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June 2004

• Child Safe Surfing with KidsBrowser A powerful web browser, powered by Apple's Safari, is a very fast, internet browser designed just for Kids!
• UG Help: Tips to improve your presentation Part 2 of Fred Showker's tips on improving your meeting and conference presentations
• This Old Mouse: All the news... NOW Tired of the same old network news? RSS NewsReaders will help your old mouse grab the news as it happens! (Part 2 has now been added!)
• Superior Mac for the creative class Apple seems to be pulling out all the stops with their all new Power Mac G5 line. Here's everything you need to produce designs, music, high-definition video or any other computing task your heart desires.
• "Swiss Army Knife" for Mac OS X a graphical user interface to configure many hidden Mac OS X and Unix options
• HP 3380 All-In-One Dan sez: "Small offices will love the combination and simplicity."
• Physics for game developers Reviewer Alex Restrepo is Master Programmer [r+d] at Aleriant, inc., and VP of ColombiaMUG
• Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 6 a powerful tool for getting access to information outside the FileMaker Pro database
All the news... NOW Tired of the same old network news? RSS NewsReaders will help your old mouse grab the news as it happens!
• What's a megapixel? One of the frequent questions is: What's a megapixel? What to know when shopping for a digital camera
• Cheap Printers? yes or no Which printer should you buy? Cheap Printer or good printer... sometimes they're the same.
• Printer Tips (Part 2) Now we look at specific printer features you need to investigate
• Need A little Juice? Nothing is worse than a Mac that won't boot! It could be a dead clock battery...
• Sleeping your Mac... good night! "Should I shut down my Mac?" is a frequent question. Let's take a look at some of the answers
• Seeing is believing Today's overcrowded software interfaces are leading to some vision problems. Perhaps these tips will help

May 2004

• Headset solutions for your portable phone While any electronics superstore or even interstate rest area now sells hands-free products, if you want to be heard and hear well, there are a few products that do a better job than most
• FireWire 400 Hard Drive Enclosure A stand-alone hard drive enclosure for 2.5" IDE drives with Oxford 911 chip and FireWire 400 ports offering a cost effective housing that is extremely portable.
• EasyBeat adds GarageBand export feature The new release of the popular MIDI sequencer software easy beat, now offers musicians support for exporting songs to Apple's GarageBand.
• Fix your PowerBook yourself? Sure... MacFixit has released the free FixIt Guide series, a groundbreaking new set of Apple PowerBook repair instructions.
• Did you lose that Excel or Word document? OfficeRestore is a user-friendly application designed to retrieve Excel and Word documents that have been erased intentionally or accidentally.
• iClip 3 Productivity Software for Mac OS X Major Update Features Pop-up Previews, Launcher Capabilities, Dock-less Operation, Clipping Naming, Valentina Database Engine
• Talk to your Mac: iListen types iListen gives you the ability to change conversational speech into text on your Mac using Apple's speech recognition technologies... "functional and fun if you really need this type of product"
• Photoshop Masks Quick & Easy Cinematte is an advanced plug-in for PhotoShop that can automatically create masks and clipping paths using blue/green screen technology.
• Scam, spam, spoof and virus threats against Mac users This article was prompted by a post to the AUGD discussion list last week for leads to info concerning Macs and virus, worms and spoofs.
• SpamFire 1.5x MaMugs Daniel East updates his previous review for the all new SpamFire... "If you are getting SPAM, this is your lifesaver"
• White Paper: What is Spyware? Are you at risk? UGNN Editor and Publisher Fred Showker takes an in-depth look at the latest hi-tech plague -- Spyware
• The industry take on Spyware UGNN Editor and Publisher Fred Showker takes an in-depth look at the latest hi-tech plague; Spyware. Here are pointers and links to leading industry white papers.
• UGN: Spyware, Adware Resource Guide Spyware, Adware Resource Guide... a look at what's available and what you can do against spyware and adware.
• Internet Crime Victim Pool: Children technology used by law enforcement to catch internet predators is available to parents to protect their kids online.
• Book News: Digital Photography: Expert Techniques Digital Photography: Expert Techniques - O'Reilly's new Digital Studio series is geared toward turning high-end users into authoritative experts.

April 2004

• Leveraging UG Presentations and Speakers - Fred Showker shares the secrets of the pros for making your group's meeting, presentation or seminar a huge success
• Laptop Armor Matias Laptop Armor, a Laptop case that is compact enough for travel (or even place inside a larger computer bag), but with pockets, Velcro fittings and a nice strap option so that your Powerbook or iBook can go anywhere
• Ten Ways to Improve Your Organization Fred Showker shares some tips from his twenty years of user group service... for improving your club
• MenuMachine for GoLive "Excellent results with nice looking and easy to use menu navigation"
• Xupport 2.0 Final Version Release Xupport is a graphical user interface to configure many hidden Mac OS X and Unix options.
• 3D-Matrix: Models come Alive 3D-Matrix: Models come Alive for game developers and graphic designers
• Titanium Powerbook External Whip Antenna "this second revision doesn't disappoint in the slightest"
• The Return of TRON Critically Acclaimed Action game "TRON" to be Published by MacPlay and Buena Vista
• iTools 7.3 Adds Popular Web Utilities iTools 7.3 for unlimited web sites on Mac OS X
Mac vs. PC - Which is better? Getting tired of the debate? We are too. Here are links for you to figure it out on your own.

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