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value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2008.04.15. Comparing
prices, features, and performance, three of four new models are value
champions, and there are some surprising refurb values as well.
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education.
Don't use
Sharpies on CD-R, Mike Webb, Mac Lab Report.
Using Sharpies and other solvent-based markers
to write on your burned CDs puts your data at
risk.
Reeducating
school boards about Macs, Charles Haddad,
BusinessWeek. "The larger issue is that school
administrators have bought into the ridiculous
notion that kids will fail later on in life if
they don't know how to operate a Windows
PC."
Apple
corners Canada schools market, Karen Haslam,
Macworld UK, 11.06. "In the last quarter Apple
Canada won 46 per cent of the Canadian education
market, putting the company in first
place."
Why
open standards are better, Marc Zeedar, Less
Tangible, Mac Opinion, 11.03. "...the only way
Macs (and other platforms) have a chance to
survive in this world is if they are given equal
footing to Windows boxes."
Apple
succeeds in 1:1 educational computing
solutions, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral,
10.30. "We have 1:1 solutions in over 400
schools across the country, and we're excited to
see what is happened in learning and
teaching."
Panther at
the low end, and what to do with Jaguar, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 10.30. How much faster (or
slower) is OS X 10.3 on an eMac, iBook, iMac, or
PowerBook - and what should you do with your
old copy of OS X?
The little Mac
that could, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side,
10.28. "Ever wonder what kind of bedtime stories
Mac fanatics tell their kids at bedtime?"
Typing in
student names vs. importing them, Jeff
Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 10.23. Sometimes there
are advantages to doing things the old fashioned
way instead of letting your computer do all the
work.
More
bad news for Windows users: Serious flaws found
in Microsoft apps, Vern Seward, Mac
Observer, 10.20. "Still more problems for
Microsoft: Yahoo! News is reporting that the
Redmond software giant has issued advisories and
patches for seven new flaws found in several
Microsoft applications."
Eye
TV - TV for your Mac, Andrew Wilkinson,
MacTeens, 10.16. "There is no doubt about it,
the EyeTV is the ultimate solution for Mac users
looking for a TV solution."
The
benefits of multiple platforms, part III,
Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible, Mac Opinion, 10.16.
"Within computing, there are many ways to do
things. It's good to have variety...."
Preview:
What to expect from Mac OS X Panther 10.3,
Eugenia Loli-Queru, OSNews, 10.15. "Last but not
least is Panther's speed. Users with older Mac
computers will welcome the overall new speed
levels and UI responsiveness."
Windows:
More flawed than ever, Wired, 10.15.
"Microsoft warned consumers Wednesday about four
critical new flaws in its popular Windows
software...."
Using iDisk
effectively in the classroom, Jeff Adkins,
Mac Lab Report, 10.16. iDisk provides a lot of
easy-to-use functionality that puts you on the
cutting edge of educational technology.
Microsoft's
holding pattern, Stephen Van Esch, Mac
Scope, 10.15. Development of Internet Explorer
and Windows seems stuck while Apple keeps
improving Safari and OS X.
What parts to
keep when your Mac dies, Jeff Adkins, The
Lite Side, 10.14. Don't just throw out your old
Mac, monitor, or printer - salvage and store as
many parts as possible. Here's how.
Let
teachers choose the computers, Vic Sperry,
St. Petersburg Times, 10.12. "It is the
responsibility of the teachers to evaluate the
existing computing platforms and choose what
advances their goal of educating the children of
Pinellas county."
I am not a Mac
fanatic, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 10.09.
Mac or PC should be a matter of choosing the
best solution, not having adminstration dictate
a one-platform-fits-all solution.
The
benefits of multiple platforms, part II,
Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible, Mac Opinion, 10.08.
"The odd thing is that the people who would best
benefit from a multi-platform setup . . . are
the ones who usually standardize on a single
platform."
Apple
Death Knell #30: "Apple is in decline",
Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 10.07. "Apple is
one of two profitable PC companies (the other
being Dell), and the company is showing
growth...."
Permanent
virus protection, David Frith, The Barrow,
Australian IT, 10.07. "There is one beautifully
simple way to keep your personal computer free
of viruses. Switch to an Apple Mac: it comes --
and stays - virus-free."
Linux
vs. Windows viruses, Scott Granneman,
SecurityFocus, The Register, 10.06.
"...Unix-based OS's will never experience all of
the problems we're seeing now with email-borne
viruses and worms in the Microsoft world."
District's
move to drop Apples leaves sour taste,
Richard Bockman, St. Petersburg Times, 10.05.
"They kept the district's own director of
technology in the dark, and they sought no input
from parents and teachers."
Trojan
hijacks Web browsers, John Leyden, The
Register, 10.03. "The QHosts (Delude) Trojan
can't spread by itself. Users only become
infected if they visited a maliciously
constructed website containing code which allows
the malware to run." IE only.
Microsoft
faces class-action on security breaches,
Reuters, 10.02. Microsoft "faces a proposed
class-action lawsuit . . . based on the claim
that its market-dominant software is vulnerable
to viruses capable of triggering 'massive,
cascading failures....'"
iBlog
revisited, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report,
10.02. Some tips and reflections on using
iBlog.
Mac
vs. Windows on campus: Does platform matter in
virus assaults?, Robyn Weisman, Mac
Observer, 09.30. "Understaffed IT departments
have resorted to charging students fines for
hooking infected PCs onto networks and charging
additional fees to have these PCs cleaned and
patched."
Security
report puts blame on Microsoft, Jonathan
Krim, Washington Post, 09.24. "Viruses, worms
and other cyber-attacks that are crippling
computers with increasing frequency cannot be
stopped as long as the software of one company
[Microsoft] dominates
computing...."
State
Department computers hit by virus, New York
Times, 09.23. "The State Department's electronic
system for checking every visa applicant for
terrorist or criminal history failed worldwide
for several hours late Tuesday because of a
computer virus...."
Idiots
in charge of school systems: Lemmings, part
II, Daniel Miller, Mac Observer, 09.22.
"It's bad enough our roads and buildings get
built by the lowest bidder, should we be happy
to see education be held to that same
standard?"
Windows
lets hackers into PCs, again, John H. Farr,
Applelinks, 09.10. Another Microsoft security
alert. Another way for hackers to control
Windows PCs. Where is "trustworthy"
computing?
Just
like the rest of the PC world, Gene
Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.05. 17,000 infected
computers, but "School boards never make wrong
decisions."
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