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Watching Hulu (Or If You Want to Hide Your IP Address)
Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you wanted to watch the latest episode of 30 Rock but didn’t know where to turn because your VCR (VCR? What’s that?) is broken and you haven’t been able to figure out the whole downloading tv shows off iTunes or anywhere else on the internet (*cough*). You’ve heard of this website […]
Best Posts on About This Mac From Nov 2008
Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out: If you can think it, it can happen Posted on Monday, November 3rd, 2008 in Science — Comments: (1) If you’ve seen Star Wars, you’ve […]
Microsoft Publisher for Mac
Melissa asks: Do you know if there’s a Microsoft Publisher version for mac? i know they have office.…(working on a newsletter that’s done in publisher, for now anyway, but I have my mac) Unfortunately there isn’t any easy way to convert a Microsoft Publisher file to something that you can edit on your Mac. You can […]
Loud Fan and Low Battery — What to Do?
Mikul asks: Hey, our MacBook’s fan has been running really loud lately. It used to not at all, and now it does 100% of the time, even when we’re not running anything. Also, the battery has been lasting for a lot less time than it used to. Any ideas of what it is or what […]
Which MacBook Should I Buy?
Jennifer asks: This ol’ laptop (Dell) of mine is slowly dying (CMOS battery, CD drive is dead, other wonky stuff). So, of course, I’m pondering getting a MacBook before I head back to Africa in February since I’ll be gone for four months. I guess my biggest question is MacBook vs. MacBook Pro (I like the […]
Google Adds Video Chat to Gmail
Google has (finally?) added video and voice chat capabilities to their gmail service. To enable the service, just visit this site and download and install the plugin. You’ll have to quit your browser once it’s downloaded before you can install it — but don’t worry, it will prompt you if you accidently leave Firefox open. Then, […]
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