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This week's Info includes: Giants to offer Wi-Fi instant replays * Flash Drives have become fashion accessory * Put a Trainer in Your Pocket * Casio introduces 2.2" LCD monitor * SPIT is next * Mossberg gives good review to new iMac * IDG says that there is more pressure on iPod * Watson to be discontinued * New version of GraphicConverter released * NewsFire RSS 0.22 * New Java for Mac OS X * Get TiVO, Get iPod * The Ministers of Music (M.O.M.) * How to implement e-business solutions * Make your software look different! * MacOS X Programming: Cocoa Workshop * MUG SALUTE: Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society * Shareware Picks * Quote(s) Warren G. Bennis
This week's Info includes: Nisus Writer Express 2.0 * PayPal now offers deferred billing * Symantec Launches Antiphishing Service * PetsWelcome* * UK complains about Apple iTunes prices * DVD+R and DVD-R Explained * Adobe announces Photoshop Elements 3.0 * Step Toward Universal Computing * iChat flaw Fixed with security update * iPod Mini at Costco for the Holidays * Apple squashes iPod Download Plugin * MacMagic Printing, Saving and Notes * Windows Media 9 Support for Macintosh * PDF Enhancer 2.6 * Quote(s) Feather; Stoppard; Burns
This week's Info includes: Don't call it "Shorthorn" * WiFi for Dial Up ISP * Intel shrinks transistors * Whole country gets Macs for schools * Ericsson Pulls Out of Bluetooth * Intel invests in Speakeasy's WiMAX roll-out * Apple machines at Office Depot * "Sony, Apple, Chinese prepare to boot Dell and HP" * Apple Product Cycle * Windows Media Player to be more than iTunes * Napster offers a subscription service * Custom stamps selling well * Back-to-school help * YouSendIt.com * Intuit Quicken upgrade upsets users * iTunes vs. Microsoft * Skype releases Pocket PC software * New interest in Knowledge Navigator * Reminder: AASA President's Technology Award * Quote: Demosthenes
This week's Info includes: 20th Annual Mac Computer Expo * News: Look Ma! No Computer! * Apple Perspectives * PDF Conference: Experts and Giveaways * MUG Salute: University of Delaware MUG * The Cult of the Mac * Newton Lives * Biz: Make a few bucks off iTunes * Encrypted Data on Your iPod * Software: Easy Mac "Aqua" Look * 2005 ETech Call for Participation * Camera Phone Obsession * Use Word without Microsoft? * Famous software guru switches * Microsoft Flexes Muscle Against iTunes * Room for both iTunes, MSN Music? * Not using DragThing? Perhaps you should * Symantec updates for latest Macs * IMHO: G5 iMac Reflections * QUOTE: William Arthur Ward, and more
This week's Info includes: Help with coloring when doing web site * "Human chips more than skin-deep" * Magazines * 'Plays for sure' means Microsoft's inside? * Microsoft Withdraws From Standards Group * U.S. Cracks Down on Internet Crime * Operation Slam Spam Helps DOJ * hPod released * MUG Salute: Keystone MacCentral Mac Users Group * U.S. wraps up Net crime sweep * Re-eVolution iPod iSkins * Xupport for Mac OS X Upgraded * Apple gets Nod from Sprint * Summer NAMM 2004 * Book: Tips and Tricks for iPod and iTunes * Productive Computing File Manipulator Plug-in * Quote(s) Glasow; Picasso; Williams; Twain; 'Putt's Law', and more
This week's Info includes: Crossword and/or Word Search for MUGs * 'Playlist' magazine to focus on digital music * How is iPod used in education * TheUltimates.com * Bookfinder.com * Texas Reststops to get Wi-Fi * MacGPS Pro 5.1 * Real remakes anti-Apple site * SimpleTech Bonzai flash drive * It's Lightning Season Again * Apple Network Managers Association * Take Control of Buying a Mac * LIVID Real-Time Video Software * TimeCache Updated to version 5.2.2 * Seniors Get Help in Costa Mesa, CA * Heading Back to the Dorm? * Quote: William Jennings Bryan, and more
This week's Info includes: IBM tells employees: Don't do it! * Apple Production Suite * AOL Messenger security flaw in WIN * Roxio sell its consumer software to Sonic Solutions * Spam for fax and cell phones get revived * New Wallpaper blocks Wi-Fi * How old are you likely to become? * AOL, Yahoo rolling out sender authentication * Survey: 86% Of Spam Comes From The U.S. * Hacker Cracks Apple's Music Technology * iPod now listens and plays back... * iPod hears this... * Wozniak Honored with Technology Award * "We the Media" Blog * Mac OS X Conference Registration * Toon Boom Studio * Gideon's unique OS X utilities * Quote(s) Ford; Hoffer; Harris; Hellman, and more
Search InfoManager for "iTunes" and you'll find this collection of articles... one of the more popular key-word searches: iTunes
