[DM-MUG] InfoManager for Monday, June 28, 2010
Victoria L. Herring
VLH at HerringLaw.com
Sat Jul 10 16:33:13 CDT 2010
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>InfoManager for Monday, June 28, 2010
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>by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
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>What's Here:
>01 Spam, security & phishing update
>02 iPad news heats up for July
>03 Logging Application for Journalists
>04 ColorSplash on your iPad
>05 Subway Maps
>06 Picture History
>07 Donate Your Used iPhone or iPod touch
>08 iKeepTime 1.2 for iOS
>09 100 Incredibly Useful & Free Mac Apps
>10 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step
>11 iPhone Could Save a Life
>12 The Editor that Mac users love
>13 iPad: The Missing Manual
>14 GoDaddy Phishing
>15 Quotes: Andy Rooney
>16 For June 28, have a great week!
>
>01 Spam, security & phishing update
>
> This edition of our spam, security and phishing update is
>longer than usual, but there were some substantial entries I
>had to include.
>* iPad phishing scams still going strong
>* Anti-Fraud Added to Reform Bill
>* Microsoft Fraud Alert Launched
>* New FamilyShield Parental Controls introduced
>* Scammers have destroyed the Internet
>* How to avoid tab-napping
>* Q&A: Phishing explained
>* Phony Amazon Spam: Coming to an In-Box Near You
>* Inside Text Message Phishing Attacks
>* More PDF Documents Suffered Malware Infection
>* UAB expert Gary Warner explains social network protection
> -- bookmark, share and pass along
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/spam-security-phishing-update/
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>02 iPad news heats up for July
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> iPad news flies around here this week
>from legislation to wannabes...
>* Congressmen Ask Apple To Explain Privacy Policy Changes
>* Apple and AT&T hit with class-action lawsuit
>* Apple iPad breaks three million sales in just 80 days
>* God?s Ear: Italian Priest Bites the Apple
>* Price War, E-Readers Go Below $200
>* Office apps on the Apple iPad
>* Nokia Tablet Set for Apple iPad Clash
>* Farewell Once More, Sweet Unlimited 3G for the iPad
>* How Microsoft foresaw ? and still missed?the iPad
>* New Yorker iPad magazine, based on Adobe
>* Dr. Dobb?s: iPad, Android Tablets Rule
>* After iPhone 4, What?s Next for Apple?
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/ipad-news-heats-up-for-july/
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>03 Logging Application for Journalists
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> TCoder for iPhone and iPod touchiZinkit has released TCoder 1.0,
>their latest application for iPhone and iPod touch.
>TCoder is the first logging iPhone application for journalists:
>a great tool that enables reporters to take notes during press
>conferences, speeches, etc. perfectly synchronized with their
>recorder, minidisc or TV camera, since notes taken automatically
>include the actual time code of their recording device.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/logging-application-for-journalists/
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>04 ColorSplash on your iPad
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> Read thisColorSplash, the popular iPhone photo manipulation
>app, is now available for the iPad. ColorSplash allows users to
>quickly and easily give photos a dramatic look by converting
>them to black and white, while keeping chosen details in color.
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>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/colorsplash-on-your-ipad/
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>05 Subway Maps
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> I have lived in three cities that have subway systems.
>I have visited at least 4 others. It is hard to get around
>unless you have a map.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/subway-maps/
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>06 Picture History
>
> Of course, you can get historical photos from the Library
>of Congress, but this is another source.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/picture-history/
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>07 Donate Your Used iPhone or iPod touch
>
> There are a number of ways to get your old iPhone or iPod
>touch recycled. While we want to get more for our gadgets,
>sometimes it is nice to help others.
>This is a way to accomplish the latter.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/donate-your-used-iphone-or-ipod-touch/
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>08 iKeepTime 1.2 for iOS
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> Onyx Apps has announced the release of iKeepTime 1.2, an
>update to their rhythm training app aimed at musicians for
>iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Extremely accurate, the app
>let?s the user tap along with a metronome at any bps setting.
>Users get immediate feedback on their tendencies to drag or
>rush the beat, their overall accuracy in maintaining the
>beat expressed as a percentage, and their ability to
>accurately continue the beat when the click of
>the metronome is silenced.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/ikeeptime-1-2-for-ios/
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>09 100 Incredibly Useful & Free Mac Apps
>
> Back in May, Joshua Johnson posted this article on free
>applications for the Mac. Yes, I know yet another list.
>This time it is a list of 100 free applications. And there
>many here that I didn?t know about.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/100-incredibly-useful-free-mac-apps/
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>10 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step
>
> Teach yourself how to build rich Internet applications with
>Silverlight 4 ? one step at a time ? with
>"Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step"
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/microsoft-silverlight-4-step-by-step/
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>11 iPhone Could Save a Life
>
> IcePics allows the user to simply hold up the phone,
>press one button, and have an email with a person?s photo
>and the GPS location sent almost immediately to
>one or more remote locations.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/iphone-could-save-a-life/
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>12 The Editor that Mac users love
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> the leading Mac-friendly variant of the widely-used editor
>Emacs
>
>The Aquamacs Project has rolled out Aquamacs 2.0, the leading
>Mac-friendly variant of the widely-used editor Emacs.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/the-editor-that-mac-users-love/
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>13 iPad: The Missing Manual
>
> The iPad is an amazing device, especially if you really
>know how to use it. New York Times tech columnist, bestselling
>author, and iPad expert J.D. Biersdorfer shows you how to
>get the most out of this sleek tablet.
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/ipad-the-missing-manual/
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>14 GoDaddy Phishing
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> Imagine my surprise at having a bill from GoDaddy for
>over $300 ! Well, it isn?t as simple as that, and if you
>get email from GoDaddy, it?s probably phishing
>
>http://www.ugnn.com/2010/06/godaddy-phishing/
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>15 Quotes: Andy Rooney
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> "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things,
> but most of the things they make it easier to do
> don't need to be done."
> -- Andy Rooney
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>16 For June 28, have a great week!
>
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