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- Notícias do Dia
- Future-Proofing Your App
- Uóte da faque?! Deletando????
- Google Adds OCR for PDF Files and Images
- Simply Explained
- Distance Measurement in Google Maps Labs
- June 22, 2010
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010 06:20 AM PDT O iOS4 chega hoje, e iPhone 4 está a chegar (com segredos?), matrículas electrónicas na Califórnia,e muito mais.
Actualização iOS4 hoje Logo pelas 18h, milhões de utilizadores actualizarão os seus iPhones para a mais recente versão do sistema operativo do iPhone. Uma actualização que traz o "multitasking", as pastas, e muitas outras novidades aguardadas pelos utilizadores. Mas... amanhã ou depois já vos digo que tal está. iPhone 4 no dia 24 com "segredos"?  De igual forma, faltam poucos dias para o lançamento oficial do novo iPhone. A Apple já começou a enviar as encomendas pelas transportadoras - com alguns clientes a poderem recebê-lo um dia antes da data de lançamento. Mas, como é habitual há sempre malucos para tudo, e há quem tenha decidido acampar à frente de uma loja já desde a 5ª feira passada, não se importando de esperar uma semana para ser o primeiro da fila para comprar um iPhone 4.Já ficou também esclarecido que as videochamadas não gastam "minutos" dos planos de chamadas, e há quem suspeite que o iPhone 4 possa ter algum segredo não anunciado: uma vez que a Apple pediu à FCC para atrasar a publicação de informação e fotos do novo aparelho por 45 dias. Há teorias para todos os gostos, desde a superfície traseira táctil a capacidades de leitura RFID, entre muitas outras... Matrículas Electrónicas na Califórnia Enquanto por cá se aposta em sistemas que irão entrar em funcionamento se sequer se saber se os chips electrónicos que vão possibilitar o seu pagamento vão ser aprovados ou não, nos EUA estão muito mais à frente. Quando eles dizem matrículas electrónicas, são mesmo matrículas estilo "ecrã" digital, que podem até passar publicidade quando os veículos estão parados! Oh oh! Imaginem as possibilidade de tuning que isto representa! :) Google Apanhou Emails e Passwords A polémica em torno dos dados WiFi capturados pelos carros do Google que fazem o mapeamento do Streetview continua a dar que falar. Agora foi descoberto que esses dados incluiam também emails e passwords. Ora... não quero estar a julgar se haveria ou não más intenções, mas... tratando-se de um sinal WiFi aberto significa que essas pessoas estão a disponibilizar os seus dados para *qualquer* pessoa nas redondezas. Quando muito, este caso com o Google até servirá para sensibilizar as pessoas de que os seus dados estão bastante vulneráveis quando usam redes WiFi desprotegidas (e também quando usam qualquer hotspot público.) Para quem utiliza o browser Firefox talvez não seja má ideia experimentar esta extensão: HTTPS Everywhere; que faz com que navegar na web se torne mais seguro. OnLive nos Macs  Os Macs sempre se viram um pouco arredados do mercado dos videojogos de acção, mas com o OnLive para Mac tudo isso se torna irrelevante, uma vez que podem jogar qualquer jogo que desejem em qualquer plataforma - como até já foi demonstrado no iPad - (mesmo se para além da assinatura mensal tenham que pagar o preço "com desconto" dos jogos que pretenderem utilizar.) No entanto, a maior restrição é que o serviço está apenas disponível - por agora - nos EUA. O Software por trás do Facebook  Se se interessam pelas coisas que funcionam por trás dos sites que vêem nos vossos browsers, certamente já se terão interrogado sobre o que será necessário para tornar um site como o Facebook possível.Se o vosso computador caseiro até poderia servir de servidor para umas dezenas ou centenas de acessos, o que implica ter um site com milhões de visitas diárias? Pois bem, é só espreitarem este artigo e ficarem a conhecer coisas como o MemCached, Cassandra, Hadoop, Varnish, e outras coisas que tais.    
     
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010 10:30 AM PDT  [This post is by Reto Meier AKA @retomeier, who wrote the book on Android App development. — Tim Bray] As a developer, I’m excited by Android’s potential as a single development platform that can make my apps available on a wide range of devices. From smartphones to televisions, Android is now being used on an increasingly diverse collection of hardware. Last year’s Android SDK 1.6 release was the first to introduce support for variations in device hardware, paving the way for devices like the HTC Tattoo — a small screen device with a non-autofocus camera. Future devices, like Google TV, may not include some of the hardware features that we now expect, such a accelerometers and telephony. We all want our apps available on as many devices as possible, but on some hardware they might just not make sense, so it’s important that apps are available only on the devices where they do. Android Market Rule #1: Don't let existing applications break on new devicesAs curators of the Android Market, one of our most important responsibilities is ensuring consumers and developers can trust the Market to only deliver applications to devices capable of running them. The Android SDK includes built-in support for specifying which hardware features your application needs, ensuring that when we see more hardware variations, the Market will make sure your apps are available everywhere (and only where) they make sense. Specify the hardware your app needs using the application ManifestThat includes the target and minimum SDK versions, supported screen sizes, and the required hardware features without which your app will “break”. You can specify the hardware features your app requires by adding a uses-feature node to your manifest. By updating your manifest now to include all the hardware features you require, you effectively opt out of future hardware that won’t be capable of properly supporting your app. Android Market Rule #2: Don't let existing applications break on new devicesIn extreme cases — such as the introduction of small screen sizes in Android 1.6 — developers will be required to explicitly opt in their apps before they will be made visible in the Market on these new devices. In other cases the Android Market will analyze the permissions requested by an app to determine if it implies a dependence on any particular hardware. For example, requiring the CALL_PHONE permission strongly implies the need for telephony hardware. Until we provide a more convenient tool, you can use AAPT in the SDK to analyze your apps (2.2 SDK required) and see which device requirements are being implicitly added to your application: Where your app uses a particular hardware feature, but you know (and have tested) that it will still work without it, you can specify it as optional by setting the required attribute to false. Ensure your application manifest correctly identifies what hardware your app needs, and what is optionalWith the uses-feature name strings now available, you can ensure right now that your app appears in the Market, where appropriate, on current and future hardware devices rather than waiting for the devices to be released. It's in your interest as a developer to ensure your apps work well, and are available, on as many devices as possible and appropriate. Now is the time to test your applications and update your Manifest to opt in to all hardware configurations which you support, and opt out of those that don’t make sense.   
  
