Review: Microsoft’s Web Apps are free, but limited, taste of Office
Review: Web Apps are limited free taste of Office
NEW YORK — This week saw the launch of a free version of Microsoft's flagship Office software, available online. In other news, hell just froze over.
The idea of Microsoft Corp. letting people use its software for free will take some getting used to. But rest assured, it makes sense: The new Office Web Apps are rather stripped-down versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
In our test, it's evident that Microsoft is positioning these free "Web applications," which run in a browser, as extensions of and supplements to its full Office suite, rather than as standalone replacements in the vein of Google's Docs, which has been available since 2006.
That said, the free Microsoft programs can still prove valuable for those who don't want to buy the software. Microsoft is releasing its latest version, Office 2010, to consumers next week. The "Home and Student" package, which consists of the same four applications that are available on the Web, will cost $149 for the full, packaged product, and $119 for a download.
In particular, the Web Apps will be helpful for those who collaborate with people who have the full Office suite. You can open documents they send and modify text, spreadsheets and so forth. But the bulk of the formatting will still need to be done with the desktop application.
The Web Apps can also be a standalone alternative to Google Docs, if your demands are low. You can create, share and print new documents in the browser. Web-created Word documents may satisfy many users, while PowerPoint decks will be very crude.
As is Microsoft's intent, the Web Apps are most useful to those who also buy the software. You can shuttle your documents back and forth between the desktop and Web versions. For instance, if you have Office on your work computer, you can now make changes from your home computer, even if it's a Macintosh or a puny netbook.
So how do you access the Web Apps? If you have a Windows Live or Hotmail account, you will notice a link to "Office" at the top of the screen after you log in. Otherwise, sign up for an account. The files will live in a Web-based "SkyDrive" tied to the account.
A word about browsers: If your computer is on the old side, or a low-powered one like a netbook, you'll want to avoid using the Web Apps with Microsoft's own Internet Explorer. In my test on a computer that's seen four or five summers already, typing in the Word Web App using Internet Explorer 8 was painful. The text took too long to appear, and the sentence wavered up and down as if I were hammering on a mechanical typewriter. The app simply overloaded the PC's processor, and it was unable to keep pace with the typing.
I didn't have the same problem when using Internet Explorer on a new, faster laptop, nor was it a problem when I used the Firefox browser on the old PC. Google Inc.'s Chrome browser did an even better job of keeping the load on the processor light, though an add-on program that makes it easy to send Web documents to the desktop version of the Office program does not work in Chrome.
Here's a rundown of the Web Apps, and the differences from the offline versions:
Word — The most fully featured of the apps. You can type, check spelling, set headlines, create tables and insert pictures. BlackBerry ACC31612301 Pearl 91XX Skin Green Waterl. You can't tweak the margins, create columns, or access footnotes or comments, though you can view all these features in a "Reading View" if they've been added in the desktop program. Note that unlike the other Web Apps and Google Docs, Word Web App does not automatically save your document as you work — you have to hit the Save button. Google Docs' word processor is more fully featured, but fancy stuff, including footnotes, doesn't work well when imported into Word.
Excel — You can enter data and formulas in spreadsheets and have them calculated correctly. You can't adjust the layout of the sheet or create pie charts or other graphics. Oddly, you can't move cells or columns around: You have to cut them out, make space for them somewhere else, and then paste them. You can't open some spreadsheets that have "comments, shapes or other objects."
PowerPoint — You can edit text and add slides, but you can't adjust graphic elements. If you have an arrow pointing the wrong way, you can delete it, but you can't make it point the right way. You can create a presentation with pre-formatted boxes and diagrams, but your options are very limited. The Web App is mostly good for minor edits or last-minute changes.
OneNote — Microsoft's sleeper Office app, designed to help you collect information and notes in one, easily searchable place. The Web App lets you paste pictures into your notes, but the more useful features of the desktop program, like inserting PDFs and clippings from Web pages, are missing. The app is supposed to be able to send notes to the desktop program and vice versa, but this didn't work — I got error messages instead. A Microsoft representative said this may be a symptom of the flood of users trying the Apps this week.
