April 14, 2011
Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011 SP1
The Loop
Jim Dalrymple writes about Microsoft’s Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1.
“Microsoft on Tuesday released Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1, fixing a number of issues and improving security. According to Microsoft, the update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. The update will enable calendar syncing between Outlook for Mac and Apple’s Sync Services. This means you can now sync your Outlook calendars, as well as your contacts, notes and tasks with any service or device that supports Sync Services.”
Toshiba puts its business laptops on a diet, intros the Portege R830, Tecra R840, and Tecra R850
Engadget
Dana Wollman recaps the latest updates to Toshiba’s business notebooks.
“Toshiba’s thin-but-full-powered Portege R700 was such a hit among business types that the company is now designing other machines in its svelte image. Tosh just unveiled the Tecra R840 and R850 — both of which ape the R700’s slim build — along with the Portege R830, a refresh to the R700 itself. The R830 looks the same, though it has a strip on the edge of the lid that looks like it’s made of magnesium alloy, but is actually plastic — a material that’s expected to improve the signals of the various antennae housed underneath it. And — surprise, surprise — this refresh adds a USB 3.0 port and Intel Sandy Bridge processor, which the company says should bump the rated battery life to a max of 11 hours, up from eight.”
Acer changes its logo, hopes to start afresh
Engadget
Vlad Savov writes about Acer’s recent logo change.
“Over in Acer HQ, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Having bid ciao to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci, the Taiwanese company is now slapping a fresh coat of paint and a softer typeface upon its corporate identity. The new Acer green is lighter and brighter and the more rounded new shape looks a lot safer for kids to play around with, should the occasion ever arise. We doubt this will make a big difference in the company’s push to be ‘more like Apple,’ but hey, at least we now have a visual marker to distinguish the products that came before this shift in strategy from those that come after.”
