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Editor's Notes
Fred Showker,
Editor/Publisher, User Group Network News
- January 2002...
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- 02 E-Books OK 'd as Art in the U.K.
- 03 The Great MS Patch Nobody Uses
- 04 Lots of Spam over the holidays
- 04 Speaking of Big Brother: MS TV
- 05 Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam
- 06 Speaking of fixing spammers...
- 07 Woz's Dangerous Handheld Liaison
- 08 Google's Gaggle of Discussions
- 09 Sites Forlorn When Reborn as Porn
- 10 Israeli Kids 'Fess Up to 'Goner'
- 11 Fresh new start for creative writers...
- 12 Did you delete it, then want it back?
- 13 QuickPopup - The Easiest Communication Software
- 14 Roq-it quenches MP3 fans thirst for more, more, more
- 15 Designer Resource: About Color Blindness
- 16 New Zine: Art Nexus Magazine
- E-Books OK 'd as Art in the U.K.
- - As a good mix-in with our topics on ePublishing and eBooks - a grant by the U.K.'s funding body for university research confers automatic legitimacy. - from Wired News under Culture Art and ePublishing
Details at: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48804,00.html?tw=wn20011204
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- The Great MS Patch Nobody Uses
- - Of course you'd expect them to fix it, right? Yet why fix it when it's a huge source of revenue for friendly spammers? The flurry of virulent e-mail worms that attack Outlook users can be prevented by a free patch on Microsoft's website. The problem: It's impossible to find and cumbersome to install. So, what else is new? - Thanks to Michelle Delio, from Wired News for tipping us on this one. File it under: worthless Technology from Microsoft
Read more about this at: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48756,00.html?tw=wn20011203
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- Lots of Spam over the holidays
- - We experienced plenty of spam for the holidays. While business is slower than usual at the post office, e-mail messages from marketers are on the rise. But whether it's due to anthrax fears or economic concerns is open to debate. - Thanks to Joanna Glasner for sending this one in. File it under The Online Society: Stupid Spammers
Joanna's story is published at: http://www.wired.com/news/holidays/0,1882,48481,00.html?tw=wn20011210
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- Speaking of Big Brother: MS TV
- - MS TV: Will Be Watching You ... Microsoft's partnership with Predictive Networks in its television venture will allow advertisers to monitor what viewers are watching. But honest, they won't know your name, they claim. - Another great piece of investigative journalism from Michelle Delio and Wired News. It's all about Privacy, Security Matters
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- Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam
- - One way to actually make money off spam is to sue the people sending it. That's what Bennett Haselton did under Washington State's anti-spam law, and now he has $2,000 coming his way. Others are doing the same to junk faxers. - This is from an article by Jeffrey Benner published in Wired news under the topic of Business
The full story is at: http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,49089,00.html?tw=wn20011213
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- Speaking of fixing spammers...
- - EU Sticking to Tough Spam Law? Only the European Parliament stands in the way of a continental ban on unsolicited spam, as EU ministers push forward an important digital data law. - One to watch in Wired News File this one under Personal Privacy, and spam
the full story is at: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48894,00.html?tw=wn20011207
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- Woz's Dangerous Handheld Liaison
- - A Blackberry competitor goes nuts and picks Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to join the board of directors for a new handheld maker, Danger Inc. SEE A PICTURE - From Wired News under Business and technology
at: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48869,00.html?tw=wn20011206
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- Google's Gaggle of Discussions
- - The popular search engine has posted 20 years' worth of Usenet discussion group postings: more than 700 million entries in all. Included: American Taliban John Walker, screen name, 'doodoo.' - by Michelle Delio and Wired News, Culture
at: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49016,00.html?tw=wn20011212
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- Sites Forlorn When Reborn as Porn
- - We've reported on this before, because it happened to one of our domains when a clerical mistake caused the domain name to lapse back into availability. Within a day, before we could pay the fee to keep it secure, a German porno site (backed by a Hollywood CA firm) scalped it and had it up and running.
... Now, this story from Wired -- Small town governments, church groups and the Ohio State Senate have Web addresses that have been hijacked and held ransom by pornographers lately in a growing trend. - Good info from Jeffrey Benner from Wired News. Business
The full story is at: http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,48903,00.html?tw=wn20011210
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- Israeli Kids 'Fess Up to 'Goner'
- - Four teenagers admit they wrote and spread the Goner e-mail worm that created apoplexy among antivirus companies last week. - From Wired News under Online security, virus, worms
at: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48969,00.html?tw=wn20011210
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- Fresh new start for creative writers...
- - Stone Table Software has a unique product called Z-Write -- not quite a word processor, but it is... not quite an organizational tool, but it is -- one thing's for sure, it's a great tool for creative writers.
