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Microsoft Internet Explorer Beta 2

Some detailed information here.  Click here to read more.

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How To: Moving from Aperture to Lightroom

Very nice tutorial on how to do this.  Even gives you some insight into the Beta of Lightroom 3.  Click here to read more.

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Chrome For Mac Beta

Still has some issues.  It crashed and said “Aw Snap” when I tried to forward an email to a friend in gmail.  It sometimes takes a long time to load pages, and it froze when watching/doing things that...

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Want to stream your iTunes anywhere including the web?

You can use this program called pulpTunes to do it.  Its just a beta now but the reviews of it have been good.

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Parallels may not be king of the VM hill on the Mac anymore

Fusion released a 3.1 Beta that offers better graphics and 3d support. They also claim 10 other features in the new Beta.  If absolute fastest gaming or performance is your goal on the Mac, you may...

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Free Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Beta Download

Mihai Andrici said here ” “While Office 2010 for Windows has been tagged with a June 2010 release date, the Office for Mac OS X was named Office 2011 for Mac, with a release date set for this holiday...

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MacBook Video Corruption caused by Flash beta

So if you uninstall it, then that should go away.  Nice pictures on the thread here.

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Looking for the latest Microsoft Windows Live Essentials Wave 4?

This Ars article gives you a review about why you need this software.  The public beta will be available possibility anywhere from the 7th to the 21st of this month.

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Outlook 2010 & Acrobat 9 Don’t Play Well Together (Yet) (via Oregon Law...

This is an argument for not having the latest version of software. An early adopter of the beta version of Office 2010 alerted me to a problem with Acrobat 9.  Like me, she prefers to use Acrobat to...

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Cupidtino, my first impressions (via Alone & Whatnot)

I have read reviews that were mostly negative. Hard to justify if you don’t have much money when better options exist line to meet people for free like OkCupid or Plenty of Fish. Cupidtino is a brand...

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This Just In: Firefox is Still Slow (via WebWorkerDaily)

Too bad. Perhaps its best days are behind it. Mozilla released the first beta of Firefox 4 yesterday. In addition to offering a spiffy, new interface and a whole host of new features, including...

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Betalogue » Word 2011: More on ‘This is not a valid file name’ error message

Betalogue » Word 2011: More on ‘This is not a valid file name’ error message.  The further restrictions on filenames is surprising.  I wonder why they made this choice?  The bottom line here is that...

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Top 50 most shared stories on chimac.net in 2010

A Mac and PC live together in harmony YouTube – The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes This Stack Of PS3s Is The 33rd Biggest Computer In The World iPhone as a company worth more than all but 10...

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10.6.5 or 10.6.6 and Wifi problems?

Join the club.  I had this problem with my own machine.  I fixed it by reapplying the 10.6.6 combo update.  Still if that doesn’t work, try what ctmurray said. I have posted this list of things to try...

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How to hide your phone number and still receive phone calls Privacy Lover

How to hide your phone number and still receive phone calls Privacy Lover. This is in beta so it won’t be free forever. Still could be helpful if are you selling something on Ebay or want to have some...

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Free Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Beta Download v.2

Mihai Andrici said here ” “While Office 2010 for Windows has been tagged with a June 2010 release date, the Office for Mac OS X was named Office 2011 for Mac, with a release date set for this holiday...

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Good Article —“The Case for Generosity”— from Anya Kamenetz of...

Beautiful example of giving and how easily you can benefit others with a little work. In the March issue of Fast Company Anya Kamenetz Staff Writer and Editor of “Life in Beta” wrote a good article...

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Is your BetaBrite LED sign secure?

  I-Hacked.com Taking Advantage Of Technology – Hacking BetaBrite LED Signs PART1 – StumbleUpon. Who knew these had a password? I can understand why people wouldn’t use them. Most people wouldn’t go...

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Protect your family from malicious web sites and unwanted pornography

ScrubIT – StumbleUpon. Pretty easy fix. This is a free way to fix this or you can customize what sites you want to block can sign up for their beta service. Probably a pay service later. Much nicer...

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HyperDock brings Windows 7 window previews to OS X’s Dock | The Graphic Mac

HyperDock brings Windows 7 window previews to OS X’s Dock | The Graphic Mac. Interesting beta and free service. I love it when applications or utilities have a preference pane like this does. If you...

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