The Info Manager
- If you want Info Manager for 2004
- InfoManager has moved to new digs. You'll find the start-up for 2004 under the "Info" button of the User Group Network... http://www.user-groups.net/info/index.html ... change your bookmarks!
- Password is not a 4-letter word
- Read this important story posted by Fred last week -- all about identity theft and protecting your passwords
- Special: Avoiding Spam Traps
- Dispite recent legal actions against criminal "UBE" email, spammers have no end to creative methods of sucking your email users into their lists. Some new tactics being tested by spammers exploit human nature and the fast pace of the net to elude the new laws and evade commercial filtering.
- December 22, 2003
- A Macintosh Christmas * A Gift for Mac Scrooge * Bush signs anti-spam bill into law * "Can Spam" Updadte: Microsoft turns up the heat * Tip: Avoiding Spam Traps * "Apple blasˇ about online music rivals" * HP plans digital music entry * Portable music approaches critical mass * Wired: Hard knocks for RIIA * Apple has new support forums * "An App The Mac Can Brag About" * MacUpdate to Charge for Services * Patrick Crispen Updates Presentations * "PowerPoint Makes You Dumb" * Think Clients * P2P goes into VoIP * CompUSA moves to kiosk sales * Quotes: Cocteau; Wilson; Gibbon; Perez
- December 15, 2003
- Virginia Nabs Spammer on Felony Charges * Secure your WLAN * eSanta * Seqways for military use? * Study: Users like legitimate marketing e-mail. * Group wants Internet control out of U.S. hands * Microsoft To Stop Offering Older Products * Genealogical resources * User Group Breakfast * "Around the Mac Web in 80 Clicks" * Party!! * Apple Japan store opening * X Overload v2.0 Arrives * Now Up-To-Date is now up to date: * Bayesian filtering for your mailbox * Yearning for an iPod? * Holiday Pricing on TackyShirt DVD * Quotes: Peale, Renard, Jefferson, James
- December 8, 2003
- LCD Shortage? * Dell Unveils its iPod Kryptonite * iPod battery story * iTunes iPods on Windows * You've Got Ears * EveryMac.com * Holiday web sites for the kids * TeachersÕ Domain * Peachpit Press * Best Gift for digital camera users? * Taking digital photography to the next level * Drop Your Drawers * SuperCard is Back * PDF to Editable WP Files? * Transparent Encryption for X * "'Master' and 'slave' unacceptable terms * Spammers win another battle * Quote: Tocqueville, Haynie, Armstrong, Einstein
- December 1, 2003
- Apple has an IT win * New "Myst" game * Creo Eases File Sharing with Tokens * TechTool Pro 4 hits the streets * Save and Edit Video returns to OS X * Keyboard Shortcuts with FunKeys X * This Old Mouse: Erasing CD-RWs * OpenOSX Ships Gimp 2 Preview * iTunes' anticopy broken? * Inspiration for young inventors? * An American Memory * America's Landmarks * See it from Space * Goodbye DVD... hello EVD * Kids for the Holidays? * Holiday Season a Feast for Gamers * Junk for the Holidays * User Group University "Early Bird" Registration Extended * Quote(s) Twain
- November 24, 2003
- Today is the day! * Alert: Can the CAN SPAM Act * Apple /// Legacy on DVD * OLED Screens * Apple's new products * Panther doesn't like FireWire * Surviving Panther * Roadside Attractions* * Wal-Mart Laptops? * Apple receives PC Magazine Award * Man Arrested Over 'Spam Rage' * Free Money Lesson CD * UGU San Francisco * MacWorld Guides and Lounge Volunteers * AppleCare for iPod * Celestia: where no man has gone before * Free Database for Nonprofits * Soap Box: No cybercrime, no hunger * Quotes: Davis, Freeman
- November 17, 2003
- New MS Windows Media Player for Mac * Fresh Fixes for Microsoft Flaws * Parents Sue School over use of Wi-Fi * Family Fun Mag 2003 T.O.Y. Awards * Mac the "Dream Machine" * Voting Machines * Speaking of selling email addresses * New CD/DVD Hybrid Launched * Microsoft has release Virtual PC 2004 * Software that predicts traffic * Glass Bead Software releases SnapMail 4.1 * eMachines * Fresh Wired * Making video? You need the Professor * Foto Trimmer X * Mac OS X Conference Wrap-Up * It's Just Days Away... * Take Control of Upgrading to Panther * Quotes: Seneca; Tomlin; Kennedy Bergson
- November 10, 2003
