Very little activity on the Quest this week as I was sidelined by a bug that’s been going around. This week was my turn. Other than a couple Apple updates and a Windows Home Server update later in the week I didn’t spend much time on the computer.
The big update news this week (at [...]
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WordPress 2.5 was released a few hours ago. The timing was good since it gave me an excuse to put off some chores, so I downloaded it and updated my test site.
The update was unexpectedly smooth. I expected some plugin problems but only had one. Here’s my experience and impressions so far:
The one plugin [...]
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Apple has released Aperture 2.1. This time they’re more forthcoming with the release notes:
Aperture 2.1 updates various features of the application and addresses issues related to performance and overall stability. The updates include the following:
Dodge & Burn Plug-in. A sample plug-in is pre-installed, taking advantage of the Edit API introduced in Aperture 2.0. The plug-in [...]
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Apple released an updated copy of Security Update 2008-002. The re-release is Leopard only. Apple is typically tight lipped and don’t ay what’s changed. Others have reported that it fixes an Aperture printing problem that was introduced in the first update attempt. This makes sense with what I’ve seen. I have three Macs with Leopard [...]
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All the talk may be that Microsoft needs to buy Yahoo in order to bulk up enough compete with Google. Let’s hope they also work on basic search. When I updated my Windows Home Server I wanted to find the bulletin so I’d know what it did. I had the bulletin number from the log [...]
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Microsoft has released an update to Windows Home Server that addresses the following problem:
• You have a computer that is running Windows Home Server.
• Windows Home Server is distributed through System Locked Preinstall (SLP). For example, you purchase a Hewlett-Packard (HP) MediaSmart Server.
In this scenario, you may randomly receive an expiration notice that prompts you [...]
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