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MacInTouch’s main page has several reports of a major bug in QuickBooks Pro MAC for version 2006 and 2007. QuickBooks will report there is not enough disk space Click the “No” button to cancel the update. if you proceed, you stand to lose all the files on your desktop.

A soldier in IRAG was wearing sufficient body armor, and had no idea he had been shot. Yet it was not the armor that indicated the soldier had been shot. HavanaLion carries the full story.

Does Apple replace the iPod?

Picture of the damaged iPod

Apple has provided a way to add ringtones for free. This may be an attempt to tempt iPhone users not to unlock their phones, at least some, ImformationWeek describes the process:

Connect your iPhone. Open GarageBand. Create a track using Apple’s loops or compose an entire song on your own. (The possibilities are sort of endless here and opens the floodgates for highly inappropriate ringtones.) Click on the “Share” tab, and under it is a selection called “Send Ringtone to iTunes”. Click that, and it lets you select a 10-second loop of your track, mixes it, and sends it to iTunes. Once you’ve done that, simply sync your iPhone and voila! You’ve created your own ringtone. More …

The 1394 Trade Association has announced a new specification to increase the speed of FireWire to 3.2 gigabits per second.

The new electrical specification, known as S3200, based the IEEE 1394b standard, preserving all the advantages of FireWire while offering an unprecedented boost in performance.

The new specification uses the same cables and connectors used by FireWire 800, due to the the 1394 arbitration, data, and service protocols were not modified for S3200.

This Java update is for Mac OS X 10.4.10 and 10.4.11 (Tiger only). Includes a number of security patches and delivers improved reliability and compatibility for Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 and Java 1.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.10 and later. This release updates J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_13 and Java 1.4 to version 1.4.2_16.

Apple has released fresh Get a Mac ads, Misprint, Santa Claus, Now What and Podium. The page also has the “Top ten reasons to switch from a PC to a Mac, top ten questions, testimonials, press, guide to switching, and commercial ads from Apple Computers”.

In a sparse description:

This update improves overall stability and addresses issues with file export to iPhone.

QuickTime 7.3.1, available in separate downloads for Panther, Tiger and Leopard; addressing the most recent security concerns.

CVE-2007-6166
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted RTSP movie may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

CVE-2007-4706
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted QTL file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

CVE-2007-4707
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in QuickTime’s Flash media handler

BetaNews reports Office will come in several versions. $150 for a basic Home and Student Edition, featuring the core applications and three user licenses without any of the extras. $500 buys the Special Media Edition, which will include Microsoft’s Expression Media digital asset manager, The suite will require an Intel, G5, or G4 Mac rated at 500MHz or faster, with Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later. More …

Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit has announced a special offer for those buying Office 2004—the Super suite deal.

When you buy Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition, Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition Upgrade, or Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher Edition, we’ll send you Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition (a $500 value) for FREE—you only pay shipping and handling.

Not only was 2007 financially a big year, but it was also a year where Apple graduated to being a part of every conversation, said MacNewsWorld’s analyst Gene Munster. We had an Internet conference last week, and the number of times that Apple came up was surprising. They are in the center of this digital media storm of four major markets — computers, music, home entertainment and mobile. More …

Macworld SF 2008 should be one of best ever