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Debunking the “Snow Leopard is a Service Pack” Myth

Written on September 01, 2009 by Mark Crump and 35 people have commented

For a while the blogosphere has been running its mouth off about how “Snow Leopard is just a service pack Apple has the gall to charge for.”
TechRadar.com reports, “Despite all of the necessary ‘under the hood’ improvements in Snow Leopard, this release has the inescapable air of a service pack about it.”
Gina Trapani says, “Even [...]

Microsoft Patches Office, Commits to VBA Support

Written on May 13, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 4 people have commented

Microsoft has been busy today, releasing security updates, announcing a new service pack and committing to restoring functionality to their Mac office suite.
Yep, It’s Patch Tuesday Again
Microsoft released security bulletin MS08-014 today that contains a patch to a remote code execution vulnerability effecting Microsoft Office 2004 & 2008 for Macintosh. Office 2004 is bumped up [...]