Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Wednesday Tech News Blog
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| Tech News Tech News 10-13-04 Microsoft Security Bulletin You can view all the security bulletins released by Microsoft from September 14, 2004 until October 12, 2004 at the Microsoft TechNet web site. Listen To Your Mac Life Shawn King brings Your Mac Life from the virtual world to reality on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm PDT and you can listen on the Internet by visiting the YML web site; there you’ll find links to the audio/video streams, the chat rooms, archives, and more. Reminder: PowerBook Battery Recall The Apple web site has the following information regarding a recall on batteries sold for use with the 15-inch PowerBook: “Apple is voluntarily recalling certain lithium ion rechargeable batteries that were sold worldwide from January 2004 through August 2004 for use with 15-inch PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) notebook computers. These batteries were manufactured by LG Chem, Ltd. of South Korea. The affected batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard. Apple received four reports of these batteries overheating. No injuries have been reported. Apple urges you to stop using your battery and to order a replacement battery immediately. If you continue to use your battery, do not leave it unattended and check for signs of overheating. Apple has initiated an exchange program and will provide eligible customers with a new replacement battery, free of charge. “ Visit the Apple web site to learn more on this issue. Keyboard Shortcuts for iPhoto Learn about the time saving keyboard shortcuts available for iPhoto users by visiting the Apple iLife web site. Office Training Online You can brush up on your Office skills online by surfing to Microsoft’s Office web site. There you can take tutorials or skip right to a quiz to judge your Office skills. Max Your Notebook Battery Power PC World has good advice for Notebook owners on making the juice from your batteries last just longer and you can learn the tricks by visiting PC World’s web site. Open Source Updates Secunia has released the following information regarding open source systems: Fedora Core 2 and Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (1,2). What is GDI? According to Softwareshelf.com GDI is a, “Graphics Device Interface; The graphics display system in Microsoft Windows. When an application needs to display or print, it makes a call to a GDI function and sends it the parameters for the object that must be created. GDI in turn "draws" the object by sending commands to the screen and printer drivers, which actually render the images.” What is Your Question? What is it you would like to know? Send us your computer-speak question, or any question regarding your computer(s) to contactus@multipleplatforms.com/. You can also submit a question anonymously if you visit our Contact page, but make sure you include as much information on the problem, system, and anything you might have done to the computer before your annoyance started.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Tuesday Tech News Blog
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| Tech News Please visit Multipleplatforms.com for the entire story and links. 10-12-04 Microsoft Has An Update For You If you use a Microsoft product, there is probably an update available for your PC... MSN Messenger Problems Microsoft it working on a fix for their MSN Messenger software as problems continued to plague users over the weekend... Norton Anti-Virus and Error If you receive error message when trying to start Norton AntiVirus 2005... Better Browser for Microsoft? Will competition from other browsers force Microsoft to produce a better browser? We think they must respond to the other guy’s efforts, and quickly to if they want PC users to use Internet Explorer for anything more than downloading the latest security update... Office 2003 Free Trial Need to take a test run before you spend the money on Office 2003? Try before you buy by visiting... Hot Tips from iPhoto This week’s hot tips are a virtual smorgasbord full of helpful hints to make your iLife better when you... Open Source Updates The following open source systems have updates or security bulletins issued from Secunia: Gentoo Linux 1.x (1,2,3,4), Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (1,2,3), Slackware, Sun Solaris 8/9. What is PCI? PCI is... Please visit our other site: www.californiafairsandfestivals.com
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