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Some of these are more secret than others, but would be good to know if you have an iPhone.
The author says, “While most of these are in the iPhone User Guide if you dig around, I’d say they’re useful enough to deserve a mention in their own right. (By the way, most of these tips also work on the iPod touch.)”
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Blair Mathis posted this on LaptopLogic.com last spring. It is quite a check list of things to know if you want to be a Geek. A few of them, I know, but several I don’t even have any desire to learn. So regardless of what my friends think, I don’t guess I am one.
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This was the email newsletter for December 28, 2009

We’ve followed the work of Knujon, CircleID, and SpamCop for several years, now it appears they’re making some substantial advances in the war against pill spammers and rogue registrars who harbor spam and malware purveyors. Here are some of the latest developments

I normally use Stumble Upon to find interesting web site about Macs and PCs. (Okay, mostly Macs.)

Imagine my surprise when the article that popped up was a review of a Dell color laser printer. And to top it all off, it was actually on a MUG web site.

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By now we have gotten used to talking about kilobytes, gigabytes and even for some terabytes. But do we really know what it means? And what comes next?
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The full title of this article is “100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School.”

Of course, that means it is aimed at students. But I bet we could all benefit from these tips.
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The highly demanding and specialized craft of photographing live performances is not that difficult once you understand the nature of the shoot. Get the most out of those concert tickets with Your Ultimate Guide to Concert Photography

Is a pay-for-bytes consumed internet in our future? 99.9% think ‘Net Neutrality’ issues have gone away. Wrong. Rest assured, the issues and debates are going to get ugly — and who ends up on the receiving end may be you.

More and more we are hearing about ereaders. Kindle provides software for computers and the iPhone. Now there is support for the iPod classic for reading bookas as well. TimeStream Software has announced the release of the new “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” Notescast for the iPod Classic, iPod nano and iPod Video. Now, using their iPod as an eReader, iPod owners can immerse themselves in the tale of young Tom Sawyer, a mischievous carefree boy who sets off in search of adventure in the old south and finds more than his fair share. True love, buried treasure, a haunted house, a mysterious cave and even murder await Tom and his friends in this true American classic.
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At last we got a press release that wasn’t iPhone related. On December 17th, Synium Software announce the availability of Foodurama for Mac OS X. Foodurama helps you keep track of what you eat. Not only does Foodurama log all the dishes and beverages you’ve had today, but it also suggests what to eat to ensure a balanced diet. No matter whether you’re trying to stay in shape or regain last year’s physique, Foodurama will enhance your awareness. Foodurama immediately saves all data and incorporates it in its calculations. New since Public Beta: Massively enhanced performance, faster access to favourite food entries and new graphical views.
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Lincoln, Rhode Island – nFinity announced on December 22, the launch of its new and free “EZ iPhone Ringtones” service designed to give iPhone users a quick and easy way to create quality custom iPhone ringtones. With EZ iPhone Ringtones, iPhone owners can now produce quality ringtones simply by recording songs from their own music libraries, recording ambient sounds and sound effects from the world around as well as, recording greetings of friends and family. Users can then assign different ringtones to different contacts.
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Kicking off a new decade is a plethora of games aimed at the iPhone and iPod Touch marketplace — some good, some not so good.

UGN InfoManager for Dec. 21 includes: Stupid iPhone Tricks * Safenet Decade’s final * ReseachBuzz * Disk Utility’s dirty little secret and the antidote * Accent for iPod touch 2G * Tidy Up! 2: Duplicate Finder & Disk Tidying * Softpress Launches Holiday Sale * flickery: A Unique Flickr Client * Batch file renaming for Mac * Solar MacBook * Graphic Inspector * New Disktools for MAC * Apple Leads Sentiment * Clever Hacks, Creative Ideas, Solutions * Quotes: Mae West, Henry Stemson and Mark Twain