Posts tagged news

Winter NAMM 2012

UGNN News item For all you musicians out there — Mitch Gallagher reports from the floor of the Anaheim Convention Center, and there’s a staggering array of new products to check out. Mitch covers some of the notable new products on display, but with so much to see and hear we have a lot more to cover! Continue reading »

Two iOS “security” issues

I put security in quotes because these are not an issue for most people. But if you don’t know about them it could open you up to some data loss. Continue reading »

WPXO Office for Mac

 WPXO Office for Mac Indie developer Dale Gillard has announced the release of WPXO 1.0, a companion app for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 users. WPXO is a simple app for your Mac’s menu bar that’s all about speed and convenience when using Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook applications.

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FmPro Migrator 6.24

California based .com Solutions Inc. has announced FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition 6.24, an important update to their popular database conversion solution for Mac OS X. FmPro Migrator 6.24 adds new merge fields and tooltips to PHP conversion feature. FileMaker Developers can use FileMaker Pro Advanced and FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition as a rapid application development environment for quickly prototyping PHP web applications. Continue reading »

Over 30 Utilities for Mac

The actual title of this post is: “30+ Awesome Utilities to Boost Your Mac’s Functionality” it was written by Joshua Johnson on August 9th 2011 for the
appstorm.net web site. Yes, it is yet another list. But I love lists that give me new applications or apps for short. There are several here that are new to me, especially if you count the ones in the comment section.
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60 Free Mac Utilities and Tools

This MobsJar article from February lists these Mac Utilities. (As you know, I love lists.) Here are a few of the ones they have: Continue reading »

Nektony Disk Inspector

pic Nektony delivers aid to Macintosh users upgrading to the latest Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) with the help of its Nektony Disk Inspector software. Disk Inspector is a fast, intuitive and efficient disk space visual analysis tool. The program scans any supported drive and generates a chart representing the file system. Continue reading »

Phishing & Malware Update 1107-11

User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cybercrime report Phishing is becoming more and more dangerous. At last, industry and government are starting to wake up to some of the real threats in the world
This week’s notes:
[ ] MobileMe webmail balks at political bulk mailings
[ ] Spear-phishing attacks bring labs offline
[ ] Helpful Tips To Protect Your Online Data
[ ] Search engine poisoning and Tumblr hacking
[ ] Hacker: How I stole $300000
[ ] Scam From Criminal Underground
[ ] Malware Attacks, Routine Expense of Businesses
[ ] Android’s legit looking apps? No, they’re malware
[ ] SourceForge is still harboring porno and malware
. . . and more

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Official MobileMe to iCloud FAQ

pic The official announcement concerning what products will be included in Apple’s move from MobileMe to iCloud has been posted. This has been done in the form of an FAQ. Continue reading »

Phishing & Malware update 1106-20

User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cybercrime report Phishing is becoming more and more dangerous. At last, industry and government are starting to wake up to some of the real threats in the world
This week’s notes:
[] China’s Cyberassault on America
[] SCADA Systems: Achilles Heel of Critical Infrastructure
[] Malware Writers Posting Online Ads for Recruiting Coders
[] New malware ferrets out and steals Bitcoins
[] Deploying New Tools to Stop the Hackers
[] Spam ‘Books’ Flooding Kindle Store
[] Only 4 Percent Smartphones Have Malware Protection
[] Microsoft Warns Of Huge Phone Scam
[] Spammers, Content Farming, and Kindle
[] 10 million pieces of Malware per day
. . . and more

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Apple Design Awards

Favorite Apps for iPhone, iPad and MacintoshEach year during WWDC Apple gives away gray, cubic statues for excellence in iOS and Mac OS X app design and development. Out of the whole batch, our favorites are: * djay for iPhone & iPod touch * Physics-based eat-’em-up * Al Gore’s Our Choice * Capo – musician’s dream come true * Pixelmator * Anomaly Warzone Earth *

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Top Ten News Reader Apps

Fred Showker lists the Top Ten News Reader Apps for iPad, iPhone and smart mobile devices

Top Ten News Reader Apps - reviewed by Fred ShowkerIn this issue, we pick our top ten favorite news readers for the iPad. All will also have an iPhone version as well as versions for most of the other smart mobile devices … [] TweetMag takes discovery further   [] The Telegraph for iPad   [] The Times – a classic   [] The Economist – heavy   [] Reeder syncs with your Google Reader   [] The Early Edition – bright   [] Pulse News Reader   [] Flipboard – the best!   [] The Guardian
Which will be the number 1 ?

Please let us know your favorite apps, no matter what device you’re using — fellow readers would like to know! Just send’em in!

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VoiceFeeder released for iOS

pic Do You remember the Tony Stark computer in the “Iron Man” movie, with which he could speak as with human, and it catch the meaning at once. The guys from StartApp tried to make an app that would be a little similar to that program. StartApp today is pleased to introduce VoiceFeeder 1.0, their new RSS feed application for iOS devices. VoiceFeeder was developed specifically for reading news feeds with voice control functionality. Listen to your RSS feeds without any touch – just using your voice: Continue reading »

Cocktail 4.9.2

pic Maintain has announced the release and immediate availability of Cocktail 4.9 (Snow Leopard Edition), the latest maintenance update of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a digital toolset with a variety of practical features that lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button. The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface.
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FarFinder renamed to Presence -

pic Flying Mac has announced that FarFinder, the remote file access application for Mac, iPhone and iPad, has been renamed Presence. The new name also marks the release of version 2, bringing major new features. Presence is a Mac application that provides secure access to the Mac’s files from anywhere on the internet. Access is by web browser from any Mac or PC using a simple, unchanging URL, and by iPhone and iPad using the iOS client.
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