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March 2004
February, 2004
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Tactile Pro Keyboard for Mac by Matias Dan East tests the Tactile Pro Keyboard for Mac by Matias
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MacXware LogoCreator Dan East reviews MacXware LogoCreator, a fun, simple to use logo creation tool
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Web Pages made Easy CreativePage 3.2 (X)HTML editor for W3C compliant web pages code
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WebPrint Plus X WebPrint Plus X from MacEase collects pages or info from almost anywhere for easy saving and printing
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Network Management Software LANsurveyor helps network administrators and IT managers diagram their networks, monitor key network components, remotely manage systems, solve network problems, and create network and desktop asset reports.
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Printing and Imposition Printing and Imposition for magazines, newsletters, long text files can be tedious, but BookLightning makes it easier
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FlipAlbum Pro 3 Dan points out some good points but also finds fault...
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Peak 4 High-End Music Mixing Peak 4 for audio recording, editing, mastering and sound processing for the advanced amateur to professional studios with a lot of bang for the buck. While this may not be quite enough for the "serious professional," this newest release gives the big dogs a good run for their money.
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Mac OS X Maintenance Victoria Maciulski from CVMUG shares her overview of Mac OS X Maintenance
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Adobe InDesign cs Victoria Maciulski from CVMUG reviews Adobe InDesign cs
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Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Updated plug-in lets you manipulate your files and folders and use file and folder information directly from your FileMaker Pro databases.
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Slope Rider interactive snowboarding game This is a really fun interactive snowboarding game that isn't just for kids.
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Ultra-Mini Optical Mouse Daniel East reviews the Targus' Ultra-Mini Optical mouse -- "This is one small mouse! Designed for portability and affordability"
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Stop Motion Animation, Time Lapse Recording Frank Petrie reviews iStopMotion - "the ideal software for creating Stop Motion Animation (Claymation) and Time Lapse Recording."
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Send your spam to SpamSieve Frank Petrie looks at SpamSieve spam filtering software with Bayesian spam filtering
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Music Merchants meet Garage Band Daniel East reports on NAMM Conference 2004
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Free Photoshop-compatible Plugins PhotoFreebies is a collection of 10 Photoshop-compatible plugins for performing useful photo manipulations and effects.
January, 2004
Archive of Articles and Content
- 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. Protect yourself from these 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.
- "Can Spam" Updadte: Microsoft turns up the heat
Following the trail of rumors and allegations about Bush's new "Can Spam" laws, AACUG anti-spam advocates dig to the core of new developments including a visit to Virginia's Attorney General's office, and Microsoft's drag-net to bring the third largest spam ring in the world to justice. (12/19/2003)
- Password is not a 4-letter word
Read this important story posted by Fred last week -- all about identity theft and protecting your passwords
- The Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for User Groups - January's 60-Second Window column #165 urges you to pump some new life into your user group with any or all of these resolutions... (this one is posted a bit early, so you can pass it along during December!)
- This Old Mouse: Erasing CD-RWs - Working with the new flat-panel iMacs has taught this old mouse some new tricks. However when we had to quickly erase CD-RWs we discovered that there's no simple way to do it from the desktop. Then, a member comes along with an easier way for This Old Mouse... (12/1/2003)
- 60 Seconds: Top Ten Tips for Using Email This month's 60-Second Window column #164 reflects on a post to the User Group Forum in December of 1993, ten years ago -- and asks: "Has anything changed?"
- Apple News gets updated with support for new voice recording & photo storage accessories for dockable ipods... a free software update for iPod brings voice recording and photo storage accessories for iPod users
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Equilibria from MumboJumbo holds All the Marbles... Anyone searching for balance in their lives can end their quests with Equilibria, the new puzzle game from MumboJumbo. (0310-20)
- DropDMG solution for Disc Images the easiest way to create ".dmg", ".img", and ".smi" disk images... (0310-20)
- Internet Security Barrier v1.3 - MaMug's Frank Petrie is back with an important review of the software you need to protect yourself from viruses, money scams and Dancing Hamsters. And if you have kids, then double your need to be ever so vigilant.
- FutureSonics "Ears" - If you cherish listening to music, you need to know about FutureSonics' new "Ears," high performance ear buds... reviewed by Frank Petrie, South Jersey Apple Users Group, and MaMugs
- Apple's iLife Educator Award Winners - Congratulations to these educators who are using technology in the classroom to produce projects of excellence...
