Monday, December 18,2006 @ 2:25pm
Briefly: MacBook handles; Jesus vs. Santa
In brief: QuickerTek has unveiled new carry handles ($50) for Apple's MacBook portables, offering a sturdy means of transporting an Apple notebook on-the-go.... Sermonspice.com has posted several spoof ads depicting Jesus vs. Santa set to a simple melody designed to mimic Apple's 'Get a Mac' TV commercials.... O'Reilly Media has released four new books in the 'Missing Manual' series to help users of every skill level with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint 2007.... One MacNN reader is taking a poll to see how many Mac OS X Server users would prefer some competition to Apple's upcoming Spotlight server, referencing OmniFind -- a joint effort by IBM and Yahoo to offer a local search engine for small to medium-sized companies.... Sling Media has released an updated client (build .128) that improves the user interface while fixing numerous bugs.... Nova media has introduced support for the latest PC datacard AC 875 by Sierra Wireless in launch2net 1.5.1.