UGN Info Manager
UGN Info Manager
Last week, Steve Jobs put out a public letter calling for the end of Digital Rights Management. Many music industry leaders said that it didn't make sense and Apple should license their DRM to other players. Thus we present a brief overview of just some of the industry pros to cons...
Jupiter Research meanwhile reported that music industry executives in Europe feel that while continued legal action against file sharing is necessary, they also believe that the industry is losing the war against file sharing. They think that they need to reconsider their policy and end DRM. 62% of them think that dropping DRM will actually increase sales. Read more at: news.bbc.co.uk
Pat Fauquet of Bob LeVitus Consulting published an article in the Washington Apple Pi Journal about the fact that most computers in this country are not prepared for the new daylight saving time rules. This year, it will be in effect from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November. Most computer OSs don't handle it. And won't be updated.
At my last MUG meeting, our President ranted about how expensive it will be to update his servers to handle the changes. Fortunately for us Mac users, Mac OS X 10.4.6 and later handles it fine (with a trip to Software Update.) However, Mac OS X 10.3 and earlier won't be updated as Windows 95, 98 and XP. You will need the Vista on the PC to handle it. Of course, there isn't yet a Vista version available for servers that corporations are willing to use.
BTW - look around on the web site, WAP has a lot of great articles posted. Bet they wouldn't mind a reprint with credit, but check with them first Read Pat's story
This needs no explanation. Just go to: www.123macmini.com
Apple ahs set up the OS to handle themes, but as far as I know, has never officially announced support for them. Here is a web site that offers some alternative themes for OS X: www.macthemes.net
As the site puts it: "From iMac to iTunes, Your Mac is Built for the Internet. But not all Internet resources are Designed with Mac Users in Mind." I can't believe how many web sites I come across that say they aren't ready for Safari or that they require Internet Explorer. Of course, I don't really understand those that say that only Netscape is supported either. This site tries to find the URLs that are Mac Friendly and provide links to them. Check it out at: www.macfriendly.com
TextExpander appears to do for Mac OS X what TypeIt4Me did for Mac Classic OS. It completes text typed by the user. Looks really interesting. If I was still doing a lot of chats, I might consider paying its $29.95 price. Get a trial product at: www.smileonmymac.com
AppleInsider has published a story saying that for the first time since the elimination of the Powerbook 2400, Apple will have a sub- notebook. They are predicting a release before WWDC. We shall see. Full story at: www.appleinsider.com
User Group University had a number of good speaker at Mac World Expo again this year. Also, once again, many of the presentations are released as podcasts and/or streaming Quicktime files. (Note: despite the fact that they are aimed at Mac user groups, much is applicable to PC groups as well.)
See: UGAB web site or http://tinyurl.com/2gmdtm ... More material is available at: homepage.mac.com/ugab/
Moneydance 2007 is being called the most intuitive personal finance manager for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Graphic design is in ethical flux. This book, GOOD: An Introduction to Ethics in Graphic Design, seeks to answer ethical questions about the design industry .
The TeachMeIT MS Office 2007 helps users master new features added by Microsoft such as ribbons, galleries, live preview and contextual tabs Microsoft Office Training
Strata Foto Now for Mac and Windows and Strata Live Upgrades a powerful tool for creating professional quality 3D content from still images
This is the web developer's tool for creating professional web site buttons with mouse over and mouse down effects ... free update is now a Universal Binary
Among other goodies, Sandy Foderick and the Apple User Group Advisory Board team include these resources in the latest UGAB newsletter:
* iOscars at Brigham Young UG ...Make a movie, and you just might win an iOscar! The deadline for this year's event is March 12 and all details are at: http://ymac.byu.edu/
* Think old computers aren't worth much? Former Apple User Group Advisory Board member Lorin Evans and the volunteer experts of Washington Apple Pi help users with refurbishing and reusing older computer systems. This Washington Post article notes that Lorin was able to retrieve Apple II geneological records for a family. For them, the information was probably priceless. http://tinyurl.com/2uzp32
* Stay up to date on all the Apple UGAB at homepage.mac.com/ugab/
"Men are disturbed, not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen."
- Epictetus
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that we are unique. The greatest discovery of the next generation, I pray, is that we are one."
- Thomas Leonard
"A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation."
- Bertrand Russell
Have a great week... (See last week)
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