Apple has updated its online service MobileMe, adding some new features, but especially improving security with all of the web-based apps, reports “The Mac Security Blog” (http://blog.intego.com/2010/05/21/apple-updates-mobileme-making-it-more-secure/). MobileMe is the company’s US$99-per-year suite of Internet tools.
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By Greg Mills
No one who ever sees many movies or TV programs could possibly miss the many placement of Apple products on the screen. The cool factor that Apple has cultured is passed on to actors who appear to use a Mac.
From “Forest Gump,” whose money man purchased stock for him in a “fruit company” (Apple) and made him rich, to “Independence Day” where a virus to implode the alien invasion was implemented with a Mac, the use of a Mac instead of a PC means something.
Read MoreMConvert 8.2 (http://www.white-wizard-productions.com/Conversion.html), a conversion app for Mac OS X, has been released. The upgrade fixes a problem related to updating currencies on laptops with a smaller screen resolution.
Read MoreMarkus Mueller has updated MindNode Pro (http://www.mindnode.com/), a mind mapping app for Mac OS X (10.5 and higher), to version 1.5. The upgrade adds image support and visual file links and brings a completely redesigned new toolbar.
MindNode Pro features an interface that lets the user focus on expressing and developing ideas. By leveraging technologies introduced in Leopard, MindNode Pro’s new features are carefully integrated and only surface when required, Mueller says. You can print, share and export mind maps as TIFF image, FreeMind, PDF, HTML or OPML.
Read MoreOn this week’s “Tech Night Owl,” Gene Steinberg, the Owl himself, and guests look at Google & privacy, the iPhone 4G prototype story and more.
Security guru Rich Mogull weighs in on that curious episode where Google reportedly “sniffed” data from unprotected Wi-Fi networks during their “Street View” visits to neighborhoods around the world. He’ll also cover the ins and outs of Facebook security, so you know how to best protect yourself on that service.
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