Sunday, December 05, 2004
Monday Tech News Blog for 12-6-04
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| Tech News 12-6-04 It Makes You Wonder Who’s Googling Who The most popular search on Google just might be you based on a article in PC World. Who is Googling you? The research firm found that 23 percent the surfers interviewed Googled the other people in their lives including the boss, employees, and clients. New Mac Update: Thumbs Up Most of the reviews for the latest update from Apple, Security Update 2004-12-02, has received mostly positive comments according to MacFixIt; the source for Apple issues. We have installed the update without issues on G3 and G4 Macs. Remember to repair disk permissions before and after installing the update. To access repair disk permission, open your Utilities program located in your Applications folder, then choose the Utilities folder and select Disk Utility; then choose the drive that you will be installing the update to and select the Repair Disk Permissions button. This Pear is a Peach The PearPC project is an effort to emulate the Mac OS X environment on a PC and it really works. You can learn more about this effort and read an interview with the developers at Mac DevCenter. I am playing with PearPC currently and will update you on how this tool can aid Multiple Platform users. Almost Free Stuff: Motherboard FreeAfterRebate.com has a scoop on a motherboard perfect for someone building their first PC, and the mobo is just $9 after rebates. Get the rebate forms and the links to Newegg.com by visiting the FreeAfterRebate.com web site. PC Tip of the Day: Add TweakUI to Control Panel TweakUI used to be added to the Control Panel in Windows 98, but that is no longer the case with Windows XP. To learn how to add TweakUI to the Control Panel in XP, visit the Windowsitpro.com web site. Apple Tip of the Day: Slow Expose If you hold the shift key down and press every key available, you can find some neat short cuts, but today the tip is a cool effect. Press and hold the shift key and then select F9, Expose will slowly shift to the alternative view, release the function key and it the open applications will return in slow motion Blog on Linux Gazette Open source bloggers can post their work directly to the Linux Gazette forum by visiting the web site for the post from Friday regarding this issue. If your blog material is good, you could be promoted to the front page. What is Expose? According to Wikipedia “In Mac OS X, Exposé is a tool for managing open windows (especially large numbers of windows), allowing the user to quickly see all open windows (or specific sets) without the need to click through many windows to find a specific target. Exposé has three different modes using different criteria to organize the windows: 1. Exposé can show all open and unhidden windows, shrinking their appearance so they all fit on a single screen. By default, this can be activated using the F9 key. 2. Exposé can show all open and unhidden windows for the currently active application. Again, the windows shrink to appear on the screen together, but generally, they shrink less because there are fewer windows in a single application compared to the system as a whole. (See screenshot, right.) In the default preferences, this can be activated using the F10 key. 3. Exposé can move all windows off the screen, giving the user clear access to the Desktop. In the default preferences, this can be activated using the F11 key. In the first two cases, after Exposé is activated, the user can select any window by clicking on it or selecting it with a keyboard-driven cursor and pressing Enter. Exposé then deactivates, leaving the selected window in the foreground. The key used for activating Exposé can be customized to be any of the function keys, the shift, control, option or command key, the fn key on PowerBooks and iBooks, or even a mouse button on multiple-button mice.” Please visit our other site: www.californiafairsandfestivals.com
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