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2nd Quarter for Year 2006

June 2006

  • Net Neutrality Issue Now Over The TopThere are too many articles to note this week, so we've established a "Net Neutrality Index" which will list titles, and jump to the article burst. Highlights this week include: Net Neutrality: "This is serious." * Anti-Net Neutrality Cartoons * Hillary chimes in * For Consumers, Only Certainty of Net Neutrality Is Uncertainty * Net Neutrality might kill BitTorrent * Silicon Insider: Neutrality vs. Free Speech * Net Neutrality vs. Internet Freedom.
    You can start at the actual posting list: 0606-26_net_neutrality.html
    or browse the Net Neutrality INDEX (0626)
  • MacBook: Good, Bad, Ugly Apple's latest baby is getting lots of press... some good, some bad, and some really bad... Apple MacBook Woes continue to pile up * What the heck is up with my MacBook's graphics * MacBook discoloration * AppleWorks on Intel Mac * Trackpad not registering * 28 colours of MacBook * Beware objects in hinge * MacBook Pro Light Sensor Secrets * Sudden shutdowns * Tilt sensor * Road testing * MacBook may be perfect and more. (Three pages full!)
  • Super Get Info Goes Universal Super Get Info 1.3 now allows customers to change folder and file permissions and ownership on AppleShare server volumes. This new version also includes maintenance fixes to reported issues. Update is available free
  • Multiply Ad Response But before you write off the Yellow Pages, you should do a bit of research... How To Multiply The Response To Your Yellow Pages Ad ( Or Any Other Print Ad )
  • SuperDuper - Now with Growl SuperDuper! 2.1.2, the Intel compatible version of its insanely great disk copying utility for Mac OS X -- Shirt Pocket releases SuperDuper! 2.1.2 Heroic System Recovery for Mere Mortals - Now with Growl notification!
  • A new way of selecting color the color wheel doesnt always give you the colors you should have ... with the color picking tool GenoPal, developed by Genometri, the users are now experiencing a totally new way of exploring and matching colors
  • ConceptDraw MINDMAP Brainstorming ConceptDraw MINDMAP is your personal assistant when discussing ideas, making decisions and planning projects. It enables you to present information in a simple, visual way by building trees of ideas or Mind Maps.
  • Phishing Getting Nasty - Some companies fight back Our report on all fronts in the war against Phishing -- including: Symantec Puts Threat Warnings On Desktops * Yahoo contains Phishing worm * Windows Live OneCare Protects your PC - almost * HSBC customers hit * Columbia's First National Bank targeted * EDITORIAL: Phishy smell certain sign of sharks * Taiwan fingered as the hub of spam distribution * Oklahoma Attorney General ... and others
  • A Small Business Approach To Computer Downtime If it's true that the backbone of any small business is its employees, then it's fair to say that the muscle of many small businesses would have to be their computers. So what about computer downtime?
  • Great mistakes made going online A professional website is an important step in reaching potential clients -- Pawel Otto shares pointers and tips on making your web site work harder for your benefit...
  • Web Design The Right Way SitePoint Teaches Web Designers - Web Design The Right Way... authors take you through all HTML and CSS for fully accessible web sites
  • Red-eye reduction now patented the process of red-eye detection and red-eye removal for any digital filmless apparatus is described in a recent patent awarded to FotoNation
  • LocationFree for Mac OS X LocationFree for Mac OS X allows the computer to receive and control streaming video from a Sony LocationFree base station.
  • Online Crime, Phishing Update Our mid-June report on all fronts in the war against Phishing -- including: Why phishing Works, New laws, Credit unions, small banks see more phishing attacks * Ohio Bank Offers New Security Mechanism * Phisers target Google, AIB customers * Spin control continues on under-reported banking breach * Japanese phishing gang caught... and ten others
  • The Problem With Regulation Identity Theft, Cyber Security Fixes Offered in New Study -- Market Solutions Spur Incentives, Better Technology - this is an extensive and thought-provoking white paper...
  • iSync Nokia BenQ phones to MAC - iSync users can now use a Nokia E70, 6102i or BenQ EL71 to synchronize data with Mac's iSync. But the list doesn't stop there...
  • Search Engine Optimization for the Rest of Us Nowshade Kabir gives an easy to understand essay on search engine optimization - if you've got a web site, you need this information
  • Building Scalable Web Sites The largest and most popular web applications of the moment, such as Flickr, Friendster, MySpace, and Wikipedia, handle billions of database queries per day. Learn to build, scale, and optimize web apps the flickr way with this new guide to "Building Scalable Web Sites"
  • QuarkXPress 7 arrives Quark Inc. ship QuarkXPress 7, the newest upgrade to QuarkXPress with new and innovative features that promote better design, faster production, and more efficient collaboration - transforming the business of creative communications.
  • ConceptDraw MINDMAP on iPod The new version of ConceptDraw MINDMAP 4.4 becomes the first application to bring mind maps to iPods. Why is this significant?
  • Don't Be Careless With Your Passwords! The Internet is not just a means of communication today. Mail, bank operations, news subscription and even tax return - almost all data can be sent via the Internet. How important are passwords?
  • WireTap Pro now Universal Our favorite audio capture utility for the Mac has now added compatibility with Intel processor Macs - new Universal Binary version of WireTap Pro
  • Phishing Report: New Hazzards UGN Safenet continues to track phishing attacks during May to find phishers employing new and expanding techniques: Spyware marries into Phishing * search engine phishers * new anti-phishing legislation * Phone Phishing * What Banks are doing * and even a new Phishing Quiz!
  • OS X Font Conspiracy What to do when OS X says the font is no good??? Fonts in os X have become a nightmare for Mac users... it's a conspiracy -- but here's help
  • Goowy... David Wegley shares insights into the "web home away from home" web service called "Goowy"
  • A Pile of CDs, now what? As computers, software, media formats change -- and file sizes balloon -- archiving files that you want to keep can become a problem. I found this solution out of necessity...
  • What is Virus? We all think that everyone already knows about virus -- but the sad truth is, most people don't. uCertify provides virus information as a reminder to all computer users to be on the alert...
  • Turn Typos to Gold Rachel Phillips shares this interesting slant on finding bargains on eBay then reselling them for profit by exploiting eBay typos!

