Microsoft scheduled the next version of its operating system for January 2010.
According to Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 will be closer from Vista than from XP. There will be many changes of course to reach their clients’ expectations.

Apple will probably be updating Snow Leopard for the 4th or 5th time and be working on the next version of Mac OS X (or 11).

2 important updates by their sizes and number of bug fixes improving stability, performances and general compatibility for the Microsoft Office suite.

Office 2004 goes 11.5.0 (45 Mb), Office 2008 updated to version 12.1.1 (153 Mb) and the new Open XML documents converter 1.0 (45 Mb).

1. Office 2004 11.5.0:
   Adds read/write compatibility for Open XML Format (.docx, .xlsx, etc.) files if installed with the Open XML Format Converter
   Better stability and printing/page setup fixes for Word
   Better paste compatibility with Office 2008 for all apps
   Powerpoint fixes for stability with large documents
   Download here.
2. Office 2008 12.1.1:
   Several issues are fixed with the updates, including charting problems, Entourage crashing when the computer wakes from sleep, and issues regarding converting documents to and from the Open XML Format.
   Download here.

 NB: before installing the Office 2008 update, you gotta make sure you have version 12.1.0 installed. Yes… No combos for Microsoft Updates.

They’re awesome! (Not made by Apple Of Course).

And the best to me is this MacBook Air, price: $5.000

We have some .Mac addicted here at MacAmour.
They’ll be happy to learn that Apple improved that service.
It was renamed MobileMe.
The iDisk now offers 20 gigas.
You can now synchronize a Mac, a PC and an iPhone wirelessly.

Apple developped web applications like the alredy known WebGallery (MobileMe Gallery now) and an Agenda etc…

Further details here

Rumors on the web, as always. Apple still motivates people to investigate on their intentions and strategies, especially when the WWDC approaches (which is often full of surprises).
Here’s a digest of these rumors.
While some found on the latest version of the iPhone’s firmware traces of something called “Mobile Me”, and while some others found similar things on the latest version of Leopard 10.5.3 (which has been released before WWDC), many rumors are claiming it’s the future .mac service, that will be called “Mobile Me” (what an ugly name for an Apple product).
Anyways, lately some websites are reporting the Me.com domain has been bought by… Apple.

One thing is sure, the iPhone was a mass success! And another thing is sure, Apple will release a new version of its mobile phone, because the iPhone made Apple reinvent the mobile phone.
The .mac service… Old and obsolete, I’m still paying the $99 because I’m used to use my @mac.com email address. Yeah, Apple increased the disk space to 10 Gb it’s true, but the service itself is unreliable. So, why ain’t there a new iSync, or .mac pannel in Leopard 10.5.3? And what is this “Mobile Me”? Did Apple really bought Me.com? That’s what we’ll discover in a couple of days!

All these informations are of course rumors (non official sources)…

This amazing screensaver has been developed by bodysoulspirit, it’s just beautiful, I love it so much I think it should have been bundled with Leopard by Apple.

Download it here.

Beautiful!