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- December 24, 2001
- [*]
MacWorld; [*] UGAcademy Soiree at Macworld; [*] PowerBook G4;
[*] OKCPCUG; [*] Internet Explorer 5.1 ;
[*] InDesign; [*] Comics; [*]
VirtualPC 5 - slow?; [*] Texas Apple Store; [*] UG Management Material Shirt sales; [*]
Stuffthis; [*] Hello InfoManager... goodbye RumorManager;
[*] Quote of the week: Tom Regan; [*]
News and Info you can use...
- December 17, 2001
- [*] Deimos Rising; [*] Bill Gates vs. Sarah Laughton;
[*] Or in RealPlayer ; [*] StyleWriter Drivers ; [*] "The Preference Dance"; [*]
Software Base Station for OSX; [*] LAFCPUG Does Final Cut Pro;
[*] Goner creators arrested; [*]
New Brochures appear; [*] Action Menus Freebie; [*] Party List; [*] iPod case; [*]
First US Web Page; [*] Keynote; [*]
2nd Annual MacBowl planned for MWSF; [*] Dell; [*]
Senators challenge Microsoft settlement; [*] Missing Manual - Mini-Review;
[*] Web Site #1 of the Week: Brian Dunning; [*]
Speaking of profession web sites; [*] Quote of the week: Samuel Clemons;
- December 10, 2001 -
- [*] I'M BACK; [*] Rumors: G5/Flat Panel iMac;
[*] Meanwhile, Cnet appears to be confirming the rumors;
[*] Final Cut Pro 3.0; [*] Mac Help Radio; [*]
THE 12 SPAMS OF CHRISTMAS; [*] AOL-UK Drops OSX development.;
[*] Digital Universe; [*] AppleWorks 6.2.2; [*] FDNY Billy Blazes Rescue Hero; [*]
XBox; [*] OCR for Mac; [*] VirtualPC 5.0; [*]
Mac OS 9.2.2; [*] "Apple's Just-In-Time Innovation:
Can It Last?"; [*] Nisus Email; [*]
Santa; [*] Web Sites of the Week: Old Radio [*]
Quote of the week: Ben Stein
- December 3, 2001 -
- [*] Welcome to December; [*] Christmas shopping online? You
need Package Tracker; [*] Speaking of Christmas...;
[*] Should digital people be treated like human people?;
[*] Identifying What is Harmful or Inappropriate for Minors;
[*] Speaking of Washington...; [*]
A New Worm for the New Year?; [*] Equalizing iTunes...; [*] Minding my own business; [*]
Put an Amiga under your hood?; [*] Professional Journal Seeks Articles;
[*] Site of the Week: Ho, Ho, Ho, Hawaiian Style; [*] Site of the Week #2: Mom's Minivan; [*]
Site of the Week #3: Never Want for a Word; [*] Quote of the week: Booker T. Washington;
- November 27, 2001 -
- [*] 802.11x ups the speed for wireless; [*]
Office X Mac Beats Windows; [*] User Group Breakfasts in San Fran;
[*] MacWorld Guides Return; [*]
Dr. Bott Does iPod; [*] A Microsoft lawsuit settlement;
[*] Microsoft lets schools choose; [*]
Web Site of the Week #1: Harry Potter Poster; [*] Web Site of the Week #2: Cartoons
Forum; [*] Web Site of the Week #3: Earth Cam; [*]
Quote of the week is from John Sales
- November 20, 2001 -
- [*] iPod updater; [*] HyperBee catalogs the internet;
[*] Airport 2.0; [*] VJ Editing for OSX; [*] Window software for iPod; [*]
Web Site of the Week: Plops; [*] Quote of the week: Albert Einstein;
[*] Quote 2 of the week: "What people Want"
- November 12, 2001 -
- [*] Wireless LAN; [*] iCab Preview 2.6 ; [*]
G5 hit 2.4 G?; [*] Google Expands; [*]
iTunes Software Damages Hard Drives; [*] Justice to Break-Up Apple;
[*] Spam; [*] FileMaker Pro World 2002: Februrary
4-5 in Austin; [*] Byte; [*]
Web Sites of the week: Pixar; [*] Web Sites of the week: Speedycam;
[*] Quote of the week from Victor Borge;
- November 5, 2001 -
- [*] MSN blocks non-Microsoft browsers; [*] MS Losing
Control; [*] XP emoticon?; [*] AOL Lawsuit; [*]
Free Camera or $150 on iMac purchase; [*] QuickBooks Windows to Mac MYOB;
[*] Dr. Bott; [*] Eudora Magician; [*] SuperCard; [*] OS X Unsupported Mac Utility;
[*] Bob "Dr. Mac" is Back; [*]
The Party Formerly Known As ...; [*] Civ III; [*]
CalcWorks for UGs; [*] User Group Vs. Web; [*] Monsters Inc.; [*] Web Site #1 of the week: Apple
Corp of Dallas; [*] Web Site #2 of the week: Cowtown
