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Are you wanting to upgrade to the latest Mac Operating System, Tiger 10.4? Here is an upgrade review by our own Kevin Warrene that may help you. Download the PDF here.

Learn Adobe software products from watching Total Training videos (on CD and DVD). Get Photoshop training, digital video software help, and Adobe certified expert instruction on After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Creative Suite, Acrobat, Audition, Encore DVD, Digital Photography, Quark and more.

Over the course of the next 20 weeks through the end of 2004, visitors to www.macdesignonline.com have daily access to 101 Hot Photoshop CS Tips and new weekly Killer Tip Tutorials on Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Mac OS X. These two new, how-to website features are added to further aid designers and Mac users in becoming more creative, efficient and productive than ever before.

Mac users who are also interested in GPS can have their own interface-mapping software. We are announcing our newest release of our Macintosh software, MacGPS Pro 5.1, which supports BSB 4 and Stentec Nautical Charts.
James Associates has created MacGPS Pro software that works with Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers for transferring Waypoints, Routes, and Tracklogs. It also works with many brands of GPS receivers for a real-time display of GPS information on a moving map displayed on the Macintosh screen. It is OS X Native. http://www.macgpspro.com
MacGPS Pro 5.1 enjoys the Nautical scene! Our software now supports Maptech, Digital Ocean, Maptrax, and many other BSB 4 charts for the Mac Sailor in OS X. In addition, MacGPS Pro now supports the popular DKW1800-Series-Complete Digital Charts of the Dutch coastal waters by Stentec. MacGPS Pro is programmed to work exclusively with this special Macintosh-only CD which includes all 8 chart sets, with IJsselmeer, Wadden, Zeeland, and more.
James Associates is a Macintosh software company located in the Rocky Mountains just west of Boulder, Colorado USA.
Stentec of the Netherlands publishes Digital Nautical Charts for the Netherlands and sells Maptech's BSB charts.

Books referenced at our October 4th meeting:
Mac OS X Desk Reference for Dummies
Mac OS X Missing Manual
The Mac OS Convesion Kit 9 to 10
Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Jaguar Edition
Mac OS X v.10.2 Jaguar Killer Tips
Mac OS X Bible, Jaguar Edition
Mac OS 9 The Missing Manual
MacWorld Mac Secrets
MacWorld Mac OS 9 Bible
MacWorld Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible

Update Firmware Before Installing Jaguar! Important News for Slot-Loading iMac Owners. Read the article at TidBits web site.

eBay Account Verification Scam. Protect yourself from this email Ebay scam!
It's another variation on the 'verify your account information' online scam.
The email included the eBay logo, and links to the actual eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Seems like scammers are getting even more bold these days.
The text of the email explains that eBay is "undertaking a period review of our member accounts," and that as a result, you have to go to their Web site and fill out the required information.
Needless to say, the visible Web site URL, which does look somewhat official http://arribba.cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?UpdateInformationConfirm&bpuser=1 takes you to the scammer's Web site linked with a hidden URL.
As always, you should be *very* suspicious of any email asking you to verify your account information, no matter how official it looks.
You should see a big red flag if the URL you're being asked to visit starts with 'http://' rather than 'https://'. The extra 's' stands for secure, which means your information will be transmitted through a secure connection. That was one of the tip-offs that this was a scam.
Second, if you need to access your account, go to the Web site directly without using any link from the email (for example, type http://www.ebay.com in a Web browser window). Then, when you log on to your account, you can be sure you're using the official site.
And lastly, if you have any question as to whether an email like this is legit (and 99% of the time, it isn't), contact the site and ask them. You can contact eBay about Rules and Safety at:
More information is available at the Ebay web site here.
You can also visit the eBay 'Spot the Spoofs' tutorial web site here.
EBay Spam Scam - More information at TechTV: Click Here
These scams will continue to get more sophisticated. Use the principles above to avoid getting scammed.

For more information on Internet Scams, Hoaxes, Urban Legends and Myths, please visit the following web sites:
Internet ScamBusters - Hoaxbusters - Vmyths - Snopes

On a related note, here are a few more scam resources that are pretty good:
Scambusters tips PDF
Scam-O-Rama
Scam Self-check
National Fraud Watch Information Center

Read the article by Fred Showker from the User Group Network, "Password is 'NOT' a 4-letter word"

A Security Primer for Mac OS X

Complete 3-part Mac Security tutorial at MacZealots.com. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

Privacy exposed - The Washington Post has an article called: "Online Search Engines Help Lift Cover of Privacy". It is about how by using Google, people are able to discover credit card numbers, Social Security numbers and other personal data. This really is scary.