- Apple drops MarketSource * IBM Chips in Xbox * Macromedia's site of the day! * Netiquette * Apple Pushing media for 3G phones * McDonald's to give away a BILLION iTunes. * Intel Redesigns the Transistor * iPod for Video? * College Students To Get Free Access To Napster Service * MTV to compete with iTunes * NoteBook on Mac OS X * PhoneAgent Duz Sony Ericsson * Better Application Switching in Panther * Apple promotes dot-Mac with Contribute * Spam Wars: Filters Strike Back * Spam Revenge: Make Them Pay * Security Geeks Meet * Amazon: Look, But Don't Touch * Quotes: Mignon McLaughlin and Don Herold
- November 3, 2003
- Mini-Mini Review TackyShirt's Mac OS X * $150 Million Marketing Push for Microsoft * Symantec To Buy ON Technology For $100M * Microsoft to take on iPod with portable players * SMC's New HomePlug Networking Products * "Song in your heart, thousands on your belt" * All But Forgotten Oldies * Amazon to search the content books. * Extreme make over * Blogger Gets Booted at Microsoft * New Stuff for Mac Users * CyberGauge 4.2 Supports Panther * Apimac Cleans Text in OS X and Mac Classic * ASCII Text not to be left out... * InTouch Gets a new name: Phlink * Help for Panther Security woes * Thursby also sees security problems with Panther * Teachers with OS X need QuizMaker * Twisty-turnee for iSight * Take the Pro, or don't go - surfing * PdfCompress takes a bite out of fonts * Panther launches with mixed reactions * The Panther Roars (in Pain) * iTunes: quite a stir * SPAM News * Quotes: Eliot, Stevens, Nute, Twain and da Vinci *
- October 27, 2003
- Intel, Sony to Bring Music, Video to Cell Phones * Dell shows of new handheld line * Pushing Wi-Fi through the speed barrier * Microsoft automates Wi-Fi network setup * SunnComm Threatened to Sue Princeton Student for $10M * Trash Your Desktop * Apple Financials Beat Expectations * Massachusetts looks beyond Microsoft * Is the Yucca Nuke Dump All Wet? * Connect your Pocket PC to your Mac * The Illustrated Guide to Breaking Computers * Microsoft up to old tricks? * New iBooks * An airbag for your laptop? * Grid computering * "Dell cluster costs 30x more than Apple's" * How NOT to Get Sued by the RIAA * Cheap gas prices * Quotes: Lord Chandos and Mark Twain
- October 13, 2003
- Judge rules in favor of Lexmark cartridge return program * What's New in Panther? * Motorola to spin off chip division * A Vital Resource * Age of Mythology released * Vote for Dilbert's Annual Weasel Award * Napster is back... but not iPod * Sculley says Apple should have gone to Intel * iTunes for Windows * HP to out source Laser Jet work? * Napster launches on October 29th * Stop paying for millions of tunes * Record Sound from any source * Shift-Key Beats CD Copy Protection? * Pop Goes the Cell Phone * Spammers and Hackers: double menace * AOL once again proves it is the spammers friend. * Stupid Mac Boo-boos * Register for the User Group University * Quotes: Goodwin; Hale; Carnegie; Wells; Einstein
- October 6, 2003
- New Photoshop * AOL to bring spam tools to Mac OS X. * Microsoft Sued Over Web Movie Technology * Verizon Speeds up Wi-Fi * Illinois sues sales tax evaders * More Google tips* * Give Macs TV functions, Apple urged * HP tries for the consumer * Tokyo-U gets lots of Macs * Camera phone images show on neighbors TV? * Electronic Ink Hits Video Speed * OCR comes to OSX * Auction iTunes? * Apple Pulls 10.2.8 Update * A Mac in your pocket * Open Firmware Password Gotcha * Free Font CDs * Quotes: Booker T. Washington; Robert S. Lynd
- September 29, 2003
- IMHO - Mac Vs. PC * icWord v. 3.0 * LCD Prices Expected To Fall * Google Searches Go Local * Kazaa Turns the Table on RIAA * Homework Helpers * .Mac gets 3 new features * Computer sales rebound? * MacWindows * StuffIt Deluxe 8.0 * Prefs Overload 5.3.1 is Back for OS X * Virus / Worm Attachments * Wireless Hacking * Got more than one Mac on your desk? and more
- September 22, 2003
- Apple's announcements * Apple Memories Not Sweet as Pie * Retailers post 30% rise in first-half e-book sales
[04] Say sayonara to Windows
[05] Congrats to "AUSOM" Mac user group
[06] OSX users' prayers answered
[07] Zagat & Intel help with wireless guide
[08] UnCoverIt 2.0 Released
[09] Productivity returning to OS X
[10] I'm getting sleepy... Jiggle me.
