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Apple is joining the ranks of all the other computer makers by opening a call center in India. They are stating, that this is because of all the new customers they have gained in the past year. The facility will be in a new building in Bangalore. The centers in Austin and in Sacramento will continue to grow. Dell just opened their third center in India. Read more
Well, not yet, but Apple has show plans to a Back Bay planning commission to demolish a current building and erect a 3 story building in its place. This is really only a first step and the actual store is some time away from construction.. ... see the full story...
Nicolas Pyers in Australia has developed a 30 year history of Apple using its print and video advertising. I have most of the TV ads over the years, but not the print ones. Although, a lot of those are available on the Internet. (It would probably take a DVD to hold the full presentation though.) See a teaser of the presentation
Looks like the demise of the east coast MacWorld has opened up the schedule for WWDC to be held later. So Apple will be back to making major announcements in January and August, like they did for about 20 years. It will be held August 7 - 11 in San Francisco, probably at the Moscone Center. Wish I could afford to go. But then, I really don't have developer credentials. Now, maybe a press pass.
iFixIt Guide shows how to do repairs and upgrades for all Mac Powerbooks, iBooks and the MacMini. Well organized with good illustrations. Personally I would like to see an iMac section. See it for yourself See it for yourself
Don't think it will win any awards. You have to see this one to believe it:
This is an article about how a user was able to put Windows on a MacBook Pro, using a program called VMware, which is a version of Linux that allows a guest OS. The authors claim that it runs much faster than VirtualPC on the older Macs. www.osxbook.com
Speaking of Apple History, here is a web site that specializes in Macintosh history. It has kind of a corny interface, but interesting history. See the Apple I ad Or go to the home page at: www.macmothership.com
In this MacWorld article, Peter Cohen makes the point that most games on the Mac are ported from the PC world. He says that if we support the companies that develop games for the Mac, they will build more of them. Companies that develop for the Mac include: Ambrosia Software, Danlab Games, Freeverse Software, GarageGames and of course Pangea Software. Read more...
Joe Showker, active "Safe Netting" advocate and frequent contributor to InfoManager has forwarded this news item to us... and we strongly urge user group editors to make their memberships -- particularly educators -- aware of this news story, and the "Missing" computer game... Read more...
* Funky Finder Features - Maria Langer shares Five Funky Finder Features in Mac OS X [GO]
* Mini vMac - Macintosh Emulator [GO]
* Application Wizard 1.6 - Runs Applications [GO]
* CBS: Kid's "Missing" Game - Pass this along to your members... [GO]
* Factory Tools special effectsSoftware for the Mac [GO]
* Mail2Cell email on your phone - automatically forwards unread emails [GO]
* VelaClock Widget - enhances your clock [GO]
* NoteList 1.2.0 - Free Form Notes [GO]
* Mac Hackability - Is the Mac OS hackable? News reports would lead you to believe so.... but there are some conflicting opinions. [GO]
* X-Fonter - supports all font types (Truetype, Opentype, Postscript, Raster and Vector) [GO] www.ugnn.com
MySpace is becoming a microcosm of daily life including robbers, terrorists, rapist, and scam artists. Here's our update of top stories www.user-groups.net/safenet/
Those of you who have read the news here for the past 15 years knows we believe that BBEdit is the best text editor available. It just keeps getting better and better
San Jose Mercury News Editorial Blasts AOL's Email Tax, Calls It "Cash Cow" That Threatens "Free and Open Internet"... DearAOL.com Coalition Grows From 50 Organizations to 500 In One Week -- 30,000 Email Users Sign Open Letter ... DearAOL.com
Joe Kissell's new Take Control ebook gives readers an easy maintenance program to keep their Macs running smoothly -- including the best strategy for backups...
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