Microsoft, Apple Join to Fix Vista iPod Issues

Touting the collaboration between the two companies, Microsoft today released a patch it developed with Apple to correct problems Windows Vista users are having with iPods. While Apple already updated iTunes, issues remained with iPods becoming corrupted when ejected.

"The long and short of it is this: Apple and Windows have partnered together to ensure a great experience in using Windows Vista with iTunes and the iPod, and both companies recommend you download this update," said Vista product manager Nick White. The download is available now, and will be automatically downloaded for Vista users beginning May 22.

Sun Partners with Ericsson on Java Platform

Sun is pertnering with Ericsson to support development of Java-based server applications runing on wireless networks.

Robert Mullins, IDG News Service

Sun Microsystems Inc. is collaborating with Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson to support development of Java-based server applications that can run on wireless networks. The announcement was made at the JavaOne 2007 conference Tuesday in San Francisco.

Sun and Ericsson will contribute to the GlassFish open-source community, a group devoted to developing server applications based on the Java Enterprise Edition platform, which Sun open sourced a year ago, said Rich Green, Sun's senior vice president for software. GlassFish is primarily focused on enterprise-level applications but the collaboration with Ericsson will allow it to expand into applications delivered on mobile networks.

Specifically, said Green, the agreement will make available to GlassFish the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) portion of the IMS (IP multimedia subsystems) protocol to deliver Java applications over wireless networks.

Under the agreement, Ericsson will contribute parts of its server development to GlassFish, including a variety of tools and expertise to support developer communities. Ericsson may also allow developers to test their applications on a live IMS-based network.

Like other companies at JavaOne, Ericsson sees that wireless devices are more ubiquitous than desktop PCs and mobile is where the company's energy should be directed.

"We realize that in developing new services around IMS that will change the way people live their lives, we can't do that on our own," said Martin Harriman, vice president of marketing and business development for the multimedia business at Ericsson. "This is a big step for us [and] we've never worked like this before."

Green also emphasized the significance of a company like Ericsson with deep roots in the traditional telecommunications market embracing the open source concept.

"For them to say the leading edge technology that is going to power their next big round of business is going to be in open source is this huge quantum leap for a company like that," Green said.

Ericsson and Sun have the same motivation to support the open source community, Green said. If open source developers create novel applications that encourage people to buy mobile devices, that will spur demand for more of the network equipment Ericsson makes and more of the servers Sun makes.

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Dell condemns laser printer power waste

By Peter Judge. Techworld

Personal printers are grossly inefficient compared with network printers - burning extra power which dwarfs the toner bill and bloats companies' carbon footprint, according to Dell.

The company claims personal laser printers cost €85 per year in power costs alone, compared with €5 per user each year for a networked printer. Users continue to provide them because they are simply unaware of the costs involved, says Dell's research.

Seventy-nine percent of IT managers simply don't know the cost of running their printers, according to a Dell survey of small-to-medium businesses in the UK, France and Germany. Ninety percent of managers don't restrict printing in any way, and more than half of them (58 percent) don't even know how many printers they have in their organisation.

"There are thousands of personal printers out there, because IT staff feel people need them," said Stephen Burt, Dell's European imaging business manager. Around 40 percent of these in business are personal laser printers, he said which are power-hogs: "The power costs are much greater than the toner costs."

Laser printers are inefficient when they are lightly used, because the drum mechanism is kept hot for half an hour after each use, in case of further printing, he said. A group of thirty users with personal mono printers will use 17,000 kWh of power per year, costing €85 per user, he said - figures which assume three hours printing each day, and the power consumption of a comparatively efficient modern laser such as they Dell 1110.

A single networked printer could replace all thirty personal printers and print the same number of pages for only 1,000 kWh per year, which works out at €5 in power costs. Consumables would also cost less for the networked printer.

Centralised printing could also manage the arrival of colour lasers, which are now becoming cheap enough to use across the organization, said Burt. Networked printers are more likely to have controls that can ration colour printing to certain users, so it is used where it will be effective.

Currently at number eight in printer market share in Europe (and number six in colour lasers) Dell hopes economy and efficiency measures will move it up the league table. Higher placed manufacturers such as HP are often felt to be focusing on selling more ink and toner.