MUG; [*] Web Site #3 of the week: ResearchBuzz; [*]
Quote of the week is from Amelia Barr
- October 29, 2001
- [*] Archos Jukebox; [*] iPod HD; [*]
iTunes 2; [*] Apple //e; [*] MS releases IE 5.0 Service Release
1; [*] Site of the week #1: Home Sewing Association; [*] Site of the week #2:; [*] Quote #1 of the week is from Robert
A. Heinlein; [*] Quote#2 of the week;
- October 22, 2001
- [*] SnapTalk 2.0; [*] Patent Standards; [*] Mitnick; [*] Mac Serial Number; [*] New PowerBook and iBooks; [*]
RIAA; [*] FireWire Mini CDRW; [*] OSX Security Hole; [*] $66 Million; [*] Windows XP; [*]
"Not A Mac"; [*] iDisks; [*]
AppleSpec; [*] TechnoWarehouse; [*] Web Site of the week; [*] Quotes of the week; [*] From Ann Landers;
- 0110.15
- Apple trade-ups for education; MS vs. EU; AdKey; Survivor; Wireless Classroom;
Red Cross logo; MobileStar; 1 GHz for G3
0110.08 - Stuffit Deluxe; Excite Messenger; Congratulations
to TidBITS; Consumer Group vs. MS; PocketMac; Floppyless PC; MWSF Registration Special;
Recycling; Age of Empires II
0110.01 - InDesign/Illustrator; DriveSavers; MS Server;
Word for OSX Free; Audio 2.6; Web Sites of the Week; Quotes of the Week
0109.24 - Mac.com; MUGs in EU; StuffIt; StarBrand;
UT Dallas; Donations; AppleCare; DeskTop Pictures; Web Sites of the Week, Quotes
of the Week
0109.17 - InDesign/Illustrator; DriveSavers; MS Server;
Word for OSX Free; Audio 2.6
0109.10 - First Class to OSX; MYOB; MS advertisement;
Using IE's favorites effectively; The Hunger Site; Motorola Claims Semicondutor Breakthrough;
CompUSA; Funding Factory Cuts Out Middle Man; Breaking up Microsoft?; Web sites of
the week; Computer Based Training; Free software; Quotes of the week: Steve Jobs
0109.03 - CD-RW; North Carolina School District; BlueAbuse;
Classic Menu for OS X; Amazon selling Macs; IE5.5 SP2 Breaks Quicktime, Other Netscape
PlugIns; How long will your CDR disk last?; Corel sold Linux; UGNN Lists go private;
Web sites of the week: your medical tests?; Jigsaw Puzzles?; Quotes of the week:
Jerry Seinfeld, Thomas Alva Edison, Edward Hopper
UG Deals for August 2001 - Adobe PhotoDeluxe
2.0; Aladdin; Apple MUG Store; Apple Seminars; Casady & Green; Free DVD; MacDrive;
MacLinksPlus Deluxe 13; MovieWorks; RAM; SoftPress; WACOM
0108.27 - Analog audio to Mac; Video Games affect
brain development; Be & Palm; Spam; AirSnort; PCs for Kids (again); MS's "grassroots"
campaign; Snapmail; Appleton Schools
0108.20 - Parabon; Ultra tiny computers; New
chip; "Hot Deals" at Apple.com; iChicks; Sonnet Upgrades; Yellow Dog PPC;
Snow iMac with comment on Apple Store
0108.13 - Kids Save; Free DVD; AGFA Scanners;
iCab/Netscape new browsers; Copy Proof CDs; 5 Mega Pixel Camera; Gateway; DVD-RAM
TuneUp; Roundtable
0108.06 - Elder Care; Motorola/Cisco; More on PCs for
Kids; Cheaper CD-RW Drives; Exporting AOL address book; MacOS X Dock customizations;
PC vs Mac
0107.30 - FAXstf X; MS vs. PC for Kids; Happy Birthday
to the PC; New RAM coming; Cheap RAM; HyperTransport; 3rd Drive; Iomega's new Zip;
V.90 Modems; Firewire to SCSI; MacWorld Expo sets NYC record; Bookendz
0107.23 - Spam; Alice; Quickeys X; Snapz Pro X; Corel;
Epson Scanners; Not said; Glove input device; Gateway; Windows XP
0107.16 - Vivisimo.com; PowerBook Adapters; more on
AOL Hoax; Spam; UK & MS; Apple's Education Crown; SnapMail; Spruce Technologies;
Job's pay package; Keynote via web; PageMaker 7.0; NEC; PowerSchool and Hess Party
List
0107.09 - Grammarian X; Corel; AppleWorks; Wakeup Items;
Microsoft; Kodak vs MS; OSX on unsupported Macs; Bumper Stickers; Disappearing RAM
tip
0107.02 - Desktop Video Training... Alpha locks corporate
world?... iMic USB Sound Device... Smart Tags... Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac...
