Thursday 31 March 2011

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"Nokia Rating Cut for First Time by S&P on Smartphone Share
Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, had its debt rating cut for the first time by Standard & Poor’s, which cited further market share losses and “weaker” operating margins at the Finnish company."



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"AT&T CEO Says T-Mobile Deal Will Improve Network, IPhone Service
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, said the tie-up would improve Apple Inc. iPhone service and could reduce overseas roaming charges."



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"Salesforce.com to Buy Web Monitor Radian6 for $340 Million
Salesforce.com Inc., the largest supplier of customer-management software, agreed to buy Radian6 Technologies Inc. for about $340 million in cash and stock to add software that lets companies keep abreast of the social Web."



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"Patent Reform: Romance vs Pragmatism
Bloomberg contributer Paul Kedrosky on the 'incredible upset in the land over current U.S. steps toward patent reform under the America Invents Act'"



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"Microsoft Is Said to Plan Mobile Payments in Phone Software
Microsoft Corp. is working on a version of its Windows Phone software that will let users buy merchandise with a flick of the handset at a checkout counter, two people familiar with the plans said."




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"AT&T CEO Makes Case T-Mobile Deal Will Boost IPhone Service
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA, said the deal would boost network capacity and improve service for devices such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone."




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"Foxconn International 2010 Net Loss Widens More Than Estimated
Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed unit of the Foxconn Technology Group, posted a full-year net loss that was wider than analysts estimated as costs increased and sales shrank."



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"Tencent CEO Ma Sold 2 Million Shares of Company, Filing Shows
Tencent Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng sold 2 million shares of the company at an average price of HK$67.81 apiece on March 28, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday."


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"Foxconn International Net Loss Widens More Than Estimated
Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed unit of the Foxconn Technology Group, posted a full-year net loss that was wider than analysts estimated as costs increased and sales shrank. The shares fell."


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"Do Not Anger the Alpha Android
Google cracks down on the chaos of Android Land; some mobile partners aren't happy"



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"Tencent’s Ma Sells Stock at Discount After 2009 Contract
Tencent Holdings Ltd. said Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng disposed some of his shares in China’s biggest Internet company by revenue at a discount, having agreed into a sale price two years ago."



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"Microsoft Wins Over Developers
Software programmers are gearing up to build applications for the newest version of Windows Phone 7; consumer demand has been tepid"



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"Facebook, Your Future Bank
Forget sharing photos. Mark Zuckerberg may soon manage your finances
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"Microsoft Says It’s Filing Complaint Against Google With EU
Microsoft Corp. is filing a formal complaint with the European Commission about the share of the Internet search market in the region for Google Inc., Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith wrote in the company blog posting."




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"Microsoft Filing Complaint Against Google With EU on Search
Microsoft Corp. said it’s filing a formal complaint with European antitrust regulators about Google Inc.’s dominance of the Internet search market in the region."




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"Tencent’s Ma Sells Stock at Discount After 2009 Contract
Tencent Holdings Ltd. said Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng disposed some of his shares in China’s biggest Internet company by revenue at a discount, having agreed to a sale price two years ago."



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"NTT DoCoMo to Invest 14.6 Billion Yen in Tata Teleservices
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest mobile-phone operator, will invest 14.6 billion yen ($176 million) in Tata Teleservices Ltd. as part of a rights offering by the Indian partner."



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"Acer CEO Lanci Quits After Clashing With Board on Strategy
Acer Inc., the world’s second- largest maker of personal computers, said Chief Executive Officer Gianfranco Lanci quit after clashing with board members over future strategy."




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"RIM PlayBook Wins ‘Need for Speed’ as Consumer Drive Accelerates
Research In Motion Ltd., whose BlackBerry smartphone first caught on with corporate customers, is drawing interest for its PlayBook tablet from developers of consumer applications, including games and magazines."


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"Microsoft Complaint May Expand Scope of Google Antitrust Probe
Microsoft Corp.’s antitrust complaint against Google Inc. may expand an existing European Union probe beyond Internet searches to online video and mobile phones."


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"Valeant Bid for Cephalon Still Lowest With 15% Boost: Real M&A
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s hostile bid for Cephalon Inc. is so low that Valeant could raise the offer by 15 percent and still pay less than any drug takeover in history."


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"RIM PlayBook Wins ‘Need for Speed’ Amid Drive for Consumers
Research In Motion Ltd., whose BlackBerry smartphone first caught on with corporate customers, is drawing interest for its PlayBook tablet from developers of consumer applications, including games and magazines."

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"Jefferies Group Lures Morgan Stanley’s Lipacis to Cover Chips
Jefferies Group Inc. hired Mark Lipacis from Morgan Stanley to cover the semiconductor industry as the firm adds analysts and bankers to challenge larger Wall Street rivals, according to a person with knowledge of the move."




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"If you can't wait that long, there are a few ways to get the most-desired voice functions right now.

We like using the current iteration of Voice Control on our iOS devices to play music and make calls when it's too cold to pull our phones out of our pockets.

But besides this scenario, we barely ever use it. There aren't very many commands, and you can't speak to dictate texts like you can on Android.

We came up with a few great apps that will fix all that.

Siri is the basis for Apple's voice command overhaul


In a rare move almost a year ago, Apple bought Siri, a personal assistant app that allows you to make dinner reservations by opening the app and asking for one.

The backbone of Siri seems to be an elemental part of Apple's new iOS 5 (if the rumors are true), and the App is still available on the App Store.

Definitely check this one out to make a dinner reservation, or just to get a taste of what's next from Apple."


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"These Apps Will Add Android-Like Voice Commands To Your iPhone
by Ellis Hamburger


Rumors are mounting that the new version of Apple's iOS (which will be previewed at Apple's WWDC on June 6th) will include a much-improved and integrated Voice Control system that will enable you to search, make reservations, and more just by using your voice."


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"Is +1 Google's Best Product Launch In Years? – The SAIcast Discuss (GOOG, AAPL)
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Google just debuted a 'like' button feature on its search results called Google+1.

Did the company just get social or is this going to be a bust?

Nicholas Carlson and Dan Frommer discuss all about the feature and its potential in today's SAIcast.

Also, it's been three weeks since the iPad 2 launch in the U.S. The tablet has been selling out as soon as it hits the stores.

Nicholas Carlson goes into his experience using the new version of the iPad versus the old one, what is better about it, and what it leaves to be desired."



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"Picasa Web: surpassed by Facebook Photos.


Google bought Picasa, which offered online photo-editing software in 2004. A couple years later, Google rolled out Picasa Web Albums, an online photo-sharing site.

But users saw little reason to go to a separate photo-sharing site when they could simply upload photos to Facebook and immediately share them with friends and family on the service -- without sending them to a separate URL.



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"Dodgeball: killed after 4 years.


Google bought this social-mobile-local company in 2005, before those three buzzwords appeared in every startup pitch.

But the product withered inside Google, and the company killed it in 2009 to make way for Google Latitude. Meanwhile, cofounder Dennis Crowley went on to create the popular -- and competing -- social mobile service Foursquare."



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"Orkut: big in Brazil


After Friendster said 'no thanks' to Google's takeover bid -- one of the greatest mistakes in corporate history -- Google got employee Orkut Buyukkokten to build a competing social network. It launched in 2004 and for some reason got huge in Brazil. It's still big there today -- and has very little traction in the rest of the world."




