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InfoManager Dec. 28, 2009

This was the email newsletter for December 28, 2009

Mainline Mac User Group

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.

Net Neutrality Decade

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. (Read More)

New Decade of Games

Kicking off a new decade is a plethora of games aimed at the iPhone and iPod Touch marketplace — some good, some not so good. See the full story…

Victories against spam

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

How much data is that?

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? See the full story…

100+ Google Tricks

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. (Read More)

Concert Photography

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

iPod Classic Now an eReader

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.

Synium releases Foodurama 1.0 Final

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. (Read More)

nFinity Launches Free EZ iPhone Ringtones

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. (Read More)

Mailbag: MacFormat UK Mac magazine

UGN reader Katy Holman writes: Future Publishing puts out the leading Mac magazine in the UK called MacFormat. For more information on the magazine you can visit the website See the full story…

Mailbag: Free On-Line CAD Viewer

UGN reader Tatyana Popova writes: “there’s a free online service for sharing vector-quality CAD drawings over the Web. CAD files have a specific format, and opening them on a computer takes special viewer software. ShareCAD eliminates these inconveniences and allows opening CAD drawings directly in the web browser.” www.sharecad.org

Final warning for the decade:

in all email, unless you really know the sender, check the source code in the email. Almost ALL email is coming out as html these days, and there are embedded traps. Even if you “think” you know the sender — check it anyway. For instance, the “FaceBook” team send an email asking me to change my password for “security” purposes. Except the embedded link was: http://www (dot) facebook.com (dot) pinateoiili.com … Which would actually have given my password to some cyber criminal in France. Always be on your guard.

Happy New Year / New Decade

Lynn and Fred wish you the very best for the coming year, 2010, and the following new decade. Health, prosperity and pleasures be yours! Cheers!

Quotes: Zig Ziglar, Norman MacEwen

We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give.
      — Norman MacEwen

Of all the “attitudes” we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude
is the most important and by far the most life-changing.
      — Zig Ziglar

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Have a great week!
      Pau

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THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
      Lynn is a veteran of the UGN (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 served as volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and many points in between.
      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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