From chris_hardin at mac.com  Sun Nov  1 05:38:10 2009
From: chris_hardin at mac.com (Chris Hardin)
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:38:10 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Cool Desktop....
In-Reply-To: <F6DAF9DF-4E40-4DD5-A85A-6B1C5C08A86F@gmail.com>
References: <F6DAF9DF-4E40-4DD5-A85A-6B1C5C08A86F@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <139479836910671251009871735454646333327-Webmail@me.com>

I've used a similar "active" desktop application called OSXplanet. It's a freeware application that allows you to choose your viewing location, and also see current cloud maps and tropical storms, etc. Great way to track "big picture" weather.

http://www.osxplanet.com/

~~~~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~
CJ Hardin

 
On Friday, October 30, 2009, at 03:49PM, "R_Adams" <ronladams7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>_______________________________________________
>NPMUG mailing list
>NPMUG at davesevick.com
>http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug
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From dave at davesevick.com  Sun Nov  1 19:22:18 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:22:18 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Reminders!  Cranberry NPMUG is Tues Nov 3,
	7-9PM | COWMUG is Thurs Nov 5 at the Murrysville Community Library
	| Goodwill is Friday Nov 6
Message-ID: <F8EE57AF-7508-4BC4-86F1-1B50E7F8B850@davesevick.com>

Please join us for our monthly Mac user group meeting on Tuesday night  
Nov 3 at MacOutfitters of Cranberry Twp.  7-9PM

NPMUG agenda:

Remote support and chatting apps .... the merging of two worlds ...

Snow Leopard tips and tricks

Introduction to Wikipedia

The new macs

The new mac ads

Apple TV 3 discussion

The new PghMac web site

Recycling computers ... and update

Nightcap at Primanti Brothers in Cranberry Twp after the meeting ....

==============


Please also join us at the monthly COWMUG meeting on Thursday night  
Nov 5 this time at the Murrysville Community Library 7-9PM

This is a reminder that the COWMUG meeting scheduled for Thursday,  
November 5, will be held from 7 to 9 pm in the conference room of the  
Murrysville Community Library, located at 4130 Sardis Road,  
Murrysville 15668.  When you enter the main door of the building,  
please meet in the conference room on the LEFT side of the hall, right  
before entering the library.  You can enter the room any time after  
6:30 pm.  The building is equipped with WiFi and we will have video  
projection.

Here is a link to a map of the library's location:
http://tiny.cc/2Pxzx

You will receive the November issue of CowTales prior to the meeting.

Hope to see you all there.

Dana

==============


And join us again at Goodwill for computer recycling on Friday Nov 6,   
8:30AM - 4PM on the South Side !

===============================================
Apple Recycling at Goodwill of Southwestern PA
Apple Outreach with Hosanna Industries
Apple User Groups from the Pittsburgh area
PGHMAC.COM website by Nathan Brentzel

Dave Sevick and Bob Donaldson
dave at davesevick.com - 724-779-0099
radonaldson at mac.com - 412-477-9188
-----
Peter Carras and Marty Swartz
pcarras+PAUGC1 at pitt.edu - 724-327-5870
marty.swartz at gmail.com - 412-818-8096

As  Apple users in Pittsburgh, we are taking local action
to keep the environment free from e-waste .....
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From ronladams7 at gmail.com  Sun Nov  1 21:01:48 2009
From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:01:48 -0700
Subject: [NPMUG] 101 really useful tips for Mac beginners
Message-ID: <78419FF5-95B7-4833-9C59-DE1F871BC11F@gmail.com>


http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/101-really-useful-tips-for-mac-beginners-644838?src=rss

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From fozard at nauticom.net  Mon Nov  2 09:44:22 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:44:22 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] iWork secret life as ZIP file revealed, includes PDF preview
Message-ID: <4AEF0C66.1010301@nauticom.net>

 From TUAW:

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/02/iwork-secret-life-as-zip-file-revealed-includes-pdf-preview/
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From sarahbrim2 at mac.com  Mon Nov  2 20:42:06 2009
From: sarahbrim2 at mac.com (Sarah Brim)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:42:06 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Facebook Malware, the threat is not over.
In-Reply-To: <0E0BF1F0-25BD-4353-A983-DF174A992A5E@davesevick.com>
References: <0E0BF1F0-25BD-4353-A983-DF174A992A5E@davesevick.com>
Message-ID: <6B07171C-33F7-4E3E-9893-3A150952709B@mac.com>

Hi Mac Friends,

I received this link from the User Group Network that provides info to  
the mac user groups.

Since many of us use facebook, I thought it prudent to forward this  
link to you.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/facebook-wins-711-million-from-spammer/

There is a link at the bottom of this article that says the threat is  
not over:
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/10/facebook-malware-again/




From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov  3 07:39:59 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:39:59 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] TomTom car kit for iPhone. Available Now!
Message-ID: <BDFA12C2-19E8-4CB4-ADCD-30DBD5F08F3F@davesevick.com>

Be the first to have it. TomTom car kit for iPhone is available now.
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From dotto1208 at aol.com  Tue Nov  3 11:40:50 2009
From: dotto1208 at aol.com (dotto1208 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:50 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Facebook Scamming
Message-ID: <8CC2ACC4CC7054E-A14-18312@webmail-m039.sysops.aol.com>

This reinforces my decision to get through the rest of my life without Facebook, MySpace or Twitter.  In the immortal words of my deceased father, "Who Needs It!"
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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov  3 21:12:07 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:07 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] user group meeting recap of 11-3-09 at MacOutfitters of
	Cranberry
Message-ID: <ED55013A-9E5C-4AE6-92D0-F0AB6D1B4116@davesevick.com>

NPMUG review of 11-3-09 user group meeting:

http://gallery.me.com/davesevick#100193

- demonstrated the new Sony Eye-Cam rig to show iPhone apps on the big  
screen .....

- Charlie Hutchens disassembled a flat panel iMac G4 for the crowd.

- Snow Leopard tips:

Beware of issues with Type1 PostScript fonts
http://www.design-tools.com/podcast/index.html

Testing apps for 10.6 compatibility
http://www.macintouch.com


Introduction to Wikipedia - a May 2007 interview with founder Jimmy  
Wales
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/87528/may-24-2007/jimmy-wales

Discussion on trigger-point massage based on Wikipedia search ( this  
got interesting )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=trigger+point+massage&go=Go

The new iMacs and Apple TV v. 3 software  - demonstrations by  
MacOutfitters' Aaron Hobaugh

The new PghMac web site updates -Tucker Trainor now at the helm as  
webmaster.
http://pghmac.com/

Recycling computers ... an update

We may be going to 51st Street in Lawrenceville
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_650807.html?source=rss&amp;feed=4

Nyadire project a success with 50 computers going to Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaAaqb470UQ

Which led to a discussion on YouTube music policies
http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright

Which led to people downloading the song "Africa" by Toto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT_3PEjnsE

Which led to the choir Perpetuum a capella version of "Africa" ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig

Then the meeting was just out of hand .....

Somehow we ended up at the  Nightcap at Primanti Brothers in Cranberry  
Twp after the meeting ....


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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov  3 22:14:54 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:14:54 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Wired in a Wireless World - Tues Nov 17, 6:30 - 8PM
Message-ID: <F1969914-B9DA-49D9-BCD2-5D618E5A8A38@davesevick.com>

Dear Apple User Group members ....

I highly recommend this seminar being held in Cranberry Township  Tues  
Nov 17, 6:30 - 8PM

Dave

=======================

The Family Ministries Team of Dutilh Church I would like to invite you  
to be a part of this educational evening, "Wired in a Wireless  
World,?  that we hope will have real life impact for you and your  
friends and loved ones. This is an evening presented by experts for  
every adult and any parent of any age child. The topic is safe cell  
phone use and issues facing us such as texting, sexting, legal issues,  
predators,etc.

Please forward this on to those in your circle of friends and groups  
you are a part of and we hope to welcome you to Wired in a Wireless  
World 2009 on the evening of November 17. There is no cost and  
childcare is provided.

If the image is not appearing please visit our website at www.dutilhumc.org 
  and click on Wired in a Wireless World for more info and to register.

We are hoping receive registration by Nov. 15.


Rev. Debbie Pisor
Director of Family Ministries
____________________________
Dutilh Church  We have room for you!
?a United Methodist Community

1270 Dutilh Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Visit: www.dutilhumc.org     Call: 724.776.1094

Sunday Worship Services
Traditional Service 8:00 am / Contemporary Service 9:30 am / Blended  
Service 11:00 am
sundays at six, a worship service for young people, grades 7-12
Children?s Church and Nursery Care available for all services


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From ronladams7 at gmail.com  Thu Nov  5 10:32:03 2009
From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:32:03 -0700
Subject: [NPMUG] Secret Knock
Message-ID: <DF16566D-4498-4D9D-A0B0-AF9ADD63A2B1@gmail.com>

Not Apple, but fun tech

http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2009/11/04

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From dave at davesevick.com  Thu Nov  5 22:19:36 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:19:36 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Free iPhone Bible app will access up to 10,000 books
Message-ID: <C5A4F621-5F67-491F-88DD-AC4966422F68@davesevick.com>

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/22959/

Free iPhone Bible app will access up to 10,000 books
Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 05:31 PM ES

Logos Bible Software has released a freeiPhone app designed to help  
people get more into Bible study than ever before. Unlike most Bible- 
related iPhone apps, which are merely Bible readers, the Logos Bible  
Software iPhone app delivers tools and resources to help you study the  
Bible with your iPhone or iPod Touch in ways never before implemented  
on a mobile device.

"When we set out to develop our iPhone app, we wanted to replicate the  
functionality of our desktop software," said Bob Pritchett, President  
of Logos Bible Software, in the press release. "Not only did we do it,  
but we are now able to reach our greater goal of getting more people  
into the study of God's Word by giving this app away for free."

Currently the Logos Bible Software iPhone app is a free download that  
can access 30 of the Bibles available at Logos' Online Bible with no  
registration required. If a user would like to access even more  
titles, they may register for an account and get access to an  
additional 30+ titles from devotionals, to commentaries, to original  
biblical language resources including:

? Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
? Easton's Bible Dictionary
? Systematic Theology (Strong)
? New Nave's Topical Bible
? Morning and Evening
? Strong's Concise Dictionary of the Words of the Hebrew Bible and the  
Greek Testament
? Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament
? And many more...

If you have the newest version of Logos Bible Software's desktop  
application, Logos 4, then you will also have access to many of the  
books from your Logos base package. Currently more than 2,000 titles  
can be viewed on the Logos Bible Software iPhone app and more will be  
added regularly until more than 10,000 titles are available on the  
iPhone.

The Logos Bible Software iPhone app is designed to help you do more  
than just read the Bible. Dig deeper into the Scripture with the  
Passage Guide. Enter a verse and click "go" to receive a report  
linking directly to commentaries referencing your verse. The Passage  
Guide also provides a cross reference list, media resources, topics,  
and interesting words. All linked to resources in your library.

A second way to get deeper into Bible study is through a Bible Word  
Study. Tap and hold any word in a Bible with a reverse interlinear and  
a pop-up will display the English word along with all the original  
language information. From this pop-up, click Bible Word Study to see  
the definition, pronunciation, translations, and example uses of the  
various translations.

Finally, complete your Bible study by comparing verse across various  
translations with the Text Comparison tool. Open a verse in Text  
Comparison and see exactly where each translation differs. No other  
Bible app for the iPhone provides the depth of tools for Bible study  
that the free Logos Bible Software app provides.

More info about Logos Bible Software for iPhone via Apple's iTunes App  
Store here.

Source: Logos Research Systems, Inc.





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From radonaldson at mac.com  Fri Nov  6 19:18:18 2009
From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:18:18 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, November 6
Message-ID: <EB061C6E-3499-47EA-9C38-8811A28F9FD1@mac.com>

Dear Mac friends:

Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker  
Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer  
Recycling Center today.

We are now plumbing the depths of Goodwill's basement storage area  
where our remaining stock of Macs waiting refurbishment are stored.  
These Macs were the ones we brought with us when we moved from  
Goodwill's former location in Lawrenceville.

These Macs are not nearly as fine specimens as the ones we recently  
completed donated by the Keystone Oaks School District. Today we  
refurbished 13 Macs, de-manufactured 11 others, and re-imaged 2 from  
store returns. Our all-time total is now 2,252.

We're still seeking USB keyboards and mice. For example, seven Macs  
came to Goodwill this week from donations, but only three keyboards  
and three mice accompanied them. Please mention this to anyone you  
can. This will be a continuing limitation for us in the coming months.

The construction on Carson St. at the Goodwill building is in its  
final stages. Work is now being done to rebuild the sidewalk along  
Carson St., closing the ComputerWorks store normal entrance. There is  
a temporary entrance on the South 26th St. side of the building near  
the front corner. Look for the red door.

We will have another workday next Friday, November 13. We will not be  
working on Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

Hope to see you there!


Robert A. Donaldson
radonaldson at mac.com
(H) 412-922-3303
(M) 412-477-9188


From dave at davesevick.com  Fri Nov  6 23:10:41 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:10:41 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] New webmaster for pghmac.com, Tucker Trainor
Message-ID: <EE0C71A5-243E-4D1E-A4D3-572FD67F8607@davesevick.com>

http://pghmac.com

.... is fully renovated and has an up-to-date running history of our  
user group operations in Pittsburgh.

Many thanks to our long time webmaster Nathan Brentzel as he now  
shares responsibilities with Tucker.

Tucker is a college student and active member of our recycling team  
each week at Goodwill.



Included in the updated site:

-  new Mac help websites listings
-  updated blogs
-  updated consultants listings
-  information on all Apple stores and Resellers
-  Janet Balas's "Mac Online Treasures" series

Continued thanks to Patrick Cranston for hosting our site.