Comparing efficiency of colour printers could become easier with the arrival of new ISO standards to compare printer yields, including ISO 24712, a set of colour test pages. "You can now compare colour printer yields between vendors," he said. Till now, printer makers have been free to define their own test pages, allowing them to achieve unrealistically high yields.

Lexmark's recent inclusion of Wi-Fi as standard in lower-end printers, is misplaced in devices which are rarely mobile, said Burt: "Ninety-eight percent of people don't use Wi-Fi," he said, asking why the majority should pay for a feature which can add an extra £50 to the price of a printer. Dell offers Wi-Fi with optional USB dongles. "When 98 percent of people want it, it will be a standard."

DRAM Prices Drop

Users may find bargains this spring, as a glut keeps prices below $2 on a downward spiral.

Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service

Users looking to add more DRAM (dynamic RAM) to their PCs are likely to continue to see bargains throughout May and June, as prices of the memory chips continue to crash.

The contract price of the most widely used DRAM chips, 512M bit, 667MHz DDR2 (double data rate, second generation), slid below US$2 for the first time in the first half of May. The chips dropped 8.8 percent from mid-April to $1.94 per chip, according to DRAMeXchange Technology Inc., a Taiwanese company that runs an online DRAM market.

It's great news for users. Falling DRAM rates can help offset recent increases in prices for LCD (liquid crystal display) panels, and keep PC prices in check. Users wanting to boost their system speed can also add more DRAM at a low cost. These prices aren't likely to last longer than the next few months. At $1.94 each, the chips are well below the $2.50-$3.00 cost of production for chip makers, and they'll likely shift their production strategies in order to reverse the decline. The second half of the year is also the strongest for PC sales, another factor that could stop the current downtrend.

DRAMeXchange said the DRAM market appears to be weaker than expected in May and June, and many companies in the supply chain, including module makers and PC vendors, have already built up inventories. Prices won't rebound until these inventories are worked down.

The fall below $2 was also significant because of its relative ease, noted Gartner Inc. There was less resistance at that psychologically important level than expected, the industry researcher said.

Even though chip makers are producing DRAM at a loss, prices may not rebound quickly. The companies have to continue selling the chips to bring in cash so they can pay for their expensive DRAM factories. They could try shifting some production to other products, such as NAND flash memory and image sensors, where prices are firmer, but it takes months to tweak production lines for such a change. They could miss an uptick in the DRAM market.

Around three-fourths of all DRAM chips are bought and sold by contracts between DRAM makers and major PC vendors such as Dell Inc. Prices are renegotiated twice per month. The remaining one-fourth is sold on open spot markets, like commodities such as oil and gold.

Contract prices of the chips have fallen 67 percent since the start of the year, when they were fetching $5.95 each. Although many analysts watch DRAM prices as an indication PC shipments might be slowing down, that's not likely the case this time. DRAMeXchange says the decline was caused by chip makers switching some production lines to DRAM from NAND flash memory, which had seen prices fall for nearly six months before recently stabilizing. The changeover has caused an oversupply in DRAM, while the glut in NAND flash memory has eased. There does not appear to be any problem with the PC market, analysts said.

Java Goes Open Source

Sun says the bulk of core Java technology is now converted to open source under GNU.

China Martens, IDG News Service

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2). The vendor made the announcement at its JavaOne conference in San Francisco.

However, Sun hopes the open-source community will help it resolve the issue of Java source code that remains "encumbered," where Sun doesn't hold enough rights to release the code under GPLv2, according to Rich Sands, community marketing manager for OpenJDK community at Sun. While he declined to put a percentage on how much of Java's 6.5 million lines of code are encumbered, Sands said the issue was primarily with Java 2D graphics technology, particularly around font and graphics rasterizing. While open-source alternatives are already available, they don't currently support all the necessary features of the Java 2D API (application programming interface).

For now, Sun will provide plug-ins for the Java 2D technology that can be combined with the rest of Java available under GPLv2 so developers will have access to a complete Java Development Kit (JDK). In the future, Sun plans to work with the open-source community to rewrite the encumbered components to replace the current closed-source code and make it available under GPL2.

Sun first pledged to make Java freely available just over a year ago at JavaOne in May 2006 and then in November announced its somewhat surprising choice of open-source license and began releasing OpenJDK components. In all of the vendor's previous open sourcing of its software, Sun relied on its own CDDL (common development and distribution license). Java was the first time the vendor opted for GPL, a popular license with the free and open-source software community.

