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At its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco, Sun unveiled software for running cell phones.
The news buzzed all over the internet about Apple's recent patent for a 2-sided iPhone... Apple gets a new patent... a humorous new "Microsoft iPhone" video, and others... all surveyed by Fred in this month's iPhone update
This month's Phishing coverage includes: * Google ads used in spyware phishing scam, then Pulled By Google, * Hackers, Phishers join you at Starbucks * New forms of identity theft * Call Forwarding Masks Fraud * PayPal security measures * Phishing techniques revealed ... And several others in UGN Safenet
A thought provoking article by George M Engel from The FoxWood Lake Estates Computer Users Group Newsletter ... "Being an old veteran of the Macin tosh Service Bench, I was hesitant to be an 'Apple Pioneer.'"
From Fred: You read our occasional raves about Google Earth and Google Maps. Well, here's a brief look at my humorous discovery that Google Maps does indeed render the shortest distance... even if a bit impractical! ... 60-Second Window #194
If you are doing audio and music on the Mac, you should know about this site. See the full story...
Media Rights Technologies and BlueBeat.com sent Cease and Desist to Microsoft, Apple, Adobe and Real Networks. (Read More)
This sounds like something that a creative user group could use on their web site. It consists of a "container" shaped like a bubble that provides an easy way to add video to the site. See the full story...
The cover story of Information Week this week is about the 12 most important software in the 13 year history of the web. If you discount the web itself, that leaves 11. (Read More)
Yes, Supercard, the Hypercard clone is still available and working in Mac OS X as well as in Windows. Solutions Etcetera is the current owner. I remember using it 1989 when it was first to add color and it was almost as easy to use as Hypercard. SuperCard 4.6
I have one friend who has a pacemaker and recently purchased his first iPod, a 5th generation 80 gig one. This story from Bloomberg and Reuters reprinted in several newspapers around the country says that a 17 year old high school student and his doctor father conducted a research project that made the above claim. (Read More)
If you ever had to sit through one of those boring Powerpoint presentations -- heed this before producing your own... Paul LeRoux tells a story about a multimillion-dollar sales presentation to which "Murphy" paid a visit 12 Mistakes Presenters Make
Closeup photography is one of the most fascinating photographic genres -- with Macro Photography, the digital camera photographer can capture tiny objects beautifully in photographic images. See the full story...
B/W Styler is a Photoshop plugin for B&W conversion, creating traditional B&W effects and styling B&W photos - for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, Photo Plus, IrfanView and PhotoImpact (Read More)
VOLUNTEER ANTI-SPAM ORGANIZATION FILES Largest Anti-Spam Suit In U.S. History ... Project Honey Pot Suit Seeks $1B+ from Spammers, Email Harvesters, and Comment Spammers ... Project Honey Pot
The Pew Research firm has released some rather 'telling' data on the way kids use their online social networking accounts. (Read More)
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
- Maya Angelou
"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."
- Abraham Lincoln
Have a great week... (See last week)
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