Tuesday, January 06, 2009

URLs from 1/6/09

MacWorld Keynote 2009 1-6-2009
--http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10131644-1.html
--http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10130470-37.html

Zune Player Problems
--http://www.suntimes.com/technology/1357239,w-zunes-dead-microsoft-123108.article
--http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=6562034

Skype on windows not able to connect
--(Probably being blocked by firewall or security setting)
--http://www.skype.com/help/guides/firewalls/technical.html

URLS not opening in Thunderbird
--http://www.tnpcnewsletter.com/discuss/index.cgi?noframes;read=17736

Set FireFox as your default browser
--http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser#Force_Firefox_to_make_itself_the_default

Others can't read files created in Office 2007
--Writers: change Office 2007 to save in 2003-97 format:
--http://www.technixupdate.com/change-the-default-files-save-format-from-docx-to-doc-in-word-2007/
--Recipients: convert files from 2007 (Mac 2008) to readable formats
--Macintosh conversion:
--http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
--Windows conversion:
--http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx Utilities

MozBackup -- Backups your Thunderbirg email and Firefox browser info
--http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

MalwareBytes (free anti-spyware program for PC)
--http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Playing WMV files on iPod
--Need to convert the files to QuickTime or Mpeg-4, then import into iTunes
Some conversion utilities:
--http://www.avex-dvd-to-ipod-video-suite.com-http.com/play-wmv-files-on-ipod.html
--http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html?gclid=CLOsxamb-pcCFQpgswodODlsDA