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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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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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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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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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The 3 competitive advantages Apple enjoys and the rest of us suffer with

It can be frustrating to those of us who don’t work at Apple to support Apple products. Here are the top 3 weakness of Apple and how to deal with them. Secrets – This is deadly for enterprise support....

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Get an email from Apple Software Customer Seeding?

It is a way to test software from our favorite Mac OS maker. If baltwo says it, its true. It’s valid. Follow the instructions. It’s an invite to become an Apple beta-tester. I’m one. via Is this...

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Top Stories of 2011

iTunes cannot backup iPhone because a backup can’t be saved on this computer7 comment(s) | 5589 view(s) Re: “iTunes could not backup iPad because session could not be started w/iPad”14 comment(s) |...

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Thoughts by JB: The art of owning nothing. (via Odyssey of the Second Son)

Image by bump via Flickr This is interesting. I too am about the same age and had the same experience. To me the touch of things like books, records or CD‘s is something I am ok with letting go and...

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iMela (beta version) photo

iMela (beta version)Originally uploaded by nicodemo.valerio Nice work. Would anyone make that? The post iMela (beta version) photo appeared first on chimac.net - Stuff worth knowing about.

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happyipads.com iPad scam?

Image via Wikipedia guitar guy said: Hey all. I appologize for posting this here, but I can’t seem to get any info from apple. I was recently referred to a web site called happyipads.com. They say...

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Why Flash died-Proprietary doesn’t work

I’ve been thinking about why Flash died, and it isn’t the technical reasons that most people think it is. I believe it died because proprietary solutions don’t work. A common sight if you work in IT...

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Broken Vendor promises-Cisco

I have used lots of Cisco equipment in my previous jobs. They have been a mixed bag. Some things lasted a long time, and others were useless the day they were installed and didn’t change. This is one...

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Skip Navigation systems when you buy a car

I have a friend who is having issues with his navigation system and the manufacturer is less than helpful. In fact, they are downright hostile. So I have realized that if you want reliable navigation,...

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Want to defame others anonymously on Linkedin? Use Unvarnished.

This thoughtful post at TechCrunch talks about this service that is in Beta on Linkedin.  This seems like a terrible idea.  When someone is anonymous where is the accountability?  More importantly it...

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Fun Flash game: Star Trek: Alien Domain

I have been enjoying a free flash game Star Trek: Alien Domain. It is a free game that you can play here. It takes a while to understand since there are many aspects of it. If you have played an MMO...

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LogMeIn Pro great at various things

I bought a subscription to LogMeIn Pro today and I am glad I did. In the past LogMeIn used to have a free account. I had a free account and sometimes used it to connect to my home computer. It was...

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