Sun's hoping that open sourcing Java under the GPL will lead to Linux distributors embedding the software in their operating systems and thus widening the technology's appeal to more developers. Last month, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, said once Java was fully available under GPL, Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of the Linux distribution, would consider including the technology in the core of Ubuntu.

Software implementations based on OpenJDK can now use the Sun Java SE 6 Compatibility Kit to help developers establish compatibility with the current Java SE 6 specification, Sands said. Once such implementations achieve certification, developers will be able to use the "Java Compatible" brand.

Open sourcing Java represents one of the largest donations of code to the developer community, Sands said, but merely making software freely available is insufficient. "Open-source developers need to have rules and governance spelled out for them for how they use and interact with the code base," he added.

With that in mind, Sun is establishing an OpenJDK interim governance board, which is to create a constitution and gain the community's approval for it over the coming year. Sands wouldn't reveal the identities of the five-person board, other than to say only two of them will be Sun employees. A formal naming of the members will take place at JavaOne, he said. Once a constitution is in place, the OpenJDK community will vote to elect a new governance board, again only two of whom will work for Sun, Sands added.

Things you can do in Linux but not Windows

If you're on the fence about whether or not to pick up a new Dell PC with Ubuntu or Windows pre-installed, open source enthusiast dmartin offers a list of things you can do on Linux that you can't on Windows. Lots of good stuff here, like number 5:

Take my settings with me where ever I go. In Linux, all your personal settings are stored in your Home folder, most in folders that begin with a period (like .gaim). So, I can copy all these settings from one computer to another. I can put these settings on a USB drive. When I switched from Gentoo to Ubuntu, I kept all my settings. On Windows, some settings are under your home folder and some are in the registry. So your settings are not portable.

You Linux users have anything to add to the list? Post it up in the comments. —Gina Trapani

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Even though the platform itself is struggling to stay afloat, Samsung on Monday introduced a new line of Ultra Mobile PCs in an effort to kick start the market.

The Q1 Ultra is the successor the original Q1, released by the Korean electronics maker last year. It will feature a "split" QWERTY keyboard, mouse, and user-defined function keys.

Intel provides the processor for the Q1 Ultra, that runs at either 600 or 800MHz, and includes 1GB of DDR2 memory. The battery supports about 4.5 hours of continuous use, Samsung claims.

The device also includes a 300-pixel webcam, microphone, 1.3-megapixel digital camera, and a seven- inch LCD screen. In addition, it includes an instant on feature that would make booting into Windows unnecessary for certain applications.

Samsung says the device will be available through retail and "e-tail" outlets including Best Buy, Circuit City, CDW, CompUSA, Amazon.com, NewEgg.com, Buy.com, Costco.com, Tiger Direct, PC Connection, B & H Photo and PC Mall for $799.

"Since the introduction of the Q1, Samsung has been steadfastly committed to the long-term growth and development of this fast-growing product segment," the company's marketing vice president Christopher Franey said.

While both Samsung and Microsoft are putting on a positive front when it comes to UMPC, recent reports indicate that some in the industry are singing a different tune.

One such report came in TG Daily, indicating that Intel is backing away from the platform in favor of smaller "mobile internet devices." Intel has not publicly distanced itself from the UMPC concept as of yet -- and as seen above, it's CPU's are still being used in devices based on the concept.

BlackBerrys Cozy up to Office Phone Systems

RIM announced BlackBerry Mobile Voice System, expanding software that lets cell phones act as office phones.

Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service

Research In Motion Ltd. this week tightened up the links between enterprise phone systems and its BlackBerry handsets, demonstrating software that makes it easier for employees and IT administrators to keep the work force connected.

The BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS) expands on software RIM got last year through its acquisition of Ascendent Systems, which lets any cell phone act like an office phone, said David Yoch, senior vice president of software at RIM. The Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite makes cell phones communicate with enterprise PBXs (private branch exchanges), including both traditional and IP (Internet Protocol) systems. This gives employees a single number where they can be reached anywhere, because calls can ring on both the desk phone and the cell phone.

