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with Lynn Wegley

 

InfoManager for JULY 28, 2008

     

Scrabble vs Scrabulous

Two Calcutta guys pilfered the long established Scrabble property -- Hasbro sued, Facebook thought it was okay. So, what's going on ???

5 Very Vintage Mac Products

This site has some very interesting photos of early Apple history. See the full story...

app4mac releases CheckUp 1.2 for Mac OS

I am always looking out for new utilities for the Mac. Since this is version 1.2, it isn't new, but I don't recall using it before. (Read More)

10 ways to get the most out of your Apple Remote

Apple no longer includes the Apple Remote with very many machines, but this article that is 17 months old gives you some good reasons to go and purchase the $19 item See the full story...

AppTrap

The web site for AppTrap says that this is the uninstaller that Apple forgot. While there are other similar programs available, this one works the simplest. That is once AppTrap is installed all you need to do to uninstall an application is drag it to the trash and empty the trash. (Read More)

Return to Dark Castle

One of my all time favorite Mac games has been returned to the Mac. Of course, it has been enhanced. See the full story...

3DS Users Group Conference

3DSUG Selects Venue for Annual 3DS Users Group Conference, taking place in Daytona Beach, Florida, March 15-19, 2009. The 3DS Users Group Conference is the only event of its kind planned for the users by the users of 3D Systems, Inc equipment.

Video Trailers Beat Book Reviews

Doubleday is learning that video trailers are better advertising than most print media. They've launched a contest and a series of trailers for "Rules of Deception," the new espionage thriller by Christopher Reich

Sketching on your iPhone

Sketches a fun, casual drawing and annotation tool -- users will be able to jot down their notes and scribble their thoughts using their fingers, illustrating their ideas with simple but colourful diagrams, notes and sketches -- on your iPhone and iPod touch

Clipboard Evolved

Mach Software Design has launched a new version of its flagship product, Clipboard Evolved -- making it fun and easy to manage all your important data. See the full story...

Color Efex Pro 3.0

Grab this free update of the award-winning Color Efex Pro 3.0 photographic filters -- now supports Aperture 2.1, Nikon Capture NX 2 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 Smart Filters -- powerful, and easy filters for photo enthusiasts and professional photographers.

7 Point System for Photoshop CS3

Long-time Mac user group personality George Engel takes a look at Scott Kelby's 7-point system for working with digital photos. He says: "I would classify it in the Intermediate to Professional user level... See the full story...

Quotes: Wisdom of Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin said all of these as written in his journal, and the Poor Man's almanac.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.

Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

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

Lynn

 

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