http://pghmac.com


Dave


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From charles at firthconsulting.com  Sun Nov  8 07:11:10 2009
From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:11:10 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] AppleInsider | Report: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in Q3
	2010
Message-ID: <C84B8FA7-5A63-44F7-A2A2-B3C02CFA1B62@firthconsulting.com>


	
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Report: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010

By Prince McLean
Published: 05:00 PM EST

Related AppleInsider articles:
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A new report citing sources in the Taiwan handset supply chain says  
Apple has contracted to produce a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone due in the  
third quarter of next year that will enable the company to sell a  
single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon  
Wireless in the US.

The report by OTR Global, provided to AppleInsider by an industry  
analyst, says the new "worldmode" iPhone will gain compatibility with  
CDMA2000 networks (including Verizon's US network, which is currently  
incompatible with existing iPhone models) while retaining  
compatibility with UMTS 3G networks globally using a new hybrid chip  
produced by Qualcomm.

According to OTR's sources, Asustek subsidiary Pegatron will build the  
new hybrid phone devices for Apple rather than Hon Hai, the iPhone's  
current manufacturer. This decision was reportedly made to prevent the  
company from being "constrained by a single-source assembler."

A smaller body

The research note also identified the new phone as having a 2.8"  
screen, which is significantly smaller than the current iPhone's 3.5"  
display.

Last summer, component pictures indicating the development of a  
smaller 2.8" iPhone model appeared on the web next to the standard  
3.5" parts currently in production, and a Chinese-language newspaper  
reported that an upcoming model of the iPhone would be smaller and  
lighter.

Without any mention of both larger and smaller versions in OTR's  
report, it appears but has not yet been confirmed that next year's  
iPhone will scale down in size while also gaining compatibility with  
all major mobile networks.


View more photos and diagrams of the panels at iLounge


CDMA vs. WCDMA

The American technological rift between CDMA providers (including  
Sprint and Verizon) and GSM/UMTS providers (T-Moblie and AT&T) was  
widely expected to remain in place until Verizon moved to LTE, the  
next generation of UMTS service.

In other countries, CDMA providers have either shut down their  
networks and moved entirely to UMTS service (as Telstra did in  
Australia) or added a UMTS overlay to their existing CDMA service (as  
Bell and Telus just recently did in Canada). In the US, Verizon  
decided to do neither, and instead will only be investing in a new  
next generation LTE network that won't be completed for years.

This appeared to leave little opportunity for a Verizon iPhone before  
2011, but Qualcomm's "worldmode" hybrid component enables Apple to  
continue offering a single iPhone version that can be sold by both  
AT&T and Verizon in the US, and on virtually every carrier outside the  
US.

UMTS is the 3G service associated with GSM providers, but it uses  
radio carrier technology (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)  
similar to but incompatible with Qualcomm's CDMA2000/EVDO used by  
Verizon. Despite the technical similarities, CDMA2000 and UMTS/WCDMA  
are competing, non-interoperable 3G technologies. With nearly all  
mobile carriers having announced plans to shift to UMTS or LTE in the  
future, CDMA2000 represents a dead end.

It still remains widely deployed in various markets however, including  
the US, where Verizon's CDMA2000 3G network is widely regarded as  
having wider reach and providing better data service than AT&T's newer  
UMTS 3G network. AT&T's 3G service is rated particularly poorly in San  
Francisco and New York City, where coverage holes have been  
exacerbated by a huge influx of data-hungry iPhone users. AT&T has yet  
to introduce its 3G MicroCell to enable users to solve their own dead  
zones at home or work.

Qualcomm's new hybrid CDMA/WCDMA chip offers the potential for a  
single, global iPhone that users can take to any major carrier,  
solving the network fractionalization problem. It also solves other  
issues that had served as roadblocks, including the issue of user  
confusion that would result from Apple selling separate CDMA and GSM/ 
UMTS versions of the iPhone.

With one phone that works on both types of networks, any differences  
between the two (such as in features like conference calling and  
simultaneous voice and data, unique to UMTS) will be more apparently  
tied to the provider's network rather than to an iPhone model itself.




Verizon's DROID, cancelation fee launch

Verizon's merciless attacks on AT&T's 3G network coverage in ads  
spoofing the iPhone's "there's an app for that" slogan were another  
factor which left some observers to think that Verizon could not  
possibly be in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone anytime soon, but  
the OTR report indicates that Verizon and Apple have already hammered  
out an agreement to sell the new iPhone model within the year.

Verizon recently launched two smartphones aimed squarely at the  
iPhone: the BlackBerry Storm 2 and Motorola Droid. At the same time,  
the provider also announced a new cancelation policy that charges  
users a hefty $350 when they attempt to back out of contracts  
involving "advanced devices."

Last year, the company found little lasting enthusiasm from users who  
assumed that the original Storm would be closer to the iPhone in terms  
of features; whether the new fee is an attempt to penalize unsatisfied  
users or to profit from switchers next year, it may result in users  
rethinking their purchases right now.

With reports breaking the news that Verizon will be selling the iPhone  
within the year, sales of the Storm 2, Droid, and next year's Palm Pre  
may end up repressed if customers decide they'd rather wait for the  
iPhone to arrive instead of facing the prospect of a major cancelation  
penalty and the loss of their subsidy credit by buying an alternative  
device now.

Droid reviews have largely described it as a second place alternative  
for users who want to stick with Verizon. That being the case, the  
prospect of a Verizon iPhone appears poised to deflate Droid sales  
this holiday season.

End of AT&T exclusivity

The news might not be good for AT&T either, considering that many  
users have switched to AT&T solely because they wanted to get the  
iPhone. The availability of a Verizon iPhone may cause AT&T buyers to  
hold off on new purchases until they see what kinds of competitive  
deals AT&T and Verizon will offer once the iPhone's exclusivity with  
AT&T ends next summer and the new "worldmode" iPhone appears.

It does however give AT&T a year to improve its 3G network and roll  
out the 3G MicroCell before being hit with mass defections from iPhone  
users irate over service issues. AT&T can still advertise that its 3G  
network is faster than Verizon's CDMA2000 coverage, and that it offers  
some features that CDMA2000 does not, including simultaneous voice and  
data and easy to use, multiple party conference calling.

AT&T has struggled to keep up with the pace of iPhone development,  
failing to immediately implement iPhone 3.0's MMS and tethering  
features, and remaining unable to take advantage of the faster 7.2  
Mbps HSPA data potential of the iPhone 3GS. The threat posed by a  
"worldmode" iPhone should push AT&T to deliver a year of high priority  
network upgrades, and potentially result in more competitive service  
plans.
Filed under : iPhone	[ 90 Comments ]
Story topics: Verizon	  [ Print ] [ Story Link ]


  	




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From charles at firthconsulting.com  Mon Nov  9 05:59:43 2009
From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:59:43 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] First worm hits jailbroken iPhones
Message-ID: <26360812-B27F-49C9-B591-05AB79ACABE5@firthconsulting.com>

If you've "jailbroken" your iPhone, please make sure you've changed  
the root password on the device.

If you haven't jailbroken your phone (or don't know what that means)  
then don't worry about it - this worm can only infect jailbroken phones.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/08/iphone_worm_rickrolls_users/
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From charles at firthconsulting.com  Mon Nov  9 06:36:28 2009
From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:36:28 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You - Business Center -
	PC World
Message-ID: <62F93E32-FFFA-445E-AE50-1B9EE92FF51F@firthconsulting.com>

In an unsurprising turn of events, Verizon decides to cost even more  
then AT&T does when it comes to smart phones.

The new Motorola Droid is $199, but the "unlimited" data plan is an  
extra $30/month. That caps out at 5GB (that's what unlimited means,  
after all)- it's $50 for each Gig over that. Then there's tethering -  
which will also be $30/month. (Also capped at 5GB)

And neither of those plans allows for connectivity to Microsoft  
Exchange (somehow, that data is magically different from other data) -  
that'll be another $15/month

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html

Now, I'm no fan of AT&T but at least they charge $30/month for actual  
unlimited data, and don't treat Exchange as somehow magical. And the  
extra $50 for that 6th Gig of data is amusing - it only cost me $50 to  
get 5GB of data *while abroad* on AT&T.


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From fozard at nauticom.net  Mon Nov  9 08:24:21 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:24:21 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Reports from the UK - Dongle/SL Troaubles
Message-ID: <4AF83425.5090403@nauticom.net>

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/11/09/mobile-broadband-dongles-fail-on-os-x-snow-leopard/ 
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From revmarkruppert at verizon.net  Mon Nov  9 11:31:44 2009
From: revmarkruppert at verizon.net (Mark Ruppert)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:31:44 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Reports from the UK - Dongle/SL Troaubles
In-Reply-To: <4AF83425.5090403@nauticom.net>
References: <4AF83425.5090403@nauticom.net>
Message-ID: <4AF86010.40507@verizon.net>

Computer tech friends,
    More and more, contributors to this list serve have dropped a URL 
line or link on readers without a word of explanation.
    Often these links have great content, but we need more information 
to open up the topic.
    Please give us all the courtesy of introducing your topic with a 
line of two explaining where you are going- or want us to go, or why you 
encourage us to click on the link. Otherwise, you run the risk of losing 
us; in that case, our favorite option is the delete button.

    Please also make sure your name is on your message, reply, etc.

    Mark Ruppert
   







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From fozard at nauticom.net  Mon Nov  9 12:47:24 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:47:24 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Reports from the UK - Dongle/SL Troaubles
In-Reply-To: <4AF86010.40507@verizon.net>
References: <4AF83425.5090403@nauticom.net> <4AF86010.40507@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <4AF871CC.3050705@nauticom.net>

I thought the Subject Line would accomplish what you (Mark) requested.

Sorry, I will valiantly strive to do better in the future.

Gene O!
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From dave at davesevick.com  Mon Nov  9 16:33:32 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:33:32 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Sophos comments on the worm spreading on "jailbroken"
	iPhones
Message-ID: <788B28C1-660B-435C-B9C5-FD78A2925132@davesevick.com>

Stop press! World's first ever iPhone worm discovered in the wild
----
A new worm breaks new territory by spreading between jailbroken  
iPhones in Australia. That would normally be news enough - but the  
Ikee worm also changes infected users' wallpaper to a picture of 1980s  
pop crooner Rick Astley!  Learn more about the threat, and how hackers  
could exploit the source code's availability to build more dangerous  
attacks in future.
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/08/iphone-worm-discovered








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From markd at borkware.com  Mon Nov  9 16:43:05 2009
From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:43:05 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Sophos comments on the worm spreading on "jailbroken"
	iPhones
In-Reply-To: <788B28C1-660B-435C-B9C5-FD78A2925132@davesevick.com>
References: <788B28C1-660B-435C-B9C5-FD78A2925132@davesevick.com>
Message-ID: <e02953d70911091543x4e31b35bh27b52172ffc9f001@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Dave Sevick <dave at davesevick.com> wrote:
> Stop press! World's first ever iPhone worm discovered in the wild

The main thing that gets glossed over is this can happen if (and only if):
  * You have jailbroken your iphone
  * You have installed ssh
  * You have not changed the root password

The rest of us who haven't done that (or changed the password if
you've jailbroken and installed ssh) can avoid whatever hysteria the
technical press wants to whip up.

Cheers,
++md


> ----
> A new worm breaks new territory by spreading between jailbroken iPhones in
> Australia. That would normally be news enough - but the Ikee worm also
> changes infected users' wallpaper to a picture of 1980s pop crooner Rick
> Astley!? Learn more about the threat, and how hackers could exploit the
> source code's availability to build more dangerous attacks in future.
> http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/08/iphone-worm-discovered
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From dave at davesevick.com  Mon Nov  9 16:43:48 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:43:48 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Updater is available .... but backup
	first
Message-ID: <0495563B-011A-445A-850B-7F41AA13565B@davesevick.com>

As always, we encourage everyone to do a  full backup of computers  
before  installing  any updates.

This one weighs in at a hefty  473MB and covers many issue.  We thank  
Apple for listing them below.


http://support.apple.com/kb/DL958

About Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update
  The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow  
Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the  
stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:


an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
the reliability of menu extras
an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an  
Exchange server
Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
a problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
an issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
Safari plug-in reliability
general reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut  
Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account

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Apple Certified Support Professional
Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh
Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988

724.779.0099 mobile/office
dave at davesevick.com
http://www.davesevick.com

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From dave at davesevick.com  Mon Nov  9 22:39:09 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:39:09 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] A pioneer who changed computers, music,
	movies and cell phones - and someone who understands the meaning of
	a second chance - Steve Jobs
Message-ID: <92F67FD7-B6A0-45F8-9FFE-DAA565AD677A@davesevick.com>

As an unapologetic Apple fanboy, I feel the need to again draw attention to the Fortune Magazine honor given to Steve Jobs - The CEO of the Decade.

In the mid-1990's I had to tolerate my computer "PC" industry peers, with their sneers about the impending death of Apple Computer.  These two select leadership moments ( and there have been many )  inspired me the most:

1.	1997 MacWorld where Jobs and Gates called a truce   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY  ( 12 minutes )

2.	  2005 Standford Commencement Speech on "Connecting the Dots"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA  ( 14 minutes )

If you've got a few moments .... watch these two short videos and then read the Sam Oliver article ( copied for you below ) and see why this is a  great season in American business   ....  seeing Apple grow, by billions of dollars,  right in front of us.  I never take that for granted.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/05/apple_co_founder_steve_jobs_named_fortune_ceo_of_the_decade.html


Apple co-founder Steve Jobs named Fortune 'CEO of the Decade'

By Sam Oliver
Published: 09:05 AM EST

For his role in turning Apple into a groundbreaking technology leader and the most valuable company in Silicon Valley, Fortune Magazine has named Steve Jobs its "CEO of the Decade."