Fixed-mobile convergence in enterprises is intended to free workers from their desks and cut down on the number of missed calls. Some vendors are pursuing it with dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phones to improve indoor coverage and slash phone bills. The BlackBerry MVS is not designed for such dual-mode phones, but there is a huge potential market for a system designed around RIM's popular business devices. All current BlackBerrys have voice capability.

RIM built on Ascendent's one-size-fits-all product to create software that makes it easier to integrate RIM's own products into enterprise phone systems, Yoch said. The MVS consists of software components for BlackBerry handhelds and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, as well as the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite. With it, administrators can centrally manage the devices and set policies for them, such as requiring all calls made from a handset to go through the PBX for billing and auditing. It also includes the security features of the Blackberry Enterprise Server so each device can be authenticated and unauthorized handsets can't get into the phone system, Yoch said.

Employees can use all the PBX features they are used to on their desk phones, such as extensions and conference calling, through an interface built in to the familiar BlackBerry client software.

"It just looks, smells and feels like you're using the BlackBerry," Yoch said.

RIM is showing off the MVS at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2007, in Orlando, and will make it available later this month as a free software update for RIM servers and current BlackBerry phones. Making it work with traditional TDM (time-division multiplexing) PBXs requires an Ascendent gateway device. Older RIM handsets can work with Ascendent's system but may not support all the features of the MVS, Yoch said.

Toshiba to Establish Software Center in Vietnam

Toshiba plans to open a development center in Vietnam that will work on embedded software for consumer electronics.

Martyn Williams, IDG News Service

Toshiba Corp. plans to open a development center next month in Vietnam that will work on embedded software for consumer electronics products.

Toshiba Software Development (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. will be based in Hanoi and initially employ around 20 people but is expected to expand to about 300 employees over the next three years, Toshiba said.

At the center low-level software processes will be developed and combined with upper processes from developers in Japan to make up the embedded software that runs in many of the company's digital consumer electronics products and cell phones.

Toshiba said its choice of Vietnam as the location for the new center was partly due to the availability of skilled personnel and lower wages that can be paid in the country. Toshiba already has ties to the country and supports scholarships to Vietnam National University and Hanoi University.

The Tokyo company has software development centers in India and China and the new Vietnamese center is part of its plan to increase software development work over the medium term while not concentrating resources in any one country.

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Ubuntu Plans Mobile Linux Version

Ubuntu Linux developers plan to extend its open-source software development to handheld Internet-enabled devices.

John Blau, IDG News Service

Ubuntu Linux developers plan to extend its open-source software development to handheld Internet-enabled devices.

Developers meeting at the Ubuntu Developer Summit, which runs through the end of this week in Seville, Spain, will discuss details of the new Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project, announced on Saturday.

Ubuntu programmers will develop a mobile version of their Debian-based Linux operating system in collaboration with Intel Corp., which plans a new low-power processor and chipset architecture designed to allow full Internet capability on mobile devices, according to a statement published on the Ubuntu Web site.

The move to offer a mobile and embedded version comes on the heels of a similar project that Intel is supporting: the Gnome Mobile & Embedded Initiative (GMAE), announced April 19 at the Embedded Linux Conference in Santa Clara, California. The initiative is open to developers, manufacturers and others interested in developing mobile device applications based on Gnome-based open-source components.

The summit is being organized by Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu. South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth initiated the project to create Ubuntu, based on Debian GNU/Linux, and founded Canonical in 2004. Canonical offers usage and basic support of the operating system for free, and additional services on commercial terms.

Overall, Ubuntu Linux appears to be gaining traction among users. Last week, Dell Inc. announced plans to preload Ubuntu Linux on its upcoming Linux desktop PCs and laptops. The company said the decision came in response to a customer feedback program that registered high interest in Ubuntu Linux.

Canonical will provide Dell with support services.

The free, open-source operating system runs on notebook and desktop computers as well as thin clients and servers.

Challenges facing developers of the mobile edition include the design of innovative graphic interfaces and power management capabilities, according to the posting on the Ubuntu Web site.

The mobile edition is slated for release in October, together with the new Ubuntu 7.10 version.

Although the use of Linux in smartphones is still comparatively low, accounting for only around 6 percent of the market for smartphone operating systems in 2006, demand for open source will increase as more handset makers move away from older proprietary phone operating systems, Nick Spencer, an analyst with Canalys.com Ltd., said in an earlier interview. Spencer expects demand to be strong in Asia, particularly in China.

