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WWDC 2010: Apple has paid $1,000,000,000 to app developers in Apple
Today, Steve jobs said at WWDC that "Just last week" they crossed five BILLION downloads.” After applause he went on to say “This next thing is my favorite thing is my favorite stat of the whole show. As you know, 70% of revenue goes to the developer. How much have we paid you to date? Just a few days ago we crossed a BILLION dollars
“It is one of the greatest things we get to do. And that’s what makes the App Store the most vibrant app community on the planet. 5b downloads and a healthy ecosystem, and we’re thrilled with it. Now, I’d like to talk about the iPhone.”
There have been a lot of stats floating around — market research, market share studies, some are ok and some are questionable. I’d like to give you two pieces of data to help you make your own judgments.

“The first is a report that just came out from Nielson: what is the marketshare in the US? RIM is #1 with 35%. iPhone is #2 with 28%, WinMo #3 with 19%, Android 9%. Nielson says iPhone is over 3x that of Android.”

S mobile browser usage in the US — 58.2% of US mobile browser usage. “That’s almost 2.5x that of #2, Android. This may help you put things in perspective. So, back to iPhone.”
Posted by Editorial Team Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:52 pm
Apple iPad - Live Coverage and Analysis in Apple



Below is the LiveTechEvents Coverage Transcript

LiveTechEvents: Welcome to LiveTechEvents.com coverage of the Apple Tablet Event

5:45
LiveTechEvents: We're live from the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts in sunny San Francisco.

5:47
[Live Video]     USTREAM:  Play Live Video

5:50
LiveTechEvents: Bob Dylan is playing over the sound system.

5:55
LiveTechEvents:  Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, and other senior execs up front

6:53
samengland: Amazon has done a great job with the kindle...

6:53
samengland: The kindle is on screen

6:53
samengland: ebooks

6:54
samengland: Refresh http://www.livetechevents.com/ for live stream

6:55
samengland: iBooks in the iBook store

6:55
samengland: Buying iBooks...

6:56
samengland: (see video stream)

6:56
samengland: How are you supposed to read in sunlight with an LCD screen?

6:57
samengland: changing font size and font of books

6:57
samengland: the bookshelf looks like delicious library

6:58
samengland: rip off! Uninnovative in a BIG WAY

6:58
samengland: iWork on the iPad

6:58
samengland: it's here!

6:58
samengland: Pages, Number, heavy duty apps

6:58
samengland: entirely new user interface for these apps

7:00
samengland: New version of keynote for the iPad

7:01
samengland: 7 wonders of the world presentation

7:02
samengland: to reiterate this text stream is coming from INSIDE the event - video stream also at livetechevents.com - tell your friends

7:02
samengland: Navigating slides — holding down slides rearranges it. Tap multiple slides then do the move brings them as a bundle

7:03
samengland: easy resizing with keynote

7:04
samengland: innovations on keynote

7:04
samengland: to everyone asking for a price - this will be coming soon

7:04
samengland: great wall of china on screen

7:05
samengland: we will be first (livetechevents.com) to give you a PRICE for the iPad - tell your friends

7:05
samengland: applause

7:06
samengland: snowing pages now

7:07
samengland: most beautiful word processor ever? now on to numbers

7:07
samengland: spreadsheets looks good

7:08
samengland: great spreadsheets control with no mouse and keyboard

7:08
samengland: adding data

7:08
samengland: adding rows

7:08
samengland: data entry keyboard and time and date keyboard

7:08
samengland: screen res is probably BELOW 720

7:09
samengland: bad quality resolution - looks fuzzy

7:09
samengland: No mention of multi tasking - this will be unlikely

7:09
samengland: he's still playing with spreadsheets

7:09
samengland: not sure about facebook games but rumours of farmville

7:11
samengland: live video chat with who? yes if you want!

7:11
samengland: applause (over numbers)

7:12
samengland: keynote, pages, numbers (iwork) costs £9.99

7:12
samengland: now for itunes

7:12
samengland: syncs to iphone or ipod touch

7:12
samengland: photos, music, tv shows, contacts, cal, bookmarks, apps

7:13
samengland: "if you lose your ipad and get another one you can back it up on an iphone"

7:13
samengland: wifi - also have 3G

7:13
samengland: built in

7:13
samengland: cost - in the US

7:13
samengland: 2 plans

7:14
samengland: 250mb data per month $14.99/month

7:14
samengland: UNLIMITED play for $29.99

7:14
samengland: AT&T only

7:14
samengland: please tell your friends and colleagues about LiveTechEvents.com

7:15
samengland: activate the ipad on the ipad itself

7:15
samengland: but how much does the device cost?

7:15
samengland: international

7:15
samengland: NO INTERNATIONAL DEALS IN PLACE YET

7:16
samengland: deals hoped for by summer internationally

7:16
samengland: email....

7:17
samengland: uses GSM microsims only

7:17
samengland: ibook store, carry 1000s of books

7:18
samengland: pricing?

7:18
samengland: $999?

7:18
samengland: aggressive pricing...

7:19
samengland: THE DEVICE WILL COST AT $499

7:20
samengland: IPAD WILL COST $499 for 16GB
32 GB $599
64GB $699

$130 more for 3G on each model

$829 for 3G+64GB

7:20
samengland: 6 models

7:20
samengland: Lowest price $499 (no 3G, 16GB)

7:21
samengland: Google offers books for free, true

7:21
samengland: iBook store is ebooks (ebooks on the ipad)

7:21
samengland: external keyboard

7:21
samengland: plug in to it

7:21
samengland: like a netbook!

7:21
samengland: plug ipad in to keyboard and charging dock

7:22
samengland: also protective case like sony reader

7:22
samengland: book style

7:23
samengland: 24 months data + 64GB IPad 3G will cost a total of $1549 same cost as an imac

7:23
samengland: the ipad is SQUARE in shape

7:25
LiveTechEvents: keyboard same size as laptop keyboard?

7:25
Why will buy the iPad?
Me!
( 61% )
Not me...
( 39% )


7:26
LiveTechEvents: no new iPhone as of yet

7:26
Which iPad would you buy?
16GB
( 24% )
32G
( 26% )
64GB
( 50% )


7:27
LiveTechEvents: please vote in polls

7:28
LiveTechEvents: everyone getting the livestream ok? promo video showing now

7:28
LiveTechEvents: it has no phone capabilities

7:28
LiveTechEvents: resolution is 2x size of an iphone, apps are pixel-doubled

7:29
LiveTechEvents: no HD, no 720p

7:29
LiveTechEvents: we have feedback due to bandwidth issues

7:29
LiveTechEvents: @junjunb true, but $130 more 3G on any model

7:29
LiveTechEvents: The apple website hasn't been changed a lot which is strange normally theirs a teaser page up.

7:30
LiveTechEvents: there are 6 models

7:30
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Apple seems to have rushed this product out.

7:31
LiveTechEvents: 2 weeks were given to NYT to develop their app - it looks unfinished like a website from 1997 based on tables?

7:31
LiveTechEvents: people already know how to use the iphone/ipod touch so they will find this easy apparently

7:31
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I'd still recommend someone buy a netbook you can get a lot more for your money.

7:31
LiveTechEvents: ibook store, app store, itunes store 125million accounts with credit cards

7:32
LiveTechEvents: the processor is NOT INTEL it is just apples own 1GhZ processor (intel atom is 1.6Ghz and a netbook costs ~£250) most have built in 3G too (dell mini more, samsung NC, lenovo ideapad)

7:33
LiveTechEvents Discussion:In the UK the iPhone is currently on Orange, Vodafone and o2 so the iPad will probably be with one of those two, probably o2 at first.

7:33
LiveTechEvents: skype on ipad anyone?

7:33
LiveTechEvents: 3G coverage concept? please elaborate

7:34
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I think the iPad would look better with a wide-screen display watching films on the iPad won't be a pleasant experience.

7:36
LiveTechEvents: It has a lot of potential, who will wait for version 2?

7:37
LiveTechEvents Discussion:The games played were extremely poor they crashed and were fuzzy. Also the iBook application doesn't look as usable as the Kindle.

7:37
LiveTechEvents: is the kindle dead?

7:38
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Amazon will most likely slash the price of the Kindle to make it more competitive and plus you don't have to pay data charges.

7:40
Are you disappointed with the iPads features?
Yes
( 46% )
No
( 54% )


7:40
LiveTechEvents: Please sign up to email updates at LiveTechEvents.com main page for updates on future major tech events. Max 2 emails per year (No spam!)

7:41
LiveTechEvents: David, yes the iPad uses Micro SIM Any carrier that can handle micro-SIM will work and no contracts.

7:41
LiveTechEvents: They said earlier that international data deals would be June/July but micro sim cards would probably just work

7:42
LiveTechEvents: micro sim doesnt need contracts

7:43
LiveTechEvents: No more announcements - no iPhone

7:43
LiveTechEvents: If the iPad had a front and pack camera, that would be a great addition. Imagine Skype - video conferencing on an ipad!

7:44
Would you like the iPad to have a camera for Skype Video Conferencing?
Yes
( 94% )
No
( 6% )


7:44
LiveTechEvents: Theres apples big mistake - 96% people think the device should have two cameras

7:45
LiveTechEvents: No OLED screen but 10 hour battery life - good viewing angle almost 180 degrees

7:45
LiveTechEvents: its quite big, 9.7 inch screen with 3/4 inch bezel

7:46
LiveTechEvents Discussion:http://www.apple.com/ipad/ - website is up.

7:46
LiveTechEvents: Would this device leave the house that often? Why do we need 3G? Whats wrong with free Wifi in starbucks

7:46
LiveTechEvents: with the stand this is also a good aeroplane device

7:46
Who wants to pay £130 more for 3G? Or will you just stick with Wifi?
I want 3G
( 32% )
Im fine with Wifi
( 68% )


7:47
LiveTechEvents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_SIM

7:47
LiveTechEvents: screen is very responsive, A5 chip (probably ARM) is very good

7:47
LiveTechEvents: photo app responds fast

7:47
LiveTechEvents: we will have a hands on in approx 10 mins

7:48
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7:49
LiveTechEvents: The iPad is on http://www.apple.com/

7:49
LiveTechEvents: Watch the iPad video http://www.apple.com/ipad/

7:49
LiveTechEvents: 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)

7:49
LiveTechEvents: No mouse, just a keyboard attachment

7:49
LiveTechEvents: Wi-Fi model
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Wi-Fi + 3G model
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
Data only2
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

7:50
LiveTechEvents: Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)

7:51
LiveTechEvents: iPad processor: 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

iPhone processor: 600 MHz Processor

7:52
LiveTechEvents:
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7:53
LiveTechEvents: it docks in landscape with a keyboard

7:53
LiveTechEvents: calendar feels like a calendar (cork board etc)

7:54
LiveTechEvents: "real world experience"

7:54
LiveTechEvents Discussion:@Rufex its a lot like the iPhone OS, we're getting a demo of the iPad soon.

