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Importing Mozilla Firefox bookmarks into Safari on your Mac is really easy. Firefox stores its bookmarks in an HTML file that can be parsed by Safari. In Safari, simply click on the File menu and select Import Bookmarks. This will open a file selection dialog box. Firefox stores its bookmarks …
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Former Lotus Notes users may prefer to see unread messages in red rather than just bold. Microsoft Outlook uses two different views to display message lists to the user: Messages and Messages with AutoPreview. We will need to change the font color to red in both views to ensure that …
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If you're like me, you abandoned non-free virtualization options in favor of
VirtualBox. I use VirtuaBox every day on my iMac in
order to perform Windows or Linux specific tasks. Since Sun
released VirtualBox 3 this summer,
they continued to improve the product. Check out the ChangeLog
to see what …
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Today (Aug 28, 2009) is the big day for Mac OS X lovers. Snow Leopard has finally been released. If you were smart enough to pre-order it on Amazon then you'll be getting it soon. Not only that, but you saved \$4 off the list price!
On a related note …
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Firefox 3.5.2 was released by the Mozilla Project today. This release is mainly a security fix and all users are advised to download the new update as soon as possible. Please take the time to download this important security update today.
A list of security fixes is available …
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ISC is urging BIND users to upgrade their production DNS servers immediately. ISC recently announced a patch to fix an exploit in BIND. This exploit is in the wild and has been used to crash BIND servers resulting in a denial of service. Using a specially crafted dynamic update packet …
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I use VirtualBox to run a Microsoft Windows guest
on my iMac. For some reason, VirtualBox did not notify me that version 3.0 had
been released. This new version includes symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for
guest systems, Direct3D 8 and 9 for Windows guests, and OpenGL support for Windows,
Linux …
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For whatever reason, my iMac had some problems this week and I was forced to shutdown uncleanly. I didn't notice much in the way of repercussions until I tried to use Parallels with shared networking turned on. When I opened up Leopard's Network Preferences Pane, I noticed that the Parallels-NAT …
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The Mozilla Project released Firefox 3.0.7 yesterday. This minor release addresses several stability issues in addition to a few critical security problems. It is recommended that all users upgrade in order to get access to these security fixes. Additionally users of the Flashblock add-on will enjoy a better …
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Google may have added this feature back in October, but I'm just now noticing it. Although I don't use footnotes very often, I know some folks that really like them. Alex at GoogleOS pointed out some issues with the new footnote system when they first hit the scene.
Somewhat related …
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When using Microsoft Excel in a business environment, there are five essential items that every user should be aware of. One of the most basic features that is essential to effective spreadsheet usage is cell referencing. This is the ability for one cell to use the value of another cell …
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Lotus 1-2-3, now a part of Lotus SmartSuite, is a direct competitor with Microsoft Excel. Although it's really only a minor competitor today, Lotus 1-2-3 was once one of the most important pieces of software in personal computing (Darrow, 2002). The latest major version of Lotus SmartSuite was released in …
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I had to write a proposal for a Family Reunion Account Workbook that would be implemented in Microsoft Excel. Those involved in the project are certainly aware of what all this "Phase 4" business is all about. Enjoy.
I envision the Family Reunion Account Workbook as having two worksheets. The …
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This was written about a fictional character, Aunt Sally, who wants to organize information regarding her stuffed animal collection into a database.
Aunt Sally sure has a lot of things in mind for her stuffed animal spreadsheet. The first task she needs to accomplish is sorting the data to her …
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In Microsoft Excel, functions and formulas work closely together. Formulas are simply mathematical operations that may or may not include the contents of cells in the spreadsheet. Functions are very similar in that they are pre-defined formulas which take their input from the parameters passed in to them. Like formulas …
