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Upromise.com is a unique site, which gives you a rebate on purchases made as part of your regular spending habits. You can grow your savings a lot faster by looking for specific products. AOL members get an automatic rebate. In the past AOL has doubled other purchases made during a specific period. All of these savings are added to a college fund for people you designate. The latest feature is the ability to search for best buys and still get a rebate. So check it out. (Free registration required for benefit.) Read more...
AOL has reversed its earlier decision and will support sender ID confirmation e-mail. This has the potential of slowing down the amount of e-mail received by an AOL member. Read more...
AOL did a survey of 329 users and found that 20% had a worm or a virus on their computer and 80% had spy ware. Amazing!! Be sure you keep your virus protection up to date. Read the story at ... computerworld.com
This potentially is a real headache. According to an article in eWeek, it is possible in IE that will allow web sites to pretend to be another one. Scary isn't it! ... see the full story...
Apple has announced that it will no longer sell music to earlier versions of iTunes. You must have at least version 4.5 to deal with the music store. ... see the full story...
Arlo Rose says that the Windows product was already in development when Apple made its announcement about the Dashboard product in OS X 10.4. However, that announcement gave them the need to create a Windows product quicker. The Windows product may soon have a competitor direct from Microsoft, so he may need to look for a new product to develop sooner than later. Read the story at: news.zdnet.com
According to this article in the Washington Post, Microsoft sends out e-mail that doesn't follow the CAN Spam law. Interesting no? Read more...
According to this article, some posh hotels are providing an iPod to people who stay there. Of course, at the end of their stay they have to return it. I suppose though that this could be a "try it" type promo, like Apple ran with the early Macs. Read more...
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.3.6 along with the DVD Studio Pro 3.0.2 Update, which adds compatibility for double-layer media on supported systems, and offers improved general stability. Update: Apple has updated its online support document with further details on the 10.3.6 update ... Read more...
IDG World Expo has announced they'll be moving to the Hynes Convention Center for this summer's event. Mark your calendars for July 11-14, 2005. IDG has pledged that Macworld Boston is successful and they're committed to its continued growth ... macworldexpo.com
Cool trailers are always fun... but broadband access is a must. Among others out this fall are Lightning In A Bottle Trailer - 2:14 - Documentary / Musical featuring B.B. King, Bonnie Rait, Chuck D & Fine, Dr. John, Gregg Allman, many other artists... Trailer http://movies.apple.com/movies/sony/lightninginabottle/lightninginabottle-ref.mov
Star Wars Trailer: Episode III
http://www.showbizz.net/multimedia/cinema/bandesannonces/20041103_starwars.mov
and even a Legos Star Wars trailer
The Mount Dora Macintosh Users Group (MDMUG) provides help, education, and discussions in the experience of owning a Macintosh computer. They are all about Users Helping Users -- providing support and advice to anyone who uses or is considering using the Macintosh. Although they are local to Lake and Orange Counties in Central Florida, they welcome participation from all. Everyone is invited to attend meetings; you don't even have to own a Mac. MDMUG serves the Golden Triangle, Lake County, FL (Mount Dora, Eustis, Tavares) regions around Orange and Sumter Counties, Florida. Based in Mount Dora. FL. Enjoy the MDMUG Newsletter at: http://www.mdmug.com/pages/news, and visit the group at ...
MaMug's Dan East reports on O'Reilly's OS X Conference and one session on Thursday that mixed Mac celebrities, Apple User Group leaders and MUG members. O'Reilly MUG gathering
Nowshade Kabir, CEO of Rusbiz.com, Ph. D. Information Technology; is back with this interesting tutorial on searching your computer using Google's Desktop Search utility. ... see the full story...
Business Card Composer is many things for anyone who wants to create a business card for nearly any purpose. MaMug's Dan East takes this program for a test drive and shares some of his screen captures... Read more...
DEVONtechnologies Ltd. updates its notetaking application DEVONnote, the webcam and picture viewer PhotoStickies, and the free thumbnail generator ThumbsUp. DEVONnote 1.5 comes with a completely revamped user interface and more than 100 new functions, commands, file formats and other improvements.
The USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux User Groups need your papers for the third annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) scheduled for February 12-13th, 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Read more...
This week we look at some new shareware for business and professional users including a new RSS reader to different Task/Time trackers, an invoicer and an ecommerce solution. We also see a media asset management add-on for FileMaker, a database viewer, and a pretty cool "visual thinking" outlining application. See the Shareware Manager
The United States National Security Agency has published a PDF guide on securing Mac OS X. It includes extensive information about securing your computer. Download ... NSA Check-In
"Politics has got so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to get beat with."
- Will Rogers
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
- Ann Landers
Have a great week...
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