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THIS WEEKEND -- Tulsa's third annual Tulsa TechFest has been announced by local volunteer organizers. The technology community will unite for the event at OSU-Tulsa's downtown campus on Thursday, October 9th and Friday, October 10th, 2008. Tulsa TechFest
This type of rogue software, marketed under hundreds of different names, scares users by giving false spyware alarms and then tries to deceive them into paying for removal of non-existing malware. See the full story...
Two days ago ICANN issued breach notices to Joker and Beijing Innovative Linkage Technology Ltd (DNS.com.cn) which should lead to their de-accreditation by October 14th. Beijing Innovative and Joker were numbers 2 and 4 on KnujOn's 10 Worst List, respectively. THIS is big news for the spam-fighting community! (Read More)
Thanks to reader Ann Hartman for reporting on this new eBook for those who want to fully understand the government's recent emergency bailout. It's FREE ... See the full story...
The time has finally come... the update for ClickBook 4.0 is here. See the full story...
This blog has an article about getting free applications for writing scripts, books etc. on the Mac. After all the Mac is known for being popular with creative people. (Read More)
David Pogue writes in this New York Times blog entry that things that we consider basic computer knowledge is not known by everyone. He gives the example of double clicking on a word to select it after seeing a person carefully drag across the word to select it. (Read More)
It is software like this that makes me wish I had a newer Mac. My G5 iMac did not come with Bluetooth or IR. It gives lots more functionality to Apple's remote. And they even make software for the iPod Touch and iPhone so those can be used instead of the Apple Remote. Continue reading...
a New Portal for Mac Casual Games - As long as we are talking about Mac games, (see below), a new place to play Mac games on the net has arrived. Game Club Cafe, Codeminion's casual games portal now has 50 titles for the Mac user. (Read More)
I hate to think how many hours I have spent playing Clue over the years. A couple of years ago, I even bought one at a garage sale with figurines for the players markers to teach the grandkids how to play. Now it is available for the Mac.
Taylor Sternberg has written this blog about where to get Mac software on the net. Most of these I know about, but I bet many MUG members don't know them. See the full story...
An article by this name exists on the MacMembrane blog. The article gives ten tips, many of which I was unfamiliar. See the full story...
Acacia Tree Software's just released SousChef and helps you be the Chef! SousChef accesses an online cloud database made up of all other users' recipes allowing you to quickly find new and delicious recipes -- then do them yourself. Nice "ten feet away" reading function. (Read More)
We've written about Drawit before -- this layer-based, vector-drawing software also has a bitmap-editing layer gives you the best of two worlds and packs an impressive assortment of useful, professional grade features. See the full story...
Now that Adobe is launching CS4, those of you who publish database based content (Catalogs, directories, shoppers, manuals, etc.) will want this upgrade. EasyCatalog gives you dynamic, two-way, linking of data from a CSV file, XML structure or ODBC database to text or images in InDesign documents! Sweet.
Zones is a remote control for the Sonos multi-room music system. By using the iPhone WiFi connection, Zones lets anyone control your music from every room of the house and offers a convenient way to change songs, pause or adjust the volume. (Read More)
In today's world of bad news, drive-by media, and know-it-all talking heads, it's no wonder people are walking around in a state of depression. How do you feel? Did you know it's not your fault? Would you like a little optimism in your life? See the full story...
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
-- Tyron Edwards
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
-- Henry David Thoreau
To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil.
-- Mohammed
Have a great week... (See last week)
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