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New & Updated for September, 2003

MUG InfoManager for September 29, 2003

IMHO - Mac Vs. PC, * icWord v. 3.0, * LCD Prices Expected To Fall , * Google Searches Go Local, * Kazaa Turns the Table on RIAA, * Homework Helpers*, * .Mac gets 3 new features, * Computer sales rebound_, * MacWindows, * StuffIt Deluxe 8.0, * Prefs Overload 5.3.1 is Back for OS X, * Virus / Worm Attachments, * Wireless Hacking, * For Photoshop Users, * Got more than one Mac on your desk_, * New concept: Clipboard Sharing, * Quotes: de Montaigne; Clarke; von Goeth; Buscaglia; Ionesco and Disney

FutureSonics "Ears"

If you cherish listening to music, you need to know about FutureSonics' new "Ears," high performance ear buds... reviewed by Frank Petrie, South Jersey Apple Users Group, and MaMugs

Apple's iLife Educator Award Winners

Congratulations to these educators who are using technology in the classroom to produce projects of excellence...

Checking My iSight

Dan East from MaMugs talks about iSIGHT, Apple's Stand-alone video camera with built-in noise cancelling microphone ... see how he ranks it!

Powermail: email Alternative

Here's the low-down on a powerful and extremely fast professional e-mail application -- Dan East from MaMugs says: "this is the one" for experienced email users!

New Powerbooks Arrive

September 16, 2003, new power, new features, this ew 15-inch PowerBook joins new 17 and 12-inch models to complete PowerBook line

Apple Introduces Wireless Keyboard & Mouse

September 16, 2003, Adaptive Frequency Hopping & Bluetooth Technology Provide Reliable & Secure Connections to Macs

Which Font Manager for OS X_

Frank Petrie, Technologies and Products Specialist for MaMUGs opens his review of Insider Software's "FontAgent" -- pointing out the "Good, the Bad and the Ugly" -- see if this is the font manager for you...

AACUG Back on Capitol Hill: Protecting Your Children

AACUG's safe netting advocates were back on Capitol Hill last week, to bring your teachers and education administrators a free lab package for safe netting!   Read More...

MacSpeech listens

- better recognition, more microphone support, and new recognition technologies... Read More

Shareware for September, 2003

• Free EasyFind and ThumbsUp - Quick searches, bulk thumbnails
• Get a Maid for ten bucks_ - MacMaid will do the cleaning for you
• Dejal says Time Out! - give it a break
• Stitching Files Made Easy - ...graphics or MP3 files!

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The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements

Photoshop Elements is a lot more powerful than most people think. With the help of some tools and techniques from the book The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2, Elements can do 95% of what Photoshop can -- with this book and these tools!

Looking at the new Music Gizmos...

Gizmos now playing in your pocket * Nomad Grows Up * Toshiba Adds Flexibility * Wear Your Music_ * Music and Pictures in a Keychain_ * ONDIO: Seek, Tune in, Play, Record, Share * Sound Studio in your pocket_ * AV320 Video Recorder (Camera to Go)   Read More...   (7/28/2003)

RIAA P2P Music Traders' Crackdown...

The RIAA issued hundreds of warrents and summons last week in a national drag-net to catch P2P music traders   Read More...   (7/28/2003)

AACUG reports from Macworld Creative Pro

Macworld Creative Pro Part 1
1200 Lumen Projector breaks $1,000 barrier * High Capacity Storage * Soundtrack becomes standalone product * 24/7 Music for the taking * Software for this millennium * No, OS X is not Windows. Is it_ * Panther on "Ancient" Macs_ * Animation for the Rest of Us... and More to come
Macworld Creative Pro Part 2
* Record the Airwaves or Any other Audio Source * Troll the Airwaves with RadioSHARK * IceCAD USB Mini Graphics Tablet and Pen * Mr. Clean Screens   (7/28/2003)

AACUG, UG Academy at Macworld

We were all thankful for the good friendship and camaraderie amongst user group members attending the 14th annual UG Soiree.   Read More...

Cool Stuff for July 14, 2003

Font Sampler update boasts all new features * VueScan excellent color fidelity and balance * Extract Art from Music track's ID3 tag * Apple Backsup your files and music * iMovie Color Effects Plug-in 1.2.1 * QuickImage CM 2.1 desktop viewer * Outlining in style for OS X * Put a little candy in your tool bar! * Multi-networks peer-to-peer client * Forty-Two Updater 1.6.1 * Carracho Client X 1.0PR1 * The Return of "Pac the Man" * Everyone loves Beeper Pro * Affordable alternative to Word_ Nisus * Word processing_ Take the Jump... * New 'Tetris' style game goes 3D * Ambrosia Software WireTap 1.0   (7/14/2003)

Free "SpamSieve" with mailsmith

Bare Bones Software's Extra-strength Email Client mailsmith has launched and includes FREE copy of SpamSieve until the end of July!   (7/7/2003)

Circus Ponies NoteBook 1.1

Outlining, clipping, and free-form database product for Mac OS X has arrived with over 30 New Features and Enhancements   (7/7/2003)

