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Macworld reports that Sun has release the beta for downloading. Of course the beta is free, but current release versions for other platforms is $69.95. OpenOffice is free, but they would not refuse any contribution. StarOffice has an excellent reputation for a quality office suite. Macworld notes the extras in the StarOffice compared to the OpenOffice office suite. All the open source office suites supports the XM. StarOffice for Mac only runs on Intel Macs. More …
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This version of the software includes the following improvements and supersedes all previous versions:
Bug fixes
Only available via iTunes when you connect your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Ted Landau describes why “smart” flash drives give Mac users trouble. The drive includes special features in the form of software that only work with Windoze. These are contained in a separate partition and the .exe file is locked, thus preventing re-formating of that partition of approximately 60 MB. Read what not to do.
It is the reader’s comments that provide the solution. Mount the flash drive and open the 60.4 MB U3 System. Trash the LaunchU3.exe file and hold down the option key while emptying the trash. The entire flash drive can now be reformatted. The ’smart” flash drive comes in 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 GB sizes. Shop smart.
In a lengthly USA Today piece, AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson reveals that the contract has been extended to 2010. The previous term would Apple would be free to make offers to other carriers in 2009. AT&T has done very well with the iPhone and extending that privilege and huge addition to their bottom line.
TidBITS tested Apple’s Security Update and found a small avenue of risk, though seemingly unlikely. The risk will not be fully understood until the disclosure of the vulnerability by Dan kaminsky on August 6,. TidBITS outlines the risk with the underlying concern that Apple is just not responding to a critical need.