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Shauna Fleming, 15, a freshman at Lutheran High School in Orange, California, reached her goal to send one million thank you letters supporting the troops overseas. She complete her goal with the help of her classmates, volunteers, her web site, AMillionThanks.org and her Internet radio talk show, "A Million Thanks Radio with host Shauna Fleming." The show is produced and broadcast around the globe by San Diego Internet radio network wsradio.com. For additional information see ... amillionthanks.org
If Monks Had Macs -- the classic Macintosh CD from the mid 1980s is back with an all new 2005 edition -- a much heartier stew of interactive books, games, art and music that works with the latest Macintosh and Windows operating systems -- now available ... see the full story...
This week we see Images and audio with Duotones, PhotoStickies, Printing pictures, Media tools for audio, iPod RSS, Cart Machine, astronomy and microscopy and even Electric Rain and more from the UGN Shareware Manager
Dennis Sellers, who founded MacCentral.com and MacMinute.com has a new web site with the above title. While it covers news, it also has reviews and opinion areas and I believe will be having additional staff as well. Check it out. MacSimumNews.com
Way back in the summer we told you about the iTunes Affiliate program... now, in the AUGD list, there was a discussion about MUGs signing up as an affiliate to the iTunes Store. It seems that while the income from this method will never be the sole support of the group, it could be a nice supplement. Of course you need to be sure that it falls with-in your non-profit guide lines if that is pertinent. You can sign up at: apple.com
If your group isn't affiliated, you can help out PBMug by clicking on their link to make your iTunes purchase. www.pbmug.org
Digital 5 has developed software that enables streaming of multimedia content throughout the connected home using NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player allows playing of AOL's Internet radio. It connects your existing home stereo to your home computer network allowing you can listen to your MP3 and Windows Media(R) format digital music files. The Netgear player is compatible with an 802.11b/g wireless network. Read more about it at the NetGear web site at: netgear.com and at: Digital5
Tim Bucher, the head of Macintosh product engineering, and Mark Wilhelm, in charge of the company's support unit have left the company. Bucher ran the Mac hardware engineering department. A team of people have been named to replace them. ... see the full story...
Love reaching your Hotmail account from your Outlook inbox? Soon you'll have to pay for the privilege of doing it. Microsoft has began requiring Hotmail customers to purchase premium subscriptions in order access email from desktop email clients. (Thank goodness! The spam fiasco they created in the mid 90s is finally haunting them to do something about it.) Read more...
Play the role of the hero Robin Hood or the roles of his faithful vassals and take them to the battle field against the nasty Prince John Lackland -- features 30 non-linear missions, nine different with specific abilities and qualities, mouse-driven sword action, and more.
Music: download original background music from the game. (MP3)
Derby; Leicester; and Nottingham
or visit the game web site at: www.robinhood-game.com
MTX: Mototrax is now available for thrilling, mud-slinging, fast-paced racing action at 60 frames per second -- you'll get authentic environmental effects, realistic sound engines and a pulsating rock soundtrack developed for the game. Slipknot, Dope or Pennywise, among others, blare from your sound system as you race through exotic locales. $20 Picture: Site: www.aspyr.com
While CAN SPAM preempted most existing state anti-spam laws, notably including a California law that was scheduled to go into effect the same day that CAN SPAM did, it does permit states to add additional penalties for fraudulent activities involved in spamming. California passed a new law, SB 1457, in February which reinstates a private right of action for fraudulent spam. The new law goes into effect in January 2005. [Private Right of Action allows individuals to sue spammers for damages! This is the single most important 'right' to have because it lets individuals go after spammers and skirt around the bureaucratic bull of bringing spammers into court.] www.cauce.org
MacTopos mapping delivers an entire state on one DVD, providing the ultimate digital topographic mapping solution. For most states, one DVD contains the entire state in three crystal-clear map scales: 1:24K, 1:100K, and 1:250K. New technology allows the same sharp detailed maps as the original Digital Raster Graphics maps from the USGS, except they are compressed to save space without losing resolution. If you have a Garmin or Magellan GPS receiver, you can also electronically transfer your Waypoints, Routes, and Tracklogs. See where you're at, where you're going, and where you've been. MacTopos USA starts at a low introductory price of $29.99 ... see the full story...
By now, you know about spymac.com, yahoo.com and google.com offering large e-mail storage areas as part of their services to their customers. Now AOL is looking at getting into that game as well. It is doing it through it's ICQ subsidiary and it is charging $19.95 a year for 2 GIGs of spaces with personal calendars, WAP email, mail-forwarding to wireless devices and supporting POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Read more...
I had never heard of the term Mesh Networks. This is networking that is being done by municipalities and enterprises using advanced wares from such companies as Motorola and Nortel. These basically are WiMax systems. It is great that cities are getting into the act. Full story at: eweek.com
Malik Tips has expanded its free computer tips library, now numbering over 2,000 different tips -- includes removing spyware and adware, digital cameras and photography, Windows XP and office productivity applications. In the UGN Library
Nowshade Kabir reviews the MSN search engine: Microsoft has recently come out with the latest beta version of its much touted search engine. Supported by 5 billion indexed pages, it is poised to become one of the most powerful search engines in the market. Great content for user groups in the UGN Library
MaMug's Dan East reports on the "RePorter" a handy little extension to your Mac's (or PC) connectivity ports. No more reaching around to the back of your PowerMac or iMac every time you need to plug in a FireWire, Audio, or USB device! See all of Dan's articles in the User Group Library
Rage Software has rolled out Macintosh Explorer 4.2, a free, major update to the integrated file browser and file management tool and the first Macintosh file browser to include tabbed file browsing... hierarchical navigation comes to the Mac ... Macintosh Explorer 4.2
"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."
- Oprah Winfrey
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
- Mark Twain
Have a great week...
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