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External Hard Drives – FireWire vs. USB: Why should we care?

December 24, 2009

More and more external drives are offered with a USB 2.0 interface only, without FireWire. Even MacBooks are sold without a FireWire interface. PCs hardly ever have FireWire avaialble.
Why should we care?
FireWire is a transfer method designed for data transfer. USB was originally designed for device control. That doesn’t matter so much any more, and [...]

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Microsoft Office loses suite over OpenXML

December 23, 2009

Microsoft lost an appeal to a patent infringement suit yesterday, regarding how the Office suite opens OpenXML documents. OpenXML has been the standard document format for Office 2007 (Windows) and 2008 (Mac), which has caused problems for users of earlier versions. A converter is necessary to open OpenXML docs in the earlier formats.
Microsoft is required [...]

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10.6: Revert to older Canon drivers to recover features – Mac OS X Hints

December 8, 2009

Some Canon printer drives have had problems with 10.6 and not displaying all print options. I know this sounds completely counter-intuitive, but bear with me…
With 10.6, some drivers were broken and Canon (like most companies) was pretty quick to release new drivers. In the case of Canon's Pixima iP##### line, there have been two different [...]

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