[11] Try "Easy" accounting with FMPro
[12] Smithsonian launches new educational web site.*
[13] SOONERACCESS*
[14] eBay to Introduce 1-Day Auctions**
[15] Windows Out, Windows In
[16] Junk Faxes back
[17] Lawsuit over hard drive size
[18] PopChar moves on with "Panther"
[19] UG Member in need... * Quotes: Agar, Curie, Thoreau:
- September 15, 2003
- Government office approves use of Mac OS X * Going to Boston? * Apple I to be cloned * FileMaker, Inc. announces two new applications * OpenOSX Offers G5-accelerated WinTel Emulator * Pop-up Ads Get Federal Court Approval * Surprise! More Flaws in Windows * Aladdin kicks off 3rd Annual Charity Drive * Outlook Calendar substitute * Schaumburg, Illinois students getting iBooks * Mac magazines take to the airwaves * Mac becomes home security system * Looking for Amnesty? * SpamSieve brings Bayesian filtering to Spam War * Spammers back out of suit * Juno/NetZero users get Anti-Spam tools * The Return of Sobig * iView catalogs now cross platform and free * The Future: New Transistor * CDW to buy Micro Warehouse's North American assets * Quotes: Mencken; Wright; Ruskin; Wooden
- September 8, 2003
- Virginia Tech Building Power Mac G5 Supercomputer * Just looking for Cool! * iTune at Auction? Going, going... * Good Apples, Bad Apples Reunite * Apple to run an Intel based PC? * Moms and Dads brace for "Virus" fines * Inside the Wormer's Mind: Jeffrey Parson * "Blaster" Virus Writer Pursued * FTC: Identity Theft Worse Than Estimated * Symantec Fights Back against Blackmarket * Feds catching up with Porno mavins * Music prices fall * Court Blocks FCC Media Regs * iTunes Music Store opens to Windows? * New Dock Menu from Trucker * World's Slimmest Multimedia Device? * LaCie still in the game * GeeThree reasons to get iMovie Plug-Ins * [Cool] Free P2P Web Telephone... from Kazaa? * [Grins] Segway Banned in San Fran, Okay in NJ * Quote for back to school
- September 1, 2003
- Labor Day * Spam keeps growing * Spammers rile the big boys * The biggest spam challenge * Microsoft's get tough policy on pirates, backfires * PowerMac G5 unveiled in China at BIRTV Expo * Troubleshooting Mac OS X * iPod Hacks * Wireless Networking * Which Font Manager for OS X? * Where have all the DTPers gone? * The first Intelligent Search Agent (ISA) * Watch out, you're in H.A.R.M.'s way * Watermark protection for your digital images * Good News for TiVo Addicts * FWB announces the end to RealPC * VirtualPC 6.1 and G5 incompatibility confirmed * Quotes: Davidson; Carter and Emerson
- August 25, 2003
- Create a Mail rule to block the w32.sobig.f spam worm * Our problems could be So Big * Good School / Bad School * Not using Macs causing more jobs to go overseas? * Computer World tells IT to look closer at Mac OS for servers * FDA Offers Tips for Giving Nonprescription Medicine to Children * Shareware turns Nokia 3650 into 'universal remote' * 16 states enact anti-spam laws so far this year * Voice recognition gets better * Want to set up a private BBS system? * (FW) Give me a break! * (SW) Graphics AND MP3 Stitching * Transparent Window Envy? * Alternative to Sherlock? * PowerBooks called too fragile? * Games: Think More, Twitch Less * (SW) Keeping your desktop clean has never been so easy! * Mac OS X OpenOffice due date announced * Dr. Bob Sez: "Back'em up or lose'em" * Now Software Closes Minneapolis office * Need a driver for that device? * .Mac users to get iSinc training * Quotes: Pope; Emerson and Kleiser
