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So when is an Apple Store opening near you? We have one opening this spring in Southlake. But I didn't know the exact date until I saw this web site. See it at ... www.ifoapplestore.com
While MySpace has removed some objectionable content to pacify the media, it hasn't stopped criminal activities from getting worse day by day. See the latest update
SmallDog.com had an article in their weekly TechTails newsletter that I found very interesting. In the article, they talk specifically about not being able to use their .Mac account to send mail with Mail. This issue is that most ISPs now block port 25 which is the one typically used to send e-mail. (That is to other servers.) According to them, one way around this is to set your ISP account as the sending address when setting up the .Mac account or any other third party account. Another way is to use port 587 for the .Mac account. There are Apple Tech Notes that cover both methods. Small Dog's newsletters, which are also selling devices often have useful information and usually good prices. Small Dog at: www.smalldog.com
Tech Notes at: docs.info.apple.com ... docs.info.apple.com
Groowy is a new e-mail and more service. It is written in Flash and has the look of OSX.
It also supplies contact management and calendar. Also they promise instant messaging and file storage (pictures, music & documents) soon as well. They are trying to provide all your on-line needs in one place. I signed up after my nephew David recommended it to me. Also a news area where you can use something called Minis for wather, news, rss, flickr, and more. (Not sure what they mean here. Still exploring.) Minis are small applications. Sound like they are like the original Watson add ins. However, the first thing they offered me was an e-mail notification program which was a .exe file. So I am wondering about their Mac support. See it for yourself at: www2.goowy.com
David also showed me this Wired blog article that shows a lot of different early Apple computers. Of course, the 128K, the Fat Mac and the Mac Plus look an awful lot a like. But there is also an Apple I, just the way I remember seeing one on display in a Chicago suburb in 1982. See the article at: wiredblogs.tripod.com
PC Pro, a United Kingdom computer magazine is doing an online series recounting Apple's history. Part 2, talks about the development of the GUI for Lisa and Macintosh. A item I have never seen before is that Apple gave Xerox $18 million in Apple stock for access to their labs for 3 days. Sounds to me like Apple paid for their starting part on a GUI. Thank goodness they didn't use Xerox's 3-button mouse. Read the full series
Last Friday was the last day for Avadis "Avie" Tevanian to work at Apple. He came to Apple when NeXT was purchased and had a key role in both the NeXT OS and Mac OS X. He will be missed. See the whole interview
Leonard Dumanovsky wrote in to mention that the latest version of WildPresenter just hit the streets! If you want to easily create Flash presentations, product, training videos, and so forth, you might want to check this out. (Windows only) ... see the full story...
Ajax -- or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML -- lets you build rich internet applications that are more interactive, responsive, and easy to use than ever before. ... see the full story...
The European Union has threatened Microsoft with new anti-trust lawsuits if Vista isn't designed to not breach anti-trust rules. In fact, they have been warned not to include some security features and have IE 7 only point to MSN search. This will be interesting, since the EU isn't convinced that Microsoft has complied with previous rulings. ... see the full story...
We all have loved Google -- from the first time it opened, promising a clean interface and honest results. The de-facto search engines of the time had become jaded with corruption, spam and faulty search results, Google was a ray of hope at accessing the whole web. Not so true today. Google itself has become corrupted and jaded with faulty results. Our good friend Doug Clifford tipped me on Clusty the other day and I've become a real believer.
Best feature: it gives you a quick overview of the main themes that relate to the query, with similar results grouped together for faster access. You'll also enjoy discovering unexpected results and relationships between the items you search for.
Put this next to Google in your button bar, until it too becomes corrupted: www.clusty.com
Results from the 2005 Nationwide Undercover Shop Demonstrate Need for Continuing Improvement - The Federal Trade Commission has released the results of its latest nationwide undercover shop of electronic and video game stores. The FTC conducted the shop to collect data on the extent to which retailers prevent children from buying video games that have been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) as Mature. The FTC also announced a second comment period for an upcoming survey on awareness of and attitudes towards ESRB ratings. About the ratings ... ... see the full story...
The numbers of phishing sites have seen a sharp rise with the number doubling in two months from November to January this year. According to the latest Anti-Phishing Working Group report, there were 17,877 unique phishing reports submitted in January - the biggest number ever recorded. The figure itself is 50 per cent higher than the previous year and the number of phishing reports rose steadily throughout 2005. ... see the full story...
Kelly Martin is reporting that Researchers at Harvard University and UC Berkeley have published a document explaining why phishing works on general users.
The ten-page document (PDF), by Rachna Dhamija at Harvard and J.D. Tygar and Marti Hearst at Berkeley, details a small study of 22 participants that looks at today's standard security indicators used with websites. The report also references previous larger studies on phishing by other researchers.
The report also offers some alarming statistics about phishing. Research indicates that about two million Americans gave their personal information to phishing sites in 2003, resulting in direct losses of $1.2 billion for U.S. banks and card issuers. Download this PDF Report
By now you've probably already heard all the press about hearing damage from playing iPods too loud. Well duh! It's been damaging people's ears since the first transister radio earphones came out. And if you think that's bad on hearing -- imaging what those boom-boom woffers at top volume will do in the confines of a closed vehicle.
Now, Apple has announced a software update for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPods, allowing customers to easily set their own personal maximum volume limit. The software update also gives parents the ability to set a maximum volume limit on their child's iPod and lock it with a combination code. The new software update 1.1.1 is available immediately as a free download for the iPod nano and the fifth generation iPod from ... www.apple.com/ipod/
Consumers are striving to enhance their productivity in both their personal and professional lives. More and more they are turning to wireless technology for daily use in or outside of the home or office. Wireless devices provide mobility for wireless enabled devices such as laptops, smartphones, and PDAs. The GetNetWise Spotlight on Wireless Security will address issues surrounding mobile security, wireless home networking and public Wi-Fi use. getnetwise.org
All those law suits claiming ear damage from iPods has had one result. Apple has issued an updater that will allow you to set a maximum setting for your iPod. I am sure that parents will like that better than their teens. ... see the full story...
Stunt Software has announced an update to their time tracking software. To get greater notice, they are giving away Nano iPods. Check out the software and try for an Nano at: www.stuntsoftware.com
"Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content."
- Louis L'Amour
"Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something."
- Thomas A. Edison
"If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking."
- Lyndon B. Johnson
"Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it."
- Laurence J. Peter
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