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We have all heard of the Dashboard and Searchlight features in Tiger, but Apple has posted an article about the other 200 features. Those include changes to Address Book, Safari, AppleScript, 64-Bit Audio Format, Bluetooth, iSight and more. Get all the details at: www.apple.com
If you purchased an Apple computer on or after April 12th that didn't come with Tiger, you may qualify to get Tiger through Apple's Tiger Up-To-Date program! See Apple's UpToDate page
If you are excited about the upcoming release of Tiger, get answers to all the questions you may have, along with links to more Tiger information at the Apple Tiger FAQ
My good friend, Brad Gibson, and Tulsa native, of the MacObserver has posted an article showing that Apple increased its market share in the first quarter of 2005 by .5%. This is accoring to Gartner Dataquest. Who also says that unit shipments at Apple were up 45.1% Read Brad's article
Also, according to MacObserver, Apple is offering a $30 rebate for those purchasing a .Mac retail pack. The retail pack can be used for new and renewing members. Full story at: macobserver.com
Ambrosia Software has consistently distributed terrific games for the Mac on a shareware basis. This one is no exception. GooBall is an arcade game that can take awhile to master. (Requires OS X 10.3 or newer) For info and download at: www.ambrosiasw.com
It is amazing. This series has a greater life than James Bond.
According to Reuters, David Tennant, the star of a BBC drama called Casanova has been named to be the new 'Doctor Who". Tennant will be the 10th "Time Lord." The current actor in the role is leaving because he doesn't want to be typecast. Wonder when we will we get to see either actor in the US. Yahoo News
iPod shuffle is the number one selling ram based MP3 player with 43 percent of the market in February and expected to repeat in March. (NPD hasn't released those numbers yet.)
The iTunes Music Store has a 70-75% maerket share according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Meanwhile, the original harddrive based MP3 iPod is still at over 90%. Those totals give Apple over 70 percent of all MP3 players sold. ... see the full story...
I have been wanting to try Skype, but haven't gotten to it, yet. As most of you know, Skype provides free Internet telephone calls. It can even use an affiliated program to call phones that aren't on the Internet. Now, they are offering Skypeln to provide you with a phone number others can call. Also they have announced a Voicemail service. Both of these however are not free. Didn't think you would be able to get buy without paying anything did you? Read about it at MacWorld
It is really interesting to see all the new blogs dedicated to Apple matters. This one actually uses that for its name. They have a good look at Apple's numbers, and a somewhat silly look at Apple's "next big thing". (A watch?) But it is an intersting read. See it at www.applematters.com
After May 31, 2005, Mac users will be freed from Microsoft's MSN ball-and-chain. Customers will no longer access MSN service by using the MSN for Mac OS X Internet Software -- instead, they can use their preferred browser by setting up a My MSN page as a portal to their favorite online destinations. www.microsoft.com/mac/
If you don't normally keep Apple Update turned on, you may not know about some of the recent updates available.
** iSight 1.03 updater: updates the FireWire-based video camera. The camera works with iChat AV and other video conferencing applications. Free for Mac OS X v10.3.7-10.3.9.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/isightupdater.html
** iMovie HD, iPhoto, iDVD: iMovie HD 5.0.2, iPhoto 5.0.2, and iDVD 5.0.1. Addressing such issues as video and audio synchronization for DV, audio in PAL widescreen, sharing (exporting) HDV to videocamera tape, synchronizing with HDV 720p content, placing titles over DV content, and more.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imoviehd502update.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iphoto502update.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/idvd501update.html See: Apple Downloads
Associated Press Writer, William J. Kole rants:
"In the greedy world of spam e-mail and electronic fraud, nothing is sacred - not even the death of Pope John Paul II."
It took less than a day for the online criminals to latch on to the Pope's death and begin spreading a worldwide bogus moneymaking scheme. These online criminals attempt to lure in their mark with an offer of free books about the pontiff. Stop calling them spammers. Call them what they are: criminals.
Veteran educator Joe Showker shares some hard learned tips from six years of Internet safety presentations and 26 years of teaching middle schoolers. In this article he talks about the preparation and implementation of an effective presentation
New shareware and freeware apps these days are almost too much to keep up with -- but these Apple updates are heartily advised, and all the other stuff is... well, just plain fun! Apple iSight, iDVD, iMovie and iPhoto updates; plus Audio Toolbox, iPresent It, Eyephedrine iTunes visualization, Edo, MacVCD, palmTunes Express, spinControl, and more! In the ... UGN Shareware Department
With graduation just around the corner, remember that books make a great gift! This week we take a look at: iPod ~ iTunes: The Missing Manual, Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual; Home Invasion: Protecting Your Family; PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition; The Linux Enterprise Cluster; Linux Desktop Hacks; and of course our Peachpit Mac Tip-of-the-Week book . . . UGN UG Book News
The South African technology market is experiencing rapid IT industry growth -- Whizlabs Software and Learning Advantage have joined hands in the South African market for selling online IT tests for Recruitment, Employee Evaluation, Training Effectiveness and IT Certification Preparation.
Robert Kennedy helps you Design a web album in minutes using Adobe and Macromedia -- When you have a timeline to build your online photo album, learn how to carve hours out of your production time -- completely install a customer example photo gallery in 2 hours or less. Web album in minutes
For sometime now, the iPodLounge blog has had a section called Ask iPodLounge. They have now collected them as a FAQ type of style and have them at the following link: ipodlounge.com
"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'.
Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
- Napoleon Hill
"The men who try to do something and fail are
infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed."
- Lloyd Jones
Have a great week... (See last week)
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