... Z-Write is the world's first "non-linear" word processor: it is uniquely designed to help writers organize large writing projects. Instead of the nightmare of managing hundreds of separate word processing files of notes, ideas, chapters, revisions, character bios, bibliography information, quotations, website locations, etc., Z-Write allows the writer to store unlimited documents in a single file! Users are free to organize information any way they want. Z-Write eschews the bloat of many of today's word processors, offering simplicity and elegance. Streamlined for writing, it stays out of your way so you can actually get work done.
... While z-Write has been in the Mac OS, a Windows version scheduled for 2002. - Thanks to Stone Table Software for tipping us to this great Word and Text Processing software
Fully functional trial versions of Z-Write may be downloaded : http://www.stonetablesoftware.com/z-write.html
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- Did you delete it, then want it back?
- - TypeRecorder 1.2 for Macintosh or Windows automatically records and saves all keystrokes, effectively preventing data loss while also monitoring unauthorized activity.
... TypeRecorder discreetly monitors and saves every keystroke to a daily file, regardless of what application is being used. In the event of a power outage or a system crash, all work can be retrieved from TypeRecorder's records, regardless of whether the work had been saved. Version 1.2 of TypeRecorder can automatically hide these records to hinder unauthorized access and provide more privacy. It also features numerous internal improvements. TypeRecorder can be purchased at a cost of $15 US. - Thanks to Michael Hunson a great idea for writers, data recording and Word and Text Processing
A free trial version is available from: http://www.rampellsoft.com
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- QuickPopup - The Easiest Communication Software
- - Kanex Group has a great new idea on how to communicate in the office, more easily, faster, better. QuickPopup allows users to exchange popup messages over corporate, school and home networks without connecting to the Internet.
... Built for Mac OS X, classic Mac OS and Windows, QuickPopup's versatility will be particularly welcomed by educational and other institutions with a variety of computers on their networks.
* Any incoming message can be "popped up" on screen indicating its importance. Or select a warning sound and deal with it when it's more convenient
* Incoming messages can be read without leaving what you are doing
* Use templates and save time typing standard pro forma messages
QuickPopup works on small, medium or large networks, on PCs and Macs. No complicated installation, setup or special training is required. It can be deployed in minutes; its intuitive and simple interface makes it easy to use, even by beginners. Pricing starts at $15 per copy. - A good idea for Email Conference Voice Fax
Download and install the 30-day trial version of QuickPopup on your network. http://www.quickpopup.com/office/freetrial.html
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- Roq-it quenches MP3 fans thirst for more, more, more
- - When you think you've heard it all, here comes D-Link with Roq-It for 150 hours of music in your pocket. Now I can carry all my Beatles, Led Zepplin, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, complete works of Mozart, History of Rhythm and Blues albums with me, and still have room for this month's newsletter!
... The Roq-it can store over 150 hours of non-stop music (2,500 MP3 files) and a large, easy to read blue back-lit LCD screen that displays song title, album name, genre and other track information contained in each MP3 file's ID3 Tag.
... When connected through the USB interface, the Roq-it will show up as a new drive letter to allow a user to employ drag and drop functionality from a PC or Mac to copy music to the Roq-it. It is compatible with MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3) standards, which provides audio compression specifications.
. . . The D-Link Roq-it has all of the programming modes that are standard on portable CD and MP3 players including: Repeat, Repeat All, Program, Random and Random All. In addition, the D-Link Roq-it 10 GB Jukebox has preset equalizer modes for Jazz, Rock, Pop and Classic and showcases a user-definable preset equalizer mode that allows users to adjust the sound of the Roq-it to their particular taste. In addition, Roq-it 10 GB can also double as a portable external hard drive so that users can copy any file (such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics) to the Roq-it Jukebox in the same manner as a floppy disk.
... The included Lithium-Ion Rechargeable battery will give users up to eight hours of listening enjoyment. Compatible with Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, and Mac OS 9 and above. Suggested Retail Price ESP of $209. - We first caught wind of this one on the NetProLive list I'll have to file this one under: Multimedia: MP3 Music and home entertainment
For full information, photos, etc just go to: http://www.dlink.com/
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- Designer Resource: About Color Blindness
- - Delamare.unr.edu site offers a very good explanation of color blindness, with a bit of an attitude. This is another view, and some resource info on an issue that all graphic artists, designers and others in visual communications should be aware of. - Thanks to Alan for sending this in. File it under DTP: Publishing, printing, output
The details are at: http://www.delamare.unr.edu/cb/
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- New Zine: Art Nexus Magazine
- - Since we're speaking of epublications and ezines this month, I thought it would be fun to mention ArtNexus -- the leading magazine on Latin American and Hispanic art. They boast of more than 100 art experts, covering all aspects of art in the Americas. - with a thumbs up from Parthiux Trestium who tipped us to this one. File it under: Graphics, art and creative, publications
Just zip on over to: http://www.artnexus.com/
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Fred Showker
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