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"Google Has Been Trying To Beat Facebook In Social For Years (GOOG)
by Matt Rosoff


Google's social search product, +1, is primarily about search today.

But if it takes off, Google could eventually use +1 as a sort of social graph overlaying over the Web -- much like Facebook has done by letting sites put those 'Like' buttons everywhere.

It could also use +1 to bring content from Google News and other sources into a real-time personalized news feed, like the Facebook home page or Twitter feed.

But this isn't Google's first crack at becoming more social. The company has been trying to get into the social space ever since Friendster launched in 2002 -- Google tried to buy it but was shot down.

Some of these products have done OK. Others have failed so utterly, you've probably forgotten their names -- if you ever knew them to begin with."


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"Go to Amazon.com and log in with your account. (On iPhone, you may have to switch to the full version of the site).
Click the Cloud Drive link, not Cloud Player.
Select the folder and music file you want to listen to. Tap the check box next to the song you want to listen to and then tap the 'Download' button at the top of your screen.
Safari will launch a QuickTime audio player and start streaming your song. If you want to listen to the next song in your list, you'll have to go back to your Cloud Drive again.
We tried this method and it does work, but it's still not that great. What's the point of only listening to one song at a time?

Instead, we suggest giving SugarSync a try. It will let you store up to 5 GB of music for free (just like Amazon) and stream it to any iOS or Android device. And make sure you check out our walkthrough and review of SugarSync's app.

Also Read: How To Upload All Your Music To Amazon's Cloud Player

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"How To Stream Amazon Cloud Player Music On Your iPhone
by Steve Kovach


Even though Amazon left iOS owners behind with its new Cloud Player service, there's still a way to get your songs to stream using the mobile version of Safari.

But be warned: this method, which comes from Mashable, will only let you listen to one song at a time, and only songs that can be played by Safari's audio player.

We guess that's fine if you really, really need to listen to a song in your Amazon locker and can't get to a computer. Here's what you do:"


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"Game on.

(BTW, over at Boing Boing, we've used '+1' as a way to indicate agreement in email threads for years, a remnant of older email systems long since forgotten. That practice is alive and well at FM as well. Funny how Google picked up on the same notation.)




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"Cool! But I sure wish it integrated with Twitter, at the very least. And man, it'd sure be powerful if it worked with Facebook. Wouldn't it, now?! But from what I can tell, that will NEVER happen.

Instead, '+1' is going to become Google's version of the 'Like' button from Facebook - the post is very direct about this:

But the +1 button isn’t just for search results. We’re working on a +1 button that you can put on your pages too, making it easy for people to recommend your content on Google search without leaving your site.

Because it's directly tied to Google's most powerful asset, search, I think this move has some serious legs. Site owners will want to put the button on their site - even if they have no idea how or even *if* those '+1s' will aid ranking in organic Google search. I can tell you this: Spammers will have a field day with this one, though I imagine the button will be gated in some way (perhaps to push it, you have to be logged into a Google account). In any case, it's a smart way to leverage Google's core strength."


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Google Finally Figures Out a Way To Leverage Search -- And It Could Be Huge
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Google today did something smart in social - they offered a human way to do something they had already offered - the ability to indicate your approval of a search result. Previously, you could push a result up or down, but that action was not social in nature. Now you can '+1' a search result, so as to indicate the result was good and/or valuable to you. That recommendation is then translated to others in your social graph."


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"Updates to the Google Reader app for Android
via Official Google Reader Blog by Brian Shih on 2/16/11
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Wednesday 30 March 2011

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"In the early days of the photocopier, the machines would often fail. Problems as simple as a paper jam (identified by a cryptic “Error E31” on the display) would require calling a trained service professional to come on site to open and repair the machine. A team from design consultancy Fitch-Richardson Smith, led by John Rheinfrank, helped Xerox shift its cultural paradigm away from training service professionals to embedding information in the machines so that the machine users could fix problems themselves, quickly and effectively. In essence, the redesign provided information that helped people learn to use the machine as they used it, by offering a rich set of resources for managing the process (in this particular case, in the event of an equipment malfunction)."



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"Many early interaction design efforts focused on making things simple for naïve users. The idea was to take resources for decision-making away from people—automating features in cameras, for example—to reduce cognitive load or how much users would have to think about what they were doing. Reducing cognitive load often comes at a price: limiting choice and possibilities for expression. For example, point-and-shoot cameras with one wide-angle lens, fixed focal length, single f-stop, and single shutter speed. This approach should raise ethical concerns for designers, especially when it “de-skills” people."



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"The history of design is mostly the history of designing static worlds—objects, messages, and spaces that are fixed and invariant.

In a static world we are forced to adapt to the object. For instance, this chair is this height. It doesn’t matter if you’re short or tall—the height of the chair remains the same. Most chairs are still like this today. They are static objects. Your back and your butt must adjust to the chair. It is an object that we adapt to.

Along comes a new kind of chair. Not only can you turn in it, but you can also raise and lower it—or even tilt it to a position that is right for you. The designer’s role expanded from that of arbitrator of form to creator of resources for interacting with the chair. This meant the designer had a whole new range of representations to account for and choices to make. Because now that we can adjust the chair, we are more comfortable as we work."



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"In the years since John’s death, complex systems have become deeply engrained in our everyday lives, from Facebook and Twitter to the interconnected financial systems that plunged us into the credit crisis. When John learned he was sick, he began working on a book on the relationship between design and systems. Sadly, he never finished, but some of his core ideas were preserved in a presentation on moving from static to adaptive worlds. John saw adaptive worlds as a new way to frame interaction design, which makes it an important topic for interactions. This presentation was his way of helping us make the leap from the present to the future he could already envision. Working from John’s presentation slides and a tape of his talk, we have summarized his ideas.

—Hugh Dubberly"




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"Worlds
by Hugh Dubberly
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Written for Interactions magazine by Shelley Evenson, Justin Rheinfrank and Hugh Dubberly.

Editor’s Note:
After a long career in systems engineering and design, John Rheinfrank died on July 4, 2004.

John’s Ph.D. dissertation explored what he called “organic systems theory,” or what’s now called “complex adaptive systems”—bridging multiple disciplines and theoretical frames (e.g., biology, computing, economics, psychology, and sociology). John spent most of his professional life applying principles derived from living systems to designing systems for people—from design languages that could serve as the foundation for a broad range of reprographic machines for Xerox, to personal information and communication appliances for Philips. In essence, he wanted us to design systems that are alive."


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"Why does this matter? What are the practical consequences?

Value is created by developing new products and services. But we don’t really know how to design products, services, or organizations. That great products occasionally emerge is something like magic. (Design thinking remains a special form of this magic.)

Product management is not yet a discipline. It isn’t taught in design schools or in business schools. We have no theory of product management. We don’t even have a theory of products.

Those are giant holes.

What’s more, design is no longer concerned only with things. Increasingly, design is concerned with systems—and now systems of systems or ecologies.

In a sense, these systems are alive. They grow and co-evolve.

Designers and product managers cannot always control them. Instead, they must create conditions in which they can emerge and flourish.