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AT&T hole exposes iPad users’ e-mail addresses; hackers harvested data by tricking website
AT&T hole exposes iPad users' e-mail addresses
SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T Inc. on Wednesday acknowledged a security weak spot that exposed the e-mail addresses of apparently more than 100,000 users of Apple Inc.'s iPad, a breach that could make those people vulnerable to precision-targeted hacking attacks.
The vulnerability only affected iPad users who signed up for AT&T's "3G" wireless Internet service.
It involved an insecure way that AT&T's website would prompt iPad users when they tried to log into their AT&T accounts through the devices. The site would supply users' e-mail addresses, to make log-ins easier, based on unique codes contained in the SIM cards inside their iPads. SIM cards are used to tell cell-phone networks which subscriber is trying to use the service.
The hacker group that claims to have discovered the weakness — the group calls itself Goatse Security — said it was able to trick AT&T's site into coughing up more than 114,000 e-mail addresses, including those apparently of famous media personalities and important government officials.
A representative for the group told The Associated Press late Wednesday that the group contacted AT&T and waited until the vulnerability was fixed before going public with the information. AT&T said the problem was fixed Tuesday but that it was alerted to it by a business customer.
Gawker Media Inc.'s Valleywag website earlier reported on the breach.
AT&T said it will notify all iPad users whose e-mail addresses may have been accessed.
"We take customer privacy very seriously and while we have fixed this problem, we apologize to our customers who were impacted," the company said in a statement.
AT&T noted that the only information hackers would have been able to steal using this attack were users' e-mail addresses. But that can be enough to launch a highly effective attack, since the attacker also knows that the person receiving the e-mail is an iPad user and an AT&T customer and would expect to receive e-mail from Apple and AT&T about their accounts. Nokia DC 6 Car Charger Retail Packaging. Criminals could use that knowledge to trick them into opening e-mails that plant malicious software on their computers.
An Apple representative deferred requests for comment to AT&T.
Apple has sold more than 2 million iPads since they went on sale two months ago. The iPad comes in two different flavors — one that only connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi, and another that also can connect through AT&T's "3G" cellular network. The Wi-Fi-only models aren't affected by the breach. Apple hasn't specified how many of each model it has sold.
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Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Apple's Magic Trackpad Revealed?
Engadget's Joshua Topolsky reports:
Of all the surprises we expected to hear about in the WWDC keynote, a multitouch trackpad peripheral didn't exactly pop into our brains. But - whoomp - here it is. What we appear to be looking at is a brand new input device that Apple has dreamed up which connects to desktops (and laptops, if you like) via Bluetooth, much like the Apple Keyboard......
For the full report visit here:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/apples-magic-trackpad-revealed/
Moving to Mac: The Trackpad
Web Worker Daily's Scott Blitstein says:
One of my biggest concerns with my move to Mac was adjusting to a touchpad interface. I've used IBM ThinkPads for years and have grown accustomed to the TrackPoint. TrackPoints are getting scarce, though, and the Trackpad on the MacBook is a highly lauded feature. My friend Christelle even went so far as to call it life-changing. Incase CL55199 Coated Canvas Black. With praise like that, my expectations were high. How well does it stack up?....
You can check it out at:
http://bit.ly/bRMLWp
Mac Or Windows: Making The Switch To MacBook
Embedded.com's Jack Ganssle says:
I've been lured by Steve Jobs siren song, at least for the laptop.
I have only been to an Apple store on two occasions, both recently, both after the iPad came to market. Each of those trips was both awful and fascinating.... I am still unsure how one actually goes about purchasing something....
....I like the idea of having native access to Unix, rather than a DOS command line shell, and the battle with Vista on my desktop left me unwilling to iterate that experience....
The MacBook is absurdly-priced... but it comes out of hibernation instantly... is very fast, and has seamless WiFi. The touchpad supports one, two, three, and even four-finger manipulation which is confusing at first, but greatly speeds navigation.
The machine, both physically and graphically, is simply beautiful, something that once would mean nothing to me. But my wife is an artist and she has instilled some level of appreciation for beauty in me....