HP to Unveil PC with Hybrid High-Def Drive

A spokesperson for Hewlett-Packard confirmed to BetaNews this afternoon that it will be including a hybrid Blu-ray / HD DVD disc reader and Blu-ray disk writer/re-writer drive as one of the options of its new high-performance Pavilion series PCs, with online availability confirmed for Wednesday.

Though HP would not confirm the brand specifically, it will most likely be using an LG "Super Multi Blue" hybrid disc component, which is the only one available that meets the specifications HP gave us this afternoon.Model GBW-H10N reads to Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, DVD, and CD, and will write to CD, DVD, and Blu-ray but not HD DVD, for reasons that may have more to do with licensing than technology.

The LG option will be available on Pavilion Media Center PC models m8010y and d4890y. Also available will be an optional nVidia GeForce 8800 DirectX 10 graphics card, ATI TV Wonder digital cable tuner card, and Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU - currently the only four-core option available on a single die.

The GBW-H10N has been available separately - at least someplace in the world - since June of last year, when a BenQ-branded edition showed up in Taiwan for over $900 retail. Today, the average price of this component is about $550 USD.

While its DVD-ROM write speeds at 16x are typical for drives costing less than $20 via mail order (without the Blu-ray writing capability, of course), its CD-ROM reading speed is a little lower than average: 40x versus the going rate of 52x.

Although HP remains mum on pricing until Wednesday, expect this component to add about $500 USD to the price of a performance Pavilion system.

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Apress.C.plus.plus.CLI.The.Visual.C.plus.plus.Language.for.dot.NET.Dec.2006

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TITLE : C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET (Hardcover)
AUTHOR : by Gordon Hogenson (Author)
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : December 04, 2006
LANGUAGE : English
RLS DATE : 05/05/2007

C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET introduces M$'s new extensions to the C++ syntax that allow you to target the common language runtimethe key to the heart of the .NET 3.0 platform. In 12 no-fluff chapters, M$ insider Gordon Hogenson takes you into the core of the C++/CLI language and explains both how the language elements work and how M$ intends them to be used. Compilable code samples illustrate the syntax as simply as possible, and more elaborate code samples show how the new syntax might typically be used. The book is a beginners guide, but it assumes a familiarity with programming basics. And it concentrates on explaining the aspects of C++/CLI that make it the most powerful and fun language on the .NET Framework 3.0. As such, this book is ideal if youre thinking of migrating to C++/CLI from another language. By the end of this book, youll have a thorough grounding in the core language elements together with the confidence to explore further that comes from a solid understanding of a languages syntax and grammar.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590597052/

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For.Dummies.Microsoft.SQL.Server.2005.Programming.For.Dummies.Apr.2007

For.Dummies.Microsoft.SQL.Server.2005.Programming.For.Dummies.Apr.2007 - 4460 KB

# Paperback: 416 pages
# Publisher: For Dummies (April 2, 2007)
# Language: English

Create and modify databases and keep them secure

Get up to speed on using T-SQL to store and manipulate data

SQL Server 2005 improves an already great database management system. This book shows you how to put it to work in a hurry. You'll find out how to use the SQL Server Management Studio and the SQLCMD utility to write T-SQL code, retrieve data from single or multiple SQL Server tables, add data using the INSERT statement, and much more.

* Create queries to retrieve data
*Ensure SQL Server security
*Use Visual Studio(r) 2005 with SQL Server
*Create tables, views, and indexes
*Work with Common Language Runtime
*Query XML data

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471774227/

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Packt.Publishing.Building.Websites.with.TYPO3.Mar.2007

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TITLE : Building Websites with TYPO3 (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Michael Peacock (Author)
PUBLISHER : Packt Publishing publisher
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : March 15, 2007
LANGUAGE : English
RLS DATE : 05/05/2007

Follow a clear path through the power and complexity of TYPO3 to get started, and build your own TYPO3 website This book is a fast paced tutorial to creating a website using TYPO3. If you have never used TYPO3, or even any web content management system before, then you need not look further than this book as it walks you through each step to create your own TYPO3 site. From installation, to initial set up and content entry and on to customization and adding plug-ins, this book will get you a stable and working TYPO3 based website fast. The book has 8 chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of TYPO3 and by the end you can genuinely claim to have tamed the beast that is TYPO3. TYPO3 is a popular, free, feature-rich open source content management system. It has the flexibility and scalability to more than match commercial systems and allow you to build a powerful and complex website.

