Welcome to the UGN's InfoManager for 2004... celebrating TEN YEARS of UGN on the web. As of this week, we've delivered 521 content items since January 1, 2004. SUBMIT your news and content in InfoManager
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This week's Info includes: A Key Chain Drive On Steroids * Remote access for network administrators * COLSA to Build Apple Xserve G5-based Supercomputer * New Features of .Mac mail * Best Buy gets stake in Napster * MacWorld Boston * ResearchBuzz.com * Bizarre * Quote(s) Oscar Wilde * Transitions
This week's Info includes: AOL Instant Messenger business service start-up, New DSL technology designed for video, voice, Next-generation DVD moves ahead, truthorfiction.com, KidsBrowser 1.5.5, GraphicConverter 5.2 now available, MacWorld Expo passes, Apple makes an iPod deal with BMW, Adobe earnings, BOOK News: MacAddict Duz GarageBand, eBOOK: Take Control of Entourage 2004, UG SALUTE: ACT ColdFusion Users Group, iTunes Music Store comes to Europe, NEW PHISHING THREAT: Posting About You, Reader Comments: iPod to AV-Pod?, Fred replies: "Ubiquitous Computing", UG Help: Improving Your Presentations, Quote(s) Elbert Hubbard; T.S. Elliot 18 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: New G5s out-shine all others * Airport Express * Anything wireless is vulnerable * RIP: TechTV from David Pogue * RIP: Power Mac G4 * Mail Bag: Games Spammers Play * Mail Bag: Fight Spam with Mail.app * Mail Bag: Google Mail Counterpoint * Mail Bag: Importance of Backing up Email * 250 Million QuickTime Downloads * PC Sales up * Save up to $500 On Director Bundle * June 6 Mac Security Update: * Happy Birthday to UNIVAC * iTunes update * New Wireless Standards * MUG SALUTE: Leisure World Macintosh Users Group * Anti-Phishing Web Site * VolumeWorks from SubRosaSoft * DropWaterMark Watermarks your graphics * Xupport 2.1 from Laurent Muller * HP 3380 All-In-One * Software / Shareware News... * Quote: Thomas Edison 24 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: SALUTE: Malta Macintosh User Group (MMUG) * iPod division at Apple could lead to other devices? * Serious Magic's Visual Communicator Studio * State of Mac Security * Tiger at the door * Also See: Mac OS - TIGER * After Dark is back for X * Sony to drop PDA * PDAs could be in trouble * Newton conference planned for September * Apple signs up to get 60 Gig Toshiba drive * What to do with 60 gigs? * Physics for game developers * Dan East is Down and Dirty ... again * 3D-Matrix for creating 3D models. * PandaWare TimeCache * This Old Mouse: RSS News Readers * Freeware, Shareware Games from Japan * McDonald's to give away Sony music downloads * Museum of Bad Art * Another Free Dessert Day * Quote(s) Nehru; Ashford; Erving; Adams; Ford 22 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: Video Game Console with Personal Video Recorder; OS X to connect to free Web voice calls; Best Buy Canada starts up digital music service; The New Project Gutenberg; New e-mail client for Mac OS X; Funny web site: "Home Star Runner"; Spammer Sent to Slammer: 3 to 7; Digital Photography Summer; Tour Bus also does Digital Photography; 60-Seconds: Photo Ethics?; Software / Shareware Notes for June 1; MaxNews Usenet newsreader for Mac; Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail; VolumeWorks Resizes Partitions On-The-Fly; Troi File Plug-in for FileMaker Pro 6; MAC OS X: Welcome to the real world; Better back it up; Humor: iTune Mixes that Suck; New Google front end; Gmail fingers in cookie jar; Quote(s) Kenneth Tynan; Albert Einstein 21 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: PowerBook 12 vs. iBook * Mac OS X Update Addresses Security Concern * RIAA music sales * Just how is the tablet computer doing? * Apple's ultimate tablet? * Office gains competition * Earn Money for your User Group * New iTunes tools for Windows developers * Apple divides * Googol vs. Google * DidTheyReadIt.com * MUG Salute: Oceanside Macintosh User Group (OMUG) * Headset solutions for your portable phone * FireWire 400 Hard Drive Enclosure * See it? Grab it * EasyBeat adds GarageBand export feature * Pull a few handles: Ultimate SlotZone * Fixing your Apple Powerbook * Restore Excel, Word documents * Inventive Software iClip * MWX UGLC and Adobe UG Events * VirtualPC delayed * Quotes: Pascal; Renard and Leonardo da Vinci * CORRECTION: Carry 250,000 MP3s? 22 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: Comcast to phase out TechTV * Intel to drop Pentium 4 * IBM to clone MS software * Simple AppleScript called OSX Trojan * MUG SALUTE: Tyler Area Mac Users * Apple gets iTunes interface patent * Attachment through Corp Firewalls * Microsoft is to kill its Wi-Fi (802.11x) Products * Emulate Mac on a PC * Electronic Arts and Xbox Live * Should taxpayers cover RIAA legal fees? * Boston MacWorld Expo * Carry 250,000 MP3s? * Vaccine for your phone? * Import MIDI into Apple's GarageBand * iPod Music on computer speakers * iListen from Mac Speech * Cinematte for Macintosh Photoshop * PowerBook Manuals Updated * Cheesy Goodness * UGN Bookshelf: Web Development * WorldVillage.com * Quote: Walter Bagehot 22 briefs in all!
