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Steve Jobs will kick off the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote on the next major release of Mac OS X . . . 'Tiger'
This story in Computer World seems to really follow the Q&A session that went on at the annual shareholder's meeting in April. I am surprised I didn't pick it up earlier, as it originated at MacCentral. Any way, it makes interesting reading: computerworld.com
Roughly 10 days ago, Apple issued an advisory and a fix for QuickTime to fix a minor problem that could have become a large issue with security. Apple said: "Playing a malformed .mov (movie) file could cause QuickTime to terminate." A Apple has been criticized for downplaying the issue. Read the story at: zdnet.com
According to MacBidouille, the new QuickTime is 33 MegaBytes. The reason? Is that for each language installed, there is a 1 MB tiff file. By removing those tiff files, it will shrink back to its normal size. (Translation done by a member of the Infiniteloop mailing list.) macbidouille.com
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.
"Microsoft Uses Antispam Tool Favoring Some Mass E-Mailers" This article appear in the Wall Street Journal. So there won't be a link.
It seems that MSN and Hotmail are using a product developed by IronPort Systems Inc to establish lists of certified e-mailers. E-mailers basically agree to follow certain guidelines and post a $500 to $4,000 bond. Messages from these companies will get through the e-mail filters. They would forfeit part or all of the bond if a certain level of complaints are reached.
It is an interesting approach, but I could see a day when such certification could come with a certification fee that would make Microsoft even richer. On the other hand, it would possibly stop those who are flooding the world without much cost to them. What do you think about this - "whitelist" approach?
How about a site that gives you all the basics about how spam works. ResearchBuzz.com*, who I have mentioned before, brought this site to my attention. This site is run by Randy Cassingham, who is the author and publisher of This is True and the True Stella Awards newsletters. He is trying to reduce spam so his newsletters get through the filters. See it at: spamprimer.com
According to MacUsingEducators.com, there is an open enrollment for the X for Teachers Program available through June 30. Membership is now open to all full-time K-12 educators including faculty, instructional staff, and administrators as well as all colleges of education faculty, staff, and students not just K-12 teachers. The class is free, but sign up early, slots get filled quickly. See the details at: apple.com/education
Another CMUG, the Christian Mac User's Group is now doing its second annual survey on what its members think of the Bible Study software that they have. See their survey at: CMUG.org
Microsoft is lobbying manufacturers to include Flash storage as a cache for hard drives. The idea is to speed up the operation. Sounds like a good idea to me, but haven't manufacturers already been adding cache? I suppose that a hard drive with Flash could have the OS written permanently to the Flash part for almost instant startup. Read about Microsoft's idea
In an article with the above title, PC World discusses the fact that flexible displays are still a few years away. But when they get here, we will be able to have some of the pictures that we only see in Harry Porter movies today. (Note: we have been hearing about these flexible displays for about 2 years now, but it looks like we are going to wait another couple of years.) Read all about it at: pcworld.com
MaMugs' Dan East is back this week with another software review, this one brings you up to date on the new features of the popular anti-spam program SpamFire
UG Reviewer Hartley Jim Jackson from the Northern Vermont Macintosh User Group takes a look at this new book that makes an overwhelming subject clear for beginners and those who may already have created a web site but sense there is room for improvement. Learning Web Design
Updated to DEVONagent as well as EasyFind, XMenu and ThumbsUp brings partial words and substring searches, scan all bookmarked pages in Safari, and multimedia filters. Search the web far beyond the capabilities of Google or other search engines... even Sherlock! See: DEVONagent
Have problems finding and remembering menu shortcuts? KeyCue is for menu shortcuts what PopChar is for special characters! This unobtrusive utility helps you find, remember, and learn menu shortcuts -- on the fly. See: KeyCue
Linux has unbridled possibilities in terms of power and freedom for wireless. Here's a book that makes configuring wireless access for Linux less challenging than for other operating systems. See: Linux Unwired
Here's a new book that will ease you into the world of Linux with a clear, no-nonsense introduction to the popular Red Hat distribution -- the key parts of the system and what you'll need to know to get over the humps. See: Learning Red Hat
Forbes had an article last week on "Longhorn", the next version of Windows, which is due out in 2006. Some people are saying that it looks very "Mac like." The article also commented on the security issues in the current version of Windows. See: zdnet.co.uk
TCMUG supports Mac users throughout the Tuscarawas County region of Ohio -- hailing from New Philadelphia Ohio. Scott Daniels Kevin Warrene guide the group to serve their members with the TCMUG newsletter, meetings at the Dover Public Library and a list of other benefits. They were founded in April of 2002, and have been getting better and better ever since. Visit TCMUG
MacMinute.com announced that O'Reilly Publishing has launched the O'Reilly User Group Wicki, a site where MUG leaders (and other user groups), can post information on upcoming happenings. One more place to get your name seen. wiki.oreillynet.com
"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway."
- Mother Teresa
Have a great week...
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