The magazine's profile of Jobs noted that the 54-year-old overcame rejection from his own company in the 1980s, a Securities and Exchange Commission investigationscandal, two brushes with death and "his own often unpleasant demeanor" to earn the title. Given that Jobs has transformed American business, the publication has heralded the 2000s as "the decade of Steve."

"It's often noted that he's a showman, a born salesman, a magician who creates a famed reality-distortion field, a tyrannical perfectionist," the report said. "It's totally accurate, of course, and the descriptions contribute to his legend."

In the past decade, Jobs and Apple have entered and changed the industries of music, movies and cell phones. The company has also remained in the computer business, where it continues to innovate as it has done for decades. The magazine went on to compare Jobs to some of the greatest innovators in business history.

"Remaking any one business is a career-defining achievement; four is unheard-of," the report said. "Think about that for a moment. Henry Ford altered the course of the nascent auto industry. PanAm's Juan Trippe invented the global airline. Conrad Hilton internationalized American hospitality.

"In all instances, and many more like them, these entrepreneurs turned captains of industry defined a single market that had previously not been dominated by anyone. The industries that Jobs has turned topsy turvy already existed when he focused on them."

Since 2000, when Apple was worth about $5 billion, the company has delivered record quarter after record quarter. Today, Apple is worth about $170 billion, making it slightly more valuable than competitor Google.

Thanks to its record-setting, Apple is now awash in cash with $31.1 billion in cash in investments. That total, in August, was the largest net-cash sum of any technology company, due to the company's debt-free position.

Jobs' decade, Fortune noted, actually began in 1997, when he returned to the company he helped to create. Under his watch, the company debuted the iMac, its modern all-in-one desktop computer, and the iPod, which became the standard-bearer for the portable media market.

The report also notes Jobs' well-known micromanagement practices and hands-on approach, noting that he would criticize the text in ad copy. Secrecy and the Apple message are also important. Jobs reportedly rehearses every line he and others say about his company in public. That tactic is key, as Apple is estimated to have received some $400 million in free publicity by sparingly making any announcements about the iPhone before it went on sale.

The article suggests that Apple's inevitable future after Jobs will be strong, because he has recruited people who have been "trained to think like Steve." But with the CEO's return to the company this summer, there is no indication that Jobs intends to leave Apple anytime soon.

"After creating more than $150 billion in shareholder wealth, transforming movies, telecom, music, and computing (and profoundly influencing the worlds of retail and design), what should Steve Jobs do next? Given his penchant for secrecy and surprise and his proven brilliance, it's a fair bet that he'll let us know when he's good and ready."

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Apple Certified Support Professional
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From rlfitz at mac.com  Tue Nov 10 08:44:03 2009
From: rlfitz at mac.com (Richard Fitzgibbon)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:44:03 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] 50 Common Mac Problems Solved | Mac|Life
Message-ID: <C4CEBCD1-FDFF-46B3-B673-D56C454EB99D@mac.com>

This is a very good article for Mac newbies with a lot of info for  
experienced users as well. If you have the time, it's worth the read.

http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/50_common_mac_problems_solved

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From dankaraczun at mac.com  Tue Nov 10 18:56:55 2009
From: dankaraczun at mac.com (Daniel Karaczun)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:55 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] iPhone 3G
Message-ID: <6189909A-E1B0-4B4A-A751-B7A1CAB2C76B@mac.com>

> Well, I'm going to do it. Sell my iPhone 3G. Since I almost never  
> call or receive calls. I have more roll-over minutes than I'll ever  
> use.
>
> Here's what I have to offer.
>
> iPhone 3G 16GB, Mophie battery case, Contour hard case and holder  
> with belt clip. All boxes and instructions, cables as well as  
> Automobile charging units.
>
> Price for all, $275.
>
> This is a new phone just replaced by Apple SHV a month ago. Warranty  
> until Feb 2010.
>
> Anyone interested please email dankaraczun at mac.com
>
>
>
> Dan Karaczun
> dankaraczun at me.com
> dankaraczun at verizon.net
>
> "We do not quit playing because we grow old; We grow old because we
> quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov 10 22:29:41 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:29:41 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Build a Bootable Rescue SD Card For Your Mac
Message-ID: <3E5C9755-C80F-4316-8398-722838E3CE64@davesevick.com>

Posted 11/10/2009 at 3:24:32pm | by David W. Martin
The latest MacBook Pros and iMacs sport a new port, a Secure Digital (SD) memory card reader. The immediate assumption is that you will use the SD card slot for transferring videos and photos from a camera to the Mac. That's what a majority of users will use it for.
For the hardcore users out there, Apple decided to give the SD port super powers -- you can use it to build a bootable SD card. That bootable card can then become an awesome tool for performing emergency hard drive repairs, data recovery, recovering deleted files, and much more. This how-to will get you started on building your SD card offering you a few ideas along the way, but potential uses for this SD card are practically unlimited.
<<< clipped >>>>

Full article here :
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_build_bootable_sd_card_rescue_ranger_your_mac_sd_card_slot


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From fozard at nauticom.net  Wed Nov 11 08:01:55 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:01:55 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Google & EBAY - Free WiFi for Holiday Travellers
Message-ID: <4AFAD1E3.8090202@nauticom.net>

Google & EBAY offer free wifi (with a few caveats, of course) to help 
Holiday air travelers while away their time.

Yes, Charlotte, there is a Santa Claus! 

(Is that better?)
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From fozard at nauticom.net  Wed Nov 11 09:58:13 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:58:13 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Google & EBAY - Free WiFi for Holiday Travellers
In-Reply-To: <4AFAD1E3.8090202@nauticom.net>
References: <4AFAD1E3.8090202@nauticom.net>
Message-ID: <4AFAED25.5010306@nauticom.net>

Sorry, fingers engaged before brain.  Here's the URL:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/10/technology/Google_free_wifi_airports/index.htm

Guess you can't trust Charlotte's Web, huh?
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From dadditude at gmail.com  Wed Nov 11 17:14:26 2009
From: dadditude at gmail.com (Dadditude)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:26 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Build a Bootable Rescue SD Card For Your Mac
In-Reply-To: <3E5C9755-C80F-4316-8398-722838E3CE64@davesevick.com>
References: <3E5C9755-C80F-4316-8398-722838E3CE64@davesevick.com>
Message-ID: <39ABE49A-A77E-4BDB-846A-10D171302D6D@gmail.com>

The possibilities of this are amazing, especially given the ready  
availability of inexpensive, high-capacity SD cards. I wonder... Can  
you set up a Boot Camp partition on an SD card?

This also makes me wonder how long 'till we see SD slots on desktop  
Macs... I would have LOVED it if my Mini had an SD card slot.

-- 
"We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we  
quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Dave Sevick <dave at davesevick.com> wrote:

> Posted 11/10/2009 at 3:24:32pm | by David W. Martin
> The latest MacBook Pros and iMacs sport a new port, a Secure Digital  
> (SD) memory card reader. The immediate assumption is that you will  
> use the SD card slot for transferring videos and photos from a  
> camera to the Mac. That's what a majority of users will use it for.
> For the hardcore users out there, Apple decided to give the SD port  
> super powers -- you can use it to build a bootable SD card. That  
> bootable card can then become an awesome tool for performing  
> emergency hard drive repairs, data recovery, recovering deleted  
> files, and much more. This how-to will get you started on building  
> your SD card offering you a few ideas along the way, but potential  
> uses for this SD card are practically unlimited.
> <<< clipped >>>>
>
> Full article here :
> http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_build_bootable_sd_card_rescue_ranger_your_mac_sd_card_slot
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From wtjames at mac.com  Wed Nov 11 19:37:10 2009
From: wtjames at mac.com (William James)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:37:10 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] weird warning on disc repair
Message-ID: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>

Has anyone ever seen this?

I ran disc repair the other day and got a strange notes: 

"Syst/Library/Core has been modified and will not be repaired"
"Syst/Library/Private has been modified and will not be repaired"

I never modified anything ... virus??

Bill James





From cuzinbrucie at mac.com  Wed Nov 11 22:06:38 2009
From: cuzinbrucie at mac.com (Bruce Wells)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:06:38 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] weird warning on disc repair
In-Reply-To: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>
References: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>
Message-ID: <EB2C9E33-14B5-4614-9A72-33BA05A2ACF3@mac.com>

I see that all the time to and have also been curious.  It always seems to include the acronym SUID.  Started in Leopard and is still there in Snow Leopard permission repair.

CuZinBruce

On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:37 PM, William James wrote:

Has anyone ever seen this?

I ran disc repair the other day and got a strange notes: 

"Syst/Library/Core has been modified and will not be repaired"
"Syst/Library/Private has been modified and will not be repaired"

I never modified anything ... virus??

Bill James




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From markd at borkware.com  Thu Nov 12 06:58:09 2009
From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:58:09 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] weird warning on disc repair
In-Reply-To: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>
References: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>
Message-ID: <e02953d70911120558i4a1da8f1xf7edd73934544645@mail.gmail.com>

There's a discussion at Apple's forums, including a link to an Apple TechNote.

In short, don't worry about it.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1874337

Cheers,
++md

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, William James <wtjames at mac.com> wrote:
> Has anyone ever seen this?
>
> I ran disc repair the other day and got a strange notes:
>
> "Syst/Library/Core has been modified and will not be repaired"
> "Syst/Library/Private has been modified and will not be repaired"
>
> I never modified anything ... virus??
>
> Bill James
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NPMUG mailing list
> NPMUG at davesevick.com
> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug
>


From wtjames at mac.com  Thu Nov 12 07:06:38 2009
From: wtjames at mac.com (William James)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:38 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] weird warning on disc repair
In-Reply-To: <e02953d70911120558i4a1da8f1xf7edd73934544645@mail.gmail.com>
References: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>
	<e02953d70911120558i4a1da8f1xf7edd73934544645@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2467B836-46A6-4670-ACBF-F7ED3A6261D3@mac.com>

Thanks Mark! 

Bill James



On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Mark Dalrymple wrote:

> There's a discussion at Apple's forums, including a link to an Apple TechNote.
> 
> In short, don't worry about it.
> 
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1874337
> 
> Cheers,
> ++md
> 
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, William James <wtjames at mac.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone ever seen this?
>> 
>> I ran disc repair the other day and got a strange notes:
>> 
>> "Syst/Library/Core has been modified and will not be repaired"
>> "Syst/Library/Private has been modified and will not be repaired"
>> 
>> I never modified anything ... virus??
>> 
>> Bill James
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> NPMUG mailing list
>> NPMUG at davesevick.com
>> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug
>> 

William James
Pittsburgh, PA






From cuzinbrucie at mac.com  Thu Nov 12 07:43:41 2009
From: cuzinbrucie at mac.com (Bruce Wells)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:43:41 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] weird warning on disc repair
In-Reply-To: <e02953d70911120558i4a1da8f1xf7edd73934544645@mail.gmail.com>
References: <EB3B014C-45F0-4E5C-938A-6BB9B876605A@mac.com>
	<e02953d70911120558i4a1da8f1xf7edd73934544645@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9DBC339B-2061-44EB-9407-FF1549919718@mac.com>

Not worrying about it was my established course of action so I will continue.  

Thank you Mark for the follow up!

CuZinBruce

On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Mark Dalrymple wrote:

There's a discussion at Apple's forums, including a link to an Apple TechNote.

In short, don't worry about it.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1874337

Cheers,
++md

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, William James <wtjames at mac.com> wrote:
> Has anyone ever seen this?
> 
> I ran disc repair the other day and got a strange notes:
> 
> "Syst/Library/Core has been modified and will not be repaired"
> "Syst/Library/Private has been modified and will not be repaired"
> 
> I never modified anything ... virus??
> 
> Bill James
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> NPMUG mailing list
> NPMUG at davesevick.com
> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug
> 

_______________________________________________
NPMUG mailing list
NPMUG at davesevick.com
http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug



From ronladams7 at gmail.com  Thu Nov 12 10:03:18 2009
From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:03:18 -0700
Subject: [NPMUG] Google - Ken Auletta
Message-ID: <257EFAED-809A-4F41-8DBB-0952134ED153@gmail.com>

Watched this about a week ago on C-Span.  Worth the watch.  Interesting....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-2vCkwQ-I

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From ronladams7 at gmail.com  Thu Nov 12 10:17:27 2009
From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17:27 -0700
Subject: [NPMUG] Google - Ken Auletta
Message-ID: <7A832618-5290-4148-99DE-C40CFF6C2160@gmail.com>

Watched this about a week ago on C-Span.  Worth the watch.  Interesting....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-2vCkwQ-I

Background:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10396190-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

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From dsalsbury at zoominternet.net  Thu Nov 12 19:22:04 2009
From: dsalsbury at zoominternet.net (David Salsbury)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:22:04 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Apple at Home Experts ?
Message-ID: <3124651DE96B4809AB6CC762DFD82B99@Dell4600>

Does anyone know anything about the "Apple at Home Experts" positions?
These are advertised under jobs on Apple's web site, as being support
positions that allow you to work from home.
 
Thanks,
 
Dave Salsbury
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From sarahbrim2 at mac.com  Fri Nov 13 00:53:09 2009
From: sarahbrim2 at mac.com (Sarah Brim)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:53:09 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Fwd:[1AppleFreeTech]  Free  and Open Source Mac Software
Message-ID: <70d67748a3d0a8eea13b343c7112c848@mac.com>

Hi NPMUG friends,
I belong to another Apple group.  The site below has lots of free and 
Open Source Mac Apps. It's well worth looking at this message below 
from gekampel.

Sincerely,
Sarah Brim

Begin forwarded message:
> To: 1AppleFreeTech at yahoogroups.com
> From: gekampel at yahoo.com
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:53:20 +0000
> Subject: [1AppleFreeTech] Re: <no subject>
>
>  "Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world.
