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25 October, 2007

Mac OS X Leopard releasing 26th October

SillyDog701 is excited about the release of Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. We decided to throw a special theme on Message Centre for this important event. Stay turned with us and MacCentre701, we will have reports on Mac OS X...

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15 June, 2007

promotions from MacCentre701

MacCentre701, SillyDog701's Macintosh news and resource section, is having a promotion again with XtraLean. XtraLean is best known for its light-weight easy-to-use graphic software ImageWell. This time, MacCentre701 has a special promotion for ShutterBug, a lean and easy-to-use web authoring...

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1 March, 2007

add sepia effect fast with Sepialise Me

Like the good old fashion styled photo effect? You can't find any faster and simpler way then just drag-and-drop to turn your photo into sepia tone. No Photoshop needed. SillyDog701 is pleased to announce Sepialise Me, an application that would...

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20 November, 2004

Apple Store Regent St (London) opens

Apple Store Regent St opens today at 10AM local time. The queue was started two days earlier before the opening... > continue reading our report of "Apple Store Regent St" (MacCentre701)....

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13 September, 2004

Microsoft to lock down iPod?

Microsoft says small device like the world's most popular mp3 device, iPod, can be used to steal data, and the next Windows (Longhorn) is working to lock such devices down. SillyDog701 noticed that Microsoft is testing its MSN Music store...

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7 September, 2004

MSN Music to compete with iTunes?

Microsoft joins the music download war. As expected. Earlier, SillyDog701 reported Microsoft joins search engine war, competing with Google, it is still too earlier to call the result. As a Netscape Archive website, SillyDog701 immediately noticed the similarity between the...

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4 September, 2004

get your online music through SillyDog701

SillyDog701 is proud to announce the introduction of iTunes Music Store programme now available through most SillyDog701 pages. Users can now buy their legal music online from the world's most popular online music store - iTunes Music Stores (from SillyDog701)....

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31 August, 2004

the world's thinnest desktop computer

iMac G5 announced

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10 June, 2004

iTunes 4.6

iTunes 4.6 is now available for Mac OS X and Windows 2000 and XP. As expected when Apple announced AirPort Express (base station), iTunes 4.6 features AirTunes. iTunes 4.6 is available from http://www.apple.com/itunes/ OR Software Update from your Apple menu....

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new water cooled dual 2.5GHz G5

Apple has just announced a water-cooled 2.5GHz PowerMac G5 available from the online store right now. Dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 new 1.25GHz frontside bus/processor new Water Cooling new 512K L2 cache/processor 512MB DDR400 SDRAM, expandable to 8GB SDRAM 160GB Serial...

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8 June, 2004

AirPort Express with AirTunes

Another small surprise from apple, AirPort Express is a small Airport basestation with 10/100 LAN port, USB, and for AirTunes Support; A built-in 3.5mm audio out jack. The AirPort Express Base Station looks much like a powerbook's power adaptor, plugging...

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security update 7th June 2004

Immediately following Security Update 2004-05-24 and the recent 10.3.4 Panther upgrade, Apple have released another update, Security Update 2004-06-07. This version continues fixes related to the flurry of security problems found relating to URL handlers last month, with the following...

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27 May, 2004

Mac OS X 10.3.4 available

Mac OS X 10.3.4 (Panther) is now available from Software Update Apple released the Mac OS X 10.3.4 update. Check your Software Update for the 41MB upgrade from Panther 10.3.3. (81.5MB for the combo version to update 10.3.0) This update...

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24 May, 2004

Panther security holes

Yes, more bugs discovered in Panther after the release of “Security Update 2004-05-24” (10.3.3) which address the security issue in Help Viewer. Two more serious holes in OS X have been discovered. The latest Security Update fixes the help-viewer vulnerability...

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19 May, 2004

Key Caps in Panther?

Use the new Keyboard Viewer instead of Key Caps.

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17 May, 2004

Microsoft is stealing Exposé

In January, I reported one company charge a software called WinExposé for 9.95(USD) (it later renamed to something else.) Exposé is one of the most exciting feature introduced in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. A while back, I reported Sun's...

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11 May, 2004

PowerPC emulator for x86

Virtual PC for Mac is a great way to show those PC-loving friends of your how powerful Mac is - but it looks like there is a similar application being developedd for PC: PearPC allows x86 processors to emulate PPC....

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9 May, 2004

speed up Virtual PC for Mac!

There are quite a few people like me who need to run Windows applications all the time, and don't won't to get a PC. Virtual PC for Mac 6 seems like a perfect solution. It allows Mac users to run...

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8 May, 2004

does size matter? PowerBook in 12", 15" or even 17"

How important is the size of the laptop? We all want a bigger screen to work with, but bigger isn't necessary better. There is a nice review by Vincent Laforet, Does size really matter? Debating the 12 - Inch vs....

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2 May, 2004

iTunes 4.5 DRM cracked within 24hr?

In less than 24 hours of the release of iTunes 4.5, a 20 year old student, crazney, in Melbourne University (Melbourne, Australia) announced that he has it successfully reverse-engineered. Apple's new iTunes 4.5, which deliberately broke the 4.2 authentication scheme,...

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PiXel Check

There's a nice small application to check dead pixels of your LCD. PiXel Check 1.2 It will turn the monitor (all pixels) to blue, green, red, white (all on), and black (all off). Best of all, it's free. BTW, Mac...

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1 May, 2004

modding WinXP to look like OS X?

Wired has an article on people modding their Windows XP interface to look like Mac OS X, XP Users Cop a Feel of OS X. But, remember, that's just the interface. Windows XP is still Windows XP, is still not...

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29 April, 2004

iTunes 4.5

iTunes 4.5 has just been made available for download. The “What's new in iTunes 4.5” section of the readme states, Using iTunes 4.5, you can DJ your own parties with Party Shuffle, share playlists with friends, print jewel case inserts,...

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9 April, 2004

Mac is not virus free?

..., but don't worry, not as serious as Windows. Intego issued a security warning regarding a concept Trojan on Mac OS X. Mac OS X displays the icon of the MP3 file, with an .mp3 extension, rather than showing the...

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24 March, 2004

how to type accented charaters

Entering special character or accented character is very easy with a Mac. press the option key press the option and shift keys Above screenshots are based on International US keyboard, there may be some variations across different region. For example,...

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9 March, 2004

A history of Apple's OS

Amit Singh wrote A History of Apple's Operating Systems discussing operating systems that Apple has created in the past, and many that it tried to create, including some technologies that eventually led to Mac OS X. Goals of the document...

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2 February, 2004

Win apps on Mac without Windows

DARWINE, an open source project, intends to port and develop WINE as well as other supporting tools that will allow Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows Applications. The project is described as being in pre-alpha stage, which...

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9 January, 2004

Exposé in Windows

Apple Computers invested many resources to innovate the Exposé, and it is the hottest feature of Panther. People are using it crazy(*). There is one company made Exposé possible in Windows, called WinExposé. Available at http://www.winexpose.com/ for USD 9.95. The...

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7 January, 2004

1984 won't be 1984

New 1984 TV Ads from Apple officially.

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