Google Calendar Sync the culprit?

Another chapter in the search for calendar synchronization that works. Having switched off all my calendar connectors and having cleared up all the duplicates, I enabled Google’s own Calendar Sync utility and let it do it’s thing. Suddenly I had about three years worth of calendar events duplicated all over my Outlook 2007 calendar! Just [...]

Which? Magazine on video editing software

I’ve been a long time subscriber to the Consumer Association’s Which? magazine. For advice on a wide range of things they save you the trouble (and costly mistakes) when it comes to buying a range of products and services. Every so often they test computer related items and I’ve learned that they sometimes miss the [...]

PC World and a large pinch of salt

I have to wonder when I see PC World advertising on the TV. You’d think they were giving stuff away by the amount of claims they make about being the cheapest UK retailer going. However, it’s not difficult to look through their catalogue of products and find many of them at significantly cheaper prices elsewhere. [...]

The new improved Entourage 2008…

…same as the old improved Entourage 2008?
It’s always interesting to see what’s new when Microsoft releases an update for their Office products, and Office 2008 is no different. So if you can’t contain your excitement any longer, have a look here to see how much better Entourage 2008 is going to be as a result [...]

Logitech – Old camera, new clothes?

Logitech have just announced a new webcam made specifically for the Mac, with the tongue-twisting name QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac. When I heard the news I almost fell over myself to go and check out the press-release, but when I saw a picture of it I had to feel a little let down.
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Seeing double… triple… quadruple…

They’re back!! I’m gone for just a few days and when I get back my Google Calendar and Outlook 2007 are full to bursting with duplicate entries. While I was away only CompanionLink and Google’s own Calendar Sync programs were running, leaving Calgoo Connect and ActiveSync free from blame. Nevertheless, I’m still puzzled as to [...]

Encryption between Windows and OS X

It’s one of those things that you think to yourself… “I’ll get round to it one day” and then when that day finally arrives it’s too late. I’m talking about encryption software – another weapon in your arsenal against the hoardes of unscrupulous thieves who will stop at nothing to get their hands on your [...]

A little Linux diversion (Synergy on OpenSUSE 11.0)

My work laptop is a dual-boot Windows XP/OpenSUSE 10.3 affair, and although the company is trialing the use of Macs, I am so far down the pecking order that the only place I can enjoy relatively stress-free computing is on my Mac Pro at home. However, every so often I start tinkering and the latest [...]

MacScan Uninstall

My gripe for the day is software where the authors provide no information on how to uninstall it. Sure, some Mac users subscribe to the theory that all you need to is drag the application ‘icon’ to the Trash Bin and that’s it, but I’m not one of them. I soon discovered that Mac applications [...]

MacBitz Calender 2.0

I’ll get there one day – a seamless instantly updated calendar on whatever platform I’m using, and with no duplicates!
Right now I’m doing a reasonably good job at keeping four calendars in step by using Google Calendar as a central hub and then running various bits of synchronization software to get it talking to the [...]