Microsoft promises fix for Office 2008 installation issues: “Users have uncovered several installation-related issues with Office 2008 that, while not affecting everyday use, could result in security vulnerabilities.“

(Via MacCentral.)

The song in Apple’s new MacBook Air commercial, ‘New Soul’ by Yael Naïm”

10.5: Make a bootable Time Machine backup drive: "Early on after Leopard was released, I followed this tip on how to make a small partition on my Time Machine (TM) drive and clone a copy of my install DVD to it. The point here was to have faster access to the restore feature of TM, without the need to locate and boot from your install DVD. This worked well, but I've since discovered an even simpler method which does not necessitate the need to partition the TM drive.Starting with a clean, newly-formatted Read more [...]

More Quick Look plug-ins: "Use Quick Look but wish it supported more types of files? Dan Frakes takes a look at some of his favorite Quick Look plug-ins." (Via Mac Gems Weblog.) Read more [...]

Work around a NTFS-3G/Boot Camp/Startup Disk issue: "I've recently discovered the NTFS-3G/MacFuse plugin that allows you to both read and write to NTFS disks. This was a great joy, as I was able to use it along with this hint to resize and restore a big windows partition.However, as others have found, it is not possible to select your NTFS Windows partition as a startup disk. One workaround is to simply make the partition non-writable, as described in this hint, but that defeats the purpose.Below Read more [...]

Enough With the MacBook Air - ASUS Eee Comparisons!: "For freak’s sake!! Why on earth are people continuing to compare the MacBook Air to the ASUS Eee? It seems as soon as Steve pulled it out of it’s manila envelope, people have been fallaciously comparing it to the ASUS Eee. The latest on the Air vs ASUS… (Via AppleMatters.) Read more [...]

Mac OS X 10.5.2: Optional Translucent Menubar, DVD/CD Sharing: "Some screenshots of the new features found in the Mac OS X 10.5.2 seed have been detailed by BabyGotMac.com. Amongst the new features: - Transparency in the menu bar is now optional and can be set in Desktop Preferences: Read more [...]

Review: Microsoft Entourage 2008: "If you’re outside of the corporate realm, and need a mail, calendar, and contact manager with lots of headroom and solid integration with the rest of the Office suite, Entourage provides a wealth of features that are deeper than Apple’s trio." (Via MacCentral.) Read more [...]

Best OS X 10.5 Hints contest winners revealed!: "After some delays due to both Macworld Expo and hearing back from all of the winners, I'm please today to announce the 10 winners in our Best Leopard Hints contest. The winners were chosen by rankings from both the public voting, and votes from the Macworld editorial team (yours truly excluded). We then took the average of both groups' scores, and used that number to create the final rankings. Note that this is the first time the winners will see what Read more [...]

AnandTech: The MacBook Air CPU Mystery: More Details Revealed: “Earlier this week Apple announced its MacBook Air, and within hours we had the mystery of its “60% smaller” CPU uncovered. Or at least we thought.”

(Via anandtech.)

The MacBook Air Is a Horrible, Horrible Product: “

I’m not one to immediately write off any product as horrible without considering what it can do, but in all honesty, I think the MacBook Air is a misplaced product.

The whole point of an ultra portable is to be just that: easy to carry and easy to…

(Via AppleMatters.)

More MacBook Air Details and Notes: “
- MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro photos – side by side.
- The MacBook Air battery will be a $129 replacement, requiring Apple to replace it.
- Walt Mossberg (video) first impressions of MacBook Air
- More high quality photos:…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Expo: iBank update to tap into Leopard, iPhone: "In addition to adding features built around Apple's recent OS X 10.5 update, iBank 3 also will include iBank for iPhone, a Web-based application that allows users to enter transactions via Apple's smartphone." (Via MacCentral.) Read more [...]

Hands on with the MacBook Air: “Following the unveiling of the MacBook Air, Jason Snell spent some hands-on time with Apple’s new thin laptop. Here are his first impressions of the latest MacBook.“

(Via MacCentral.)

Expo: Web flaw yields free VIP pass—again: “A security researcher has found a way to get a free ‘Platinum’ pass to MacWorld by hacking the conference Web site.“

(Via MacCentral.)