UK Mac

Apple is now 'biggest technology company' in the world
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7769263/Apple-overtakes-Microsoft-to-become-worlds-biggest-technology-company.html That is phenomenal! Admittedly MS are no where near their peak, but I'm stunned. I'll leave the discussion on whether we've swapped one evil company for another to others... ... 28 May 2010 02:52

iPads here in the UK!
Dear All � Just heard from a delivery driver that he's got "several" iPads on the van for delivery today here in the UK. (Not the two I've ordered tho' :-( ) -- regards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as r... 28 May 2010 00:43

iDont want to make any more of this stuff ...
Hi all, On the news just now, it would seem many workers at the Foxconn factory in China would rather commit suicide (and 11 or so have already this year) than continue making the likes of the iPhone and iPad? ;-( All down to poor working conditions apparently. Anyone know the typical markups and at what s... 4 Jun 2010 19:13

Why the iMac aint so good
I have been running Mac OS 10.6.3 happily for some time, recently bought a HD camcorder that can record 1080p 50FPS. Under Mac OS using Toast 10 I can playback these avchd .mts files but the 1080p 50fps ones playback jerky, choppy and like a slideshow whereas running Windows 7 on the same machine they playback ... 26 May 2010 18:04

Wireless network troubleshooting article
<http://www.macworld.com/article/151509/2010/05/speedupwirelessnetwork.html> Worth a read. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "RESEARCH showing that men lie more than women is proof they should stop asking them awkward questions in the first place, say scientists." - The Daily Mash ... 27 May 2010 12:38

Java update and now app doesn't work
One of the users here, who, unknown to me, had administrator rights on his MacMini, ran the software update as prompted by Software Update. The update contained a Java update, and since installing he has not been able to run a required Java application. The supplier of the Java app have been informed of this and I'... 26 May 2010 09:09

Text to mp3 conversion
I have hundreds of .txt files that I need to convert to mp3 files for revision purposes. I was very happy with Alive Text To Speech on the PC, but they seem not to do a Mac version. Can anyone recommend a spy-free Mac alternative, preferably free? Thanks. Alternatively, since speed is not really an issue, how... 28 May 2010 06:05

The rustock spambot
Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: Seems that http://www.spamhaus.org got the impression today that my OS X running Mini was infected with the rustock spambot, so I got blacklisted by one of my ISPs until I was able to clear it at spamhaus. Anyone any idea what that's all about? Are the... 24 May 2010 17:57

MacScan
I have a copy. Should I install it? Or will it cause more problems than it fixes? MST ... 25 May 2010 19:05

Powerpoint 2004 & Santa Rosa chipset bug
Discovered a bug with Office 2004 & Santa Rosa chipsets last week, when I fired up one of our 2.26GHz MacBook to be the main machine for a conference. When you've got a presentation, go to 'View Show' and the machine will black screen & powerpoint crashes. Quick google soon traced this down to being a chipset is... 24 May 2010 12:21