7:55
LiveTechEvents: No Adobe Flash on iPad <<<<

7:55
LiveTechEvents: 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)

7:55
LiveTechEvents: screen's aspect ratio is closer to 4:3 than 16:9

7:55
LiveTechEvents: its square

7:56
LiveTechEvents: @JSWolf - closer to 4:3

7:56
LiveTechEvents Discussion:For anyone who's wondering what it looks its like a large iPod Touch.

7:56
Sam: Games are buggy

7:56
Sam: Text is more readable than the kindle

7:57
Have you signed up to email updates at http://www.livetechevents.com ?
Yes
( 25% )
I will right now!
( 75% )


7:57
Sam: ****************
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7:57
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Though your eyes might get tired after a long reading period, unlike the Kindle

7:57
Sam: iphone games are blown up x2 - look fuzzy

7:59
Sam: All iPhone apps which are blown up for iPad are VERY fuzzy - will all iPhone app developers make their apps for iPad too?

7:59
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Unfortunately iWork isn't as fully featured as Microsoft Office, maybe MS will develop an iPad app?

7:59
Sam: No multitasking - unmodified iphone OS

8:00
Sam: It might LOOK better but your eyes will kill after a couple of hours

8:00
Sam: Apple event is not over

8:00
[Comment From Rufex]
REALLY?! NO multitasking? do they simulated at least?

8:00
Sam: Rufex, yes!

8:01
[Comment From Rufex]
thats where kindle wins! its basically a book!

8:01
Sam: @Rufex have you signed up to email updates at http://www.livetechevents.com

8:01
[Comment From junjunb]
since its 3g, the underground teams will make way for phone capabilities

8:01
[Comment From Doeloe]
i expected more from apple

8:01
[Comment From junjunb]
yup.. but i think its not wise to buy right of the bat.. im SURE there are a lot of bugs still..

8:01
[Comment From Kristian]
phone app could be Skype or video conferencing with Tandberg Movi

8:01
[Comment From james]
good pricing

8:02
Sam: 114,000 people watching THIS live stream

8:02
[Comment From Ken]
I don't think a netbook can beat the 499 deal

8:02
[Comment From Lee]
Agreed, it seems they did rush it. I waited for the updated iphone, and I will wait for this as well.

8:02
[Comment From Rufex]
its not the same as a netbook, touchscreen, smaller, easily carried...

8:02
[Comment From scott]
Still AT&T? What about all of us who cannot get AT&T? This is such a huge .. horrible issue. People complain about AT&T, I would just like to have the OPTION to use it. They will not give me service.

8:03
[Comment From Lee]
Only reason I can think of getting one, is if Adobe and Coral release fully functioning versions of Photoshop, Illistrator and Painter. It would be like having a piece of digital paper.

8:03
Sam: That would be good - CS4 apps on iPad

8:03
[Comment From karli]
fuck of ipad

8:03
[Comment From GeeK]
The Ipad outpriced the kindle

8:03
[Comment From Ucopmok Mok]
for me kindle is not dead because kindle still have the majority online book

8:03
[Comment From Guest]
what the hell about macbook pro updates?

8:04
[Comment From Salem]
32 is the best

8:04
[Comment From Dizaat]
Is there going to be an new iPhone today?

8:04
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Dizaat - unfortunately no

8:04
[Comment From Ucopmok Mok]
it would be great if i can play the many facebook games on the iPad,

8:04
Sam: No flash!

8:04
[Comment From Rufex]
but its much more than the kindle!! cant compare different things!

8:04
[Comment From DVE]
will you be able to use graphical programs like photoshop? Or programs like office word

8:04
Sam: DVE - just iWork

8:05
[Comment From Carl]
is there an SD card reader on the side so we can upgrade the storage?

8:05
[Comment From Lee]
A built in stylus would of been nice...

8:05
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I agree but the Kindle is good at what it does iBooks looks like an afterthought

8:05
[Comment From Guest]
USB ports????

8:05
Sam: No SD card reader, No USB ports

8:05
[Comment From Lee A]
Why are people comparing the Kindle to iPad? They're two different products

8:05
Sam: The iPad directly competes according to appl

8:06
Sam: however just like when they compared the Nintendo DS to iPod Touch

8:07
[Comment From Diogo]
Is there going to be a new macbook pro today?

8:07
Sam:
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8:07
[Comment From Carl]
Missing GPS!!! Would be great in the RV!!!

8:07
LiveTechEvents Discussion:No it was just the iPad launched today.

8:07
Sam: True - no GPS is as big a failure as leaving the camera out!

8:08
Sam: Demo hall - 60 iPads

8:08
Sam: where was the 'One last thing'?

8:08
Have you signed up to updates on the main page at http://LiveTechEvents.com
Yes
( 18% )
I will right now
( 14% )
I dont want to
( 68% )


8:09
[Comment From carmen]
I wanted USB ports and flash and would like multitasking, front facing camera, tethering. Without tethering, I wouldn't bother with a data plan. Anything else can be synced. I still love it, but I'll wait.

8:09
Sam: Do you think they were creating it for a year?

8:09
Sam: front facing camera would be great on Skype

8:10
[Comment From dylan]
im a little disappointed, i expected much more after a year of creating it!!!!

8:10
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Dylan, I think they rushed it.

8:12
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Future updates in the coming years will make it a more compelling product. It did take apple more than a year to add copy and paste.

8:14
[Comment From dylan UK]
i personally think they just bought 10inch touchscreens and added the ipod touch software onto it! theres nothing 'new' on it, its all been seen before

8:14
[Comment From Rufex]
haha! a year for copy and paste! true!

8:14
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8:15
Sam: A front facing camera would be a welcome addition to version 2, along with GPS

8:15
Sam: The iBooks bookstore is up now

8:16
Sam: 9000 in our stream today. Thanks for watching. Please refresh http://www.livetechevents.com and subscribe to email updates. These will be sent out only before major events. Thank you for supporting us. We are a FREE service.

8:16
9000 in our stream today. Thanks for watching. Please refresh http://www.livetechevents.com and subscribe to email updates. These will be sent out only before major events. Thank you for supporting us
I already joined
( 67% )
I'm about to now...
( 33% )


8:17
Sam: Front facing camera is a fundamental assent. What 3G operator would you rather it be exclusive to in the UK?

8:17
[Comment From dylan UK]
yes sam, as soon as they add a front facing camera i will get one. maybe they will bring out an add on? when will apple learn we like cameras on our gadgets?

8:18
[Comment From Rufex]
so, really? how much better than an iphone is it? more powerful processor, more RAM Im sure, but software the same still with no multitasking, and apps the same but enlarged and not in a good way...

8:18
Will the iPad fulfil a need in your life if you choose to buy one?
Yes
( 25% )
Np
( 75% )


8:19
[Comment From r1]
are they gonna announce the new iphone 4g?

8:19
LiveTechEvents Discussion:not today

8:19
[Comment From raymund]
so when we will get front camera?

8:19
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Probably in the next 1-2 years

8:19
Sam: Processor is almost 100% faster though no multi task and also the fact that iphone apps are being used are a big pitfull, the font size will be very big and games and graphics pixellated

8:19
Sam: Remember most iPhone apps are designed for THUMBS not HANDS.

8:19
Sam: This will cause big problems in the UI of apps

8:20
Sam: What about the ASUS nvidia tablets coming out? Competitors?

8:20
[Comment From Sunny]
iphone os 3.2? any word?

8:20
Sam: No word of this Sunny

8:21
[Comment From Rufex]
technology for the iphone existed long before its appearance but due to price issues no such phone was launched. only apple can launch an expensive thing like that and their people will buy it..

8:22
[Comment From Rufex]
will this ipad have the same success as their iphone?

8:23
Sam: Almost 10,000 people joined us today for our coverage. Thank you for joining us! We are a 100% free service. Please join our email list at http://www.livetechevents.com (refresh the page) - we will send max 2 emails per year to notify you when we do live coverage of MAJOR tech events. We will improve our coverage in the future and ensure that video quality is better and you will hear our audio discussion. This is the first event we covered and it went well!

8:23
[Comment From raymund]
will this works as a phone with the 3g connection?

8:23
Sam: No it will not, but it has 3G for data

8:23
Rufex: nope! no phone capabilites!

8:24
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Nobody really knows what the iPad will do, the iPhone had a purpose what purpose does the iPad have

8:24
Rufex: HP's tablet should should come up anyday now!

8:24
Sam: GPS would be cool on the iPad

8:24
Rufex: that should be another interesting event and something which we can compare with the ipad through and through...

8:25
What would you most liked to have seen on the iPad?
Front facing and main cameras
( 55% )
GPS
( 5% )
Tethering
( 0% )
Stylus
( 0% )
OLED Screen
( 40% )


8:26
Rufex: also, the possible name iSlate was so much better!

8:27
LiveTechEvents Discussion:yeh although I would have thought apple would be starting to move away from adding 'i' to the front of everything.

8:27
[Comment From Sunny]
to be honest i told myself i would never get an iphone, but then i became a sucker to marketing and what not and eventually got one myself. maybe the same thing with the ipad in a few years?

8:28
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Sunny, well apple certainly knows how to market a device, and I think you'll start seeing iPad's being used in your local Starbuck soon enough.

8:28
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Almost 10,000 people joined us today for our coverage. Thank you for joining us! We are a 100% free service. Please join our email list at http://www.livetechevents.com (refresh the page) - we will send max 2 emails per year to notify you when we do live coverage of MAJOR tech events. We will improve our coverage in the future and ensure that video quality is better and you will hear our audio discussion. This is the first event we covered and it went well!

8:28
Rufex: hopefully not Sunny! I mean, I'll never get tired of saying it! Two iphones and an ipad and still? No MULTITASKING?? REALLY?

8:29
[Comment From Jon Wolf]
What is the screen's aspect ratio?

8:29
LiveTechEvents Discussion:9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology

1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)

Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

8:29
[Comment From Johnny]
Is there a site where i can watch the keynote 2010???

8:30
Rufex: screen's aspect ratio is closer to 4:3 than 16:9

8:31
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Johnny the keynote should appear here soon: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/appleevents/ Although it takes a couple of hours to get it up

8:31
[Comment From diogo]
is ipad already available to buy?

8:33
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Not yet though Apple have a notification page here: http://www.apple.com/ipad/notify-me/

8:33
[Comment From Sunny]
i dont have a macbook. well.yet maybe in about 6-9 months, but i dont think opting for an ipad would be a alternative choice? or would it?

8:34
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Sunny what kind of things would you be doing on your computer?

8:34
Rufex: I think that an ipad would never fullfill as many needs as you may have as a macbook...

8:36
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Rufex, I'd agree I think people need to realise that the iPad is basically a larger version of the iPod Touch but with a few more capabilities.

8:36
[Comment From diogo]
i need to buy a new pc, i'm thinking to buy the macbook pro, should i wait for thenew update?

8:37
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I would wait as I'm sure it's imminent.

8:37
Rufex: true! a large ipod touch is a more accurate comparison than a large iphone

8:37
[Comment From Rod Lewis]
So, I'm not the only person who wants a camera for Skype

8:38
Rufex: Guess not Rod...

8:38
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Rod, it seems a lot of people want a front facing camera.

