Now pointlessly enhanced with AI
One little preferences you might want to set in case of “Log and Transfer” problem:
“Remove Advanced Pulldown and Duplicate Frames”
Check it if there’s something wrong with the import (with this option unchecked).
or
Uncheck it if there’s something wrong with the import (with this option checked).
This option might make a difference when importing from Digital HD Camcorder such as Panasonic HDC-SD9.
A few weeks ago, I received the Windows Home Server HP MediaSmart Server EX475 and had the time to use it. It is now actually running in an office as a backup server.
My first impression of Windows Home Server was positive, until I actually get into the system a little bit more. Three things immediately came to mind:
Of course, there has been some murmur in Microsoft camp. According to Knowledge Base #946676, data corruption may occur, and Microsoft is taking their sweet time. They expect to release the bug-fix sometimes in June 2008.
I am now backing up the content of the Windows Home Server to another “server” in that office.
Windows Home Server still needs a lot of work.
Microsoft Mac Business Unit releases the long overdue Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7 today.
From Microsoft:
For personal Windows Live account users, Messenger for Mac 7 includes the following new features:
- Customize your contact list with nicknames that you choose
- Use Bonjour to see other Messenger for Mac contacts who are online and near your location
- Search for contacts in your personal contact list
Get it from here.
While I was busy doing many things away from this blog:
April 24th, 2008
AVG Free 8.0
Available for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
Get it here.
April 26th, 2008
Flock 1.1.2
I launched Flock, and was notified about the update.
Read the release notes here.
April 28th, 2008
New iMac from Apple
1066MHz Front Side Bus, and up to 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory is available for 24-inch model.
No Intel Core 2 Extreme anymore.
WordPress 2.5.1 is released.
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/
This release includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. Some of them are:
I am upgrading my blog to WordPress 2.5.1 as I am writing this post. The first thing I did was backing up the WordPress database before attempting the upgrade.
Apple releases updates to Boot Camp drivers for Windows XP, Windows Vista 32, and Windows Vista 64.
Boot Camp Update 2.1
This update addresses issues and improves compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista 32, and Vista 64 running on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. It is highly recommended for all Boot Camp users.
Boot Camp Update 2.1 is available through Apple Support Downloads page:
Boot Camp Update 2.1 for Windows XP – 215MB
Boot Camp Update 2.1 for Windows Vista 32 – 228MB
Boot Camp Update 2.1 for Windows Vista 64 – 236MB
April 17th, 2008
Camino 1.6 is released.
Camino 1.6 contains the following improvements over version 1.5.x.
- Safari now appears in the list of available feed readers on Mac OS X 10.4 and above.
- Opening a history item from the recent pages at the top of the History menu in a new tab or window by holding down the Command key works again.
- Camino now supports multi-touch gestures for back, forward, page up, and page down.
- The Camino disk image no longer has scrollbars on Mac OS X 10.5 when the Finder’s path bar is enabled.
Download Camino here:
http://caminobrowser.org/download/releases/1.6/