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Ilene Hoffman once again has posted her Robert Hess Memorial Party List. This list puts you in the know about party's and speaking engagements at Expo. Of course, just having the list doesn't get you into the party, but knowing about it, is a great start. www.ilenesmachine.com
Back in the mid nineties, Symantec offered an update to Norton Utilities for Mac that under certain conditions, actually made the hard drive invisible to the computer. Now from ZDNet UK, comes this article about how its Anti-Virus programs on both Mac and Windows platforms actually make the computers more vulnerable and that they have not yet released a patch for it. Read more...
Last week we had a story about how some analysts thought Apple was going to reduce its emphasis on Macs as it becomes more of a consumer electronics company. That is somewhat understandable considering Steve Jobs stated in 1997, that if he was CEO of Apple, he would milk the Mac as much as he could and look for the next big thing. Also more recently, he has been talking more about the digital hub in the living room. Which some think that would be the Macmini.
However after PiperJaffray did a survey of Apple Specialists, they predicted greater sales than ever for the Mac. ... see the full story...
Keep old programs evolving while integrating MacroMedia
First, they must convince developers not to abandon Flash & Dreamweaver. Then, they must deliver the Creative Suite 3 with integration soon of Flash & Dreamweaver.
For much of the last year, Macromedia's aim has been to outfit every phone and consumer device possible with Flash software. It is already installed on 98% of PCs. ... see the full story...
We have followed various rumor sites for years. Some are of course, more dependable than others, but the main thing to remember about all of them is that they are reporting "rumors". Some of those are made up by the web sites. I don't know what category this one is in, but its rumors are interesting. www.looprumors.com
Ohio State University has put up a somewhat academic paper with illustrations of the above title. There are a lot of QuickTime links that appear to be inactive. But the text is still pretty interesting to anyone that is into graphic history. Ah! For the days of Silicon Graphics, the first one that allowed text over graphics. See the paper at: accad.osu.edu
When Bungie was purchased by Microsoft, they released the Marathon code into the open source arena. The result of that is the ability to run Marathon natively under Mac OS X, as well as under Windows and soon Linux. Wow!! The fun we had playing Marathon in the last century. See the full story...
Niall Kennedy, is organizing a dinner for Mac small business owners and developers at the Chaat Café in San Francisco at 7 PM on January 11. One thing has been true for sometime, that is that small business doesn't enjoy the support on the Mac that it once did. At one time Apple even had an Evangelist for Small Business. Don't know if this has made it to Ilene's Hess Party List yet, but I will forward it to her as well. ... see the full story...
I have always found it interesting as to topic used for MUG meeting during the month of a MacWorld Expo. I have seen groups cancel their meeting because it happened before or during Expo. What do you think? Read more...
Christopher Breen's article, Find, fix, and delete corrupt iPhoto images, dealing with corrupt image files in my iPhoto library led me to discovering Juicer. Read more...
Here's an interesting story by James R. Stoup of AppleMatters, that asks "When was the last time you went to the movies?" So, do you think movies are declining?
IMHO: NetFlix and others are taking a bite out of the movie industry -- but perhaps we should reconsider Read more...
Of course each year everyone lists their favorites. I've really enjoyed Cyrus Farivar's "Five-mouse favorites" in yesterday's Macworld. If you use a Mac, you'll want to read this too...
In the UGN bookshelf, we've listed some of the most popular books of the year, plus our votes for the best of the best!
In the Articles Library, Fred posts his favorites from the G5 iMac to Eye Candy. You can read his insights here.
We would like you all to log into the InfoManager site and list your favorites by adding comments to our the comments page
Ambrosia's new version of EasyEnvelopes is much improved, offering lots of power in a little Widget... use EasyEnvelopes to quickly print a one-off envelope, or utilize its tight integration with Address Book to handle your mailing chores... ... see the full story...
We knew it wouldn't take long. Macnn has posted an article referencing AOL's annual spam survey. AOL says the iPod is now among top ten marketing ploys used by spammers. But it didn't take AOL to tell us that. These hucksters have even made it into the main stream of Google Ads. You'll see many offers saying you can get a free iPod, or Adobe Photoshop for $39, or free -- but don't believe them. You'll get spammed and scammed. The iPod Nano, PS3 and Xbox 360 are among the top of hundreds of billions of attempted spam messages targeting AOL users. Read more...
This InformationWeek article talks about China's new efforts to cut down on cell phone spam. Cell phones are the next frontier for spammers so, you'd better watch out. China will begin requiring prepaid cell-phone subscribers to register their devices using their real names in 2006. The article is by Gregg Keizer from TechWeb News
"Fear can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you're afraid you don't commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back."
- Philip K. Dick
"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."
- Sir Winston Churchill
Have a great week... (See last week)
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