>  This is the best free Mac software that we know of.
>
>  <http://www.opensourcemac.org/> Open Source Mac
>  <http://www.opensourcemac.org/> is a simple list of the best free and
>  open source software for Mac OS X. We aren't trying to be a
>  comprehensive listing of every open-source mac app, instead we want to
>  showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. This page 
> should
>  be a handy reference and a useful tool for getting more people to 
> start
>  using free and open-source software....."
>
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From jennsbl at cs.cmu.edu  Fri Nov 13 08:05:03 2009
From: jennsbl at cs.cmu.edu (Jennifer Landefeld)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:05:03 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Fwd:[1AppleFreeTech] Free and Open Source Mac Software
In-Reply-To: <70d67748a3d0a8eea13b343c7112c848@mac.com>
References: <70d67748a3d0a8eea13b343c7112c848@mac.com>
Message-ID: <5BEB581A-367C-4541-865C-9E85736817BE@cs.cmu.edu>

Sarah,

I see a parked domain message for that URL.

There is something at http://opensourcemac.com but I don't know if  
that's what the person from the other group was referring to.

It seems to list primarily open source apps for Mac but claims to be  
"dedicated to evangelizing free and open source software for Mac OS X,  
Windows and other platforms."

If you click to the Site Map it's a nice concise list of what's  
referenced on the site right now, which looks like a good start of  
primarily Mac software. :)

Best,
Jenn

On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Sarah Brim wrote:

> Hi NPMUG friends,
> I belong to another Apple group.  The site below has lots of free  
> and Open Source Mac Apps. It's well worth looking at this message  
> below from gekampel.
>
> Sincerely,
> Sarah Brim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>> To: 1AppleFreeTech at yahoogroups.com
>> From: gekampel at yahoo.com
>> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:53:20 +0000
>> Subject: [1AppleFreeTech] Re: <no subject>
>>
>> "Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the  
>> world.
>> This is the best free Mac software that we know of.
>>
>> <http://www.opensourcemac.org/> Open Source Mac
>> <http://www.opensourcemac.org/> is a simple list of the best free and
>> open source software for Mac OS X. We aren't trying to be a
>> comprehensive listing of every open-source mac app, instead we want  
>> to
>> showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. This page  
>> should
>> be a handy reference and a useful tool for getting more people to  
>> start
>> using free and open-source software....."
>>
> _______________________________________________
> NPMUG mailing list
> NPMUG at davesevick.com
> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug

............................................................
Jennifer Landefeld
Carnegie Mellon University
Computer Science Department
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jennsbl




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From sarahbrim2 at mac.com  Fri Nov 13 08:08:38 2009
From: sarahbrim2 at mac.com (Sarah Brim)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:08:38 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Fwd:[1AppleFreeTech] Free and Open Source Mac Software
In-Reply-To: <5BEB581A-367C-4541-865C-9E85736817BE@cs.cmu.edu>
References: <70d67748a3d0a8eea13b343c7112c848@mac.com>
	<5BEB581A-367C-4541-865C-9E85736817BE@cs.cmu.edu>
Message-ID: <83341850e4f7c0e21da4c67f2fe051af@mac.com>

Sorry Everyone,
Last night this site came up without a glitch.  Now it's tied to 
commercial ventures.
Guess nothing even knowledge, especially, is truly free.
Sarah
On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Jennifer Landefeld wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I see a parked domain message for that URL.?
>
> There is something at http://opensourcemac.com?but I don't know if 
> that's what the person from the other group was referring to.
>
> It seems to list primarily open source apps for Mac but claims to be 
> "dedicated to evangelizing free and open source software?for Mac OS X, 
> Windows and other platforms."
>
> If you click to the Site Map it's a nice concise list of what's 
> referenced on the site right now, which looks like?a good start of 
> primarily Mac software. :)
>
> Best,
> Jenn
>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Sarah Brim wrote:
>
>> Hi NPMUG friends,
>> I belong to another Apple group.??The site below has lots of free and 
>> Open Source Mac Apps. It's well worth looking at this message below 
>> from gekampel.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Sarah Brim
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> To: 1AppleFreeTech at yahoogroups.com
>>> From: gekampel at yahoo.com
>>> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:53:20 +0000
>>> Subject: [1AppleFreeTech] Re: <no subject>
>>>
>>> "Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the 
>>> world.
>>>  This is the best free Mac software that we know of.
>>>
>>>  <http://www.opensourcemac.org/> Open Source Mac
>>>  <http://www.opensourcemac.org/> is a simple list of the best free 
>>> and
>>>  open source software for Mac OS X. We aren't trying to be a
>>>  comprehensive listing of every open-source mac app, instead we want 
>>> to
>>>  showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. This page 
>>> should
>>>  be a handy reference and a useful tool for getting more people to 
>>> start
>>>  using free and open-source software....."
>>>
>>
>> NPMUG mailing list
>> NPMUG at davesevick.com
>> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug
>
> ............................................................
> Jennifer Landefeld
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Computer Science Department
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jennsbl
>
>
>
>
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From radonaldson at mac.com  Fri Nov 13 16:21:42 2009
From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:21:42 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, November 13
Message-ID: <8DB186BD-6C46-4E51-AEE7-2ECDC70F0FD2@mac.com>

Dear Mac friends:

Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker  
Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer  
Recycling Center today.

And also many thanks to the St. Alphonsus School Tech Team for joining  
us again this morning to continue to learn about computer recycling.  
Although seemingly boring on its surface, the students find it's quite  
entertaining to actually rip something apart, albeit in an orderly  
fashion. They helped us de-manufacture 15 Macs, ranging from a  
venerable LC to a PowerMac G4 Tower.

There are photos on Dave Sevick's MobileMe website:

http://gallery.me.com/davesevick#100242

We also managed to refurbish five more Macs to bring our all-time  
total to 2,257.

If you're a fan of the ancient PowerBook 100 series, your time is up.  
We brought about 50 100 series PowerBooks from the basement this  
afternoon, and they are scheduled for de-manufacture at Goodwill next  
week. So if you plan on being a Mac collector, let me know NOW.

We still have a shortage of USB keyboards and mice, so when you get  
one of those swell new Mac keyboards or new Magic Mouse in the next  
couple of months, please think of us as a home for your old ones.

Not counting today's refurbished models or the Macs sitting in the  
ComputerWorks store, we have 154 iMacs completed and stored on  
Goodwill's fourth floor. There are 15 OS 9.2.2 tray-load CD models, 20  
OS X.4 slot-load CD/DVD models, 20 OS X.4 slot-load CD-RW models, and  
99 OS X.4 slot-load CD-ROM models. All OS X.4 models have 512 mb RAM  
and hard drives of 20 gb or more.

The construction on Carson St. at the Goodwill building is in its  
final stages. Work is now being done to rebuild the sidewalk along  
Carson St., closing the ComputerWorks store normal entrance. There is  
a temporary entrance on the South 26th St. side of the building near  
the front corner. Look for the red door.

Our workday schedule for the coming holiday season is this:

Friday, November 20: Yes
Friday, November 27: No
Friday, December 4: Yes
Friday, December 11: No
Friday, December 18: No
Friday, December 25: No
Friday, January 1: No
Friday, January 8: Yes

So that's just two workdays remaining this year. Hope to see you there!

Robert A. Donaldson
radonaldson at mac.com
(H) 412-922-3303
(M) 412-477-9188


From dave at davesevick.com  Sat Nov 14 07:45:02 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:45:02 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Sal Soghoian (AppleScript expert) talks Automator use in
	education
Message-ID: <A5058EDE-8325-4AE8-A8DF-0A70EC054589@davesevick.com>

Sal Soghoian is the AppleScript Product Manager at Apple Inc.. Sal was an advocate for AppleScript years before being employed by Apple. Soghoian's job includes making public appearances to demonstrate Apple technologies, including the 2004 WWDC, when he appeared on stage with Steve Jobs to demonstrate Automator, a new workflow feature in Mac OS X v10.4. He was a special guest at the Leopard Tech Talks.

Today this post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog ( TUAW ) was worth sending to you in it's entirety .... 
....  by the way, his last name is pronounced ( sa - goy - in )

========================
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/13/sal-soghoian-talks-automator-use-in-education/

Sal Soghoian
Product Manager Automation Technologies
Apple, Inc.


Guest Post Sal Soghoian

Apple?s Production Manager for Apple Automator Sal Soghoian is no stranger to any Apple developer. One of the names behind Apple?s Automator Workflow application he shared the stage with Steve Jobs while introducing this whole new way to work. To many Automator is just another icon in OSX yet to be explored but the reality is Automator offers us all a much more efficient way to work.

Taking the example of the education setting Sal has put together a really simple to follow guide on how Automator can come to the aid of the teacher and is actually much easier to use than you would think.



The Education Setting

At first glance, the words ?teacher? and ?automation? don?t seem to be a logical pairing. When thinking of ?teacher,? terms like creative, inspire, lead, and mentor seem appropriate.
But if you look past the uplifting synonyms, you?ll find that words like harried, stressed, and stretched, often better reflect the realities of the modern educational systems, where more and more is asked from our educators.

In this environment, automation becomes an ally and indispensable assistant. Managing a classroom of desktop or laptop computers is daunting task, even for systems professionals.

Making sure all computers are setup correctly; that their desktops are restored and applications put away; that assignments are distributed, or are packaged and labeled properly for submission; that support materials and media are distributed and installed; even confirming that all students are viewing the same webpage; all of these tasks present challenges to teachers and can end up occupying most of their limited instruction time.

But there is help. While you can?t automate the creativity of teachers, you can automate the drudgery of classroom management. Each of the previous scenarios can benefit from automation, through the use of scripts, applets, or workflows that perform essential processes and steps automatically as needed.


AppleScript

For example, a simple AppleScript droplet could name and label a classroom document dragged onto its icon, and then automatically place a copy of that document into a teacher?s assignment drop-box on a server.

Or an Automator workflow could automatically close all open applications, clean off the desktops, and open the next assignment on forty computers, all triggered by the teacher selecting a single item from a menu. These solutions aren?t theoretical but exist today and are available for you to use now, for free.

Every Apple computer running Mac OS X, comes with two powerful automation tools pre-installed: Automator and AppleScript. Automator is an application that enables you to create ?automation recipes? (called ?workflows?) through a simple drag-and-drop process. And AppleScript is an English-like language used to write customized scripts that automate the computer and the applications that run on it.

Both of these automation tools were created and designed for use by motivated Macintosh users who want to simplify complex or redundant tasks, like renaming a hundred files, or mounting servers and copying disk items to them. The links provided below, point to online resources for learning how to take advantage of these free technologies.

In addition, specially designed for the management of classroom computers are a set of Automator workflows called the Teacher?s Helpers (see links section below). This collection of over 30 workflows is designed to work with Remote Desktop, Apple?s application for managing networked computers.

The Teacher?s Helpers provides easy access to common classroom management workflows by selecting options from an installed menu. And every workflow in the Teacher?s Helpers can be quickly and easily customized by you in Automator.

So, if you?re an educator in need of an extra pair of hands, grab a cup of coffee, sit down and browse these links. Enjoy!


Sal's Recommended Links

Automator
AppleScript
Apple Remote Desktop
Teacher?s Helpers
Apple Education
Sal?s Books




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From dave at davesevick.com  Sat Nov 14 09:38:11 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:38:11 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Fujitsu ScanSnap software update for Snow Leopard
Message-ID: <F1E5CEB5-26CD-4E1A-9632-3413CD9CBE4E@davesevick.com>

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/support/sl_download.html

Snow Leopard Update for ScanSnap
Fujitsu announces ScanSnap Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Update for ScanSnap S1500M, S300M, S510M, and S500M.
Updating select ScanSnap models listed above is a two part process. The first update restores features associated with ScanSnap Manager and the second update restores features associated with FineReader for ScanSnap.
Note: These updates are for compatibility with Snow Leopard only. If you are using an earlier Mac OS, do not install these updates.




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From dave at davesevick.com  Sat Nov 14 21:54:19 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:54:19 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Gift Delivery Day Saturday Dec. 5th!
Message-ID: <155A4604-4A05-40EE-87B2-756FC51E6228@davesevick.com>

Each year we we have been going back to Hosanna Industries to participate in the annual holiday gifts delivery program .... meant aimed at those people successfully served in the past year by the Hosanna Industries mission workers  .... as well as volunteers like our Apple user group folks.

Please join us on December 5th at 8:30am .... you'll get a free breakfast of eggs, sausage and pancakes .... with coffee and orange juice before you are given an assignment to go deliver  a bag full of wrapped Christmas gifts, fresh ground meat and turkey.  It is a well organized and humbling experience to be able to visit these families each year.

I hope to see many of you there again this year.  Hosanna is a great organization that we Apple folks are proud to partner with each year.

Dave

Here is Amy Firek's request for help:


=========

Greetings Everyone!
 
                                                                              
It?s the most wonderful time of the year!  Grab your Santa hat and fill up your gas tank and head out to Hosanna for our Annual Gift Delivery Day!  This is a great time to bring a friend, bring a child or bring someone you love spending time with and be Angels of Hosanna by delivering gifts and the message of Love this Christmas season to the families we have served throughout the past year!  We will be meeting at the mission of Hosanna Industries on Saturday December 5th at 8:30 am.  Breakfast will be provided to all the volunteers by our friends from Feed the Flock.  We will be delivering gifts to many homes in that have been purchased and wrapped by the women of the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, beef that has been donated by Rod and Bev Blair, and some turkeys that have been donated by Ifft?s Turkey Farm!  If you haven?t already, contact Amy Lee Firek to sign up for this great event!  Email or call me at the number below!
Blessings to all of you this Holiday season!
 
 

 
Amy Lee Firek
Hosanna Industries, Inc.