For the full review visit here:
http://bit.ly/9HjIfD
Larry Magid: Steve Jobs Is A National Treasure
Mercury News's Larry Magid says:
I don't always agree with Steve Jobs, especially with the level of control Apple exerts over iPhone and iPad developers. But that doesn't change the fact that the man is a national treasure. When the history of the 20th and 21st centuries is written in stone, I have no doubt that Jobs will take his place along with Albert Einstein and Henry Ford.
To read more, click here.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15214363?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Why I Fired Steve Jobs
The Daily Beast's Thomas E. Weber says:
As Apple's CEO introduces his new iPhone today, and its market cap passes Microsoft's, the man who infamously fired him, John Sculley, tells The Daily Beast's Thomas E. Weber about his regrets, their rift and how their partnership could have worked: Jobs should have been CEO, and Sculley's boss, rather than the other way around. Plus, other 1985 board members on Jobs then and now, and where they are today.
You can check it out at:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-06/why-i-fired-steve-jobs/
Macintosh Portable Recalled
businessmirror.com's Presy Alba says:
In 1989 Apple's first attempt at making a laptop the Macintosh Portable was met with raves from critics but poor sales from the consumers because of the price issue. To be fair, it was very expensive because Apple spared no expense in the construction: it had all the bells and whistles of a desktop Macintosh and it was portable.
It featured cutting-edge design elements that virtually determined how laptops are designed today....
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Why I Don't Like The Mac And Loved The Nissan GT-R
TG Daily's Rob Enderle says:
I can like and respect Apple but I've never personally been attracted to Apple products.
The closest was Apple's second generation iMac which I still think is one of the coolest PC designs of all time (though I wanted it in black). However I've often had a hard time articulating why I don't like Apple products. They are attractive, they are easy to use, they are expensive but I tend to buy expensive things, and people stand in lines to buy many of them.
Earlier this week I went on an Exotic Car Excursion where I got to drive a Ferrari, a Lamborghini, a Porsche, a Lotus, an Austin Martian, and a Nissan GT-R. This experience was put on by the San Jose outlet of an outfit that rents exotic cars to drive called Club Sportiva.....
I m going to give you my impressions of each car, which car was most like an Apple product (to me), and why I wouldn't buy one.
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OWC Garage Sale, June Edition - Great Items Up for Grabs
OWC NewsFeed says:
This month s OWC Garage Sale is well underway with over 170 items still remaining as of this post.
Discontinued, refurbished, used, new-open box, missing box, and one of a kind stuff that s discounted to move out. These listings are offered for online, web ordering only and provided on a first come, first served basis. The site limits orders to what is available and automatically reduces available quantity and will then turn off items once sold out.
You can check it out at:
http://blog.macsales.com/5727-owc-garage-sale-june-edition-great-items-up-for-grabsTiVo Releases Desktop Software 2.8.1, Adds Support for iPad Export
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Applelinks iPhone And iPad News Reader - Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Prisoner Of iTunes - The iPad File Transfer Horror
The Register's John Lettice notes that the iPad is light, compact, reasonably capable for typing, and it has very decent battery life, which would be enough to convince him to take the device seriously for note-taking, document viewing and manipulation, and stop carrying his MacBook Air around all the time, were it not for the "you can check out, but you can't leave" dynamic that obtains.
"The iPad is a conflicted machine," Lettice opines - a media consumption device and potential productivity tool, but also considerable potential to become an infuriating device to use - in particular the difficulty in exchanging files, the iTunes tether, and the iPad's status as a big iPhone that can't make phone calls.
[Editor's note: some of these issues appear to be addressed by the iOS iPhone/iPad operating system Steve Jobs announced yesterday, but not the file import/export constipation.]
The author observes that "It's possible to work around some of the iPad's insane file sharing restrictions using Avatron Software's Air Sharing HD, which is as essential from the point of view of sanity preservation as it is for getting stuff done."
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/07/ipad_file_transfer/
Can Windows Phone 7 Gain Momentum With All Eyes On Apple?
Wireless Watch predicted that Steve Jobs' Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote, and announcement of the 4G iPhone would pretty much eclipse Microsofts corresponding annual developer event, TechEd, also taking place this week.
They were right.
You can check it out at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/07/windows_phone_7/
From iPhone To iOS - Apple Nabs (Another) Cisco Handle
The Register's Cade Metz reports that Steve Jobs has borrowed another iName from Cisco. But this time, he got permission.