- August 18, 2003
- Business Week's "Future of Technology" * MacTech: How Blaster Worm Affects Mac Networks * Blaster Coverage from HotWired * AOL's e-mail releases Communicator * NetZero and Juno Play Catch-up * OS X School Upgrade Extended * 101 Uses for Apple IChat * Plastics * "We Can Put an End to Word Attachments" * Help for tired typists: BBAutoComplete * Coupon bar codes * Microsoft Cuts Price on Office v. X. * Jury orders Microsoft to pay more than $520 million * Michigan law chief slams 'bogus' anti- spam group * StarBand Embraces Mac Users, Offers More Bandwidth * DiskLabel gets fixed * Tacky Shirt Clarification * Quotes: Pagnol, Peck, Gandhi
- August 11, 2003
- Gutenberg Bible on line* * Webvan founder tries new approach to news * PKWare seeks patent for .zip format * Guide to Supreme Court** * Interactive games on the Internet * Snapmail 4.0.3 for Mac OS 8-X * Tackyshirt ships first DVD * 'Mastering Kid Pix Deluxe 3' training * Everything you ever wanted to know about Chocolate.* * Special Report on Apple * Navy buys Linux on Apple kit * Your iPod is into leather * Portable Safari Bookmarks * Toon Boom Too Expensive? * Quote(s) Rand; Kennedy; Mackay;
- August 4, 2003
- Jobs' "Cube" exalted in death * Pacific Bell says "NO" to RIAA * The Senator Wants Some Answers * [TOW] OS X Keyboard Commands... * Aussies say 'hi' to Apple * Switching continues * Glide on... * iTunes Windoze * Frustrated with Quicktime interface? * Hack OS X Defaults * Powers Hidden in Photoshop Elements * Doo run run revolution * ZeboPhoto is back * Mergemill a new 'mill' for web dev * Need to track clients and costs? * Quotes: Jobs, Churchill
- July 28, 2003
- Apple Posts New Security Update * Attention: Safe Internet Lab Kits Available * [TOW] Morning After iTunes Naming * Peachpit Press has new Apple Pro Training Series * Teen settles with FTC over scam * FBI Visits P2P Music Traders * (MWX) Record the Airwaves or Any other Audio Source * (MWX) Troll the Airwaves with RadioSHARK * BuyMusic Blocks Macs * Gizmos now playing in your pocket * Nomad Grows Up * Toshiba Adds Flexibility * Wear Your Music? * Music and Pictures in a Keychain? * ONDIO: Seek, Tune in, Play, Record, Share * Sound Studio in your pocket? * AV320 Video Recorder (Camera to Go) * And now, the ultimate... * WOZ announces its product * (MWX) IceCAD USB Mini Graphics Tablet and Pen * (MWX) Mr. Clean Screens * PowerBook G4 SuperDrive Upgrade * Quotes: The Sanskrit, Holmes, Edison and others
- July 21, 2003
- AACUG Back on Capitol Hill: Protecting Your Children * Software on any chip? * New Fast Memory Chip * New "old time radio drama" * Aladdin * Searching * Buy.com to have music store * MYOB customers get free consultation * Speaking of accounting * Space photos of earth * Shorten those URLs * Bye Bye Wi-Fi? * The G5 advertisement * Microsoft warns of widespread Windows vulnerability * AACUG, UG Academy at Macworld * Apple Earnings * Quote(s) - Hartley, Hubbard, Wilde, Roosevelt
PLUS: Fred Showker reports from Macworld: Macworld Creative Pro Reports * 1200 Lumen Projector breaks $1,000 barrier * High Capacity Storage * Soundtrack becomes standalone product * 24/7 Music for the taking * Software for this millennium * No, OS X is not Windows. Is it? * Panther on "Ancient" Macs? * Animation for the Rest of Us * More to come...
