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This is a great idea for getting software suggestions for the new SDK on the iPhone and iPod Touch. See the full story...
Takes Love Of Apple To Religious Level ... We have had Mac Evangelists in the past. Now we have "The Church of Mac." A new web site that is hilarious.
It's time to get tough... the number of fake IRS phishing sites has increased twelvefold -- beware this tax season -- plus: Why You Shouldn't Trust (Some) IRS eMail * The Criminal Ecosystem * Black Hat : Honor Among Thieves * Google phishing attempt * Police say computer crimes on the rise * SPAMfighter Warns of Political Phishing * Malware * OpenDNS Web filtering * Security Web 2.0 * The myth of the Ninja Hacker * and a dozen others... three full pages ... Phishing reports from February to March
As you may be aware, in the Microsoft Office 2008, Microsoft has made it easy to save Powerpoint files in JPEG format so that they can easily be ported to the iPhone or iPod to be displayed there. iPresent It however takes this concept at least a step further. iPresent It
Wouldn't be nice to have the ability to add notes to other documents. The notes could be aimed to yourself or other people. With Paperclip 1.2 you can do just that. It is kind of a sticky note application that attaches to other files. (And it now works with Leopard.) (Read More)
It's been a while since we shared marketing tips for user groups in this column, so this is overdue! If you organization is lagging behind, you'll want to understand these Top 10 Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
I have been using Miro to select videos from the web. This application does some of that and some things it doesn't. It locates, vies and downloads videos from YouTube, Veoh, BlipTV, Eyespot and photos from Flickr, Picasa, Webshots and Photobucket. (Read More)
I just watched the iPhone SDK Special event on Apple's web site and WOW!! Push email, support for email/calendar syncing direct from the Exchange Server to the iPhone. Additionally ... See the full story...
MacBreak Weekly, one of Leo Laporte's many podcasts, mentioned this piece of software. Actually just called "Secrets", is very much in Beta and is very dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. (Read More)
Photo Journalism students at Spotswood High School in Penn Laird, Virginia created PSAs for the Virginia Attorney General's internet safety contest. (Posted by Joe Showker) Student videos for Net Safety
If you wanted to switch from Windows to Mac, this is the guide to help you make a smooth transition - David Pogue gets you past the challenges of switching: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around Mac OS X
Mental Case is a revolutionary new flash card application designed to integrate into your daily work flow. Version 1.2 introduces an advanced slide show navigation bar, automatic database backup, and the ability to correct your answers. (Read More)
John Maisey has done us all a favor by upgrading and improving his great program for Dates to iCal 2 -- the replacement for Apple's birthday calendar for iCal in Leopard See the full story...
Are your passwords weak? Do you have any built-in protection at all? Are you inviting trouble? Password Strength Meter that allows you to quickly find weak passwords that need to be replaced with a stronger password, as well as a Generic Text Importer (Read More)
Searchware Solutions Print Window 4.0 window printing utility for Mac OS X integrated with the Mac OS X Finder tool to print file/directory listings of the currently selected window or folder -- complete control over the way file listings work, what folders are listed and the final printed format. See the full story...
iForm is a program that you use to serve and process HTML forms. Its basic functionality collects form data submitted by a web browser and then emails that data using formatting templates to select recipients, as well as saving it to a text log file which can be imported into a database. (Read More)
Fastforward Software FinanceToGo 1.6.3 is an effective small business finance application for Mac OS X that solves many of the tedious operations -- while making accurate financial tracking easy to learn See the full story...
We get many, many announcements from user groups for programs, events and so forth. However, 99% of them come too late to make our pages. We realize the importance of an email a few days before your event to remind your members, but to make it into the UGN site or the InfoManager, send it at least two weeks in advance. We thank you, and your fellows will thank you! Email Lynn or myself, or just go post it
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
-- Lou Holtz
Be as an cup, and the universe flows into you. Be as an arrow, and the universe retreats from you.
-- Zen Proverb
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.
-- Swedish proverb
Have a great week... (See last week)
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