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HAPPY NEW YEAR -- December 31, 2007

This week's Info includes: Top 100 Open Source for the Mac * Open Source - Mac * RIP Netscape * Too bad you bought an iPhone * Gaming Emulators for Mac OS X * Internet Explorer in OS X * Ready. Set. ActionScript 3.0. * How to Market Your Group Without Marketing * iPhone becomes Business Tool * Plan the route - journal the trip * Norrkross Freeware * Graphics of the Americas 2008 * FinanceToGo 1.6 for Mac * LightZone Photo Editor for Linux Users * Music Library Synchronization * Control fonts and tunes * Quotes and more...

December 24, 2007

This week's Info includes: Games of Macintosh Past * Pop-Pop Action Game * Hidden Relics comes to Mac * Venice Mystery Puzzle * Gish ... can you beat it? * Santa's Super Friends * Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder * Audio Studio for Mac * You are under attack * Intuit fixes QuickBooks * Front Row - QuickTip * How's your Mac's Health? * Syndicate Yourself in RSS * Everyone likes fonts * Quotes and more...

December 17, 2007

This week's Info includes: The Apple II from Commodore? * In-Flight Internet Launches * SWsoft renamed Parallels * MacWorld Expo Tips * iSpeak It turns 3.3.3 * Digital Camera News * Capture the Cosmos * The Nikon D80 Dbook * Online Storytelling * Hordes of Orcs * Europe at War * Norrkross Movie * 20 Apps 40 bucks * Mailbag: Feed your Mac * Quotes and more...

December 10, 2007

This week's Info includes: iTablet? Will Apple finally get it? * Gmail Beyond the Basics * Best Buy To Sell Dell * Automator 2.0 Review * Microsoft Office 2008 to work with iPhone * REALbasic Developer Magazine's Clearance Sale * YourView Video Tagging Software * Mug Deal: 40% off Bartas Software * MUG Vendor Offers for December * New resource for Mac Developers * Heroes of Might and Magic * CheckUp for Mac OS X * Journaling for Mac OS X * Quotes and more...

December 3, 2007

This week's Info includes: Freeverse starts Macfun.com * Holiday Designs for Adobe * Action Game: Chopper * Protect Yourself from the QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability * Uncovered: Mac could run Windows apps soon * iCal Syncing Sharing * Houdah Spot file search * Sell your photos online * Wireless Networking for Mac's USB * Pilot for your Mac * iWork Templates Packages * Giant Final Cut Pro "SuperMeet" * iPod PDA * Auto-correct typos on Leopard * Yummy FTP * Quotes and more...

November 12, 2007

This week's Info includes: Macintosh Holidays with Apple Pi * Act Users Group * George Engel Reviews and Views * Computer for Christmas? * BitClamp Security * Directory of Museum Podcasts * Faster downloads for Mac users... * Ten Ways to "Get It Done" * New Tutorial Videos * You Are the News! * Common Questions about Citizen Journalism * Web Design for ROI * Instant Storefront * Unique PDA for your iPod * High Quality Raytrace Renderer * Mix a Mac Cocktail * LightZone photo editing software * CDFinder finds everything on CD* Quotes and more...

November 19, 2007

This week's Info includes: Macworld Expo * Quick SMS for iPhone * Leopard Dock * Apple using Facebook to look for iPhone engineers * Remote Access to Mac via iPhone and iPod Touch * EarthDesk 4.1: A Natural Map for Leopard * Lucerne Systems Announces Horizon 1.3 * Leopard - Secret * PopChar for Leopard * Ultimate Patterns made easy... * PhotoBooks * ClickN'READ Phonics * Grants for Solutions * Quotes and more...

November 12, 2007

This week's Info includes: Learn how Leopard purrs * Beware The Dancing Skeleton * Leopard Stock Market * app4mac for Leopard * Solar Power for iPods (Gift Idea) * Photo collage made easy * Leopard Pocket Guide (Gift Idea) * iPod: The Missing Manual (Gift Idea) * Promotional ideas of the season * BusySync: Multi-User Calendar * Chroma Keying Plugin for Mac * Yazsoft updates Speed Download * Crimson Sky BitClamp (Gift Idea) * Naked Lignt * DockDoctor for Leopard * Protection against cybercrime * Quotes and more...