8:38
[Comment From p0ps]
for me as a Painter, it's what I've always wanted. As a browser, social networker, emailer, reader, movie watcher, music watcher - it's got all I need. I'll get the 3G 16GB ASAP

8:39
Rufex: the painter part is really interesting!

8:39
LiveTechEvents Discussion:p0ps do you think the screen will be accurate enough to produce good paintings?

8:39
Rufex: But I'd strongly suggest you test it before you buy it!

8:39
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8:39
[Comment From Chris]
As a designer... I really wanted a stylus for sketching!

8:40
[Comment From p0ps]
yes, I can make it work. I can do it on the iPhone with Brushes, this will be better.

8:40
Rufex: Exactly! And what about software? Will there be good software for painting and photo editing?

8:40
Rufex: If you can do it with the iphone then go ahead!

8:41
Rufex: We have to give it to them though... If you're fine with 16Gb and no 3G, then 500 bucks is an excellent price!

8:41
[Comment From p0ps]
I expect the iPhone app developers will do a good job with making the fantastic apps available from phone to pad.

8:41
[Comment From tehbomb]
where can I watch the video

8:41
Rufex: Provided their touch screen is as good as the price...

8:42
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Tehbomb, keep checking: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/appleevents/ for the keynote

8:42
p0ps: It has 10 finger multi-touch, correct? That's pretty sweet.

8:42
Rufex: I assume the screen is capacitive and supports multitouch... Is that the case?

8:42
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Yes it's both

8:42
p0ps: They demoed Jobs typing with all 10 fingers.

8:43
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I'd like handwriting recognition. I think it'll be a pain using the keyboard.

8:43
[Comment From DVE]
using it as a wacom tablet on our mac would be great too

8:45
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Now your talking, it would be cool if it worked out of the box as a secondary surface for the mac computers.

8:45
[Comment From diogo]
imminent like days? weeks?

8:45
p0ps: and a remote for TV & Macs

8:45
LiveTechEvents Discussion:more likely weeks.

8:46
LiveTechEvents Discussion:p0ps, let's wait for the jail breakers to get their hands on the iPad!

8:46
p0ps: Yes this is waiting to be hacked big-time.

8:47
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Almost 10,000 people joined us today for our coverage. Thank you for joining us! We are a 100% free service. Please join our email list at http://www.livetechevents.com (refresh the page) - we will send max 2 emails per year to notify you when we do live coverage of MAJOR tech events. We will improve our coverage in the future and ensure that video quality is better and you will hear our audio discussion. This is the first event we covered and it went well!

8:47
[Comment From diogo]
this ipad can't replace a wacom tablet,right?

8:48
LiveTechEvents Discussion:No I doubt it will 'officially' .

8:49
Rufex: I dont think that apple is ready to drop the i on front the names of their products. I believe their goal is that you hop on your iCar and go to your iOffice to work, have a delicious iLunch, finish the day, stop at an iBar for a beer and go home to eat and sleep with your iWife.

8:50
LiveTechEvents Discussion:iPad has optional keyboard dock, camera connection kit and Apple-designed case - http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/ip...al-keyboard-dock/ - looks like you'll be able to add a camera (not video)

8:50
Rufex: iWife... doesn't it have a ring to it?

8:51
[Comment From Carl]
there is a mic

8:51
[Comment From DVE]
but it would be a nice feature.. and a positive thing for graphic designers, and I'm missing that for the moment

8:52
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I'm sure someone will develop a video camera accessory but it wont be as nice as having it built in (obviously).

8:52
Rufex: How about orientation?

8:53
Rufex: Does it seem like the software is designed to be used horizontally or vertically? Or either way...

8:53
LiveTechEvents Discussion:either way from the demos

8:54
LiveTechEvents Discussion:If only Apple included wireless display (now that would be useful) http://www.intel.com/consumer/product...relessdisplay.htm

8:54
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8:55
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Engadget has a run down of costs: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/ip...does-3g-cost-you/

8:56
Rufex: This was the first event covered by you guys?

8:56
Rufex: Excellent work!

8:56
Rufex: Clearly you did a great job! It's the first time I seek out to watch some live show due to my poor latin american width band and already I ended up here!

8:56
Rufex: Cheers!

8:57
LiveTechEvents Discussion:it was indeed we plan to do more in future, glad to hear it.

8:57
Rufex: bandwidth.. you know what I mean...

8:57
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I do indeed.

9:00
[Comment From Sam]
does the ipad have snow leapard

9:00
LiveTechEvents Discussion:No it's based on the iPhone OS

9:01
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Any other questions you want answering?

9:02
LiveTechEvents Discussion:Direct link to the iPad video: http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video

9:03
Rufex: it has VGA out support or AV out via dock connector and converter cable... thats interesting...

9:03
LiveTechEvents Discussion:that would be good, but it's something the iPod's/iPhone's have been able to do for sometime.

9:05
[Comment From john]
is ipad going to be consider as computer or something else?

9:05
Rufex: It's definitely not a computer...

9:05
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I would say something else, like the iPhone/Touch it can't really compete with a computer.

9:06
Rufex: It's software is not powerful enough to be one...

9:06
[Comment From convert]
That was me, windows user until I was 33yrs old, starting with a tandy. On the macbook for 1 week and I knew I'd never ever go back to windows.

9:07
Rufex: We'll all be using linux or other free software OS by the end of the decade... Ubuntu is only getting better and the new Gnome that comes out in April shall rock!

9:08
LiveTechEvents Discussion:I'm all for Ubuntu it's a great OS.

9:09
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9:10
LiveTechEvents Discussion:thanks for participating, head over to iVirtuaforums.com if you have any more questions about the iPad.
Posted by Editorial Team Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:44 pm
Apple iPad - Live Coverage and Analysis in Apple
After years of rumors, speculation, and leaks, Apple today announced its long-await tablet, the iPad.



Chief executive Steve Jobs complemented the introduction of the new device with a new e-bookstore, called iBooks, together with partnerships with four major publishers, and showed off new versions of its iWork application and third-party applications.

Jobs kicked off the company's launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday by highlighting the history of the company's mobile products. "We're the largest mobile device company in the world," he told the audience, showcasing the iPhone and the company's line of MacBook products.

"There is room for something in the middle," he told the crowd. "If there's gonna be a third category, it has to be better at [Web browsing, e-mail, photos, video, music, games, and e-book reader]—otherwise it has no reason for being."

While netbooks have attempted to address the space, Jobs added, "netbooks aren't better than anything…They're just cheap laptops."

The key, he insisted is the tablet—a new device the company has christened the "iPad," one of several rumored names, including the "iSlate" and, simply, the "Apple Tablet." The iPad features a 9.7-inch, full capacitive multi-touch IPS display, weighs 1.5 pounds and measures 0.5 inches thick—"thinner and lighter than any netbook," according to Jobs.

Pricing for the iPad starts at $499 – far lower than the early $1,000 projections of many analysts. The 16-, 32-, and 64-GB devices run $499, $599, $699 – with an additional $130 for 3G capability. The device will begin shipping in March.

For the chipset, the company went in-house, designing a 1-GHz Apple A4, contrary to rumors that the device would be powered by an Intel or Samsung chip. The iPad comes in three capacities: 16-, 32, and 64GB. It features built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, an accelerometer, company, speaker, and microphone.

The iPad has a built-in iTunes store, for music playback. Itcan also do video, naturally, either via iTunes for movies and TV shows, or via third-party apps like YouTube and YouTube HD. The device syncs to Macs and PCs via USB, in much the same manner as the iPhone, so users can transfer content like movies and music from iTunes.

According to Jobs, the device gets 10 hours of battery life. "I can take a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo and watch video the whole time." It also features a month of standby time on a single charge, he said.

Apple is offering two 3G data plans for the device: $14.99 a month for 250-MB or $29.99 for unlimited data. "Data plans usually cost about $60 a month," Jobs told the crowd.

Contrary to early Verizon partnership rumors, the plan is available solely through AT&T. No contract is required. "International plans will be in place by June," Jobs added. Those uninterested in 3G data will be able to use the device with Wi-Fi, of course.

Jobs surrendered the stage to a number of content providers. First off, Mark Hickey from video game publisher Gameloft showcased a first person shooter for the device called Nova.

Travis Boatman from EA showcased a the upcoming title: "Need For Speed: Shift". "Building for the iPad is like holding an HD display up to your face," he told the crowd.

Martin Nisenholtz from The New York Times took the stage to show off "something special for the iPad." The paper's layout on the device mimics a standard newspaper. "We think we've captured the essence of reading the newspaper," he told the crowd. "A superior experience in a native application." The application also lets users play video, making newspaper reading a multi-media experience.

Developer Steve Sprang showcased an application called Brushes, which is already available as an iPhone app. In iPad form, the application takes advantage of the device's significantly increased real-estate, offering a deep artistic canvas experience. The app, according to Sprang, will be available when the iPad launches. Chad Evans from MLB.com also showcased a new app for the device featuring live video.

Jobs came back on stage to take a shot at Amazon's successful Kindle. "Amazon has done a great job of pioneering [e-readers]," Jobs told the crowd. "We're going to stand on their shoulders for this." The new e-book reader for the iPad is titled, fittingly enough, iBooks. Apple partnered with a slew of major publishers, including Penguin, Harper-Collings, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and the Hachette Book Group to provide content for the device's online book store called the iBookStore.

Unlike the Kindle, the iPad displays titles in full color. The screen's animation lets users flip quickly through the pages of the book. Users can even change the font of the books they're reading. The device utilizes the nearly universal ePub format for its titles.

For more business-minded users Apple has developed a special iPad version of iWork, making it possible to create and view spreadsheets on the device. The device can also view slides in Keynote and PDF files via Adobe Acrobat. iWork applications will run $9.99 a piece and will be compatible with Macs and projectors.

Apple is also offering a number of accessories for the device, including two docks. The first is a picture dock, which lets the device stand upright for video and image viewing. The other has a built-in keyboard, transforming the iPad into a more fully functioning netbook of sorts. Apple's case also lets the device stand upright.
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Posted by Editorial Team Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:41 pm
Orange UK to sell iPhone 3G and 3GS CONFIRMED - OFFICIAL in Hardware, Internet, Networking, Comms and Security
Orange has announced that it hascome to an arrangement with Apple to sell the iPhone in the UK, whereit will be the only network other than O2 to sell the iPhone 3G and 3GSin the UK.
Orange announced the deal in a short statement, although details on pricing tariffs and availability are yet to be revealed.



"OrangeUK and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and 3GS toOrange UK customers later this year. Orange globally now offers iPhonein 28 countries and territories," said the statement.
"Orange,which has the largest 3G network covering more people in the UK thanany other operator, will sell iPhone in all Orange direct channelsincluding Orange shops, the Orange webshop and Orange telesaleschannels, as well as selected high street partners.


"A pre-registration site for customers to log their interest has already been launched at http://www.orange.co.uk/iphone
Link – www.orange.co.uk/iPhone
Press Release – newsroom.orange.co.uk
Full release from Orange…
Quote:

28th September 2009, 08.30am:Orange UK and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and3GS to Orange UK customers later this year. Orange globally now offersiPhone in 28 countries and territories.
Orange, which has the largest 3G network covering more people in theUK than any other operator, will sell iPhone in all Orange directchannels including Orange shops, the Orange webshop and Orangetelesales channels, as well as selected high street partners.  Apre-registration site for customers to log their interest has alreadybeen launched at www.orange.co.uk/iPhone.
More information on pricing, tariffs and availability dates will be released in due course.

