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FYI: Microsoft pulls Mac security update
by Noel Friesen 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Info here: http://news.com.com/Microsoft+pulls+Mac+security+update/2100-1002_3-6143403… ================================= Noel Friesen, Faculty of Science Computing Coordinator Rm. 231C Machray Hall, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 2N2 Ph: (204) 474-6602 Fax: (204) 474-7618 Email: Noel_Friesen(a)umanitoba.ca

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INTEREST: 176 Newspapers to Form a Partnership With Yahoo
by billing 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

...from: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/technology/20yahoo.html?th&emc=th By MIGUEL HELFT and STEVE LOHR Published: November 20, 2006 A consortium of seven newspaper chains representing 176 daily papers across the country is announcing a broad partnership with Yahoo to share content, advertising and technology, another sign that the wary newspaper business is increasingly willing to shake hands with the technology companies they once saw as a threat. In the first phase of the deal, the newspaper companies will begin posting their employment classified ads on Yahoo’s classified jobs site, HotJobs, and start using HotJobs technology to run their own online career ads. But the long-term goal of the alliance with Yahoo, according to one senior executive at a participating newspaper company, is to be able to have the content of these newspapers tagged and optimized for searching and indexing by Yahoo. In that way, local news — one of the pillars of the newspaper business — would become part of a large information network that would increase usefulness for readers and value to advertisers. [...] The agreement could also come at an opportune time for Yahoo, which is seeking to regain the confidence of investors and the luster it has lost with some marketers. The deal could also help position the company as a willing partner for traditional media companies, an effective counterpunch to a deal its archrival, Google, signed with 50 papers a few weeks ago, and could help it capture a larger portion of the fragmented local advertising market. For the newspapers, which have struggled in recent years as readers and advertisers have flocked to the Internet, the deal represents an effort to earn a greater share of the fast-growing amount spent online on all types of ads [...]

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INTEREST: Hands on: A Mac fan takes on [Microsoft's] Vista
by billing 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

...from: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do? command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003672&pageNumber=1 Lots of bling make Vista eye-candy, but function doesn't always follow form September 27, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Earlier this month, when I found I could install Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) on my MacBook Pro, I quickly took the plunge, practically chortling at the thought that my dual-core laptop could run Microsoft's next operating system. What better way to show that when you buy a Mac you get two computers in one? I've been using Vista off and on for a couple of weeks now, but I'm not chortling as much. The MacBook Pro is fine. Yes, it runs hotter than normal on Vista, and battery life is greatly reduced. That's no surprise. Vista isn't exactly optimized for Mac use, and the drivers that Apple supplies with its Boot Camp software don't work in Microsoft's upcoming operating system. (I had to install a small third-party app, Apple Mouse, to enable a right-click function in Vista on the Macbook Pro.) I'm assuming that by the time Vista is out, Apple will be ready. And with the exception of a few such glitches along the way, Vista RC1 (Build 5600) has been generally stable: No blue screens of death, no untoward infections that I'm aware of. A lot of applications I use regularly -- the Firefox browser, iTunes, Quicktime -- work just fine in Vista. [...] They'll also likely be delighted by the fact that Microsoft has slammed the door on some of the more glaring security holes that have plagued XP users for years. The inclusion of Windows Defender to help keep malware at bay will be welcomed by users. But I doubt they'll be nearly as content with the way Vista constantly reminds you that you're safe. I'm talking here, of course, about UAC, which a number of Vista reviewers, including Computerworld's own Scot Finnie, have already criticized for its intrusiveness. [...] I see the same issue -- good idea, so-so implementation -- with Internet Explorer 7. One of the biggest advances touted in Microsoft's long-overdue update to its Web browser is the addition of tabs. I use tabs daily, constantly shifting back and forth between Web pages. In fact, the easiest way for me to scan a large number of sites quickly is to launch a folder of URLs, with each one opening up in its own tab. IE7 lets you open links in a tab, to [...]. After configuring the confusing user interface Microsoft has slapped on its browser, you can add a folder of links to the links toolbar, just as you can with Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and a host of other browsers. [...] So if I turn off UAC, ignore the sidebar gadgets and skip IE7, what am I left with in Vista? A new operating system that is more secure than its predecessor, looks great on the surface and no doubt has a plethora of under-the-hood changes, but one that leaves the casual user frequently frustrated. I joked with a Computerworld colleague that I'd wrap up my report by noting that users who like Windows XP will love Vista. Noting the various issues Vista presents, he shot back: "Don't be so sure."

