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FIRST QUARTER, 2004

March 29, 2004

This week's Info includes: ... iBooks Invade Virginia Middle School * Random Number Service * EU sets fine for Microsoft violations * PC vs. Mac * PDFpen * How to Fix Your CD Player * Spock sings * The Best Things in Life are Free (After Rebate)* * Student Aid** * AppleWorks News Service offered * Robot to build houses * Census Bureau celebrates 10th Anniversary of web site * MUG Salute: Macintosh Users East * Apple Moves iPod mini to July * Web Dumper * Artlandia for Adobe Illustrator * Mac Game - Kaijin: Retro Shoot'em Up * Activator FileMaker Plug-In * Shadowgate Palm Games * iSkin protector for Apple iPod * Veenix: Design & Type Tools * GPS Comes to OS X * Quote(s) Cervantes; Carlyle and Edison, 23 briefs in all!

March 22, 2004

iTunes Makin' Dough for Apple ... Incentive to recycle * Antitrust penalty * Google Web Search Features * Samsung offers new laser printers * AOL to offer free online bill payment service * Chat Gets Pushy * Hot mail tips * SW: Mac Office 2004 peak * Celebrities that use Macs * Web: New Top-Level Domains * DTP: The (Font) Fix Is In! * Games: Aki Mahjong from Ambrosia Software * Biz SW: TimeCache from PandaWare * SW: PhotoShow Digital Slideshow * SW: QuickMix Video-editing * SW: PhotoReviewer for Digital Photos * MUG: Charlotte Apple Computer Club * MUG: St. Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts * High-End Color for Mac OS X * Intel to follow AMD's example * Apple Ed News Bids Adieu * Quote(s) Jonathan Swift and that Mac user Douglas Adams. * Quick Takes: Apple WWDC, 25 briefs in all!

March 15, 2004

Nods for Microsoft's next DVD standard... Microsoft's "Caller ID" patents, good? * Virgin to use WMA * Want to know more about Mac OS history * Great ready for PC broadcasts * Free IRS Filings * Apple Updates AirPort Software To V3.3.1 * PayPal to better disclose Internet buyers' rights * SnapMail now for Windows * Appliance411 * New Filemaker 7 * Laptops in schools * Even bigger capacity hard drives possible * Site: Mac vs. PC * Review: Phonebook (NFMUG) * Games: More Than a Frog * MUG: Only Macintosh * MUG: Victorian Macintosh Users * Books: Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One * Shareware: The "desktop critter" * Mug Article: Finding Web Hosting * Mug Article: PC-Mac-Net FileShare v3.2 * Mug News: CipherDisk * MUG News: Easy Beat Midi * Quote(s) Joe Arthur Barker; Albert Einstein... 25 briefs in all!

March 7, 2004

File Sharing Vulnerability Discovered in Mac OS X... Roxio imitates iLife; "Cannibals Descend on MP3 Players"; Self publishing; Corel to update WordPerfect Suite; New food pyramid; Trackle*; AARP Offers Internet Resources On Aging; Garage Band demo ideas; This old House... this old spam; New Book Reviews this week include: ; Top Picks from Wired; Apple iPod Protective Covers, Skins; iClip is Back for Mac OS X; QuicKeys CE for Apple Mac Panther; Azimuth Mapmaking for Macintosh; Email Merge Made Easy; Getting Help from UGN Info...; Quotes: Ernest Hemingway; Albert Einstein 19 briefs in all!

March 2, 2004

Macs and viruses -- are users as safe? * "Will Apple bite on Motorola's PowerPC chip?" * Internet Searching * New solution to hoax-emails * Qwest splits off DSL * HP to drop Intel for servers * RealBASIC now does Linux * Microsoft's Anti-Trust problems * New search site * IMHO � Subscription rates * News items of note from Wired * Back it up... even your iPod * Bubble Trouble comes to Panther * Trisection Game with Aqua Style * MacHack becomes ADHOC * Photoshop Healing tool comes to Elements * Entourage Manipulator Plug-in * Tech TV Top 10 Virus Guards * Events: FlashForward - March 3-5 * Events: Game Developers Conference - March 22-26 * Post.Office for Mac OS X: Simple, and Secure and Lynn's famous quotes for the week. Over 20 briefs in all!

