AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 14, 2012
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 14, 2012
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, May 14, 2012
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InfoManager for Monday, May 14, 2012
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Phishing, Spam, Cybercrime Report
02 Malware May
03 DayMap Version 1.5
04 Steve Jobs as FDR
05 An Overview of Core Audio
06 Encryption Special: New Blog, Forrester Guide & Cloud Tips
07 Celebrate Storytelling and Design for Good
08 Alekstra
09 SyncMate Plus
10 New Greeting Cards for Mom's Day
11 Put iWeb site on Dropbox
12 5 Things to do with Google Voice
13 Quotes - about Balance
14 ... and have a great week!
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01 Phishing, Spam, Cybercrime Report
It's a wonder things don't change! After repeating the
same sad news week after week, month, year after year you'd
think someone would take notice. Oh well, we'll keep
plugging away ... here are just a few from this week's cache
* China China China Hack Hack Hack OilWar CyberWar GasWar CultureWar
* HP loses hundreds of thousands of CA social services records
* Hackers Target Gas Firms; Twitter-Spammer Logins Leaked
* China link to cyberattacks on gas pipeline companies
* Don't Fall for Fake Amazon.com Cancellation Emails
* eBay tries to shut down AuctionBytes for phishing
* Scam artists target Verizon customers
* Newt Gingrich loves spam
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/phishing-2/
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02 Malware May
We need your help spreading the Safenetting Infomanager
to people in your sphere of influence who may not be quite
as computer savvy as our main Infomanager subscribers. This
week is punctuated by Adobe Malware vulnerability and more
ICANN failures
... here are just a few from this week's cache
* Amnesty International: when bad things happen on good sites
* Oxford University Profusely Infected with Flashback
* Phony Flash Player Plants Malware on Android Phones
* If Ann Nyberg's Gmail can be hacked, so can yours
* Mountain Lion Debut Bad for Snow Leopard Users
* 'Critical' TIFF vulnerability in CS5 software
* 9 Tips To Block Hotel Wi-Fi Malware
* Apple patches 36 bugs in OS X
* ICANN = FAIL
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/malware-may/
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03 DayMap Version 1.5
Whetstone Apps has announced the release and immediate
availability of DayMap 1.5, an update to their popular
personal productivity application for the Lion Operating
System. DayMap offers a unique way of organizing and
scheduling projects and tasks in a visually intuitive
Project Outliner and Weekly Scheduler. This allows users to
view their weekly tasks and schedule at-a-glance.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/daymap-version-1-5/
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04 Steve Jobs as FDR
Just in case you haven't seen this video, I wanted to
provide a link to the user group community.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/steve-jobs-as-fdr/
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05 An Overview of Core Audio
Debunking Free Antivirus Myths Using Apple's Core Audio,
you can leverage all that power in your own Mac and iOS software,
implementing features ranging from audio capture to real-time
effects, MP3 playback to virtual instruments,
web radio to VoIP support.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/an-overview-of-core-audio/
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06 Encryption Special: New Blog, Forrester Guide & Cloud Tips
BYOD: iPads, Security and the Latest Trends With security such
a critical concern for businesses, many have turned to encryption
to help protect data from prying eyes. Although encryption is
designed to made data hard to decipher, the technology itself
should not be hard to master. In this week's Global Roundup
newsletter, here's a blog which looks at the background of
encryption and its possible uses, and two top papers which
discuss different types of encryption.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/encryption/
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07 Celebrate Storytelling and Design for Good
Benevolent Media Festival Benevolent Media Festival to
Celebrate Storytelling and Design for Good returns to
Washington, D.C. on June 22-25. Organizers currently seeking
ideas for projects and events.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/storytelling/
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08 Alekstra
This article on ArcticStartup.com is about a new
company, Alekstra that is planning on becoming a world wide
phone company. Not by selling handsets and setting up cell
towers, but by taking over the billing.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/alekstra/
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09 SyncMate Plus
Eltima Software has announced a new version of SyncMate
Plus - version 3.7. This update adds the support of several
CardDAV/CalDAV-enabled services. With SyncMate Plus 3.7 one
can easily sync contacts, calendars, and Reminders/To Do on
Mac with cloud storages like iCloud, Yahoo! contacts, Yahoo!
calendars, Fruux, Memotoo, etc.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/syncmate-plus/
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10 New Greeting Cards for Mom's Day
Bartsoft has published new cards and frames for both
versions of the application, eCard Express for iPhone and
eCard Express HD for iPad. The update includes new greeting
cards and frames for categories: Mother's Day, Father's Day
(Mom and Dad), Frames, Love and Friendship,
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/new-greeting-cards-for-moms-day/
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11 Put iWeb site on Dropbox
This article on Macworld earlier this month really made
me wonder about what we can do with a MobileMe web sites.
The title there is "How to publish your MobileMe iWeb site
on Dropbox."
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/put-iweb-site-on-dropbox/
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12 5 Things to do with Google Voice
I have used Google Voice since it was an independent
company called Grand Central. But this article on MakeUseOf
gives me choices of use that I didn't know about.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/05/5-things-to-do-with-google-voice/
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13 Quotes - about Balance
This week's quotes come from a previous InfoManager article :
"No one can immerse himself in work nonstop, without a break,
and maintain a healthy sense of perspective,"
"Even a little time away will help you gain a
new perspective on where the business is in your plan
... don't underestimate the power of a 'mental health day'!"
...both from Ty Freyvogel
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14 ... 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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