At WWDC yesterday Jobs announced that the iPhone OS has been renamed iOS - a name owned by Cisco as a trademark on the acronym IOS, short for its Internetwork Operating System, but Apple has secured approval with a statement from Cisco readin "Cisco has agreed to license the iOS trademark to Apple for use as the name of Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad."
To read more, click here.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/07/apple_nabs_ios_name_from_cisco/
Cisco and Apple Agreement on iOS Trademark
Cisco blogger Kristin Carvell says:
“Cisco has agreed to license the iOS trademark to Apple for use as the name of Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The license is for use of the trademark only and not for any technology.”
You can check it out at:
http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_ios_trademark/
Google Still The Word On iPhone Search Box
The Register's Cade Metz reports:
Google is still the default search engine on the iPhone, and though Apple has added Microsoft Bing as an alternative Mountain View has not lost its prime placement on the Jobsian handset.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/07/google_search_still_default_on_iphone/
NY AG Cuomo Looks Into iPad Sales Over Discrimination Claim
Politico's Ben Smith reports that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating claims that the computer giant Apple has refused to sell its new iPad to people of Asian descent, apparently over smuggling fears.
For the full report visit here:
http://politi.co/aGj4t4
Free "iPad Basics" Ebook Introduces Full iPad Documentation
TidBits' Adam C. Engst says:
Since our iPads arrived in April, they've consumed nearly every waking moment, but we haven't been lolling around reading ebooks, streaming Netflix, and eating bonbons.
BlackBerry ASY14396005 Curve 83XX Charging Pod. Instead, we've been working feverishly to bring you not one, not two, not three, but four new ebooks about the iPad. The first one - Tonya's "Take Control of iPad Basics" - is totally free, and the other three pick up where it leaves off, helping you use your iPad as a media machine (Jeff Carlson's "Take Control of Media on Your iPad"), do all sorts of productive work (Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Working with Your iPad"), and go under the hood with networking and security details (Glenn Fleishman's "Take Control of iPad Networking & Security").
You can buy any of the ebooks individually, or buy them together in a discounted bundle. Here's what the new ebooks are about....
You can check it out at:
http://db.tidbits.com/article/11323
Xcode Projects - Publish a Book on the App Store - Quick and Easy
Xcode Projects - Publish a Book on the App Store
[Press Release]
Independent developer Chris Mayer has announced the release and immediate availability of three complete Xcode projects - Basic Book App for iPhone, Universal Basic Book App for iPhone and iPad, and Advanced Book App for iPhone. The 'Book' category is the fastest growing sector of the App Store. The iPhone and iPad have revolutionised the way people read. No longer are people carrying a book with them - they instead carry a whole library in their pockets.
Specifically designed to help authors publish their books on iPhone and iPad devices, these projects are ready-made Apps, just waiting for content to be loaded in HTML format. Anyone who can edit a HTML document can publish a book on iPhone. Pages can be created in any HTML editor such as Dreamweaver, and may use a variety of fonts and styles, as well as images within the pages.
Features:
(*) Supports standard HTML format pages, create using any popular webpage editor
(*) Include a variety of fonts and styles, and show images within your pages
(*) Loads audio for each page in .m4a, .mp3, or .wav format - for spoken pages or sound effects
(*) Saves progress through the book
(*) Flip pages forwards and backwards with the swipe of a finger
(*) 'Credits / How To Use' screen - accessable from an info button on the launch screen
(*) Heavily commented code - see exactly how it all works
The simplest and quickest way to create an iPhone and iPad app from a book. The Advanced Book Reader App features many enhancements, including animated page turns, automatic bookmarking, so when you launch the app you can continue reading from where you left off, as well as intuitive controls. Simply swipe the screen with a finger to flip between pages.
Three complete Xcode Projects made available to download for between $9 - $27 (USD). A video demo has been created to show how the Advanced Book App functions, and is available to view on the Chris Mayer's website.
Advanced Book App Xcode Projects:
http://www.chrismayerapps.co.uk/buycode/index.html
Video Demo:
http://www.chrismayerapps.co.uk/buycode/bookmovie.mov
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The Tech Night Owl: The WWDC Report: An iPhone or a Tricorder?
