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Mac users of Los Angeles have a new Mac event - MacDayLA -- an entire day of fun, discovering great Mac products, learning from top experts and exchanging ideas. MacDayLA
Phishing' tops of IRS list of taxpayer scams -- 2008's Dirty Dozen Scams * 7.3 million unique botnet intrusions on an average day -- worse yet, Botnets used to blackmail targeted sites : Cyberextortionists * But PayPal launches multi-pronged attack on e-crime * these and others (Read More)
On March 18th, Apple patched 10 vulnerabilities in Safari for OS X and 3 in Safari for Windows. Computer World discusses the flaws and quotes a security analyst. (Read More)
Many Tricks has released yFlicks 3.3, an update to its movie manager/viewer for Mac OS X. With yFlicks, users can download, tag, organize and of course view their movies. This update adds coverflow for browsing your movies both in window and fullscreen mode, lets you access your iTunes movies from yFlicks, improves downloading from video communities such as YouTube, and features a lot of other small improvements. See the full story...
Ed Dale's Blog, TubbyNerd has an article with the above title. To demonstrate, he has a YouTube video and an HD video posted. See the full story...
I just came across this web site that aims to keep the cost of software for students to an economic level. The list here is a little dated as it was put out in September 2007, but it seems to have a lot of good software and you can update with current versions using VersionTracker for either platform and/or MacUpdate for Macs. See the full story...
digital photography from the ground up - a comprehensive course in the principles & techniques of modern photography (Read More)
MacPool 9.0 pool simulation game for Mac OS X realistic physics, user options and online gaming, MacPool engaging game play for all ages. Version 9.0 adds a new online game mode allows play remotely via email. See the full story...
The latest version of LightZone gives users access to extensive video tutorials providing visual explanations of the innovative tools light crafts offers. LightZone 3.5 is the newest addition to the award winning LightZone photo-enhancing software. LightZone photo-enhancing software.
Scribbles is a drawing tool with a revolutionary user interface and a slew of user-requested enhancements, including a visual eyedropper, the ability to translate, rotate and scale layers independently, automatic updating, and optional grid overlays. Drawing with Scribbles
This morning's news brief footnote recognizing the twenty-fifth anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech grabbed my attention. I was reminded of all the controversy stirred by that speech back in March of 1983. So I decided to dig it up and imagine where we would be today...
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
- Ronald Reagan
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.
Mark Twain
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