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010 12:20 PM PDT "Deletando", gerúndio do verbo "deletar" cujo significado ainda estou para descobrir...
 Não sei qual a pior tradução, esta em que se conjuga o famoso verbo "Deletar" ou a do "leiáute"..... Ps.: Janela de importação de fotos do programa gThumb.   
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Google Adds OCR for PDF Files and Images Posted: 21 Jun 2010 12:23 PM PDT When you upload files to Google Docs, you'll notice a new option that tells Google to convert the text from PDF and image files to Google Docs documents. The feature has been released last year as an experiment, so Google had enough time to improve the accuracy of the results.
 I've tried to convert an excerpt from the book Rework and the result wasn't great. About 10% of the text has been incorrectly converted and the formatting hasn't been preserved. "This document contains text automatically extracted from a PDF or image file. Formatting may have been lost and not all text may have been recognized," explained Google in a note included in the document.  To be fair, ABBYY Online wasn't able to produce much better results:  { spotted by George }      
  
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Distance Measurement in Google Maps Labs Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:23 PM PDT Google Maps Labs added a feature that used to be available as a mapplet: distance measurement tool. After enabling the Labs feature, you'll notice a small ruler at the bottom of the map. Click on the ruler and you'll be able to use the distance measurement tool by clicking on the map and tracing the path you want to measure.
 If you click on "I'm feeling geeky", you'll be able to pick from a long list of measurement units, including light-year, parsec, PostScript points, Olympic swimming pools, American footbal fields, Persian cubits and more.    
  
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- Samsung Galaxy S Pro Specs Revealed
- Custom Clock in Ubuntu 9.10
- Introducing FamilyShield Parental Controls
- Probably Bad News: Newspaper Fail
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O iOS4 chega hoje, e iPhone 4 está a chegar (com segredos?), matrículas |
 
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Samsung Galaxy S Pro Specs Revealed Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:40 AM PDT |
 
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010 01:18 PM PDT  The default clock in Ubuntu is too big and eat a lot of precious panel space, imo. Especially for netbook users with tiny screen. If you are like me, then you'll like this tip. Run System Tools -> Configuration Editor, or type gconf_editor in terminal.
 configuration editor The result :  small and space efficient clock This format may not what you want. If you want to have different format, read here and here for more formats and tags. I wrote something like this earlier, but this time I found a way to make it smaller i.e. by inserting "small" tag inside <span size="smaller"> and using monospace font ("tt" tag). keyword : custom clock, ubuntu, gnome |
  
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Introducing FamilyShield Parental Controls Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:02 AM PDT Kids get into all sorts of things they shouldn’t get into online. And we know parents want to protect their kids from what’s out there. They want to know that what they’ve set up is effective, up-to-date and always working. Today we’re introducing a new service called FamilyShield and it’s the absolute simplest and most straightforward way for parents to protect kids from the bad stuff online. There is no complicated set up and no software to install on your computers.  FamilyShield is different from — and better than — the majority of parental controls software choices parents are faced with. For starters, ours is free to use. And when set up on your wireless router, FamilyShield does more than block adult content on computers; it blocks it on Wi-Fi devices like the iPod Touch or the Nintendo DS and on video game consoles like Xbox and Wii. In addition to blocking adult content, FamilyShield also blocks proxies and anonymizers, which are how enterprising/tech-savvy kids often get around parental blocks. In addition, because FamilyShield leverages the OpenDNS content filtering system, the list of sites being blocked is constantly updated, 24/7. These updates happen automatically, without requiring any changes on the user’s end. Last but not least, because it runs on the global OpenDNS network, it will make your household Internet faster and overall more reliable. With the OpenDNS perfect 100 percent uptime record, you won’t have to tolerate annoying, intermittent Internet outages anymore. This, of course, is in stark contrast to parental controls software that is often known for slowing down your Internet experience. Why did we launch FamilyShield? For about as long as OpenDNS has been around, we’ve heard demand from you, our users, to provide a pre-configured version of the service that automatically blocks adult content. The idea has been submitted to IdeaBank, the part of our community where anyone can suggest new OpenDNS features and functionality, a few different times. (For example, here and here.) We aim to give you what you want and FamilyShield is just that. How does FamilyShield work? Much like how OpenDNS Basic works, you just follow our simple two-step instructions to configure our special FamilyShield IPs on your router. Unlike OpenDNS Basic, there’s no account to configure, no complicated settings to customize, and no downloads or software to install. Even if you have a dynamic IP address. FamilyShield’s IPs are:
What does FamilyShield Block? The service blocks pornographic content, including our “Pornography,” “Tasteless,” and “Sexuality” categories, in addition to proxies and anonymizers (which can render filtering useless). It also blocks phishing and some malware. If you’re using OpenDNS Basic today without any filtering and think FamilyShield looks just simple and straightforward enough for you, just follow the simple instructions to point to the new IPs. But, if you use OpenDNS, love OpenDNS and know of a family who could use a parental controls service that also makes their home network faster, let them know about FamilyShield. |
  
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Probably Bad News: Newspaper Fail Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT |
      
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Novo VLC com Aceleração H264 por Hardware Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:11 AM PDT  E agora torna-se ainda mais atractivo pois na sua versão 1.1.0 passa a contar com aceleração por hardware para vídeo h.264 (nalgumas plataformas e com hardware suportado) para além de contar já com o suporte para o novo fomarto de vídeo WebM do Google. |
  
