Office 2011 incl. Outlook for Mac to come in October 2010

For all of you, who (like me) love their Mac, but still work with Outlook in Parallels, here comes the solution:
Microsoft will bring Outlook to the Mac in October :-)

Here is a nice little video, with a short overview of the main new features:



I also like the new templates for Excel and I hope that the Pivot Tables will be working as well on the Mac as on Windows PCs.

Great iPad spot

For all of you, who are not allready addicted to THE gadget, have a look at this great spot:



11 days left, before I can hold my iPad in my hand. It is really cruel to wait :-)

Maximize windows on your Mac like in Windows

For all of you, who also shifted from Windows to Mac, you might have run into the same problem:
The behaviour of the green window button seems to be like a lottery. Sometimes, the windows are maximized and sometimes they end up in a different size.

I found a freeware tool on:
http://www.blazingtools.com/downloads.html#rightZoom
to resolve this issue:

  Right Zoom for Mac 1.63 - freeware (language: English)

Independent reviews from SwitchingToMac.com and BrightHub.com

This free tool fixes an inconvenient behavior of green Zoom button in Mac OS X. It will always expand windows on a full screen instead of strange resizing.

Last update: 06 Oct 2009;

Required: Mac OS X 10.4 or later (with Snow Leopard support)

File size: 416 KB;

 Click here  for download.

Just download it, copy the program file into the application folder and double click it to start and configure it. It works :-)