2007 June 11

A number of updates to software have been released today.

Xplorer2 revision 1.7.0.3 - new features, many more than promised in betas
OpenOffice for Windows revision 2.2.1 - great software improves!
Safari for Windows 3 beta - see how the Macs see the outside world!
Power Archiver 2007 [10.11] - archiving / opening files gets no easier.
TeamSpeak  2.0.33.7 […]

As I went from one to another portal, I noticed only one that had anything concerning the space shuttle, or the upcoming space walks of the astronauts.
When the space program was new, all three of the established networks covered the missions as they left the ground, at various times during the flights, and then upon […]

In an article in the New York Times, revealed was the fact that Google had made a complaint to the Department of Justice concerning some MS ‘middleware.’
It seems that Vista, and IE7, default to using MSN Search, which is now re-titled Live Search. This is what is installed, however, the user sees a choice to […]

Much discussion is going on concerning about which hardware and software is best, or easiest, or allows the most productivity.
I would never dispute the claims of those who happily use their Macs to get lots of useful things done. It is a platform which has proven to be resilient, staying alive, despite the siege […]

This week the Federal Communications Commission made the statement that consumers aren’t being given enough information about the upcoming move to all digital transmission in February 2009.
Big retailers of televisions, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, KMart, and Radio Shack were officially warned they face stiff fines, daily, unless displayed prominently, next to any analog televisions, […]

For those who were under the impression that the disaster of the Exxon Valdez was behind us, MSN Money reports, today, that over 18 years after the tanker created the largest ecological disaster in modern history, Exxon is still trying to escape the blame.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court recently said no to pleas for […]