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Nicholas Pyers has promised to generate a puzzle with clues and answers that have a Macintosh focus and MUGs can re-print them. (They must include "Sol Roberts" and/or "Crossword Forge" as clue in puzzle and Sol Robots in the credit listing. (Sol Robots produced the software Crossword Forge) Puzzles and their solutions can be found at: nicholaspyers.com Or get Crossword Forge at ... solrobots.com
IDG's Mac Publishing said that it will release Playlist, a digital music magazine for Windows and Mac users, on August 24. As we saw at MacWorld Boston, the plan was to call the magazine iPodWorld. But Apple would not give permission for the use of the word iPod. At least the first issue of the magazine will be newsstand-only and will spotlight digital music technology, the digital lifestyle, and music artists ... Read more...
Everyone knows about iPod doing music. But Duke is giving their students iPods and other schools are loaning them to students. I can assume that the iPod is used in Music Appreciation class, but where else can it be used. History? Listen to the speeches of JFK, Martin Luther King, etc. See what else in the story on the Palm Beach Daily News web site ... palmbeachdailynews.com
Searcher, one of the magazines I get dedicated to the professional librarian who does searches, recommends this site for phone numbers. Not only does it do white page and yellow page phone numbers, but also has a trip planner and an e-mail directory ... www.theultimates.com
This web site was also mentioned in the Searcher magazine. With it, you can find out of print books and see how much that first edition you have is worth. Also has links to purchase many of the books ... www.bookfinder.com
The Texas Department of Transportation is installing free wireless Internet access points in all of 84 of the states highway rest areas.
... Sounds great to me. Stop and call up MapQuest to see where you still need to go. From Frank Barnako's Internet Daily you can subscribe at ... cbsmarketwatch.com
MacGPS Pro 5.1 supports BSB 4 and Stentec Nautical Charts. Also works with Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers for transferring Waypoints, Routes, and Tracklogs. The Mac OS X Native also works with many other brands of GPS receivers for a real-time display of GPS information on a moving map displayed on the Macintosh screen. MacGPS is written and maintained by Dr. Lawrence W. James, Ph.D., a Stanford graduate with many years of software design experience. (See picture) get it at ... macgpspro.com
Last week, Real posted a new web site that was to be a petition asking Apple to free the iPod to other vendors. Apparently they got to many pro Apple replies and they decided to abandon the comment section of the web site.
Real's freedomofmusicchoice.org was organized in an attempt to present itself as a pro-consumer choice. Now, Apple and Real are facing off to each other over the former's unwillingness to license FairPlay to the latter. In turn, Real began offering Harmony, a technology that swaps its own Helix DRM rules for their FairPlay equivalents. Here's the full story.
MaMug's Dan East solves the problem of toting around multiple pocket flash drives in this review... Dan says: "The keychain drive to have when you're having more than one" ... Read more...
Protect against damaging electrical storms... UGN member and InfoManager reader Woody Bowers provides this brief overview of how to prevent data loss during lightning season, and what to do if it strikes your equipment ... continue reading ...
This month's MUG salute appears as a full article, because this group has a good story to tell! Visit with ANMA, check out their newsletter, and see if your group may want to become a local chapter See: Apple Network Managers Association
So, you're thinking about buying a new Mac? Save money, avoid stress, and buy exactly the right Macintosh with this must-read guide from Mac guru Adam Engst ... Take Control of Buying a Mac
The world's first line of video instruments and VJ software, will be demonstrated on August 31 at the Apple Store in New York City's SoHo district. If you're into video, get all the details of this new line of powerful tools ...
For those of you who bill clients or track your time on an hourly basis there's a free update to Pandaware's time tracking and billing application, TimeCache, for Macintosh OS X and Classic. The update to version 5.2.2 fixes a bug that created problems for some users to manually enter time accurately, and to use the version check feature. This update also adds mouse scrollwheel support in its Daily Log and Job Sheets windows ... Pandaware.com
UGN member and InfoManager reader Mark Borison sends an invitation for all seniors living in the Costa Mesa, California region. His group, OCIPug is involved with the SeniorNet Computer Learning Center as instructors. Classes are designed for those 50 and older and these seven-student classes feature a student-to-instructor ratio of two-to-one. No one gets left behind. It's cross platform and open to all. Mark is Webmaster, Editor and Program Director for Orange Coast IBM PC User Group, and SeniorNet "Introduction to the Internet" Instructor ... OCIPUG.org
Don't forget to pack an iSight video camera - attache it to any laptop or desktop Mac and enjoy clear video conferences with Mom and Dad. You can also use iSight on school assignments and projects. Train iSight on an interview subject, and capture the video stream in iMovie. Buy iLife '04 and Mac OS X Panther now, and save $50 via mail-in rebate in this ... Apple Promo
"Destiny is not a matter of change,
it is a matter of choice;
it is not a thing to be waited for,
it is a thing to be achieved."
- William Jennings Bryan
Have a great week...
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