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This week even more Senators chime in from both sides of the political bench. Also: John C. Dvorak checks in * Red State / Blue State * Senate Committee Cuts Amendment * US Democratic Party * Perspective * Bureaucrats divided * Blogging * Gnomedex * Pre-Presidential Politics * Google Antitrust threats * Senator confused by concept * Tech Faceoff * and many others UGN on Net Neutrality
This report reflects a new resurgence of criminal phishing online including how it affects the Senate tax proposal... Plus a lot more: There's a new version of Nigerian scam * new attacks on eBay * Man-in-the-Browser Attacks * Google Fixes XSS Holes * Symantec's new security software * IRS Warningss * Beefing up VISTA security * ICICI Targets * Norton Confidential * RoadRunner targets * Comcast targets ... and more (three pages)
This week we cover Apple MacBook upgrades and more ... Apple silences fans, responds to whining * batteries experiencing failure * screen failures * MacBook Pro Handle * New Configurations * 15-inch version * trackpad woes * MacBook wait times rise * Moo' Fix * Apple Acknowledges Staining * Sudden Motion Sensor * biometrics * leaving Mac OS X for Ubuntu * New logic board * premature age spots * 11 others! (Two pages)
Apple has officially dropped the eMac from its line of computers. Now, an educational model of the iMac with a 17-inch screen and an Intel Core Duo processor with an 80-gigabye hard drive will be aimed at the schools. It comes at a price of $899. This compares to the regular iMac at $1299 with a 160 GM hard drive. Of course, now the schools have to deal with all the melt-downs, and fan problems plaguing the iMacs! (The eMac was the last CRT Mac.) (Read More)
Graham Clulely, senior technology consultant at email and web security provider Sophos, believes that Windows has become an unsuitable operating system for unsophisticated home users. He believes that switching to Mac OS X would be no more trouble than switching to Vista and the computer would be ... much more secure
According to this article, the latest update to Tiger corrects 43 flaws in the OS and QuickTime. Additionally, users are suppose to see improved audio playback in QuickTime, Final Cut Pro, iTunes and Soundtrack.
Spotlight has also been extended and is now able to search Microsoft Office and iWork '06 (Pages and Keynote) documents. Read the full details
All new features of OS X 10.4.7 might not be desirable. In another eWeek article, they say that "according to at least one blog, Apple's efforts to help identify and validate end users' desktop widgets may have also introduced a new privacy-related issue. ...
"Apple's Dashboard Advisory, another security feature in the recent update, was designed to ensure that the widgets users download are legitimate and authorized by the company that created them.
" ... some Mac users expressed concern that Apple had begun to collect information about its customers without them knowing about it.
Apple seems to copied another feature of Windows. "Phone home." ... MacWorld takes a different view ... Read the full article
This site didn't give me many new links, but it certainly reminded me of many I have used in the past. I was surprised that they didn't list dealmac as a price comparison site. www.magicpubs.com
Skype is now at Version 1.4.0.49. It can forward calls to other Skype Names or regular phones, it will pause iTunes for a call, will allow drag and rop contacts to add to chats and calls, and it is now Universal binary.
I got to get a head set to try it out, but I have downloaded it. They are saying that calls to land lines will be free until the end of the year. Or course, there are versions for Windows and Linux too. More info and download ... www.skype.com
Fred relates the long and sad story of how spam and online crime have driven some ISPs to blind, extreme measures which threaten the very usability of the internet.
AOL, one of the world's longest trusted providers can no longer be trusted -- their overzealous quest to sell accounts by offering "spam blocking" is having the effect of isolating their user base from other web users. The following is a saga Fred followed first hand -- sad but true www.60-seconds/188
We Mac owners can do PDFs for free. PrimoPDF 2.0 is for Windows XP users and 1.0 is for Windows 98 users. The website below includes links to specialized PDF software. Get it at www.primopdf.com
On the other hand, we also don't need a web site to review motherboards. But, if you are going to build your own PC, it would probably be wise to look at what motherboard features you want/need. If this fits you, check out: www.motherboards.org
MacMerc has a how to about how to turn a Mac running Mac OS X 10.2 or later into a dedicated anti-spam machine. It uses SpamCieve and an IMAP mail account. Spam Assassin is an optional component. More details at: www.macmerc.com
Lenovo and Coca-Cola today jointly announced the availability of a possible collector's item for Chinese consumers - the F20 iCoke notebook. It is the first Lenovo co-branded notebook to feature the Lenovo Olympic composite logo -- with 12.1" widescreen display, Mg-Al casing, Dual batteries; up to 8.5 hours, Intel Pentium M 778 CPU, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 80GB HDD, Intel GMA900 graphics, WiFi + Bluetooth 3 x USB 2.0, Firewire (Picture) . . . See the full story...
Seems people are looking for a user group and not finding one. We generally field inquiries from our database, but user group renewals and updates have become sparse or nonexistent over the past year. If you have a user group you should be registered -- at least so people can find you. In the past 30 days UGNN "UG Finder" has had inquiries from people searching for a user group. I've listed all the cities in the UG department of the UG department of UGNN.com blog
Style Master 4.5, the CSS editing tool for professionals, students and dabblers alike. (Read More)
RooSwitch is an application to help manage multiple profiles for almost any application on OS X. (Read More)
seSales is a small business point of sale (POS) application that was designed from the ground up exclusively for Apple's Macintosh OS X "Tiger." (Read More)
"There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have."
- Don Herold
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."
- Andy Rooney
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."
- Carl Jung
Have a great week... (See last week)
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