All this requires new thinking and new knowledge. It requires design practice to learn.

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"What’s the solution?

Visually-oriented design programs should be left to do what they do well. Design should move out of art schools and into its own professional schools, alongside schools of business, law, and medicine.

Drawing and form-giving are not the essence of design. Seeing patterns, making connections, and understanding relationships are.

Modeling, mapping, and visualizing information should replace figure drawing. Systems theory and process management should replace 2D and 3D foundation courses. Social sciences and communications theory must be part of design curricula (e.g., ethnography, cognitive psychology, economics, rhetoric, semiotics).

Instruction should shift from an emphasis on making to a balance of making, observing, and reflecting.

The case-study teaching method works well in law, business, and medicine. We need to write and teach design cases. We need to integrate design cases and other research into studios."



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"Why isn’t design research making a difference?

Design doesn’t have feedback loops that include funding, research, publishing, tenure, and teaching, These feedback loops ensure quality. Without them, design will remain stuck.

In contrast, engineering, medicine, and biology have strong feedback loops. Government and industry fund research, which leads to military, health care, and commercial applications. Peer reviewers look for breakthrough papers and filter out those that tread old ground. Tenure can be awarded on merit. And graduate students and professors are able to attract VC funding, start companies, and apply their ideas (e.g., Sun, Netscape, Yahoo, Google).

Setting up strong feedback loops for building design knowledge will be difficult. Existing institutions are unlikely to change. We need new ones."



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"But aren’t things changing?

Slowly. Publishing has become a requirement for tenure in design programs at major universities, but studio work remains the overwhelming factor in tenure decisions.

Publishing matters less in second-tier universities and independent art schools. And it is almost a black mark in for-profit design schools, where practical experience remains the main criterion for hiring.

Making things worse, art school tenure committees include non-design faculty, with little appreciation of design research.

The focus on design research at a few top schools is a positive development, (e.g., IIT/ID, CMU, NCSU, Royal College, Delft). Journals such as Design Issues, Visible Language, and Interactions publish interesting articles. But design journals are not widely read. And design research rarely affects practice or teaching.

(A few design blogs are widely read, but they aren’t building lasting knowledge.)"


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"Why not? What’s holding design back?

The short answer is art schools. Most design programs are housed in art schools. And art school teaching still follows a medieval model: Master and apprentice.

Studio courses are mostly about socialization— sharing and creating tacit knowledge through direct experience. Students learn by watching one another. Teachers rarely espouse principles. Learning proceeds from specific to specific. Knowledge remains tacit.

Practice is much the same as education. Over the course of a career, most designers learn to design better. But what they learn is highly idiosyncratic, dependent on their unique context. The knowledge designers gain usually retires with them.

Rarely do designers distill rules from experience, codify new methods, test and improve them, and pass them on to others. Rarely do designers move from tacit to explicit."



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"During the same twenty years, the big changes in design were not about design; they were about technology—computers and the internet— changes forced on Glaser’s world by Negroponte’s world.

What this examples shows is that the world of computers evolves. Like the worlds of biology and physics, it has learned how to learn. It bootstraps existing knowledge to create knew knowledge.

That’s what academic disciplines do, but it rarely happens in design."




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"Can you give an example?

In 1985, in Boston, the AIGA held its first national conference; speakers included Nicholas Negroponte (a famous technologist) and Milton Glaser (a famous designer). Twenty years later, the AIGA conference returned to Boston and again included Negroponte and Glaser.

In his 2005 speech, Negroponte talked about the One Laptop Per Child project. Glaser showed some beautiful posters and talked movingly about human rights.

What struck me was how much things had changed in Negroponte’s world and how little things had changed in Glaser’s world.

During the intervening twenty years, computing power, storage capacity, and network speeds doubled more than ten times, while costs remained roughly the same. Personal computers grew from toys to necessities. Mobile phones, the internet, and social networks arrived."



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"Imagine Design Create
by Hugh Dubberly
Interview with Hugh Dubberly

A design innovator argues that design learning is a prerequisite for design thinking.

You have said that design is stuck. What do you mean?

Design practice does not learn. As a profession, we don’t even know how to learn.


We’re stuck. Trapped in the past. Unable to move forward. Unclear on what forward might mean. Lacking mechanisms to build and share knowledge. Lacking even a model of design knowledge.

In fact, the problem is so structurally embedded, so pervasive, so deep, that we don’t see it."



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"Updates to the Google Reader app for Android
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HP F4435 Review – Determining if This is the Best Printer for You When you begin shopping for a new printer, it can be difficult determining what model is the best fit with all of the options that are out there. Instead of just choosing one at random, you should do a bit of research through reading reviews and ...
Laser Colour Printer Review – Seeking out the Top Rated Models The large selection of colour printers on the market can make it so difficult to narrow them down and find one that will please you the most. Instead of just selecting a model at random at any given store, you should read into a laser colour printer ...
How to Install Lexmark Printer without CD – Ensuring Proper Setup Whether you have purchased a Lexmark printer used or you are attempting to install it onto another computer, it is likely that you become frustrated that you do not have the CD. Many people think they cannot get their printer installed without the ..."


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Experience Vimeo.com on your iPhone Vimeo's new free app lets you get to all the great content at Vimeo.com and gives you the tools to make your own movies, all with an intuitive interface. Originally posted at The Download Blog
iSkin clears things up with iPhone 4 and iPod Touch Claro cases iSkin's new translucent Claro case for the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G is both hard and soft. Originally posted at Crave
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Power Support Screen Protectors for iPad 2 Power Support screen protectors begin shipping April 7 and are now available for pre-order in case anyone was waiting on these to become available. Already placed my order this morning.
no sound when running windows on iMac I used the boot camp on my iMac to download Windows and it seems to be running except that there is no audio. any suggestions? I have heard that this is a problem but I can't get a solid answer to fix it that doesn't totally confuse me. I need Windows ...
Great Apple Service Hey Folks, Great to finally be a member of the Mac Owners club... Well, I would have joined sooner but for a problem with the order of my new MacBook Pro 15', where it was built to order (with the anti-reflective screen and fast-spinning disk), but ..."


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The 10 Most Valuable Brands In The World (T, WFC, AAPL, GE, BAC, VOD, IBM, WMT, MSFT, GOOG) [image: apple china] Apple was the biggest gainer in Brand Finance's annual list of brand value, while Google took the top rank. Brand value is an abstract quantity that is calculated using a patented formula by various firms. This list evaluates ...
INSTANT MBA: Trying To Raise Venture Capital Is A Waste Of Time *[image: Donna Fenn]**Today's advice comes from Donna Fenn, contributing editor of Inc. Magazine and author of 'Are You An Upstart?':** * 'Forget about venture capital. Only about 4% of all startups get it, and you’re probably not going to be one of ...
Zagat Mobile Head Leaves To Focus On 'Yelp For The Grocery Store' Startup [image: Ryan Charles] Zagat mobile head Ryan Charles, whose work was one of the key topics of the big New York Times profile of Zagat's digital efforts last November, has left the company to focus full-time on his startup. It's called Consmr, and ..."



