Year: 2005

Mossberg: Switching isn’t for everybody

Posted by | Feb 17, 2005 | |

Wall Street Journal tech guru Walt Mossberg says that the Mac is a great alternative for common, mainstream consumer tasks, but that it isn’t for everybody. “The Mac is as good as Windows at these core tasks, and in many cases better. Still, you certainly shouldn’t consider switching to the Mac if you are happy with Windows and you aren’t much affected by viruses and spyware. Even if you aren’t happy with Windows, don’t consider switching to the Mac if you are resistant to learning new ways of doing things.

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Joy of Tech ‘AAPL Splits’ Giveaway announced

Posted by | Feb 17, 2005 | |

With Apple recently announcing a stock split, and shares of AAPL at record levels, the folks over at the Joy of Tech are celebrating with a special giveaway. Keeping with the split theme, they are giving away two copies of Farscape, the PeaceKeeper Wars, a two-disc DVD set about an astronaut who finds himself in an alternate universe. The giveaway ends February 22, at 22:22 Pacific time. The Joy of Tech comic series routinely delivers a humorous look at technology and the issues surrounding it.

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PDF2Office Personal v2.0

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PDF2Office Personal v2.0

Osaka, Japan, February 17, 2005 – Recosoft Corporation the developer of
cross platform Macintosh and Windows file format conversion solutions and
PDF document conversion tools has started shipping PDF2Office Personal v2.0.

The company has released PDF2Office Personal v2.0 a major upgrade to the PDF
to Microsoft=AE Word conversion plug-in for the Windows platform.

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XTension to include support for two USB-native controllers

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XTension to include support for two USB-native controllers

Sand Hill Engineering has updated its OS X home automation application
“XTension” to include support for two USB-native controllers. The
newest model from X10, the ActivehomePRO, is the first device to support
all of the RF and powerline functions including the security devices, in
a single box for $50. The Smarthome PowerLincUSB provides all X10
powerline functions for $30.

This version of XTension includes many new features like the long-awaited
search and replace function for global and unit scripts.

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