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with Lynn Wegley

 

InfoManager for January 21, 2008

     

Explaining the Macintosh Surge

David Pogue has written an article with the above title on his blog. In starting his blog he lists some impressive stats for Apple, the Apple products and MacWorld Expo. These include at Expo 475 exhibitors, 100 more than last year. 50,000 attendees, 10,000 more than last year. See the full story...

Cocktail 4.0.2 (Leopard Edition)

Maintain has announced the release of Cocktail 4.0.4 (Leopard Edition). It adds support for clearing Microsoft Office 2008 font caches and address compatibility issues with QuickTime 7.4. It also fixes a bug that kept network optimization from being applied for DSL (PPPoE) connection type. (Read More)

iCalShare

So you have a calendar you want to share. Or perhaps you are looking for a calendar of particular events. See the full story...

Lotus Notes For iPhone

According to an article in InformationWeek IBM is looking to work more closely with Apple. This includes porting its Informix "Cheetah" database to Leopard and introducing a version of its Lotus Notes e-mail client for the iPhone at Lotusphere conference next week in Orlando.

Leopard Rips DVDs

Aimersoft Studio has released the best Mac DVD and video Converter software for Mac users; it includes two mighty Mac converters: Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac and Aimersoft Mac Video Converter.

MineSweeper

MineSweeper is an attempt at taking over a Mac through the web. (Read More)

MySpace back in the news

MySpace has finally agreed to deploy some safety measures -- then, just when you thought it was safe to let your kids wander into the further reaches of the internet -- porno stars seduce under age girls, and hacker extorts MySpace user for 'favors' in exchange for getting her site back... (Read More)

Labels made easy... on the Mac

iLabel X 2.0, a completely rewritten version of the label-making application, has just been released. This application can also be used for many repetitive printing tasks, such as printing barcode sheets, parcel labels, envelopes or business cards.

Apple's latest in D.C. area

Washington Apple Pi, will play host to Aaron Davis, from Apple to discuss and demonstrate the innovations you saw announced today at Macworld Expo... See the full story...

The Digital Lifestyle

I have mentioned this site before, but they recently hit the one million minutes of viewed content benchmark. (Read More)

Quotes - Ghandi, Napolean and Maltz

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mahatma Ghandi

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."
      - Napolean Bonaparte

"Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving."
      - Maxwell Maltz

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

Lynn

 

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