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Microsoft updates Office 2008, Office 2004

by Cory Bohon (Dec 9th, 2008)

Today, Microsoft released updates for both Office 2008 for Mac, and Office 2004. These two updates fix several vulnerabilities within Office and add improvements. Microsoft Office 2008 Update 12.1.5 This update contains several improvements to enhance stability, compatibility, and performance. ...

Microsoft Office 2004 update 11.4.1

by Cory Bohon (Mar 16th, 2008)

If you're still using Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, then it is time to fire up the updater because there is a critical update awaiting you and your copy of Office. Here's what the AutoUpdate software says: This update fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of ...

Virtual PC goes free - but not for Mac OS X

by David Chartier (Jul 14th, 2006)

Good news everyone: Microsoft has released Virtual PC into the wild for free - but not for 'the rest of us'. That's right: an announcement on a MSDN blog (Microsoft Developer Network) has released Virtual PC 2004 as a free download for Windows users, and it offers details of VPC 2007 along the lines ...

Who needs an Intel Mac? Sign me up for a PowerPC G6 Macintosh

by David Chartier (May 12th, 2006)

Intel Macs are so yesterday. I'm all about the "PowerPC G6 Macintosh," and it's only $499 to boot! Engadget found a company (who might have already been threatened/litigated out of existence by the time you read this) by the name of Red PC who is selling a computer they call the "PowerPC G6 ...

MacTech benchmarks Office 2004 on Rosetta

by David Chartier (Apr 23rd, 2006)

MacTech has published what I am fairly certain are the comprehensive Office 2004 on Rosetta test results for Intel Macs. Honestly, there is so much literature and testing in this article that I simply skimmed most of it and skipped ahead to the conclusion: "in general, Office 2004 under Rosetta ...