- Checking My iSight - Dan East from MaMugs talks about iSIGHT, Apple's Stand-alone video camera with built-in noise cancelling microphone ... see how he ranks it!
- PowerMail: eMail Alternative - Here's the low-down on a powerful and extremely fast professional e-mail application -- Dan East from MaMugs says: "this is the one" for experienced email users!
- New Powerbooks Arrive - September 16, 2003, new power, new features, this ew 15-inch PowerBook joins new 17 and 12-inch models to complete PowerBook line
- Apple Introduces Wireless Keyboard & Mouse - September 16, 2003, Adaptive Frequency Hopping & Bluetooth Technology Provide Reliable & Secure Connections to Macs
- Which Font Manager for OS X? - Frank Petrie, Technologies and Products Specialist for MaMUGs opens his review of Insider Software's "FontAgent" -- pointing out the "Good, the Bad and the Ugly" -- see if this is the font manager for you...
- MacSpeech listens - better recognition, more microphone support, and new recognition technologies...
- Shareware: Free EasyFind and ThumbsUp - Quick searches, bulk thumbnails
- Get a Maid for ten bucks? - MacMaid will do the cleaning for you
- Dejal says Time Out! - give it a break
- Stitching Files Made Easy - ...graphics or MP3 files they've got you in stitches!
- The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements -- Photoshop Elements is a lot more powerful than most people think. With the help of some tools and techniques from the book The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2, Elements can do 95% of what Photoshop can -- with this book and these tools!
- Looking at the new Music Gizmos 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 More... (7/28/2003)
- RIAA P2P Music Traders' Crackdown...The RIAA issued hundreds of warrents and summons last week in a national drag-net to catch P2P music traders Read More... (7/28/2003)
- AACUG reports from Macworld Creative Pro - 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... and More to come
- Macworld Creative Pro Part 2* Record the Airwaves or Any other Audio Source * Troll the Airwaves with RadioSHARK * IceCAD USB Mini Graphics Tablet and Pen * Mr. Clean Screens (7/28/2003)
- Circus Ponies NoteBook 1.1 -- Outlining, clipping, and free-form database product for Mac OS X has arrived with over 30 New Features and Enhancements (7/7/2003)
- How many attacks have you had? - Ask any Mac user this question and they'll shrug their shoulders. Ask any server administrator and they'll say "hundreds" maybe even thousands. Firewall protection is essential in today's world. Read this. (7/7/2003)
- Studio Boss - Client tracking system for the rest of us -- If you're a creative professional, you've probably struggled to find the perfect way to track your projects and clients. (7/7/2003)
- PageSpinner spins up version 4.5 - A new version of the HTML Editor for Macintosh has hit the streets enhanced for OS X (7/7/2003)
- CopyCatX Blazing Disk Copy Speeds ... extremely fast duplication of OSX drives -- not only single drives, but multiple drives with identical content. (7/7/2003)
- iClip 2.1 multi-clipboard - iClip 2.1 multi-clipboard scrapbook utility for Mac OS X helps you get past the limitations of having a single Clipboard.
- Apple Airport Upgrades - AirPort 3.1 for OS X, Firmware 5.1 for AirPort Extreme base stations, something called a Mib, and AirPort Extreme Admin Utility 3.1 for Windows all hit the streets last week in a flurry of upddates from Apple... (6/23/2003)
- Maryland Apple Corps 25th: Fred Showker delivered this "Maryland Address" on June 1, 2003 for the 25th anniversary celebration. (6/1/2003)
- Pixeltoy is back... with fantastic live performance video -- Long-time favorite image generator for the Mac is back with all new goodies and eye-candy (6/9/2003)
- Earth Desk ...replace your desktop with live, animated shots of the earth (6/9/2003)
- Aabel Power Analysis - high powered data analysis and charting app for OS X -- an integrated application that provides high-end charts and diagrams... (6/9/2003)
- 1,906 movie files - The Prelinger Archives is a collection of over 45,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films waiting for your viewing, free online! (6/9/2003)
- This Old Mouse: What's a megapixel?
So many people have been asking which digital camera to buy, how many "megapixels" do I need, and "What's a megapixel?" Well, follow along as we share some quick, simplified, rules of thumb for making your own decisions, and get the digital camera that's just right for you.
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