  
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:31 AM PDT Amazon corta preço do Kindle, Flash nos Mobile, cartões SDHC WiFi da Toshiba, um esterilizador de telemóveis, e muito mais. Toshiba com cartões SDHC WiFi  Depois dos populares cartões Eye-Fi nos terem oferecido esta possibilidade, agora é a Toshiba que quer tornar os seus cartões SDHC livres de "fios". Com estes cartões SDHC WiFi da Toshiba, os utilizadores poderão dizer adeus às incómodas transferências de fotos através de cabos USB, sendo possível transferir dados directamente de um dispositivo para outro sem ter que "pensar nisso."Kindle mais Barato Era previsível. Depois do Nook ter anunciado uma redução de preço, o Kindle da Amazon estava numa situação ainda mais incómoda... e a Amazon reagiu rapidamente, fazendo o mesmo: o Kindle está mais barato, custando agora $189 -menos $70 do que anteriormente- e tornando-se assim novamente apetecível face ao Nook (que tem uma versão mais barata mas que é apenas WiFi enquanto o Kindle tem 3G). Flash Mobile 10.1 Final  Parece que é dia de festa. O infinitamente adiado Flash para dispositivos móveis, eternamente em fase beta e em desenvolvimento, está finalmente disponível. O Flash 10.1 para Android já está disponível. Agora, caberá aos utilizadores decidir se toda esta espera valeu realmente a pena, e se o Flash terá realmente futuro no segmento mobile. (Mal chegue o HTC Desire, já vos poderei dar a minha opinião! :) Esterilizar Telemóveis  Não há ecrã oleofóbico que resista. Com os habituais dispositivos "touch", não é preciso muito para que o vosso smartphone fique cheio de dedadas, resíduos e... os malditos germes! Se têm um poster de Howard Hughes em vossa casa, e andam com luvas de plástico e máscara no rosto, então este é o gadget ideal para vocês: um esterilizador de telemóveis por luz ultra-violeta. AMOLED vs LCD vs SuperAMOLED  Desejosos por saber que tal se comportam estes diferentes ecrãs, quer no interior quer quando expostos à impiedosa luz solar? Então é só saltarem até aqui para verem este comparativo do Galaxy S, Xperia X10, e o HTC Desire. (O LCD comportou-se bastante bem, ao nível do SuperAMOLED, o que poderá ser uma surpresa para muitos.) |
  
  
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HOJE: Font Secrets Revealed — Dave Crossland @ Hacklaviva Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:36 AM PDT
Dave Crossland volta para partilhar connosco uma palestra relacionada com os temas da tipografia, cultura livre, empreendedorismo, e como combinar os três. Há bastante tempo, o software de criação de fontes era o mesmo, mas o movimento do software livre libertou o conhecimento, as ferramentas e o negócio do software. Agora, é altura de libertarmos as fontes. No dia 22 de Junho às 21:30, Dave Crossland vai partilhar connosco como desenhar tipos de letra utilizando apenas software livre — e como ganhar dinheiro com isso. [conversa em inglês] > http://www.understandinglimited.com [Imagem: typoatelier @ flickr] |
 
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Google Voice, Available Without Invitation Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:17 AM PDT If you're in the US, you can now use Google Voice without asking for an invitation. Three years after acquiring GrandCentral, Google finally makes the service widely available. "A little over a year ago, we released an early preview of Google Voice, our web-based platform for managing your communications. We introduced one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more—the only catch was you had to request and receive an invite to try it out. Today, after lots of testing and tweaking, we're excited to open up Google Voice to the public, no invitation required," explains Google. Google Voice has a lot in common with Gmail. They're both innovative communication services and they both help you manage your communication flow. Gmail has been available as an invitation-only service for about 3 years, just like Google Voice. The next steps for Google Voice should be expanding the service's availability outside US, integrating with Gizmo5 and becoming a VoIP service, integrating with Gmail and Google Talk. CJ, a reader of this blog, already found some signs of a future integration: "Late last year, Google Talk appeared as an option for Phone Type when adding a new phone in the Google Voice settings. I added my Google Talk account, but could not verify it. I just left it in there unverified because I knew at some point the day would come. At some point in the past few weeks, I was able to get my Gmail Voice Chat client to ring when attempting to verify the Google Talk account in my Google Voice account, but the call always immediately failed. Now in the past two or three days I've been able to answer the call and hear the prompt to enter the verification code, but there's no way to send the verification digits. I tried generating DTMF tones and sending them through the microphone, but it doesn't work. So close!" { Thanks, CJ. } |
   
  
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Save iPhone Notes to a Gmail Account Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:05 AM PDT Apple's iOS 4 (iPhone OS 4) added an important missing feature: a way to save your notes online. If you add an IMAP mail account like Gmail or Yahoo Mail and enable the notes feature, you can create notes that are saved to your email account.  For Gmail, Apple creates a label called Notes and saves the notes created in the Gmail section to your Gmail account. The notes can only be edited from an iPhone or iPod Touch and the changed are reflected in Gmail.    Some other new iOS 4 features that should be useful for Google users: Google Suggest in Safari's search box, an option to search the Web in Spotlight and the ability to add multiple Exchange accounts. |
   
