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In the past three weeks UGN spam traps have reported an 800% increase in Phishing attempts. This characterizes any heavy shopping season such as the holidays, so you should double your guard against suspicious email. In this article we'll show you how the pros identify and trap online criminals. Use this method and you won't become the victim in this year's holiday statistics www.user-groups.net/safenet/
UGN Safenet has posted the latest phishing report including: a Social Security Scam Alert * Cyber Monday * Microsoft lawsuits against phishers * Three Ps Help Holiday Shoppers * A sound defence against phishing * Phishing affects Safari, Firefox password storage * VoIP Makes List of Top 20 Internet Attack Targets and 20 others.
I am not sure why anyone would want to do this, but since Office 2007 radically reorganizing the way users think and work with applications, Microsoft has decided that it is important to get other applications to use the same interface will enable users to become familiar with it quicker They have announced that along with the perpetual, royalty-free license will be a 120+ page document detailing the precise use the designed features.
The most obvious feature is the "ribbon", which is used instead of a toolbar. Apparently the designers feel that by changing the interface will enable users to find features they are requesting that have been part of Office for years. Read the full article
Larry Seltzer in an eWeek article talks about the vulnerability of the Macintosh OS. He claims that the Mac is no less vulnerable than Window or Linux, yet while Linux with smaller market share, has experienced a number of virus attacks, the Macintosh for practicable purposes hasn't had any. He says we have been lucky so far. (Read More)
This OReilly article tells how to run Mac OS X on an Intel machine other than one built by Apple. This is done using PearlPC, which is a PowerPC emulator and thus works similarly to VirtualPC on a PowerPC Mac running Windows. Of course, being an emulator, you should be running the fastest processor you can get. See the full story...
CompUSA will start selling Microsoft's Vista Windows Business and Windows Small Business 2007 to small business customers starting November 30th. The consumer versions, Vista Basic and Premium will be available on January 30th. So it looks like MS will beat Leopard to market after all. (Read More)
Since not all computers come with built-in iSight cameras, US Robotics has introduced a camera that is compatible with Skype. This ought to increase the video conference, at least among family members. The USR 9640 sends 30 frams per second at 1.3 megapixel. See the full story...
The use of devices like Griffin's "iTrip" has been banned in the UK because they could interfere with broadcasts by radio stations. Effective December 8, these FM transmitters will be legal if they can be tuned to spare frequencies. Some current devices won't meet the new legal requirements. Read the BBC story
According to a new survey by The Pew Internet and American Life Project, 12% of web users are now downloading podcasts. This is an increase from 7% earlier in the year. Men and online veterans are more likely to download podcasts. I know I download daily, but unfortunately, I can't seem to find much time to listen to them. (Read More)
Jon Johansen, a.k.a. DVD Jon, has developed a system that could allow iTunes music stores to be download to MP3 players other than iPods. Apparently this system will also with a license, allow competing digital download stores to download songs that could play on iPods. So the restrictions that Apple has placed on their system would pretty much be removed. I am not sure how many of these vendors would risk an Apple legal attack, but the opportunity is there. See the full story...
Today's easy computers and operating systems has brought more and more Rob Cubbon, DTP and publishing expert helps beginners learn how to prepare artwork for print.
With the discovery of keychain vulnerabilities to phishing, Lava Software is now shipping PasswordVault v5.1, a simple and practical enterprise-level password manager for Windows, MacOS X (Universal Binary), MacOS Classic and Linux(i86) -- to safely deal with passwords.
XChange International limited time offer of a free ProPack with the purchase of a QuarkXPress 7 upgrade or full product - special one-time offer XPert Tools and QX-Tools upgrade to ProPack 7 for QuarkXPress 7 ... if you plan to upgrade, this is a killer deal!
"My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's."
- Oscar Wilde
"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself."
- Thomas Mann
"We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
- Gerald J. Simmons
"Keep my word positive. Words become my behaviors. Keep my behaviors positive. Behaviors become my habits. Keep my habits positive. Habits become my values. Keep my values positive. Values become my destiny."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
- Albert Einstein
Have a great week... (See last week)
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