109 Rinard Lane
Rochester, PA  15074

Phone: 724-770-0262
Email:  amylee at hosannaindustries.org
WWW:  www.hosannaindustries.org



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Apple Certified Support Professional
Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh
Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988

724.779.0099 mobile/office
dave at davesevick.com
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From dave at davesevick.com  Sun Nov 15 07:37:33 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:37:33 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Christmas gift message ... edit ...
Message-ID: <507BDE86-995A-4D94-AFD1-0D7618204ECE@davesevick.com>

Corrections to text:  Let's try this again   :-)

Each year we Apple folks have been going back to Hosanna Industries to participate in the annual holiday gift delivery program. Gifts are carefully selected, wrapped, organized, and then mapped for driving to the homes of those people successfully served in the past year by the Hosanna Industries mission workers.  Our Apple user group volunteers have worked along side the Hosanna mission workers to get homes built in Blitz Build Projects and other smaller home repair service projects.

Please join us in this yearly very personal follow-up to those families served in 2009 by Hosanna Industries and it's volunteers supporters .... like us in the Apple Users Groups all over Pittsburgh.

December 5  8:30 AM at the Hosanna Industries campus in Rochester, PA

Greetings Everyone!
 
                                                                              
It?s the most wonderful time of the year!  Grab your Santa hat and fill up your gas tank and head out to Hosanna for our Annual Gift Delivery Day!  This is a great time to bring a friend, bring a child or bring someone you love spending time with and be Angels of Hosanna by delivering gifts and the message of Love this Christmas season to the families we have served throughout the past year!  We will be meeting at the mission of Hosanna Industries on Saturday December 5th at 8:30 am.  Breakfast will be provided to all the volunteers by our friends from Feed the Flock.  We will be delivering gifts to many homes in that have been purchased and wrapped by the women of the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, beef that has been donated by Rod and Bev Blair, and some turkeys that have been donated by Ifft?s Turkey Farm!  If you haven?t already, contact Amy Lee Firek to sign up for this great event!  Email or call me at the number below!
Blessings to all of you this Holiday season!


 
Amy Lee Firek
Hosanna Industries, Inc.
109 Rinard Lane
Rochester, PA  15074

Phone: 724-770-0262
Email:  amylee at hosannaindustries.org
WWW:  www.hosannaindustries.org



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From dave at davesevick.com  Mon Nov 16 09:28:06 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:28:06 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Swine flu fears making millionaires out of Russian hackers
Message-ID: <2B0E164C-E45F-4A2F-9C46-AC0E1B0A7319@davesevick.com>

Swine flu fears making millionaires out of Russian hackers


As the number of reported swine flu cases climbs, it's time a strong message was sent out against buying Tamiflu over the internet.

Research published by Sophos exposes the profit model of the Russian cybercriminals making millions of pounds from counterfeit Tamiflu.

Panic-induced stockpiling by individuals who aren't officially classified as being at risk of contracting swine flu, and therefore anxious they won't receive Tamiflu from the NHS, will not only line cybercriminals' pockets with millions of pounds in cash but also grant them access to sensitive personal data to be used for other crimes.

You can learn more about how these underground web affiliates, which form networks called the Partnerka, profit from online Tamiflu sales in a whitepaper published today by Sophos entitled "The Partnerka - what is it, and why should you care?" [PDF]

Working inside an organised criminal network alongside the businesses running online pharmacies, the Partnerka generate traffic to those sites for an agreed share of the profit. Many of these pharmaceutical sites brand themselves as "Canadian Pharmacy" in order to appear as a more trusted website to unsuspecting internet users.

This year, Sophos has intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical spam adverts and fake pharmaceutical websites, promoted by affiliate members. Working day and night, thousands of affiliates use criminal methods including spam, adware and malware to drive as much traffic to their partners' stores as possible, which then sell high-profit illegal goods as part of a multi-million dollar industry.



The top five countries purchasing Tamiflu and other drugs from the Canadian Pharmacy, and thus unwittingly assisting additional criminal activity, are the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada and France.

Although the precise number of affiliates is ever-changing, it is projected that there are thousands in operation at any one time. Sophos's research has discovered that on one of the more popular affiliate networks operated out of Russia, called Glavmed, it is possible to earn an average of $16,000 a day promoting pharmaceutical websites - totalling $5.8 million a year. But the criminals can be members of more than one affiliate network, and some have boasted of earning more than $100,000 per day.



Sophos is warning that concerns about the severity of swine flu, which has led to more than 6,500 deaths worldwide and may reach as high as 40,000 before the end of pandemic, has the potential to drive even greater volume of traffic and total sales to Partnerka websites.

The worrying trend of stockpiling Tamiflu has already been seen in Britain. Not only did large corporations come under fire for stockpiling Tamiflu this summer, Sophos further uncovered that this July, when concerns that global Tamiflu production were falling behind schedule, there was a 1400% increase in UK internet searches for Tamiflu.

The worry is that there's a very good chance that the swine flu pandemic has not yet hit its peak, and that more people might rush to the internet and unwittingly pass cash and personal details to Partnerka affiliates.



The business model for exploiting online purchases is fairly simple.

Once someone searches online for Tamiflu, they are directed to specific online pharmacies such as the Canadian Pharmacy to purchase a generic and very possibly counterfeit version of the drug. What most people don't know is that cybercriminals have often manipulated internet search engine results to drive as much online traffic as possible to these sites. Furthermore they bombard innocent users with adverts via spam email sent from hijacked botnet computers and hacked social networking accounts.



Profits can range between 20% - 40% for each of the parties involved, depending on who has the upper hand in the relationship. Although unwitting buyers do often receive some kind of drug as result of the transactional exchange, at best the drug doesn't work and at worse it can pose serious health risks.

As more and more cases of swine flu in the UK come to light, it is essential that we all resist the panic-induced temptation to purchase Tamiflu online.

The criminal gangs working behind the scenes at fake internet pharmacies are putting their customers' health, personal information and credit card details at risk. They have no problem breaking the law to promote these websites, so you can be sure they'll have no qualms in exploiting your confidential data or selling you medications which may put your life in danger. If you think you need medication go to your real doctor, and stay away from quacks on the internet.

Learn more about how the Partnerka profits from online drug sales in Sophos's whitepaper: "The Partnerka - what is it, and why should you care?" [PDF]
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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov 17 07:20:03 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:20:03 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Give the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Our most popular Mac.
Message-ID: <D2C53869-6E45-4FD3-AC92-B1EC3517B3DA@davesevick.com>

Shop Online     |     Find a Store     |     1-800-MY-APPLE


	
With amazing built-in software and a host of advanced features, MacBook Pro is the high-performance notebook everyone loves. Get free shipping online or reserve a Mac now  to pick up in any Apple Retail Store, December 15 to 24.   
		
Innovation comes in three sizes.
Aluminum unibody enclosure, brilliant LED-backlit display, spacious Multi-Touch trackpad, and built-in iSight camera. MacBook Pro, available in 13-, 15-, and 17-inch sizes, has been precision engineered down to the smallest detail. Learn more

Battery included.
Built into each new MacBook Pro is a breakthrough battery that lasts up to 7 hours on a single charge.* Learn more



Amazing right out of the gift box.
Every Mac comes with the essentials for email, contacts, web browsing, and more. It includes iLife, a suite of applications that help you do amazing things with photos, movies, and music. And it has the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard.


	
MacBook. A great gift at a great price.
Starting at just $999, MacBook gives them everything they want in a notebook, including a durable unibody enclosure, an LED-backlit display, a built-in 7-hour battery, a Multi-Touch trackpad, and more.* Buy now

Great reasons to shop Apple.
Custom-build a Mac online.
Add a faster processor, more memory, bigger hard drive, preinstalled software, and more. Only at the Apple Online Store and 1-800-MY-APPLE. Shop Mac
	
Reserve and Pick Up.
Reserve selected Apple products online today and have them ready to pick up and purchase in any Apple Retail Store, December 15 to 24.
	
		
Finance the perfect Mac.
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*Battery life varies by use and configuration. See www.apple.com/batteries for more details.
**This offer is available to qualified U.S. residents and the card is issued by Barclays Bank Delaware. These financing offers are limited to new cardholders. See terms and conditions for more information. The promotional financing offers apply to purchases with the Barclaycard Financing Visa card made at Apple that post to the new account within the first 30 days of account opening.
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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov 17 20:18:36 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:18:36 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Scouting with the iPod Touch - Pocket Universe & Daylight
Message-ID: <6A55F235-E0F7-4638-B572-76CD29CAF7DE@davesevick.com>

http://scoutmaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/scouting-with-the-ipod-touch-pocket-universe.html

Noticed this while listening to an interview on KQV AM Radio this morning.  The Scout leader mentioned the updating of scouting to be more technological these days.

Scout uniforms even have iPod pockets now !

http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/policies/chief-scout-executive-mazzuca-endorses-ipods-for-boy-scouts/








From jeanne at therightsort.com  Wed Nov 18 06:19:35 2009
From: jeanne at therightsort.com (Jeanne Hink)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:19:35 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Air cards
Message-ID: <00cd01ca6851$c6d46b50$547d41f0$@com>

 

 

Dave,

 

As I recall you use an air card to pick up signals from cell phone towers in
order to go online when you're out and about.  

 

Are you still using it?

In your opinion, what service is superior in service, and most cost
effective-- At&T, Verizon or another?  

Can you go online with more than one computer, for example, could I replace
my cable subscription for the three computers in my home and use the air
card?

 

Respectfully yours,

 

Jeanne Hink

TRS Office Productivity Solutions

Certified iPEP Specialist,

Productive Environment Strategist

 

"If you really want to end the paper chase

we'll need to start at your desk."

 

Ending the paper chase in

Western PA and Eastern Ohio

888.998.7678             724.346.3630











 

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From fozard at nauticom.net  Wed Nov 18 07:25:47 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (fozard at nauticom.net)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:25:47 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [NPMUG] "Creation of the Computer" - Humor???  Sacreligious???
Message-ID: <1134.209.195.143.120.1258554347.squirrel@webmail.nauticom.net>


                        The Creation of the Computer

1.  In the beginning G*D created the Bit and the Byte. And from those he
    created the Word.

2.  And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed. And G*D
    separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good.

3.  And G*D said - Let the Data be; And so it happened. And G*D said - Let
    the Data go to their proper places. And he created floppy disks and
    hard disks and compact disks.

4.  And G*D said - Let the computers be, so there would be a place to put
    floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks. Thus G*D created
    computers and called them hardware.

5.  And there was no Software yet. But G*D created programs; small and
    big...  And told them - Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the
    Memory.

6.  And G*D said -I will create the Programmer; And the Programmer will
    make new programs and govern over the computers and programs and Data.

7.  And G*D created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center; And G*D
    showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said You can use all the
    volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows.

8.  And G*D said - It is not Good for the programmer to be alone. He took
    a bone from the Programmer's body and created a creature that would look
    up at the Programmer; and admire the Programmer; and love the things
    the Programmer does; And G*D called the creature: the User.

9.  And the Programmer and the User were left under the naked DOS and it
    was Good.

10. But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of G*D. And Bill
    said to the User - Did G*D really tell you not to run any programs ?

11. And the User answered - G*D told us that we can use every program and
    every piece of Data but told us not to run Windows or we will die.

12. And Bill said to the User - How can you talk about something you did
    not even try. The moment you run Windows you will become equal to G*D.
    You will be able to create anything you like by a simple click of your
    mouse.

13. And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and easier
    to use. And the User saw that any knowledge was useless - since Windows
    could replace it.

14. So the User installed the Windows on his computer; and said to the
    Programmer that it was good.

15. And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. And
    G*D asked him - What are you looking for? And the Programmer answered - I
    am looking for new drivers because I can not find them in the DOS. And
    G*D said - Who told you need drivers? Did you run Windows? And the
    Programmer said - It was Bill who told us to !

16. And G*D said to Bill - Because of what you did you will be hated by all
    the creatures. And the User will always be unhappy with you. And you
    will always sell Windows.

17. And G*D said to the User - Because of what you did, the Windows will
    disappoint you and eat up all your Resources; and you will have to use
    lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers help.

18. And G*D said to the Programmer - Because you listened to the User you
    will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will
    have to fix them and fix them to the end of time.

19. And G*D threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and
    secured it with a password.

20. GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT




From dave at davesevick.com  Wed Nov 18 18:06:59 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:59 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap in Snow Leopard is here
Message-ID: <521E9388-1E64-4C33-98BB-8C98F2092430@davesevick.com>

Hello ScanSnap Snow Leopard subscriber, 

The FineReader for ScanSnap compatibility update for Snow Leopard with ScanSnap S1500M and S510M is now available.  For those that have already updated ScanSnap Manager for Snow Leopard, proceed directly to Step 7; otherwise, follow all the instructions on how to update ScanSnap Manager and FineReader for ScanSnap in the URL below:

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/support/sl_download.html 

Best regards, 

Fujitsu Imaging Group
ScanSnap Sales
BDM Manager- Doug Cripps 815-609-6848
BDM- Derek Flower - 678-455-6416
Inside Sales- 888-425-8228
Tech Support- 800-626-4686 
http://scansnapcommunity.com







From dave at davesevick.com  Thu Nov 19 21:51:49 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:49 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Quick poll of members on user group meeting dates
Message-ID: <AC920B2B-80A0-470B-A2E2-5889F3C2E3F1@davesevick.com>

- NPMUG user group meetings -  

Do you favor the first tuesday or wednesday  of each month for the 7-9PM meetings  ?


1.	Wednesday


2.	Tuesday


3.	Either are fine


4.	Other suggestion


Thanks for your time answering this privately to me ..... PLEASE no public replies to ALL ....

I will report back to the list.