This week's Info includes: Hearst Pubs switches to Adobe Creative Suite * IBM announced chips that modify themselves * Jobs has Cancer Surgery * AOL radio show just for kids * "65% of Email is SPAM" * "Reading news online? Do it better with RSS" * Blog Software and Blog hosting * New phishing scam: Spoofed campaign site * Also a new "Nigerian" scam * iCompositions offers 1GB of space, launches contest * Online Newspaper Readers look for alternatives * UGLC DVD/Vendor Follow-up * Quote(s): Zangwill; Ford; Power; Kaufman, and more
This week's Info includes: Apple & RealNetwork * Apple Statement to RealNetworks * History of Macintosh * iPod undermines Microsoft copy protection on music * Apple goes after enterprise users of NT 4.0 * "Hello Lynn, we missed you today." * In-Store Recycling Program * Microsoft to add store on Start Menu * New iPods, are not as cheap as it sounds. * Corel pokes fun at Microsoft Office * Gideon adds to Desktop Bundle * Michigan judge throws out SCO lawsuit * UGN Salutes Triangle Macintosh Users Group * Take Control of Email with Apple Mail, and more
From the User Group Leadership Conference to Macworld to the Mardi Gras! here's my two-page report with impressions from this years East Coast Macworld... Boston MacWorld Conference & Expo - July 2004
This week's Info includes:Fake Bin Laden File Harbors Virus; Largest theft of personal data ever; Freshmen get iPods at DUKE; First look at the 4th gen iPod, with pix; Speaking of iPods...; Got Microsoft stock? You win.; Not all well with MS Slate; Want to keep online anonymity?; Gee Three "Best of Show" in Boston; "Hacker" authors to appear; Get Destructed; Par-tay... with Baytex; FileXaminer information utility for Mac OS X; The Swiss Army Knife of launcher programs; Blogging the Democrats; 200 Digital Camera and Digital Photography Tips; PhotoStockhouse.com stock photography; PC-Mac PasswordVault; Gee Three software for Apple iMovie; iClip 3.1 for Apple Mac OS X; StockBucket Named One of Top Ten Sites to See; Apple Picks up Indie Music Labels; Software: Powerbacks presentation templates; PandaWare TimeCache Gets Better; Web Dumper v2.2; Troi File Plug-in Boosted for FileMaker, and more
This week's Info includes:New iPod: lower price, longer battery * Macworld's Back in Beantown * Macworld Boston Opens Loudly * Apple's AirPort Express reviewed * GarageBand at Macworld Expo * Was Macworld Boston a success? * WiFi Spy detects wireless near by * MWX Showtime Awards presented * Animation:Master by Hash, Inc. * Combo ION Drive by IOGear * HOBO Henry Science Kit * iClip by Inventive * Impression by Babel Company * Integrity by Avail Solutions * MacElite II CD/DVD duplication system * On Stage by Harman Multimedia * PhoneValet Message Center by Parliant Corp * Picture Rescue by Prosoft Engineering * SketchUp 4.0 from @Last Software * Wheel by Spymac Network * Democrats up next in Boston * Quote: Douglas
This week's Info includes:User Groups Do Boston * "Macworld Boston - Why You Should Be there!" * Apple.com leads the pack * Cool Resources Created by Mac User Groups * AppleScripters Meeting at MacWorld Expo * Dell to replace 38,000 portable power adapters * Wi-Fi, UWB Leapfrog in Living Room * CD kiosks let fans do it their way -- and legally * California/Microsoft antitrust agreement approved * Search Engine Detects Sites Using Your Content * New Google Groups * Launches Large Library of Spyware/Pestware * Work smarter for only $239 * Party List * TinyBooks: Small Biz Accounting for Macs * Xupport 2.2 Release * Neighbors sniffing your wireless network? * Teachable moments using iChat AV and iSight * Printing in OS X made easier * Quote(s) Walter Lippman; Wayne Gretzky; Terence
This week's Info includes: 900,000 notebooks buggy * Be Aware of Phishing Scams! * Apple Mac OS X Tiger * Apple Tiger Server Weblogs, more * Tiger's Search * Dashboard a copy? * Apple widescreen 30-inch Cinema HD display * Apple's Xcode 2 Developer Tools * Apple H.264 Advanced Video Codec (AVC) * Take Control GarageBand * Supreme Court says porn law violates free speech * Rendezvous not just for Mac anymore! * Most game play on line is by middle age females? * Taxing the Internet? Wireless? * Choosing the Right Online Shopping Cart * Sun promotes 3-D Interface * Play Bridge Online * Budgeting in Excel * Snard again... * AppleGRAM now Online * Aquafadas Software iDive, Mac OS X digital video * Brickles Pro, the Classic Game for Macintosh * Disk Jockey Expander * Troi FileMaker Pro 7 plug-in * B2B exchanges by Nowshade Kabir * Quote(s) Ed Formena; Robert Kennedy and Albert Camus
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!
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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