  
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- Notícias do Dia
- Should Google Offer Ad Opt-Out Based on Categories or Companies?
- Extra! Extra!
- Exercising Our Remote Application Removal Feature
- Google, Apple and Microsoft Showing Off HTML Capabilities
- 10 Important Things They Didn’t Teach You In School
- Chrome com PDF "Integrado"
- HTC Desire Preview
- MythBusters - Car Conundrum 8x12 [HDTV - FQM]
- Firefox 3.6.4 Anti-Crash
- Notícias do Dia
- The Froyo Code Drop
- Google adds multi-domain support to Apps -- updated again (and still disappointed)
- Android Market Problem
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:02 AM PDT Camionetas da REN com WiFi gratuito, a segurança (e não só) nos Androids, o iPhone 4 branco e problemas de recepção que parecem estar a afectar o mais recente iPhone, e muito mais. Android é um risco de Segurança?  Isto servirá certamente para alertar o público de que, qualquer plataforma, por mais segura que possa ser, depende ultimamente das decisões do seu utilizador. É preciso não esquecer que a "liberdade" de se poder instalar o que quer que seja, vem acompanhada da responsabilidade de decidirmos (ou não) confiar na fonte da App que vamos instalar no dispositivo em questão. No entanto, a médio/long prazo, a tendência é para que o Android passe a dominar o mercado mobile, com a atracção imediata do mercado iPhone eventualmente a dar lugar a uma maior base de dispositivos Android, disponíveis numa maior gama de produtos e com preços para todas as bolsas. (Por agora, os rendimentos dos developers no Android Market têm sido bastante inferiores aos obtidos na App Store.) Android 2.2 Open-Source  Para celebrar o volume de vendas (cerca de 160 mil Androids por dia) o Google resolveu dar uma prenda a todos, disponibilizando Android 2.2 como open-source; o que sem dúvida irá ajudar a acelerar ainda mais o seu desenvolvimento e implementação nas mais variadas áreas. iPhone 4 Branco só para o final de Julho  Se estavam a aguardar pelo iPhone 4 em branco (eu admito que também gosto dele) então vão ter que esperar até à segunda metade de Julho - no melhor dos casos.Alguns rumores indicavam que poderia ter havido um qualquer problema na linha de produção que atrasou o lançamento do modelo branco... e isso já foi confirmado pela Apple: Os modelos em branco do novo iPhone 4 demonstraram ser mais difíceis de produzir que o esperado, e como tal só estarão disponíveis a partir da segunda metade de Julho. A disponibilidade dos modelos mais populares, em preto, não é afectada. Fazendo minhas as palavras deles, vou optar pelo sempre "clássico" e "popular" preto... e como já vos disse, um de vocês vai ter a possibilidade de ficar com um iPhone 4 nas mãos, bem antes destes modelos brancos chegarem às lojas. ;) Problemas de recepção no iPhone?  Uma das alterações estruturais do novo iPhone, foi a utilização da parte metálica da sua estrutura como antenas para os vários serviços. No entanto, vários utilizadores têm demonstrado que isso pode vir também a causar alguns problemas. Dependendo da forma como se toca no aparelho, há quem relate substanciais perdas do sinal. Ora, não é novidade que as mãos e o corpo humano afectam os sinais de rádio: eu sou "obrigado" a fazer esse "teste" várias vezes, sempre que as minhas colunas do PC começam a "tilintar" devido a interferências do telemóvel, basta colocar as mãos por cima do aparelho para que note a sua atenuação drástica. Parece-me bem provável que, ao se pegar no iPhone, e dependendo das partes em que se toca, a sua capacidade de recepção irá ser alterada. No entanto, sendo - desde a sua concepção - um equipamento cujas antenas iriam ficar em contacto com a mão dos utilizadores, parece-me que seria factor que seria estudado desde o início. (Há também que diga que foi por este motivo que a Apple anunciou a sua "banda protectora" para o iPhone durante a apresentação; que ao evitar o toque nas partes metálicas resolverá todos estes incidentes - e acalmará todos aqueles que estiverem receosos de terem uma antena directamente encostada ao seu corpo.) Para além disso, há inúmeros factores que influenciarão este comportamento, da humidade do ar à percentagem de água e condutividade da pessoa em questão: o que ajuda a explicar porque motivo há quem note esse problema, enquanto outros não o conseguem reproduzir. Retina Display do iPhone 4 com Problemas?  Como um problema nunca vem só, há também alguns utilizadores que se queixam de barras e zonas do ecrã que aparecem amareladas. A Apple tem trocado estes equipamentos sem tentar arranjar desculpas. Mas... fica o aviso! Rede Expresso com WiFi da Zon  A ZON e a Rede Nacional Expresso acordaram uma parceria onde 100 das suas camionetas irão ser equipados com acessos WiFi móvel gratuito para além de um canal de TV com programação específica.Se isto não for suficiente para fazer algumas pessoas deixarem o carro em casa (olhem as SCUTs!) e passarem a andar de camioneta, disfrutando do WiFi gratuito, não sei que mais precisam! ;) [via Cria o teu Avatar] |
  
  
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Should Google Offer Ad Opt-Out Based on Categories or Companies? Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:21 AM PDT Should Google give its users the chance to opt out of specific ad categories? Giannis thinks so, writing (spacing adjusted):
Every now and then, as webmaster of GamesfortheBrain.com, I’m getting a mail from users along the lines of “My family won’t ever look at your site again because there’s half-naked sword-yielding ladies seen to the right”. Or, “The game to the left won’t load properly, all I see is the ad banner” (sometimes the Flash-based ads seem to block other stuff). It would be great for the site if users had a button to hide those ads users don’t like (replacing them with perhaps more agreeable ones), or offer users to apply temporary company blocks or so (half a year?). This would also provide Google with statistical info on which ads might be dubious and worth checking again. All I can do in replying to those requests is say that I wish these ads weren’t there, and that I didn’t manually pick them, though that I don’t necessarily even see the same ones from my country... then ask them to tell me the domain, which I can add to my AdSense domain block list. What do you think? [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Should Google Offer Ad Opt-Out Based on Categ ... | Comments] [Advertisement] Want to make money with your website? AllPosters.com Affiliates Program |
 
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:50 AM PDT  Sábado, imagem via Frederico Lopes |
  
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Exercising Our Remote Application Removal Feature Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:35 PM PDT [This post is by Rich Cannings, Android Security Lead. — Tim Bray] Every now and then, we remove applications from Android Market due to violations of our Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement or Content Policy. In cases where users may have installed a malicious application that poses a threat, we’ve also developed technologies and processes to remotely remove an installed application from devices. If an application is removed in this way, users will receive a notification on their phone. Recently, we became aware of two free applications built by a security researcher for research purposes. These applications intentionally misrepresented their purpose in order to encourage user downloads, but they were not designed to be used maliciously, and did not have permission to access private data — or system resources beyond permission.INTERNET. As the applications were practically useless, most users uninstalled the applications shortly after downloading them. After the researcher voluntarily removed these applications from Android Market, we decided, per the Android Market Terms of Service, to exercise our remote application removal feature on the remaining installed copies to complete the cleanup. The remote application removal feature is one of many security controls Android possesses to help protect users from malicious applications. In case of an emergency, a dangerous application could be removed from active circulation in a rapid and scalable manner to prevent further exposure to users. While we hope to not have to use it, we know that we have the capability to take swift action on behalf of users’ safety when needed. This remote removal functionality — along with Android’s unique Application Sandbox and Permissions model, Over-The-Air update system, centralized Market, developer registrations, user-submitted ratings, and application flagging — provides a powerful security advantage to help protect Android users in our open environment. |
 
  
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Google, Apple and Microsoft Showing Off HTML Capabilities Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:41 AM PDT Google has created an (only subtly branded, mostly trying to be neutral looking) HTML5 showcase, presentation and tutorial called HTML 5 Rocks (on a side-note, this site is inaccessible from China). What exactly HTML5 will be though in popular usage may be decided in new browser and standard battles. Take Apple’s HTML5 showcase, for instance: once you click on the demos using Firefox, a message pops up saying “You’ll need to download Safari to view this demo.” If HTML5 is meant to be a cool cross-browser things solving all our problems, then certainly it would work in more than just Safari, right? (Google too in the first version of their Chrome Experiments showcase site warned you when opening demos in Firefox – which often worked fine – that other browsers than Chrome might cause problems and be risky to use.) Microsoft, too, is giving developers a taste of their version of the future with the latest preview of Internet Explorer 9. As Ars Technica says, it brings “support for HTML5 <video> and <audio> elements, 2D graphics using the <canvas> element, and support for embedded fonts using the WOFF standard”. Trying to play a preview video of this at the MSDN Blog, you’ll see the button message: “Install Microsoft Silverlight”. (When companies educate us about new technologies, it’s worth keeping in mind that they may be at least partially self-interested, and buttons like these are a good reminder that interests among competitors aren’t fully aligned.) Now, if it’s true that browser companies do get together in more standards consolidation, in another area in the meantime – the one of mobile applications, including devices like the iPad – we’re seeing a move away from the open web and towards more fragmented device-specific app store programs. Let’s see if in 2015, when (hypothetically speaking) an element like Video or Canvas finally works in 99% of the browsers, mainstream consumers aren’t already accessing most of their software through walled gardens of Chrome [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google, Apple and Microsoft Showing Off HTML ... | Comments] [Advertisement] Books about Google available on Ebay |
 
