Archive for October, 2008

One thing I try to stay silent on is the competition. There’s no reason to tear into them over stuff. However, I can’t say that I’ve been happy with AOL’s refusal to take on sploggers (people who use software to steal entire blog/sites and post the content on their own web site, as if they [...]

That’s right. Even if you use Boot Camp, you’re stuck at Bluetooth 2.0 on your Windows-powered MacBook. I didn’t realize this until I considered getting one of those nifty MacBook Air units now that they have reasonably good graphics. Not that this would really tip my decision either way… but Microsoft added support for Bluetooth [...]

I’m on my third complete reinstall of Windows on my Inspiron 530n. Completely erased the hard drive, reinstalled Windows from scratch… and the same problem keeps happening. Worse, my Inspiron 530n is plugged into my HDTV… making troubleshooting a royal pain. Here’s the problem. With Vista SP1, this computer keeps corrupting my user account. This [...]

Tiger and Apple TV will put Apple in an interesting situation, once Snow Leopard comes out. See, Apple has a house rule on product lifespan. Only the prior, major, release of Mac OS X is to be supported. That means that if a device can’t be upgraded to the last version of Mac OS X, [...]

It appears that the latest Microsoft Office 2008 update (12.1.13), has the same bug the last version did. Namely, if you strip the unnecessary foreign language translations (using a tool like Youpi Optimizer, Monolingual, or even Finder)… the updater will complain that there aren’t any viable installations available. And yes, this is a bug. Apple [...]

If you own a MacBook Pro with an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M… you might want to hear this. You may know it’s under recall, if the graphics chip fails. Apple has doubled the warranty to two years on the system’s GPU. But, if I know my readership, you don’t want to wait for it to fail [...]

Apple appears to have come to the conclusion that FireWire Target Disk Mode is now just a Pro feature. I’ll explain why it’s essential for everyone… and how Apple can still pull it off. For those of you new to the Mac, Target Disk Mode is a revolutionary feature which takes advantage of FireWire’s ability [...]

Microsoft has launched a new tool out called the Web Applications Installer. This is a refined program that does the same functionality as scripts like Fantastico. Basically, you chose what web software you want to install… and the app will configure your Windows Server to run it. So, if you want to install WordPress on [...]

Parallels just announced that version 4.0 is coming for Mac. This is probably a make-or-break version for Parallels… it’s the first major version in the wake of VMWare Fusion entering the market. I own both, and prefer VMWare… it has the edge in speed and overall performance. But, Parallels does have a bit better graphics [...]

Last month, I was at CTIA Wireless IT, the same day Apple was rolling out new iPods. I walked by the Apple Retail Store on Market St (in San Francisco), and noticed them hauling out the old 3rd-generation iPod nanos. Only they weren’t the ones that you buy. Rather, they were the giant mock-ups that [...]