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This past week, there was some discussion on the UGAB mailing list concerning video podcasts of user group meetings. The President of the Las Vegas MUG, Anthony Saxton says that it is surprising easy to produce and distribute. You can subscribe to their podcast via the iTunes store. (Look for VMUG)
Also there are a number of other podcasts that would be of interest to Mac users. Just don't have time to check them all out. See the LVMUG sight at: lvmug.com
Internet safety advocates have been watching the trend for some time -- now news of MySpace.com leading sexual predators and online criminals to minors has media and law endorcement attention ... Special UGN SafeNet Report
Apple has introduced a free service that enables colleges and universities to podcast course lectures via iTunes. That way a student never has to miss a class completely. However, it will also tempt students to download music, at least the first time they subscribe to the podcast. ... see the full story...
Paypal, who started life as a service to let PDAs spend money, has a new competitor with the above name. TextPayMe uses text messaging in cell phones to provide payments. However, according to this article PayPal is about to enter that space to. Read more...
Wine is an Open Source implementation of Windows API that runs on X and Unix systems. It allows the running of windows software on x86 systems with Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris and apparently Mac OS X. You can find out more and download the software at: www.winehq.org
his web site tells the user how to tweak the PC and many of its applications. In many cases, there are files to download to make the changes. See it at: www.tweak3d.net
I have commented on this web site before, but forgot all about it, until I just came across it again. The first "hack" on the site Friday was: "How to Build a Geodesic Dome out of Cardboard." A truly interesting web site. See it at: www.hackaday.com
I don't have a web site to test this on. And of course, if I want to see what a site looks like in Safari, I just launch Safari. But if you are a Windows web site developer who wants to make sure your site looks good to Mac users, then this site purports to help you out by showing you what it will look like. Check it out at: snugtech.com
The author of this article is considering giving up his .Mac account. While it seems like a lot of work, he was able to simulate having a .Mac account on his own server. Meanwhile, it is a very instructive article and shows how things work behind the pretty interface. ... see the full story...
Will You Buy the One Billionth Song?Apple has already begun the countdown to one-billion songs, that is. Some day very soon, one lucky individual will download the one billionth song purchased from the iTunes Music Store.
To commemorate the milestone, Apple will be awarding a 4GB black iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card to the 500 customers who purchase every 100,000th song (starting after 950 million). The person who downloads the one-billionth song will win the Grand Prize: a 17-inch iMac, ten 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card. Good for any media type. No purchase necessary to participate.*
In addition, Apple will create a full music scholarship in their name to a world-renowned music school. You can get more information and read the complete rules for participating -- see the Billion Songs Countdown Promotion
James R. Stoup's article at AppleMatters points out that Google recently did something very interesting. They paid Dell to bundle the Google Desktop Search application on every new Dell that rolls out the door. This deal will take effect in the near future but it has immediate impacts on two main companies, Microsoft and Apple. ... see the full story...
Microsoft has announced that the PC version of Halo will require Windows Vista that causes speculation that it will be released toward the end of the year. Of course, there is no word of a Mac version at all. Who will start the next Bungie? ... see the full story...
Here are some cool new widgets... for FREE including Quote Genie, RadioTuner, iSpeak, Virtual Earth, FontViewe and Merriam-Webster Dictionary widgets ... Shareware Department
Each day the threats become greater and greater. Computer safety expert and author Victoria Roddel has sent along five simple ways to protect yourself and your children In the Safenet Department
TechEd 2006, the 11th Annual Technology in Education International Conference & Tech Exposition, will kick off four days of intense activity starting March 26 at the historic Pasadena Conference Center ... see the full story...
At one time there were big barriers to entry when it came to accepting credit cards. Now it's easy... author Joe Walsh writes about Accepting Charge Cards at your web site Read more...
VoIP Hacks by Ted Wallingford makes the most out of Voice over IP, or VoIP, may be the most important IP technology to emerge ... see the full story...
Macintouch has posted their "Universal Binary" software for Intel Macs Read more...
Apple has long been the leader in providing innovative solutions to educational institutions -- that's why they created the Apple Scholars Program. ... see the full story...
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