AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, June 28, 2010
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, June 28, 2010
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InfoManager for Monday, June 28, 2010
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Spam, security & phishing update
02 iPad news heats up for July
03 Logging Application for Journalists
04 ColorSplash on your iPad
05 Subway Maps
06 Picture History
07 Donate Your Used iPhone or iPod touch
08 iKeepTime 1.2 for iOS
09 100 Incredibly Useful & Free Mac Apps
10 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step
11 iPhone Could Save a Life
12 The Editor that Mac users love
13 iPad: The Missing Manual
14 GoDaddy Phishing
15 Quotes: Andy Rooney
16 For June 28, have a great week!
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01 Spam, security & phishing update
This edition of our spam, security and phishing update is
longer than usual, but there were some substantial entries I
had to include.
* iPad phishing scams still going strong
* Anti-Fraud Added to Reform Bill
* Microsoft Fraud Alert Launched
* New FamilyShield Parental Controls introduced
* Scammers have destroyed the Internet
* How to avoid tab-napping
* Q&A: Phishing explained
* Phony Amazon Spam: Coming to an In-Box Near You
* Inside Text Message Phishing Attacks
* More PDF Documents Suffered Malware Infection
* UAB expert Gary Warner explains social network protection
-- bookmark, share and pass along
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/spam-security-phishing-update/
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02 iPad news heats up for July
iPad news flies around here this week
from legislation to wannabes...
* Congressmen Ask Apple To Explain Privacy Policy Changes
* Apple and AT&T hit with class-action lawsuit
* Apple iPad breaks three million sales in just 80 days
* God?s Ear: Italian Priest Bites the Apple
* Price War, E-Readers Go Below $200
* Office apps on the Apple iPad
* Nokia Tablet Set for Apple iPad Clash
* Farewell Once More, Sweet Unlimited 3G for the iPad
* How Microsoft foresaw ? and still missed?the iPad
* New Yorker iPad magazine, based on Adobe
* Dr. Dobb?s: iPad, Android Tablets Rule
* After iPhone 4, What?s Next for Apple?
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/ipad-news-heats-up-for-july/
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03 Logging Application for Journalists
TCoder for iPhone and iPod touchiZinkit has released TCoder 1.0,
their latest application for iPhone and iPod touch.
TCoder is the first logging iPhone application for journalists:
a great tool that enables reporters to take notes during press
conferences, speeches, etc. perfectly synchronized with their
recorder, minidisc or TV camera, since notes taken automatically
include the actual time code of their recording device.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/logging-application-for-journalists/
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04 ColorSplash on your iPad
Read thisColorSplash, the popular iPhone photo manipulation
app, is now available for the iPad. ColorSplash allows users to
quickly and easily give photos a dramatic look by converting
them to black and white, while keeping chosen details in color.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/colorsplash-on-your-ipad/
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05 Subway Maps
I have lived in three cities that have subway systems.
I have visited at least 4 others. It is hard to get around
unless you have a map.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/subway-maps/
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06 Picture History
Of course, you can get historical photos from the Library
of Congress, but this is another source.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/picture-history/
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07 Donate Your Used iPhone or iPod touch
There are a number of ways to get your old iPhone or iPod
touch recycled. While we want to get more for our gadgets,
sometimes it is nice to help others.
This is a way to accomplish the latter.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/donate-your-used-iphone-or-ipod-touch/
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08 iKeepTime 1.2 for iOS
Onyx Apps has announced the release of iKeepTime 1.2, an
update to their rhythm training app aimed at musicians for
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Extremely accurate, the app
let?s the user tap along with a metronome at any bps setting.
Users get immediate feedback on their tendencies to drag or
rush the beat, their overall accuracy in maintaining the
beat expressed as a percentage, and their ability to
accurately continue the beat when the click of
the metronome is silenced.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/ikeeptime-1-2-for-ios/
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09 100 Incredibly Useful & Free Mac Apps
Back in May, Joshua Johnson posted this article on free
applications for the Mac. Yes, I know yet another list.
This time it is a list of 100 free applications. And there
many here that I didn?t know about.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/100-incredibly-useful-free-mac-apps/
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10 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step
Teach yourself how to build rich Internet applications with
Silverlight 4 ? one step at a time ? with
"Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step"
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/microsoft-silverlight-4-step-by-step/
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11 iPhone Could Save a Life
IcePics allows the user to simply hold up the phone,
press one button, and have an email with a person?s photo
and the GPS location sent almost immediately to
one or more remote locations.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/iphone-could-save-a-life/
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12 The Editor that Mac users love
the leading Mac-friendly variant of the widely-used editor
Emacs
The Aquamacs Project has rolled out Aquamacs 2.0, the leading
Mac-friendly variant of the widely-used editor Emacs.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/the-editor-that-mac-users-love/
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13 iPad: The Missing Manual
The iPad is an amazing device, especially if you really
know how to use it. New York Times tech columnist, bestselling
author, and iPad expert J.D. Biersdorfer shows you how to
get the most out of this sleek tablet.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/ipad-the-missing-manual/
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14 GoDaddy Phishing
Imagine my surprise at having a bill from GoDaddy for
over $300 ! Well, it isn?t as simple as that, and if you
get email from GoDaddy, it?s probably phishing
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/godaddy-phishing/
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15 Quotes: Andy Rooney
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things,
but most of the things they make it easier to do
don't need to be done."
-- Andy Rooney
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16 For June 28, have a great week!
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network.
He's been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User
Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he's
been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
Currently working primarily the with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth
but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime
member of TUMS the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society).
Fred has been user group guy since 1986, through the AOL
UG Forumdays, then out onto the web.
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