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Back by popular demand -- author, media personality and long-time Mac expert, Deb Shadovitz, presenting even more about what Apple Pages can do. Pages is the word processing and desktop publishing portion of Apple's iWork '08 suite. Deb's August talk on Pages demonstrated how much Pages has improved since its introduction and how it works seamlessly with other iApps.
SATURDAY, September 13, 2008, 9am to noon
Details at ocmug.org/Calendar ... Southern California Macintosh Owners/users Group (SMOG)
Three short pieces about the latest Net Neutrality struggle -- Comcast limiting bandwidth and the FTC says no -- where will it go? See the full story...
Apple's MobileMe plays into hands of spammers: How Apple inadvertently made it easy for spammers to get to you and your contacts... (Read More)
In all the hype surrounding the presidential campaign this season the computer user has largely been left out. Neither side is making any mention of net neutrality, cybercrime, internet security or the impending cyberwars. We haven't heard so much as a whimper from either candidate about the now-cold case for Net Neutrality. So, if you use a computer, you'll need to dig deeply ... See the full story...
Poser Pro delivers powerful, yet easy-to-use 3D character design and animation tools that help artists integrate custom and pre-built characters into professional projects and production pipelines. (Read More)
Malware is an ever present danger, and believe it or not, many people still don't know about it! Pass these Seven online-security blunders to avoid along to your readers, friends and students. Also: What you always wanted to know about malware, From IT World and a look back at the brief history of malware
Opacity Express 1.0 is a slimmed down version of Opacity and includes most of the powerful features from Opacity like vectors, layers, variables and factories in an even simpler interface -- all of the tools artists need to create beautiful images for icons, applications and the web. (Read More)
In DTG and Photoshop 911 one of the most frequent requests is for help getting a photo tiled upsized for printing to a large multiple page poster. In the pre-OSX days, many Apple programs included the "Tile" feature. But, for some reason Apple decided that OS X users would be able to afford hugely expensive large format output. Well, if you can't afford $3 to $5 per square foot printing, keep reading
MailSteward archives email in a relational database for easy access and safe backup of all your email. Whether you manage a business, are an independent professional, or just a person with a lot of email, for legal reasons, business reasons, and personal reasons, it is essential to be able to safely archive and easily search your email.
Here's a wonderful, free, utility that adds the familiar "media browser" experience to just about any Mac application. A stand-alone utility, the Karelia iMedia Browser lets users easily browse and drag content from their entire collection of photos, music, movies, and bookmarks. See the full story...
If you read only the email or online version of the InfoManager, you may want to also capture the RSS for the InfoManager Delicious. Items often appear there which are of importance, but then never make it to the Monday newsletters. IM's Delicious also subscribes to several other feeds, all with related information. Since last week, key delicious articles are:
* Annals of the Patently Absurd
* Very scary news from the "Black Hat" conference
* FEMA phones hacked; calls made to Mideast, Asia
* Comcast to throttle some customers' Web speeds
* Greeting Card email SCAMS ... BEWARE
* and others. RSS feed here or just browse... delicious.com/infomanager
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
--Helen Keller
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
--Arthur C. Clarke
You are never really playing against an opponent. You are playing against yourself, your own highest standards. And when you reach your limits, that is real joy.
--Arthur Ashe
Have a great week... (See last week)
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