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This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including:

• Performance improvements for Top Sites
• Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins
• Stability improvements for websites with online forms and Scalable Vector Graphics
• Fixes an issue that prevented Safari from changing settings on some Linksys routers

Visit the Apple website for more information.

The security update for Microsoft Office for Mac improves security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. In addition, this update contains several improvements to enhance stability and performance.

The Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.4 Update includes the following improvements.

Improvements for all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications

• Helps improve security.
  This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2008 that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. For more information, see the security bulletin that is listed earlier in this document.

Improvements for Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac

• Stability is improved.
  This update fixes an issue that could cause Excel to close unexpectedly in the following scenarios:
  - Corrupted fonts are present.
  - You insert a row or value into a calculated column.
  - You drag the scroll bar when Excel is displaying trendlines.
• Performance is improved.
  This update fixes an issue that causes slow performance with certain printer drivers in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
• Imported content from a text file is formatted correctly.
  This update fixes an issue in which multiple line values in a single cell appear in separate rows when you save the contents as a text file and then open the file in Excel.

Visit the Microsoft website for more information.

Purchase, install, and activate a qualifying Office 2007 product before September 30, 2010, and you’ll be eligible to download Office 2010 at no additional cost, when available.

Microsoft Office 2010 offers you rich and powerful new ways to deliver your best work  on your computer, from a Windows Mobile-based smartphone or via a Web browser.

Quickly and creatively grab your audience’s attention and inspire them with your ideas by using enhanced and easy-to-use tools, customisable templates, color schemes, and photo-editing capabilities. With a new co-authoring experience, you can work with people from different locations at the same time. And by offering more ways to access your files from almost anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control of getting things done according to your schedule.

Visit the Microsoft website for more information.

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