Type of Article: MacMinute Web Site

The good folks over at Macs Only! are reporting that Microsoft Office v.X, the highly anticipated Mac OS X version of the suite slated to ship November 19, may feature a product activation scheme similar to Windows XP. “We received an email from a reader who has tested Office v.X in final or near final version. After installing it on his second Mac it would not fully launch on his first Mac if connected to the internet.

MacMinute reader Mika Vidgren notes that Agfa recently released a new Mac OS X driver for its SnapScan Touch scanner. The driver requires Mac OS X 10.1 and solves previous problems functioning under the Classic environment.

An Apple feature spotlights the Digital Healing Network, an organization that’s helping World War II veterans tell their stories through its WWII Memories Project. Veterans work with students aged 13-21 to produce movies on Macs that recall their wartime experiences.

Microsoft, which yesterday caused a stir by preventing non-Internet Explorer users from viewing msn.com, has removed the block and the note encouraging users to download Internet Explorer instead. Microsoft initially claimed that browsers such as Opera and Mozilla were blocked because they don’t support XHTML, and therefore the browsing experience would be degraded. However, Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera, fired back: “Opera’s XHTML standard is of the highest quality…

Apple has kicked off a new iMac promotion that offers a US$150 mail-in rebate or free digital camera with the purchase of a 600MHz or 700MHz iMac.