VMware Fusion for Mac Public Beta is Available for Download

VMware has made its desktop virtualization program for Mac OS X available for public testing.
http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/

VMware-Fusion-e.x.p-36932.dmg
Fusion Beta
Beta Version | 12/21/06 | Build 36932

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Related news:
New Parallels Desktop for Mac beta is available for downloads.
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta_testing/

Related Product:
Parallels Desktop for Mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac @Amazon.com

Linksys WRT54G V1.1, WPA, and Airport Extreme Incompatibility

There were times when I was not able to connect my PowerBook G4 and MacBook Pro to certain WPA-enabled Wireless Access Point. I would guess that there’s some kind incompatibility of the WPA implementation between the Access Point and Airport Extreme driver.

The equipments:

  • Linksys WRT54G V1.1 with firmware version 4.30.5, WPA-TKIP enabled
  • 15″ PowerBook G4 1.67GHz, Radeon Mobility 9700, 1440×960, Mac OS X 10.4.8 with all the latest updates (12.19.2006)
  • 15″ MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz, Radeon X1600, Mac OS X 10.4.8 with all the latest updates (12.19.2006)
  • 15″ MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz, Radeon X1600, Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta, Windows XP with SP2

Both the PowerBook G4 and the MacBook Pro (Mac OS X 10.4.8) were unable to connect to the Wireless Access Point when WPA is enabled. Both Macs could connect Wireless Access Point without any problems when the wireless encryption was turned off.

I booted up Windows XP on the MacBook Pro, and had no problems connecting to Wireless Access Point with or without the wireless encryption.

I didn’t have the problem when connecting to Linksys WRT54G V3 or higher.

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Related:
MacBook Pro and DLink DWL-514 Incompatibility

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MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo @ Amazon.com

Macbook Core 2 Duo @ Amazon.com

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 is released with Windows Vista support and ssecurity updates.

Get it at http://www.mozilla.com/

Available for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and More.

Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.1/releasenotes/

Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.1

  • XSS using outer window’s Function object
  • RSS Feed-preview referrer leak
  • Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution
  • XSS by setting img.src to javascript: URI
  • LiveConnect crash finalizing JS objects
  • Privilege escallation using watch point
  • CSS cursor image buffer overflow (Windows only)
  • Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.9/1.8.1.1)

Microsoft Releases Updates for Mac Office (12.19.2006)

Microsoft releases updates for Mac Office v.X and 2004 today. Microsoft pulled previous update citing that the patches were not thoroughly tested and not ready for deployment. Later, Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit clarified that there is nothing wrong with the patches.

From The Office for Mac Team Blog:

You can download them for Office 2004 and for Office v. X (and the Office 2004 updater should be available via Microsoft AutoUpdate as well). These updates can be applied whether or not you installed the pre-release updaters that were briefly available last week.

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Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.2 Update (12.19.2006)

This update contains several improvements for PowerPoint and Entourage.

Applies to: Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, Office 2004 Professional Edition, Word 2004, Excel 2004, PowerPoint 2004, Entourage 2004.

Requirements:

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Microsoft Office v. X for Mac Update (2006-12-19)

This update contains several improvements to enhance stability in PowerPoint.

Applies to: Office v. X, Microsoft Word X for Mac, Microsoft Excel X for Mac, Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac, Microsoft Entourage X for Mac.Requirements:

Carlos Alazraqui: Cobb’s Comedy Club 12.27.2006

If you live or will be in the San Francisco and Greater Bay Area on December 27th 2006, go to Cobb’s Comedy Club. The star of “Reno 911!” the TV Series and the upcoming “Reno 911!: Miami” the Movie, Carlos Alazraqui will be doing stand-up comedy there.

Reno 911! - James Oswaldo Garcia (Carlos Alazraqui)

http://www.cobbscomedyclub.com/

Reno 911!
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/reno_911/index.jhtml

Reno 911!: Miami
http://www.reno911movie.com/
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/reno911miami.html

Carlos Alazraqui
http://www.carlosalazraqui.com/