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September 27, 2004

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

September 20, 2004

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

September 13, 2004

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

September 6, 2004

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

August 30, 2004

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

August 23, 2004

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

August 16, 2004

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

Supplement: iTunes

Search InfoManager for "iTunes" and you'll find this collection of articles... one of the more popular key-word searches: iTunes

August 9, 2004

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

August 2, 2004

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

InfoManager Report from Macworld Boston

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

July 26, 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

July 19, 2004

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

July 12, 2004

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

July 5, 2004

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

June 28, 2004

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

June 21, 2004

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!

June 14, 2004

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!

June 7, 2004

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!

June 1, 2004

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

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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.
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