In the days of the original Star Trek TV show in the 1960s, the crew of the starship Enterprise would explore a new world equipped with a handheld computer known as a Tricorder. According to the Wikipedia entry and the innate knowledge of any “Treker” on our planet, this gadget was “a multifunction handheld device used for sensor scanning, data analysis, and communication.”
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http://www.technightowl.com/2010/06/the-wwdc-report-an-iphone-or-a-tricorder/
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Canada introduces anti-spam law as spam URLs become pervasive
Canada introduces anti-spam law as spam URLs become pervasive
The Government of Canada recently re-introduced anti-spam legislation, titled the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA), in the House of Commons. The goal of the proposed legislation is to deter damaging and deceptive forms of spam and help drive spammers out of the country.
FISA is an important step in the ongoing fight against spam. The May 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report indicated that, in Canada, 89.4 per cent of email was spam. The global ratio of spam was 90 per cent.
Analysis revealed that nine out of 10 spam emails now contain a URL link in the message. In May, five percent of all domains found in spam URLs belonged to genuine web sites. Motorola V80 Original LCD with frame. Of the most frequently used domain names contained in spam URLS, the top four belong to well-known web sites used for social networking, blogging, file sharing and host other forms of user-generated content.
Domains belonging to well-known web sites tend to be recycled and used continuously compared with “disposable†domains which are used for a short period of time and never seen again. This is perhaps because some work is involved in acquiring them: the legitimate domains require CAPTCHAs to be solved to create the large numbers of accounts that are then used by spammers.
While Rustock is the botnet that uses the greatest number of disposable domains, Storm, which has recently returned to the spamming scene, is the only botnet that uses genuine domains in greater number than disposable domains.
Sixty-five per cent of spam from the Storm botnet uses a legitimate domain, many of which are for URL shortening services. Disposable domains are often used quickly after being first registered, and on average, 50 per cent are used within nine days, before spammers switch to newer domains.
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Also, MessageLabs Intelligence intercepted a malware attack featuring the theme of The FIFA World Cup competition that starts in June. Composed in Portuguese and featuring the branding of one of the event sponsors, the email was sent from an IP address in Macau, China.
Once downloaded and activated, the malware produces files that generate pop-up messages and in the background collects information on what other machines are on the same network, enabling the attacker further access to the compromised computer.
The May level of email-borne viruses in Canada was one in 230.9, while the global ratio was one in 211.6. Malware may penetrate an organization in many ways, including drive-by attacks from compromised websites, Trojan horses and worms that spread by copying themselves to removable drives.
The most frequently blocked malware for the last month was the Sality.AE virus, which spreads by infecting executable files and attempts to download potentially malicious files from the Internet.
With spammers and cyber criminals remaining as active as ever, legislation such as FISA can help flush out malicious and illegitimate activities and make sure that Canadian organizations follow better business practices.
Matt Sergeant, is a Senior Anti-Spam Technologist for  Symantec Hosted ServicesÂ
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NEW BRUNSWICK RELEASES 21ST CENTURY LEARNING PLAN
NEW BRUNSWICK RELEASES 21ST CENTURY LEARNING PLAN
On May 14th the Anglophone sector of the New Brunswick Department of Education released its proposal on how to shift our public education system to a 21st Century learning model. The plan was developed using a co-leadership model with principals and district leaders, and the consultation document will now be used to engage our teachers.
John Kershaw
 As New Brunswick teachers were each allocated a notebook computer, for the first time in history we were able to forward a copy of a draft learning strategy to every teacher, for their advice and counsel.
The plan, entitled 21st Century Learning (NB3-21C) is available for review at our departmental website: http://www.gnb.ca/0000/index-e.asp.
While the three year plan is quite comprehensive, four key elements are emerging as critical pillars to success. Let’s call them the CRT2 formula, where C is Creativity, R is Relevance; the first T is Time and the second, Technology.
Creativity
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Public education in the industrial era was founded on discipline and facts. In the 21st Century individual and societal success will be founded on creativity. Creative thinkers will be in demand to guide business innovation and to solve complex societal issues, some of global proportions. Â NB3-21C is designed to produce creative problem solvers. Today, creativity trumps regurgitation of facts. Facts you can access on the internet.
