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UGN Safenet continues to track phishing attacks during May to find phishers employing new and expanding techniques: Spyware marries into Phishing * search engine phishers * new anti-phishing legislation * Phone Phishing * What Banks are doing * and even a new Phishing Quiz! See the latest Phishing Crime Report
Two weeks ago, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal made some comments about how the future would reward those who do complete package design (Apple) as opposed to those who do component design (Microsoft).
LEE GOMES in this article takes exception to that idea and says actually, what is needed is a single visionary dictator. Like Steve jobs. Then even WinTel could win.
MSNBC and Steve talk about the new New York Apple "cube" store -- Of course, you can only view the interview on a PC. But it would seem to me that most people wanting to see Steve would own Macs. But Steve is trying to convert PC users. It won't hurt if they run Boot Camp I guess.
Message I got was: "This product requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Media Player 10, and Macromedia Flash 6. To download these free software applications, click the links below and follow the on-screen instructions." Of course, IE is no longer supported on the Mac. The interview is at: msnbc.msn.com
Last Friday, the 6th District Court of Appeal concluded that bloggers and webmasters are protected just as news and other media organizations. Apple will likely appeal to the State Supreme Court. The actual decision is at: www.courtinfo.ca.gov ... see the full story...
What to do when OS X says the font is no good??? Fonts in os X have become a nightmare for Mac users... it's a conspiracy -- but here's help
David Wegley shares insights into the "web home away from home" web service called "Goowy"
Fire up Adobe Photoshop this summer and get cooking for great prizes and recognition from the Photoshop ivory tower... The 2006 O'Reilly Photoshop Cook-Off -- a contest featuring eighteen top Photoshop experts as judges are looking for promising talent from the ranks of the 4,000,000 plus Photoshop users. Register and win
MacMod.com will tell you how. It does involve using cables and downloading a utility that unlocks the ability to use the second monitor. (Really stupid for Apple to lock us out of that one.) (Read More)
As you know, Macs are frequently used in a research setting. I remember when I was in Honolulu, one of my Apple user group members had a wife who did medical research. She always requested a new Mac when writing her proposals for grants. Makes sense to me. The latest machine will get the job done faster. Macresearch.org even has a library of scripts to use to make thing move more smoothly. Some of the disciplines covered are: Astronomy, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Cognitive Science, Ecology, Oceanography and Physics. www.macresearch.org
A lot of users have taken up working with blogs and various interactive web activities. They know PERL is the "duct tape" of the web. Get the real tricks and secrets of Perl: Clever, Cute, and Horrifying "Perl Hacks"
As we have discussed in the past, Andy Hertzfeld's web site, MacFolklore.org has been used to help Andy develop a book called "Revoluton in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made".
Now, it is being turned into a downloadable audio book. The catch there is that it is being done in small segments. The good part is that at least part of the segments are told by the people who experienced the story, not someone just reading the book. (The bad part is they are generally poorly read and not near the level of consumer audio books.) Also available as RSS feeds and Podcasts. folklore.trideja.com
Well not yet, but Canon Inc, said last Thursday that it is considering dropping the development of new film cameras. At least for the time being, they would continue selling current models. Nikon, had already announced that they were going to discontinue most models that are sold to the general public and only sell a few "pro" lines.
An interactive computer display that keeps track of multiple users by differentiating between their touch could lead to safer vehicle controls and smarter video games, its makers claim. The DiamondTouch (DT) system US, consists of a touch-sensitive screen that can be operated by several users simultaneously. By distinguishing between different users, the system can track a person's input and control their access to certain functions. This is done by providing an antenna in the chair of the user. I could see this used to limit access to controls in a car, or even to provide multiple entries in an application in a conference room. See a video of a demonstration (Read More)
While I was told that this video was the iPod as designed by Microsoft, it really is the iPod packaging as created by Microsoft. Forget that "keep it simple" rule. ... see the full story...
"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else."
- Peyton Conway March
"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."
- Buckminster Fuller
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."
- Carl Jung
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