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"Checking out Software Directly from HP

The simplest thing to do when you want to get your printer installed without any issues is by contacting HP themselves. First, you will need to get a hold of a customer service representative and tell them the exact model that you own. After doing so, they can look up the software they offer and see if they have the right one. If they can find it, they will be able to send it your way in the original packaging. This is the easiest way to get the software you need, but it isn’t an option for everybody due to printers getting quickly outdated."





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"Finding Options That Are Available

It is easy to get frustrated and think you cannot properly install your printer without the use of the included CD. Luckily, there are a couple of options that are available to you if you want the printer to be running and do not have the CD. You can either contact HP directly and download or receive a new CD in the mail. This method may or may not work depending on if you have a recent printer model and if they still offer the software. You can also resort to checking out forums or even attempt to perform the installation without the software."



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"HP Printer Software for Windows 7 – Keeping Your Printer Running
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Many people fail to save the software that came equipped with their printer and end up quite disappointed later on when they realize they cannot install their printer properly. HP Printers are typically installed with ease after the simple insertion of a CD into the computer, which prompts the screen to have instructions on what to do and how to use the printer after installed. Instead of thinking you cannot get the proper performance due to a missing CD; you can do a bit of research on where to find HP printer software for Windows 7. By finding this missing software and downloading it, you will be able to work your printer exactly as if you had never lost the disc in the first place."



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"Updates to the Google Reader app for Android
via Official Google Reader Blog by Brian Shih on 2/16/11
Today we’re excited to announce some updates to the official Google Reader app for Android. Over the last couple of months, we’ve added some of your most-requested features: - Unread count widget - choose any feed, label, person, or “all items” ... See more »"




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"GetJar | Mobile | Top Free-Download Apps (82)
WAZenGO fm Liberated Radio v.1.0 Public Mobile Radio - Digital successor to CB-radio. Introduce your garage band to the world, report from your own party, share a cool guitar riff or provide an interview with a celebrity - and share it LIVE with the whole world, or just locally.
Numo SMS Preview v.3.00.00 A useful SMS tool to improve the way you view your messages. Now you can preview incoming SMS messages with 0 clicks.
mX Zagreb v.1.0 Discover Zagreb, capital of Croatia. Practical and user-friendly, the guide features rich content, photos and loads of useful information. The map, attractions, where to eat, shop and have fun... Includes real-time booking powered by booking.com.
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Is .mov the best format to edit in imovie and upload on Youtube I have a new Canon camera that uses .mov files. I want to edit the filmclips in Apple Imovie and upload the result on Youtube. Is .mov a good format to do this? Do I need a codec for this? And do i ne...
codec for sony handycam .mpg ? in windows xpPro MovieMaker I just started to try Windows Movie Maker, and have not been able to get this to work correctly without constant 'hanging' or non-playing of clips. I have tweaked and load/re-loaded so many times I am...
Avi Files cant able to play I have downloaded harrypotter series, and size of the series are 6GB,but what i observe is after downloading series the size of the file is showing 1.37GB,but when got inside of every folder it is hav..."


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"Canon Scanner Software - Downloads for Canon Scanners (10)
HP Printer Software for Windows 7 – Keeping Your Printer Running Many people fail to save the software that came equipped with their printer and end up quite disappointed later on when they realize they cannot install their printer properly. HP Printers are typically installed with ease after the simple insertion ...
HP F4435 Review – Determining if This is the Best Printer for You When you begin shopping for a new printer, it can be difficult determining what model is the best fit with all of the options that are out there. Instead of just choosing one at random, you should do a bit of research through reading reviews and ...
Laser Colour Printer Review – Seeking out the Top Rated Models The large selection of colour printers on the market can make it so difficult to narrow them down and find one that will please you the most. Instead of just selecting a model at random at any given store, you should read into a laser colour printer ..."




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Experience Vimeo.com on your iPhone Vimeo's new free app lets you get to all the great content at Vimeo.com and gives you the tools to make your own movies, all with an intuitive interface. Originally posted at The Download Blog
iSkin clears things up with iPhone 4 and iPod Touch Claro cases iSkin's new translucent Claro case for the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G is both hard and soft. Originally posted at Crave
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no sound when running windows on iMac I used the boot camp on my iMac to download Windows and it seems to be running except that there is no audio. any suggestions? I have heard that this is a problem but I can't get a solid answer to fix it that doesn't totally confuse me. I need Windows ...
Great Apple Service Hey Folks, Great to finally be a member of the Mac Owners club... Well, I would have joined sooner but for a problem with the order of my new MacBook Pro 15', where it was built to order (with the anti-reflective screen and fast-spinning disk), but ...
language, texts and spellcheck HELP! Hi, In System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Text is it possible to select multiple language in the 'spelling' tab? I mean, I type in English and Russian languages, so can I have both of the spell checks selected so they can work in apps like Mail? ..."



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Mint Partners With Scholastic To Invade 30,000 Schools This Fall [image: mint quest for money] Move over Oregon Trail. Mint and Scholastic have partnered together and launched an online game, Quest for Money, which will be distributed to 30,000 schools nation-wide this fall. The game asks students to choose a ...
BBM May Be Coming To iPhones On April 26 (RIMM, AAPL) [image: RIM BlackBerry Torch] A user on the MacRumors Forums claims that RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie spoke at a social media conference today in Toronto and let slip that Blackberry Messenger (BBM) would be coming to the App Store on April 26th. BGR ...
My Startup Got Acquired By LivingSocial [image: maia] Maia Josebachvili is the founder of Urban Escapes, a provider of social adventures around the world. She and her partner built the company, expanding their local offices to four cities and taking 10,000+ people on trips in two years. ..."


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Realtek HD Audio Driver Updated to R2.53
Realtek has released version R2.53 of their High Definition Audio drivers.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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"Patch Tuesday October 2010: 16 Updates Correcting 49 Security Related Issues
This month's Patch Tuesday is a big one - 16 individual updates correcting a total of 49 security issues across several operating systems and other Microsoft software.

Many of these issues could allow a remote attacker to take completely control of your system. The attacker could then perform tasks on the computer like an administrator could including viewing, changing, and deleting information.

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"Latest NVIDIA Driver Packages Comes Out of Beta: v260.89 Now Available
NVIDIA today released the WHQL version of their 260.89 GeForce/ION driver package.

Aside from the WHQL certification, I don't see any changes beyond those in the most recent 260.63 BETA or 260.89 BETA releases over the past several weeks. Check out those posts for highlights on the new features and major fixes.

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"Adobe Issues Security Updates for InDesign and RoboHelp
Adobe today released an update for their RoboHelp application that corrects two security vulnerabilities. They also released an update for InDesign that corrects a single security issue.

The update for RoboHelp can be downloaded here and the one for InDesign here."

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"Mozilla Corrects 9 Security Issues in Firefox 3.6.11 Update Out Today
Mozilla released an update to the popular Firefox browser, correcting 9 security issues, 5 of which are listed as critical.

Firefox will usually prompt you to update to the latest version but if not, you should install version 3.6.11 as soon as possible.

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"NVIDIA Releases v260.99 WHQL GeForce/ION Driver: Adds SLI & 3D Vision Profiles, Increases Performance in Some Games
NVIDIA today released version 260.99 WHQL of their GeForce/ION driver package (yes, they skipped the release of the BETA version of this driver), adding SLI and 3D Vision profiles and increasing performance in several games.

