Archive for March, 2010

InfoManager March 29

UGN Salutes IDUG-MKE * Phishing, cybercrime update * Apple iPad, iPhone updates * It’s Your Money, or the IRS’s * Bad Predictions * Beginning Mac Programming * Domain-Driven Design * Five sites for obsessive parents * FoxTrot Professional Search 2.6 * Open Government, * Medical Point2 Spanish 1.0 * freshcode Launches Bodega * 10 Search Engines for the Invisible Web * Zen and the Magic of Photography * UGs Losing Members * “I Ate My iPod Shuffle” * Quotes: Springtime … and more

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Phishing, cybercrime update

It’s been several weeks since a phishing update, and a lot has happened. Here’s a rundown of the more significant developments that may be affecting your online experience … This week:
*Say NO to Facebook Apps * New phishing scam hits Twitter * State of Twitter Spam * Amazon Password Phishing Scam * China Leads In Malware Attacks * Google China redirecting search service to Hong Kong * More bad news from the Chinese * China RAR threat * Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities * Phishing Sexter Catches Two Cops … and more!

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Apple iPad, iPhone updates

Well, the moving finger writes — This week :
* iPhone Hacker Thinks He’s Cracked the iPad, Too
* Adobe vs Apple: No Flash on iPhone
* Apple yanking protective screen film from stores?
* Radio Shack: nation’s second-largest iPhone retailer
* Best Buy Ramping Up for iPad Launch
* iPhone OS grabs US game market share from PSP & DS
* 5 ways the iPhone beats the Nexus One
* Interactive Magazine for iPad … and more!

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Zen and the Magic of Photography

Zen and the Magic of Photography is geared toward helping photographers develop their visual awareness, sensitivity, and intuition.

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Open Government

If government is a platform, and Gov 2.0 is the next release, how can we make it one that shakes up–and reshapes–the world?

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It’s Your Money, or the IRS’s

Tax season is upon us, and there’s nothing you can do to save last year, but for next year, take some sage advice from J.D. Roth on saving money, and spending money the right way …

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Beginning Mac Programming

140,000 applications in Apple’s App Store – isn’t it about time to learn how to code in Objective-C, the programming language behind Apple applications?

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Domain-Driven Design

This book shows application developers how Naked Objects can deliver working prototypes to test ideas and see them rendered in a generic viewer, such as a rich client or HTML.

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Five sites for obsessive parents

The subtitle for this MacWorld article is: “Where to find advice, ideas, and gear for kids online.”
Scholle Sawyer McFarland says: “… The Internet provides an endless resource for obsessive parents. Here are five of my favorites.”
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FoxTrot Professional Search 2.6

CTM Development has announced the release FoxTrot Professional Search 2.6, a 64-bit performance and feature-rich update to their popular document indexing and retrieval solution for Mac OS X. Continue reading »

Medical Point2 Spanish 1.0

I know that the clinic I use at the University of North Texas Health and Science Center is moving all of their doctors to iPhones. This app is an example of why. Continue reading »

Bad Predictions

Here is a web page that repeats predictions made in the past that have proven to be less than accurate. Although it missed the bad projections about Apple’s retail stores from 2001. A few examples:

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UGs Losing Members

Seems people are looking for a user group and not finding one… Continue reading »

“I Ate My iPod Shuffle”

Back when the iPod Shuffle was first introduced, Apple compared it to a stick of gum. Continue reading »

freshcode Launches Bodega

Popular Macintosh software developer, freshcode, today announced the formal launch of its renowned Mac discovery and download application, Bodega, version 1.0.
The Beta launched in August 2009, freshcode’s Bodega provides convenient, intuitive ‘corner store’ access to the latest and hottest apps for the Macintosh. Bodega dramatically assists users with the process of Macintosh app discovery, version update maintenance, application downloading and purchasing, and so much more, all from a gorgeous, intuitive interface right on the user’s desktop.
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