February 23, 2004

School iBooks given high marks by 1700 teachers * SeatGuru * Digital Cameras * Home Hub * New digital photo-sharing * Apple Store in London * Syncing your Palm * Prepaid iTunes Music Store cards at Target * Good news for Linux * Yahoo gets new search engine * New Open Source Client for Mac OS X * Keep a slice of time * Personal scanner * IMHO � "Subject: Re: Age Diversity - Success & Opportunities" * Mac User Group Day at O'Reilly in Sebastopol, CA * Happy Hacking! * Home Automation with Mac OS X, Part 1 * Automated Backups with Existing Tools * Book Preview: Eclipse (PDF) * 3rd Annual Wi-Fi 802.11 Workshop * Quote(s): Orwell, Radner, Einstein * From UG Net News * Tactile Pro Keyboard for Mac * MacXware LogoCreator * CreativePage 3.2 For Mac OS X * Hot-Swap Disk-to-Disk Backups * Security Password Vault Free Lite Edition * iPod mini from Apple computer * Xupport 2.0 Beta 11 Releas * Live Scrolling for AppleWorks * Interarchy 7.0 for faster downloads and a lot more... Over 30 briefs in all!

February 16, 2004

iPod in the Apple Knowledge Base * Downloadable Manuals * eBay shipping stamps * Google data that wasn't meant to be public * Another eBay article * Microsoft releases security advisory for VirtualPC 6.x * Appeals court says writer can bring copyright case against AOL * Computer Gripes * Phishin' * IMHO - Shareware reviews and a lot more... 24 news briefs in all!

February 9, 2004

Spell it right - for better sales on eBay * Pepsi/iTunes * Apple touts QuickTime for cell phones * McDonald's Japan Taps Apple * Students get Macs * Pixar leaves Disney * Mac vs. PC Updated * .Mac "freebies" * Buy some silence at iTunes * Apple responds to Safari complaints * Quotes: Allen; Trump and Roosevelt * From the User Group Network News Desk: * Play Swap F-O-R-E-V-E-R * Mac OS X Maintenance * Phelios Updates a Favorite: Drip Drop * Adobe InDesign cs Review * Get PC-Mac PasswordVault ... FREE * SnapWeb from BrainTickling * User Group Bookshelf Reopens * Apple Confidential - The Definitive Apple History * The Glitterguru on Photoshop: From Concept to Cool * and a lot more...31 news briefs in all!

February 2, 2004

This week's Info includes: the first "IMHO" of the 2004 - User Group Public Relations... Plus: Mike Row settles * Philips Unveils Ultra-Thin, Flexible Display * G3/OSX Class Action Settlement * Spim! - Junk instant messages are on the rise * Gates Predicts That Spam Will Go Away * Netherlands Nabs Nigeria Scammers * Google and Non-Profits * Facts About Computer Viruses * A visit from the FBI * Apple to take care of iBook logic board problems * Pepsi Commercials * Newsletter content -- plus ten others along with Lynn's famous quotes. 21 news briefs in all!

January 26, 2004

This week's Info includes: an interesting slant on the famous "Sell the razors and giveaway the blades"... or, "Give the razors away, sell the blades for outrageous prices" ... Plus: iPod as a transportable file system * Brookfields chooses Apple Mac upgrade over move to PCs * CinemaNow Selling Movie Downloads * AppleWorks Updates * Palm Cafe * Andy Ihnatko * Mac's 20th Anniversary * UG Article Exchange: Got info? * a dozen software reviews, several hundred shareware updates and a lot more! 21 news briefs in all!