November 05, 2007

This week's Info includes: Mac Security Alert * Google Gotcha * Security to cost you more in 08 * Symantec: Weakness In Secuirty Software * Fonts on web pages? * 10 megapixel digital camera * Photo viewer in your pocket * Leopard Server Gets Virtualization * Postino RSS Podcast reader * Interarchy updated to Leopard * Make your Software Available for Download * iMovie '08 & iDVD, Mac OS X Leopard * What is "HDRI" and why you need it * MailSteward * Free seamless backgrounds * PopChar X 3.3: new font magnifier * DigiBarn * Bling, Bling: Gold MacBook, iPhone and iPod * Quotes and more...

October 22, 2007

This week's Info includes: FTC to Crack down on P2P * Microsoft Updates Computers Again Without Permission * Face Recognition at 6Sight Conference * Red Marble Games Announces Holiday Fun Pack Bundle * MyLifeBrand manages social networking * Take Control of Leopard * TrailRunner GPS, mapping and workout * HoudahSpot 1.5 (Tiger Edition) is FREE * Radio Locator * Photo collage made easy * The Free iPod Book * WYSIWYG website creation tool * DiskLibrary: Catalog your digital life * Activity Visualization * Quotes and more...

October 22, 2007

This week's Info includes: iPhone Update: October * Huge October Soiree with BOSFCPUG! * Top 5 Reasons Series 60 Touch Interface will beat the iPhone * Clone it... back it up * Mac Office Update * The Complete Guide to Mac/Windows Interoperability * Apple to Ship Mac OS X Leopard * Jumsoft Releases Money 2.4 for Mac OS X * New Eudora? * Leopard Menu Shortcuts * Facing computing issues * Audio Record, edit, play * Sorenson & Final Cut in Boston * Create a Watercolor from a Photo * Data rich and decision poor * Linux Firewalls * Unique Photoshop Brush Sets * Mojotones Mac OS X * Powerful Notebook for the Mac * Quotes and more...

October 15, 2007

This week's Info includes: Internet Taxes next? * Federal Shield Law * 60-Seconds: Facebook fetish * Get things done * Hot tips for Mac Developers * Investing on your iPhone? * Radioshift - 1.0.2 * The Leopard is coming * ICalViewer 2.1.1 * Leopard reminds: Apple makes computers, too * Ford gets iPod hook-up * Microsoft Word automated output * Making Things Talk * Quotes and more...

October 8, 2007

This week's Info includes: Think twice: before sharing music * MacFamilyTree 5 beta * Apple Paper Clip * Low Prices this Holiday Season? * AT&T's Uverse * Multi-session DVD * MacCompanion October 2007 Issue * iSight movies, snapshots, timelapse * Zune Plays Catchup? * iPod, iPhone protection feels good! * MUG Offers Expire in October * Cool Links: Do you like sunsets? * Quotes and more...

October 1, 2007

This week's Info includes: Computing Under Attack * Unhacking Your iPhone * AppleWorks Alive and Well? * Pixelmator alternative to Photoshop * Repair Movie Files * Photoshop Lightroom Adventure * Showtime Gets CS3 * Buttons for Photoshop, Elements and Illustrator * Automate Illustrator and Photoshop * Protect your photos with watermarks * Custom shapes for Photoshop * Trend Micro Announces Alliance with Intego * Protection against cybercrime * Apple Expo Awards * Web Design Conference * Quotes and more...

September 24, 2007

This week's Info includes: Mac MS Office 2004 Warning * $100 Apple Store Credit for Early iPhone Owners * Leopard Only Application * Net Safety "Frontline" * MacSurfer * Drivers Planet * Mac Office 2008 * AccuWeather brings you Astronomy * Security Power Tools * Graphic Inspector * Killer virtual tours * Marshall McLuhan ... * Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One * ConceptDraw 7.2 * Kinko's and Adobe * TextStitch for Adobe InDesign * Quotes and more...

September 17, 2007

This week's Info includes: Mac Mail Hacked? * The iRack * Essential Mac Apps for Freelancers? * Native OS X Applications * Redline Racing Game * iTunes Rocks On with Beatunes * The Best Unknown Mac Apps * Apple Wanted To Let Us Create Ring Tones * Bullet Proof Protection * One Millionth iPhone * Art Text * Dynamic Learning: Flash CS3 Professional * Email Productivity for Mac Mail * CSS Tool, Makes CSS approachable for Mac users * Easy Content Syndication * Quotes and more...

