Articles, essays, reviews, and editorials about using computers gathered from user group leaders and members all around the world. You are encouraged to submit articles and reviews from your organization.
December 2005
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Mac Security - Lawrence Charters of the Washington Apple Pi Journal, has written an excellent three part series on the many perils your computer may face.
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IMHO: Canceling meetingsThere's only one good reason to cancel a UG meeting. So, what do you do if the speaker doesn't show up?
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MUG Meeting Topics Need a quick meeting idea? Bill Achuff (UGA) shares his favorites...
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Review of Apple's Aperture Dave Girard shares an interesting look at "Aperture" from Apple...
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Appleseeds Foundation Preview Out with the UG Academy, in with the Appleseeds Foundation
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iStar Composer What a great idea for parties... get a projector and iStar Composer, and your guests can sing along with all their favorite music! The ultimate keroke machine! Automatic syncing of song lyrics for viewing in iTunes and on the iPod
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Something about a Mac Pickup Man Put Mac Mini in your pickup truck... or Chevy Nova, or Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Convert PDF files to Office Files The age-old problem: the capability to convert PDF files to the Microsoft PowerPoint 98-2004 Macintosh and PowerPoint 97-2003 Windows formats is an important thing these days. PDF2Office even recreates the original construction and layout of the document - forming paragraphs; applying styles; regrouping independent graphic elements; extracting images; creating tables; and processing headers/footers, endnotes/footnotes and columns/sections, all automatically - without any manual intervention
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Total Commander comes to MAC OS X In this new version 1.5.6, Disk Order now has the ablility of background FTP download and upload that allows user to work with the application while downloads are in progress. Also, FTP support now has a special feature for editing files right on FTP server, without having to download files, edit them and upload them back.
November 2005
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Video Game Violence... Daniel Punch makes observations about Video Game Violence to be considered before letting kids play them
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Thinking about a digital camera? Lopa Bhattacharya writes about the latest technologies and coolest features of sleek and sophisticated cameras in all pixel categories, from one to ten megapixels... then Fred adds his most recommended cameras!
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Beating Adware, the Sneakiest Software Don't think you could be tricked? Don't be so sure until you've checked out these most common ways people have been tricked into allowing malware to be installed on their machines.
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FlashPoint - A New Generation in USB Flash Drives Xmultiple has redefined the concept of "pocket drive" adding three new models to the FlashPoint ShareDrive product line -- which are interlockable!
October 2005
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Using Keyword Optimization Nowshade Kabir says: "Search engine optimization is a complex issue comprised of a number of aspects, i.e. valuable content, meta-tag optimization, keywords optimization, back links etc. However, if you just concentrate and work on one aspect -- keywords, you will be able to increase site visibility dramatically"
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2005 New York AES Conference Wrap-Up What's hot in the world of professional music production? Daniel M. East reports on the 2005 New York AES Conference, Jacob Javitz Convention Center, New York City
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Malware and Antivirus Software Warning: most antivirus programs will not protect you against all forms of malignant software (often called "malware") on their own. Find out how to protect yourself (primarily for Windows users)
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Attracting traffic with banner ads Nowshade Kabir shares tips and tricks for attracting traffic with banner ads in this how-to article for webmasters and web site owners
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5 Tips to Prevent MS Access Corruption Kevin Sparks is a technical writer for Kaizen Software says: "While the potential causes are numerous, I've found that the majority of actual cases can be prevented by following these 5 simple tips."
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Points to Consider before Web Promotion Doing business online is not as easy as it seems! Nowshade Kabir points out some important points of consideration.
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Using icons Icon expert, Alexander Guerrero, talks about using icons for a better communication between user and application interface author.
September / August 2005
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How to get un-banned from Google I am banned from Google...Help! What did you do to get banned? Can you get un-banned? Yes! But first you need to know what you did to get banned. Google will not tell you. Here, Joe Balestrino shows you how to fix it!
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QuicKeys X3: Home run Startly Technologies' QuicKeys X3 for Apple's Mac OS X is certainly still one of the most recommended OS add-ons in the field. Many users have loved QuicKeys for years... find out what you've been missing...
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Take Spectacular Nighttime Photos Photography expert Andrew Malek shares tips on taking spectacular nighttime photos with your Digital Camera ...
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Making your BlackBerry more secure Your device allows access to your email account, so you must take steps to secure it against misuse by others. These instructions will help you get that BlackBerry secure
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Unlimited colors from ColorSafe ColorSafe is a filter plugin for Adobe Photoshop and compatible applications that provides fully interactive color pickers for the easy creation of almost limitless hybrid colors from the base colors in the Web safe palette.
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Amara Flash Photo Animation Amara Software has just launched "Flash Photo Animation", allowing users to bring motion to their still photos in a slideshow -- with lots of options such as pan and zoom (the Ken Burns' effect), as well as pauses, text over picture, hyperlinks and background music. (Free Demo!)
July 2005
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Web Content Strategy 101 Your web content makes or breaks the profitability of your site. In this article, Joel Walsh shares tips and tricks on how you can develop a strategy to make the most of your site's content.
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Hear that Faint Whir in Your System? Listen to your computer ever so carefully and what do you hear -- besides the blasted fan? It's your hard drive. It's winding down to its final hours just waiting to die at the positively, absolute worst possible moment. You know it...we know it. What are you going to do about it?
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Free Stock Photos Online Following Lynn's note about TurboPhoto, here's a fully confirmed listing of sites on the web offering free or almost free stock photos!
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BabelColor Now Has Spectral tools a color translator and analysis software designed for the Mac and Windows
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Plug-in for automatic photo restoration AKVIS Retoucher image processing plug-in restores damaged photographs to optimal condition with minimal effort and amazing results
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Selling through Auction Marketplaces According to a report released recently by the Department of Commerce first-quarter retail sales rose 23.8 percent to US$ 19.8 billion in the United States. Here, Nowshade Kabir shares some tips and tricks on making the most of online auctions...
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Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET Iqbal M. Khan of AlachiSoft submits this essay on Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET... for developing database driven applications in Windows
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Increase Wireless Reception with Whip Pro antenna Those frustrated by AirPort reception problems on their Powerbooks should read this article from Dan East about QuickerTek's latest high gain Whip Pro antenna for Powerbooks...
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This Old Mouse: Backing Up You've heard the warnings: "back up your data." By now, everyone should know and understood that all computer data should be backed up. So, why don't they do it? Let's take a look at the ins and outs of backing up the new OS and your valuable data.
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Spyware, Adware, Virus detection For Windows and Unix users: the Process Library is a free online information site that describes processes running on computers thus providing an invaluable security service to millions of users worldwide. Now you can find out what's really going on in the background of your computer!
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