For images please visit www.orange.co.uk/newsroom

Orange iPhone deal: O2 responds


       
O2 has responded to the news that Orange will be stocking the iPhone by confirming it will continue to stock the device.
"We'reproud that we've been able to offer an exclusive iPhone deal to our 20million customers for the last two years. We always knew that iPhoneexclusivity was for a limited period of time, but our relationship withApple continues and will be an ongoing success," an O2 spokespersontold TechRadar.
"We have over 1 million iPhone customers and they remain very important to us.
"Weaim to offer our customers the best devices on the market, includingbecoming the home of Smartphones and we are really pleased to now addanother device in the Palm Pre.
"We also offer award-winningcustomer service and benefits, which is why more people choose O2 thanany other network in the UK."
Network blow
O2 has recently been under fire for failures in its data provision,and this new announcement will be another blow to the network as it'sjoined by Orange in stocking both the iPhone 3G and the 3GS.
Thespeculation regarding O2 losing exclusivity of its iPhone range hasbeen rife for months, although it was expected that only the iPhone 3Gwould be offered to other carriers, with O2 retaining its status as thesole stocker of the 3GS.
O2 will still be the exclusive stockistof the new Palm Pre when it debuts in the UK next month, but given thisis over 10 months since the device was announced it's not going toattract interest in the same way the iPhone has over the years.
We'restill awaiting news on whether Orange will drop the price of the iPhonecompared to O2, but we'll bring you news as and when we get it.

Orange recently revealed plans to merge its UK network with DeutscheTelekom's T-Mobile to create a business with 28.4 million customers.
If given the go-ahead, it would be the UK's largest provider, overtaking Telefonica's O2, with about 37% of the mobile market.
"Thatwould be good for Apple," said Mr McQueen. "Then, around three quartersof the UK market will then have access to the iPhone."
O2 hasoffered the handset in the UK since its launch in 2007. In February, itsaid it had sold more than one million of the handsets.
The launch of the latest iPhone 3GS in June significantly boosted sales, with many stores running out of stock.
The phone has also allowed the firm to win subscribers from other networks, according to analysts.
However,the rise of smartphones - which have the ability to surf the web andsend e-mail - has put a burden on the O2 network, according to MrMcQueen.
"IPhone users to tend to use data quite extensively - perhaps more than anticipated," he said.
"Orange has always a good data network and if the T-mobile deal goes through it would allow them to share the burden."
O2 will continue to sell the handset in Britain, alongside iPhone rival the Palm Pre.
The Palm phone, described by some as an "iPhone killer", will be available exclusively to O2 from 16 October.
O2 said that it always knew that its exclusive deal was for "a limited period of time".
Thenew agreement with Orange brings the UK into line with many othercountries around the world which have multiple operators that offer theiPhone.
In countries where exclusive deals still persist, suchas the US, some customers choose to "unlock" their phones using thirdparty software so they work on an unlicensed network.
However,Apple has warned that the practice can cause "irreparable" damage to ahandset and has engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse, releasing periodicsoftware updates which prevent unlocked phones from working correctly.

More on the Orange / Apple iPhone Deal                         
Posted by Editorial Team Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:51 am
Hacking Firefox: Definitive guide to secrets of about:config in Software
You may have installed countless add-on in Firefox to enhance yourusing experience, but if you want to get the most out of Firefox, youreally have to hack your way into the about:config.
The about:config page contains most (if not, all) ofFirefox configuration options. It is so far the most effective, and themost powerful way to tweak and enhance your Firefox performance. Hereare 28 of the popular tweaks.


Accessing your about:config page
In your Firefox, type about:config in the address bar.

You will be shown a warning page. Click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button to proceed.

On the main page, you will see a long list of configuration entries. Enter the name of the key you want to update in the “Filter” field. The list will narrow to only the entries that match your keyword as you type.
To modify the value, simply double click on the entry value field and update the entry. That’s all!
Isn’t that simple? Now, let’s get to the tweaking.
1) Adjust the Smart Location Bar’s Number of Suggestions
In Firefox 3, when you start typing in the location bar, a drop-downlist of suggestion URLs will be shown. If you want it to show more than12 suggestions (12 is the default), you can adjust the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults keys and get it to show the number you want.

Config name: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
Default: 12
Modified value: Set to your desired number of suggestion. If you want to disable it all together, set it to -1
2) Disable the session restore function
Firefox 3 automatically saves your session every 10 secs so thatwhenever it crashes, it can restore all your tabs. While this is auseful feature, some of you might find it irritating. To disable thisfunction, toggle the value of browser.sessionstore.enabled to False
Config name: browser.sessionstore.enabled
Default: True
Modified value: False if you want to disable the session restore function
3) Adjust the Session Restore Saving Frequency
Same as above, if you decided to keep the session restore featureon, but want to reduce the session saving frequency, change the valueof browser.sessionstore.interval so that Firefox will save the session at a longer interval.
Config name: browser.sessionstore.interval
Default: 10000 (in msecs, equivalent to 10secs)
Modified value: Set it to your desired value. 1000 means 1 sec and 60000 means 1 minute.
4) Enable Advanced Color Profile Support
Firefox has this advanced color profile features that display higherimage quality. It is not enabled by default as it has a negative effecton the performance of the browser. If you are concern with the imagequality rather than the performance, you can activated it via the gfx.color_management.enabled setting
Config name: gfx.color_management.enabled
Default: False
Modified value: True (if you want to activate the color profile support feature)
5) Disable Antivirus Scanning
This is mainly for Windows users. By default, Firefox 3automatically scan the downloaded file with the default anti-virusapplication to make sure it is free of virus. If you download a bigfile, it could take a long time for the whole scanning process tocomplete. To increase the performance of the browser, you might want toconsider disabling the anti-virus scanning via the browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone key.
Config name: browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
Default: True
Modified value: False (if you want to disable it)
6) Configuring The Scrolling Tabs
When you opened many tabs, Firefox will not keep on reducing the tabwidth. Instead, it shows a scrolling bar so that the min width (100px)is conserved and you can scroll to find your tabs. If you are those whodon’t like the scrolling tab function and prefer Firefox to show allthe tabs, regardless how small it is, you can set the value of browser.tabs.tabMinWidthto 0 to disable it. Similarly, if you want Firefox to display more tabsbefore showing the scrolling button, you can reduce the default valueto a lower value, say 75 pixels.

Config name: browser.tabs.tabMinWidth
Default: 100
Modified value: 0 if you want to disable the scrolling functions, other values to set the min width value
7) Show/Disable Close button on Tabs
Some people love to see the Close (the red X) button on every tabs, but some hate it. Whatever is it, you can configure it to your preferences via the browser.tabs.closeButtons setting.

Config name: browser.tabs.closeButtons
Default: 1
Modified values:

  • 0 – display a close button on the active tab only
  • 1- display close buttons on all tabs
  • 2- don’t display any close buttons
  • 3- display a single close button at the end of the tab strip

Extend Scripts Execution Time
In Firefox 3, a script is only given 10 seconds to respond, afterwhich it will issue a unresponsive script warning. If you are hooked ona slow network connection, you might want to increase the scriptexecution time via dom.max_script_run_time to cut down on the frequency of the no script warning.
Config name: dom.max_script_run_time
Default:10 (in secs)
Modified value: 20, or any values greater than 10
9) Handling JavaScript Popups
When you come across a site that executes a javascript open newwindow function, and if the popup window is without all the usualwindow features, i.e. back/forward/reload buttons, status bar etc,Firefox will automatically treat it as a popup and will not open it asa new tab. However, if you find this to be a nuisance and wanted toopen all new windows in a new tabs, you can specify it via the browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction setting.
Config name: browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
Default: 2– Open all JavaScript windows the same way as you have Firefox handlenew windows unless the JavaScript call specifies how to display thewindow
Modified values:

  • 0 – open all links as how you have Firefox handle new windows
  • 1 – do not open any new windows
  • 2- open all links as how you have Firefox handle new windows unless the Javascript specify how to display the window

10) Enable Spell Checking In All Text Fields
The default spell checking function only checks for multi-line textboxes. You can get it to spell-check for single line text box as well.
Config name: layout.spellcheckDefault
Default: 1 (spell checker for multi-lines text boxes only)
Modified values:

  • 0 – disable the spell checker
  • 2 – enable the spell checker for all text boxes

11) Open Search Box Results In New Tab
When you search using the search box at the top right hand corner ofthe browser, it will display the search results in the current tab. Ifyou don’t want the search to interfere with your current tab, you cantweak the browser.search.openintab to make it open in a new tab.
Config Name: browser.search.openintab
Default: False
Modified value: True (open search box results in new tab)
12) Lower The Physical Memory Used When Minimized
This tweak is mainly for Windows users. When you minimize Firefox,it will send Firefox to your virtual memory and free up your physicalmemory for other programs to use. Firefox will reduce its physicalmemory usage, when minimized, to approximately 10MB (give or take some)and when you maximize Firefox it will take back the memory that itneeds.
The preference name does not exist and needs to be created.
Right click on the background and select New-&gt;Boolean.
Enter the name when prompted: config.trim_on_minimize
Enter the values: True
13) Speed up your Firefox
Several tweaks required for this
Config name: network.http.pipelining
Default: False
Modified value: True
Config name: network.http.proxy.pipelining
Default: False
Modified value: True
Config name: network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Default: 4
Modified value: any value higher than 4, but not more than 8
Config name: network.http.max-connections
Default: 30
Modified value: 96
Config name: network.http.max-connections-per-server
Default: 15
Modified value: 32
14) Increase/Decrease the Amount of Disk Cache
When a page is loaded, Firefox will cache it into the hard disk sothat it doesn’t need to be download again for redisplaying. The biggerthe storage size you cater for Firefox, the more pages it can cache.
Before you increase the disk cache size, make sure that browser.cache.disk.enabled browser.cache.disk.enable is set to True.
Config name: browser.cache.disk.capacity
Default: 50000 (in KB)
Modified value:

  • 0 – disable disk caching
  • any value lower than 50000 reduces the disk cache
  • any value higher than 50000 increases the disk cache.

15) Select all text when click on the URL bar
In Windows and Mac, Firefox highlights all text when you click onthe URL bar. In Linux, it does not select all the text. Instead, itplaces the cursor at the insertion point. Regardless which platform youare using, you can now tweak it to either select all or place cursor at insertion point.

Config name: browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
Modified value:

  • False – place cursor at insertion point
  • True – select all text on click

16) Autofill Address in URL Bar
Other than the smart location feature, you can also get your URL bar to autofill the address as you type the URL.

