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Skype 2.6 Beta for Mac and Skype 3.2 Beta for Windows are Available

Skype 2.6 Beta for Mac

Version 2.6.0.72 for Mac. April 11, 2007
Skype_2.6.0.72_BETA.dmg (Size: 30 MB)

What’s New:

  • See when others are writing a message with typing indicator
  • Join public chats
  • Call any Skype Prime premium services provider and seamlessly pay with your Skype credit
  • Use DTMF tones during Skype-to-Skype calls

http://share.skype.com/sites/mac/skype_for_mac/

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Skype 3.2 Beta for Windows

Beta release. Version: 3.2.0.82. Release date: April 11, 2007
File name: SkypeSetup-Beta.exe File size: 22 MB

What’s New:

  • Send Money with PayPal
    Send money to friends and family direct from Skype.
  • Video snapshot
    Update your profile picture with photos of yourself.
  • Who’s on Skype?
    Invite friends from Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail for a call.
  • Simple account management
    Manage your account and pay for your favorite products.

http://www.skype.com/go/windows-beta

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Boot Camp 1.2 beta and Windows Vista on MacBook Pro – Part 2

Previously, I installed Boot Camp 1.2 beta beta on my 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz. Unfortunately I didn’t have large enough partition to install Windows Vista Ultimate on it. I had an existing 8GB partition with Windows XP Pro installed, and it’s recommended to have a minimum of 12GB partition. I currently have another MacBook Pro to work on. It’s a 15-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz. I am going to reinstall Mac OS X Tiger on this computer, but in the meantime I’m gonna install Windows Vista Ultimate for testing.
I will update this post in the next few days.

The MacBook Pro specs:

To be continued!

Download Boot Camp 1.2 beta
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

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VMware Fusion Beta 3 for Mac is Released

VMware Fusion Beta 3 for Mac is released.

VMware Fusion Beta
Beta Version | 4/5/07 | Build 43733 | 134.5 MB
VMware-Fusion-e.x.p-43733.dmg

From VMware:

What’s New and Improved with VMware Fusion Beta 3

  • Improved performance: Option to turn off debugging features in VMware Fusion
  • Support for Boot Camp: Run Windows XP side-by-side with Mac OS X off your existing Boot Camp partition
  • Windows Easy Install
  • Virtual machine packages: Move your virtual machines to another hard drive or Mac simply by copying a file.
  • Enhanced virtual machine management
  • Improved international support: European and Japanese Apple keyboards now work properly in virtual machines.

For more information and download:
http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/fusion/

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Boot Camp 1.2 beta and Windows Vista on MacBook Pro – Part 1

I installed Boot Camp 1.2 beta on my 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz. I previously had an 8GB partition with Windows XP Professional installed on it. I started Windows Vista installation since Boot Camp 1.2 beta now supports it. It took about 20 minutes for Windows Vista Ultimate to install on my MacBook Pro; the installation went smoothly. After first log-in, I found out that I only had 6.5MB of free space on the Windows partition. At this point, there’s no way I could install the Macintosh Drivers provided by Boot Camp 1.2 beta.

Ah well, I had to repartition my hard drive. This time I will create a 12GB partition for Windows Vista. This will take a while since I don’t think Boot Camp can cleanly create a 12GB partition on my MacBook Pro hard drive.

I will post more on this.

My MacBook Pro specs:

  • 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz
  • 2GB DDR 667MHz (PC5300)
  • 100GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
  • Radeon X1600 256MB VRAM

To be continued!

Boot Camp 1.2 beta
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

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Apple Releases AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001

Apple releases AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 for Mac and Windows.

AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 for Mac – 12.7MB
AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 for Windows – 5.0MB
The AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 includes general fixes and compatibility updates.

From Apple Support

AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 for Mac
The AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications:

  • AirPort Utility
  • AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow Base Stations
  • AirPort Disk Utility
  • AirPort Disk Agent

System Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later
  • AirPort Utility 5.0

Note: Only previously installed software from the list above will be updated. AirPort Utility v5.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.x or later software supports the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n, AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express Base Station.

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AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 for Windows
The AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications:

  • AirPort Utility
  • AirPort Disk Agent
  • AirPort Disks Control Panel

System Requirements:

  • Windows XP with Service Pack 2
  • Windows Vista
  • AirPort Utility 5.0
  • Wi-Fi certified wireless card

Note: Only previously installed software from the list above will be updated. AirPort Utility v5.1 for Windows software supports the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n, AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express Base Station.

Download AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 from Apple Support.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

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OpenOffice.org 2.2.0 is Released

OpenOffice.org 2.2.0 is released. Download it here (http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.0/index.html)

From OpenOffice.org

Product Description

OpenOffice.org the product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office, and the vendor-neutral OpenDocument standard from OASIS.

Available in over 65 supported languages with more being constantly added by the community, OpenOffice.org runs stably and natively on Solaris, Linux (including PPC Linux), Windows, Mac OS X (X11), and numerous other platforms. Our porting page lists the platforms (ports) that OpenOffice.org can run on.

Written in C++ and with documented APIs licensed under the LGPL open-source license, OpenOffice.org allows any knowledgeable developer to benefit from the source. And, because the native file format for OpenOffice.org is the vendor-independent OpenDocument open standard, interoperability is easy, making future development and adoption more certain.

OpenOffice.org is an open source project. Please consider contributing to the project.
http://contributing.openoffice.org/index.html