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10 Important Things They Didn’t Teach You In School Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:58 PM PDT |
     
 
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:35 AM PDT  Nem imaginam a falta que isto me faz: pois eu sou o tipo de pessoa que se recusa a instalar o Acrobat Reader por o achar demasiado pesado e abusivo. (A minha solução preferida actualmente: utilizar este bookmarklet que abre os links PDF no Google Docs Viewer. :) Mas sem dúvida que a possibilidade do leitor de PDFs estar integrada no Chrome seria bem mais atractiva, e para além de garantir uma actualização constante proporciona também uma segurança acrescida face aos plugins existentes - pois o processo correria inteiramente dentro do "modo de segurança" com os processos isolados do próprio Chrome. |
  
  
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:25 AM PDT O HTC Desire, adquirido com a vossa ajuda, já chegou (finalmente! :) Eis as primeiras imagens:    E aqui está ele lado a lado com o soon-to-be-replaced iPhone 3GS. :)  Primeiras impressões: boa qualidade de construção, agradável ao toque (menos escorregadio que o iPhone 3G/S), tem praticamente as mesmas dimensões, ecrã de maior resolução e com uma tonalidade mais para os vemelhos. É também um pouco mais "assustador" e "complicado" de utilizar... montes de perguntas e vários ecrãs a ultrapassar até que finalmente fiquemos com o dispositivo pronto a funcionar. Nada que não se faça, mas que poderá intimidar algumas pessoas menos habituadas a estas coisas. (Por outro lado, não é preciso ligá-lo sequer a um PC, nem muito menos ter o iTunes! YES! ;) A velocidade de browsing é excelente, mas é curioso notar que vários operações no interface não são tão fluidas como seria de esperar de um aparelho desta gama (não confundir com lentidão; as coisas são "rápidas" mas não com aquela fluidez perfeccionista que agrada aos olhos.) Como prometido, daqui por uns dias farei uma análise mais aprofundada. |
  
  
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MythBusters - Car Conundrum 8x12 [HDTV - FQM] Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:27 PM PDT |
 
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:24 AM PDT  Ou seja, em caso de erro, o browser deverá permanecer imune a crashes, sendo apenas afectado o plugin correspondente. Num caso prático: se o Flash crashar deverão ver apenas a janela respectiva a desaparecer, em vez de levar todo o Firefox e restantes páginas abertas com ele. |
  
  
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:29 AM PDT Ainda o iPhone 4, novidades do Bing, do Google Maps para o Android, a falência da Chip7, e muito mais. Actualização ao Google Maps para Android  O Google continua imparável na actualização constante dos seus serviços móveis e o Google Maps para Android recebe nova actualização que permite ver o que mais pessoas dizem sobre os locais em vosso redor (excelente para descobrir se um restaurante tem recebido bons comentários ou nem por isso), e uma utilização mais prática do Google Latitude e das informações de transportes públicos (que relembro, já funcionam por cá nalgumas cidades: pelo menos em Lisboa e Porto funciona! ;) Jailbreak do iPhone 3GS com iOS4 Não demorou muito, já podem libertar os vossos iPhones 3GS com o iOS4 da escravatura da Apple graças à mais recente PwnageTool. Sem ter nada a ver com isto, há uma App de $1000 que parece estar a ter sucesso na App Store. iPhone 4 - Aprovado à nascença?  Quem já lhe pôs as mãos em cima diz que sim: que o novo iPhone é uma evolução bastante significativa face aos modelos anteriores. O novo design (que faz os anteriores parecerem "brinquedos"), o CPU mais rápido (mas aparentemente mais lento que o iPad), o fabuloso ecrã e uma autonomia melhorada, tornam-se numa combinação explosiva que garante o sucesso deste novo iPhone. Da nossa parte, poderão esperar uma rica prenda na próxima semana... é que para alem de uma análise em primeira mão, podem contar com um iPhone 4 prontinho a sair no próximo fundo de gadgets! :) Bing com Novidades: Música, TV, Jogos Lá por o Google ser rei e senhor no campo da pesquisa (e outras áreas), isso não impede a Microsoft de evoluir o bing e oferecer algumas funcionalidades igualmente interessantes. O Bing sofreu uma grande actualização e passa a ser mais amigo do entretenimento. Se pesquisarem por uma música poderão ter acesso imediato às lyrics, streaming de um excerto da música, e lojas online; e resultados igualmente expandidos no caso de filmes, TV e até jogos (com muitos jogos casuais em Flash a poderem ser jogados directamente do site.) Chip 7 na Falência  Mais perto de casa, a bem conhecida Chip7 parece estar maus lençois, com a falência do grupo por trás das dezenas de lojas espalhadas por todo o país, e do distribuidor Introduxi.Segundo Miguel Monteiro, o principal accionista do grupo, não irá ser tentado qualquer plano de recuperação... mas sim a liquidação total. |
  
