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For the past day we've had 149 attempts to place links into the 'comments' here in UGNN which redirect the user to a download site where a trojan is downloaded. During tracking this criminal, we discovered this security notice published by Intego yesterday... (Read More)
All those who wanted to monetize their web sites had a big boost a couple of years ago when Google rolled out their AdSense program. I jumped on board, just like I jumped on the new upstart named "Amazon" when they first appeared on the scene. Amazon has cut its affiliates commissions back to near-oblivion, in the interest of their profits -- why did we think Google wouldn't do the same? Read: 60-Second Window #205: Google Gotcha
Nobody thinks security, online crime, phishing and identity theft is a big deal. "It won't affect me" you say -- it will. A new survey Shows Security Budgets On The Rise -- 70% of IT pros plan increase spending on network security with next fiscal year. Guess who picks up the tab?
The weakness is reported in Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x-10.x, Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1. Linux and Windows versions are not affected. See the full story...
If you're a web page builder, you know the problems surrounding the use of custom fonts on web pages. Here's some news we're all keenly interested in. According to Alex Walker, editor of SitePoint's "Design" newsletter, the old web site fonts nightmare may be a thing of the past. (Read More)
The DXG-110 is the first 10 megapixel digital camera to break the $200 price barrier - including the most wanted Pro Features: Focus Illuminator ISO 1600/Antishake, AutoFocus Tracking, Automatic Contrast, memory up to 4-GIGs, and Face Detection... It's a great gift idea!
What a great gift this will make -- and it's totally affordable -- with digital foci's "pocket album" Digital Key Chain photo viewer ... carry up to 74 photos everywhere you go on 1.5-inch color LCD screen with 8mb of internal memory... Another great gift idea
Macintosh OS now lets users partition their Apple servers into multiple, virtual machines allowing for "other copies of Mac OS X Server software." (Read More)
Postino RSS reader and podcast player gets advanced features such as audio and video podcast management, RSS feed auto-discovery, search subscription, multi-tabbed web browsing and PostinoLive, a guide referencing the most popular audio and video podcasts. See the full story...
Nolobe has rolled out an update of Interarchy 8.5.4 for Mac OS X, -- file transfer application is recommended for all Interarchy 8 customers. (Read More)
The size of a file has a crucial effect on the amount of time a user needs to download it. Software sales, when counting on downloads to increase in quantity, are influenced by this factor. Adriana Iordan reveals vital information
David Pogue has authored two exciting new titles which are sure to bring smiles to the faces of Apple aficionados everywhere -- iMovie '08 & iDVD, Leopard -- just in time for the holiday season! New Missing Manuals...
High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) is cutting-edge imaging technology which digitally captures and edits all light in a scene. It represents a quantum leap in imaging technology -- and the final step that places digital ahead of analog. The HDRI Handbook now lets you take advantage of this technology.
With email running an all-time high, people need a better solution for dealing with the shear bulk of the content. While Eudora is the very best database email program, it's been discontinued. What will fill that void? MailSteward is the ultimate email archiving solution for the Mac.
The fourth installment of Spiral Graphics free seamless texture packs more than 150 textures freely downloadable seamless textures -- bringing the total of free textures to 600 -- including all new terrain textures for games and maps (Read More)
Many of us old time Mac users remember PopChar as an easy way to find unusual character in specific font families in the classic Mac OS. Back at least as far as OS version 5.1. Now there is a new version for Mac OS X. See the full story...
Want to see early history of the computer revolution? This web site has a lot of it. See the full story...
I don't know if this is just a Photoshop trick or if someone actually plated these devices. But they really do look pretty. bling, bling, bling
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
--Oprah Winfrey
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
--Albert Schweitzer
Have a great week... (See last week)
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