Config name: browser.urlbar.autofill
Default: False
Modified value: True (Have Firefox autofill the address as you type in the URL bar)
17) Same Zoom Level For Every Site
Firefox remembers your zoom preference for each site and set it toyour preferences whenever you load the page. If you want the zoom levelto be consistent from site to site, you can toggle the value of browser.zoom.siteSpecific from True to False.
Config name: browser.zoom.siteSpecific
Default: True
Modified value: False (enable same zoom preferences for every sites)
1 Setting your zoom limit
If you find that the max/min zoom level is still not sufficient foryour viewing, you can change the zoom limit to suit your viewing habits.
Config name: zoom.maxPercent
Default: 300 (percent)
Modified value: any value higher than 300
Config name: zoom.minPercent
Default: 30 (percent)
value: any value
19) Configure Your Backspace Button
In Firefox, you can set your backspace to better use by getting it to either go back to the previous page or act as page up function.
Config name: browser.backspace_action
Default: 2 (does nothing)
Modified value:

  • 0 – go back previous page
  • 1- page up

20) Increase Offline Cache
If you do not have access to Internet most of the time, you mightwant to increase the offline cache so that you can continue to workoffline. By default, Firefox 3 caches 500MB of data from supportedoffline Web apps. You can change that value to whatever amount of yourchoice.
Config name: browser.cache.offline.capacity
Default: 512000 (in KB)
Modified value: any value higher than 512000 will increase the cache value
21) Auto Export Firefox 3 bookmarks to bookmarks.html
Unlike the previous version, Firefox 3 backup the bookmarks file in places.sqlite rather than the usual bookmarks.html. Since bookmarks.htmlallows us to export and sync our bookmarks with other browser, it willbe very useful if Firefox 3 can backup the bookmark to the bookmarks.html as well.
Config name: browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML
Default: False
Modified value: True (auto export bookmarks file to bookmarks.html)
22) Disable Extension Compatibility Checks
This is useful if you want to use an extension that is not supportedby your version of Firefox badly. It is not recommended, but you canstill do it at your own risk.
Right click and select New-&gt;Boolean. Enter extensions.checkCompatibility in the field. Enter False in the next field.
Right click again and select New-&gt;Boolean. Enter extensions.checkUpdateSecurity into the field and enter False into the next field.
23) Disable Delay Time When Installing Add-on
Everytime you wanted to install a Firefox add-on, you will have towait for several secs before the actual installation starts. If you aretired of waiting, you can turn the function security.dialog_enable_delay off so that the installation will start immediately upon clicking.

Config name: security.dialog_enable_delay
Default: 2000 (in msec)
Modified value:

  • 0 – start installation immediately
  • any other value (in msec)

24) View Source in Your Favorite Editor
This is very useful for developers who are always using the ‘view source‘ function. This tweak allows you to view the source code in an external editor.
There are two configuration need to be made:
Config name: view_source.editor.external
Default: False
Modified value: True ( enable view source using external text editor)
Config name: view_source.editor.path
Default: blank
Modified value: insert the file path to your editor here.
25) Increasing ‘Save Link As‘  timeout value
When you right click and select the ‘Save Link As…‘, thebrowser will request the content disposition header from the URL so asto determine the filename. If the URL did not deliver the header within1 sec, Firefox will issue a timeout value. This could happen veryfrequently in a slow network connection environment. To prevent thisissue from happening frequently, you can increase the timeout value soas to reduce the possibility of a timeout.
Config name: Browser.download.saveLinkAsFilenameTimeout
Default: 1000 (1 sec)
Modified value: any value higher than 1000 (value is in msec)
26) Animate Fullscreen Toolbar Collapse mode
In Firefox’s fullscreen mode, toolbars and the tab strip are hiddenat the top of the screen and only shown on mouseover. To draw attentionto this, there is an animation of the toolbar sliding upwards andoff-screen when fullscreen mode is toggled on. For performance issue,the animation of the collapse of the toolbar only appear for the firsttime. For some reason that you may love/hate the animation, you canadjust Browser.fullscreen.animateUp to switch it on/off for every collapse.
Config name: Browser.fullscreen.animateUp
Default: 1 (animate the toolbar collapse only the first time)
Modified value:

  • 0 -disable the animation
  • 2- enable the animation for every collapse

27) Autohide Toolbar in Fullscreen mode
In fullscreen mode, the toolbar is set to autohide and appear uponmouseover. If you have a need to view the toolbar at all time, you cantoggle the value of browser.fullscreen.autohide to False to always show the toolbar.
Config name: browser.fullscreen.autohide
Default: True (always autohide)
Modified value: False (always show the toolbar)
2 Increase Add-On search result
If you go to Tools-&gt;Add-ons-&gt;Get Add-ons and performa search there, Firefox will only fetch and display 5 matching results.If you want Firefox to show more than 5 results (say 10), you canadjust extensions.getAddons.maxResults to get it to display more results.
Config name: extensions.getAddons.maxResults
Default: 5
Modified value: any value more than 5
This list of about:config is definitely not the complete list. If you have any tricks not listed here, please add it in the comment.
Posted by Editorial Team Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:32 pm
UK outbound pay for performance process in Business and Industry in Gaming, Media, Web, IT and Computing
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Posted by atworld Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:17 am
MySpace is to Facebook as Twitter is to... in Business and Industry in Gaming, Media, Web, IT and Computing
The past few weeks have come with two major reveals for the weirdoswho follow online social networks. The first was big news. Twitter’sinternal documents leaked and the identity-crisis of earth’s most popular start-up is now public. The second was more under the radar but just as important. In a memo that went out to staff, the CEO of MySpace admitted that their users are caught between three competing notions of what MySpace is or should be.
Twitter and Myspace are different companies in different markets butthere is a lot of evidence to suggest that they share, and will alwaysshare, the exact same problem. MySpace and Twitter are hugely popular for uses neither company anticipated.The mission of each company is so vague that their products arestretched and molded into a variety of different uses. Instead oftargeting and building their business around one of these users they take their sudden popularity as a sign they have a killer product. They don’t.
Scale is Everything


When an industry is in transition or an idea like ‘social networking’ is still being fleshed out, getting explosively popular without knowing the nuances of why is a curse.Twitter is young but in my opinion, it’s already too late. It has growntoo big, too fast, for too many different purposes. It will take 2 orthree years but Twitter will be lapped by a variety of similar services with focus and actual business models; how Facebook developed in response to MySpace sheds light on what kind.
How MySpace Scaled


Since its inception MySpace has gone after users as if they werePokemon’. MySpace managers ran competitions on sign ups and theemployes used a slew of methods to capture. The result was a sprawlingnetwork of users but by 2005, it seemed to be working. If you looked at the stats, MySpace was an utter phenomena. It destroyed Friendster and after it was purchased by Murdoch it was getting all types of press and valuations. What the raw stats didn’t tell you is that user habits on the site looked something like this:




The problem with this way of scaling is simple. When a new cultural practice, like ’social networking’, is in the grass roots stages of development you can’t assume that people are going to your site because they like it. Your competition doesn’t really exist yet. What they might like are certain aspects of your productor they might be using parts of it in ways you never designed. The onlyway to address this is to study your users obsessively, focus on aparticular experience, then update your product accordingly.
Because MySpace grew in so many different markets at a single timeand gave users so much space to use the service how they liked, they’ve never been in a position to either watch or effectively control this experience. How do you update a product without knowing its target? You don’t. MySpace at its height and the current MySpace look remarkably similar, it lost control to its users. It has gone from being hailed as one of the best acquisitions ever made to a drain on News Corps portfolio. The results look like this:


How Facebook Scaled


When it comes down to it the mechanisms of MySpace and Facebook are not that different. Thepieces and concept are nearly the same. Both are constructed of userprofiles, avatars, walls, interest spaces, groups, photo capabilities,and a friend confirmation/listing process.
Facebook distinguished itself philosophically and pragmatically. Zuckerberg’s biggest insight into designing the site was that you are online who you are in real life. Facebook was one of the first social networks to emphasize genuine identity insofar as they required full names, university email addresses, and deleted accounts that used aliases. The second was pragmatic. Facebook launched in a single target market. In this case, of course, it was Harvard.
What this enabled was a less abstract more manageable mission.Instead of having to define what an ‘online social networking space’was supposed to be for everyone, Zuckerburg just had to answer forHarvard. As Facebook became popular on campus, he was able to see directly into how his peers interacted with the site and was able to update the product to help them use it more efficiently. Becausethey were all college students, the feedback he was getting was focusedand nuanced. Having less users also meant they could redesign theirentire product without pissing off disparate subsections. The resultwas an incremental evolution. The Facbeook that started at Harvard looks radically different than the one we use today. It worked.
How Twitter Scaled


Twitter grew much like MySpace. It ran competition for signing upusers, aliases were allowed, and it grew in multiple markets at theexact same time. Twitter started as a group SMS texting service then became popular for something wholly different. By restricting the length of a message the site inadvertently addressed one of the oldest problems in group communication. How do you hear many voices at a single time? Twitter’s answer is dead simple. 140.
This little restriction has produced a fascinating, highly-addictive product. If you look at the stats, Twitter seems to be working. It’s one of the most popular websites in the world and now has an excess of 44 million members.For those who invested or employees that had stock options, it must bean incredible feeling. I have grown to love Twitter but in my opinion we are rapidly approaching its peak. Its parallels to MySpace in 2006 are explicit. Twitter has been bootstrapped for a vast number of uses and while its exciting to watch, its service is not containable . Like MySpace, Twitter is getting pulled in a variety of directions:

Why Twitter Will Dissolve and Turn into Detroit


The ability to hear and communicate messages with a group is what brought Twitter its initial wave of users but the real allure of Twitter, the reason it has caught the imagination of the press and millions of users, is something much more abstract.
On Twitter, you can hear a public.
Of course, there isn’t just one public, there is an infinite number.Whether it’s your country, your college, your city, or a shared nicheinterest like nyc media, everyone belongs to many publics and most everyone has a natural curiosity about what’s happening inside of them.
Twitter offers a way to manage how you see these publics. The problem is that its 140 character restriction is a blunt instrument. The site does not reflect the potential or nuance in which a public can speak to itself online.

Twitter as a network is an ungodly mess. From the onset, the site has allowed users to register aliases on custom URLs and because of it, usernames are inconsistent and confusing. It’s hard to find people who you know and its often even difficult to deduct wether that person is who they claim to be. Twitter is mobbed by impersonators,some of them hilarious, others manipulating. Twitter addresses thisissue recently by creating a ‘Verified Account’ stamp, its sloppy butmore importantly, perpetually incomplete.

There are a host of other problems related to reputation and maintaing users but the biggest issue concerns its identity, which is also where the leaked documentsgot interesting. Twitter employees are so clearly uncertain about whattheir product is even doing. Shots at it swayed from, “Twitter  is fordiscovering and sharing what is happening right now,” to, “Twitter makes you smarter, faster, more efficient and more powerful.”  

Twitter became popular before it had a mission. What this means is that its employees and investors will forever be trapped in boardrooms having these inane cyclical discussions about its identity. Twitter will either perpetually be simple insofar as its millions of users will have to hack the service to reflect their own values or it will roll the dice on a focus, put the site through chronic redesigns, and risk a mass user exodus.Either way its top talent will likely get frustrated and leave thecompany. Its top users will drift to something else then jump.