Because of its complex system and numerous extensions, TYPO3 can be daunting on first approach and the initial learning curve can be steep. However the nature of its advanced features will reward an extra investment in learning. Written in a clear, easy-to-read style, the book provides a tutorial for setting up a TYPO3 website. Each topic is tackled in a practical way with many examples and tasks to develop your skills. This book is aimed at anyone who would like to quickly build a TYPO3 website. This book is written for first-time users of TYPO3 and has been specifically created so that you do not require detailed knowledge of programming or web development. TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY Chapter 1 introduces content management systems and TYPO3, along with an overview of the TYPO3 community. You will also learn about the sample site which will be developed during the course of this book. Chapter 2 covers setup and installation of TYPO3. We look at the installers bundled with TYPO3 provides, and tweak the settings of TYPO3 using the install tool. In Chapter 3 we explore the many features within the TYPO3 backend. We learn how to create and manage pages and their content, how to use the Rich Text Editor, and why we need templates to make our pages work. Additionally, you will understand the features of the Task Center by using the TYPO3 Extension Manager. In Chapter 4 we apply our knowledge of the TYPO3 administration features to create our website. This chapter shows you how pages fit together, how to display content and customize the design. By the end of this chapter you will know how to manage different versions of your website content. Chapter 5 explores the features available in TYPO3 frontend, in particular the front-end editing features. You will see how these features work, what they do, and how you can edit and create content for our website directly from the website, without needing to navigate through the backend. In Chapter 6 we explore TYPO3's user management features. You will set up specific user groups and create users to work on your site's content. Chapter 7 takes a look at the types of tasks that you must perform regularly to manage your TYPO3 site. It walks you through backing up your site and restoring it back whenever needed. We also cover the powerful Workflow and Workspace features and learn how they can be useful to us for collaboration. In Chapter 8 we look at the TYPO3 extension manager, and install four extensions, set them up, and link them to our site. We extend our site by adding extensions to rate pages on our site, and one that allows the administrator to look up hit statistics of his site. The message board and shop system extensions let you monetize your TYPO3 site by adding in ecommerce functionalities.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1847191118/

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M$.Press.The.2007.M$.Office.System.Step.by.Step.Feb.2007

M$.Press.The.2007.M$.Office.System.Step.by.Step.Feb.2007 - 59409 KB

TITLE : The 2007 M$ Office System Step by Step (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Online Training Solutions Inc. (Author), Curtis D. Frye (Author),
Joan Preppernau (Author), Joyce K. Cox (Author), Steve Lambert (Author)
PUBLISHER : M$ Press publisher
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : February 14, 2007
LANGUAGE : English
RLS DATE : 05/05/2007

Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting help to master the fundamentals of working with Office 2007, including how to navigate the new user interface. With coverage of core Office programs, and highlights of new programs, you will learn how to create professional-quality documents, powerful spreadsheets, and compelling slide presentations. You will also discover how to get your Web site up and running, how to take notes electronically, and how to manage your e-mail communications and workday. Youll even step through the fundamentals of working with Microsoft InfoPath forms and collaborating with Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office LiveMeeting, and Microsoft Office Groove.

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Windows Vista Beautiful Art Wallpapers_Part_ 5

Windows Vista Beautiful Art Wallpapers_Part_ 5 (Awesome, Never Seen, Hi Res)

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Five ways to instantly improve your talk

Productivity blog Ririan Project has written up five tips that can instantly boost your presentation's awesomeness. My personal favorite:

When you are nervous, everything get's magnified. During an interview, speech or presentation forgetting what you intended to say or losing your flow of speech can be terrifying. When this happens remember to stop and take a deep breath. This pause feels incredibly unnatural for the speaker, but it is usually barely noticed by the audience.

What are some ways that you've been able to instantly improve your public speaking gigs? Let's hear 'em in the comments. — Wendy Boswell

5 Powerful Hacks to Immediately Improve Your Presentations [Ririan Project ]

Get your music on at MusicMesh

I love finding good music mashups, and MusicMesh is definitely one of the better ones that I've come across lately.

