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with Lynn Wegley

 

InfoManager for October 15, 2007


     

Internet Taxes next?

If you've been keeping up on the Net Neutrality debate, then you've noticed who is conspicuously on the "Free Internet" and "Internet Freedom of Speech" bandwagons. It certainly is a worthy cause, however here in Virginia, we have an old saying: "put your money where your mouth is." last week, the Democrats did just that.

Federal Shield Law

Sen. Cornyn urges journalists to help in passing a strong federal shield law to help Professional Journalists -- important in light of the recent Democrat attacks on media journalists! See the full story...

60-Seconds: Facebook fetish

A lot of people these days have become obcessed with Facebook, the social networking site. It seems everyone likes to talk about it -- and once they try it, they can't get enough. (Read More)

Get things done

Objective Satisfaction has rolled out version 1.3 of What ToDo, a Mac task management program for Getting Things Done

Hot tips for Mac Developers

Spin Studio has launched SpinTips for Mac developers -- SpinTips is a series of strategic and tactical business hints and tips articles exclusively for developers in the Mac industry.

Investing on your iPhone?

Two topics, Apple iPhones and investment software, will be featured at the monthly meeting of Washington Apple Pi -- Saturday Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

Radioshift - 1.0.2

I heard about this on the Mac Break Weekly podcast. It is an easy download and provides the ability to find listen and record internet radio programs. See the full story...

The Leopard is coming

We're expecting Leopard (Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5) any day, so we've opened the doors for pre-orders, with some extra goodies... (Read More)

ICalViewer 2.1.1

Goiser Software announces the update of iCalViewer to version 2.1.1, their application/screen saver utility for Apple's calendar application, iCal. See the full story...

Leopard reminds: Apple makes computers, too

John Boudreau writes in the Mercury news: "With all the hoopla surrounding the iPhone and the new matchbox-like iPods, it's easy to forget Apple remains at its core a computer company." See the full story...

Ford gets iPod hook-up

More and more auto manufacturers are recognizing consumer demand for being connected even when driving -- now you can plug your iPod into any 2008 Ford, Lincoln or Mercury

Microsoft Word automated output

Multiple Word files -- printed at the same time? You can select the files you want to output, adjust the settings, and WordOutput will do the rest automatically. (Read More)

Making Things Talk

Tom Igoe bestows the power of communication upon your favorite tech creations -- guidelines for electronic verbosity See the full story...

Quotes: from Kennedy, and Anonymous

"When written in Chinese, the word crisis
      is composed of two characters.
      One represents danger,
      the other represents opportunity."
            John F. Kennedy

People with extraordinary minds, talk about ideas.
      People with average minds, talk about events.
      People with simple minds, talk about other people.
            --Anonymous

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

Lynn

 

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