May 2006

April 2006

  • eBay User Alert: Don't Click - Phishing Alert: in the past three days UGN Crime Trackers have analyzed more than six phishing attacks utilizing a slightly different ploy than usual. The attack comes in the form of an email that looks like the real thing -- see this important Phishing Alert
  • 60-Seconds #181 In your own defense - if you use eBay, PayPal, Amazon.com, iTunes, VISA (or other Charge Cards) CHASE, Wachovia, (or other online banking) ... or even the IRS. No one will help you. You are your own best hope.
  • Final Stock Market Scams Report - This is our last report in this exercise in futility. Included are this weeks numbers, an unusual spam profile and our apologies to Motley Fool and any other innocents caught in the spammer's web of diabolical schemes. The end. Final Stock Spam Report and Tally
  • Mac gets HSDPA - What's HSDPA? ...so you wanted to take your Mac on the road, but didn't want to drag along a static IP account? Well now, the first HSDPA support is available!
  • How does your Office Run? - MacTech has released an extensive benchmark study of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac running on the latest Intel-based Macs. (Read More)
  • Digital camera user? - You've got a digital camera, now -- so are you getting the color you want?
  • Download Flash Videos - The next generation of motion graphics for Flash!
  • Beginning Xcode - A difficult subject made fairly easy
  • Mac AirPort savvy - AirPort and Mac Wireless Networks are not as complicated as you think...
  • eBay tips and tricks - So you want to get into eBay -- but don't want to get ripped off?
  • Digital Movie Madness - Everyone seems to be bonkers over digital movies these days... so, the question is: why not do it right?
  • Disappearing User Groups - I had a call the other day from a corporation in the Great Lakes area who had a good series of job openings for computer savvy users. He asked if I could give him some references...
  • Adobe getting tougher all the time - Getting up to speed on Adobe products may not be as easy as it looks. You may be thankful for this...
  • UGN Salutes: MacPeople - MacPeople of Gainesville, Florida area...
  • Photoshop Before & After - This book is very cool if you're a Photoshop or Photoshop Elements user. It gives lots of Before & After Makeovers,
  • HTML and CSS help? - Judging by many of the web sites I see out there...
  • Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition - That familiar chorus line from the Dixie Chicks' song has been coined by an ever-growing segment of the video game playing community...
  • Hack Mac Mini - Got a Mac Mini?
  • Mac Folders Improved - At last, someone had some creative inspiration. Of course it really wasn't creative genius -- all they had to do is ask "What really sucks about Tiger's Folder Actions?" and they probably got
  • Boot Camp Public Beta Apple Introduces Boot Camp Public Beta -- at last, you can run inferior Windows software on superior Mac hardware - boot Windows XP under the next Mac OS X "Leopard"
  • Sybex Celebrates 30 Years Whether you're training for your certification, producing world-class 3D graphics, improving your digital photos, or looking to master the latest technology, Sybex has the books. Here are three of the latest
  • Manage your Media, Mac or Win Stimulus 4 includes a New Thumbnail Viewer, Redesigned Interface, Support for Additional Media Formats, so you no longer have to juggle between iTunes and others to enjoy your media files.
  • Photo collages made easy This ingenious software makes the process of creating photo montages easy and entertaining -- plug-in imports a picture into another picture adapting it to the new color range and blends with the background...
  • Simplicity is the heart of effective web design Seasoned web designer Deepak Sharma shares the five major points of designing an effective web site -- by keeping it simple and dynamic. Web design tips and tricks.
  • Merriam Webster Dictionary on your iPod Carry the entire Merriam Webster Dictionary in your pocket! Instal the first all-text brand-named dictionary right on your iPod
  • Creating Flash presentations is easy Leonard Dumanovsky wrote in to mention that the latest version of WildPresenter just hit the streets! If you want to easily create Flash presentations, product, training videos, and so forth, you might want to check this out. (Windows only)
  • MySpace Rape, Phishing, Crime continues... While MySpace has removed some objectionable content to pacify the media, it hasn't stopped criminal activities from getting worse day by day.
  • Head Rush Ajax Ajax -- or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML--lets you build rich internet applications that are more interactive, responsive, and easy to use than ever before.

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