How Twitter will Resolve

The first thing to realize is that thereprobably isn’t going to be just one product to replace Twitter, therewill be several and they will battle it out or find niches. I see theirdesign following two trends with a potential for a hybrid.

The first trend is a service with the most minimal centralization possible. Both Dave Winer and Anil Dash have discussed plans for such a product. Winer calls his the RSSCloud and Dash describes the project more generally as the Push Button web. The RSSCloud grew from discussions with Jay Rosen over frustrations with Twitter and how its users have been bootstrapping. The line of thought is that your data belongs to you, not Twitter, and you should be able to use your data how you like with as little brand interference as possible. The proposal is to build RSSCloud, a loosely coupled service that will push your data to any website in real time.

The second is a product that is centralized but has an elegant way of organizingits content and attracting users. This is a product that would look andscale much like Facebook. It would start in a single target market anddevelop as a place for users to hear and communicate to thatpublic. Ideally it would begin in a cloistered network like auniversity where establishing members is as easy as checking their .eduemail address.

Addressing what’s wrong with Twitter isn’t going to come from thin air. It’s going to take a lot of time, development, and platform competition.

Many will soon be working on this, myself included. What will fill the blank is likely to define modern news production.
Posted by Editorial Team Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:41 pm
30 tips on how to upgrade your motherboard in Hardware, Internet, Networking, Comms and Security
It happens to all of us eventually, theExtremeTech staff probably more than most. Whether due to failure orobsolescence—or after you've run out of alternative upgrade paths—itcomes time to pull a motherboard out of a working system and replace itwith something different.
That's a job. It requires you to pull all of your expansion cards,disconnect and work around all the cabling, wrest the big board fromsometimes-tight quarters within a case, prep the new board, wiggle itinto that possibly cramped quarter, and, when you think you're alldone, you still have to coax Windows through the trauma of waking upwith new hardware.
We find the process daunting but fun—but then again, we're almostdisgustingly techy. If it's less of a treat for you, we've got, well, atreat for you. In the following pages we share our very best hints onswapping out a motherboard, culled from years of experience and scoresof system builds and upgrades.
Now, remember—this is a series of tips, not a step by step how-to.Don't expect a full-on motherboard installation manual; instead, usethe manual that comes with your motherboard, and use our tips to makethe job even easier.
Also, we're assuming you're keeping your existing Windowsinstallation in place. In general, it's better to perform a freshoperating system install if you're replacing your motherboard, butpractical realities often prevent this. So we've got a number of tipsthat should help you prep your Windows installation for the switch,then bring it up properly.
Preparing Windows for the Inevitable Freak-out
The first stepin motherboard replacement is to prepare the operating system, andsince most of the world runs on Windows, we'll concentrate on that.Before you even think about pulling the board out of the case:


  • Uninstall motherboard drivers. Anything you installed withthe disc that came with your previous motherboard (or anything youdownloaded specifically for that board) has to come out. You can dothis easily through Add/Remove Programs (XP) or Uninstall a Program(Vista) in Control Panel.
  • Don't forget, during your uninstallations, to remove drivers foronboard devices. If your motherboard contains, and you installeddrivers for, an audio codec, a graphics subsystem, a Wi-Fi networkinterface, a wired Ethernet interface, or what have you, uninstall thedrivers for them.

  • You may leave drivers for expansion cards in place, but you mayhave to reinstall them after the upgrade process. Graphics drivers areespecially touchy.
  • This is a good time for general maintenance: Clean up the harddrive. Empty the recycle bin, delete old files you don't need any more,uninstall unused programs, run a registry cleaner if you're into thatsort of thing, and generally tidy up. Then, defrag the hard drive.
  • Make a complete backup of your system. If you have the necessarysoftware, create an image (in other words, an exact snapshot saved to afile) of your entire hard drive(s). If not, use Windows' own backupsoftware to create a complete backup. At the very least, save off yourimportant data files to removable media. You must do this. Shouldsomething go awry and you lose the contents of the drive, you willregret it if you don't back everything up.


  • Remember Your Activations!
If you have applications that require activation, those may be tied tosome portion of your existing motherboard. The most obvious of these isWindows itself. However, a number of other applications, including somegames and Adobe applications, may also require activations.
The best thing to do is to deactivate and uninstallthese apps. This is particularly true for Adobe apps. You can thenreinstall and reactivate as needed after your motherboard upgrade isdone. Of course, you'll also want the correct CD key or serial numbersfor those apps. In the case of Windows, you may not be able to activateover the Internet, but will need to talk to a live human through theWindows activation phone line. We've never had a reactivation turneddown using this method.


Removing the Old Board
Now that you've tidied up, backed up, and generally prepared thesoftware, it's time to do battle with the hardware. The first step, ofcourse, is to remove the outgoing motherboard. Let's hope your computercase doesn't have any sharp edges. Tips ahoy:


  • Make sure you have plenty of room to operate. Clean off aworkbench and place the off, unplugged system upon it. Make absolutelysure there aren't any metal shavings or other metal detritus on thebench.
  • Be static-safe: Plant your feet and ground yourself before touching any electronics. If you move your feet, repeat the process.
  • Have some sort of repository ready for screws that would otherwiseroll or get scattered away. Old 35mm film canisters work well, as dopaint can tops, shot glasses, or (clean) ashtrays. As you pull screws, drop them in the container for easy access later when you're reassembling the system.
  • Pull as many wires as you can from the board before you pull it outof the case. It's easier to remove data and power cables with the boardscrewed tight into the enclosure.
  • Leave the CPU, cooler, and memory in place until the board is out.It's much easier to remove them (or just discard them if you'reupgrading everything) when they're out of the case.
  • Keep any expansion cards you remove from the PC in antistatic bags,especially if you plan to transfer them to the new system. Set them ina safe place until you're ready to place them into the newly remodeledcomputer.
  • Leave the cabling in place, but move it out of the way. Sure, youhave to pull cables from the motherboard, but you don't have to pullthe other ends. Leave the cables in your system's hard drive, opticaldrive, media card reader, and so on; simply pull them aside or cramthem in a handy crevice to make room for board swapping.



  • If your case has a removable drive mount rack, remove it to make more room for trading the motherboards.
  • Pull the motherboard up by the edges as much as possible. If youmust grab something else, grab a plastic expansion slot; don't move theboard by the CPU cooler, the installed memory, or the various north-and south-bridge heat sinks.
  • Place the board and any components you won't need in antistaticbags and keep them safe until you know you won't need them (say, incase the new board is a nonworking dud). You might even place the oldboard in the box your new motherboard came in, relabeling it with amarker.

Preparing and Installing the New Board
Now it's time to reverse the process and install the brand-newmotherboard, and any other new components, into the system currentlyunder the proverbial surgical knife. Here are the tips:


  • Unbox the motherboard and examine it. Familiarity will makelife easier, especially if it's significantly different from your oldone. Know where the SATA and, if necessary, IDE and floppy ports are.Check out the CPU socket if it's different from your old one (it'squite a culture shock to go from an AMD-style ZIF (zero insertionforce) socket to an Intel-style LGA (land grid array) socket).
  • Also examine the extra stuff that came with your new board. You'llprobably have SATA cables, an IDE cable, a floppy cable, some expansionbrackets for USB and/or IEEE 1394 ports with onboard headers, a bookand CD or DVD, and, depending on the price point of your board and thegenerosity of the manufacturer, other goodies. Decide whether you planto use any of it, and unwrap that which you will.
  • Check the layout of screw holes in the board and brass standoffs inthe case. Make sure they all match up, and move any brass standoffsthat do not match with motherboard screw holes.
  • Install the CPU, CPU cooler, and memory before you insert the boardinto the case. It's far easier to do that on a nice, flat surface thanit is when the board is deep within the confines of the enclosure.



  • Lay the board on the corner of the case and attach as muchcabling as you can. It's easier to attach cables with the board out ofthe case than with it buried within. Attach SATA, IDE, and floppy datacables to their ports; front-panel connectors to the front panelheaders; any expansion bracket ports you wish to use to the properheaders; and even the power supply cables.
  • Lower the board into the case by the edges. Again, if you have tomaneuver it by a component, avoid the RAM and cooling parts in favor ofexpansion slots.
  • Screw the case into place with every screw available. Secure itsolidly within the case. With electricity and fan action comesvibration: Using every available screw will cut down on vibration thatcan eventually cause premature failure of the board.
  • Finally, replace any straggling wires, add expansion cards and you're almost ready.
  • When you first start the system up, do it with the case open. Makesure the PC will POST before you even think of sealing it up. You mighteven launch Windows once before you close the case. There's some sortof law of nature that says if you close the case too early, somethingwill be loose or unplugged and you'll just have to open it again.<!-- start ziffarticle //-->

Resolving Windows' Contortions of Protest
A Windows computer doesn't relish the idea of getting new insides.Windows installs hoards of low-level subsystem drivers on installation,and when you change-up the low-level subsystems the OS gets fidgety.Here are some tips to make its reentry a bit smoother:


  • Begin by letting it do its thing. It will run its driverinstallation routine for what might seem like hours. Let it install allits low-level stuff; anything you install manually will supersedeWindows' built-in drivers.



  • As dialog boxes appear asking for discs or driver locations, click Cancel on them. You'll install any drivers Windows doesn't already have on your own.
  • Windows will probably want to reboot between two and fifty times(we're kidding!) before it lets you install drivers. Allow it to do so.
  • When the time comes that Windows finally stops installing its owndrivers, start installing your own. Do them in this order: Motherboardcore INF files; then any other motherboard drivers (SATA/RAID,Ethernet, audio, and so on); then graphics; then any other devices thataren't working.
  • If you're unsure about which devices need drivers, use DeviceManager. It's available in the System area of Control Panel andpresents a list of devices in the computer. Devices lacking driverswill appear with an alert icon near their entries.
  • When your drivers are all installed, you should be through with the process. Enjoy your new souped up computer!

Upgrading your motherboard doesn't have to be an adverse experience.Our tips should help you streamline your motherboard install, reducefrustration, and enable a smooth transition.
Posted by Editorial Team Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:48 am
RCT3 Error? in Hardware, Internet, Networking, Comms and Security
I downloaded RCT3 before, and then it got uninstalled, so I just redownloaded it today and entered everything I needed. Then, half way while it was downloading, it randomly said 'Data Error'. I tried a few more times and it still said it. I dont know how to change it because I really want to download it. Can anyone help?
Posted by Gi4-fO'R3Al Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:08 pm
The gaming industry has set a new record... in General Discussion, including Off Topic, Current Affairs
According to gamesindustry.biz
The videogames industry has set a new record in the US for sales ofsoftware and hardware, with 2008's level topping USD 21 billion acrossthe year, with almost a quarter of that coming in the supposedlyeconomy-stricken month of December.According to NPD data software sales grew by almost 23 per centto USD 11.7 billion, with December alone accounting for USD 5.3 billion- more than the total figure generated throughout the entire calendaryear in 1997.
Console game sales totalled USD 8.9 billion, based on 189million units sold, while PC games accounted for USD 701 million from29.1 million units, while portable titles sold 79.5 million units,hitting USD 2.1 billion.

The total number of games sold was just under 298 millionunits, with more than half of those rated at Everyone 10+. Teen titlesaccounted for 26.7 per cent of the market, while Mature games were just15.9 per cent.