prompted by Fred's special "Scams, Virus, Hoaxes" white paper this week, we've also posted the main references from past InfoManagers in a single file called: Scams, Virus, Hoaxes
This week's Info includes: The next Mac OS: TIGER * Apple Shareholder Meeting * Apple patches QuickTime * QuickTime 6.5.1 is a fatty * Scam, spam, spoof and virus threats to Mac users * Microsoft Antispam Tool * Speaking of Spam And we were, weren't we? * X for Teachers open enrollment runs to June 30 * Mac Bible Software Survey * Microsoft wants to merge Flash and hard disk storage. * "Will Your Next Display Be Flexible?" * SpamFire 1.5x Software Review * Book Review: Learning Web Design * DEVONagent, EasyFind, XMenu * KeyCue for menu shortcuts * Book Review: Linux Unwired * Book Review: Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora * Longhorn details * MUG Salute: Tuscarawas County Mac Users Group * O'Reilly offers new site for MUG leaders * Quote: Mother Teresa * 22 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: Apple iTunes Music Store Anniversary * Spyware? Are you at risk? * MUG Salutes: Syracuse Mug's 25th * Four spammers get charged (Applause) * Just rewards for spam fighter AND spammer * French Lawsuit Challenges Google * Sony beams in blue laser (paper) discs * FileMaker Meetings, Tasks ready for FM Pro 7 * Star Wars Kid meets Kill Bill * Amiga Emulator * Network Associates To Change Name To McAfee * Pop-Blockers being blocked * Thanks to Silicon Valley * Resolve credit disputes * Electronic Voting Machines * Delete history software compared * Are you a loyal customer? Let's see... * More OSX Basic Training * Reader Response: AOL Madness * Book: Digital Photography: Expert Techniques * Remove Spyware and Trojans from your Macintosh * Let's Get (EYE) Safe * MacMovieMaker site * Virtual Bubblewrap * Internet Crimes against Children * Digest: April News Wrap-up * Quote(s) John Steinbeck 27 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: Microsoft patches * Apple and Disney* FCC wants more wireless spectrum * Recycling PCs * AOL Madness * Matsushita, Apple Develop Low-Cost TV Editing System * AOL to recycle its own disks? * A9 * MS vs. Sun and Oracle? * Sony paper discs * Laptop Armor * Apple: DVD Studio Pro 3, Xsan Storage Area Network, Panasonic, IEEE FireWire, Motion Graphics, AJA Video Systems Kona, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Shake 3.5 * Microsoft Patents * Apple PowerBook G4 * Apple iBooks * Quotes25 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: iPods out sell Macs * New faster eMacs * Apple stops CA manufacturing * IMHO: Ten Ways to Improve Your User Group * Labels seek end to 99c music * Glass Bead Launches In-Out Board * Verizon wireless incentive * Hess Memorial Macworld * Canon $94 million printer boost * Microsoft Office * World Map * MP3Restore SubRosaSoft * MenuMachine Adobe GoLive * Xupport 2.0 * 3D-Matrix for 3D Models * Super Collapse! II * iSkin for Apple iPod * Mediafour XPlay 2 * Open Source Convention * Web site: Free Lunch * Quote Roy H. Williams... 22 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: This week's Info includes: Stop junk mail; San Francisco Bay Area No. 1 in Wi-Fi access; Microsoft Office 2004 to be released in May; More on Gmail; Apple releases patches for Jaguar, Panther; "The Death of the Dollar Downloads"; Yet more on Gmail: First Look at Google e-mail; Google Print Now Indexing Magazine Articles; Intel Goes Green; Free Ice Cream; AOL admits other email clients.; UGN Reviews Quickertek External Whip Antenna; MUG Games: TRON RETURNS to MAC; The Disk that heals itself...; MUG SALUTE: Great Inland Sea Mac; Department of Homeland Security wants help; Eliminate the Need for Terminal; Music and Copyright Law; Renting DVDs, books, tapes?; Quote(s) Ben Franklin; Mother Teresa 20 briefs in all!
This week's Info includes: Stop junk mail; San Francisco Bay Area No. 1 in Wi-Fi access; Microsoft Office 2004 to be released in May; More on Gmail; Apple releases patches for Jaguar, Panther; "The Death of the Dollar Downloads"**; Yet more on Gmail: First Look at Google e-mail; Google Print Now Indexing Magazine Articles***; Intel Goes Green; Free Ice Cream; AOL admits other email clients.; UGN Reviews Quickertek External Whip Antenna; MUG Games: TRON RETURNS to MAC; The Disk that heals itself...; MUG SALUTE: Great Inland Sea Mac; Department of Homeland Security wants help; Eliminate the Need for Terminal; Music and Copyright Law; Renting DVDs, books, tapes?; Quote(s) Ben Franklin; Mother Teresa 20 briefs in all!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
January, February and March InfoManager
InfoManager: 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