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school I.T. issues

another Apple book experience

Apple will announce new Mac laptops next Tuesday...

wrong Sarah, communal AirTunes

MacBook motherboard fries FireWire drives

Time Machine tips, scanner experiences

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Retrospect restore test critical, other options

Safari PDF problem after Apple Security Update

"If the NVIDIA graphics processor in your MacBook Pro has failed, or fails within two years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty."

another pile o' serious security patches...

The web-based collaboration and communication system gains a full CAS 2.0 server built in, a Projects module, customizable calendar week views, a To Do feature, import/export of bookmarks, new high-performance server options, and more.

The remote file access software adds support for FTP/FTPS drives, improves reconnect ability (detection of changes in network state, sleep, wake, etc.), and adds more localizations.

OpenProj is a free, open source, and multi-platform project management application that provides Gantt charts, network diagrams (PERT charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing, and other features.

Troi's FileMaker plug-in for triggering scripts across a network is now compatible with FileMaker Pro 9, adds new switches for the Actr_GetEventInfo function, and fixes some bugs.

The drag-and-drop XHTML/CSS web design program adds Quick Look support in the Site Manager and improved support for iPhone web site development, including support for different media when referencing CSS files.

SQLite Diff is designed to compare SQLite database schema and data, displaying schema changes with colorized SQL code and highlighted text for modified records.

"This comes quite handy now that more dangerous usages of clickjacking are being disclosed, such as enabling your microphone or your webcam behind your back to spy you..."

O'Reilly's iPhone book covers topics that include building a recovery toolkit, determining the type of data stored on the device, data recovery of a v1.x and v2.x iPhone user disk partition, and more.

"Apple immediately denied the report, and CNNi removed the article."