Relevance
The OECD, EU, Partnership for 21st Century Skills in the United States, and many authors are calling for significant changes to what students learn and how teachers teach. NB3-21C calls for a complete assessment of our Essential Graduation Requirements, curricula outcomes and instructional practices to determine which ones are truly relevant to the 21st Century learner.Â
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Last year, 50% percent of the students at a local high school missed 50% of their classes in December. When asked to explain why, they stated that school was a waste of their time. Â
The response is an alarm bell from two perspectives. First, the students found school irrelevant to their needs (see above). Secondly, students value their time.
Society invests millions of dollars every year in educating our youth, so of course we value their time. XMI X mini Happy Capsule Speaker Black. But do we give serious consideration to and value every minute they are giving us? There is urgency here. We need to position each and every child to reach their full potential, within a set time allotment.
New Brunswick’s school calendar equates to roughly 170,000 minutes of instruction between kindergarten to grade 12. We have students at school for only 170,000 minutes! Throw in a few snow days and instruction time decreases accordingly. For NB3-21C to be successful, we will be examining our school calendar, instruction time allocations, lessons, activities, instruction, and learning environment in an effort to make every instruction minute engaging to and relevant for our students. Â
And at the same time, we know we need to strike the right balance between a student’s instruction time, and our teachers having the time to plan for instruction. Seeking the advice of our teachers on this issue will be critical to finding solutions.
Technology
The 21st Century Age of Knowledge is rooted in rapid advancements in information and communications technology. ICT facilitates access to information for every student via the internet. We intend to create ICT rich learning environments because students deserve to have access to the tools of their generation in the classroom.
NB3-21C’s focus is on producing creative problem solvers, being relevant to our students and using their time wisely. This will include creating ICT rich learning environments, where each student can access information at his or her own speed of learning.
John D. Kershaw
Deputy Minister
Department of Education
New Brunswick, Canada
(Anglophone Sector)
David M. Kershaw
Masters, Computer Science
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Samsung to invest $3.6 billion to expand Texas chip-making facility, to hire 500 more workers
Samsung to invest $3.6 billion to expand Texas chip-making facility, to hire 500 more workers
By AP
June 9th, 2010
Samsung invests $3.6 billion in Texas chip plant
AUSTIN, Texas — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that due to projected heavy demand for its advanced logic chips the South Korean company will invest $3.6 billion to expand capacity at its plant in Austin, Texas, and hire 500 more workers there by 2011.
Samsung will raise its employee count at the facility to 1,500 from 1,000 by next year, boosting annual payroll to about $105 million. The expansion, which builds out the second phase of its 2.3 million-square-foot complex, will bring its total investment in the Austin plant to more than $9 billion.
Most of the new employees with be engineers and technicians. In addition, the company said almost 3,000 construction workers and equipment vendors will move in and set up the machinery. HTC CH G100 Car Kit w Mount and CLA. The plant will build advanced logic devices for Samsung's system large-scale integration business and continue to make NAND flash memory chips, which are used in consumer electronics such as digital cameras, thumb drives and MP3 players.
"Forty-five nanometer and below advanced logic applications are in high demand and respective markets are expected to show substantial growth in the coming years," said Stephen Woo, executive vice president and general manager of Samsung's System LSI division.
Samsung expects the facility will be operational by the second quarter of next year.
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AT&T security hold exposes iPad users’ e-mails; hackers harvested data by tricking AT&T site
AT&T security hole exposes iPad users' e-mails
SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T Inc. on Wednesday acknowledged a security weak spot that exposed the e-mail addresses of apparently more than 100,000 users of Apple Inc.'s iPad, a breach that could make those people vulnerable to precision-targeted hacking attacks.
The vulnerability only affected iPad users who signed up for AT&T's "3G" wireless Internet service.
It involved an insecure way that AT&T's website would prompt iPad users when they tried to log into their AT&T accounts through the devices. The site would supply users' e-mail addresses, to make log-ins easier, based on unique codes contained in the SIM cards inside their iPads. SIM cards are used to tell cell-phone networks which subscriber is trying to use the service.