- July 14, 2003
- User Group Soiree (New York) * [TOW] Saving "ScreenSaver" presentations * CDs or not CDs, that is the question * Beware iTunes when repairing your Mac * Renew .Mac, get The Sims or EverQuest free * Affordable alternative to Word? Nisus * Courts worried about Microsoft Compliance * How to Avoid Software Piracy and Scams * New solitaire games at .Mac * Outlining in style for OS X * The Naked PC runs switcher articles * Watson updated to 1.7.2: ready for Panther * Internet Explorer Updated * New 'Tetris' style game goes 3D * Put a little candy in your tool bar! * Three new Microsoft security holes found * Font Sampler update boasts all new features * Eight companies form Linux alliance * Word processing? Take the Jump... * InFocus LP120 * New Mac Friendly Email Service Launches July 15 * Renew your User Group's online profile: * Quotes: Twain, Emerson, Frost
- July 7, 2003
- Macs bring higher bounty for Hackers * [TOW] iChat easy Peer to Peer Transfer * Meeting Topics * "2 PC Makers Given Credit And Blame In Recycling" * "Material Helps Bits Beat Heat" * "Spammers are luring kids into their World Wide Web of lies" * "Apple Stores have taken business from dealers" * Netscape 7.1 now available * Horrible News!! * MacHack to become "Advanced Developers Hands On Conference (ADHOC) * Web site of the week: Cows with Guns * iTunes songs in Windows? * You can sell almost any thing on eBay * The Boss Improves Palm Support * Apple IIe in your Palm??? * PageSpinner spins up version 4.5 * Excellent G5 expose... * Quotes: Hepburn; Buscaglia; Kissinger; Jefferson
- June 30, 2003
- WWDC Announcements * Forbes looks at Apple's announcements * Peek at Panther * What about the G4s? * Gartner's view point * Music Sharing Services To Start Lobby * Do Not Call! Victory for consumers * [TOW] Save Battery Power: Prevent Indexing * [MUGS] Seth Schoen: "The Empire Strikes Back" * [SW] No more single clipboard * Top Ten Digital Video Tips * Video Chat Software Reviewed * O'Reilly releases the Google Pocket Guide * Swamped with storage cards? * Bench test controversy? * Quotes: Keller, Jong and an Italian Proverb
- June 23, 2003
- Macworld: NY Shrinks * Rumors are going wild * Apple shipping iLife 1.1 * Apple Updates Airport * iPod Muzak Isn't Same Old Song * New iPod Software fixes Bugs * Riscx.com shows "Pyramid Mac" * The SCO Group * Shareware: ZeboPhoto X * This week's Desktop: Pleasant Native * Shareware: Accounting was never this stylish * Shareware: Magic Printing * IBM Installs "Wi-Fi" in Boys and Girls Clubs * Broadband Users Susceptible to Switch * "Apple's Real Worry Isn't the Loss of IE" * Canvas 9 to be released June 30 * 12" iBook MacSkinz * Google offers co-share ads * Quote(s) Emerson
- June 16, 2003
- 61% of US Internet Households Own Scanner * Aladdin ships Spring Cleaning 6 * Some States Are Not Following Internet Tax Ban * Sun is pushing for more Java phone apps. * AOL 9.0 announced for Windows * Maryland Apple Corps 25th Anniversary Movie * Pink notebook computer? * "Can Apple Break the 5 Percent Barrier?" * PC Makers to have a bad year * AOL to have a music store by end of the year * SBC counters Verizon DSL * Quark CEO Apologizes for Delay * Microsoft to kill Linux antivirus product * SLOW .mac email service * Woz Interview * It appears to be official: No more updates to Internet Explorer * Quote: Elbert Hubbard
- June 9, 2003
- Apple to put iTunes store on Amazon? * Apple's Bellevue Square store has same number as Gates * iSync fiasco? * FireWire TV recording * iPhoto 2 Missing Manual Chapter * Automating iPhoto 2 with AppleScript * Apple releases QuickTime 6.3 with support for 3GPP * Chalking the First Amendment * Beatles Vs. Apple Computer, again? * New 1.5 Gigabyte Hard Drive * Gates predicts increases in PC sale * Datadesk * PixelToy is Back * Food stamps on the web? * Palm signs Wi-Fi security, access, VoIP deals * Corel Stops Development of Bryce for Mac * Data analysis, charting for OS X * The Geek Test * Quotes and more
- June 1, 2003
- Happy Birthday MD Apple! * PayPal Scammers * Reader Question * Using passwords in OS X * Apple: "Slow down in 802.11g no big deal" * Chalking the First Amendment * Shareware at a Discount * Real pushes lower-cost Rhapsody * Palm: 1 million Zire handhelds sold * Microsoft loses out in Munich * IMHO - MUG Volunteers * Misused apostrophes* * Google Pocket Guide* * Finding Images* * Faster Internet coming * Puzzle: Microsoft's gifts to non-profits * eyeTV * Quotes: Nader; Mead; Johnson and Epictetus. (Also see my essay: "Why I Join")
