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with Lynn Wegley

 

InfoManager for April 9, 2007


     

PHISHING: Not good news!

While America sleeps, and the drive-by media obsesses over who will buy the U.S. presidency, billions of internet users' dollars are being put to work for online crime... and ICANN, the people who bring you the internet, are planning their escape from Washington's watch ... folks, this is not good news!

Gmail Paper

This has become an interesting development. Still in beta, but came out April 1st. (April Fools!) Check it out at: mail.google.com

Firefox Gains, Safari Falls

Many of the news outlets are buzzing about the major leaps in popularity enjoyed by FireFox -- while Safari falls. See how the top browsers line up . . .

MaciLife.com

Before MacLife became a magazine, there was the MaciLife web site. This site belongs to Jim Heid. Jim was one of the first to write about the MacLife suite. Here he covers it in detail. See it at: www.macilife.com

Tired of a static desktop?

How about turning it into a movie screen? Or put a web site on the desktop. (Read More)

Best Buy to get Apple Stores

CompUSA vs. Best Buy? Selling Macs? Here's what I found...

Multimedia applications

Ever wonder about what you can use to play WMP files on your Mac? This web site has a list of such applications. (Read More)

Colloquy

It has been awhile since I have used any chat services -- catching up brings some new discoveries... See the full story...

Pandora & Amazing Slow Downer

I was able to catch-up on my Podcast listening over the last couple of weeks ... I decided to check it out. See the full story...

Microsoft mulls cell-phone-style Zune subsidies

Proving that the Zune is not the iPod killer that was promised (Read More)

OS X Config Right

Xupport is a multipurpose system utility for Mac OS X. It provides many features to configure hidden Mac OS X and Unix options . . . See the full story...

Looking for a job?

Brendon Sinclair, editor of Sitepoint's "Sitepoint Tribune" points out a disastrous mistake you can make if looking for a job online. See the full story...

CRAPWARE

Way back in '05, Warner Crocker coined the phrase Crapware... Walt Mossberg relates his experiences with Crapware... (Read More)

Quotes: Bryan, Kelly and Chinese Proverb

"The humblest citizen of all the land when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of Error."
      - William Jennings Bryan

"Don't take life seriously, it ain't permanent no how!"
      - Walt Kelly, in Pogo

"If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future - look into your present actions."
      - Chinese Proverb

Have a great week... (See last week)

Lynn

 

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