UGN UGN Info Manager

with Lynn Wegley

 

InfoManager for AUGUST 13, 2007


     

Mac Mod Challenge 2007

Annual MacMod.com Competition kicks off August 1st with a worldwide call for modders to submit their Apple-related modifications for the 4th annual event. Thousands of dollars in prizes to be won! See the full story...

Office 2008 Coming in January

So, there will be yet another Microsoft Office for the Mac... it's coming in January (Read More)

Apple beats Microsoft

This Computer World article actually appears to make sense. They point out that Apple has beat Microsoft at getting the Open XML format for Excel ported to the Mac. See the full story...

WireTap Pro Upgrade

We've told you many times how cool WireTap is. Well, they've upgraded the program and it's gotten better than ever... WireTap

iPhone: Upheaval in Cellular Industry

ChangeWave last week posted some of the results of a survey on how the iPhone is effecting the cell phone industry.

Why no Intel Inside on Apple?

This is a paraphrase of a question asked by a reporter at the Apple media event last week. Steve Jobs replied to a roar of laughter. (Read More)

Universal Music Drops The Other Shoe

Universal has been working with Apple on a day by day, case by case basis. Now they have agreed to offer DRM-free songs ... on Rhapsody.

PageFlakes

PageFlakes is a web site for custom home pages. Similar to what you get from iGoogle, MyYahoo and others, but with a major unique feature. See the full story...

TechTV - rebuilt?

Revision3 has a number of tech movies available. It is done by the folks that did Digg, so naturally Diggnation is one of the shows. (Read More)

For Apple, what a difference a decade makes

The sentiment expressed in the title of this article is indisputable. However those of us who were around in those days remember the happening a little differently than what is reported in the body of the article. See the full story...

Free Wi-Fi Access For iPhone Users

Scott Bourne's Apple Phone Show web site has this article listing the 13 airports in North American where you can access Boingo's Wi-Fi network for the rest of the month. (Read More)

DEFCON game for Mac

DEFCON game for Mac, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic film, WarGames, superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion surrounding the Cold War era. DEFCON game for Mac

Mundu IM for the Apple iPhone

Geodesic announces Mundu IM for the Apple iPhone Free Beta Service to Fill Instant Messaging Void for iPhone

BBEdit gets upgrade

Since the early 1990s we've preached the true benefits of having BBEdit installed on your computer. It's been said that BBEdit should be the second piece of software installed after the System package. If you use text on your Mac, then you need BBEdit!

Toon Boom Digital Pro

Toon Boom - easy-to-use interface - the complete animation software for professionals, offering advanced content creation, animation and compositing capabilities within a single application.

The New iMac

Apple Unveils New iMac All New Line Features Sleek Aluminum 20- and 24-inch Designs... Steve Jobs sez: This new iMac is the most incredible desktop computer we've ever made

iLife '08

iLife '08, the most significant upgrade ever to Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a completely reinvented iMovie See the full story...

Quotes: Gibran and Woodhull

"You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice."
      ~ Steven D. Woodhull

The lust for comfort: that stealthy thing that enters the house as a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
      ~ Kahlil Gibran

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

Lynn

 

Info Manager Article Reprints

User Group Network Affiliates may reprint articles as long as full credit and a link to this web site: http://www.user-groups.net/info/ provided. Other Non-profit or non-commercial publications should contact us. The UGNN cannot guarantee accuracy or timeliness of articles beyond the date of publication. All URLs, links and email addresses are accurate as of date of publication. Clicking links in articles older than 30 days may result in a broken link. If you encounter a broken link, please let us know.

UGN Site Navigation:

Return to: the top of this page, or the INDEX for this department
Exit to: The User Group Network front page
Contact: The Editor, Webmaster or Membership Director

Important Details

The UGNN does NOT use cookies, stalker links, predator scripts or zombie pop-ups of any kind. You are perfectly safe here. The UGN and InfoManager however cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of information sent in press release services by third parties. The UGN stresses safe surfing: we cannot guarantee nor be responsible for the products or web sites mentioned in these columns. News and Software web sites mentioned here may have evil cookies, stalker links, predator pop-ups or zombie scripts.
To Advertise or become a sponsor Contact Advertising Department -- Press Releases for publication -- should be directed to: UGNN News Desk at: News Editor

 

The User Group Network is a member of: The Association of Apple Computer Users & Groups, the MUG News, and is sponsored in part by: The Design & Publishing Center, The News Serve Network, and the Designers' Bookshelf. The User Group Network is the first, and the original user group network for computer users everywhere including, Apple, Mac-Pro, User Group Organization to support Macintosh, IBM PC, Microsoft, Compaq, Amiga, BE/OS, Linux, UNIX, and other leading computer platforms. Hosting services are provided by The Graphic Design Network to serve the computing community. For information about the UGNetwork, to get involved or have your own groups' home page located at user-groups.net. Copyright 1994 through present. This site is maintained in the community interest by The Graphic Design Network c/o Showker Graphic Arts & Design, a Corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, established in 1972.

Valid HTML 4.01!