September 10, 2007

This week's Info includes: Phishing reaching dangerous levels * Steve Jobs: Open Letter * IMHO - iPhone Discounts * Practically Networked * Art of Office * iPhoto Buddy * PopChar for Windows * Caller ID for Mac * Do you need barcodes? * Google's Good Writing Content Filter * Automate Illustrator and Photoshop * Business Card Composer * Ambrosia pop-pop * MUG Offers Expiring * Quotes and more...

September 3, 2007

This week's Info includes: Apple Event on Wednesday * QuicKeys X3 * Hide-a-Pod * iToner: custom ringtones for your iPhone * NBC's Greed Backfires? * Mastering Photoshop CS3 * Adobe InDesign CS3 Bible * Snapz upgraded screen captures for Mac * iPhone Parts Store * .Mac 10 gig Gallery * Zoho Viewer Opens Files * Designing Web Navigation * Draw Charts Anywhere * Free AutoCorrect Dictionary * Quotes and more...

August 27, 2007

This week's Info includes: 3 GB Mac Mini * Free Photos at TurboPhoto 5th * Flash Drive Roundup * YouTube viewers react to ads * Backup... SMART * Plyxim - free software * Data recovery for Mac OS X * Seeqpod for streaming audio and video * iSync phone plugins * Video Marketing Tips * Small Business Marketing And Advertising * Sound, Motion, Near DVD Quality * Store more, share more - at home * RapidWeaver gets a slew of handy new features * Free QuarkXPress 7.3 Updater * Business: Improve your Time Tracking * AlphaStar for Adobe After Effects * Books: Composition Photo Workshop * Books: Lighting Photo Workshop * Books: Artist's Guide To Gimp Effects * Quotes and more...

August 20, 2007

This week's Info includes: iMovie 8 Thumbs Down * Apple Not Alone * iWork 08 * 5 Tips For a New Mac User? * Fickr on your blog. * Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Bible * Creating a Dual-Boot Mac Drive * Numbers & AppleWorks * Macro Photography Photo Workshop * New Skype Mac Features * Control Panel 5.0 * Tips on Writing a Good FAQ * Logos 01 * Create, Animate 3D Worlds * Memory for New iMac * Senate Hearing: P2P Networks * Disk Cleaner regains More Disk Space * Quotes and more...

August 13, 2007

This week's Info includes: Mac Mod Challenge 2007 * Office 2008 Coming in January * Apple beats Microsoft * WireTap Pro Upgrade * iPhone: Upheaval in Cellular Industry * Why no Intel Inside on Apple? * Universal Music Drops The Other Shoe * PageFlakes * TechTV - rebuilt? * For Apple, what a difference a decade makes * Free Wi-Fi Access For iPhone Users * DEFCON game for Mac * Mundu IM for the Apple iPhone * BBEdit gets upgrade * Toon Boom Digital Pro * The New iMac * iLife '08 * Quotes and more...

August 6, 2007

This week's Info includes: Microsoft Office Alternatives * E-mail on iPhone Used to Control Your Mac * DataPilot * BugMeNot * Dvorak: I'm Using a Mac — Deal With It * Everyman's McLuhan * Dragster is back * Quotes and more...

July 30, 2007

This week's Info includes: UGN Salutes SMUG * User Group Thanks * Greeting Card Spam * Thought Different * Hard Drive Recovery * New Products from Apple? * Go Paperless? * MyFirstMac * Mac Software to Get You Through College * SimpleHelp * Guidelines for Writing Software Copyright * Getting One-Way Inbound Links * Photoshop CS3 Bible * Photoshop CS3 Forensics * Image Cut (Image Splitter) * AlgoLab Photo Vector for Windows * TinyBooks accounting for the Mac * Quotes and more...

July 23, 2007

This week's Info includes: Greeting Card Spam * Apple 3rd? * 2000 iPhone Applications * Skim - 0.5.1 * An Uninstaller for Mac Apps * RemoteBuddy * Virtual Private Networks * Memory Stick Risks * Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3 * iPhone: The Missing Manual PDF * DXG 7 Megapixel digital camera * ClickN' READ Phonics * BitFonter 3 * Keyboard Maestro OS X Manager * PageSender * Savvy Clipboard * Quotes and more...