January 19, 2004

This week's Info includes: A warning about computer security, a bunch more reports on Macworld Expo San Francisco 2004; Best Books of 2003; GarageBand video; Alpine and iPod with Car Stereos; Tax time troubles; Turbo Photo Library; HP iPod video; 1984 Commercial; Shareware: PostCard and Audio Postcards; Apple's TiBook Trade-In; Dave Marra Visits UGs; 4 Megapixel Digital Camera under $200... and a lot more! 26 news briefs in all!

January 12, 2004

This week's Info includes: a new .Mac Users Manual; Apple adds wireless to QuickTime, Real Sues Microsoft, DVD Jon gets off, an iPod is added to the "1984" ad; complaints of the iPod mini overpriced; alternatives to Office; HP to sell iPod; iMovie Plug-ins; more Missing Manuals; Color Efex Pro; David Pogue; Joy of Tech; FireWire hard drives and a lot more. 27 news briefs in all!

January, 2004 from Apple & Macworld Expo

• The new iPod Mini - Apple Macworld announcements: iPod Mini MP3 music player for 1,000 CD-quality songs in five stylish colors
• GarageBand - Apple Macworld announcements: GarageBand music softawre for professional-quality musical instrument and music recording on a Mac for musicians.
• Jam Pack GarageBand Add On - Apple Macworld announcements: triples the music content for musicians and aspiring musicians alike with over 2,000 additional loops including many for hip-hop and electronica
• iPod, iTunes come to HP HP and Apple partner to deliver digital music player and itunes to HP customers
• New iPhoto, iMovie & iDVD - Apple Macworld announcements: iLife '04 features major new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD and introduces GarageBand, iLife '04 also features the recently-released iTunes 4.2,
• Final Cut Express 2 - From Macworld announcements: Final Cut Express 2 affordable, easy video editor for Panther with real-time compositing, effects, color correction and audio editing capabilities.
• Xgrid - Apple Macworld announcements: Apple's new Xgrid Technology uses Rendezvous to make cluster computing easy
• Xserve RAID storage system - Apple Macworld announcements: a 3U high-availability, rack storage system that now delivers a massive 3.5 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity, up to 210 MBps throughput with support for Windows and Linux-basedcomputing environments

January, 2004 from UGNN & Macworld Expo

• David Pogue on top of Macworld Announcements
• Need to Reboot Your Sense of Humor? Even the geekiest geeks get frustrated and frazzled by technology now and then
• The Book Panther Users Won't Want to Miss David Pogue releases Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition
• AppleScript: The Definitive Guide The How, Where, and Why of Using AppleScript O'Reilly Releases "AppleScript: The Definitive Guide"
• JavaServer Pages, Third Edition Help for Sever-Side Java Developers O'Reilly Releases JavaServer Pages, Third Edition

January 5, 2004

InfoManager: Happy Birthday Mac and UGN * iTunes Play while Cupertino Burns * See David Pogue * Spam takes a holiday? Not! * Zingg! that file! * We thought OS 9 was bad... * Quick Mix Video in Panther * Macworld Par-tay * iBook, PowerBook keyboard protectors * Free "Go Digital" DVD * Best Books of 2003 * FontAgent Pro for Panther * Quotes: Too much to eat over the holidays

Notable:

• Favorite Quotes of 2003 - The InfoManager presents his annual favorite quotes of the year.
• Password is not a 4-letter word - Read this important story posted by Fred last week -- all about identity theft and protecting your passwords
• InfoManager for 2003 - Here's the composite page for last year's Info Manager. Remember to use your browser's "FIND" command to jump to items of interest.

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Lynn Wegley is a popular User Group Network. He's been a supporter and volunteer on many User Group projects in the past twenty years. He's served as volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and many points in between. Currently working with the Apple Corp of Dallas, the Dallas Mac Pack, Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth and TUMS (the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society) doing newsletter articles and the monthly CD-ROM Update.
      It's interesting to note that the "InfoManager" used to be called the "Rumor Manager" until Diane Kohn (Apple's User Group Manager) blocked us from the user group discussion list (AUGD) because of the use of the word "Rumor" ... it too nearly a year after changing the name to get back into Apple's good graces. In the mean time, the InfoManager's email list has doubled in readership!
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