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with Lynn Wegley

 

InfoManager for AUGUST 27, 2007


     

3 GB Mac Mini

Add up to 50% More Memory to the Latest Apple Mac mini Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz and 2.0GHz (Read More)

Free Photos at TurboPhoto 5th

in celebration of the 5 year milestone, Turbo Photo plans to release an unprecedented amount of free stock photos for the month of September -- Thousands of web photos for commercial and personal use can be downloaded for free

Flash Drive Roundup

My local paper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran an article last week about Flash Drives. These are now required equipment for many students starting in middle school if not earlier. Flash Drive Roundup

YouTube viewers react to ads

As you may know, YouTube has announced an advertising overlay for its videos. After all, that is how Google makes its money. But there is some descent. See the full story...

Backup... SMART

Be smart - backup different. Freeridecoding announces a major update for its straightforward backup tool SmartBackup v2.1.

Plyxim - free software

I haven't talked much about free software for the Mac lately. Here is a new list and it includes some software that I hadn't heard of before this. (Read More)

Data recovery for Mac OS X

FileSalvage 6, Data recovery software for Mac OS X now has support for custom file type recovery, embedded file search, and new bootable DVD See the full story...

Seeqpod for streaming audio and video

Seeqpod is a new web site that streams audio and video files. They do this by doing a search for the files on the net and then streams them from that location. So they do not have to have any content on their site. (Read More)

iSync phone plugins

Nova media updates its iSync phone plugins to version 4.2.2 See the full story...

Video Marketing Tips

The use of videos on the Internet brings numerous advantages. Marketing expert Adriana Iordan shares advantages, tips and tricks for video marketing tools and techniques. (Read More)

Small Business Marketing And Advertising

Too often, small business advertising and marketing campaigns prioritize branding at the expense of direct response--i.e., actually getting leads and/or sales right now. That is almost always a foolish and even dangerous proposition. (Read More)

Sound, Motion, Near DVD Quality

DXG ANNOUNCES DXG-572V DIGITAL CAMCORDER - Full-Motion Video in Near DVD Quality with Sound, 5 Megapixel Photos, Digital Voice Recorder for Only $149 ... pretty slick!

Store more, share more - at home

NewerTech has announced the miniStack Drag, Drop Shared Storage up to 750GB for Home or Business, 6 Times Faster Performance, Extra Security with NDAS Technology See the full story...

RapidWeaver gets a slew of handy new features

RapidWeaver brings a slew of handy new features including an upgraded blog plugin, new custom RSS fields, and a brand new Dynamic Sidebar option allowing far quicker upload times (Read More)

Free QuarkXPress 7.3 Updater

More people use QuarkXPress for creative design and page layout than any other software in the world. Here's support for five additional languages including European Portuguese, Finnish, Croatian, Hungarian, and Russian (Read More)

Business: Improve your Time Tracking

Now you have the option to pause a running timer when a new one has started. Billings, the time tracking and invoicing software from Marketcircle Inc. has accommodated user requests for restricted timers in a new point release. Improve your Time Tracking

AlphaStar for Adobe After Effects

AlphaStar for Adobe After Effects create different types of highlights, stars, rays, flashes, blinks, lens flares, rainbows and etc., and gives a lot of possibilities to decorate video and create both natural and unusual fantastical effects

Books: Composition Photo Workshop

Introducing readers to the basic elements of design, this full-color guide shows photographers step by step how to frame great compositions before they take the shot. (Read More)

Books: Lighting Photo Workshop

Are you a photographer? Do you take photos requiring lighting other than the flash? Would you like to eliminate the flash? See the full story...

Books: Artist's Guide To Gimp Effects

The GIMP, an image editor whose power and ease-of-use rivals that of Adobe Photoshop, is one of the world's most popular free software tools. Here's the guide you'll need...

Quote: Mahatma Gandhi

"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
      ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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

Lynn

 

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