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Featured Link: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Perhaps the Best Version Ever, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum, 04.27. In many ways, OS X 10.4 Tiger was Apple's best yet, supporting a wide range of hardware and software.
- Flashback Removal Update for OS X 10.5 Leopard, Dropbox Pick of the Cloud Litter, and More, Mac News Review, 2012.05.18
- Also Kodak Hero supports wireless printing from anywhere, WinOnX lets you run Windows apps on Macs, and free Mac Malware Remover.
- May 21 in LEM history
- 99: Not censorship - 01: USB and FireWire drives - 02: Hooked by a PowerBook - Printer sharing for Mac OS X - 04: Less frequent OS X uprades: Good or bad? - 07: I won't get an iPhone this year - Can 262,144 colors be considered 'millions'? - Most durable 'Book - 3 GB in a Mac mini? - 08: Quadra a great server for vintage Mac network
- The MacBook Legacy: 2006 to 2011, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2012.05.16
- Apple's original consumer Intel-based notebook, the MacBook filled an important niche until it was phased out in 2011.
- 17" MacBook Pro on the Way Out or Changing with the Times?, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming, 2012.05.15
- No other MacBook rivals its expansion options, but is that enough reason for Apple to keep the largest MacBook Pro around?
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Mac of the Day: Lisa, introduced 1983.01.19. The ancestor of the Macintosh had a mouse, a graphical interface, and a $10,000 price tag.
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- History: Drugs, Cops & Dismemberment: The Crazy Adventures of a Vintage Mac Collector, Adam Rosen, Cult of Mac, 2012.05.17. A Mac prototype with a 5.25" floppy drive, a Lisa prototype with a green screen (remember those?), and a transparent Mac SE are highlights of his collection.
- Software: Protect Your Mac with ClamXav for Free, Rob LeFebvre, Cult of Mac, 2012.05.17. "For me, having free, up-to-date virus protection software on my computer is important."
- Analysis: Oops! Five CEOs Who Should Have Already Been Fired (Cisco, GE, WalMart, Sears, Microsoft), , 2012.05.15. #1. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has made the former leader a lackluster player, decimated Microsoft's value, and is taking other companies (Dell, HP, etc.) down as well.
- Analysis: What's Wrong with Windows 8, Thom Holwerda, OSNews, 2012.05.14. "...the main reason why Windows 8 is such a pain to use with a mouse and keyboard. You can't directly switch to a desktop application...."
- Opinion: Why Dropbox Remains My Pick of the Cloud Services Litter, Charles W. Moore, AppleTell, 2012.05.14. "Dropbox has pretty much just worked", and it's one of only two services that supports Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, which some of us still use daily.
- Review: Hands-on with Five Antivirus Apps for the Mac, Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, 2012.05.13. Two free antivirus apps (Sophos and Avast) provide all the security most Mac users need. Alternatives cost $40-50 per year.
- History: Resurrecting a Macintosh Color Classic, Adam Rosen, Vintage Mac Museum, 2012.05.12. "...this little underpowered Mac has become a pleasant reminder of simpler times past . . . I finally have a working model in the Vintage Mac Museum, though it took some effort to resurrect."
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Windows 8 on ARM Restrictions Could Fall Afoul of EU Browser Ballot Deal, Ryan Paul, Ars Technica, 2012.05.15.
As part of of its EU antitrust settlement, Microsoft agreed to let users choose which browser they wanted to use with Windows. Win8 doesn't do that.
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HP Restarts Tablet Manufacturing, Chicago Tribune, 2012.05.10.
HP is going back into the tablet business after the disaster known as TouchPad. New model will run Windows 8, not webOS.- Analysis: Reading diglloyd.com on the Apple iPhone/iPad, diglloyd.com, 2012.05.14. Even if your iPhone or iPad has a Retina Display, what you see will not match the true quality of the images as viewed on a computer.
- OS X: Safari Update Automatically Disables Old Versions of Flash, Jim Dalrymple, The Loop, 2012.05.09. Not only does Safari 5.1.7 block old versions of Flash, it also includes a link for the latest version. (OS X 10.6.8 and later)
- Analysis: Half of All Macs Will Lack Access to Security Updates by Summer, Gregg Keizer, Computerworld, 2012.05.07. If Apple follows form, OS X 10.6 will stop receiving security updates when 10.8 shis, leaving nearly 50% of in-use Macs behind.
- Virus: Mac Malware Infection Rates Remaining Constant, Topher Kessler, CNET News, 2012.05.07. Flashback infections have fallen from about 600,000 Macs (around 1% of the installed base) to roughly 100,000 - and holding.
- Virus: Adobe Issues Emergency Update to Fix Cross-Platform Flash Exploit, AppleInsider, 2012.05.04. At present attacks seem to be aimed only at Internet Explorer on Windows, but the vulnerability is in all versions of Flash.
- Software: Forget Apple: Oracle to Bring Java Security Fixes Directly to Mac Users, Chris Foresman, , 2012.04.29. "The good news is that Oracle offers automated update tools, so applying patches should be a no-brainer for Lion users and beyond from now on." OS X 10.6 and older users are not so fortunate.
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