- May 26, 2003
- Installing a hard drive in a 12" PowerBook * Spanish site tops iTunes deal * More on Broadband ISP List * This Old Mouse: What's a megapixel? * IMHO - Broadband vs. Dial-up * 802.11g draft to reduce through put to 10 Mbit/Sec * FCC Asks for More Wireless Bandwidth * Welcome OxMUG * Where's the Extension Manager??? * OS X screencapture now improved * Keep them in stitches... * Super Scooper * Opera v6.02 released for Mac * Happy Anniversary Apple Retail * The Missing Sync * Squeeze more space into your iPod * Quote of the week: Goethe
- May 19, 2003
- .mac has auto renewal; iLoo Hoax?; Share your iTunes over the net.; This Old Mouse: Where's that file?; Why do we call it spam?; Antispam Links and Strategies; Popular Baby Names; "Clone X"; Mac vs. PC; List of Broadband ISPs; Microsoft to offer free software. (In Europe); IMHO - IBM PowerPC 970; Gates Goes From Geek to Chic; MSN for Mac OS X; Quotes: Dass; Pilinski; Mackay
- May 12, 2003
- SuperCard updates 'almost every component' * NetZero and Juno now for Mac. * MacTech * New Authorized User Group Signature Graphics * Glass Bead Software releases SnapMail 4 * Apple release Mac OS X 10.2.6 * iTunes Music Store * Rivals to Apple Music service * New iPods * "This is True" * Microsoft creates "Athens" for future PCs. * Two-Thirds of Americans on the Internet * Difusi Corp to do "The Great Mac Giveaway" * Virtual Mac * Tidbit: Jaguar at William & Mary * UG Leadership Conference Announced * Rewriting History * User Groups Can Win a Pass to an O'Reilly Conference * MS Antitrust case heats up again * Dell Computer wants to drop 'computer' * AOL, MSN & Yahoo have joined to fight spam * A spam win and a loss * Eudora Filters (for Windows) * EarthLink to offer anti-spam e-mail system * *TenLinks: Free CAD, CAM, CAE Software * Paper like way to display text * DiskWarrior 3.0 for Mac OS X released * REALbasic update * Sonnet offers iTunes Support Center for older Macs * Is TiVo NeXT? * The Digital Storytelling Festival * Quotes of the week: Murrow; Carroll; White
- May 5, 2003
- IMHO: "Can spam be stopped?" * Yes Virginia, you can can spam * Bidders Beware * "Google Hacks!" * How Apple got music downloading right * Verizon Ordered to ID Song Swappers * Email now a 'Snap' for OS X * The "Digital Life" gets a hand * SW: Webmasters' get help checking links * Short week * Quotes of the week: Are we barbarians?
- April 28, 2003
- Macworld magazine goes digital * Saving the Bells' Broadband Bacon * Apple error codes * Shareware: Fun with Crystals * AppleWorks 6.2.7 * First Ever Fm Radio For The iPOD * Super-DMCA * Talking Moose * Apple Event * Shareware: Everybody needs a good Maid * Free/Discounted packages for MUG members * MacMinute Radio * FileMaker to Keynote * Now it's 'Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo' * More on "Panther" * Quote of the week
- April 21, 2003
- Woz at PacMUG * Universal Music * This Old Mouse: You've got style! * Does Apple Still Need Microsoft? * PowerBook keyboard quit responding? * Freeware: Get a Laugh with iComic * New AirPort * Tip of the week: Power Bandits * Samsung announces new MP3 player * Got MP3s? Here's a tip... * "Taking a cheap shot at space" * Reseller holdouts sign Apple contracts * Adobe CREATE Survey * Picture of Mac OS X 10.2.3 "Panther" box. * Oldversion.com * Spammer sues user who fought back * Software: Charting in overdrive * Desktop of the week: Dark Skies * "SuperDMCA" bills * MapQuest vs. Yahoo Maps * Quotes of the week: Fred Rogers
- April 14, 2003
- Comic * NAB Announcements * Windows iPod changed to Mac iPod * Tired of juggling between iTunes, QuickTime, and iPhoto * "How the MacIntel Will Change the Market" * Better Mac Living Through Bluetooth * Freeware: Diff'nPatch for Mac OS 9 X * Shareware: Image in a Hurry for iPhoto * OS X 10.2.5 * Mac to run Windows faster than a PC? * Want to get your Mac onto MS Net? * Boost AirPort Reception 50% or More! * USB Barcode Reader comes to the Mac * iScooper for Mac OS X * The PandaWare DiskWrangler * PC Mall Gov to Sell Apple Products on GSA Schedule * Target and Dell drop iPod * LA Times says Apple to buy Universal Music * Dial your phone from Filemaker Pro * Quotes of the week: Bradstreet, Emerson
