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“We’re pleased that Zimbra users can take advantage of the world’s fastest browser with Safari and improved iCal group calendaring with CalDAV in Leopard,” said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations.

Commenting on this announcement of Zimbra 5’s improved support for Safari 3, iCal and the iPhone, Daniel Stone, Channel Manager for 01.com , an authorized Zimbra hosting provider, said, “We are building a strong network of Mac Consulting resellers around the world, and this is great news for them and our mutual customers. They’ve been successfully positioning Zimbra as an alternative to Microsoft Exchange for the last year, delivering better Mac email, calendar and contact integration at a lower cost, and the solution is just getting better.”

Through software update.  My MacBook Pro sometimes suffers from keyboard freeze, glad to get a fix!

“This update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems may occasionally experience a temporary suspension of keyboard input which can last a minute or longer. The Mac OS X 10.5.1 update is required before installing the MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1.”

How to determine if you’ve been infected.

In the last day there’s been some news about a new bit of somewhat-malware on the mac. “Somewhat” because at least in its current form, and relative to some very nasty virii out there, this code rates as just above harmless. That it was announced on Halloween is probably the scariest thing about it. Never-the-less, it is an unwanted and uninvited bit of code, and here’s how to determine if you’ve been infected.

David Singer, a friend from high school, has released his new solo album and it rocks.

East of the Fault Line

The first song, Amaranthine, has these lyrics available from iTunes free:

In part, in time, you pick up some habits
from your high school friends.
You sit in the attic planning crimes,
it’s setup this way by design…

Assuming he means bad habits here.

Post at 01.com’s blog:

http://blog.01.com/?p=325 

You can now take a 20 minute guided tour of the iPhone here on Apple’s website. This device is mind-bogglingly cool. Watching this makes me want one more than ever.

iPhone arrives on June 29. iPhone features an amazing mobile phone, is the best iPod ever created, and puts the Internet in your pocket with desktop–class email, web browsing, searching, and maps. And iPhone makes it all easy to use with its revolutionary multi-touch user interface. iPhone syncs with your PC or Mac just like an iPod, so organizing your content now will help you start calling, texting, emailing, surfing, listening, and watching even faster when you get your iPhone. Here are a few suggestions to help you get ready:

Security Update 2007-004 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:

• AFP Client
• AirPort
• CarbonCore
• diskdev_cmds
• fetchmail
• ftpd
• gnutar
• Help Viewer
• HID Family
• Installer
• Kerberos
• Libinfo
• Login Window
• network_cmds
• SMB
• System Configuration
• URLMount
• Video Conference
• WebDAV

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

Changes in Boot Camp 1.2 beta

Boot Camp 1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.

Boot Camp 1.2 beta includes:

• Support for Windows Vista (32-bit)
• Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics, modem, iSight camera
• Support the Apple Remote (works with iTunes and Windows Media Player)
• A Windows system tray icon for easy access to Boot Camp information and actions
• Improved keyboard support for Korean, Chinese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, and French Canadian
• Improved Windows driver installation experience

At this point, you are either finished with, or well on your way to having all of your media ripped into Quicktime format, and assembled into a massive iTunes Library. You will start to get an idea of how large your Library will be, and should be planning accordingly regarding a means for storage (more on this in part 3).

Right now, we are going to focus on organization - getting all your music and video in the same library, and properly tagged.