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.
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.