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Apple Boot Camp update
by Doug Hamilton 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Apple revised their Boot Camp product today: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ Summary of changes: -Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta includes: -Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers -Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes -Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk -Support for built-in iSight cameras -Support for built-in microphones -Support for the Apple USB Modem -Trackpad scrolling and right-click support on Apple Laptops -Improved Apple keyboard support including Delete, PrintScreen, NumLock, and ScrollLock keys -Improved International Apple keyboard support Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users. 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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Core 2 Duo MacBook-Pro and iMac ... 3GB RAM Max. why?
by Doug Hamilton 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Hello, Just in case any of you were wondering why Apple's new 64-bit Core 2 Duo MacBook-Pro and iMac products are limited to 3GB of RAM (1GB + 2GB) instead of a seemingly more normal 4GB maximum (2GB + 2GB) here is the technical answer: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20061027080510835 In the article above, they make the following insightful comment. "This is not a Mac-specific issue, and it calls into question the claims some other manufacturers are making about 945PM chipset-based models being able to accept 4 GB of RAM. For example, HP's Compaq NC8430 makes use of the Intel 945PM chipset, and claims a maximum of 4 GB RAM with no caveats listed." 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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MacBook Pro now updates to Intel Core 2 Duo processors.
by Doug Hamilton 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

Hello, Thought that the group would like to know that this morning Apple upgraded their MacBook Pro products to Core 2 Duo. http://www.apple.com/ca/macbookpro/ Please note that this does NOT include the MacBook product line. 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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BOOTCAMP: fyi - VISTA licencing and virtualization
by billing 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

...from: http://forum.hardmac.com/index.php?showtopic=159&st=0&p=917&#entry917 and http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2164 It seems that, when Microsoft's new OS - VISTA - ships, only the premium versions (there are 4 all together: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate) are authorized to run in a virtual environment. The Software Licence Terms for VISTA that Microsoft has published at: http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Home% 20Basic_English_6d3e0409-7a2c-4239-b850-d41210b71b13.pdf ...state that "You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system" for both MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC and MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM. Wheres the wording for MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE indicates that " You may use " ULTIMATE in a virtual environment. Wayne

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MS Vista versus Virtualization
by tdubins＠cs.umanitoba.ca 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Greetings, all... Here's a little nugget of news to liven up this gloomy Monday, which will be of interest to all you fans of Parallels and/or WMware and/or VirtualPC, i.e. those of you who like to run Windows under "not Windows": Microsoft seeks premium to allow virtualization of Vista In its licensing terms for Vista published this month, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said users of Vista Home Premium and Vista Home Basic "may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system." Instead, Microsoft will require that users purchase a Vista Business or Vista Ultimate license [ ... ] in order to emulate the Windows environment. Entire article, with links to info at MS: <http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2164> -- Tom Dubinski Phone: +1.204.474-8841 Fax: 474-7609 Computer Science, E2-596 EITC CompSci General Office: E2-445 EITC University of Manitoba E-Mail: tom_dubinski(a)umanitoba.ca Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~tdubins/

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BOOTCAMP: anyone running XP & Microsoft's Internet Explorer
by billing 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

...from: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/updatemanagement/windowsupdate/ ie7announcement.mspx Automatic Update of Internet Explorer (IE) 7: Microsoft has announced that IE 7 will become part of the Automatic Update process on November 1, 2006. Anyone running a local administrator account on Windows XP SP2 (or Windows XP 64-bit or Windows Server 2003 SP1) will see a notification that will allow the user to choose to install IE7, to "Don't Inatall " IE7, or to "Ask me later". Non-administrator accounts are not presented with this update. For more information and screenshots of this update, please consult the page at the above URL. Wayne

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BootCamp users: FYI: Error message when you try to update Microsoft Windows?
by billing 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

When you try to update a Microsoft Windows-based computer by using any of the following Microsoft tools, you may receive error code 0x80070002: • The Windows Update Web site • The Microsoft Update Web site • The Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 • Software Update Services (SUS) 1.0 • Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 2.0 The following page lists possible resolutions for Windows XP, 2000, and Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922582&SD=tech

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