- April 7, 2003
- Washington Apple Pi * The Next Mac Clone: iBox? * SuperCard 4.0 * Newton revisited * OS X Hacks * SW: Little hacks mean a lot * SW: Better iPhoto web exports * Xenofex 2 is here! * Apple in Time's 80 Days that Changed the World * Apple dealers reject new reseller contracts? * Mac OS X floppy disk RAID * The Wiz closes * User Group Quote * Adobe Encore DVD * Pixar to pull Toy Story and sequel * Microsoft gets into Voice Over IP * Reason to keep a bottle of scotch at your desk? * Krazy Klassy iKovers * The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business * Iraqometer * Quotes of the week
- March 31, 2003
- "Core feelings feed love of Apple" * "X for Teachers" ends TODAY * Get Both iLife and Keynote for Just $14.95 * Macworld to Create * Apple can't service Windows iPods * This Old Mouse: Newton Duz iTunes * WWDC moved to June * MacHack * See Safari bookmarks as tabs * Corel maybe taken over * SimDesk * BookEndz for 12" PowerBook * Microsoft Ad Found Misleading by Regulators * FW: Awesome Mac desktops from Shifted Reality * SW: Skinnable MP3 Player for Mac * Kinko's giving free Web access to military families * Quotes of the week: Winfrey, Hinds
- March 24, 2003
- SETI@home * 'Matrix' Phone * Covad Courts Apple Folks * Gateway To Cut Staff 17%, Close 76 Stores * Goodbye iMac * "My Mom's Guide to Using iPhoto" * Translations * Al Gore on Board * Photoshop training * "Panther" goes to San Fran (WWDC) * "Get Info" on Steroids * Strokes Saved in X * Spotlight Vendor: Casady & Greene * Quotes of the Week: Holmes, Kennedy, Buren
- March 17, 2003
- TiBook in Iraq * New Breed of Media PCs * MS Gets sued for Antitrust Violations in Europe * Office 2003 * Software-On-Demand * This Old Mouse: Buying A Cheap Printer * iMac Pram Batteries coming due * MUG Advertisement** * iLife Up To Date** * "LOOK OUT, BELLS: The Web Is Calling" * Airport Web Site** * School Year: the end is near * Learning Flash MX the easy way * DragonBurn CD & DVD software * Site of the Week: Robot Ranch * Quote of the Week: Vuocolo
- March 10, 2003
- PDA Might Fade Away * Apple Manual location * Everything you ever wanted to know about "Monopoly" * Google Hacks * Acrobat alternatives * 75% Off Mac Addict Magazine * Some interesting iMovies * Big Brother Has A New Name - eBay * State Spam Laws * Industry Group Takes Aim at Spam * AOL stops 1 billion spams a day * Blue Butterfly Fly Away * Earthlink to bundle Voice over IP * "Net speed record smashed" * West coast has more wireless networks * Apple to start music service * Which OS should you be using? * Custom Labels For All Computer Discs * MAC Artists: CALL FOR ENTRIES! * New computer dress * Quote for the week: Kettering
- March 3, 2003
- Claiming lost funds * MYOB offers $100 refund on switchers from QuickBooks * Another large school district to get iBooks * PowerPC 970 chip for PowerMacs? * Recycling Macs * Computer sales on the increase? * This Old Mouse: OS/X Make it Quit * VOM - Peachpit Press * VOM - Matterform Media - Spamfire * SW: Tired of hidden log-ins? Get Little Snitch * Quotes of the week: Curie, Gandhi
- February 24, 2003
- Microsoft Buys Connectix' software * Country code opens gate to Web phoning * U.S. backs merging Net, phone numbers * Plugins for Beginners * Shareware: File Buddy updates * Shareware: Comment Converter * Voice overs for presentations * PUPPY Suite (fingerprint authentication) Update * Yeast Protein Could Make New Chip Material * Taxes - again * Creating PDFs * Computer Users Stupid Tricks* * Do you know how to use Apple Help? * Building an Apple I * Harrod's to sell Macs * A new Newton * Meet other Mac users * Dell promotes recycling** * Intel Puts StrongArm on Death Row * SpamSieve * AOL ramps up fight against spam for users * California fights SPAM * eMail Marketing from the eMailer's view * This Old Mouse: Encrypting Mac Files * Worldometers * Quote of the week: From 'Who Moved My Cheese'
- February 17, 2003