PC World... Apple Stores... MacHack 2001 CD... Will Rogers... ATPM... Web sites of
the week: Apple ONE Club... Quotes of the week: Having a dream...
0106.24 - AOL virus?; Verbatim 24X CD-R; Univac apologizes;
iDVD; Snapz Pro X; MacHack; Streaming Media West Show; HP's Digital Hub; Junk Mail
filtering; Privacy; MacWorld Tip; 10.0.4; DiskOnKey
0106.11 - Dictation; Itanium; History of Icon; Handspring
offer; Simpson Virus
0106.04 - New Army vehicle; UK web site; Hoaxes; CD-R
Media; Apple in CompUSA
0105.28 - Touchscreen for "ice" iBook.
Apple Store Openings; IBM Announces wireless notebooks; Steve Wozniak returns to
Machack; New FireWire; BusMac mailing list; Titanium Portrait version; DVD-RAM/R
drive; X-10 upgrades to OS X; The Last Mac Evangelist; New Mac Logo; Quote of the
week: Geneen
0105.21 - G4@2Ghz; Hot Canon Fax Machines; Jobs Cuts
Jobs at Apple; Palm remote control; RealArcade; Microsoft's Ultimatum; Vitual PC
for PCs; .Biz & .info; Sony VIAO adds a twist; Douglas Adams
0105.14 - Apple to develop chip?; Casady retires SoundJam;
Apple Stores; DirecPC; MacMinute.com
0105.07: RAM for Ti Book;
New chips from IBM; Music Copy Protection; Napster users; Modem; Dvorak;
0104.30: New Apple Rumors; Zeus
Web Server; Windows Insurance; MetaBrowsing; Bye Bye Float
0104.23: Mac OS X; Mirconet; QPS (32
megs on a floppy); MP3 War; Wireless LANs takeoff.
0104.16: Internet Explorer; iPicture;
USB 2.0; Northpoint
0104.09: AOL Messenger for OSX; StarOffice;
MIT online; IR Remote; Cancer Research
0104.02: Mac OS X Visual Guide... New
Firmware ... MS/Apple user discuss OS XP... Web server software for OSX... O'Reilly
to publish OS X programming books this May... Asante... Web site of the week: shibumi.org,
MacOS X hints... Quote of the week: "Duct tape"
0103.26: Connectix & Sony... Nisus
email software upgraded... Yamaha CD-RW drive... Palm goest to Peanuts for Content...
Mitsubishi Backs "FireWire" HDTVs... MYOB posts translation tool... iMovie,
iTunes and AppleWorks 6.1... MacOS X "Automatic networking"... Rebates:
Florida Sues Compuserve... A new e-mail newsletter for MacOS X... Wi-Fi: Wireless
Standards... Intel Corp. shifts technology, Proxim plung 40%... Web site of the week:
finding money... Quote of the week: about getting old.
0103.19: Clarus; Apple Retail
Stores; Adios SoftWindow; Microsoft Knowledge Base; More Euros on net... this week's
Site of the Week: CDs with videos; and a couple of quotes from Mark Twain
0103.05: iTunes Before OS/9,
Apple Sales People, Guy Kawasaki for IBM, ModemMagic, DVD Recorders, Site of the
Week: Emulators; Quote of the Week: Friendship
0102-26: e-Mail Churn; Ambrosia
Software offer; Indrema gaming box; Full Screen video; Opera 5.0 Prview; Myst III
Exile; Web Site of the week; Bonus Site; Quotes of the week
0102-16: SuperDrive; QuickClick;
Dell in the dark; Deja.com goes 'Google'; Window XP; More on WinXP: pirate music
'terminator'?; Casady & Greene; AOL v5 at the user's "sole risk"; Soap
Box: TurboTax; Web Site of the week: Slide Rules; Quote of the Week: Thoreau
0102-09: ThinkFree Office; Juno;
802.11; MacHTTP; Pioneer SuperDrive; MacHack; RumorBot
0102-02: Compaq agrees with Apple,
kind of; Anti-Spam legislation; Request CD Recorder; Email Stripper; Photo merges
3 MS Products; Quote of the Week; Site of the Week
0101-26: SuperDrive causes concern;
Disposable cell phone; iMovie here again, gone again; new Sony Viao Desktops; OSX
on Intel?; Hot-Mail stops e-mail from being sent; more
0101-19: Gnutella for Mac; PanoramaTech;
Iomega; Mac Today/Mac Design; Double; IBM Patents; UG Academy; Web Site of the Week;
Quote of the week; Favorite Quotes from the Info Manager
0101-05: Wireless Networks; MYOB;
MS and EvangeList; Free iBooks; Newer; E-Bomb (Dating scheme: 01=year, 01=month,
-05=date)
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he's served as volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and many points in between. Currently
working with the Apple Corp of Dallas, the Dallas Mac Pack, Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth
and TUMS (the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society) doing newsletter articles and the
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