July 16, 2007

This week's Info includes: Virtual ACT! Users Group * UX Week 2007 * iSmoke? * iPhone Appications * Microsoft forgets Mac users on Patch Tuesday * WdgiPedia * Online backups * iPhone vs. Windows Mobile * MacFreeware Update * Virtual TimeClock, iDisk * More Adobe Releases * Photoshop CS3 Photographer's Handbook * Live Interior 3D * TinyBooks is back * Preflighting Adobe InDesign * MAXimus awarded BEST * Harrys Filters are back * Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual * Learning Web Design * Quotes and more...

July 9, 2007

This week's Info includes: Net Safety: Pump-n-dump is back * iPhone without the Phone * iPhone Coverage: The Week After * 60 Seconds: Fundraising for Terrorism * Adobe InDesign CS3: 100 Essential Techniques * Postscript to Image Converter * 10 Things That Are Bad on the iPhone * Update - Grand Central * Wallpaper for your cell * An Oldie but a Goodie * Classroom Mac - Open Source * Pulling Live Data Into Google Spreadsheets * GeoPhoto UG Discount * CodeWeavers UG Offer * Advanced Font Viewer * Send faxes online * Quotes: Great Ideas * Quotes and more...

July 2, 2007

This week's Info includes: iPhone iPhone * 3G iPhone for Europe? * iPhone Converter Suite * Free Operating Systems * T-Mobile's New Phone Service * Amnesty Singles * Converting AAC to MP3 * UndoTV * AT&T Activation Issues * Why IBM didn't restrict distributon of DOS * Easy Envelopes * iPhone Plans * iPhone: Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time * Designing an interactive PDF newsletter * Adding Ajax * Beautiful Code * iPhone News Scanner * Good Bye Typos * Quotes and more...

June 25, 2007

This week's Info includes: 14th Southwest User Group Conference * Adobe Digital Editions * Apple Do It Yourself * Install and Boot OS X On a Flash Drive * Address Book Tips (Mac) * 60 Second Window: WebCalc calculations help * Spanning Sync * iPhone Application List * "Variable Star" - Book of the Month * Get rid of all that trash * SPresents - A PowerPoint replacement * iPhone for the rich * AdWords Campaigns? * Customers & Gaboon Vipers * 40 Digital Photography Techniques * Anime Studio Rose Agent * Snapz Pro X Universal Binary * By request: Word Replacements * Quotes and more...

June 18, 2007

This week's Info includes: Apple to RENT movies? * eBay drops Google * Safari 3.0 Beta for Windows * Applications May Be The iPhone's Shortcoming * Fred eyes iPhone Launch * Salling Clicker for Mac 3.5 * Democracy Player * Picnik * Mac OS X Leopard * AKVIS Noise Buster * It's All Geek To Me * A Nod to the Past: Kansas Fest 2007 * Low Budget Shooting * Safari for Windows * Watermarking Photos * Quotes and more...

June 11, 2007

This week's Info includes: Internet Safety for summer * 60-Seconds: Good-bye old Mac... * Apple iPhone Nears Launch * Grubby Games releases a Molten Mystery * Open OSX * gSpell 1.2 * Analog TV at Retailers * 52 Ways OS X can be Speed Up * Why wait for Leopard? * Mozy * Mobile routers internet on the road... * MacBook Charging Station * Mailbag: Looking for a group * Apple Updates MacBook Pro * Most Influential In Mac Community * Adobe GoLive 9 * iPod becomes PDA with iPda * Quotes and more...

June 4, 2007

This week's Info includes: UGN Salutes: Saginaw Michigan SMUG * WOZ at TMUG * Jobs - Gates Video Interview * NoPhoneTrees * Mac Plus vs. AMD DualCore * iPhone & Google * IPhones - How many will be sold? * eHow * Strings attached to DRM Free iTunes music * Mac Entertainment Center * Freehand - R.I.P. * Google 3D for Photoshop * Free WWDC iPod Guide * Beach Blankets and Business * Human Resource Metrics * LaCie Announces 2 Terabyte Storage * Affordable Scanners * RAGE MapDesign 1.0 * EagleFiler information manager * Quotes and more...

May 28, 2007

This week's Info includes: UGNN Salutes The Mac Group * Security breaches this week... * Mac Office 2008 Word converter * 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need * Automator * McCartney music now on the web * Pandora Everywhere * Drop the PowerPoint Crutch * Capturing the Clicks: Tips for Online Advertising * Flash CS3: The Missing Manual * CDFinder Upgraded * LightZone Photo-Editing * Notes on Maps * Quotes and more...

