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iCal to Exchange before Snow Leopard

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

So Vyshemirsky found another solution to this problem called at http://ww.snerdware.com/groupcal and they have another than does the same for contacts to the Address Book. Although Judi found it buggy and it deleted appointments in Exchange and iCal (so backup before trying any of this!). And some think they are out of business.
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Eureka! Google Calendar to iPhone and iCal hub

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, I’m testing it now, but looks like we might finally be able to get off of Exchange. Here is how to use Google Calendar as the hub of all your scheduling:

Upload your calendar to Google Calendar. This is confusing because the Google Calendar user interface has been changing so radically but Google Help. The [...]

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You can finally buy an iPhone

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

It’s true, my buddy Mac wandered in and just bought one. Now with the upcoming iPod and iTouch refreshes coming up it is going to be a great fall for Apple.
AppleInsider | iPhone 3G finally reaching supply and demand balance
After more than six weeks of almost constant iPhone 3G shortages, Apple is finally known to [...]

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Blackberry Bold coming on AT&T

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

AppleInsider | New BlackBerry suffering same 3G connection drops as iPhone
early testing of the Bold, which uses the same 3G network standard as current iPhones, finds the device with just as unstable a connection as that reported in the US and elsewhere for Apple’s handset, with data sometimes dropping to the slower EDGE network or [...]

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Macbook Air overheat solutions

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’ve installed the update and it really helps. Looks like what it essentially does is that in extreme situations it throttles the two CPUs down to 800MHz rather than the really drastic stuff where one CPU shuts down and performance falls. There is much controversy about twhat happens. There are three utilities that every MBA [...]

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