I think it's amazing that something great is staying strong in our economy. It seems like the gaming industry sometime's get a lot of blame for things but it cannot be blamed for getting weak in our economy. Buy games and keep it strong!!
Posted by clm800 Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:33 pm
PopCap retail sales jump 85.3% in Gaming
Wow!

"PopCap Games has announced that retail sales of its PC titles nearlydoubled in the last calendar year, according to data released by NPD.
The Bejeweled and Peggle developer saw its retail revenues growby 85.3 per cent during the 12 month period, making PopCap one of thetop 20 highest earning videogame companies."

Read the rest on Gamesindustry.biz


I'd say BRAVO for PopCap. They have been a long time in the game industry and they're making the most addicting puzzle games ever. Addicting and so much interesting, so no wonder why so much people are buying them. They're fresh, popular and easy to play and there are games for many different tastes.
Posted by Wort Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:04 pm
Top 25 Dangerous coding errors revealed in Programming, Web and Software Design/Development
The US National Security Agency has helped put together a list of the world's most dangerous coding mistakes.
The 25 entry list contains errors that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals.
Experts say many of these errors are not well understood by programmers.
According to the SANS Institute in Maryland, just two of theerrors led to more than 1.5m web site security breaches during 2008.<!-- E SF -->
It is thought that this is the first time theindustry has reached agreement on the worst things that can creep intosoftware as it is being written.
More than 30 organisations, including the US National SecurityAgency, the Department of Homeland Security, Microsoft, and Symantecpublished the document.<!-- S IBOX -->                    
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                             THE TOP 25 MOST DANGEROUS PROGRAMMING ERRORS                           
                                                                                                                          

CWE-20:Improper Input Validation
CWE-116:Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-89:Failure to Preserve SQL Query Structure
CWE-79:Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure
CWE-78:Failure to Preserve OS Command Structure
CWE-319:Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-352:Cross-Site Request Forgery
CWE-362:Race Condition
CWE-209:Error Message Information Leak
CWE-119:Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-642:External Control of Critical State Data
CWE-73:External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-426:Untrusted Search Path
CWE-94:Failure to Control Generation of Code
CWE-494:Download of Code Without Integrity Check
CWE-404:Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
CWE-665:Improper Initialization
CWE-682:Incorrect Calculation
CWE-285:Improper Access Control
CWE-327:Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CWE-259:Hard-Coded Password
CWE-732:Insecure Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-330:Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CWE-250:Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-602:Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
Source: SANS Institute

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"The top 25 list gives developers a minimum set of coding errorsthat must be eradicated before software is used by customers," saidChris Wysopal, chief technology officer with Veracode.
"There appears to be broad agreement on the programming errors," says SANS director, Mason Brown, "Now it is time to fix them."
"We need to make sure every programmer knows how to write code that is free of the top 25 errors."
"Then we need to make sure every programming team has processesin place to find and fix these problems [in existing code] and has thetools needed to verify their code is as free of these errors," he said.
Patrick Lincoln, director of the Computer Science Laboratory atSRI International, told the BBC that if programmers prevented theseerrors appearing in their code, it would deter the majority of hackers.
"This list is primarily for people who have firstresponsibility for designing a system. Veteran programmers haveprobably learnt the hard way whereas a brand new programmer will bemaking more basic errors."
"The real dedicated serial attacker will probably find a way ineven if all these errors were removed. But a high school hacker withmalicious intent - ankle-biters if you will - would be deterred frombreaking in."
Previously, most advice has focused on vulnerabilities that canresult from programming errors. The top 25 list examines the actualprogramming errors themselves.
The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, theprincipal adviser to the President, the National Security Council andthe Homeland Security Council also lent their support to the list.
In a statement, they said: "We believe that integrity of hardware and software products is a critical for cyber security. "
"Creating more secure software is a fundamental aspect of systemand network security, given that the federal government and thenation's critical infrastructure depend on commercial products forbusiness operations."
"The top 25 is an important component of an overall securityinitiative for our country. We applaud this effort and encourage theutility of this tool through other venues such as cyber education."<!-- E BO -->
http://www.sans.org/top25errors/

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  • Which People and Organizations Made Substantive Contributions to the Top 25 Errors List?
  • How Will the Top 25 Errors Be Used?
  • How Important Are the Top 25 Errors?
  • What Errors Are Included in the Top 25?
  • Resources to Help Organizations Eliminate The Errors</ui>
  • Posted by isiss2 Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:11 pm
    Console installed base reaches 22m in UK in Gaming
    The latest generation of home consoles - the Wii, PlayStation 3 andXbox 360 - have a total installed base of 10 million units in the UKand Ireland.
    That's according to data from GfK Chart Track, revealed todayin a public trading update from retailer GAME, which shows that as ofJanuary 3 2009 the addition of 12 million PSP and DS consoles bringsthe total of all five machines to 22 million units in the region.
    The PlayStation 3 sold 1 million units in 2008, putting theinstalled base at 1.9 million, while Microsoft's Xbox 360 now sits in3.2 million homes in the UK, compared to 1.8 million in January 2008.
    Nintendo's Wii is still the strongest of all home consoles,with an installed base of 4.9 million units by January 3, compared to 2million last year.
    The DS and DS Lite leads the handheld market, with an installedbase of 8.8 million units, up from 5.4 million at the start of 2008,while Sony's PSP has hit 3.2 million units, compared to 2.6 million in2008
    Posted by icetallica Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:45 pm
    Gaming:The WTF World of Wikipedia - 15 unbelievable "tr in Business and Industry in Gaming, Media, Web, IT and Computing
    You. Your friends and family. Your classmates and coworkers. In thebrave new world of the internet, everybody has power. Information isinteractive, knowledge is collaborative and history is open source. Thenerdy kid next door has just as much influence as a high schoolteacher; the dorky dude at the comic book shop has just as much voiceas a college professor.
    Problem is, the nerds and dorks tend to have a lot morefree time - and passion - than the teachers and professors. The endresult? A hilariously skewed, terrifyingly twisted view of the world inwhich all the wrong things are deemed "important" and worthy of seriousacademic discussion.
    Here are 15 mind-boggling examples.

    See what we mean? When the deadliest, costliest war in the history of mankind has been trumped by a videogame franchise about that war,you know something's off. One involved over 50 countries and took over70 million lives; the other involves button mashing and tea bagging.
    On an encouraging note, we did have to add all the Call of Dutygames' individual pages together to reach the crazy number above. On adiscouraging note, we didn't have to add Call of Duty 4 and itsnon-WWII setting, which would have brought the total word count to aneven crazier 18,927.
    Oh, and on a simply ridiculous note? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare beats "modern warfare"... 5,858 to 2,873.
    Also less important than Call of Duty!
    • American Revolutionary War = 8,078
    • American Civil War = 11,729
    • English Civil War = 8,030
    • Napoleonic Wars = 7,951
    • Hundred Years' War = 7,992
    • War on Terrorism = 10,674
    • War on Drugs = 7,628
    • Cold War = 10,117
    • "War" = 9,233
    While the magic menagerie of super-powered, frilly-maned, sparkly-eyed, rosy-cheeked wonder beasts might make for slightly more exciting cards than a Three of Spades, the emphasis here is still extremely wonky.
    Poker has been around for longer than anyone can remember... the Pokemon Trading Card Game was invented in 1996. Poker has created millionaires and forced bankruptcy... the Pokemon Trading Card Game might have resulted in some lost lunch money and a temper tantrum or two.
    Also less important than Pokemon Trading Cards!
    • Baseball cards = 4,686
    • Blackjack = 5,228
    • Roulette = 5,492
    • Checkers = 2,326
    • Pool (Billiards) = 621
    • Bowling = 407
    • Wheel of Fortune = 4,521
    • "Trade" = 3,038
    • "Games" = 2,830

    Before you get the wrong impression, no, the Master Chief does not win in a Wikipedia matchup against George W. Bush... though his approval ratings are undoubtedly higher.
    The truly astounding thing, however, is that he does emerge victorious against not one, not two, but TENof this country's past commanders in chief. Yes, 23% of the men whohelped make the United States the strongest nation on Earth are easilydefeated by a fictional and faceless videogame character who barelyknows how to speak and takes orders from a naked hologram. Go America!
    The orange word count above is an average taken from the USPresidents beaten by the Master Chief. Here's the full, patheticbreakdown:
    Leaders of the Free World less important than Master Chief!
    • James Monroe = 2,820
    (5th President)
    • John Quincy Adams = 3,457
    (6th President)
    • John Tyler = 3,431
    (10th President)
    • Zachary Taylor = 2,235
    (12th President)
    • Millard Fillmore = 3,631
    (13th President)
    • Franklin Pierce = 4,203
    (14th President)
    • James Buchanan = 3,888
    (15th President)
    • Rutherford B. Hayes = 2,686
    (19th President)
    • James A. Garfield = 3,915
    (20th President)
    • Chester A. Arthur = 3,078
    (21st President)
              
                       
         


    In the future, when Captain Kirk is battling tribbles and Data islearning how to love, this lopsided comparison will make completesense. Why wouldn't the entries for the glorious Starship Enterprise dwarf that for a dusty museum piece like the automobile? We expect the pages for hoverboards, robot maids, personal time machines and giant laser death rays to do the same.

    For the present, though, why does a make-believe spaceship deserve more words than the planet's principal mode oftransportation? Also, why does that make-believe space ship deserve noless than nine separate pages, including unique entries for six different models of the NCC-1701? Seriously?!

    Also less important than the Starship Enterprise!

    • Planes = 5,132
    • Trains = 2,850
    • Boats = 1,884
    • Bicycles = 5,112
    • Motorcycles = 5,446
    • Shoes = 3,241
    • Lunar rovers = 1,844
    • Space shuttles = 6,217
    • Space stations = 1,830
    • Outer space = 3,000







    You think Hideo Kojima's cut scenes are long? Try reading Leo Tolstoy's epic tome. War and Peace waspublished in four books over five years, covers nearly a decade ofhistory and includes more than 1,400 pages, more than 560,000 words andmore than 3 million characters. It's generally considered one of thelongest novels - hell, one of the longest things - of all time.

    Somehow, though, the writers on Wikipedia managed to summarize thewhole plot in 1,922 words. Well done! Now we'd be really impressed ifyou guys could squeeze the plot of a single damn videogame - even therambling old man that is Metal Gear Solid 4 - into less than 2,548 words.

    The top numbers (in orange) are for the entire entries.The numbers in the preceding paragraph, as well as the list below, arefor the subsections entitled "plot," "story," or "synopsis."

    Also less important than Metal Gear Solid 4!
    (by plot, story or synopsis)


    • Romeo and Juliet = 770
    • Hamlet = 780
    • Moby Dick = 845
    • Of Mice and Men = 288
    • A Tale of Two Cities = 1,341
    • Atlas Shrugged = 673
    • The Hobbit = 465
    • Citizen Kane = 430
    • Casablanca = 834
    • Chinatown = 854







    We won't get jealous and play the competition card here. EGM isimportant, a veritable titan of the industry with a massive and devotedfollowing. Many of us here at GamesRadar include ourselves in that camp.