  
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:35 AM PDT  [This post is by Jean-Baptiste Queru, who moves truck-loads of source code in and out of the Googleplex. — Tim Bray] Today is one of those days that has my heart racing; we’ve just released the source code for Android 2.2. This is a big step forward for the entire Android ecosystem. Please don’t melt the servers down again while trying to download that latest source code. This blog typically talks about developing Android applications using the SDK and NDK. However, the skills of a platform contributor aren’t fundamentally different from those of an application developer. Those are simply different roles using the same skill set. I’m providing an update here to the experienced Android programmers all around the world on some of the recent developments in the Android Open-Source Project. For Google engineers working on Android, releases are mostly known by their code names which are chosen alphabetically after tasty treats. I’ll call Android 2.2 “Froyo” throughout this post, since that was its code name. Raw version numbers don’t make me salivate as much as the thought of a cold dessert in the California summer. Let’s have a look at some cool aspects of the new Froyo source, and let’s then take a few steps back to look at other noteworthy aspects of the Android Open-Source Project. I had been increasingly involved in all previous open-source releases of Android, from testing the initial code drop to doing all the open-source-related git-level work in Eclair. Following that path, Froyo is the first release where my primary focus has been the Android Open-Source Project from start to finish. I thank the entire Android team for helping me all along with much of that work. Here are some aspects of Froyo that I am proud of, and that kept me busy for the last few months:
Besides the Froyo source code release, I wanted to mention several other improvements in the Android Open-Source Project:
I believe that those last two aspects are important to application developers. If you’re an application developer and you’d like to improve the tools that you and your fellow developers use, the process to make changes in that area is now a lot more transparent. Similarly, if during application development you find incompatibilities between devices and believe that those incompatibilities aren’t within the letter or the spirit of Android compatibility, you can help improve the situation by contributing a CTS test for that area. With Android 2.2 now being available to the open-source world, and with the review process working smoothly, I’m looking forward to seeing a lot more high-quality contributions that will be used to build future versions of Android. My sweetest dream, which is also my worst nightmare, is to have so many contributions that I can’t keep up with them. Please don’t wake me up. |
 
  
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Google adds multi-domain support to Apps -- updated again (and still disappointed) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:19 PM PDT Earlier today I reported on Google’s addition of multi-domain support to its Premiere and Education Apps. It turns out I was a bit hasty in concluding just what sorts of functionality this update added. Although it brings important improvements to document, contact, and calendar sharing among different domains an organization might have, it does [...] |
 
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:08 PM PDT Earlier today we had a brief outage in Android Market. For a period of about thirty minutes, some users were unable to find any apps. The problem was detected and corrected, and we believe the user experience is now back to normal. We apologize for the outage. |
 
  
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:31 AM PDT Três horas e meia de concerto – 3500 fotos – time lapse de 3 minutos. Ficou assim retratado o concerto dos 2 Many Dj’s na O2 Academy de Newcastle (10 de Junho de 2010). |
 
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:07 AM PDT Today, Verizon and Motorola announced the newest device powered by Android at an event in New York. We were thrilled to be there, and humbled by what our partners have been able to accomplish with Android. Every day 160,000 Android-powered devices are activated -- that’s nearly two devices every second, used for the first time by people from New York to New Zealand. Android started with one simple idea: Provide a powerful, open mobile platform to drive faster innovation for the benefit of consumers. This idea has come to life around the world. Today, there are 60 compatible Android devices, delivered via a global partnership network of 21 OEMs and 59 carriers in 49 countries. The volume and variety of Android devices continues to exceed even our most optimistic expectations. In some instances, Android devices are selling faster than they can be manufactured. To celebrate, we are open-sourcing the new 2.2 version of Android, which we call Froyo, to our partners who manufacture Android devices around the world. Customers will enjoy great new features and improved browser performance. And developers will benefit from new tools such as Android cloud-to-device messaging (which makes it easier for mobile applications to sync data). We want to thank our partners for joining us in our vision, for creating such compelling devices, and for continuing to push the limits of what is possible in a smartphone. Posted by Andy Rubin, VP, Engineering |
   
  
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Metro de Londres em Tempo Real Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:41 AM PDT Enquanto por cá se mandam encerrar projectos como o NavPT, em Inglaterra podemos ver onde estão todas as composições que circulam no metro de Londres em tempo real. Imaginem só! Uma ferramenta de uso imprinscindível para actos terroristas! :P |
   