You've got a lot to look at here: just type in your favorite artist's name and you'll be treated to a smattering of related albums plus what you're looking for, as well as YouTube vids, track listings, user reviews, Wikipedia entries, etc. I got pretty distracted following the related music suggestions; they seem to be pretty well thought out as compared to other music services that in my experience can put some pretty wild stuff together. Worth a look and a listen.— Wendy Boswell

Launch multiple Firefox tabs from the Run box

Reader Paladin launches Firefox with a set of his favorite sites open in tabs from Windows' Run box:

When I sit down at my school computer lab (they're configured for programming, so the Run box works and Firefox is installed) I hit Win+R, then type "firefox gmail lifehacker consumerist userfriendly.org". This pulls up Firefox, with a tab for Lifehacker, GMail, Consumerist, and User Friendly (a webcomic).

Check out some more ways to work with groups of tabs in the 'fox - like setting multiple homepages. Thanks, Paladin!

Find an icon at IconFinder

Looking for a few good icons? You might want to try IconFinder, a site with over 20,000 icons for you to try out.

These are nicely designed icons, too - you won't find any twee teddy bears and such here. What's your favorite place to pick up some (completely legal) icons, oh mighty Web designers? Thoughts in the comments. — Wendy Boswell

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Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.0.81 Beta

Kaspersky® Internet Security (KIS) is a fully integrated solution that protects your computer from all of the most common Internet threats, including viruses, hacker attacks, adware, spam and spyware.
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Key Features:
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* Protection from viruses, Trojans and worms
* Protection from spyware, adware and other potentially hostile programs
* Proactive defense against new malicious programs
* Protection from network attacks and system hijacking
* Blocking of popup windows and banners
* Rollback of changes made by malicious programs on your computer
* Blocking of links to phishing websites
* Trainable spam filtration system
* Support for Windows Vista™ and 64-bit systems

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Agnitum.Outpost.Security.Suite.PRO.v2007

Agnitum.Outpost.Security.Suite.PRO.v2007 - 35953 KB

Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro is a comprehensive security product to protect home and small office users against the entire range of modern threats. With it, you'll enjoy: Safe Internet presence behind the best-of-breed personal firewall; Integrity of your personal data by having the Host Protection module preemptively block unauthorized program activity; 360-degree protection against all forms of malware; Protection that is immune to unauthorized termination; Personalized, easily adoptable anti-spam for Outlook and Outlook Express users; and Easy installation and auto-configuration for novice users.

Outpost Security Suite Pro Benefits:
-Safe surfing
The robust, time-tested firewall at the heart of Outpost Security Suite Pro
shields you from the web’s darker side. It watches your computer’s every
connection, preventing local and remote unauthorized network access. By
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stops malware from communicating to and from your PC.

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The first line of defense against most malware attacks is the suite’s unique
program interaction safeguard, which proactively monitors for and blocks the kinds
of sophisticated hacking techniques used to compromise or steal data. Your data
will be safe from inappropriate access, and potential zero-day attacks will be
foiled by Outpost’s application behavior analysis. These advanced technologies
deliver preemptive protection against the majority of threats.

-360-degree protection against malware
The suite’s lightweight yet effective malware scanner that combines anti-virus and
anti-spyware capabilities detects and quarantines or removes viruses, spyware and
other malicious software automatically. The resident on-access monitor is
constantly on guard against malware idly lying or activating, yet has little
or no impact on system performance.

-Always-on defense
Outpost Security Suite Pro uses specialized techniques to ensure that its own
protection cannot be disabled by targeted malware that’s designed to do just that.

-Personalized antispam
The antispam engine will keep your inbox free of junk email. You can train it to
recognize and use your personal definition of spam, so it becomes more efficient
and an even greater time saver the longer you use it.

-Powerful protection that’s easy to use
For beginners, Outpost Security Suite Pro offers extensive assistance in making
the best use of the Program’s powerful features to correctly configure their
protection. From live assistance through the interface to the ImproveNet system
of automatic configurations to the clearly written documentation, the suite is
easy for even a novice to use. Advanced users will welcome the wealth of control
options and customizable settings they can use to customize their own
configurations, and the streamlined interface will deliver more productive and
less intrusive protection for all users, no matter what their level of expertise.

