I still don’t have a compelling reason for a Word processor, spreadsheet or presentation package so Google Docs is good enough for me. Look Out, Microsoft Office… « Caitlyn Imburgo: “When you look at just how much value iWork ‘08 provides when compared to Microsoft Office, you then realize just how much of a steal its price is. Apple has priced iWork ‘08 at $79 for a single license of the suite. Educational licenses are $71 and family 5-packs…
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I have working mostly online for sometime now. I use a combination of Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Sheets, ProjectPath, Flickr, Mozy Online Backup, and WordPress. However, the paranoid in me still keeps a local copy of all my documents on home built NAS. Cyber Minimalist: How to Work Almost Completely Online | zen habitsI was tired of emailing myself files between home and work computers, or uploading files to web storage and syncing them between computers, or…
Macness, a state of Mac OSX usefulnessMacness has released a commercial beta of gSync (gSync v0.9.9), which is a utility that allows you to simply synchronise Mac OSX iCal with Google Calendar. …
My broadband internet provider, Patrio Media, provides an excellent service. The connection always appears responsive and never fails. Patriot Media claims 10Mbs download speeds but I have found that on average I obtain about 7-8Mb/s during heavy use times. On occasion the service is even faster than what is listed. Currently they provide two tiers of service: 10 Mb/s for $29.95 and 20Mb/s for $69.95 for customers who also use their cable service. Their is no contract lock in as…
Something that was not announced during the keynote at MacWorld yesterday is that Apple release an update Airport Extreme Base Station. The update wireless route/gateway supports several 802.11 wireless standards (b,g) including the yet to be finalised "n". Of course being a mac compatible Apple product all of the current WiFi security features are supported as well including the very crackable WEP. Interestingly Apple chose to limit the router to 802.3u (100BASE-T). With more media whizzing around home networks Apple…