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"ATI Adds Several New Features & Over a Dozen Fixes With Catalyst v10.10 Driver Suite
AMD has released version 10.10 of their ATI Radeon Video Card Drivers, adding several new features, including Blu-ray 3D support, plus updating several application profiles and fixing over a dozen issues.

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"Microsoft Releases Several Non-Security Related Updates
Microsoft released several non-security related updates to various Windows operating systems this week:

XPS Format Improved

This update improves the XML Paper Specification (XPS) format to improve performance when printing these kinds of documents.

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"Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6.12 Update Correcting a Single Critical Security Issue
As you've probably already been prompted about by Firefox, Mozilla has released an update for the browser, correcting a single, critical security issue.

If Firefox hasn't already prompted you to update, you should install version 3.6.12 as soon as possible.

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"Microsoft Streets and Trips Updates Construction Data
As happens on occasion, Microsoft has released construction data updates to their various Streets and Trips programs.

These updates allow your Streets and Trips program to show the latest available road construction information.

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"Realtek HD Audio Drivers R2.54 Released
Realtek has released version R2.54 of their High Definition Audio drivers.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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Microsoft Junk Mail Filters Updated
Microsoft today released definition updates for their various email programs, improving the ability of the programs to correctly identify spam and malicious emails:

Junk Email Filter Update for Windows Mail [32-bit | 64-bit]
Definition Update for Office 2010 [32-bit | 64-bit]
Update for Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter [32-bit]
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"Patch Tuesday November 2010: 3 Updates Correcting 11 Security Related Issues
This month's Patch Tuesday includes 3 individual updates correcting a total of 11 security issues across several versions of Microsoft Office and other Microsoft software used in their Server line of operating systems.

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"November 2010 Update for Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Now Available
Microsoft has released the November 2010 update to their Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool:

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"Adobe Releases Acrobat/Reader 9.4.1 Correcting 1 Serious Security Issue
Adobe has released an update to their Reader and Acrobat PDF applications correcting a very serious security issue that's being actively exploited.

I highly recommend that you update to v9.4.1 as soon as possible.

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"AMD/ATI Releases Catalyst 10.11 Video Driver Update; Corrects Several Issues, Mostly in Windows 7
AMD has released version 10.11 of their ATI Radeon Video Card Drivers, correcting several issues, mostly in Windows 7, and improving performance in two games.

Here are more details on some of the fixes available in v10.11:

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"Microsoft Issues 1.14 Update to Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List
This update improves the way that some websites are displayed in the IE8 browser if those sites were designed to work specifically with older version of Internet Explorer.

This update applies to IE8 in all operating systems that it might be installed on.

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"Realtek Releases R2.55 HD Audio Drivers
Realtek has released version R2.55 of their High Definition (HD) Audio drivers.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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"Adobe Releases Security Update for Illustrator CS5
Adobe released an update for their Illustrator application on Friday that corrects a single security vulnerability.

From Adobe:

Exploitation of this vulnerability (CVE-2010-3152) could allow an attacker to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into opening a file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share.

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"Microsoft Updates Construction Data in Streets and Trips / MapPoint Applications
Microsoft has released construction data updates to their various Streets and Trips programs. These updates occur every month or so.

These patches allow your Streets and Trips program to show the latest available road construction information.

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"Mozilla Corrects 11 Security Issues in Firefox 3.6.13 Update
Mozilla released an update to the popular Firefox browser, correcting 11 security issues, 9 of which are listed as critical.

Firefox will usually prompt you to update to the latest version but if not, you should install version 3.6.13 as soon as possible.

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"Patch Tuesday December 2010: 17 Updates Correcting 42 Security Related Issues
December's Patch Tuesday is giant - 17 individual updates correcting a total of 42 security issues. Thirteen updates are aimed directly at Windows, two fix security issues in certain MS Office versions, and two correct problems in two of Microsoft's server packages.

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"December 2010 Update for Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Available
Microsoft has released the December 2010 update to their Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool:

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"AMD Releases ATI Radeon Video Driver Update 10.12; Adds New Features and Fixes Several Issues with Windows 7
AMD has released version 10.12 of their ATI Radeon Video Card Drivers, adding several new features and correcting a huge number of issues, mostly in Windows 7.

Here are more details on some of the features and fixes available in v10.12:

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"Things Are Not Always What They Seem


Looks legitimate, right?

'System Security Pack Upgrade' sounds official. 'Automatic Updates' listed in the title is certainly a good thing. There's a nice long version number, and there's even a Microsoft Knowledge Base article you can reference if you'd like.

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"Free File Recovery Software
Ever wish that 'Empty Recycle Bin' option was a bit harder to get to? If you need to get back some files you didn't mean to delete, you'll need to use file recovery software.

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"NVIDIA Releases v266.35 BETA GeForce/ION driver package; New GPU Support and Performance Improvements Among Many Changes
NVIDIA has released version 266.35 BETA of their GeForce/ION driver package, adding support for the GTX 580 and GTX 570 GPUs, increasing performance in several games, and adding ambient occlusion support for Startcraft II: Windows of Liberty. Several 3D Vision updates are included as well.

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"Realtek HD Audio Drivers R2.56 Released
Realtek has released version R2.56 of their High Definition (HD) Audio drivers.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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"January 2011 Streets and Trips / MapPoint Construction Data Update Available
Microsoft has released the January 2011 construction data updates to their various Streets and Trips programs. These updates usually occur every month.

These patches allow your Streets and Trips program to show the latest available road construction information.

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"NVIDIA Releases v266.35 BETA GeForce/ION driver package; New GPU Support and Performance Improvements Among Many Changes
NVIDIA has released version 266.35 BETA of their GeForce/ION driver package, adding support for the GTX 580 and GTX 570 GPUs, increasing performance in several games, and adding ambient occlusion support for Startcraft II: Windows of Liberty. Several 3D Vision updates are included as well.

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"Realtek HD Audio Drivers R2.56 Released
Realtek has released version R2.56 of their High Definition (HD) Audio drivers.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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"January 2011 Streets and Trips / MapPoint Construction Data Update Available
Microsoft has released the January 2011 construction data updates to their various Streets and Trips programs. These updates usually occur every month.

These patches allow your Streets and Trips program to show the latest available road construction information.

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"January 2011 Patch Tuesday a Small One: 2 Updates Correcting 3 Security Related Issues
The first Patch Tuesday of 2011 is small - just 2 updates correcting just 3 security issues. One update corrects one issue in Windows Vista only and the other corrects two issues in all supported versions of Windows including Windows 7, Vista, XP, and the server operating systems.

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"January 2011 Update for Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Available
Microsoft has released the January 2011 update to their Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool:

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"Latest NVIDIA Driver Out of Beta: v266.58 Now Available
NVIDIA has released the WHQL version of their 266.58 GeForce/ION driver package.

Aside from the WHQL certification, I don't see any changes beyond those in the most recent 266.35 BETA release. Check out that post for highlights on the new features and major fixes.