    But come on... do the latest screenshots of Chun-Li'sthighs really carry more weight than the 2008 election? Do you reallyneed to know the review score for Turok more than you need to know thereasons for the recession? Is the dropping price of the PS3 morecritical than the rising price of gasoline?

    Yes, Electronic Gaming Monthly - and any videogame publication - is totally worthy of 4,429 words. We just wish that Time and other vital news sources received the same attention.

    Also less important than EGM!

    • Newsweek = 1,393
    • USA Today = 2,685
    • National Geographic = 1,949
    • The New Yorker = 3,874
    • The Washington Post = 2,449
    • CNN = 4,281
    • Fox News = 3,758
    • "Magazines" = 842
    • "Newspapers" = 3,537
    • GamesRadar = 201







    We love, love, love the soundtracks to Final Fantasy... but someone put way, way, way too much effort into this Wikipedia page. The intro alone is nearly 700 words, lengthier than the entries for many singers, bands and genres. Rock and roll, the biggest genre of them all, doesn't stand a chance.

    Of course, the vastness of the web was made to hold such exceedinglyniche minutiae, but even the fan who owns all of these compilationalbums probably agrees that they could have fit onto the page forgeneral Final Fantasy music. Unless that fan is the one who wrote this obsessive love letter to begin with...

    Also less important than obscure Final Fantasy music!

    • Beethoven = 6,268
    • Mozart = 6,331
    • Frank Sinatra = 5,743
    • Kelly Clarkson = 5,849
    • Amy Winehouse = 7,269
    • Rihanna = 2,977
    • Kanye West = 4,713
    • Jay-Z = 6,658
    • Nirvana = 4,157
    • Radiohead = 6,495



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    Jeffrey Dahmer was a cannibal, Charles Manson was a deranged cultleader and John Wayne Gacy, worst of all, dressed up like a friggin'clown. Yet the complete list of these horrible, horrible murderers -together with dozens of depraved others - is apparently about 3,000words less significant than the list of Maverick boss characters in the Mega Man X series.

    And that's compared to the list of serial killers by country. Look up the list of serial killers by number of victims andthe difference grows to 6,000. Go ahead and add the two lists togetherif you want - at 8,000 words total, they still fall short of the sheerterror and infamy inspired by Cyber Peacock, Blizzard Buffalo,Overdrive Ostrich and Armored Armadillo. Ooh, we're getting chills justthinking about them!


    Above: The true face of evil







    Let's be honest. Who doesn't love Gardulla the Hut? Who didn't havea poster of Cole Fardreamer or Elan Sleazebaggano hanging on theirbedroom wall as a kid? Who wouldn't beg their parents to buy them thatKlaatu action figure for the holidays?

    Qwi Xux, Plo Koon, 2-1B, Chief Chirpa, Yarna D'al Gargan, BaronSoontir Fel, Meewalh, Oola, Commander Cody, Baron Soontir Fel, TraskUlgo, Gartogg, Wam "Blam" Lufba and, of course, little Windy... all ofthem are forever entwined in our dreams and imaginations.

    Clearly, the list of minor characters in the Star Wars universe should be seven times as large as the page on the Founding Fathers of the United States. Clearly.

    Also more important than the Founding Fathers!

    • Minor Star Wars droids = 10,105
    • Minor Star Wars villains = 9,648
    • Minor Star Wars bounty hunters = 5,236
    • Minor Sonic the Hedgehog characters = 12,595
    • Minor Mortal Kombat characters = 6,286
    • Minor StarCraft characters = 5,640
    • Minor One Piece characters = 17,446
    • Minor Sailor Moon characters = 7,251
    • Minor Gundam Wing mobile suits = 3,584
    • Minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine = 5,097

    Heed our warning - Wikipedia is only the beginning. Soon, textbookswill have entire chapters devoted to fairies and fishmen. Languagestudents will learn Goron instead of Greek. History class will forgothe Romans for the Rito, while anthropology discards the Spanish andSwedish for the Subrosians and Skull Kids.

    Nonsense, you say? Tell that to the 730 million residents of Europe, whose deep and diverse ethnic backgrounds just got pwned by a bunch of elves, gnomes, talking twigs, golden frogs and mutant chickens.
    Oh yeah, and Tingle.

    Also more important than the population of Europe!

    • Elder Scroll races = 8,489
    • Pokemon types = 4,362
    • Final Fantasy monsters = 6,637
    • Halo aliens = 5,478
    • Middle-earth orcs = 4,845
    • Fictional cats = 10,248
    • Fictional dragons = 8,651
    (there are non-fictional dragons?)





    No surprises here. After all, Superman (10,641 words) has been known to survive a nuclear explosion... inside his own ass. And Batman (10,818 words) invented his own damn brand of shark repellent Bat spray!

    Obviously, these guys are far superior to the rest of us. End of discussion.



    Above: Holy sardine!






    Both the fictional Umbrella Corporation and the real world National Human Genome Research Institute studythe mysteries of genetics. Both engage in the cutting edge field ofbiomedical engineering. Both are located in small towns. Both haveseemingly harmless, yet somehow creepy names. Both have seeminglyvague, yet somehow menacing logos.

    Wait a second - are these two organizations actuallyone and the same?! Has Umbrella been a front all along, a clever ployto distract us from the true zombie overlords? We knew that tiny word count seemed suspicious...


    Above: Oh shit.






    According to Wikipedia, Kirby is "a small, pink, spherical creature with large red feet."

    Exactly. Done. Enough said. Oh, if only that were the case...instead, that is merely the first sentence of a 1,512 word subsectionentitled Characteristics, which goes on to describe - in disturbinglydetailed sub-subsections - the Personality, Abilities and Species of Kirby. Yes, species.

    The dog hasan overall longer page, sure, but the fact that Kirby's"characteristics" actually overcome those of man's best friend isabsolutely insane. They shouldn't even be close.








                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        
                   
              
              
              
                       
                


    As expected, Jesus whoops Mario byquite a large margin in total Wikipedia word count. In a miraculousturn of events, however, Mario's Legacy section is actually longer thanJesus' Legacy. Yes, you heard right - a pixelated plumber is consideredto have had a bigger impact on the world than the central figure ofChristianity and, to some, the physical embodiment of God. Wow.

    Then again... Jesus can walk on water and heal the sick,but Mario can shoot fireballs out of his hands and turn into a raccoon.Jesus has an awesome beard, but Mario's got a super sweet mustache.Jesus ushered in much of modern religion, but Mario ushered in much ofmodern gaming. Both can come back from the dead, though to be fair,Jesus only did that once.

    Dunno, seems like a tie to us





    Also less important than Mario's legacy!


    • Albert Einstein's legacy = 153• John F. Kennedy's legacy = 436• Susan B. Anthony's legacy = 252• Princess Diana's legacy = 196• The Wright brothers' legacy = 175• Mother Teresa's influence in the world = 117






    At last, we reach the ultimate showdown. In this corner, we have God, who Wikipedia describes as:

    "... the principal or sole deity in religion..."
    "...the creator and overseer of the universe..."
    "... omnipotent and eternal..."
    "... the source of all moral obligation, and the greatest conceivable being existent..."

    His opponent? Knuckles of Sonic the Hedgehog fame, who Wikipedia describes as:

    "... a red, teenage, anthropomorphic echidna..."
    "... the fourth most popular character in the series..."
    "... shy around girls..."

    And, uh, yeah. How did this guy beat God by more than 4,000 words again? Well, to reach Knuckles' number, we did have to add two pages together, one for his game character and one for his comic character. To level the playing field, we should probably give God the Bible or something, right? Of course, we'll also have to give Knuckles his comic books and two videogames (Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic & Knuckles) to keep things even...




    Damn! Sorry God - you lose again. Looks like we have a new omnipotentoverseer in the universe... or at least in the strange, silly, scaryand seriously skewed universe that is Wikipedia.
    Posted by Editorial Team Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:21 pm
    Google's Street View comes to UK london and Inverness [PICS] in General Discussion, including Off Topic, Current Affairs
    Google has defended its controversial Street View photo-mappingtool, saying it will meet local privacy laws in European countries atlaunch.
    Following the news that Google Street View image capturing cars havebeen spotted in London, it seems Google's plans to bring the service tothe UK is under threat.



    It's time to lock up your daughters, and here's why: The rovingspycar of Google's Street View has been spotted prowling the meanstreets of London...





    At london bridge:
    T

    Also
    http://flickr.com/photos/rodcorp/2653406304/

    Inverness:



    That aside - my mate snapped one of these devices on a few lampostsin his street that turned up the same day the Google-mobile was about.
    http://c.imagehost.org/view/0124/thing.jpg
    A quick call to the Highland Council street lighting departmentconfirmed they knew nothing about it, and that it should definitely nothave been put there without their permission.
    So, over to you, readers. What the hell is it ???

    The tool, which matches real world photos to mapped locations, has drawn fire from some privacy campaigners.
    In the UK, Privacy International said the tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces were shown.
    Google has said it is using face blurring technology to preserve the privacy of individuals photographed.<!-- E SF -->
    "In our view they need a person's consent if they make use of aperson's face for commercial ends," Simon Davies, of PrivacyInternational told BBC News.
    Street View has already been launched in the US and includesphotos of streets in major American cities. Photographing of areas inthe UK, including London, is believed to have started last week.
    Mr Davies has written to Google asking for details of the face-blurringtechnology, saying he would ask the UK Information Commissioner tointervene if he did not receive a satisfactory response.
    He told BBC News that he was concerned that Google's technology would not work.
    Google's senior privacy counsel Jane Horvath has responded saying that the technology had already been deployed.
    She wrote: "We actually launched this technology publicly in early May, when we refreshed our imagery in Manhattan, New York.
    "Since then we have applied face blurring to all new imagery launches in the US, including a major launch in June."
    Google has said it plans to launch Street View in a "few European countries" but did not give any more details.
    In a statement, a Google spokesperson added: "We think this type ofprivacy-enabling technology is the best way of meeting the challenge ofcontinuing to respect people's expectation of privacy, while notstifling the development of new products and services that everyone canenjoy and benefit from."



    Have you seen Google photographing the UK? Do you have any picturesof the cars Google are using to take photos?



    Heres some US sights from the likes of
    http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/request_for_urb.html


    Without any context or timeline, it's hard to tell exactly what you're seeingin the extraordinary panoramic images captured by Google's magic van. But inthe days since the service was launched, numerous blogs have appeared,linking to the most interesting sights. Here are a selection found at GoogleSightseeing, Steetviewr, and ThreatLevel.
    1.Someone apparently climbing over a fence in San Francisco
    2.Borat peeking out of a window in San Jose, California
    3.The already infamous 'Hot Babes' poster van driving alongside the Googletruck in Las Vegas
    4.A girl bending over, and two guys watching her...
    5.Ambulance driver stops for a sandwich
    6.A canine disagreement
    7.Strange, headless figures next to what looks like a newly dug grave
    8.Giant robot attack
    9.The alien invasion begins
    10The moment when the Google van stopped for lunch, and the road takes adetour in the McDonald's car park
    Posted by Editorial Team Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:57 pm
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