June 2009 - apple-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

ATTN - VMWare Fusion & 10.5.7 Update
by Doug Hamilton 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Just a word of caution, VMWare is reporting a problem between their "Fusion" product and the recently released Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update, specifically for Macintosh systems with ATI graphics chips. http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2009/05/a-message-to-mac-users-with-atib… Apple and VMWare are working together to correct the problem. Regards, Doug ------------- Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP Senior Computer Consultant Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba 204-474-6196 (Ph.) 204-474-7556 (Fax) http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/

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FYI: Macs in Science (E2-165) Friday June 26th, 2009 @ 9AM
by Doug Hamilton 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

Hello Everyone: Apple Canada and the BookStore are pleased to be providing a FREE seminar on campus entitled, "Macs in Science". Please see the end of this message for the details of this presentation. If you would be so kind as to forward this information to the researchers in your respective departments, it would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Doug ------------- Doug Hamilton Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba 204-474-6196 (Ph.) 204-474-7556 (Fax) http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/ ### Macs in Science You're invited to a FREE seminar exploring Apple's solutions for scientific computing. The Macs ease of use, stability and superior performance help scientists achieve faster, more insightful results. Find out how the Mac integrates with other platforms, what other scientists have accomplished with their Macs and why the Mac is the ideal platform for scientific research and day-to-day activities. Presenter, Willi Powell is the Strategic Development Manager at Apple Canada specializing in science and high performance computing solutions. What you’ll learn about in this seminar: • One system for all your work • Running multiple operating systems (Mac OS X, Windows and Linux) • Publishing and presentation tools • Podcasting your science • Science and productivity applications on the Mac • Collaboration services • iPhone and iPod Touch for mobile science applications • Compute in any language: C/C++, Fortran, Java, Perl, Python • High Performance Computing and 64-bit multicore computing • General purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing (OpenCL) Date & Times: • Date – Friday, June 26th, 2009 • Time – 9:00 a.m. -to- Noon • Location – Fort Garry Campus, Engineering 2, Lecture Theatre Rm165 (E2-165) Who Should Attend? Research and teaching faculty, undergraduate & graduate students, deans and department chairs, researchers, distance learning providers, lab managers, medical and scientific professionals, and prospective Mac users. Although not required, it would however be greatly appreciated if you could please RVSP to Doug Hamilton (doug_hamilton(a)umanitoba.ca). Some links of interest: http://www.apple.com/science/ http://www.apple.com/science/solutions/ http://www.apple.com/science/whitepaper/ ###

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INTEREST: EU - "Microsoft seems to have chosen to provide less [choice in Windows 7]"
by billing 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

...from: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/microsoft-windows.html No browsers in European version of Windows 7, Microsoft says Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2009 | 5:07 PM ET The Associated Press European Union regulators said Microsoft Corp. was offering less choice, not more, by vowing to sell the next version of Windows without any web browsers at all. Microsoft said Thursday that it would remove its Internet Explorer browser — and not include any alternatives — in the Windows 7 software it will sell from Oct. 22 in Europe to soothe EU antitrust concerns. The company is trying to avoid new EU fines, on top of a previous €1.7 billion fine, after being earlier charged with unfairly using its operating system monopoly to squeeze into other software markets. But the European Commission said it preferred to see consumers offered a choice of browser, "not that Windows would be supplied without a browser at all." "Rather than more choice, Microsoft seems to have chosen to provide less," it said in a statement late Thursday. Several browsers better option, EU says The EU will soon decide whether Microsoft had violated EU antitrust law since 1996 by tying the browser to its ubiquitous Windows operating system that is installed on most of the world's desktop computers. A "must carry" option that would offer several browsers was a better option, the EU executive suggested, because "consumers should be provided with a genuine choice of browsers" on the software that manufacturers install on computers. It said Microsoft's solution would give no choice to the five per cent of consumers who buy Windows software in a stand-alone pack, as opposed to pre-installed on a computer. Microsoft claims the opposite, saying consumers would be free to choose whether or not to install Internet Explorer on Windows 7 and "will also be free, as they are today, to install other web browsers." It said it will give PC users who want the browser a way to obtain it. But regulators were more positive about the larger market — which sells software to computer makers — saying Microsoft's decision meant manufacturers such as Dell could choose to install Internet Explorer or one or more other browsers. The European Commission said it would have to weigh up whether this would actually create genuine consumer choice. It warned that it would still have to look at "the longstanding nature of Microsoft's conduct" and whether the removal of Internet Explorer "could be negated by other actions by Microsoft," such as prompts in the system urging users to install the browser. Microsoft accused of squeezing competitors The EU charged Microsoft with monopoly abuse in January, following a complaint from Norway's mobile internet browser maker Opera Software ASA, which said Microsoft was unfairly using its power as the dominant supplier of operating system software to squeeze out competitors. Opera lawyer Thomas Vinje said the decision to strip out Internet Explorer was "an acknowledgment from Microsoft that it has been breaking the law." He said Opera would keep asking the EU to press for a "ballot screen" for new users worldwide to choose one or several browsers when they install Windows because it was the only way to restore competition. Opera's chief technology officer, Hakon Wium Lie, also claimed Microsoft has held back other browsers and innovation on the internet by purposefully ignoring web standards since websites are often designed for the world's most used browser — Internet Explorer — and sometimes cannot be viewed on rival browsers. Microsoft says it is fully compliant with web standards. Mozilla Corp., which makes the Firefox browser, and Google Inc. have signed on as third parties against Microsoft in the case. Microsoft's browser is the most widely used worldwide, but Firefox is gaining in popularity and Google, the top web search provider, has released its own web browser, Chrome.

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