 







From dave at davesevick.com  Fri Nov 20 15:53:26 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:26 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] GOODWILL TAKES NEXT STEP IN MOVE FROM SOUTH SIDE TO
	LAWRENCEVILLE
Message-ID: <93AA5B69-69EE-4037-A51B-34E44DEA952D@davesevick.com>

(( Full Press Release attached as PDF ))

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2009 ? The Board of Directors of Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania has given approval for moving the organization?s headquarters and main client service center from the South Side building it has occupied since 1967 to a two-building business park in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh.

            ?This is another important step in the journey we began two years ago when we determined that modernizing our current building would be much more expensive than moving to another location,? said Michael J. Smith, Goodwill SWPA President/ CEO. ?Earlier this year, we agreed to sell our building at 2600 East Carson Street to Burns & Scalo Real Estate for development as a residential property.

            ?Subsequently, we signed a preliminary lease to own agreement with The Rubinoff Company for what has been known as the 51st Street Business Technology Center in Lawrenceville. The final step, except for the build-out of our new headquarters, will come in January with the closing on the sale of the Carson Street building to Burns & Scalo and the execution of our lease with Rubinoff.?

            Located on 51st Street just off of Butler Street, the Lawrenceville site includes two Class ?A? flex-space buildings with a combined total of about 106,000 square feet. Detailed plans and cost estimates for renovating the two buildings are being developed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm Strada. The move is tentatively scheduled for late 2010.

            In addition to the Carson Street building, Burns & Scalo also will purchase several surrounding lots owned by Goodwill, but the transaction will not include the Goodwill store at 2700 East Carson Street which will remain in operation. 

            ?The Lawrenceville site is a good fit for us,? Mr. Smith said. ?It is easily accessible by public transit for our clients, and when renovated, it will accommodate all our current requirements and foreseen future needs.?





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From dave at davesevick.com  Fri Nov 20 16:46:26 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:26 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Tuesday vs. Wednesday - the votes are in .... TUESDAY WINS !
Message-ID: <582251CE-06F8-422F-A31D-B535B91FAFDA@davesevick.com>

Here are the votes:

Tuesday - 6

Wednesday - 3

Either Day - 14

===========

So for 2010 we will most likely move the meetings to the first Tuesday of each month.

We will be finalizing all the details with MacOutfitters ....

...  and will announce those dates for 2010 soon.





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From radonaldson at mac.com  Fri Nov 20 18:26:16 2009
From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:16 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, November 20
Message-ID: <F0C0F981-B641-497C-81F2-2CFDC61C5EEC@mac.com>

Dear Mac friends:

Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker  
Trainor, Mark Ruppert and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill  
Computer Recycling Center today.

Today's work just sort of crept up on us. Dave and Mark spent an hour  
winding their way through the maze of outgoing Goodwill product that  
clogged the space awaiting a truck pickup to bring several cart loads  
of iMacs from the basement. They were in excellent condition, ad  
before we knew it, we refurbished 22 Macs by the close of the day.

This brings our all-time total to 2,272. We also re-imaged two from  
store returns, and de-manufactured just one G3 Tower.

You've probably seen Dave's post of Goodwill's announcement of  
acquiring a new, larger location in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville  
neighborhood. The details aren't set in stone, but if they go  
thorough, we expect to be moving, yet again, in the later half of  
2010. Ironically, the new location is just four blocks from Goodwill  
Computer Recycling Center's former Lawrenceville location.

The construction on Carson St. at the Goodwill building is almost  
complete. The Carson St., sidewalk in front of the ComputerWorks store  
is open again, and the front entrance is again usable.

Our workday schedule for the coming holiday season is this:

Friday, November 27: No
Friday, December 4: Yes
Friday, December 11: No
Friday, December 18: No
Friday, December 25: No
Friday, January 1: No
Friday, January 8: Yes

That's just one workday remaining this year. Hope to see you there!

Robert A. Donaldson
radonaldson at mac.com
(H) 412-922-3303
(M) 412-477-9188


From dave at davesevick.com  Sat Nov 21 01:31:59 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:31:59 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] PG+ .... A review by Janet Balas on the new Pittsburgh Post
	Gazette service
Message-ID: <BC6A78A9-10AC-4898-BFE9-BFFAA9CB6C67@davesevick.com>

Janet Balas review:

http://pghmac.com/iWeb/Mac_Online_Treasures/Entries/2009/11/5_PG%2B%2C_by_Janet_Balas.html


Pittsburgh Post Gazette link to the new service:

More Insight
More Access
More Perks

http://www.post-gazette.com/plus/



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From dave at davesevick.com  Sat Nov 21 02:00:16 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:16 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] 1Password version 3 released - an excellent app for
	managing passwords - Snow Leopard compatible
Message-ID: <1B538FDF-0E0B-4A2E-9729-702A9281C9CB@davesevick.com>

MacWorld review:

http://www.macworld.com/article/143947/2009/11/1password3_official.html?lsrc=rss_news

Agile Web Solutions site:

http://agile.ws/products/1Password


P.S.  I give this app my highest recommendation.






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From dave at davesevick.com  Sun Nov 22 11:14:01 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:14:01 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] The iPhone and Beer Story ( recalling the "Junior Mint",
	very refreshing )
Message-ID: <A4D2E45F-A680-4934-96D6-3F819423B973@davesevick.com>

Many years ago one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes was the " Junior Mint" episode where Kramer fumbles little chocolate mint candies in his hand and allows them to spill out  over a surgery observation deck watching an operation.   

Last night I was at a birthday party/family bowling event at the excellent Paradise Island Bowl & Beach on Neville Island.

My 32GB iPhoneGS, as always, is a big attention getter for those who have never seen or used an Apple iPhone.  This night at the bowling alley was no different.

As the cool device passed around the table is was accidentally fumbled ( much like Kramer and the Junior Mints ) and flopped right into a pitcher of beer.

The room froze.  Several people looked on in shock as my iPhoneGS bobbed in the pitcher of Bud Light.

My brother-in-law dove into the beer with a nervous fist and grasped the drenched iPhone.  Immediate shaking and drying and blowing and blotting and everything .... all happened in super-slow-motion as I watched the impending traumatic death of my dear smartphone.

-------------- Fast forward to an hour later---------
My brother-in-law has apologized every 5 seconds repeatedly .... 
....  we found the iPhone still working and looking good.

Yet some issues were evident:

1.  The iPhone kept giving and error message that "charging is not allowed ...." even though I was not charging it.  Probably fluid shorting-out the power port.

2.  "NO SIM" was showing in the upper left corner where the AT&T signal strength would normally show.  The Airport menu worked and wireless was OK.  Probably fluid shorting-out the SIM slot.

3.  The ringer volume was going up and down on it's own.  Probably fluid shorting-out the volume control.

That was enough for me to know that an Apple Store visit was necessary.  I know that I could use desiccant packets and boxes of rice and bounty towels and so many more home remedies to dry out the phone ... but all of these require opening up the iPhone to really get all the fluid exposed ...  and thus voiding the warranty.  And physical damage is just not covered by Apple.  Apple techs remind me that on opening an iPhone ( which you should not do ... unless you have an Apple Self Service Account  )  you'll disconnect three critical cables  .....  and that the common "rice" remedy can allow the newly wet rice to expand in the earphone and power adapter slots ... and that is a non-reversable clogging of those ports ....the ports that you seek to draw moisture from ....

-------------- Fast forward to Sunday Nov 22, the next morning---------

I logged onto the Apple Shadyside site and booked a genius bar appointment  for  12:20PM

1.  Arrived at 11:45AM to sign in early .... and got seen in order.  By the way, I counted 23 Apple staff in the store on the floor .... 23 !  I'm not sure how many were in the back !

2.  "Iral" was the tech who helped me.  She used a Dr. Mom Otoscope to look closely at the ports.  Service was quick, professional and excellent.

3.  We found multiple problems with the ports and she is aware that it did have a "beer bath" last night  ... so I need a new phone !    $199 for the new iPhone ( actually refurbished with new outside case )  ... $212.93 total with tax.

3.  New iPhoneGS was connected and my settings settings restored via iTunes sync.

It is now 12:50 PM and I'm out the door and in good shape.

Lessons learned ... this has been a good day ... and Apple Shadyside rocks !





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From charles.snyder at gmail.com  Sun Nov 22 11:47:32 2009
From: charles.snyder at gmail.com (Charles)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:47:32 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] The iPhone and Beer Story ( recalling the "Junior Mint",
	very refreshing )
In-Reply-To: <A4D2E45F-A680-4934-96D6-3F819423B973@davesevick.com>
References: <A4D2E45F-A680-4934-96D6-3F819423B973@davesevick.com>
Message-ID: <1EF2B0CC-2431-47EC-AC59-02AB47891579@gmail.com>

Ouch Dave!   You didn't proceed to cry right away?  :)

Question - how did ya get an iPhone without signing a new contract?

  iPhone

On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Dave Sevick <dave at davesevick.com> wrote:

> Many years ago one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes was the " Junior  
> Mint" episode where Kramer fumbles little chocolate mint candies in  
> his hand and allows them to spill out  over a surgery observation  
> deck watching an operation.
>
> Last night I was at a birthday party/family bowling event at the  
> excellent Paradise Island Bowl & Beach on Neville Island.
>
> My 32GB iPhoneGS, as always, is a big attention getter for those who  
> have never seen or used an Apple iPhone.  This night at the bowling  
> alley was no different.
>
> As the cool device passed around the table is was accidentally  
> fumbled ( much like Kramer and the Junior Mints ) and flopped right  
> into a pitcher of beer.
>
> The room froze.  Several people looked on in shock as my iPhoneGS  
> bobbed in the pitcher of Bud Light.
>
> My brother-in-law dove into the beer with a nervous fist and grasped  
> the drenched iPhone.  Immediate shaking and drying and blowing and  
> blotting and everything .... all happened in super-slow-motion as I  
> watched the impending traumatic death of my dear smartphone.
>
> -------------- Fast forward to an hour later---------
> My brother-in-law has apologized every 5 seconds repeatedly ....
> ....  we found the iPhone still working and looking good.
>
> Yet some issues were evident:
>
> 1.  The iPhone kept giving and error message that "charging is not  
> allowed ...." even though I was not charging it.  Probably fluid  
> shorting-out the power port.
>
> 2.  "NO SIM" was showing in the upper left corner where the AT&T  
> signal strength would normally show.  The Airport menu worked and  
> wireless was OK.  Probably fluid shorting-out the SIM slot.
>
> 3.  The ringer volume was going up and down on it's own.  Probably  
> fluid shorting-out the volume control.
>
> That was enough for me to know that an Apple Store visit was  
> necessary.  I know that I could use desiccant packets and boxes of  
> rice and bounty towels and so many more home remedies to dry out the  
> phone ... but all of these require opening up the iPhone to really  
> get all the fluid exposed ...  and thus voiding the warranty.  And  
> physical damage is just not covered by Apple.  Apple techs remind me  
> that on opening an iPhone ( which you should not do ... unless you  
> have an Apple Self Service Account  )  you'll disconnect three  
> critical cables  .....  and that the common "rice" remedy can allow  
> the newly wet rice to expand in the earphone and power adapter  
> slots ... and that is a non-reversable clogging of those  
> ports ....the ports that you seek to draw moisture from ....
>
> -------------- Fast forward to Sunday Nov 22, the next  
> morning---------
>
> I logged onto the Apple Shadyside site and booked a genius bar  
> appointment  for  12:20PM
>
> 1.  Arrived at 11:45AM to sign in early .... and got seen in order.   
> By the way, I counted 23 Apple staff in the store on the floor ....  
> 23 !  I'm not sure how many were in the back !
>
> 2.  "Iral" was the tech who helped me.  She used a Dr. Mom Otoscope  
> to look closely at the ports.  Service was quick, professional and  
> excellent.
>
> 3.  We found multiple problems with the ports and she is aware that  
> it did have a "beer bath" last night  ... so I need a new phone !     
> $199 for the new iPhone ( actually refurbished with new outside  
> case )  ... $212.93 total with tax.
>
> 3.  New iPhoneGS was connected and my settings settings restored via  
> iTunes sync.
>
> It is now 12:50 PM and I'm out the door and in good shape.
>
> Lessons learned ... this has been a good day ... and Apple Shadyside  
> rocks !
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NPMUG mailing list
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From wtjames at mac.com  Sun Nov 22 12:23:35 2009
From: wtjames at mac.com (Bill James)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:23:35 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] The iPhone and Beer Story ( recalling the "Junior Mint",
 very refreshing )
In-Reply-To: <A4D2E45F-A680-4934-96D6-3F819423B973@davesevick.com>
References: <A4D2E45F-A680-4934-96D6-3F819423B973@davesevick.com>
Message-ID: <C077A4B3-2BDC-408C-9D58-03C221AABC07@mac.com>

I hope your brother in law bight you beers all night!

Bill James

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Dave Sevick <dave at davesevick.com> wrote:

> Many years ago one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes was the " Junior  
> Mint" episode where Kramer fumbles little chocolate mint candies in  
> his hand and allows them to spill out  over a surgery observation  
> deck watching an operation.
>
> Last night I was at a birthday party/family bowling event at the  
> excellent Paradise Island Bowl & Beach on Neville Island.
>
> My 32GB iPhoneGS, as always, is a big attention getter for those who  
> have never seen or used an Apple iPhone.  This night at the bowling  
> alley was no different.
>
> As the cool device passed around the table is was accidentally  
> fumbled ( much like Kramer and the Junior Mints ) and flopped right  
> into a pitcher of beer.
>
> The room froze.  Several people looked on in shock as my iPhoneGS  
> bobbed in the pitcher of Bud Light.
>
> My brother-in-law dove into the beer with a nervous fist and grasped  
> the drenched iPhone.  Immediate shaking and drying and blowing and  
> blotting and everything .... all happened in super-slow-motion as I  
> watched the impending traumatic death of my dear smartphone.
