AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 16, 2011
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 16, 2011
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 16, 2011
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InfoManager for Monday, May 16, 2011
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Mac Malware Threat
02 Boston: Apple Expo
03 VoiceFeeder released for iOS
04 Convert files to iOS format
05 Office for Mac Trouble Shooting
06 Camera Plus Pro
07 Snapz Pro : get the snapz
08 Cocktail 4.9.2
09 CollabraCam
10 Web of Trust
11 Spring-Cleaning Your Computer
12 Do Pro Programmers Need a Code of Conduct?
13 Quotes: Jim Rohn and Zig Ziglar
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01 Mac Malware Threat
MAC Defender is a rouge anti-virus program for Mac OS X
being distributed via the web that will "detect" nonexistent
threats as being present on the user's system in an effort
to persuade them to hand over their credit card information
and purchase a "subscription" to the program. If the user
does not purchase, the program will start popping up
pornographic websites to create an actual problem on the
system.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/mac-malware-threat/
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02 Boston: Apple Expo
The Loop Business Expo & iZone Expo, the only
Apple-related Exposition for Business users, is on June 1,
2011 at the Emabassy Suites at Logan Airport in Boston,
Massachusetts. Admission is free to the event if you are
considering becoming an Apple business end-user.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/boston-apple-expo/
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03 VoiceFeeder released for iOS
Do You remember the Tony Stark computer in the "Iron
Man" movie, with which he could speak as with human, and it
catch the meaning at once. The guys from StartApp tried to
make an app that would be a little similar to that program.
StartApp today is pleased to introduce VoiceFeeder 1.0,
their new RSS feed application for iOS devices. VoiceFeeder
was developed specifically for reading news feeds with voice
control functionality. Listen to your RSS feeds without any
touch -- just using your voice
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/voicefeeder-released-for-ios/
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04 Convert files to iOS format
I just came across a web site that offers a free file
converter that allows you to convert various types of
e-books, audio files, short video clips and movies to the
native media formats of Apple products: iPod Touch, iPhone
and iPad.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/convert-files-to-ios-format/
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05 Office for Mac Trouble Shooting
This article on Microsoft's web site tell us how to
troubleshoot issues that occur in Office for Mac on a
computer that is running Mac OS X 10.4.x or a later version.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/office-for-mac-trouble-shooting/
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06 Camera Plus Pro
Camera Plus Pro, featured as one of the top paid
photography apps by iTunes Rewind 2010 and hailed as 'best
of the bunch' by The New York Times, invites you to
participate in the greatest iPhone photography contest this
season - Metamorphosis - to celebrate its latest and biggest
upgrade.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/camera-plus-pro/
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07 Snapz Pro : get the snapz
We've told you about Snapz for years. But sometimes we
don't follow our own advice. I've happily used Snapz since
its first release. I usually use just the screen capture -
which works every time. But recently while trying to capture
some video, I started having problems! A quick email to
their excellent support team brought a quick reply from John
Champlin with unexpeced response: "Fred, you're three
versions behind, and your version is not recommended for
your system level!" Oooops!
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/snapz-pro-get-the-snapz/
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08 Cocktail 4.9.2
Maintain has announced the release and immediate
availability of Cocktail 4.9 (Snow Leopard Edition), the
latest maintenance update of Cocktail for users running Mac
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Cocktail is an award winning general
purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a digital toolset with a
variety of practical features that lets you clean, repair
and optimize your system with one click of the button. The
application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools
and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive
graphical interface.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/cocktail-4-9-2/
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09 CollabraCam
I just came across this web site and the product really
sounds cool. Perhaps if you are more into video production
than I, you know all about it. Maybe not. As the web site
says: "CollabraCam provides a quick, easy and fun way to
engage in multi-camera video production with your family,
friends and colleagues."
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/collabracam/
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10 Web of Trust
Web of Trust (WOT), the website reputation rating
service, and Facebook began collaboration to give Facebook's
over 500 million users reliable protection against dubious
web links. When a Facebook user clicks a link that leads to
a page with a poor reputation rating given by the WOT
community, Facebook shows a warning message. WOT's global
community has reported five million sites for phishing,
untrustworthy content, fraudulent services or various scams.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/05/web-of-trust/
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11 Spring-Cleaning Your Computer
While you're doing some spring cleaning around the home
or office, don't forget about your computers! Cleaning them
can help increase performance and fix issues. Eric Geier
walks you through the software and physical cleaning of your
machines.
http://bit.ly/ldhxeH
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12 Do Pro Programmers Need a Code of Conduct?
In this Interview with Robert C. "Uncle Bob" Martin,
writer Matt Heusser asks what professionalism could mean to
the next generation of programmers, what exactly he means by
the term, and why it is so important now -- Martin just
published the book, The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for
Professional Programmers.
http://bit.ly/lRepi7
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13 Quotes: Jim Rohn and Zig Ziglar
"If you don't design your own life plan,
chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan.
And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much."
- Jim Rohn
"When someone we love is having difficulty and
is giving us a bad time, it's better to
explore the cause than to criticize the action."
Zig Ziglar
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14 ... and 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 F
orumdays, then out onto the web.
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