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"Microsoft Releases Updates to Windows 7 Preparing for Service Pack 1
If you're a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 user, you may have noticed an update show up sometime this week:

Install this update to enable future updates to install successfully on all editions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

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"Why You Should Never Download DLL Files
There are lots of websites out there that supply a seemingly endless number of DLL files for downloading, promoting the it's-missing-so-replace-it-with-the-same-thing solution to DLL error messages.

Problem is, this is rarely the best solution to a missing DLL error, aside from the fact that the DLL you're downloading is from a website you otherwise had never heard of and could be something other than what you think you're getting.

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"Realtek Releases HD Audio Drivers Update R2.57
Realtek has released version R2.57 of their High Definition (HD) Audio drivers.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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"ATI Radeon Video Driver Version 11.1 Now Available; Fixes Several Issues Across Multiple Versions of Windows
AMD has released version 11.1 of their ATI Radeon Video Card Drivers, correcting a number of issues, mostly in Windows 7.

Here are more details on the changes in v11.1:

Improves performance in F1 2010 and Left 4 Dead 2.
Eleven fixes applicable to Windows 7 as well as 4 in Vista, and 4 in XP. See the release notes for details.
Updates ATI Radeon display driver to v8.812
Updates ATI Catalyst Control Center to v8.812
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"Patch Tuesday February 2011: 12 Updates Correcting 22 Security Issues
February's Patch Tuesday is pretty big - 12 individual updates correcting a total of 22 security issues. The updates address issues with Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office.

Some of these issues could allow a remote attacker to take completely control of your system. The attacker could then perform tasks on the computer like an administrator could including viewing, changing, and deleting information.

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"Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Finally Here?
According to Mary-Jo Foley's sources, Windows 7 SP1, as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, is on its way starting this week:

Word is that the bits will go to OEMs and Technology Adoption Program (TAP) partners today, MSDN/Technet later this month (WinRumors is hearing February 16, I see), and the rest of the Web on February 22.

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"Adobe Releases Reader/Acrobat v10.0.1 Correcting 29 Security Issues
Adobe has released an update to their Reader and Acrobat PDF applications correcting several serious security issues.

I highly recommend that you update to v10.0.1 as soon as possible.

What this update does:

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"ATI Radeon Video Driver Version 11.2 Available; Adds New Features and Fixes Several Issues
Driver version 11.2 for ATI Radeon video cards has been released by AMD. The 11.2 update corrects a number of issues in both Windows 7 and Windows XP, improves performance in 2 games, and adds several new features.

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"Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Available for Download
Just as promised, Windows 7 SP1 is now available for download:

Download Windows 7 SP1 from Microsoft Download Center

I won't bore you with the details you've already read about this less-than-exciting SP1 but I will say that you should install it as you're prompted in Windows Update.

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"10 Security Issues Corrected in Firefox 3.6.14 Update
Mozilla today released an update to the popular Firefox browser, correcting 10 security issues, 8 of which are listed as critical.

Firefox will usually prompt you to update to the latest version but if not, you should install version 3.6.14 as soon as possible.

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"NVIDIA Makes Only Minor Changes in GeForce/ION 267.24 BETA Driver Update
NVIDIA has released version 267.24 BETA of their GeForce/ION driver package, making only a few minor, mostly game-specific changes.


Here are the new updates available in v267.24 BETA:

Adds 3D Vision profile for Bulletstorm
Fixed issues with NVIDIA Control Panel crashing or not being available
Corrected terrain rendering issue in Dragon Age 2
Added SLI profile for Homefront
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"Patch Tuesday March 2011: 3 Updates Correcting 4 Security Issues
March's Patch Tuesday is small; only 3 updates that correct a total of 4 security issues. The updates address issues with Windows and Microsoft Groove.

All of these issues could, in specific situations, allow a remote attacker to take complete control of your system. The attacker could then perform tasks on your computer like an administrator could including viewing, changing, and deleting information.

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"Realtek HD Audio Drivers at R2.58
Realtek has released an update to their High Definition (HD) Audio drivers: R2.58.

You can download this latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more here. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this driver are available.

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"Internet Explorer 9 Now Available


Internet Explorer 9 was released on Monday this week to overall good-to-great reviews. It's much faster than IE8, easier to use, and has some great new features, especially if you're running Windows 7.

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"Firefox 4 Now Available


Firefox 4 was released on March 22nd, right on the heels of IE9. It's a big update, and a long time coming, but it was worth the wait.

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Monday 28 March 2011

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"by tanya-j


Garmin Australia Oztopo v.2.1
2011 | ENG | 2.63 GB

Not just a contour map, and detailed topographic map of 1:25000 scale.
The coverage area - the Australian continent and Tasmania, including roads, off-road trails, hiking trails (Belarusian partisans), and more."



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"by foxlist


MEDIARevolution 3.4.1 | 21.4 MB

By it's enormous function range and the support of numerous media formats MEDIARevolution is the only Player you really need on your PC! Apart from playing video and audio files as well as DVD's, you get a complete media administration and a digital video recorder. The product rounds useful aid flax for the daily work to an almost inexhaustible Multimedia component system off. Nevertheless it requires only a comparatively small memory and processor extent of utilization."


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"by Book-share

Common Mistakes Singles Make by Mary S. Whelchel Revell | 1999 | ISBN: 0800757114 | 160 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Dating and marriage. Financial planning. Career choices. Family relationships. Friendships with the opposite sex. Christian singles struggle with these issues every day. As a single woman herself, Mary Whelchel is familiar with the pitfalls that ensnare single people. She understands how frustrations, desires, and longings can lead to mistakes and offers practical, biblical solutions."


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"Using eScan, even large objects like full-size sofas can be captured using some tape and black markers to create recognizable surface points. Each of the scans we took merged effectively, creating a CAD file that locked in very intricate and beautiful carving of the original piece.

If at any time we ran into problems or issues, Satish would do some problem-solving and think of new ways to capture the scans and merge them accurately.
After a software upgrade the processing speed time was reduced significantly.

I look forward to continuing our valuable work with the EScan system and producing furniture pieces that continually please our highly discerning clientele.

Lyman Chao
Anthony Chao
Shanghai, China"



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"After studying many scanners from a variety of manufacturers we made the right choice choosing EScan from 3D Digital Corp. Training was of course highly important—we accomplished this through online video conferencing with Satish at 3D Digital headquarters. He was very helpful in building our understanding of how the product works. Since Satish was new at scanning furniture we both faced a bit of a learning curve. Initially we ran into a few issues getting enough detail out of the scans and then piecing them together. But after some trial-and-error we had our staff well skilled in a working system for large and small items.

The EScan, versus competing products, has been the simplest to use, superior in user-friendliness to other units on the market. One competitor’s model that we demo’d required the application of an immense number of paper adhesive dots, which take hours to put in place and are difficult to remove. Compared to other scanners we looked at, the eScan was able to get the job done relatively easily."



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"by admin
May 14, 2010

For 25 years our interior-design company, Anthony Chao, has specialized in silk-fabric products. From our origins in California we have built a primary presence in China over the last five years, establishing four Shanghai locations.

About two years ago we decided to expand from fabric-based pieces into custom furniture reproductions. That decision brought us into a product area that is much more “3D” than the fabric operation. Our core products—bedding, drapery, upholstery, even hand-painted wallpaper—are a challenge to produce at the highest standards, but furniture poses very different challenges.