May 20, 2007

This week's Info includes: MUG Photo Awards * International Piracy Watch List * Dr. Mac in PA * Adobe CS3 for $89? * Apple iPhone Update * Zen Wav rivals Nano * Skype for Mac 2.6 * DragThing imports from DropDrawers * Defense against Virus Damage * Jaiku * America's Top 15 Most Trusted Brands * Microsoft Silverlight * Comic Book Font * TeachMac and TeachIT * How to Write End User Agreements * Designing BSD Rootkits * Quotes and more...

May 14, 2007

This week's Info includes: jPhone from Sun * iPhone Nano Patents * Phishing on the rise * Resistance to Change? * 60-Seconds: Washington to London via Google * Mac Music * Media companies sent Cease and Desist * Bubble Guru * Greatest Web Software Ever Written * SuperCard 4.6 * Student Paper Claims iPods Can Affect Pacemakers * 12 Mistakes Presenters Make * Closeup Shooting * B/W Styler for Mac Photoshop * Anti-Spam Law Suit * Protecting Kids Online * Quotes and more...

May 7, 2007

This week's Info includes: Judiciary Committee says "NO" to Spyware * Do you gamble online? * iPod Fully Loaded * SlingPlayer Comes to Mac * Mac User Groups going the way of the Newton * India working on $10 laptops * Thrift Mac * Seashore 0.1.9 * DEFCON for Mac OS X * Cure ugly online presentations * Light Crafts for Adobe CS3 * AOL Gone Bad... revisited * Own a Color * Flip4Mac * Quotes and more...

May 1, 2007

This week's Info includes: Mac User Groups Doing Podcasts * Using Your Mac As A Wireless Router * Export Address Book * Launch it on Mac * TypeIt4Me * Jaman * Anyone can sell DRM free music on iTunes * Wufoo * Microsoft beats profit target * Advanced Link Manager * Blog Builder Help * Think! with Freeverse * Print with any printer in the world * Creating Information Architecture * Be a video weather forcaster * Curtains plugin filter for Adobe After Effects * Quotes and more...

April 23, 2007

This week's Info includes: LeVitus, Breen at UGs in May * Portland MUG MacCamp * All about Mac Loyalists * April 23 Net Neutrality Update * Ten Things You Should Know About... * Goodbye Apple Computer * ZabaResearch * MySpace stats falsified? * iTunes Painfully Slow * Jobs on iPhone Comedy * External Boot for Mac * LinkOptimizer for Adobe InDesign * Thunderbird 2 * Ghost gets it done * Window Voodoo on Mac * BlackBerry Missing Sync * The Downing of Internet Radio * Quotes and more...

April 16, 2007

This week's Info includes: IMHO: Kids pictures on the Internet * Net Neutrality Debates Updated... * IPv6 Report Updated * Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion * Wi-Fi equipped iPod on the horizon? * New Zealanders develop cheaper solar cells * Easier for small business to make the switch. * AppleTV is already having affect. * Cool Mac Apps that use unique system features * 10 Things about putting Mac on Windows network * Hard drive failure report from Google * TypeCon2007 Call for Speakers * Print On Demand : A Definition and a Comparison * Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers * Manage links the smart way! * Audiocorder from Black Cat Systems * Kernel Panic Screensaver! * SpamSieve Gets Upgraded * iClip 4 for Mac OS X * Quotes and more...

April 9, 2007

This week's Info includes: PHISHING: Not good news! * Gmail Paper * Firefox Gains, Safari Falls * MaciLife.com * Tired of a static desktop? * Best Buy to get Apple Stores * Multimedia applications * Colloquy * Pandora & Amazing Slow Downer * Microsoft mulls cell-phone-style Zune subsidies * OS X Config Right * Looking for a job? * CRAPWARE * Quotes and more...

April 2, 2007

This week's Info includes: Onslaught of Adobe CS3 Products * Dvorak Does It Again! * Giant iPod? * iPhone competitors announced at CTIA show * iWoz * Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Mac OS X Settings * Mike's RadioWorld * Stupid Apple Remote Tricks * AppleTV Review * Byte * Flash and Search Engine Optimization * PitStop with Adobe Acrobat 8 support * Wildform WildPresenter Pro for Windows * Mail Bag: iWoz Signed * Quotes and more...

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