UK Mac

Any Physicians Using Macs?
If so, in 36 short hours the cost of Dragon medical will go from $1,600 (USD) all the way up to $2,200 I received mine at the (present) price, yesterday. I run it on a MacBook Pro. (Boot Camp partition) No increase in features naturally, just a price increase Nuance effectively controls the speech ... 16 Jul 2010 03:25

iPhone 4 - the -real- reason for the reception issues
<http://www.ubersoft.net/comic/hd/2010/06/wait-clique> (ok, the artwork isn't exactly great but I like it) Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett ... 30 Jun 2010 08:41

Thieving pasties
Got fed up waiting ages to be served in Gregg's today so I pushed past the queue and while the staff were serving at the other end of the counter I helped myself to two baked meat savouries and walked out the back. Nary a word was said. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. ... 1 Jul 2010 22:16

Windows Service Centre call
On 2010-06-29, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: I've just had a phone call from "Mike" (in Bangalore from the sound of his accent and rubbish line quality) of the "Windows Service Centre", saying that their system has detected that my computer has downloaded some malware. Now, free of charge, he would ... 1 Jul 2010 04:32

W-a-y OT: Can Submarines Swim?
Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: In article <1jkti39.ml3kiy1y37empN%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote: Can submarines swim? Depends whether machines can think. ...and then whether they can think they ... 29 Jun 2010 11:52

MacBook Pro mouse trackapd/mouse button
I have a friend's MacBook Pro here. Its behaviour suggests that what is wrong with it is that it always thinks the trackpad/mouse button is held down (it doesn't seem to be physically jammed). Is there any utility software that will confirm this, perhaps one of the USB utilities? Daniele ... 28 Jun 2010 18:23

For the iPhone / iPad owners.
MyWi has been updated to work with iOS4 today. Just installed it, so my MiFi can go back in my office drawer again. -- SteveH ... 28 Jun 2010 16:10

Decent sized external hard drive
I'm soon getting (really!) a new iMac. For the first time, I think I will use Time Machine, so I need a decent sized external HD, to back up both Anne's MBP and my new iMac. I'll make it Firewire 800 (I think). Any recommendations? -- Peter ... 29 Jun 2010 15:12

W-a-y OT: Can Submarines Swim?
Can submarines swim? I am serious, am from the colonies, y'know, so trying to get ed-u-cated. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on this side of the pond created an artificial fish (submarine) - tail and all. It waggled its tail sidewise to swim, confusing the heck out of regular fish, who di... 30 Jun 2010 09:47

VMWare Infrastructure Client for Macintosh/iPhone
Do such things, or equivalents, exist? Daniele ... 29 Jun 2010 11:52