It was because we knew the potential of 3D scanning that we even considered furniture production. We understood that 3D scanning’s reverse-engineering capabilities would enable us to create reproductions at super-high quality. We only needed to find a scanner unit and software that performed properly and reliably."

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"Comparison of Next Breakthrough

In order to make it simple to understand lets use a comparison to demonstrate what this next advancement will be like. In photography we deal with 2 dimensional pictures. With a 3D laser scanner you can take a 3 dimensional picture of an object. When you watch a movie you watch it in 2D, the next advancement in 3D laser scanners would be comparable to making a movie with a 3D camera. This is extremely difficult to do and takes amazing amounts of technology to achieve.

Recently researchers in California used the super computer Dawn to simulate the cortex function of the brain. The test resulted in achieving results that were about 1/80th that of what the human brain processes. In order to make this next leap in technology test like this and similar studies will be needed to recreate what we see as humans. This is an extremely interesting topic and one that will bring much attention as results are achieved."


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3D laser scanners are an incredible tool that have come a long way since their invention. They have provided invaluable accuracy and benefit to the engineering, armed forces and entertainment industries. As technology continues to move forward there is a lurking question on what the next advancement is going to be with 3D laser scanners.

With the ability to recreate almost any object with precise accuracy many people wonder what the next advancement will be with the 3D laser scanner. Most engineers believe that the next advancement that will be the most notable and groundbreaking will be the ability to recognize live features and recreate and scan 3 dimensional movements. This is a little hard to grasp and is going to take some amazing computing technology, but engineers are already working to make this a reality."


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"by Chris Dixon
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Pretty much every day now a major blog or newspaper writes an article asking whether we are experiencing another tech bubble (e.g. see today’s NYTimes).

I don’t know whether successful private companies like Groupon, Zynga, Facebook and Twitter are over or under priced since I don’t have access to their financials.

Regarding public tech companies, it seems to me that incredibly innovative companies like Apple and Google trading at 19 and 22 P/Es respectively is pretty reasonable.

Rather than take a side on the bubble debate, I mainly just wanted to make a few points that I think should be kept in mind in this discussion."


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"As reported by the NYT, the election marked a huge shift in favor of the Green Party, a sign that Merkel's generally pro-nuclear stance was a major stumbling block for her.

In the days the Fukushima crisis began, Merkel has quickly moved to halt nuclear development, and review the safety of Germany's existing plants, and the general consensus is that such actions were transparently political. Well, if they were, they didn't help.

The ongoing bailouts in Europe don't seem to have played a huge role, although the impact will be felt.

From The Guardian:

For some, today's election is 'the beginning of the end' for Merkel. Jakob Augstein, a German commentator and publisher, wrote last week on Spiegel Online that if the CDU is ousted in the 'conservative heartland' of Baden-Württemberg, her position will be untenable.

'If the CDU is threatened with defeat here, then bad mistakes have been made. Merkel has made mistakes. And in her attempt to rectify the consequences, she has made even more,' he said. 'She has lost her political intuition.'

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"by Joe Weisenthal


Angela Merkel's Social Democratic party suffered a resounding defeat in the region of Baden-Württemberg, historically a stronghold for the party."


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"Let engineers do what they do best, and forget the rest.

This is probably the most important single point. Engineers at Google spend way too much time fussing about with everything other than engineering and product design. Focusing on shipping great, innovative products needs to be put before all else. Here’s a quick rundown of engineering frustrations at Google when I left:

Keep reading at Slacy's Blog >

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Larry Page Is Whipping Google Execs Into Shape With Daily Bullpen Sessions
Google Will Continue Its Acquisition Binge This Year
Google, Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo And Facebook Trash AT&T-Mobile Deal"

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"by Slacy


I worked at Google from 2005-2010, and saw the company go through many changes, and a huge increase in staff. Most importantly, I saw the company go from a place where engineers were seen as violent disruptors and innovators, to a place where doing things “The Google Way” was king, and where thinking outside the box was discouraged and even chastised.

So, here’s a quick list of things I think Larry could do to bring the startup feel back to Google:"


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"Keep reading at Monday Note >

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RIM Says Some Corporate Clients Want 'Several Tens Of Thousands' Of PlayBook Tablets
RIM CEO Says Carriers' 'Jaws Dropped' At New BlackBerry Phones
RIM Earnings LIVE At 4: Is Android Eating BlackBerry Sales?"


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"by Jean-Louis Gassee, Monday Note
Once upon a time, the Blackberry was the king of smartphones.

After a succession of Psion PDAs and Palm devices, I loved my Blackberry, it was the perfect PIM (Personal Information Manager). Email, contacts and calendar functions worked well together — and Exchange integration was the killer Enterprise feature. It even made phone calls! On Verizon, that is.

Year after year, RIM kept improving its product and expanding its worldwide distribution. The Blackberry became de rigueur, addictive, justifiably earning its Crackberry nickname.

Shareholders weren’t disappointed either. Between February 1999 and June 2008, RIM stock gained $143/share, a rise of 7,793%:"


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"But, on the same chart, we see RIM lost 11.23% of its value in one session, this past Friday March 25th.

Why?

As often, the answer is a combination: underlying trends + a trigger event..."


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"After a succession of Psion PDAs and Palm devices, I loved my Blackberry, it was the perfect PIM (Personal Information Manager). Email, contacts and calendar functions worked well together — and Exchange integration was the killer Enterprise feature. It even made phone calls! On Verizon, that is.

Year after year, RIM kept improving its product and expanding its worldwide distribution. The Blackberry became de rigueur, addictive, justifiably earning its Crackberry nickname.

Shareholders weren’t disappointed either. Between February 1999 and June 2008, RIM stock gained $143/share, a rise of 7,793%:"


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"by Jean-Louis Gassee, Monday Note
Once upon a time, the Blackberry was the king of smartphones."


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"Using eScan, even large objects like full-size sofas can be captured using some tape and black markers to create recognizable surface points. Each of the scans we took merged effectively, creating a CAD file that locked in very intricate and beautiful carving of the original piece.

If at any time we ran into problems or issues, Satish would do some problem-solving and think of new ways to capture the scans and merge them accurately.
After a software upgrade the processing speed time was reduced significantly.

I look forward to continuing our valuable work with the EScan system and producing furniture pieces that continually please our highly discerning clientele.

Lyman Chao
Anthony Chao
Shanghai, China"

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"After studying many scanners from a variety of manufacturers we made the right choice choosing EScan from 3D Digital Corp. Training was of course highly important—we accomplished this through online video conferencing with Satish at 3D Digital headquarters. He was very helpful in building our understanding of how the product works. Since Satish was new at scanning furniture we both faced a bit of a learning curve. Initially we ran into a few issues getting enough detail out of the scans and then piecing them together. But after some trial-and-error we had our staff well skilled in a working system for large and small items.

The EScan, versus competing products, has been the simplest to use, superior in user-friendliness to other units on the market. One competitor’s model that we demo’d required the application of an immense number of paper adhesive dots, which take hours to put in place and are difficult to remove. Compared to other scanners we looked at, the eScan was able to get the job done relatively easily."

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"by admin
May 14, 2010

For 25 years our interior-design company, Anthony Chao, has specialized in silk-fabric products. From our origins in California we have built a primary presence in China over the last five years, establishing four Shanghai locations.