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Counter Strike Condition Zero

Counter Strike Condition Zero Emporio

To play this game you need Counter Strike v1.6 you can get it here

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Secrets of a Super Hacker

Secrets of a Super Hacker
PDF | ENGLISH | 1.5 MB

Once more, Loompanics publishes something other houses wouldn't: a guide to violating computer security. Covering hacking scenarios ranging from the merely mischievous to the criminal, the super hacker known as the Knightmare gives step-by-step instructions in meaningful hacking from a personal computer. Fortunately, he also includes a section on state and federal computer laws, allowing potential hackers to be cognizant of the sanctions they risk with any particular project. Appendixes offer an array of technical explanations and tips for understanding database and system structures; tips cover password divination and searching strategies; and a glossary, besides explaining terms likely to be encountered in any particular documentation being hacked, enhances the hacker's ability to share experiences and tips. As science outstrips society's control of information, systems of secretkeeping proliferate maddeningly. Yet with this book, the keyboard jockey can enter all sorts of "secure" systems, databases, and records; and a hacker-security chapter explains both why hacking is a valuable and useful activity and--equally important because entering and altering systems without clearance is generally illegal--how to avoid getting caught.

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Science Magazine May 4 2007

Science Magazine May 4 2007
PDF | ENGLISH | 28 MB

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Building Research Tools with Google For Dummies

Building Research Tools with Google For Dummies
PDF | ENGLISH | 8 MB

Google—a funny name for a fabulous tool. You’ve already used it to look up all sorts of information on the Web almost instantly. Now what if you could use its amazing abilities to turbo-charge your research on a grand scale?

Building Research Tools With Google For Dummies can help you do just that. In plain English, it shows you easy ways to:

* Ask Google exactly what you want to know
* Determine whether what you need can actually be found through Google, and where to look if the answer is “no”
* Improve your research results
* Present your findings in a way that makes sense
* Write your own specialized search applications—if you want to

To get the most from Google, you need to understand Google. Building Research Tools With Google For Dummies explains how Google works and how you can build more effective queries (hint: it’s a lot more than just using the “Advanced Search” techniques!) It even shows you how to think like a researcher and how to package the results of your research so it means something to your audience. You’ll be able to:

* Understand Google research techniques and use the custom search-related syntax
* Recognize Google’s strengths—and limitations
* Target your search by using Google operators
* Use Google to research photos, or even an entire industry
* Improve the effectiveness of your results by understanding Google’s comparative methodology
* Build custom tools using WDSL and Web Services

You don’t have to become a programmer to use Google, but if you know a little about software development and want to explore new, more focused search techniques, Building Research Tools With Google For Dummies has a section just for you. It introduces you to the Google API, shows you how to download a developer key, and leads you through building a C# .Net Google application. On the companion Web site, you’ll find the source code and software discussed in the book as well as links to lots of other resources for researchers. Before you know it, you’ll be Googling your way to research success!

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Collaborate your mind mapping with MindMeister

If you are a fan of mind mapping but wish you could hook up with the brain power of someone else too, then MindMeister is for you.

Basically, MindMeister comes with your standard mind mapping features, with the added goody of being able to invite and add people to help you plan The Next Bit Thing. There's two plans: Basic and Premium ($4/month); I think probably most of us would do just fine with the basic version. — Wendy Boswell

MindMeister

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Google SketchUp 6.0.515

Author: Google
Date: 2007-05-05
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Picasa 2.7 Build 36.40

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Nero Burning Rom 7.8.5.0

Nero Burning Rom 7.8.5.0

The most widely used optical burning software in the industry with the most powerful burning engine in history – has been radically redesigned to maximize ease-of-use, efficiency and speed.

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* LightScribe support
* Support for DVD-R Dual Layer format and DVD+R Double Layer
* Blu-ray Disc Data Recording Support
* Supports data compilations which all computers, regardless of operating system, can read
* Multisession writing on BD-R/RE media
* Enhanced UDF mode settings for advanced users
* Supports the full disc capacity of single layer BD-R/RE media (25GB)
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Fresh UI 7.82

Fresh UI is a fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/NT/ 98/95/Me, this software covers the customizing and optimizing techniques that you'll be glad to know, such as:

Features :

- Customizing Windows User Interface (UI)

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- Customizing Windows application settings

Controlling user environment with policies. Fresh UI is organized by section for easy navigation and completed with detail descriptions for easy reference.

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