JNSoftware has updated Dialectic (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/), a telephony tool for the Mac, to version 1.7. Among the new features are 64-bit compatibility, integration with Exchange, CardDAV, & LDAP accounts, and new or improved support for many devices and services including Aastra IP phones, MagicJack, and more.
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Several U.S. tech companies — including Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Walt Disney’s Pixar unit — are in advanced talks with the Justice Department to avoid a court battle over whether they colluded to hold down wages by agreeing not to poach each other’s employees, reports the “Wall Street Journal” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440604575496182527552678.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews), quoting “people familiar with the matter.”
Read MoreThe iPad officially went on sale in China Friday morning and hundreds of people lined up at Apple stores to be the first to get the tablet device. “Silicon Alley Insider” (http://www.businessinsider.com/china-ipad-lines-2010-9) says that “unlike in the other countries, Chinese consumers had to tough it out through a big rain storm to get their tablet at Apple’s Beijing store.”
Read MoreFrench newspaper “Le Figaro” — as noted by “Mobile Business Briefs” (http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/article/orange-t-mobile-telefonica-vodafone-set-for-handset-os-talks) — reports that Stephane Richard CEO of France Telecom-Orange, has invited the heads of Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica and Vodafone to discuss the possible creation of a common platform for mobile devices.
Read MoreOur next Migration Kit will look at ISP software for the Mac. If you use or know of such goodies, drop me a line (dsellers@macsimumnews.com) no later than Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Migration Kits appear on Friday and round-up Mac solutions for specific industries and areas as dentistry, engineering, sales, etc. Also, if you have a particular migration topic you’d like us to cover, drop me a line, as well.
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