>
> -------------- Fast forward to an hour later---------
> My brother-in-law has apologized every 5 seconds repeatedly ....
> ....  we found the iPhone still working and looking good.
>
> Yet some issues were evident:
>
> 1.  The iPhone kept giving and error message that "charging is not  
> allowed ...." even though I was not charging it.  Probably fluid  
> shorting-out the power port.
>
> 2.  "NO SIM" was showing in the upper left corner where the AT&T  
> signal strength would normally show.  The Airport menu worked and  
> wireless was OK.  Probably fluid shorting-out the SIM slot.
>
> 3.  The ringer volume was going up and down on it's own.  Probably  
> fluid shorting-out the volume control.
>
> That was enough for me to know that an Apple Store visit was  
> necessary.  I know that I could use desiccant packets and boxes of  
> rice and bounty towels and so many more home remedies to dry out the  
> phone ... but all of these require opening up the iPhone to really  
> get all the fluid exposed ...  and thus voiding the warranty.  And  
> physical damage is just not covered by Apple.  Apple techs remind me  
> that on opening an iPhone ( which you should not do ... unless you  
> have an Apple Self Service Account  )  you'll disconnect three  
> critical cables  .....  and that the common "rice" remedy can allow  
> the newly wet rice to expand in the earphone and power adapter  
> slots ... and that is a non-reversable clogging of those  
> ports ....the ports that you seek to draw moisture from ....
>
> -------------- Fast forward to Sunday Nov 22, the next  
> morning---------
>
> I logged onto the Apple Shadyside site and booked a genius bar  
> appointment  for  12:20PM
>
> 1.  Arrived at 11:45AM to sign in early .... and got seen in order.   
> By the way, I counted 23 Apple staff in the store on the floor ....  
> 23 !  I'm not sure how many were in the back !
>
> 2.  "Iral" was the tech who helped me.  She used a Dr. Mom Otoscope  
> to look closely at the ports.  Service was quick, professional and  
> excellent.
>
> 3.  We found multiple problems with the ports and she is aware that  
> it did have a "beer bath" last night  ... so I need a new phone !     
> $199 for the new iPhone ( actually refurbished with new outside  
> case )  ... $212.93 total with tax.
>
> 3.  New iPhoneGS was connected and my settings settings restored via  
> iTunes sync.
>
> It is now 12:50 PM and I'm out the door and in good shape.
>
> Lessons learned ... this has been a good day ... and Apple Shadyside  
> rocks !
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NPMUG mailing list
> NPMUG at davesevick.com
> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug
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From dave at davesevick.com  Sun Nov 22 17:57:22 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:57:22 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Reminder to NOT attempt to "jailbreak" your iPhone ....
	hacking is becoming an issue ...
Message-ID: <3949C1D6-875C-4F22-A3E1-5B46838184B2@davesevick.com>

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/23/lightning-strikes-iphone-malware-malicious/

Lightning strikes again: iPhone malware gets truly malicious


Two weeks ago I reported on Ikee, the world's first iPhone worm which was spreading between jailbroken devices in Australia, replacing wallpaper with an image of Rick Astley.

As Chet reports on his blog, this weekend has seen the discovery of a new variant of the Ikee iPhone worm.

However, the important thing to realise about this new version of the worm is that it is reported to be much more malicious in intent.

The new worm is similar to the original Ikee worm (and the recently discovered iPhone hacking tool) in so much as it only infects jailbroken iPhones, where users have installed OpenSSH and not changed the default password ("alpine").

However, it is much more serious than the original Ikee worm because it is not limited to infecting iPhone users in Australia, and appears to be designed to steal information from users accessing online banking sites via their iPhone.

Two weeks is all it took for a jokey Rick Astley worm to be adapted into something apparently designed to steal money from innocent users.

Some may have thought that the Ikee iPhone worm was a one-off. Some people might have imagined that lightning wouldn't strike iPhones more than once - but they were wrong. And one thing is certain - you can be sure that if hackers find they can make money out of poorly-secured jailbroken iPhones, they will continue to attack them.

So the (rhetorical) question for Clu-blog readers is this - do you still feel the author of the original Ikee worm did iPhone users a favour? After all, it was him who released the source code of the Ikee worm, and gave the authors of this latest financially-motivated variant the template for infection.

We'll publish more information about this latest example of iPhone malware as it becomes available. In the meantime, if you have a jailbroken iPhone it might make sense to ensure that you have changed the default password.



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From shelley at shelleylipton.com  Sun Nov 22 20:37:14 2009
From: shelley at shelleylipton.com (Shelley Lipton)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:37:14 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] dropped iPhone
Message-ID: <6B1BF74A-B586-49CE-BC3C-A064304A6EB9@shelleylipton.com>

The story of Dave's iPhone dropped in beer reminded me of an  
experience I had a couple of weeks ago.  I was traveling in my car,  
going about 50 mph down the Boulevard when something made a funny  
sound on my roof and from my rear view mirror I saw a brief flash of  
color.  Startled, I realized that I forgot my phone on the roof of my  
car and that the sound was my phone flipping off and the flash I saw  
was the phone falling.   Earlier, I had placed the phone on my roof  
while I was loading my car and forgot it there.  I had traveled a few  
miles before it actually fell off.  I was able to make a quick u-turn  
and found the phone.  Luckily, it was Sunday morning and traffic  
wasn't too heavy.  Thanks to my Agent 18 iPhone case, the phone was  
perfectly protected.  No scratches or dents, and it has been working  
well!
This is a first generation iphone, bought on the first day of iphone  
sales, purchased within the first 10 minutes of availability.  I guess  
we were meant to be together a little longer and I am happy for that.
shelley

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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov 24 05:54:09 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:09 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] This Friday: Our biggest shopping event of the year at Apple
Message-ID: <E81A0943-7B79-4370-A262-AE7DA3E85FE8@davesevick.com>

Shop Online     |     Find a Store     |     1-800-854-3680


		


	

Shopping event is available at the Apple Online Store and 1-800-MY-APPLE only on November 27 from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. PST. Select offers also available at U.S. Apple Retail Stores; not all sale products available in all stores. Sale prices are limited to stock on hand and while supplies last.
TM and copyright ? 2009 Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, MS 83-DM, Cupertino, CA 95014.
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From barbara.mitchell28 at verizon.net  Tue Nov 24 11:30:44 2009
From: barbara.mitchell28 at verizon.net (Barbara Mitchell)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:30:44 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] anyone notice
Message-ID: <57EE52CB-1ACB-4F80-ACCF-6C75012F50DF@verizon.net>

how much the Verizon spots are similar to the Mac ads?



You're never alone with a bar of chocolate.




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From dave at davesevick.com  Tue Nov 24 12:35:53 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:35:53 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] An Evening with WQED's Rick Sebak
Message-ID: <EB0AD3B3-816F-4F48-A790-A40622579AB7@davesevick.com>


 
 
Calvary United Methodist Church presents?
An Evening with Rick Sebak
 
Sunday, December 13th
4:00-6:00 PM
Calvary United Methodist Church ? 971 Beech Avenue
Pittsburgh's North Side
Tickets:  $10 for adults, $5 for students
(Student discount offer ? buy 5 tickets, get 1 free!)
To reserve your tickets, call (412) 231-2007
 
WQED's producer, writer and narrator of unusual documentaries will share
his experiences about the documentary production process, talk about his
favorite moments, people and places from his local and national  programs,
and answer some of your questions.  Rick will also be asking the audience
some trivia questions, for a chance to win one of his DVDs. After the
presentation, join us for a light reception and an opportunity to meet Rick.
 
Free childcare available during the event, with fun activities for the children.
Call today to reserve your tickets  (412) 231-2007
For more information, visit our website at www.calvarypgh.com
 
 
 
 

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From fozard at nauticom.net  Tue Nov 24 12:49:01 2009
From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:49:01 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Computers
Message-ID: <4B0C38AD.5050809@nauticom.net>

 From a doctor friend who is a "MAC" person:


A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike 
English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
 
'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
 
A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two 
groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves
whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group 
was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the 
feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:
 
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is 
incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for 
possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending 
half your paycheck on accessories for it.


The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine 
('el computador'), because:
 
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
 
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they 
ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a 
little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won.


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From dave at davesevick.com  Wed Nov 25 19:21:41 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:21:41 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] MacOutfitters News: Black Friday Sale (and Saturday too!)
Message-ID: <4C425366-D789-4E96-9765-14938B8A5910@davesevick.com>

View this message in a browser.
 	




					 	
	
Get Free Stuff with every new Mac at MacOutfitters!

Dear Dave, 

Avoid the mall with MacOutfitters Black Friday Sale. Except it lasts for two days at MacOutfitters! That's right, we do Saturday, too! 

Special savings on ALL Apple products 
Free Mac Video Training with every computer purchase 
Free laptop sleeve with every notebook computer 
Great savings on lots of other great products from Filemaker, Logitech, Wacom, 3M, LaCie, HP and more! 

Click here on Friday morning to download all specials! 

Store Hours 
Cranberry Twp and Doylestown: 
Friday 9 am - 8 pm 
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm 

Downtown Pittsburgh, Oxford Centre 
Friday 10 am - 6 pm 
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm 
Special Saturday Hours now through Dec. 

We have something for everyone on your list! Have a Happy Thanksgiving and we look forward to seeing you this weekend. 


	   		
	
It's "Mac Friday" at MacOutfitters... and Saturday too!


Our Pre-Holiday Sale was such a hit, we're doing it again! This weekend you'll find everything you need for the good boys and girls on your list. We have stock of all the most popular Macs, at great sale pricing. Check our website Friday morning for a downloadable PDF with all our specials. But don't wait, these deals expire Sat. Nov. 28. 

Plus, with every computer purchase you can SAVE $100* on the popular HP C4780 All-In-One wireless printer (reg. $129.95). You also get a FREE 'Quickstart Your Mac' disk from Mac Video Training (reg. $40) with every Mac. And get a FREE Brenthaven or Tucano sleeve with every new Mac notebook computer. 

Support your locally-owned, independent Apple store this year! Avoid the mall on Black Friday, there's no need to get up before the sun, and you still get all the best gifts for everyone on your list...including you! 

*HP printer pricing is after $60 mail-in rebate and $40 Instant Rebate. 
Enjoy Instant Rebates on the video training and the laptop sleeve! 





	


	


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From dave at davesevick.com  Wed Nov 25 19:36:48 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:36:48 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Extraordinary show to see on Thanksgiving night - CNN
	Heroes - 9-11PM
Message-ID: <4A98587A-98A7-4E31-A5CE-C0A3ACBB01CA@davesevick.com>

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/index.html

The stories of human caring and outreach that are moving, relevant and inspiring.

The 2008 special was fantastic.  These are ordinary people doing extraordinary deeds.

And Happy Thanksgiving .....

Dave

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From dave at davesevick.com  Wed Nov 25 20:26:44 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:26:44 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Zimbabwe shipping container with 50 Apple computers ... on
	it's way !
Message-ID: <06CEC887-0B52-4E43-9545-E23431A2FE18@davesevick.com>

Brother's Brother collects medical supplies for Zimbabwe

By Tony LaRussa
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_654799.html

For one local church, finding a way to help needy people in Africa has become a personal mission.

Three years ago, the 2,500-member Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park founded The Nyadire Connection to improve the lives of people in the region of Nyadire, Zimbabwe. Since then, it has grown to include dozens of churches and organizations in the region.

On Tuesday, workers at the Brother's Brother Foundation warehouse in the North Side filled a 40-foot trailer with an estimated $300,000 worth of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and other supplies destined for Nyadire.

"We found that sometimes people's eyes glazed over when you start to talk about helping Africa," said Drew Harvey, chairman of The Nyadire Connection and a retired Alcoa executive from Mt. Lebanon. "The need there is so great that people here can become disconnected to the relief effort."

Team members who make subsequent trips during the year return with photographs to verify that supplies have been delivered, Harvey said. The Nyadire Connection organizes two shipments a year.

The Bethel Park church first got involved in relief work for Zimbabwe in 2001 when the global United Methodist Church issued an appeal for help for the African nation.

While the focus of relief has been Nyadire's 150-bed hospital, the The Nyadire Connection's members also are sponsoring orphaned children and assisting with the operation of nursing and teaching colleges.

Along with medical supplies, the latest shipment will include 5,000 books donated by Half Price Books to stock a community library, as well as items for a nursery school donated by Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair.

The shipment, due to arrive in Africa in May, also includes an operating table and a dental X-ray machine.

"We'll be replacing an operating table that they've had since 1932," Harvey said. "It's frozen at an angle, which means whenever they operate they have to use a car seatbelt to strap the patient in."

In addition to shipping the supplies for Nyadire, Brother's Brother will send medical and other supplies to Jamaica, Honduras, Kenya, Nicaragua and Senegal for other relief efforts.

"There's great satisfaction knowing that a mother will sleep better tonight because her baby got the medicine he needs," said Karen Dempsey, vice president of development for Brother's Brother.


http://www.brothersbrother.org

http://www.nyadire.org/


L-R:
Sue Bowers - RN -  Nurse Team Member for The Nyadire Connection
Luke Hingson - President of Brother's Brother Foundation
Drew Harvey - Team Leader of The Nyadire Connection


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From dave at davesevick.com  Thu Nov 26 10:16:55 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:16:55 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] ars technica does a detailed review of " Parallels 5 for
	Mac "
Message-ID: <CA793D3C-C5D0-434F-93B5-B351D1BB1812@davesevick.com>

The counter-punch: a review of Parallels Desktop 5
Version 5 of the popular Mac virtualization package, Parallels Desktop, has hit the streets, and Ars puts it through its paces. Gaming performance, Windows 7, content creation, Linux?it's all here, plus the inevitable comparisons to the most recent VMware Fusion release.

