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March 2004
Archive
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iPhoto
4.0.1 Update
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- (Tuesday
30th March 2004)
Includes
a number of performance improvements, including faster importing,
smoother image viewing, easier Rendezvous photo sharing, and improved
display of thumbnail images in your photo library.
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- (Tuesday
23rd March 2004)
Collie,
the garden gnome, is planning to travel around Australia visiting
a variety of significant sites in every state. Your school can
join the competition to track Collie's itinerary, and use the clues
to discover Collie's location. This looks like a great project
for Stage 2 (Australia You're Standing In It). Run by the Country
Area Program. Register now for commencement in Term 2.
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- (Monday
22nd March 2004)
View
this presentation, which has been prepared using the new "Breeze" software
from Macromedia, then visit the Web
Awards Website.
- Whirlpool
- Broadband Comparison
- (Monday
22nd March 2004)
You thought
mobile phone plans were hard to compare! With Telstra, Ozemail,
etc, promoting $30 broadband "teaser" plans, check out
plan comparisons between a variety of broadband providers.
See Wazza's
Broadband comparison chart to understand how much you are being ripped-off
by the new "introductory" broadband plans! (IE required to view this
page.)
- NSWTF
Opposes DET Web Services Project
- (Friday
19th March 2004)
Despite
an upbeat media release on the television news last night, the
DET apparently has not reached any industrial agreement with the
NSWTF regarding the introduction of the Web Services Project in
NSW schools.
- Macromedia
MX 2004 Updates
- (Wednesday
17th March 2004)
Macromedia
have released these updaters which significantly improve the previously
atrocious startup times for Dreamweaver MX 2004, along with improvements
for the other Studio MX 2004 products.
- Mac
OS X 10.3.3 Update
- (Tuesday
16th March 2004)
A range
of "enhancements", including network volumes now being
available again in the Finder sidebar and Desktop! See also the OSX
10.3.3 Combined update and the OSX
Server 10.3.3 combo update.
- TinkerTool
3.21 (Mac OS X)
- (Monday
15th March 2004)
Latest
update for this popular Mac utility. Tinkertool is now an application
(previously a System Preference pane) that gives you access to
additional preference settings built into Mac OS X.
- Building
Connections Photo Competition
- (Friday
12th March 2004)
Do you
have a heritage-listed school building, or heritage buildings in
your local community? Students and teachers at your school might
be interested in entering the ABC NSW "Building Connections" photo
competition.
- iMac
Firmware Update
- (Thursday
11th March 2004)
Firmware
update 4.1.9 MUST be installed before upgrading a slot-loading
iMac from OS9 to OSX. Firmware updates for other model Macs listed
here too.
- Denistone
East PS Library Links
- (Tuesday
9th March 2004)
If you
are looking for internet sites to support a particular K-6 topic
of study, the Denistone East PS Library site is a great place to
check out!
- Sharing
Your Photos on a Mac OS X Intranet (pdf - 700k)
- (Monday
8th March 2004)
Export
your iPhoto albums as web pages with linked thumbnails. Students
can drag'n'drop these photos from your Intranet web pages to their
project documents. See also Wazza's
Intranet pages for more Intranet info, as well as Apple's
iPhoto site.
- File
Blaster (Mac OS X)
- (Thursday
4th March 2004)
Use File
Blaster to distribute files to multiple students' Home folders
on a Mac OS X server. You can send a template to each student's
Documents folder, or their Sites folder. Read Wazza's
File Blaster QuickStart notes for step by step instructions.
(Freeware).
- Wollongong
Schools - AntiVirus Page (Win)
- (Tuesday
2nd March 2004)
Download
the "patches" and the "fixes" for the latest
round of Welchia B & C worms. A CD is available for borrowing
from the Wollongong Area Office (for DET schools) which will automatically
install the (almost!) up-to-date patches, as well as Symantec AntiVirus
(SAV) and Windows service patches.
See also the Symantec
AV Centre and
the DET AV site (DET
Intranet access reqd).
NOT required for Win 98 or Macintosh computers.
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