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Actually, going back to OS 95, this Apple Care article deals with transferring files to users using an impossible to predict OS. If your transferee gets an error, it could be because the name of the file includes characters not acceptable. The big ones are directory dividers, ” / \ <> ? : * |. All are invalid charters for files to the darkside.

None of which are invalid for files for the light

As Vista is being ignored, you will encounter users and schools using older OS’ , even based on DOS, which are directory driven. This is an extremely helpful article.

Forbes: By sticking with its promise to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008 on a recent call with analysts — even as it announced sales of just 1.7 million handsets during the current quarter — the secretive Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gadget maker made it plain that it’s about to overhaul its iPhone lineup.

Mac ATI Radeon HD Graphics Firmware Update 1.0.1 is for iMac computers with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card installed, running Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later.

After this update has been successfully completed, ROM version will be: 113-B2250L-259

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This update does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 5.0 or change the default version of Java.

This release is only for Mac OS X v10.5.2 and later, and should not be installed on earlier versions of Mac OS X. This release is for 64-bit Intel-based Macs only and cannot run on PowerPC-based or 32-bit Intel-based Macs.

AppleInsider: Long-time iPod manufacturer and current iPhone builder Foxconn Electronics has been selected by Apple to assemble the company’s upcoming 3G iPhone handset, with volume shipments expected to begin this June, says a new report out of the Far East.

Apple updated the entire line of iMacs and added options to the top end.

All come with 1066 MHz frontside bus, 6 MB shared L2 cache, memory 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, up to 4 GB; Mini-DVI output port, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 ports, 5 USB 2.0 ports; built-in Airpot Extreme, Bluetooth and gigabit ethernet.

First up, a 20-inch, 2.4GHz, includes 1GB of RAM and Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics for $1199.

Next, 20-inch, 2.66GHz model with 2GB of memory and Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics at $1499.

Top of line, 24-inch, 2.8GHz $1799, Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics, but it is upgradable to a 3.06GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics (with 512MB of video memory) for $400 more, totaling $2199.

The Mac web has been abuzz over what Apple must have in mind for the PPC CPU company. ZDNet suggests that, in response to the military’s request for a non-Intel laptop, the PA Semi’s dual-core, 64-bit, low-power PWRficient processor will be seen in future. This is a design based on IBM’s Power 3 CPU’s, cousins to the G5 processors.

Forbes’ initial report, for example claimed the P.A. Semi deal “could spell a new future for Apple’s flagship iPhone.” Ars Technica concluded that Apple’s move “disses Intel’s Atom”-a reference to the new low-power processor line from Apple’s chipmaker of choice.

Is it just to obtain patent rights, and the engineers who created those patent rights, as some have suggested? Apples secrecy is not strange to us. It will be a wait and see.

This update addresses issues and improves compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista running on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. It is highly recommended for all Boot Camp users.

Important: Installation of Boot Camp 2.1 is required before installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)

You will need the specific Boot Camp for the version of Windows you have installed or will install. Most will use Boot Camp for XP, while others will want either Boot Camp Vista 32 or Vista 64.

A substantial draw to the Mac is virtualization software. Unlike the 68000 through the 60X days, when Virtual PC ran Windoze at a fraction of its PC pace, today Windoze runs as fast or faster than on a PC. Today, Parallels announced they had sold their millionth copy of virtualization software. The level of PC duplication is pretty astounding.

Parallels Desktop not only broke down the barrier between the Mac and PC worlds, it also broke down the barrier that kept desktop virtualization from becoming a mainstream technology for consumers and professional users, said Serguei Beloussov, CEO. We will continue innovating to extend our position as the desktop virtualization leader and provide our users with the fastest, easiest and most seamless solution available.

QuickTime has always been a security weakness and it is likely impossible to plug all the holes. This is due, in part, to the multitude of media necessary to enable and plugins. The latest OS’ include “anti-exploitation” which does not close the front door, just makes it difficult to proceed any further. This is accomplished by randomly moving code that is important to attackers. TidBITS has an excellent analyses of this process.