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Only 12 more days to the 7th Annual FCPUG SuperMeet at NAB and tickets are selling fast. REAL fast. (Read More)
Apple has announced the session schedule for this year's WWDC. The World Wide Developer Conference is June 9-13. It is the premier event for developers of Macintosh, iPhone and X-Serve. WWDC
Easily backup the entire DVD with all movies, menus, and extras in one step... take your favorite TV shows on the go with TiVoToGo transfers. You can also take ten bucks off until April 15th . . . ROXIO
Once again, I am reminded of the old adage: "Do as I say, not as I do." And that also means that I can get caught not following my advice very well thank you. See the full story...
This opinion piece by Ryan Faas has been published in Computerworld. His idea is to talk about the "hidden" features that we may not have heard about or even noticed. Computerworld
At Roughly Drafted, Daniel Eran Dilger has speculated about how Apple could use .Mac to support the iPhone AND replace revenue that it is loosing to iPhones that are not on revenue sharing phone networks. (Read More)
As many of you know, i Sync has been not only the premier solution for syncing data with cell phones, in many cases, it has been the only solution. Now there has been an update to iSync to allow new phones to be synced with Macs. Cell phone owners can use the iSync plugins from nova media. The new 6.0 version adds 13 new plugins for phones from Nokia, Samsung and Motorola. (Read More)
Dana Gardner has published a story with the above title on MacNewsWorld. She leads off with "There's only about two to three more years left in the client hardware innovation business before the end-points go pure commodity. Yep, that's right, the iPhone and the Air are the beginning of the end, just because there's not too much more innovation needed down there in the hardware space." See the full story...
If you would rather not dig under the hood and work directly with web html code, then Freeway 5 could be for you. With its traditional page layout approach, Freeway makes it easy to create dynamic websites without the need to write code. (Read More)
(Fred writes: ) Although having nothing to do with the world of computing, when this article was submitted, my first impulse was to publish it here -- after all, with today's world of instant publishing, blogs, wikis, and all manner of desktop publishing wizards, and on-demand printing -- isn't it nice to learn that for the first time in 500 years, there is a bible written, illustrated and bound completely, 100%, by hand! The Pope got the first one, but you purchase one of the 360 limited edition to be produced. But your order requires a reservation deposit of $115,000.00 ... (Read More)
No Starch Press Turns Table on File Sharing Posts torrent versions of best-selling tech books with 11,000 combined downloads in first week See the full story...
If you're one of those who wants to spend time developing your life and not your website, you might want to take a look at Sandvox. It's really perfect for low-tech users without formal knowledge of web site production. (Read More)
Something people have wanted to do for some time -- now available for the Mac See the full story...
Lava Software is now shipping Kenbushi Pro v7.3, free home server software containing a powerful media entertainment center (like AppleTV), file sharing and data backup functions. (Read More)
PeopleCD, the Creator of Kidz CD, Announces the Newest Version of it's Free, Safe and Secure Web Browser Software for Children and Teenagers; Kidz CD v2.1 Safe Web Browsing
In his blog, John Nack of Adobe talks about 64 bit Photoshop. That is, how it is coming to Windows with CS4 and why it is not going to be 64 bit on the Mac. Adobe Talks about Photoshop, CS4
It has become almost commonplace to turn on the evening news or visit an online news source and see the headlines detailing a terrible crime involving a child. Congressman Bob Goodlatte writes about the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus Congressman Bob Goodlatte
I don't mention this publication every month, but it is still a very good resource for Macintosh news and ideas for user group presentations.
A few people noticed last week's April Fool's joke... and as usual they let us know about it right away! But the best read I've had in a long time was Adam Engst's TidBits on the first. Adam almost had me with the Mac virus piece, until I kept reading... TidBITS gotcha
Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
-- Zig Ziglar
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
--Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Rejoice you have a voice if you're concerned
about the destination, of this great nation
It's called the American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
-- Garth Brooks
Have a great week... (See last week)
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