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iPod Battery Settlement Program - Apple Canada: "iPod Battery Settlement Program View Full Settlement Agreement in English (PDF) View Full Settlement Agreement in French (PDF) View Instructions and Claim form English - coming soon View Instructions and Claim form French - coming soon (Via apple.) Read more [...]

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Full support for Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, and improves compatibility with the MacBook Air. Of course, this update is FREE for all Parallels users! They can either get it automatically via Parallels Desktop's auto-updater, or get it manually at parallels.com/products/desktop. Major features and updates in 5600 include: - Full support for Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, including Boot Camp support - Full support for Microsoft Windows XP SP3, including Boot Camp support - Full compatibility Read more [...]

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Access all Google Docs features from Safari: "If you are a user of Google docs (and other such Google apps) and you prefer Safari as your default browser, you will know that lots of features are lost because Safari is not a supported browser. Firefox, however, is fully supported. If you enable the Develop menu in Safari, as covered in this hint, however, you can fix the problem. After enabling the menu, just select Develop » User Agent , and select one of the Firefox entries (2.0.x Mac, for Read more [...]

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-image-Disable the WebKit default home page

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Disable the WebKit default home page: "In my job, I jump between browsers quite regularly, usually Firefox, Camino, and Safari. As we've covered here before in various hints, you can actually run a 'future' version of Safari by downloading and installing WebKit, which is a special version of Safari using newer builds of the WebKit web browser engine. WebKit builds can be faster than the currently-released version, and have bug fixes and new features that you can take advantage of. As one example, Read more [...]

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-image-NightShift automatically downloads and updates WebKit, the Safari HTML rendering engine

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NightShift 1.5: NightShift automatically downloads and updates WebKit, the Safari HTML rendering engine, to the latest nightly version. No user intervention is required, everything is fully automated. Downloads WebKit nightly build from web server Mounts the disk image Creates a backup of the previous version on disk Copies the new nightly build to its default location Option to copy the JavaScript debugger Drosera to disk Option to launch the new version of WebKit Option to undo latest install Read more [...]

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-image-VMware Fusion 2.0 goes beta

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VMware Fusion 2.0 goes beta: “VMware Fusion 2.01 public beta 1 is now available, and it supports multiple displays, new 3D graphics acceleration and other capabilities.

(Via MacCentral.)

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-image-Innovative newsreader changes how you read news

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Innovative newsreader changes how you read news: "Times is a different kind of newsreader that will change how you read news. Instead of treating news like email (as most RSS readers do), Times presents you with headlines and photos from a variety of sources all in one place, letting you more easily discover the news you want to read. Like your own personal newspaper, you can put feeds into separate areas, create pages for different subjects, and more. read more (Via MacMegasite.) Read more [...]

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-image-Microsoft Walking Away from Yahoo Acquisition

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Microsoft Walking Away from Yahoo Acquisition: “On February 1st, Microsoft made headlines after publicly offering to purchase Yahoo for $44.6 Billion ($31/share). Microsoft’s interest in Yahoo was primarily focused around their advertising business in an attempt to gain talent and technology in …”

(Via MacRumors.)

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-image-(BOOTCAMP) > AVG Free Anti-Virus 2008 Released, Much Improved [Featured Windows Download]

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AVG Free Anti-Virus 2008 Released, Much Improved [Featured Windows Download]: "Windows only: Popular freeware anti-virus application AVG Free recently updated to AVG Free 2008. Aside from a general interface overhaul and faster performance, the updated anti-virus scanner has added several new features with a focus on web security. AVG is always at the forefront of the freeware anti-virus category, so unless you don't run anti-virus software, it's a great alternative to crappy Windows software. AVG Read more [...]

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-image-Secure Your Home Wi-Fi Network [Weekend Project]

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Secure Your Home Wi-Fi Network [Weekend Project]: "Tech site Ars Technica runs down the basics of securing your home wireless network with the most secure and up-to-date methods. The main takeaway is that when you enable encryption on your wireless router, use WPA encryption instead of WEP, because it's better and stronger. Unlike WEP, WPA uses a 48-bit initialization vector and a 128-bit encryption key. More importantly, however, WPA uses what's called the Temporary Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). Read more [...]

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AppMenuBoy 1.0.0: “If you access your programs by putting your Applications folder in the Dock, AppMenuBoy offers a cleaner alternative.

(Via MacCentral.)

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-image-Parallels Server for Mac Beta

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Parallels Server for Mac Beta: “Parallels Server for Mac is a powerful and easy-to-use bare metal hypervisor solution for server virtualization that provides the best value for cost conscious organizations seeking to standardize and optimize their IT infrastructures.”

(Via parallels.)

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