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Washington Apple Pi's Saturday program is all about Apple's newest mobile OS X computers -- the iPhone 3G and its non-phone companion, the iPod Touch -- it happens September 27 See the full story...
MacSupportJobs is offering a free single job post until the end of September 2008 to promote the launch of the site dedicated to the recruitment of Mac support professionals. (Read More)
Last Friday, Apple announced that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter's metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating the risk of electric shock. See the full story...
While preparing this weeks material, I got an html email from RealMac Software talking about their new product "LittleSnapper", which is an organized scrapbook. Which sounds like a good product, and I will talk about it more at a later time.
What attracted my eye was a link at the bottom of the e-mail that said "Powered by MadMimi".
According to Computer World, "Getting iPhones to connect and sync with Exchange servers can be tricky. Here's how to make it all work smoothly."
Then they provide a 5 page article on how to get it to work. (Read More)
nova media has announced iCON 401, a wireless USB modem for Macintosh computers with memory stick functionality. The iCON 401 is a new USB modem which offers worldwide mobile Internet access for Mac OS X users and can be used as a memory stick as well. It has won the red dot award for product design in 2008 and includes launch2net, the Internet connection wizard from nova media. See the full story...
Mariner Software has announced an agreement with LTW Productions Canada, to acquire and redevelop TotallyWrite, the story development software for Mac OS X. Re-named Contour, it is to be available by the end of the year. (Read More)
At last -- an alternative spreadsheet for Mac. Tables enables you to organise and present data very simply. With Tables you can not only organise data but also do calculations and comparisons with it. Add, sum or multiply numbers or process data by using more than 100 functions. Data can not only represent numbers but a date or an amount, too. Continue reading...
T.W., a reader in Salt Lake City UT writes in to asks:
> I am looking for a FILEMAKER BASED solution for
> contact management for sales people that is
> already done and can be sold through my site
> to sales people in various industries. I want
> to make a commission as I will be driving the
> traffic and making the sales.
> The product should be robust and ready to go so
> we could teach it to salespeople not propeller
> heads with a 9th degree black belt in
> File Maker Scriptology.
If you have such a program you've developed, or you can competently develop one, get in touch.
After last week's post about identity theft we had a slew of UG newsletter editors asking for permissions to reprint our article. We get inquiries like this quite often. Folks, remember the original mission of the InfoManager and UGN was to provide the user group community with pre-digested news you can use. You do not need to request permission. We do not post anything we don't want passed along -- unless we specifically say so. With computer security, child protection and identity theft items, we actually WANT you to pass them to your readers and members.
Awareness and education are the first steps to prevention. And, thanks for reading.
Now we've seen everything! After years of getting away from rotary dialing, Bakelite brings it back to the iPhone. It's sort of cool to once again spin the dial... See the full story...
This little gem can save hours and hours. Yes, we've known how to do this in Adobe Photoshop for years. But what ImageFramer does, are dozens of Photoshop steps instantly. Apply photo-realistic frames to digital images, drawings or any original artwork plus watermarks, batch processing (Read More)
Here's a very nifty utility for you iPhone users -- Gesture lets you create digital paintings from your photos simply by dragging your finger over the photo. How cool is that See the full story...
Someone wrote in last week to ask why our comments are turned off. Rather than a lengthy explanation, the answer is spam and spam robots, and you'll understand when you see these two screen captures ...
Children are a great comfort in your old age -- and they help you reach it faster, too.
-- Lionel Kauffman
The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.
-- Rosalyn S. Yalow
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
-- Margaret Mead
Have a great week... (See last week)
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