  
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10 things we still print that should be digital by now Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:50 PM PDT Written by printingchoice
When was the last time you wrote a check? 2004? Well, if you’re like most people, the bank keeps sending you little reminders, pestering you to order more. We live in an increasingly digitized world, and with every new invention comes fewer reasons to print things like checks. Yet we still have them, and many other things that could just as easily be digital, saving us not only paper, but time and money. Here are 10 everyday items that could — and should — be 100% digital by now, but aren’t. For the love… somebody please do something about it! Checks
First of all, who uses checks anymore? You’ll never see a more angry line of customers at the checkout counter than those waiting behind some old guy who’s slowly recording his shopping total in the back of his checkbook. Very few businesses today (in the U.S. at least) say “yes” to checks and “no” to credit cards. Most of the time, it’s the other way around. Checks take time to clear and have high rates of fraud and bouncing. But the bottom line is we have a grip of digital alternatives; checks are inefficient and waste paper. Instead: Credit cards; E-checks; or typing in your PayPal information at the checkout counter. Paper Currency
While we’re on the subject of money, it’s time to face the truth that paper money is so 20th century. In 2007, the US Treasury was printing 38 million notes a day (and that figure may be higher now). That’s a lot of paper. The bills themselves have little inherent value. In an increasingly digital world, it makes sense to save all those printing and transportation costs, all that space, and all that time and just make money digital. Wired recently published this very argument, and they generally have a good handle on what’s in the future. It’s definitely not more paper money. Airline Tickets
It’s only been a couple of years since a lot of airlines stopped using those horrible green and white cardboard tickets with illegible text on them. Now many of us can print our own tickets at home or get them printed on demand at an airport kiosk. But when it comes down to it, what’s the point? The airlines have a digital record of who’s on the plane anyway. And they make you show your ID all over again even if you have a ticket. It would be smart to ditch the paper tickets entirely. Instead: E-tickets on smartphones; just show your ID and credit card; retinal scanners. Drivers Licenses
Why does identification have to be printed out on a card? Fingerprinting tech has been around for decades. And anyone who’s seen Minority Report knows that eye scanners are the future of ID (at least until the black market figures out out eye transplants). Furthermore, as more and more people carry mobile devices with them everywhere, it makes sense to combine identification into a cellphone or smartphone. Sure, there will be lots of security issues to overcome, but in the end it will be smarter, more efficient, and just plain sexier. Instead: Mobile devices as primary form of ID; retinal scanners; fingerprint scanners. Passports
Same goes for passports. If government agencies and airlines can just get along (sync up their data), digital passports will be a lot easier to manage than their paper-wasting counterparts. For one, any time a suspect crosses airport security, authorities can be instantly notified. Right now if when you go through security, the overweight guy with the blue flashlight just checks for forgery and you’re on your way. A digital system will remove human error, enhance communication, and facilitate travel faster than the paper method. Instead: Mobile devices as primary form of ID; retinal scanners; fingerprint scanners. Business Cards
Nothing’s more archaic in the 21st century than handing out your name and email address on little slivers of dead trees. That info will automatically be saved in your contact list online as soon as you go home and write that “Nice meeting you” follow-up email. So why does contact info even need to cross the digital threshold if it’s only going back to cyberspace? Apps like Bump for the iPhone let you share contact information as fast as it takes to bump fists. It leaves a lot more room in your pockets, too. Instead: Mobile apps; QR-codes; just type it in your freaking phone. Receipts
I recently bought something from a store where they asked me if they could email me my receipt instead of printing one. It was cool, because I would have thrown that piece of paper anyway. Keeping your receipts in the cloud is much safer and smarter than keeping them all in a box under your desk. And as smartphones keep permeating society, it really should be possible to beam your receipt straight from the cashier to your phone rather than print you out an indecipherable receipt. Instead: Email receipts; send receipts to smartphones. Traffic and Parking Tickets
Don’t put that ugly orange envelope on my car! It’s gonna get rained on anyway, and it’s a waste of taxes. Police and parking officers should be able to e-ticket you by looking up your license plate number, generating an email and invoice informing you of your violation and how you can pay online. For that matter, speeding tickets should be handled the same way. An officer could attach photo or video proof of the violation to the e-ticket so you and the judge could see. It would add a layer of proof and transparency to everything in addition to saving paper and ink. Instead: Email invoices with attached video or photo documentation of violation. Bulletin Board Flyers
Every college dorm, every municipal building, and half the telephone poles in your hometown are plastered with tattered flyers of all colors and varieties. This amounts to about a zillion pounds of trash every month. In this digital age, bulletin boards ought to be digital screens where flyer posters can pay for space in which to put digital flyers. In fact, bulletin board companies could create networks of boards where people could submit their e-flyers to be syndicated across all their boards at once. Save time hoofing it to the next dorm; save tape; save paper. Makes a lot of sense. Instead: Digital bulletin boards. Newspapers
This is the one everyone was waiting for. Yes, at this point in history the newspaper knows its time is almost done. When Marc Andreesen famously told Charlie Rose that The New York Times should “kill the print edition,” he was speaking from a business perspective: cut those costs and focus on the web. But another consideration is waste. 60 million newspapers are printed daily in the US. That’s a lot of paper and a lot of delivery trucks. We have the ability to read the news online, so why do we continue to level a forest a day just to print them out? Instead: Newspaper websites; blogs; the friggin iPad (and the awesome Android and other tablets that will hopefully come out soon). Of course, there will always be some things that will be printed out. Some people will never give up paperback books; a market may always exist for them. And that’s fine. At the same time, there are so many things that we have no reason not to switch to digital. These 10 are certainly the tip of the iceberg. Please add your own to the list in the comments! All coupons for discount online printing: (click a logo below)
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:18 AM PDT A evolução tecnológica tem destas coisas, e a vida está prestes a tornar-se mais complicada (se bem que o objectivo é simplificar) na hora de escolher um cartão de memória SD para a vossa câmara fotográfica digital ou de vídeo HD. A associação que rege os cartões SD pretende implementar novas especificações para que os cartões permitam gravar vídeo HD em tempo real, e transferir dados até 104MB/s (4x mais que o dos cartões SD normais.) Portanto, procurem pelos vossos fututos cartões SDHC e SDXC com olhos nestes símbolos: |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:33 AM PDT Today, I rarely work on documents in isolation. I share docs with teammates for feedback, help them with their design docs and presentations and regularly make my files available to all of Google. When using applications to collaborate with others, it's important to have control over your data and how it's shared. With Google Docs, you've always been able to share documents with individuals and groups. Today, we're making it even easier with a new simplified interface that make it even easier to share and see who has access to your files. For an overview of what's new, take a look at this video: Documents, spreadsheets and presentations can now be identified as “Private,” “Anyone with a link” or “Public on the web.” As before, all docs start out as private by default.  These new visibility options appear as a link next to the title of every doc. Clicking this link or the “Share” button takes you straight to the new interface where you can see who has access, manage sharing access and invite others to share the doc. These improvements have started to roll out and should be available to everyone in the next week. If you’re interested in learning more about these changes and other new sharing features, check out our post on the Google Docs blog. If you’re using Google Apps for your school or business, our post on the Enterprise Blog covers how you can share docs more easily within your organization. Posted by Vikki Chou, Software Engineer |
  
  
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‘No Evidence’ Anti-Piracy Group Hacked FTP Server Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:58 AM PDT
Soon after IPRED became law in 2009, five book publishers aided by anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån handed a request to a local court for information on the owner of an FTP-server that allegedly stored more than 2000 audio books, a couple of dozen of which breached their copyrights. There was a problem though. The FTP-server was private and password protected so the audio books it contained could never been made available to the general public. Nevertheless, in June 2009 the court ordered ISP ePhone to hand over the details of the person behind the server. ePhone protested that the publishers who filed the lawsuit had not been able to prove that anyone other than Antipiratbyrån had ever accessed the server which contained 27 allegedly infringing audio books. The court of appeal agreed with ePhone that there was no proof the books had been made available to the public or anyone else for that matter. That case is now with Sweden’s Supreme Court which has asked the two sides to consider whether it might be necessary to request that the European Court issue a preliminary ruling, but in the meantime something else needed to be cleared up. If the FTP-server was private, how did Antipiratbyrån ever gain access to it in order to gather the evidence to put its case together? For many onlookers the answer to that question was simple – Antipiratbyrån must have illegally hacked into the server. However much those in the file-sharing community would love for this to be proven true and Antipiratbyrån’s name dragged through the mud, it seems those hopes are over. Prosecutor Björn Ericson has announced that there will be no investigation into the notorious anti-piracy group despite many allegations made about them to the police. “We have received reports of intruders. They were unclear so we supplemented them with interviews with those who notified us. But there are ways to get the data and they need not be criminal in nature. There is not enough concrete information about a specific crime,” said Ericson. So how did Antipiratbyrån get access to the server? In all probability we’ll never know. In arriving at his decision to drop the case, the prosecutor did not ask the anti-piracy group how they gained access. Of course, they had no incentive to tell. Article from: TorrentFreak. |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:18 AM PDT  O mestrado foi pensado para exigir a presença física dos alunos em horário reduzido, permitindo a compatibilização com a actividade profissional, já que duas disciplinas são leccionadas em blended-learning. Uma vantagem também para alunos de outras cidades.", in Tek Sapo. Comentario a isto? |
   
