Well, maybe not so much. However, Google has been pretty light on the keys in fixing a cross-scripting bug that leads to some pretty serious consequences for us, the end-user. The flaw in the handling of the code can compromise our very online privacy that is being taken from us at a snails pace as time goes on. The term is 'Phishing' and it is spreading online like an epidemic of Biblical proportions.
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Here we are at the fifth, and most probably final, installment in this series! This article in this series which succeeds the first, “HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 1”, the second “HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 2“, the third "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 3" and the fourth “HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 4“. We're going to tackle something fun today, your on-board 32-bit 128Mb nVidia GeForce 440 GO graphics card. An archaic relic with more variations than a chameleon can turn colors? Yes. Unfortunately, from word of DiegoMax, the probability of QE/CI being supported on these laptops is pretty remote. Alas, we need to at least get a larger resolution so let's get at it!
Sorry, no dice this round. After almost three-quarters of a year waiting, beyond the first and second quarters of 2007, the Office built for OS X will not be available until late into the year (December approximately) for Release to Manufacturer and wouldn't (legally) be seen by consumers on shelves until sometime in the first quarter of 2008. The announcement came earlier today on the Microsoft Mac Development Unit's MSDN blog "Mac Mojo" ( http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo ). As a hardcore Microsoft product end-user, it irks me to have to concede that Microsoft is failing it's buyers.
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Is Anyone Safe Anymore?
One might say that the U.S. justice system's accountability practices might be in danger in this generation, where relative, but separate incidents could be contributed to the delinquency of another individual. Such is the case involving a 'high-speed police chase' between Christopher Jones and the Phoenix, Arizona police department ( http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/helicopter.crash/index.html ), wherein the course of the chase, two CIVILIAN news agency helicopters collided in mid-air and went down. Preliminary reports by the NTSB estimated that the collision occurred due to the close proximity of the helicopters to one another, but have not determined whether it was any sort of avionics issue, such as a defective rotor system, that may have caused either to lose control.
Let's talk power management. This is a problematic issue with this machine because the Mac OS X operating system cannot distinguish / interact with the battery(s) in this laptop by default. This is going to require us to take some measures to ensure we're able to be aware of how much power we have left on the clock. This is a another article in this series which succeeds the first, “HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 1”, the second “HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 2“ and the third "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 3". Continue reading ‘GUIDE: OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - P4′
So we've made it this far huh? Wow, the journey is coming along pretty quickly. Now, we're going to look at optimizing the system, setting up some basic interface features and let's try our hand at getting that nagging built-in Ethernet to work, what do you say? This is a another article in this series which succeeds the first, "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 1" and the second "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 2". Continue reading ‘GUIDE: OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - P3′
So, right about this time you could be wondering, "…what's my next move?". Well, lets just break down that action into a series of steps like last time to ensure our installation is spot-on and working to the standard we would expect such as fascinating and brilliant operating system like Mac OS X to. This is a continuation article of my first, "HOWTO: Mac OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - Part 1" and as such it will be very beneficial for you to read if you're puzzled on how exactly we made it to this point. Continue reading ‘GUIDE: OSX + Dell Latitude C840 - P2′
