Microsoft security bulletin: Security Bugs in Producer, Excel, and SharePoint


March 10th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

Microsoft announced yesterday that they’ve found more bugs. Surprise. Microsoft annouced via security bulletin on the TechNet site that vulnerabilities were found and patched in various versions of Office, SharePoint, and it’s movie making software Producer. All of the vulnerabilities found allow what microsoft calls “Remote Code Execution”, which means that malicious code can be planted and run on your computer. This is not a new thing for Microsoft and they fix them as the find them but, the just keep finding them.

Here’s a rundown of the affected software:
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iPad release date April 3rd, Pre-orders March 12th


March 5th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

Apple announces today that the long awaited iPad can be ordered starting March 12th.   The actual release date will be April 3rd. There have been rumors of production until late summer but this, at least for now, negates those.
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Mac Hack: Intel-base startup keys


February 26th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

If you’ve ever had problems starting up your intel based mac you’ll want to bookmark this article. Apple released a support article today with a load of great keyboard shortcuts to subvert the startup of Intel based Macs.

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Could this be the iPad and iPhone’s long awaited camera?


February 15th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

I think we’ve all realized that the mobile device race is not about size anymore. Today’s race is about feature density and Toshiba has leapt past all of it competition in the mobile camera department.

Today Toshiba announced a TWELVE megapixel camera and chip for mobile. With most a US domestic cameras using cameras at or below 5 megapixels this is a chip that really pushes Moore’s law.
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Apple Support Article Outlines How to Back Up Your Music


February 12th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

Apple is turning back the clock and encouraging people to back their music up on CD. If you REALLY REALLY want to keep your music on CD Apple will tell you how to get your music out of AAC and into MP3.

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Is the New York Times Skimmer the newspaper format made for iPad?


February 10th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

People have been wondering how Apples release of the iPad will “change the game” and what “game” it will change. One of the mediums that will definitely be affected is the newspaper.

The New York Times has a feature now called the New York Times skimmer. There were two features that jumped out at me immediately when I tried it.

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Apple Releases Aperture 3


February 9th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

We’ll the post earlier today about the 28 support articles of course was timed for today’s release of Apple’s Aperture 3. Photographers everywhere will be delighted. The new version is loaded with new features and fixes from Aperture 2.

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Apple releases 28 new support articles for Aperture 3


February 9th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

If you’re using Apple’s Aperture software you should get to their support site NOW! Apple just released twenty eight new articles in their knowledge base. Some of the just released articles are tips and tricks and some are notes on bugs and bug fixes. Hit the jump for a rundown of the titles and links.
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Apple iPhone Security Update 3.1.3, time to re-jailbreak?


February 7th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

Yesterday Apple released what is now the latest update for for it’s iPhone. Now the current version is 3.1.3. Apple has gone only five months since it’s last update to 3.1.2.

3.1.2 fixed a bug that affected many people, including myself, that caused the iPhone to sporadically reboot. Will 3.1.3 be as helpful?

A cheesy iphone Ad made by Me.

Image by twenty5pics via Flickr

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Comparing Apples to Apples (to Apples): iPhone vs iTouch vs iPad


February 7th, 2010 By: Savan Thongvanh

With this weeks announcement of the Apple iPad they now say they have a new category of device. Some say that the new category is just a bigger version of everything else they have. We’ll let the tale of the tape tell the story.

I’ll give you a hint, if you squint a little at the spec comparisons you won’t be able to tell iPad from iPhone from iTouch.

Let’s check out the specs Apples to Apples (to Apples).
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