How many attacks have you had_

Ask any Mac user this question and they'll shrug their shoulders. Ask any server administrator and they'll say "hundreds" maybe even thousands. Firewall protection is essential in today's world. Read this.   (7/7/2003)

Studio Boss

Client tracking system for the rest of us -- If you're a creative professional, you've probably struggled to find the perfect way to track your projects and clients.   (7/7/2003)

PageSpinner spins up version 4.5

A new version of the HTML Editor for Macintosh has hit the streets enhanced for OS X   (7/7/2003)

copyCatX Blazing Disk copy Speeds

... extremely fast duplication of OSX drives -- not only single drives, but multiple drives with identical content.   (7/7/2003)

 

Check the Shareware Department for all new "Updates" listings

Top news stories from Wired News Service

IPod Muzak Isn't Same Old Song; A Desktop Seventh Wonder; Apple Says New G5s Will Scream; It's Raining ID-Theft Bills; Bill to Force Data Theft Notices; Chinese Work Around Net Blocking; VeriSign Dodges Fraud Messes; FTC: Blame Foreigners for Spam; Yahoo Spam Filter Thwarts FTC; Declaring a World War on Spam; Microsoft Ups Ante in Spam Fight; High Court Upholds Porn Filters; Filter-Bashing Alive and Well; Hatch Site Hides X-Rated Link; Nuala: Tech Not a Complete Fix; Government Prying, the Good Kind; FTC to Telemarketers: Shaddup; Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs_; What a Difference 20 Cents Makes; Bloggers Gain Libel Protection; Ex-Intel Coder Wins E-mail Case .... FULL LISTINGS

News Stories of interest from June

RealNetworks Nabs Euro Phone Deal; Giving Sharers Ears Without Faces; RIAA's Bark Worse Than Its Bite_; Another Tool for Big Brother_; Calif. Law Fights Identity Theft; Bill Aims to Cut Computer Clutter; Another Tool for Big Brother_; Punch Behind Palm Deal: Treo 600; IRS Workers Abuse Net Access; JavaScript Slide Show; Wireless Hunters on the Prowl; .... FULL LISTINGS

July 1, 2003

Apple Busting Out All Over... G5_

Apple Briefs gives quick links and pop-up pictures of all the new Apple announcements from WWDC. (Links are unhindered by extraneous or unnecessary graphics and coding.) Click Here

Video Chat Software Reviewed

David Pogue has posted his NYT article on Video Chat software and sez: "Sure they're buggy, but what do you want for free_" and continues, "Even in their preliminary incarnations, these programs illustrate two important points. First, the addition of voice and video changes the experience so profoundly, it's not really chat any more. Second, Apple and Microsoft may as well have come from different planets."
      Follow this off-site link to the full story by David Pogue

iClip 2.1 multi-clipboard

iClip 2.1 multi-clipboard scrapbook utility for Mac OS X helps you get past the limitations of having a single Clipboard.

Could it really be the G5_

... screen captured from Apple Store last week

This week's Shareware

Image editing software, a stylish accounting package for OS X, an all new printing utility from MacEase, and a new feature "favorite Desktops"(6/23/2003)

Apple Airport Upgrades

AirPort 3.1 for OS X, Firmware 5.1 for AirPort Extreme base stations, something called a Mib, and AirPort Extreme Admin Utility 3.1 for Windows all hit the streets last week in a flurry of upddates from Apple... (6/23/2003)

Maryland Apple Corps 25th:

Fred Showker delivered this "Maryland Address" on June 1, 2003 for the 25th anniversary celebration. (6/1/2003)

InfoManager: June 9

Apple to put iTunes store on Amazon_ * iSync fiasco_ * FireWire TV recording * Automating iPhoto 2 with AppleScript * Apple releases QuickTime 6.3 with support for 3GPP * Beatles Vs. Apple Computer, again_ * Quotes and more! (Also see Lynn's essay: "Why I Join")

Pixeltoy is back...

Fantastic live performance video -- Long-time favorite image generator for the Mac is back with all new goodies and eye-candy (6/9/2003)

Earth Desk

...replace your desktop with live, animated shots of the earth (6/9/2003)

Aabel Power Analysis

high powered data analysis and charting app for OS X -- an integrated application that provides high-end charts and diagrams... (6/9/2003)

1,906 movie files

The Prelinger archives is a collection of over 45,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films waiting for your viewing, free online! (6/9/2003)

New Updates in the Books Department

This Old Mouse: What's a megapixel_

So many people have been asking which digital camera to buy, how many "megapixels" do I need, and "What's a megapixel_" Well, follow along as we share some quick, simplified, rules of thumb for making your own decisions, and get the digital camera that's just right for you.

Shareware:

Spanish site tops iTunes deal, Where's the Extension Manager___, OS X screencapture now improved, Keep them in stitches, Super Scooper, Opera v6.02 released for Mac, The Missing Sync, Squeeze more space into your iPod (5/26/2003)

Spam: Call it what it is:

60 Second Window #154: Now I've heard it all -- this spammer actually owns up to what is happening (May column for MUG NLs 6/1/2003)

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