By Dave Girard | Last updated November 24, 2009 8:05 AM

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/parallels-desktop-5-review.ars/1

<<< clipped here and fast forward to conclusion by this arstechnica writer >>>

Conclusion
Parallels Desktop 5 should hopefully put Parallels' management at a crossroads, because it's clear they value a deadline that coincides with Windows 7's release more than quality and stability. I think this release might be as bad as version 4's was, and that was the gold standard for software that didn't work like it should have. Parallels is getting good at releasing feature-complete software that has problems at every turn?in other words, beta software. It would be easy to recommend version 5 for all the amazing things that separates it from the competition, but not one of the new features worked flawlessly when tested. OpenGL in Linux, Aero, Crystal mode and even the MacLook theme failed to load at one point. If this continues, you'll see more and more Parallels users jumping ship, and I know it's happening already. Let's hope it doesn't take a dwindling user base for Parallels to start releasing products worthy of consumption, ? la QuarkXPress.

Good
Speedy launching and resuming (still)
8-core support (still)
Multi-monitor fullscreen support
Best OpenGL VM implementation in Windows XP (still)
Bad
Extremely buggy across the board
Crystal mode is buggy
Install process still needs polishing
Linux installer assistant creates broken user accounts
Windows Aero glitches
Windows 7 drivers not usable for 3D and games
Linux OpenGL has problems
Mac OS X 10.6 Server doesn't work in my experience
Ugly
Another buggy launch release for Parallels Desktop


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From dave at davesevick.com  Fri Nov 27 23:50:53 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:50:53 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] "My Passport Essential SE" by Western Digital - 750 GB -
	USB 2.0 drives for Mac
Message-ID: <F6A1B592-432E-4E5E-8697-7100570EAA46@davesevick.com>

The "My Passport Essential SE"  one of my favorite drives recently.  They are USB 2.0 , similar in size to an iPhone, and a great value at $149 for 750GB.

One thing that irked me however was the inability to turn off the special Virtual CD "feature" that mounts a "WD SmartWare" Virtual CD image on your Desktop any time you connect the USB drive to your Mac. Here is the utility and specific instructions to fix the issue and get the Virtual CD to go away:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdsmartwareutilitiesmac

The backup software that ships with this drive called "WD SmartWare" is useful and worth a look!  Easy to setup with a detailed Mac User Manual.

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btw .... similar issues were recently corrected with the "U3" auto-mount when you use "SanDisk Cruzer" brand thumb drives ..... now allowing you to remove that annoying and useless disk image with this utility: 
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/826


Dave





From dave at davesevick.com  Sat Nov 28 08:21:10 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:21:10 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?What_If_Steve_Jobs_Hadn=92t_Returned_To_?=
 =?windows-1252?q?Apple_In_1997=3F?=
Message-ID: <186192C1-A8A0-4827-B0A5-630E8BB42DCD@davesevick.com>

( many thanks to Diana Greenberg for finding this excellent article and passing it on to us )   

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/26/steve-jobs-apple-1997/

What If Steve Jobs Hadn?t Returned To Apple In 1997?

by Michael Arrington on November 26, 2009

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Traditionally we take stock of the things that we?re thankful for on this day each year. And I realized that one of those things is Steve Jobs. I?m thankful that he returned to Apple in 1997 and did the things he has done since. It wasn?t at all a certainty that he would ever return to the company that he cofounded two decades earlier. In fact, it was only luck and coincidence that pushed him back there.

It was late December 1996. I was an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the largest and most well known law firm in Silicon Valley. I?d fought for my job there, and I was lucky to be in a small group of lawyers that worked on some of the hottest deals at the firm ? Netscape public financings and acquisitions, Pixar?s corporate deals with Disney, and NeXT Software, among others. Steve Jobs ran Pixar and NeXT, and whenever he did something that needed a law firm, he called my boss. Well, my boss? boss ? Larry Sonsini.

That month Larry got a call. Steve was going to try to sell NeXT Software to Apple. He?d presented to the Apple board of directors, and his characteristic anti-charm won them over. They?d shortly pay about $400 million to get NeXT, with Steve Jobs returning to Apple as an advisor. It wasn?t long before he took the CEO job and started a more than decade-long run of hit products that have disrupted the computer, music, television, movie and telecommunication industries.

We worked night and day on that deal for six straight days, barely leaving the office and usually sleeping on the floor under our desks. When we were done, one of the partners drove me over to Steve?s house to get his final signature on the documents I remember stuttering in his presence about my first computer, an Apple II+. A few days later Steve left me a voicemail about an administrative issue. I saved that voicemail for years, until I left the firm. It was, all in all, a formative moment for me.

And even today, not that many people fully realize how unlikely it was that the deal would ever happen. Apple was also negotiating with Jean-Louis Gass?e to acquire his company, Be Inc. Be?s operating system BeOS was probably a better product fit with Apple than NeXT. Apple offered a rumored $200 million for Be, but Gass?e held out for far more. And so Apple went with Jobs at the last minute.

Here?s what the NeXT Software website showed immediately after the announcement:


What if Apple had bought Be, and Steve never returned to Apple? What would the company, and our world, look like today?

Apple Then, Apple Now

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple the company had just completed a fiscal year where they lost about $1 billion on $7 billion in revenue. The company was worth about $4 billion. Rivals like HP and Dell were worth about $62 billion and $8 billion, respectively.

Today Apple is worth a staggering $184 billion on revenues of $36.5 billion and net income of $8 billion. The company is now worth far more than HP and Dell combined. Hewlett Packard is worth just $119 billion, and Dell is worth $28 billion. You could throw another Dell in there and Apple would still be worth more.

In 1997 Apple had a snoozy product line that included the ill-fated Newton, the Performa, the Power Macintosh, the PowerBook a bunch of printers and a few servers.

User dependence on desktop software meant that only the very loyal or the very strange used Apple?s products. Everyone else wanted a common desktop platform.

Fast Forward to today. Apple has the sexiest products in the business: iMacs, Macbooks, iPhones, iPods and more. Even the Mac Mini has a place in my home, powering my television.

In the last three months of this last year alone, Apple sold 3 million Macs, 10 million iPods and 7.4 million iPhones.

But the hardware isn?t even the start of what Apple has done in the last 12 years. They?ve accelerated the pace of change in the music, film and television industries as well with the iPod and iTunes. And they?ve redefined the mobile phone with the iPhone.

If Gass?e, or anyone else, had become the CEO of Apple back in 1997, how many of these products would exist today? Would Apple have ever made the first iPod, entering into an already saturated MP3 player market in the beginning of this decade? How likely would the iPhone have been? And next year we?ll see an Apple Tabletcomputer. Does anyone think anyone but Steve Jobs would have pushed that product to market?

I don?t think any of those products would have launched. Or if they did they would have been as notable as the MP3 players and phones launched by competitors like Dell and HP. Quick, who can name any of those products? Who?s owned one?

Our World Without Steve Jobs At Apple

Fortune recently named Steve Jobs the CEO of the Decade, and with good reason. Not only has Apple performed financially ? it?s worth about as much as Google, and has a larger market cap than AT&T, HP, Intel, Dell and countless other huge tech companies.

But forget all that. What would our world look like without him? We?d likely still be in mobile phone hell. Chances are we still wouldn?t have a decent browsing experience on the phone, and we certainly wouldn?t be enjoying third party apps like Pandora or Skype on whatever clunker the carriers handed us. Even if you use an Android, Palm Pre or newer Blackberry today, you must thank Apple for pushing open the doors to mobile freedom. Think back to the phone you had in 2006, and then tell me you don?t love Apple for the iPhone alone (yes, I?ve moved on, but theiPhone was the genesis).

Steve Jobs was also the man who talked the major music labels into dropping DRM. He nearly single-handedly disrupted the entire industry. And it?s amazing how many laptops and desktops today mimic the look and feel of Macbooks and iMacs.

Apple certainly hasn?t done everything right (MobileMe comes to mind, and I have had nothing but trouble with the Macbook Air). And their stance on the iPhone is irritating and, well, sorta evil.

But all of that?s ok. Because without Steve Jobs? Apple the world would be a less colorful place. The man is a living legend and deserves his place in history. This Thanksgiving, Steve Jobs is one of the things that I?m thankful for. And I bet you are too.


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From ronladams7 at gmail.com  Sat Nov 28 17:56:26 2009
From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams)
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:56:26 -0700
Subject: [NPMUG] Steve Wozniak: How I Invented the Personal Computer
Message-ID: <A5A08F7C-41D6-4C16-B3C3-8EB38D31F44B@gmail.com>


http://fora.tv/2006/09/26/Steve_Wozniak#Steve_Wozniak_Remembers_Building_the_First_Apple

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From patrick at cranstoninc.com  Sat Nov 28 19:27:11 2009
From: patrick at cranstoninc.com (Patrick Cranston)
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:27:11 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Free Apple Special Event - Dec 12th
Message-ID: <3EF23397-A6E2-4C39-9051-F9F5ED83FB39@cranstoninc.com>

Cranston IT in association with the NPMUG is pleased to announce a  
Special Event with Apple Systems Engineer Dave Marra on Dec 12th at  
1:30pm at our training center in Robinson Twp.

Join us at this event to discover all the great new features in Snow  
Leoard.

Get all the details and register here:  http://www.cranstonit.com/event

Space is limited so registration is required.


Patrick Cranston
Cranston Consulting, Inc.
888-813-5558
www.CranstonIT.com
patrick at cranstonit.com

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loss again!
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From dave at davesevick.com  Sun Nov 29 17:29:26 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:29:26 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Meetings and Leopards and Bears,
	Oh My !  - December 2009 Meetings and Events
Message-ID: <E4161D11-13AB-41A3-85B6-D7138245730E@davesevick.com>

Tuesday Dec 1, 2009     NPMUG Meeting
7-8:30PM* at MacOutfitters in Cranberry Twp.

51st and 52nd Street in Lawrenceville -  a closer look at where recycling computers for Goodwill may go

Dec 12 Dave Marra to speak at CranstonIT in Robinson Twp. - a preview

PghMac updates - several new consultants added

Nyadire, Africa and the Brother's Brother Foundation - the story

VSee and GATR - two new technologies in use for humanitarian causes

Angie's List - how it works

Password generators - how to create secure passwords that are readable and useful

"Talk to the Hand"  - an iMovie/iDVD production by a local 6 y/o

Verizon MiFi - an update after once month's use

WD Passport Elite 750GB USB - a review of the hardware and software

Featured Snow Leopard improvements:

Expose
Dock

Featured iPhone Productivity Apps:

GetHuman
Navigon
TomTom
Camera Genius
Google Earth
PNC Mobile
Weight Watchers Mobile
Logos Bible Software
DocsToGo
Walmart

*No nightcap - for this Tuesday Dec 1 .... Meeting will end promptly at  8:30PM to allow everyone to get home for the President's Afghanistan speech to the nation.

http://pghmac.com  for more details and directions


Reminder -  Thursday Dec 3 - COWMUG Meeting in Monroeville 7-9PM

Reminder - Friday Dec 4 - Goodwill recycling work day 8:30AM - 4PM

Reminder - Saturday Dec 5 - Hosanna Gift Giving 8AM - 12noon

Reminder - Saturday Dec 12 - Dave Marra at Cranston IT for Snow Leopard event  1:30 PM

















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From dave at davesevick.com  Mon Nov 30 09:15:03 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:15:03 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Tuesday nights in 2010 ... the new NPMUG meeting night !
Message-ID: <1ACF1B65-1BD3-4D50-804E-84F901456B5E@davesevick.com>

2010 Tuesday night meeting dates for the NPMUG are finalized.  

All meetings 7-9 PM on the first TUESDAY of each month at MacOutfitters in Cranberry Twp.

Please mark your calendars.

Jan 5
Feb 2
Mar 2
Apr 6
May 4
Jun 1
Jul 6
Aug 3
Sep 7
Oct 5
Nov 2
Dec 7

Note that some dates may be changed throughout the year for special events.  

We'll keep you up to date via listserve email notices and the front page of http://pghmac.com

P.S.  Hope to see you all at the Dec 1 meeting tomorrow night .....


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Apple Recycling at Goodwill of Southwestern PA
Apple Outreach with Hosanna Industries
Apple User Groups from the Pittsburgh area
PGHMAC.COM website by Tucker Trainor

Dave Sevick and Bob Donaldson
dave at davesevick.com - 724-779-0099
radonaldson at mac.com - 412-477-9188
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Peter Carras and Marty Swartz
pcarras+PAUGC1 at pitt.edu - 724-327-5870
marty.swartz at gmail.com - 412-818-8096

As  Apple users in Pittsburgh, we are taking local action
to keep the environment free from e-waste .....
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From dave at davesevick.com  Mon Nov 30 09:20:31 2009
From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:20:31 -0500
Subject: [NPMUG] Discount cards for Apple stores and MacOutfitters
Message-ID: <F4FCE1B4-9C8A-4613-9AE5-260FC5C0FC3B@davesevick.com>

1.  Renew your $25 support of the Apple Users Groups with a membership renewal. We will add one full year to your expiration date.

2.  Begin your $25 support of the Apple Users Groups with a new membership for $25 to cover one year.

A  membership card is printed on a quality white credit card with a dye-sublimation showing your ability to buy:

Apple products at 5% off
Non-Apple products at 10% off 

Only in person with the card in hand at:

Apple Store Shadyside
Apple Store South Hills Village
MacOutfitters of Cranberry
MacOutfitters of One Oxford Center

Thanks again for the support ....

Please check your cards for the expiration dates.

Email me if you have any questions.

You can renew your card by mailing in a check for $25 .... good for one more year.

Thanks,

Dave



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