 
Welcome to the June 2011 Edition of Cyber News, an ad free, spam free online magazine emanating from Stanley's Studio in Phoenix, Arizona. In Cyber News we'll try to pass along some useful tips and information about your computer, the Internet, computer products, digital photography, other related topics, and some stuff that's not related at all. If just one thing you read here can help you in your computing world then it's worth the time of putting this together each month. I think I'll mention this every month until I quit writing Cyber News. Don't take your computer for granted. Ask yourself everyday, "If this thing crashes do I have my emails, address book, favorites, music, photos and documents backed up?" Not having a back up of the things you create on your computer is like playing Russian roulette! If you use Quicken, do you back up to an external source each time you use the program? It will create a back up on your hard drive automatically, but what good will that do if the hard drive quits? I've done my best to help you understand back up procedures here.
Twitter photo integration rumored for the next iPhone & iPad operating system. The first week of June Apple shows off iOS 5 at its Worldwide Developers Conference, and while much remains unknown about what will be included, a new report suggests Twitter is on the VIP list. White
iPhone 4 vs. Black iPhone 4: Do they have different cameras? With
the popularity of digital photography increasing everyday, cell phone
cameras are important to lots of people. The iPhone 4 has been
touted as taking excellent photos, but now there seems to be a question
as to whether the black or the white one takes the best shot. Details
from PCWorld.
It
has come to our attention that some people are not receiving our Cyber
News monthly email. Last month Microsoft purchased Skype for a whooping 8.5 billion! Yes, that's spelled with a B, and it was paid for in cold hard cash. As you probably know Skype, with the help of a web cam, let's you visually see the person you're talking to on the Internet. You're probably wondering how a company like that could be worth so much. Here's an explanation that will offer some answers. Eight ways to protect your Facebook privacy. As Facebook becomes the window to the Web for its more than 500 million users, the security of the social network has never been a hotter topic. While it can be hard to make a Facebook account completely hack-proof, you can do a lot. Here are eight Facebook settings that you can check now. Details from USA Today.
Love is in the air,
everywhere I look around, Love is in the air, every sight and every
sound. Those are the first words of a song sung by John Paul
Young that was popular back in 1978. Love was in the air in a
movie theater, as Matt came up with a most unusual way to propose to his
girlfriend Ginny. Man eats 25,000 Big Macs! When I read this, I found it hard to believe. I thought how many big macs have I had in my lifetime? A dozen, maybe two dozen, but probably no more than that. This guy has eaten 2 a day for years and one day he ate nine! It takes all kinds! Read the story from Fox News. Speaking of food, do you have a Sonic Drive-In in your town? If so, try one of their Chicago Hot Dogs. Best I've ever had! Four days in a row. Someone stop me, take the car keys, can't help myself. Umm delicious. I might have to check into the Betty Ford hot dog addiction clinic soon! For those of you using Firefox as your browser, which includes yours truly, the new 5.0 version is scheduled to be released on or about June 21st. The new browser will include over 1,000 fixes and improvements over previous versions.
Recently HP recalled about 162,000 laptop batteries. In the last 12 months there have been reports of overheated and ruptured batteries resulting in burns, smoke inhalation, and property damage. See if your laptop is affected. You could spend weeks watching YouTube videos. Somehow I got to doing that the other day and watched Johnny Carson, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams, Carol Burnett, and the list goes on. Don't think anyone will ever replace Carson. One video would to lead to another, and another. Remember the Dean Martin Show? Here he is, cigarette in hand, having fun with a young Goldie Hawn. Don't start clicking on others now or you might spend hours! Have you tied your shoe laces all your life the wrong way? Maybe so. You may have noticed that round shoe laces seem to come untied more easily. Well, there's a simple way to fix the problem as explained by Terry Moore. Time lapse photography can be very fascinating, and here's a fantastic video of still photos that took a year to put together. Credits to Daniel Lopez for this work of art! For best viewing chose 720p and full screen. Speaking of fascinating, do you ever let your mind wonder what it's all about when you stare into the night sky? I sure do, and am just starting to experiment with timed exposure photos of the stars. Some time this month I will post my results on my blog. This video of the Hubble telescope's search of the heavens is mind boggling and after viewing it you probably won't find words for your thoughts.
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If
you have an iPhone or an iPad, backing up is also important. All
the stuff on your device is subject to suddenly disappear. It
could occur when updating your operating system as happened to me last
month. I plugged my iPhone into my computer and opened
iTunes. It gave me a message that OS 4.3.3 was available for
downloading and installation. I said "go for it."
It downloaded and started to install, but partially finished it said
that the installation failed and that I would have to do a
restore. It would not restore and I had to take it to the Apple
store. They returned it to me as if it were a new phone. (This
was a reported Apple server error.) That's one step to the good, but how about all my contacts, email,
messages, apps, music, and photos? That's where your back up comes
into play. If you have not backed up here's how to do it.
Plug your device into your computer, open iTunes. When your device
appears on the left side of the page, right click on it and choose Back
up. Now if something happens, like it did to me, do the same
except when you right click choose Restore from Back Up, and you're back in
business.
Looking
for a new all-in-one inkjet printer? All-in-ones have become
very popular in the last couple of years. You can print, copy,
scan, and some of them even fax. Do a little home work before you
buy and 
Facebook
users can set up a vanity address so you can easily tell your
friends how to get to your page. If you haven't done this your
Facebook address will be: Facebook.com/profile.php?id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Instead, you can have it look like this:
Facebook.com/GaryRStanley, of course substituting your name. 
Are you in the market to
purchase a new laptop? Laptops can make more sense over a
desktop for lots of reasons, and of course one of them being portability. It's great for traveling
or from office to home.
Big screens are a temptation but I have found smaller is better because
of size and weight. 
Photo
Tip of the Month: Take
Better Photos With Your Digital Camera. You
don't need a new camera to take better pictures. Whether you have a
humble point-and-shoot or a big bad DSLR, these photography tips will
help you step up your game. The tips from 
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