AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 19th, 2011
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 19th, 2011
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 19th, 2011
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- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:56:40 -0400
InfoManager for Monday, September 19th, 2011
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Phishing & Malware Update: 1109-18
02 iPad InfoManager 1109-19
03 Staying Safe On Your iPad
04 Audio Recorder for the Mac
05 BungeeAir Security Cases
06 Travel Interpreter
07 ThriftMac
08 Combining Forces to Fight Cyber Crime
09 GPS Device Data
10 Camera Retro
11 Video Conversion made Easy
12 Quotes: Redmoon, Selve and Sher
13 ... and have a great week!
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ALERT : What did you discover in 2011 ?
We're looking for your most recommended new apps, gizmos,
hardware and software that you've discovered during 2011 for
our year-end round up! Please post a link, and brief statement
why you're recommending the product! Thanks!
*** http://www.ugnn.com/contact/
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01 Phishing & Malware Update: 1109-18
In this edition, I'm mixing in some ICANN news concerning
new TLDs, since launch of the new '.xxx' will undoubetly
generate another era of spam ...
* Online red-light district opens
* How Internet Naming Authority ICAAN Plans To Double Its Revenues
* Generic top level domains 'will only benefit trademark lawyers'
* Palm Beach firm selling first XXX domain names for porn sites
* There's a world of crooks wanting to steal your identity
* Potential Phishing E-Mails Should be Handled with Suspicion
* Scam HMRC emails increase 300%
* Yahoo and Bing Adverts Distribute Malware!
* Nastier DroidDreamLight malware on the loose
* Ten years on from Nimda: Worm author still at large
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/1109-18/
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02 iPad InfoManager 1109-19
This week, a cool video you won't want to miss, and
lots of new rumers, news and views including:
* Bentley Mulsanne Adds Apple iPad 2
* How Microsoft's PC Overhaul Will Take on Apple's iPad
* Sprint 4G WiMAX Apple iPad 2 in time for the holidays
* iPad Claims Another Victim: Sharp Exits Tablet Sector
* Fake Apple Stores In Queens Forced To Hand Over Knockoff Gadgets
* Apple May Not Launch 'iPad 2 Plus' in 2011: Analyst
* AT&T Primed for Apple iPad 3 Release
* Apple iPad 3 Release Wait: Why Hurry?
* Windows 8 Tablet Market Might Dodge Apple's iPad
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/ipad_1109-19/
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03 Staying Safe On Your iPad
In today's world, the issues of protecting yourself from
online stalkers and cyber criminals is becoming more and
more important every day. Cookie Stumbler Mobile the iPad
companion app for Cookie Stumbler for Mac OS X, is a web
browser with sophisticated security features built-in.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/ipad_safety/
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04 Audio Recorder for the Mac
Kvlt Audio Recorder for the Mac, audio recording
software is made specifically for non-professional users.
Thus, it is the perfect audio recording solution for Mac
home users desiring high quality recording performance.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/audio_recorder/
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05 BungeeAir Security Cases
I remember several years ago, when an American pilot who
was a member of our user group told me of a security device
he used when going through airport security. It was a device
that would alert him if he got more than a certain distance
from his PowerBook. I believe that distance was 30 feet.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/bungeeair-security-cases/
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06 Travel Interpreter
Jourist Verlags GmbH has announced the launch of their
new universal App: Travel Interpreter 1.5. If you like
travelling to faraway places, you can't always be sure that
everyone will speak English there. It would be better to be
a linguistic genius -- or to take along the Travel
Interpreter.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/travel-interpreter/
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07 ThriftMac
Last week, I presented Open Source Software to the
Cowtown MUG. OSS is a great way to get good to great FREE
software, but not the only way.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/thrftmac/
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08 Combining Forces to Fight Cyber Crime
Long before it was acknowledged to be a significant
criminal and national security threat, the FBI established a
forward-looking organization to proactively address the
issue of cyber crime.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/fight_cyber_crime/
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09 GPS Device Data
PS Ventures Limited has announced that their new app,
GPS Device Data for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is available
as a free download from Apple's App Store.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/gps-device-data/
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10 Camera Retro
iDevelopersLab has announced Camera Retro for iPad 2 and
iPhone 4 1.0. Now you can shoot old-fashioned photo ! Take
full resolution photos at the maximum speed avalaible on
your iPad 2 and iPhone 4. Capture the moments of daily life.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/camera-retro/
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11 Video Conversion made Easy
Independent software developer Reggie Ashworth has
juiced up VidConvert 1.1, a major update to his new video
converter for Mac OS X. VidConvert is a video converter
designed to make converting your videos simple and easy.
VidConvert will convert just about any type of video into
one of the many popular formats of today.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/09/video-conversion-made-easy-2/
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12 Quotes: Redmoon, Selve and Sher
"Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgment that something else is
more important than fear."
- Ambrose Redmoon
"You can learn new things at any time in your life
if you're willing to be a beginner.
If you actually learn to like being a beginner,
the whole world opens up to you."
- Barbara Sherr
"Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it."
- Hans Selye
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15 ... and 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
Forum days, then out onto the web.
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