Greetings:

Sorry to have to send this Reminder so early (hope it's not so much so that you forget the meetng date) but I will be away and don't want to take the chance that I won't be able to send it at a more appropriate time. I will get the projector box and the door prizes to JoAnn so if you see her in the parking lot stop to give her a hand getting the stuff into the meeting room.

Some of you may have heard of Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, a movie based on a 1995 interview conducted by Bob Cringely, currently available for download at Amazon and the iTunes Store. 

 lost-jobs

I recently found a You Tube link to the interview and strongly recommend that you watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGMd4-fT2WI 

 

The door prizes this month will be:

Memorex Speaker System (for iPods and other devices)

2 GB iPod Shuffle (older model)

Rosewill Hard Drive Docking Station (holds both 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives)

50 Verbatim blank DVD disks

5 in 1 Camera Connection Kit

Kingston 4 GB Thumb Drive 

 

The usual rules will apply; each paid membership will receive one raffle ticket but additional tickets can be purchased at the cost of  $1 or 6/$5. Only one prize per membership still applies.

Have a great meeting and I'll see you in October.

 

Pete

 

Below are a few articles of interest followed by the User Group Discounts 

 

New Drive-by Virus : Locks your computer

FBI Crushes cyber crime ring Ransomware Locks Computers, Demands Payment -- There is a new drive-by virus on the Internet, and it often carries a fake message -- and fine

purportedly from the FBI.

http://www.ugnn.com/2012/08/ransomware_virus/

 

Latest Trends: BYOD and Tablets

Tablets and the demand for bring your own device (BYOD) environments have been dominating trends in the IT world over the past 12 months. This week s Global Roundup newsletter looks at what BYOD means across the world and predicts what the tablet landscape could look like in 2020. Is the BYOD trend here to stay?

http://www.ugnn.com/2012/08/byod-2/

 

MacBundles August Bundle

TheMacBundles has announced its August Bundle. This bundle has 10 apps for $39.95 valued at nearly $400.00.

http://www.ugnn.com/2012/08/macbundles-august-bundle/

 

Only 3 out of 10 apps made in U.S.

Top apps last week were from : Seoul, Korea; Kiev, Ukraine; Scottsdale, Arizona; London, United Kingdom; Singapore, Singapore; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Kiev, Ukraine; Glasgow, United Kingdom; Bucharest, Romania.

http://www.ugnn.com/american_made.html

 

iPad InfoManager 1208

UGNN InfoManager news all about Apple and Apple computers As one law suit winds down, yet another looms on the horizon -- everyone wants a piece of Apple, or in Google's case, wants to block Apple!! Here are the best tidbits -- Google Files New Patent Lawsuit Against Apple, Seeks To Block IPhone, IPad --

 * Will there be a white iPad mini? New pics make it look that way

 * Apple, Samsung Ready Closing Arguments in Patent Case

 * Apple iPad mini: Five things that might interest you

 * How Steve Jobs' iPad landed in the hands of a clown

 * Apple iPad Mini Production Already in Full Swing?

 * Galaxy tablet wields pen to take on iPad . . . and more

http://www.ugnn.com/2012/08/ipad-infomanager-1208/

 

New In Mountain Lion

Apple has listed 200+ updates to its new OS X operating system: Mountain Lion from Lion.   Here are a few of the more prominent ones.

http://www.ugnn.com/2012/08/new-in-mountain-lion/