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All of our preaching for the complete dismantling and restructuring of ICANN is now being validated and reinforced by activities from several other internet crime-fighting agencies. We've reported the investigative work by KnujOn.com many, many times. A second agency has now entered the fray to provide yet more substantial evidence that ICANN is at the root of the cybercrime problem. Read this article at www.safenetting.com
Well, it wasn't because I wanted to, but we had to cancel the Cowtown MUG meeting this month. Like many groups, we had gotten smaller and had to turn the finances of our group around, so we went looking for a less expensive meeting place. IMHO from Lynn
My September 11th, 2008 post provides some very good educational learning on Identity Theft. We'll be adding to this page more in the future. I encourage all UG newsletter editors to link to this, or build your own pages in your web site.
-- Watch these videos to learn a thing or two about phishing, keeping kids safe online, reducing spam, and protecting your computer against unwanted intrusions. And, if you grab these videos to post on other websites, you'll be helping to spread the word about staying safe online. A Spanish version is also included! Safenetting from Fred
Adam Engst is reporting at TidBITS that it is now possible the ability to decided on an individual podcast basis how many episodes to keep and how long to keep them. See the full story...
I have tried this software in the past and it did truly speed download. However, for reasons that I can not remember at this time, but probably due to budget restraints, I deleted it once the trial period was over. This looks to me to be worthy of a second look. (Read More)
Daniel Schwill announced last Saturday the celebration of the 2nd anniversary of Tables - the easy way to spreadsheets on Mac OS X. To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Tables purchasers can receive 25% off by using the coupon code "anniversary" when they purchase a Tables licence from September 15 till September 28. For more information visit the Tables website. See the full story...
UsingMac.com has created this list of lists. It starts off with the logical choice of going to "Most Popular Apple Download" list on Apple.com.
Then it lists "First 100 Apps" of a site that lists 7400+ free applications for OSX. The readers vote on popularity of these apps. Continue reading >>
This is list from last November, but has a few Quick Look Plugins that I haven't seen before. See the full story...
Livestation has introduced client software for PowerPC Macs and announced a new partnership with a German broadcaster for its online system. (Read More)
How to Capture the Beauty of Infrared Imagery - In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. See the full story...
Get to know the Digital Rebel XSi/450D and how it works -- this is a super reference for taking stunning pictures, creative tips, technical advice for capturing professional-looking images of people, landscapes, action shots, close-ups, night shots -- the ones that usually cause the most problems. See the full story...
Online TV viewing has been gaining in popularity. Nearly one-fifth of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online, double the viewership from 2006. Here's a peek at some interesting statistics ... Continue reading...
Learn to master this magnificent camera, and learn it the photographer's way; from the basics of exposure and metering to focus modes, live view, bracketing, continuous shooting, and flash photography. (Read More)
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.
We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Have a great week... (See last week)
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