- Scramble Your E-mails on Web Pages * Hunter College Department Moves From Mac OS 9 To X * We are a long way off from fiber everywhere. * iPhoto files too large? * SW of the week: Beyond iPhoto * FTC Pushes Safe Computing * TiVo integrates with iLife * Office for Macs to get Exchange update * E-Mail Delivery Rates Fall in Q4 * Intel's New Chip - Slower? * Security notices from Microsoft to home users * Are you paying to much for Microsoft OS support? * Fixing Ken Burns * SpyWare * Resellers file complaint over HP tactic * iSCSI Standard Gets Stamp of Approval * DropStuff on .Mac * IMHO - IRS Presses for Electronic filing * This Old Mouse: Need A little Juice? * Quotes of the week: Kaufman, Shaw
- February 10, 2003
- Microsoft Entourage now available by itself * Learn Entourage X: Free Instructional DVD * MacMinute launches MacWishbook.com * Microsoft Money Seen Gaining on Quicken * AOL loses subscribers * Fight small pox (PC only) * Apple-History.com * Cell phones that punish misuse * Pixar to drop Disney? * Apple looks at IBM's 64-Bit CPU * Students at Apple stores * Carolina MUG * AdWeek: Best adverting campaign - "Switchers" * Apple Mailbox Now Available Through Apple Sales Web * Pop-Up Blocker may do more damage than good. * Shareware of the Week: PhotoCropper 1.0 * This Old Mouse: I can see clearly now... * Quotes: Snyder, Carnegie
- February 3, 2003
- "SBC enforcing all-encompassing Web patent" - URL * War Chalking * Microsoft didn't patch its server software * Searching for news * Power-On becomes Now Software * New PowerMacs and Flat panels * PowerLogix Revs BW, AIO, Beige G3s to 800MHz G3 * Can't use new 20" Cinema display with OS9 * Protest being waged * Apple Price Protection Policy * "BIOS Maker Builds a Bunker for PCs" * School Night at the Apple Store (U.S.) * SPAM Conference * Senate copy protection bill * Adobe InDesign 2.0.2 * Keynote: "Tips, Tricks, Gotchas, Links and other cool stuff" * MYOB AccountingEdge 3 * TurboTax Activation intrusive? * Freeware: SilverNetworks' Spy v1.0 * Markzware sends InDesign To QuarkXPress * Shareware: Serial Storage * JeepSafari * Portfolio moves to Mac OS X * Configure Mac OS X with a clean GUI * Quotes: Drucker, West, LeGuin
- January 27, 2003
- iLife Up-To-Date program * ADSL2 boosts data rate and reach * More changes for AT&T Broadband users * TinyBooks * MAC * Photoblogs * Houston rejects MS Office * Is your web site using Frames? * Keynote crashes * Apple's market share * ClarisWorks * Switching to a pair of Macs * Happy Anniversary - Macintosh * Quote for the week
- January 20, 2003
- MacWireless * Should MacWorld Expo go away? * Adobe Takes Aim at Digital Photo Hobbyists * FireWire II Drive Announced before Expo * FM transmitters for iPod * Recording industry owes you money * 20 Classic Apps coming to OS X * Final Cut Express * Best TV Commercials of 2002 * FAXstf X Pro * The Boulder Pledge * More MWSF Pictures * Mac2Phone * MacWorld Attendance * Safari may not be the fastest browser for long * $85 million paid to Nigerian e-mail scam in 2002 * Speaking of Spam * Can Apple afford to pull away from Microsoft? * New AppleWorks? * Quotes for the week: Moawad
- January 13, 2003
- Beginning of the End of Freedom * Calling the mothership * User Group University * Apple announcements * More on Expo * In the UG Lounge * Netter's Dinner * Deborah Shadovitz * eMac Special * News You Can Use
- January 6, 2003
- Off to San Fran... * A.P.P.L.E. celebrates 25 Years * MacGoogle * Recycle programs * 17" iMac to cease production? * The best in freeware * IMHO * Quotes * New Year Event
- 2002 Favorites... revisiting last year
- 2002 Favorite: Famous Quotes
- 2002 Favorite: Vendors (VOM)
- 2002 Favorite: Learning and info sites
- 2002 Favorite: Resources and downloads
- 2002 Favorite: Gaming and fun stuff
- 2002 Favorites: for iPod owners
- 2002 Favorite: Fun Stuff
- In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)
- The Life & Times of Threes
- The 150th monthly edition of Fred Showker's "60-Second Window" looks at "Threes" and welcomes in the new year. . . 2003
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Lynn Wegley is a veteran of the UGN (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network. He's been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, 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 monthly CD-ROM Update.
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