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Eh? What’s that you say? Even if you don’t work in the Information Technology (IT) business you likely know that many companies have been moving some of their IT services, like call-center help, engineering, and design offshore to save money. Businesses like Dell, who offer around the clock customer support, reduced operating costs by setting…

One of the myths many Mac users encounter every day is the idea that Macs are more expensive than PCs. Today we have a story from Aussie magazine Australian IT that offers a bit of first-hand proof that this is a myth. The magazine has published an article about an Aussie business that dumped its…

One might think that Michael Dell is getting tired of hearing that Apple’s R&D is better than Dell’s. In an interview with C|Net, Mr. Dell responded to questions that compared Dell’s R&D efforts to that of Apple. In his responses, Mr. Dell defends his company’s R&D legacy by emphasizing that it’s supposed to be good…

Apple has unveiled new G5-optimized versions of three of its professional creative apps. Final Cut Pro 4, Shake 3, and DVD Studio Pro 2 have all been updated to take specific advantage of the G5 processor in Apple’s Power Mac G5. The updates are free to owners of the current versions of those apps. From…

Apple has announced a couple of major changes to the Power Mac G5 line. First up, the company has lowered the price of the entry-level 1.6 GHz model to US$1,799, a US$200 reduction. The machine remains unchanged otherwise. Apple has also made the 1.8 GHz model a dual-processor unit, keeping the same price of US$2,499.…

Let’s see; Germany told them, "Auf Wiedersehen," China said, "Huí tóu jiàn," and now it looks as if Brazil is bidding Microsoft a not so fond, "adeus!" It seems that Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, believes that one way to help bridge the social/economic gap between the haves and the have-nots in his…

When Fred Anderson speaks, people listen; he is Apple’s Chief Financial Officer, after all, and has helped Steve Jobs steer Apple out of rough times to its present profit-making presence. Mr. Anderson addressed a group of University of Michigan business students recently as the key speaker in a year-long series of speakers sponsored by the…

"Mac or PC?" So rang out the most intense question in the most recent debate between Democratic candidates for US President. Of the eight candidates in the debate, all but Carol Moseley Braun and John Kerry fessed up to being PC users, most likely of the Windows variety. OK, so it was hardly the most…

When Apple launched the Power Mac G5, it did so with a claim that the G5 was the world’s fastest personal computer. From Steve Jobs touting this at the WWDC, to promotional messages on Apple’s Web site, to a TV commercial that ran for a few weeks, the claim of "world’s fastest" was made loud…

Apple has produced a very stable, very secure operating system in OS X, but what happens when a new version comes out, like the recent OS X 10.3? According to an article at C|Net, OS X 10.2 users have been denied a security update, while users of the hot-off-the-presses version of the operating system were…

Apple’s new killer cat, Panther, seems to be a hit; reviews that border on raves are popping up all over the place. Here’s an article from the Independent, a newspaper from the U.K., titled, Charles Arthur: ‘Can Panther fit into a Windows-dominated world?’. The author, Charles Arthur, tells of his brother’s efforts to rid neighbors…

YENCO.COM has released an update for iEvents, bringing it to version 2.0.7. iEvents is a client-side Web calendar app designed to allow the downloading of events and calendars from Web sites. The maintenance update improves the Panther appearance. According to YENCO.COM: YENCO.COM is proud to announce the release of iEvents 2.0.7! Events is a powerful…

Apple’s product roll out events are old-hat now. Apple announces a new product, schedules a big promotion in each of its Apple Stores, and then has the kinds of crowds that other retailers only dream about lining up outside the store before the event even opens. Such was the case this past weekend with the…

HINT: New computer users may be unfamiliar with some of the terms used in this column. If you come across something you are unfamiliar with you may go to the Computing With Bifocals Index for help. Oh Boy. A New Toy Kensington has a new item out called the Pocket Mouse Optical Pro. This optical…