The hacker group that claims to have discovered the weakness — the group calls itself Goatse Security — said it was able to trick AT&T's site into coughing up more than 114,000 e-mail addresses, including those apparently of famous media personalities and important government officials.
A representative for the group told The Associated Press late Wednesday that the group contacted AT&T and waited until the vulnerability was fixed before going public with the information. AT&T said the problem was fixed Tuesday but that it was alerted to it by a business customer.
Gawker Media Inc.'s Valleywag website earlier reported on the breach.
AT&T said it will notify all iPad users whose e-mail addresses may have been accessed.
"We take customer privacy very seriously and while we have fixed this problem, we apologize to our customers who were impacted," the company said in a statement.
AT&T noted that the only information hackers would have been able to steal using this attack were users' e-mail addresses. Motorola C139. But that can be enough to launch a highly effective attack, since the attacker also knows that the person receiving the e-mail is an iPad user and an AT&T customer and would expect to receive e-mail from Apple and AT&T about their accounts. Criminals could use that knowledge to trick them into opening e-mails that plant malicious software on their computers.
An Apple representative deferred requests for comment to AT&T.
Apple has sold more than 2 million iPads since they went on sale two months ago. The iPad comes in two different flavors — one that only connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi, and another that also can connect through AT&T's "3G" cellular network. The Wi-Fi-only models aren't affected by the breach. Apple hasn't specified how many of each model it has sold.
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July 09, 2010
Brit office worker flashes bra at Google Street View camera
LONDON - An office worker in Britain has become an Internet sensation after she flashed her bra at a Street View camera car.
The busty woman, who lifted her top as the car drove past her workplace, escaped being disciplined by her bosses at the Doma Farm Nursery in Uckfield, East Sussex.. Nokia Earpieces and Headsets
"It made me laugh," the Sun quoted web user LAP, who spotted her, as stating.
Another called Bernard Stotesbury added: "One presumes that she did not have enough time to remove the bra?"
Street View is said to cover 96 percent of Britain's roads. (ANI)
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July 08, 2010
Applelinks iPhone And iPad News Reader - Thursday, June 10, 2010
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July 07, 2010
Top 10 benefits of iPhone 4 over iPhone 3GS
"iPhone 4 is the biggest leap since the original iPhone," said Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, while unveiling the fourth-genration iPhone at WWDC. Apple's iPhone has achieved a phenomenal success world-wide, evolving into the most advanced mobile phone in its successive generations. A year ago, Apple launched its iPhone 3GS model featuring a camera with higher resolution and video capability, voice control, and support for 7.2 Mbps HSDPA. The successor iPhone 4, turns the dream of video calling into reality. Apple’s innovative new Retina display and the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, ensures crisp text, images and video. Additionally, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording and a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time. All this comes in an scintillating all-new design of glass and stainless steel encasing the slimmest smartphone on this planet. The fourth-generation of iPhone comes with world’s most advanced mobile operating system - iOS 4, which includes over 100 new features and 1500 new APIs for developers. Before you bet your money to go for superior iPhone 4, you need to have a look at the top advantages it offers over iPhone 3GS. Nokia Nokia 5300 Mic Ear. We draw the top 10 iPhone 4 Vs iPhone 3GS comparision of features.
1. Display
iPhone 4 retains the size of 3GS with a 3.5 inch diagonal. It's completely different with 4 times as many pixels with the so-called retina display. Not just that iPhone 4 flaunts a 4 times the pixels of earlier iPhones, you can feel the difference between the glass you touch and the pixels that are removed.
The 3GS offers a 480×320 pixel resolution at 163ppi. While the iPhone 4 receives a significant bump up providing 960 x 640-pixel resolution at 326ppi and an 800:1 contrast ratio. The screen isn't OLED as with some other smartphones. While the screen isn't OLED as with some other smartphones. Apple claims its IPS display technology is better.
2. Storage
The iPhone 4 is available at capacities of 16 GB and 32 GB. The iPhone 3GS has regressed with a new 8GB of memory model apart from the 16GB and 32 GB models. This looks a bid to woo the customers on budget looking for the defunct iPhone 3G.
