There’s been a lot of rumors going around about a new line of Apple laptops, including talk of a lower priced entry. Today, Steve Jobs made the formal presentation unveiling the new products. A 13″ MacBook is now available for $999. There are a number of ZDNet blogs about the new line; references are here .
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On the roadFrom: tips.vlaurie.com
Post Date: 2008-09-04 11:51:05
During most of September, my wife and I will be on one of our trips to see America. We will be driving from New Jersey to North Dakota and back, a total distance of well over four thousand miles (over 6500 kilometers). I will keep posting but entries may be a little irregular.
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more When tool tips are hidden behind the TaskbarFrom: tips.vlaurie.com
Post Date: 2008-09-12 09:16:39
Tool tips are the little information windows that pop up when you place the mouse pointer over icons in the Taskbar. For example, place the mouse pointer on the time and a little window will also show the date. For whatever reason, Windows occasionally decides to place the information window behind the Taskbar where you can’t read it. Here’s the fix.
Go to Start/All Programs . Place the mouse pointer over any program in the list, right-click and select Sort by Name. Repeat once...
more Windows XP SP3 problemsFrom: tips.vlaurie.com
Post Date: 2008-09-12 08:45:38
By now many will have already installed Windows XP service pack 3 but if you haven’t, here’s a reminder that some systems have had problems. I’ve mentioned this before and Scott Dunn has a summary of the different issues that have been encountered. I have not personally had any problems with SP3 but certain kinds of software (Norton anti-virus, for example) and some AMD systems have run into conflicts. ...
more Clouds for the “cloud”From: tips.vlaurie.com
Post Date: 2008-09-11 18:00:13
Terms like “the cloud” and “Web 2.0″ have always been nebulous and Larry Dignan says, Cloud computing as a term: More meaningless by the minute . He writes:
The term cloud computing may have outrun its usefulness–it’s beginning to conjure up images of “Web 2.0″ and “paradigm shift.”
For the record, cloud computing refers to an all-encompassing hosting of applications, services and even hardware. You’ll just put your stuff up there in some cloud and...
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