AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 31 / June 1, 2010
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 31 / June 1, 2010
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 31 / June 1, 2010
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- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:05:21 -0400
InfoManager for Monday, May 31 / June 1, 2010
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 iPad news, views, rumors
02 Facebook Privacy Scanner
03 June Cyber Crime Kick-off
04 Neat Google Search Glogster poster
05 Manage Flash files on Mac
06 iPhone Camera App includes Video
07 The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time
08 Quotes: Mark Twain and Malcom Muggeridge
09 For May 31th, have a great week!
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01 iPad news, views, rumors
We're kicking off June with some of the better news
items about the iPad from last month
* Report: DOJ inquiry of Apple goes beyond music
* Apple iPad offers freedom from porn -- but not in Berlin
* Analyst says Apple to make 2.5M iPads per month
* 3G Roaming Ripoffs Follow Apple iPad
* Yankees ban iPad
* Wired Coming to Apple's iPad - With Adobe
* Why pay for extra 3G service for your iPad
* and others
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/05/ipad-news-views-rumors/
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02 Facebook Privacy Scanner
With all the fuss about Facebook privacy issues, this site is timely.
The website provides an independent and open tool for scanning your
Facebook privacy settings.
They just added Photo Album privacy scanning.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/05/reclaimprivacy-org-facebook-privacy-scanner/
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03 June Cyber Crime Kick-off
Kicking off June, we see the cyber crime industry is as always
very creative in coming up with new ways of extorting your money
* Tabnapping Is a Terrifying New Phishing Attack
* African broadband boost spurs rise in spam output
* Desktop security under heavy attack in the workplace
* The Enterprise Hacks Back!
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/05/june-cyber-crime-kick-off/
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04 Neat Google Search Glogster poster
Sent in by fellow Mugster, Joe Showker -
here's a summary all the Google search options available.
I wasn't aware of several of these.
http://bit.ly/8Kh7xO
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05 Manage Flash files on Mac
SWF & FLV Player for MacEltima Software has launched the
release of SWF & FLV Player for Mac version 3.8 that features
greatly improved downloading online Flash
movies and videos option.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/05/manage-flash-files-on-mac/
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06 iPhone Camera App includes Video
Camera Plus Pro records high-quality videos on the iPhone
2G, 3G and 3GSGlobal Delight has released Camera Plus Pro v2.0
which features the ability to record high-quality videos
on the iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS besides its host of photo
capture, edit and sharing features makes
it to be an all-in-one camera app.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/05/iphone-camera-app-includes-video/
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07 The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time
According to Dan Tynan of PC World, these products are so
bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame:
1. America Online (1989-2006)
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
10. dBASE IV (1988)
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
12. PointCast (1996)
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
16. Comet Cursor (1997)
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
20. CueCat (2000)
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
23. Free PCs (1999)
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)
Can you agree with any of these? Maybe you've never even
heard of them. The interesting thing about this list, at this
link where all the items have live links, is the list was made
May 26, 2006.
http://bit.ly/33p4Zg
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08 Quotes: Mark Twain and Malcom Muggeridge
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence;
then success is sure."
- Mark Twain
"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream."
- Malcolm Muggeridge
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09 For May 31, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, have a great week!
Remember, I invite all user groups to use this column in full
or in pieces in your newsletter. Or add a link to their web site.
Pau
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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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