3. Camera
iPhone 4's camera is a much-hyped issue, especially with the HD video recording facility. But, it won't match the best camera phones. Still its excels the 3 megapixels iPhone 3GS with 5 megapixels camera and an added LED flash. What's more, you have a front-facing camera for FaceTime Wi-Fi video calls and more.
4. HD Video recording
With a Flip Mino HD like video quality iPhone 4 is a giant leap in terms of video recording. The 3GS also supported video recording but it was VGA. iPhone 4 received a 720P is a real bump up to a 5 megapixel camera with a nice addition although at this size any further megapixel increases do become a bit silly due to lens size.
5. Wireless and data
iPhone 4 goes a step ahead of 3GS to adds 802.11n along with 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.1. The 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 3G and EDGE specs continue to feature in the iPhone 4.
6. Sleek design
As Steve Jobs' claims, Apple iPhone 4 is the sleekest mobile on earth. Just 9.3mm in thickness, 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS, the Jony Ive (iPhone 4). iPhone 4 measures 0.37 inch deep whereas iPhone 3GS's thickness stands at 0.48 inch. Further, iPhone 4 is slightly narrower, 2.31 inches to 2.44 inches. The two models weigh the same 4.8 ounces, still the tweaks to the dimensions make the iPhone 3GS seem more sludgy in comparison to the newest iPhone.
7. 3 axis Gyro
The most advanced feature added to iPhone 4 is the 3-axis gyro that takes motion-sensing in mobiles to a new level. When paired with the accelerometer, iPhone 4 can perform advanced motion sensing such as user acceleration, angular velocity and rotation rate. With the inclusion of gyro, iPhone 4 will offer motion gestures and greater precision to elevate the gaming experience.
8. External buttons and inputs
Overall iPhone 4 inherits the same form factor and buttons, but it adds an extra mic button to offer better call quality through noise cancellation. Evidently there has been no alterations in the button sizes or location, but the volume of button has been separated into up and down.
9. Power and battery
According to Apple CEO iPhone 4 offers a 40% improvements in its battery performance over the 3GS model. With a 7 hours talk time on 3G, iPhone 4 exceeds 5 hours on the 3GS. The standby time nears 300 hours, which is same for the 3GS.
Users can expect an hour more on browsing and 10 hours more audio playback with the video unchanged at 10 hours.
10. iOS 4 and multitasking
One of the greatest advantages with iPhone 4 is the iOS 4 operating system that supports multitasking, details of which you can read in our article. The iOS 4 includes over 100 new features and 1500 new APIs for developers. What's more, iPhone 4 with iOS 4 will ensure that multitasking doesn't hamper the performance or battery life. Steve Jobs demonstrated that the services such as Pandora and navigation running in background while other apps were running in the foreground.
Those using Apple iPhone 3GS can go for an upgraded to iOS 4 as soon to be available on in iTunes 9.2 for Mac OS X and Windows in a while or June 21st. Alternately users can go for a iPhone 3GS 4.0 jailbreak.
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July 06, 2010
BPO witnesses rapid growth in the last decade: NASSCOM president
BANGALORE - Som Mittal, President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) has said outsourcing business in India has witnessed more than nine times growth, from 1.6 billion dollars to 14.7 billion dollars in the last decade.
Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, Mittal said: "In this last decade, from 1.6 billion, we rose to 14.7 dollars."
He further said that India's back-office outsourcing business would post a growth of 15 to 16 percent in 2010 to March 2011 on growing demands from overseas clients.
There is a growth in the employment sector as well, as far as the BPO industry is concerned.
He pointed out that even two-tier cities have become the hub of IT industry and software development.Today, BPO industry is in 50 cities and towns. Motorola SNN5771 Battery Bulk Packaging. I think that's very significant, so, a large part of the business did come from top six-seven cities, but the fact that they are already in 50 cities, is very significant," he added.
"Several new upcoming areas such as procurement services, healthcare outsourcing and knowledge services, which include services such as research and analytics, legal services outsourcing, financial research and data management, are expected to aid the growth of the BPO industry in the future," Mittal said.
NASSCOM is the premier trade body for the IT-BPO industries in India. (ANI)
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