Be very careful with your online banking. Don’t underestimate the bad guys! Read the warnings in this issue. Then follow: * IBM: Biggest threat to the cloud could be security issues * Anti-Phishing Group Targeting Fax-Based Scams * Phishing Attacks Target Car Sales Companies * Facebook Phishing Increases, Making It Second Most Phished Brand * iTunes accounts hacked * Safety tips for banking online * ‘LOL is this you?’ spam spreading via Facebook chat * University e-mail fraud threatens student security . . . and more
Your user group probably has a member or two who like to play with fonts, and may even have visions of becoming a font designer. Now, one of the most esteemed design schools, Cooper Union, has introduced a degree in typeface design!
The Digital Production BuZZ, the world’s only interactive talk radio show for digital production, post-production and distribution, aired a live interview with Eddie Schmidt, President of the Board of IDA (International Documentary Association) and an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker. Schmidt comes to the BuZZ to share his perspective on the recent copyright ruling favoring documentary filmmakers by the U.S. Copyright Office.
iAMDA (International Association of Mobile Digital Artists) will hold its first annual MobileArtCon at NYU ITP at the Tisch School of the Arts, October 23-24, 2010. The conference will bring together visual artists, designers, musicians and app developers from around the world to discuss art and music created on handheld touchscreen devices (iPhones/iPads, etc) from a creative, technical and historical perspective. Continue reading »
PowerMax Inc., an Apple Authorized Specialist and online destination for the latest in Apple products, as well as discontinued and used Macs and iPods, has launched new trade-in programs for both the iPhone and iPad. Continue reading »
The Igloo Blog has posted this list of applications for customizing a Mac.
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has released its 2.0 update for PaperFinance, the company’s flagship money-tracking app. PaperFinance 2.0 adds six brand new features, an interface makeover, and more than 30 total changes.
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Lucas Remmerswaal, the author of The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare, has just released the latest update for iPad users. The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare 1.0 is a fresh take on a timeless children’s tale that teaches the good habits that fueled the success of billionaire and philanthropist Warren Buffett. Mr. Buffett’s values and principles are powerful and effective yet, as this story shows, are so basic and simple that a child can grasp them. Released just in time for Warren Buffett’s 80th birthday, The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare 1.3 was inspired by his life and success.
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I Stumbled Upon this application Saturday evening. They point out that many Mac users just close the lid on their Mac- Hibernate your Macbooks and Macbook Pros to put them to sleep. But if the mobile device isn’t used for awhile, it can still get its battery drained.
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Jessica Dolcourtse, wrote a hands-on review of Google’s new voice service. She talks about last week’s Google rollout of a new program that allows you to add voice to Gmails built-in Google Talk. Is uses a plugin that lets you use a dial pad so you can launch VoIP calls from the Gmail.com in-box, or from within iGoogle. Of course, it is currently only to U.S. Gmail users.
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Written in response to huge demand, “Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes” will not only show web developers and designers how to build premium WordPress themes, but how to sell them.
With a large collection of proven recipes, “Flex 4 Cookbook” is the ideal problem-solving guide for developing interactive Rich Internet Applications on the Adobe Flash Platform. You’ll find answers to hundreds of common problems you may encounter when using Adobe Flex, Flex 4 Framework, or Flash Builder, Adobe’s GUI-based development tool.
“Practical HDRI, 2nd Edition”, by pro photographer Jack Howard, leads you into the new frontier of high dynamic range imaging (HDRI), a multishot technique used to digitally capture, store, and edit the full luminosity range of a scene in ways not possible in a single captured image.
Yes, Smile On My Mac is gone. But don’t be distressed…
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Now you can give your iPad a custom look with these unique accessories just introduced from newPCgadgets. The Security Case is a cushioned leather form-fitting case with a two digit combination lock. The Vanity Plate for the iPad is a custom engraved stainless steel name plate. The Pedestal Base for the iPad is a stylish black acrylic base that holds your iPad in your dorm room, office or home. With school just around the corner, now is the time to make your new iPad stand out from the crowd.
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