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MS Wins status as a religion

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 23:32:20 -0500

Today, Microsoft won it’s battle to receive status as an official religion. Prominent members of the WDC stood in awe as the newly installed deity recited the sacred words, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ligula suspendisse nulla pretium” from memory.
“Microsoft can no longer be called a cult

The new machines

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:50:50 -0500

Earlier this week I got a call regarding the Intel Core Solo based Mac mini that was smoked by a PowerBook G4.
Apparently, the gamer spoke with Apple and did not get the answer he wanted. His concern being that it might be a bad video card.
Turns out the game was Halo. A game origina

Final Cut Pro Goes Universal

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:57:59 -0500

At the start of the month, the big issue between the PowerPC and the Intel based Macs was in creative pro applications. Final Cut Pro and Logic ran in native mode on the PowerBook G4, but was not recommended for the new MacBook Pro. That’s changed.

Apple® is now shipping the first Universa

If Windows were a car...

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:21:19 -0500

LOL: At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comme

PC user prefers Intel based iMac

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:27:33 -0500

Pg 1.“Deciding between the G5 iMac and the new Intel iMac, I knew that the new Intel machines are the future of the Mac.“
Pg 2.“After just a month with the new iMac, I prefer OSX to Windows XP.”
Pg 3.“The iMac... is fast, noticeably faster than my XP/AMD 64 3000+ system.“
And, there you have it.

The future is now

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:52:15 -0500

Is this yet another nail in the coffin for a dying Microsoft Word?

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Quickbooks for Mac OS X Tiger

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:21:18 -0500

QuickBooks: Pro 2006 for Mac from Intuit is a state-of-the-art application, powerful and easy to use, that features several great Tiger technologies such as Address Book syncing, an embedded browser built with Web Kit and .Mac integration.

Caledonia Protest Continues

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:06:47 -0500

Native occupiers stay at Ontario site as deadline passes.
The 2:00pm deadline on March 22, 2006 has come and past as protesters stood strong in their efforts to stop a pattern of encroachment of Native lands that dates back to hundreds of years and continues right up to present day.
Some

Natives Rescue Survivors in B.C.

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:17:04 -0500

All the passengers and crew of a ferry that sank overnight in choppy seas off the West Coast of B.C. were reportedly saved Wednesday morning after boats from a nearby community as well a coast guard ship sped to the scene, plucked shivering people out of lifeboats and brought them to shore in drivin

PC Users Get Schooled

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:41:43 -0500

Jason W. Echkert is a believer. A mac Believer. But what sets him out as a cut of above the average believer is his qualifications on the subject.
That’s because Jason is also a teacher, computer consultant, leading author in the computing industry, full-time father, musician and techno

Spring is here!

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:41:50 -0500

First day back on the job from Spring Break and here comes the sun.
With the arrival of first of the new Mac mini computers with Intel Duo Core to join the new MacBook Pro and iMac with Intel there’s a sense that there is a whole new season ahead for Mac.
After the demo Chris gave to sho

Complaint Against Google

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:46:35 -0500

Website files complaint against Google in a lawsuit that basically says they are left out of the search engine ranking system.

Kinderstart is a really cool website. You’d wonder why anyone would want to blacklist this site.
I wonder if they are related to the early Kidsafe web search

Doom III

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:20:49 -0500

Today, I played DOOM III on a MacBook Pro with Intel Duo Core.
The Graphics were clear, smooth and detailed. The speed was very fast and smooth.
Right from the start, the game was cool. I loved the PDA that features videos, audio logs and documents that help you in your travels. Luck

Is Microsoft Obsolete?

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:49:12 -0500

Sometimes when things die, we either don’t know about it, or we intentionally block it out.
InfoWorld is now considering, “Microsoft: A 21st-century has-been?“
I guess that would be like having a rich daddy who goes brain dead, but you haven’t pulled the plug only because as long as he r

A Work in progress

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:41:53 -0500

Gerald E. Picard is captain of a new technology developed out of 40 years of research at IBM known as Handology.
These days Mr. Picard is exploring a new frontier called iWeb to command a presence with exciting content in the known resource locator universe.
Being an avid Mac user, Geral

Virus On The Mac - True or False?

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:16:48 -0500

Wait! Before you answer that, remember that this test requires you to show your work. Didn’t see that one coming did you?
Being the first on the block to actually proclaim Mac OS X as Virus-Free, six years ago, I would get approached, sometimes as much as 3 times a day, with some new claim

ic Photobooth Tour 2006

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:51:59 -0500

Warning! The following photos may be too graphic or too warped for some adults. But, children, teens and most adults seemed to be having a great time with it.
After introducing the area’s first ever Photobooth Live Event for the Haldimand-Norfolk Career Day 2006 at the Aud in Simcoe, Ontar

Springarama Picture Post

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:42:02 -0500

Springarama 2006 has kept us pretty busy. In case, you wondering what we were doing this past week, here are some pictures. Believe or not, these are the sane ones. You’ll see just how warped people can get at the iC Photobooth/GarageBand Tour 2006, when the next picture set is posted... the

Springarama 2006

Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:39:09 -0500

Learning to speak digital can make some people’s head spin. Perhaps this is why many flock to the iC SuperCOMPUTERS booth year after year.
Kaela (Director Accelerated Computer Solutions) and Dave (President of the Mac User’s group) have been doing their part to make it easier for people of

Now Accepting students

Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:32:13 -0500

Dave Thompson is now accepting students.
It’s only the 3rd day of the new Links page created with iWeb and already I’ve been treated to more tasty, original, musical performances.
Today, it was a mix of jumpy, upbeat jazz and electric blues provided by Dave Thompson. During one of th

Cool Days

Thu, 2 Mar 2006 23:55:36 -0500

Today, It was back to the kinda of weather I would expect from Winter (upper left).
Personally, I would rather of lovely summer days in summer, not winter. Now matter how summer like the winter, it’s still not summer enough to go swimming. But, for tiny bit of summer fix in winter, how muc

Tomi Swick IS No.1

Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:07:26 -0500

A night like this!
One of the fastest moving songs on the charts is “A Night Like This” by Tomi Swick, from Hamilton, Ontario. I watched it jump from No. 15 into the top ten, then into the top 5 in matter of days.
Today, I see “From The Heart Debuts at #2 on Canada's Album Sales Chart.”

iC Links gets a face lift

Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:23:33 -0500

In a “put your money where your mouth is” tradition, iC SuperCOMPUTERS has once again found a low cost solution for day to day operations for the rest of us.
For the last 11 years iC has used a combination of free, open source, shareware, trail demos, freeware, shareware and low cost softwar