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For those of you who did not see this Last Wednesday, it's important enough to run again:
Over night a wave of phishing attacks hit the servers targeting Apple Mobile Me users, and others who might not know the specifics of the phish. There were several, all from different "senders" but leading to the same address. READ THIS ALERT, and more importantly, distribute it to your user group members, and encourage them to educate everyone they know!
Adobe has announced the Creative Suite 4 product family, and here's the low-down in brief. If you're going to stay on the wave, you'll need to understand what all this means. They have an ever growing maze of products and features. But here it is ... dig in ...
Since most of our readers already own a version of Adobe® Creative Suite® (CS, CS2, or CS3) we are posting the suggested retail for the various upgrades that are available to you. If you're upgrading TWO products, we believe you'll be coughing up at least $400 U.S. anyway, so it's actually more to your advantage to get the suite upgrade you use most. Remember, they'll be back in 18 months to upgrade you to CS5. Adobe CS4: how much will it cost?
Macintosh Southern Tier Apple Club (MacSTAC) is one of the nation's oldest Mac user groups, dating back to 1978. They originally organized as an Apple II club and then transitioned to the Macintosh computer in 1984. MacSTAC serves areas in and around Binghamton and Vestal New York; Susquehanna County Pennsylvania Based in Binghamton NY Visit their blog, and website www.macstac.org
It has been awhile since I have mentioned the Internet Tour Bus. I have mentioned it several times in the past. The authors have long been providing us with interesting new web sites for a long time. Why surf, when you can ride the bus?
Useful Fruit Software has announced Pear Note 1.0, their unique note-taking utility for Mac OS X. At its core, Pear Note integrates audio, video, and slides with traditional text notes. By recording all activity, Pear Note keeps track of what's going on while taking notes as well as what the user has to say about it. With Pear Note, there's also no need to manually organize notes to find them. Simply bring up search and start typing, and the note you're looking for will pop right up. (Read More)
MacVide is proud to announce MacVide Flash Player 1.7, their standalone Flash player utility for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Flash Player allows play Adobe Flash files, flash video and games. It also allows you to watch downloaded flash files from YouTube and other video websites. All of the flash formats are supported. See the full story...
Back in the middle '80s, when I was active with the Boston Computer Society, the Mac Group had a medical SIG named MediMac. Unfortunately, that was also the name of a piece of medical software. The SIG had to change its name.
Meanwhile, the Mac is still popular with medical folks. Here are are a few web sites that specialize in it. (Read More)
Realmac Software announced LittleSnapper at Apple Expo Paris.
LittleSnapper is built to be the designer's digital scrapbook, allowing you to capture, organise, annotate and share screenshots from your desktop and the web. Continue reading...
Smile On My Mac has announced a new version of PDFpen. It adds several new features. See the full story...
Joe has launched his latest "Front Line" newsletter. We won't blurb all items here, but some of the headlines are: * Palin hacker caught "red-handed" * Web 3.0 Virtual Worlds List * You Tube statistics * Web Surfers Prefer Web over TV * Digital Citizenship * Cyberbullying and Online Harrassment * Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' * and more. All were posted on the 24th, at Safenetting.com
Dan Adams says the only way to win in tough times is through organic growth. Companies must consistently come up with differentiated new products customers want to buy--and that means finding clarity in the "fuzzy front end" of the process. See the full story...
If you're a professional publisher, or deal with color printing of any kind, then you know you need to stay up to date with Pantone Color System. The PANTONE GOE System has been gaining popularity and artists have been asking for ways to integrate it into their workflow. Now you can hook right in
Hog Bay Software's WriteRoom for iPhone is unique in the world -- for people who want a simple place to read and write notes on their phone. It's like having a notes app, but with a lot more features. See the full story...
Although you can grab the weather on your iPhone or iPod Touch, having a stand-alone program along that does it for you is indispensable. Have full, robust weather where ever you go (Read More)
Findley Designs has launched iPod Access Photo 1.6 for Mac OSX and Windows Vista/XP. This looks like a great solution for viewing and retrieving photos stored on iPod players. Dual platform, supports multiple devices!
With Advenio you can now create cookbooks using the latest versions of MacGourmet, their popular cooking and recipe organizer, along with TasteBook. Discover, organize and share favorite recipes and turn them into personal hardcover cookbooks. For a limited time you can save 20% on your cookbooks with this code...
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
-- John F. Kennedy
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
-- Aesop
Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
-- Confucius
Have a great week... (See last week)
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