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It's been about two years now since we first began talking about the online crime known as Phishing. Now, the criminals have honed their phishing tools to target unwary computer users with a very pointed weapon: Spear Phishing. Education, Corporate, Government and Institutional computer users need to know about this new threat! See SafeNet: Spear Phishing
For along time now, I have depended on lowermac.com to keep up with older Macs and what their specifications. Now we also have EveryMac.com. It is now setup with links to Apple's Knowledge Base which makes it easier to find answers to your questions. See for yourself at: everymac.com
One of the problems with news alerts and to a lesser extent filtered RSS feeds is that you don't get the enjoyment of seeing an article that may be of interest to you even though it wasn't on your radar. That is one of the joys of reading a daily newspaper. Stumble Upon solves that issue somewhat.
This is an extention for Firefox recommended to me by a Firefox, PC user. You MUST use Firefox to get and use this extension. With it you setup preferences as to what you like to view. Then, once registered with the site, it will somewhat randomly take you to web sites that match up with your criteria based upon recommendations from others who have signed up for the same categories. Got some great links that way. Most of what I am including this week came via Stumble's recommendations. With Firefox go to: www.stumbleupon.com
Here they are trying to show that not only is a one button mouse acceptable, but it might be preferable to have a NO button mouse. Try it out at: www.dontclick.it
Steve gives somewhat different advice to the grads than most speakers, including don't worry about where you are now, whatever you do will be usefull later in life. (Can you see him giving a speech without a Keynote presentation?) Read the whole speech
Now a web site dedicated to extensions and additions to Safari. Such plug-in categories as: Adblocking, Applescripts, Automator Actions, Bookmarks, File Viewers, Interface, RSS and more. You can see it all at: pimpmysafari.com
Well, in this case hardware primarily means computer hardware, but other things are included as well and there is a buying guide and away to search for deals. Last Friday, the lead story was: "Samsung to match Flash / harddrive pricing for Apple?" about Samsung possibly providing flash ram iPod shuffles that would replace the hard drive. See it at: www.tomshardware.com
Those of us who have been using Apple computers for over 22 years know that Steve Wozniack was commonly called the Woz. His web site has links to all kinds of Mac sites as well as a number of user groups. After all, he was active in the first user group, "The Homebrew Computer Club." See his site at: woz.org
Speaking of customization, how about customizing nearly every thing about the Mac OS. The categories on this web site include: App Makeovers, Desktop Snapshots, Login Panels, Safari Stuff, Uploads, Boot Images, Dock Poofs, Mac OS X Mods, Screen Savers, Users Forum and lots more. Check it out at: resexcellence.com
Friend and fellow spam fighter Bob Platt called one evening to say: "Fred, you should tune in to this TV show -- they're tracking down a spammer." So I watched NBC's "Dateline" with close attention. What I saw was not at all what I expected -- a prime-time TV show white-washing spam and online porno! 60-Second Window for August
If you don't have (didn't have) a college life, the Sims will be happy to provide you with one.
While this all new Sims adventure from Aspyr is billed toward the teen-scene it will probably appeal more to the silver-scene! Aging moms and dads can now add this module to their Sims collection and relive those long lost... when parties were toga parties, sex was sex and rock-n-roll actually had rhythm and lyrics. Become the Big Sim on campus, endure the endless party, and relive the thrill of those precious few moments alone with the campus hottie in the frat-house shower! Fulfill those lifetime memories that slipped through your fingers during your first go-around; because you were too stoned to remember them! The Sims
We have all heard Murphy's Law: "What can go wrong, will". But did you know that there are innumerable Laws that follow in the same vein? Do you know how the Original Murphy's Law was started? You can find all that at: murphys-laws.com
While this is not necessarily about computers and software, we know lots of our readers love LEGOs. This book elevates those fun little plastic bricks for kids to an all new level -- showing you how to build some remarkable engineering feats. In the Book department
Safe Eyes, the No. 1 Internet Filter for Windows is now available for the Mac to eliminate those unwanted sites, content, popup windows, and chat rooms. This could be the best news for Mac-using families in a long time. Safe Eyes
Experience extreme bubble-popping action in this psychedelic arcade game -- full of thrill and action, featuring subtle gameplay, flashy graphics and great music! UGN Shareware Department
"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation."
- Pearl S. Buck
"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ''Good morning'' at total strangers."
- Maya Angelou
Have a great week... (See last week)
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