by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 New Subjects Added to Cyber’s Most-Wanted List
02 Safenetting: Phishing, Security Report for November
03 Cyber Security – Surveillance, Security, cloud danger and more
04 Infomanager Twitter IPO Updates 1311-11
05 Follow My News, iOS
06 OS X Mavericks – Enhanced Dictation
07 PDF to Word with OCR for OS X Mavericks
08 Eight Apps for a Good Night’s Sleep
09 BatchOutput for Microsoft Excel
10 Catalog Your Notes with Notepiler 9
11 iOS7 fixes #3: Make Tiny Text Easier to Read
12 41400 iPhone icons
13 Trolling Twitter
14 Quotes: WWSJS
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01 New Subjects Added to Cyber’s Most Wanted List
Digital Evidence Response Team Fugitives Sought: Five individuals have been added to the FBI’s Cyber Most-Wanted list for their roles in domestic and international hacking and fraud crimes collectively involving hundreds of thousands of victims and tens of millions of dollars in losses.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/cyber_most_wanted/
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02 Safenetting: Phishing, Security Report for November
They’re saying that spam phishing is down for the 3rd quarter, but the other forms of spam attacks have actually increased as spammers discover people are becoming educated to phishing techniques. Thanks for that. But we still need to be vigilant:
* Phishers hijacking brands from new markets to lure victims
* 1 in 5 employees succumb to phishing e-mails, says new study
* FBI agent urges caution in cybercrime lecture series
* Apple Users Advised to be Wary of Phishing E-mails
* Spam targeting e-mail traffic drops during Q3
* Scam Squad: A closer look at phishing
* How to Spot a Twitter Spambot
and more…
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/phishing_1111/
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03 Cyber Security – Surveillance, Security, cloud danger and more
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cyber Security report: The industry is finding all kinds of excuses, and now they’re using the NSA security leaks in reference to the Internetbut the two really have nothing to do with each other. NPR’s “On Point” show was bantaring the sky is falling and the government is using the Internet to spy on people – I never heard so many lies in a single radio show in my life. We recommend you do NOT listen to NPR’s On Point Radio show. Anyway, we really wish the general public would get a correct understanding of how the Internet works, and how important regulation of the Internet and strong cyber security are to our society. People just don’t get it, and won’t… until it’s too late.… keep your self protected and help your neighbors get more aware of the risks they take! Here’s where we watch future history unfold…
* Officials Warn of Dangers Weakening Cybersecurity To Facilitate Government Surveillance
* Utilities Are Now In the Business Of Protecting National Security
* Growing cyber attacks pose threat to cloud storage: Experts
* House committee concerned over Obamacare cyber security
* Modern Navy presents cybersecurity challenge
* The 80-20 rule of cyber security
and more…
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/cybersecurity_1111/
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04 Infomanager Twitter IPO Updates 1311-11
Well, we’re off and running with the big IPO, some say it’s a blast, some say it’s a failure – but most say we’ll just wait and see. If you bought in, then you’ve lost so far… but here’s a lot more about Twitter’s IPO:
* Twitter IPO fever, Star Wars VII delay, Monuments Men stock rises
* Analysis: Twitter gives NYSE momentum in IPO battle versus Nasdaq
* Twitter IPO sparks speculation on who could follow
* The Twitter IPO: A Look at How the Game Has Changed
* Twitter IPO highlights bumpy week for US stocks
* Why Twitter’s IPO Was Really A Failure
and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/twitter_ipo_1311-11/
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05 Follow My News, iOS
Follow My News LLC, an emerging mobile applications and social sharing solutions developer, has announced the launch of their eponymous user-generated news platform Follow My News onto the App Store.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/follow-my-news-ios/
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06 OS X Mavericks – Enhanced Dictation
OS X has had Dictation for over a year now as part of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. However, OS X 10.9 Mavericks updated that to Enhanced Dictation (as an option), which eliminates the need for the Internet connection.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/os-x-mavericks-enhanced-dictation/
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07 PDF to Word with OCR for OS X Mavericks
Enolsoft Co., Ltd., has announced a brand new OCR app, PDF to Word with OCR for Mac, which fully supports OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/pdf-to-word-with-ocr-for-os-x-mavericks/
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08 Eight Apps for a Good Night’s Sleep
This article on MacLife.com, by AJ Delinger, lists iOS apps that will help you get a good night’s sleep.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/8-apps-for-a-good-nights-sleep/
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09 BatchOutput for Microsoft Excel
Toronto (ON) Canada – Zevrix Solutions has announced the release of BatchOutput XLS 2.1.3, a compatibility update to its popular output automation solution for Microsoft Excel on Mac OS X. The software provides advanced solutions for demanding enterprise and office publishing environments through automation of printing and professional PDF output.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/batchoutput-for-microsoft-excel/
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10 Catalog Your Notes with Notepiler 9
Onomaly Software is proud to announce version 5.0.0 of notepiler 9, designed exclusively for iOS 7. Easily build and organize note collections into unique, visual archives that are truly entertaining to use. Behold the big picture with easy previews of all your typed and handwritten notes, photos, maps, sketches and audio recordings. Or, study the details with full screen access to all notes and attachments.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/notepiler-9/
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11 iOS7 fixes #3: Make Tiny Text Easier to Read
The complaints against iOS 7 began flying around ever since the release of the new Apple operating system a few weeks ago. Yesterday we kicked off our top 10 simple fixes for the complaints logged against iOS 7 series. Each issue we will be giving you a new way to fix an issue with iOS7 to help you love your iPhone again.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/11/iphone_tiny_text/
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12 41,400 iPhone icons
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13 Trolling Twitter
Most people use their weekend to run errands or eat expensive eggs or catch up on DVRed reruns of Hardcore Pawn. Patton Oswalt spent Saturday reinventing the art of trolling people on Twitter:
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14 Quotes: WWSJS
The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Mac. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years requires a lot of disciplines.
– Steve Jobs
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network. He’s been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he’s been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
Currently working primarily with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime member of TUMS, the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society.
Fred has been active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987, and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years. He founded the User Group Academy and the Appleseeds Foundation
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