About two years ago we decided to expand from fabric-based pieces into custom furniture reproductions. That decision brought us into a product area that is much more “3D” than the fabric operation. Our core products—bedding, drapery, upholstery, even hand-painted wallpaper—are a challenge to produce at the highest standards, but furniture poses very different challenges.

It was because we knew the potential of 3D scanning that we even considered furniture production. We understood that 3D scanning’s reverse-engineering capabilities would enable us to create reproductions at super-high quality. We only needed to find a scanner unit and software that performed properly and reliably."


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"Comparison of Next Breakthrough

In order to make it simple to understand lets use a comparison to demonstrate what this next advancement will be like. In photography we deal with 2 dimensional pictures. With a 3D laser scanner you can take a 3 dimensional picture of an object. When you watch a movie you watch it in 2D, the next advancement in 3D laser scanners would be comparable to making a movie with a 3D camera. This is extremely difficult to do and takes amazing amounts of technology to achieve.

Recently researchers in California used the super computer Dawn to simulate the cortex function of the brain. The test resulted in achieving results that were about 1/80th that of what the human brain processes. In order to make this next leap in technology test like this and similar studies will be needed to recreate what we see as humans. This is an extremely interesting topic and one that will bring much attention as results are achieved."



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"by admin
3D laser scanners are an incredible tool that have come a long way since their invention. They have provided invaluable accuracy and benefit to the engineering, armed forces and entertainment industries. As technology continues to move forward there is a lurking question on what the next advancement is going to be with 3D laser scanners.

With the ability to recreate almost any object with precise accuracy many people wonder what the next advancement will be with the 3D laser scanner. Most engineers believe that the next advancement that will be the most notable and groundbreaking will be the ability to recognize live features and recreate and scan 3 dimensional movements. This is a little hard to grasp and is going to take some amazing computing technology, but engineers are already working to make this a reality."



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"The 3D Scanner Need to be Portable

With the need to be portable an ever increasing need and demand in multiple industries, at 3D Digital Corp. we have developed not only the best portable 3D scanner and custom software but we have the best price to value comparison in the industry. You will not find another portable 3D scanner that will outperform our escan optix 400 scanner at a lower price. We recognize the demand and have met the need of our consumers. With clients like Proctor and Gamble and the US Navy our 3D scanners have been tested in multiple situations and performed to the highest level.

As we continue to develop the current technology the ability to take a 3d scan on the go will become easier and more doable. We are looking forward to the future and are excited with what we have accomplished and what we are developing."



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"by admin
Over the past decade the 3D scanner has come a long way. One of the major improvements to the 3D scanner is the ability to be portable. What used to take up an entire room and was completely stationary can now be carried with you in a briefcase. The advancement is very similar to the computer industry where what used to take an entire building to house now can fit in a laptop computer. Most people remember math class and the story of the calculator and how the first calculator took up an entire room but now that same technology fits in the smallest spaces and in the early 90’s was popular to have on your watch."


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"Supplying 3D Scanners to High Demand Clients

So what are you supposed to do about it? You need to look at getting your next 3d scanner from 3ddigitalcorp. We specialize in getting you the 3d scanner for your unique purposes. Whether you need a scanner for medical reasons or you are a contractor needing to use technology for your buildings, we can help set you up with the right tools at the right prices. Our client base is wide and varied; from dentists to the entertainment industry, and even the US Army, if you need a 3d scanner, we can help you get what you need.

There is no reason to settle for an inferior 3d scanner. This technology has made amazing strides in the past decade, and you can get a high quality 3d scanner for a relatively low price if you act quickly. Don’t settle for less! You can even set up a live demonstration to see what our 3d scanners can do when you contact us. The highest quality scanners are only moments away at our website; contact us today to find out what all we can do for you."


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"by admin
In your business, you have come to rely on a lot of different tools for the different jobs that you do, and you need those tools to function well every time. It is no different when you are in the market for a high quality 3d scanner. You need a piece of equipment that will stand the test of time and function in the way that you need it to. You have probably seen articles suggesting that you can turn your own existing hardware into a 3d scanner, but what these articles do not tell you is that they are susceptible to breaking and sometimes cannot give you the quality data that you need."

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"2: 3d scanners make computer generated images much more real and lifelike. You have probably seen poorly done CGI, and this is probably due to the fact that these images were created from scratch. With data from real world objects, the 3d model looks much more lifelike. One of the most popular recent films that have used 3d scanners to create CGI is Avatar.

1: The average price of 3d scanners is decreasing, while the quality of the scanner itself is increasing. As this technology becomes more commonplace this trend will continue. Expect to see more affordable and sophisticated versions of the 3d scanner in the near future. As with any new technology, continued innovation will make it a part of lives more and more every day."



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"5: 3d scanners assisted in the renovation of several important historical statues in Italy. A team from Stanford scanned Michaelangelo’s statues, and the data gleaned was extremely important in these statues renovations. The David was the most notable statue scanned.

4: It is much easier to scan a real world object than to build the model from scratch. Making a model more lifelike without data to compare it to is extremely difficult. A 3d scanner can make this process go much faster.

3: There are several different forms of 3d scanners. Some use triangulation, others use lasers. All function in the same basic format though; by storing points along the surface of the object as data sets. The only thing that differs is how those data points are made."



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6: 3d scanners have been used in video games for years. This is done to more capture motion better for more realistic models and playing. Motion capture in sports games is one of the most common uses of 3d scanners in video games."

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"With this data captured digitally, we are able to create a parametric profile, or a complete study of the landmarks of the face. This has potential for both security applications and medical study and treatment, as well. We are continuing to use our EScan 3D scanner for research of this type and others, deploying it on a monthly basis at least. Here at the university and in joint projects with our partners, including corporations and the University of Virginia, in the U.S., we expect to advance our studies very successfully with the help of 3D scanning technology.

We have repeated these experiments many times, and we are devising other projects that will call upon our 3D scanning capabilities. We use the EScan quite frequently."


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"The EScan unit and software from 3D Digital Corp came to my attention via the company website. Based on the information I found there I decided to purchase the EScan, even though I had no chance to see the scanner and test it before I bought it. The EScan was well-priced and affordable, and the company stressed its reputation for service and assistance. That service and support has been reliably provided by 3D Digital Corp. I am certainly pleased with the choice of scanner company I made.

Having received helpful guidance from 3D Digital throughout installation and setup of the EScan, the first object I scanned was a rubber figure of the human body, a replica. My scan of this object worked well and I was able to capture the data I needed. In later experiments I have successfully scanned my own hand and also the face of a student."


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"by admin
Sep 15, 2010

In my field of industrial physics and medical instrumentation we became aware of 3D scanning’s potential about four years ago. Other researchers were discussing three-dimensional scanning on the Internet and at research seminars.

As a professor at King Mongkut University of Technology, in North Bangkok, I am responsible for keeping our research facilities current with the standards of the field.
When I went looking for 3D scanning technology, I found it necessary to investigate many different sources and products. A variety of companies in Thailand were selling 3D scanners, and I studied the market carefully. One of the products I looked into was the 3D scanning system from Minolta. I was not sold on its capabilities."


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