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Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:58 AM PDT  Aqui está ele, o primeiro trailer de The Green Hornet com Seth Rogen (se bem se recordam, foi esta a mítica série que ajudou a trazer Bruce Lee para a ribalta. :) E sim, para os mais nostálgicos, aqui está o vídeo da audição de Bruce Lee para a série Green Hornet original. |
  
  
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Firefox 4 tabs on top explained Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:07 AM PDT As you may know, Firefox 4 will have the tab bar placed on top of the navigation bar by default, significantly changing the way it looks and, to some degree, behaves for long time Firefox users. As Alex Faaborg emphasizes in this video, this is all about the default layout. Reversing to tabs below the navigation bar is a matter of right clicking on the toolbars and unchecking this option. Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 video, but you can still watch the video over at YouTube |
  
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- 7 Ways To Kill Your Chances Of Getting A Date Online
- Uma frase vale mais do que mil palavras…
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7 Ways To Kill Your Chances Of Getting A Date Online Posted: 26 Jun 2010 08:58 PM PDT Written by Shawn Norris
Internet dating sites are becoming hugely popular in these bustling times, and places like Yahoo! Personals and Match.com are boasting that 25% of relationships are now started on internet dating sites like themselves. This is great news for some folks, but it got me wondering if there isn’t a reason some of these folks can’t seem to meet people in real-life. Maybe there are some things about a few of these people that are just a little “off” and that’s the reason they have trouble finding the special someone. These are a few things that may make people stop and say, “Hey wait minute…”, when they are scanning your profile. A few red flags like these could cost you your chance at eternal happiness. 7 The screen name or profile has “princess” in it 6 My favorite book is “insert weird or offensive choice here” 5 Listing that you drink “daily” or do drugs “daily” 4 Putting that you “definitely” want kids 3 It says on your profile that you created your own religion
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Sometimes a screen name is just a screen name; women just fall back on the old standard when devising a pseudonym for their profile. But other times it should serve as a warning that this young lady may be a little high maintenance. “I want a man who will treat me like the princess I am…” Well, that a wonderful thought (and may happen), but a lot of profiles such as this show a woman with unreasonable expectations. Sure, you want to shoot for the stars and be unequivocally happy in your relationship, but having your profile read like you’re looking for a life straight out of a Shakespearean play is a little much. Sure, most women would want daily back rubs on a yacht, someone that looks like Brad Pitt, a person with time and cash to spend every waking hour pampering them with wine and roses, but this is real life. That sounds like a lot of work for someone I’ve never even met before and shows some serious reasons to potential suitors on why you aren’t currently in a relationship. Actually it screams from the mountain tops, “I’m unbelievably high maintenance and nothing you will do will ever be enough!” Most people should just shoot for having someone to laugh, love and share their life with. And hey, maybe you get some of those things you were looking for in the process.
Letting your potential suitor know that your favorite book as a child was Curious George or I used to love reading Dr. Seuss when I was little are nice little tidbits of information that he/she will find cute and endearing when reading your profile. Listing your favorite books says a lot about a person and can end up being a deal breaker because it is something you can talk about and may show the type of ideals or entertainment you and your match share. Listing things like Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, or Aleister Crowley’s The Book of Law are going to send out some serious weird signals (especially because there is no room on the form to explain your choice). I’m guessing a good portion of men and women on dating sites don’t want their first-date dinner conversation to be about the dark arts or genocide.
No judgment here on my part, I’m simply stating that listing that you drink like Dudley Moore in Arthur or smoke enough weed to make Snoop Dogg jealous may not be endearing to a potential boyfriend or girlfriend. Maybe you only drink a glass of wine a day or smoke after a long day at the office, but listing “daily” for these may make you sound as if you are a raging alcoholic or a drug dealer. Again, it’s the wording and lack of options of the website that gets you here. Who knows, maybe some people won’t mind it, but chances are that people looking at your profile may get the wrong impression from this and you may miss out on true love…or true love may be passed out on a keg in the living room. To each his/her own.
The option of “someday” is probably the right answer here, ladies. Putting “definitely” kinda makes it sound like you’re baby crazy. Hey, I understand that you want to be as truthful and honest as you can in order to meet your perfect match, but when “definitely wants children” is in your by-line, it is gonna scare some men away–especially when “someday” is an option, rather than “definitely.” And a lot of women want kids, which is fine and perfectly natural. I’m not saying that one should lie when making a profile, it just may be a better option to pick a word that doesn’t seem to make having children seem so finite. A lot of people who would date you may want kids too, but it’s probably a good idea to meet someone you love and think would make a good parent before making a decision like this.
“I’m a minister for my religious sect, ‘The First Church of Mikhail Kalashnikov! My sermons are a mix of Christianity, Voodoo, Pokemon cards, black magic and firearms — lots of firearms.” Sounds like a scary way to spend a Sunday morning. But who knows, maybe that guy has it right? Religion is simply a mixture of faith, love and compassion. However, if you are of an odd or (truly) unorthodox religious sect, people may be turned off by it. Not to say that they are right or correct in their religious viewpoints, but going to church or temple or a mosque is quite different than the gun and liquor hootenanny that the guy who created “The First Church of Mikhail Kalashnikov” performs each Sunday morning for his “followers.” I’m a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment, but a good portion of people would draw the line at going to a religious sermon with so many guns that you start having ‘Nam flashbacks and you’re only 23-years-old.
Your decision making skills seem…loose at best. While most men would enjoy that you don’t always expect them to be wearing a condom when the date comes to an end and most women like a man that can take care of children–having a lot of children at a fairly young age probably does not bode well for most people looking for love on Match.com. There are a litany of reasons for this: some folks may want kids but not starting immediately, obviously there is probably going to be at least one other man/woman that will have an affect on your relationship (nobody wants to worry about crazy ex’s who are baby daddies/mommas), and if you are dating someone with kids, there is always going to be someone else around that is more important than you. I’m not saying that it’s a competition, but it can put a serious strain on a relationship because it’s hard to get to really know someone when time has to be divided up between your mate and your kids. On one hand, having a lot of kids at a young age shows a person has to have certain type of maturity because they take care of children, but on the other hand, it shows a complete lack of maturity to get yourself into that situation in the first place.
It’s probably happened before. Sure, the internet consists mostly of websites where people are getting intimate with men, women, animals, clowns, inanimate objects and a world of other things, but it’s not something that you probably want to go around telling people. And the pron industry rakes in billions of dollars a year, so quite a few people are looking at it. But more times than not, that’s not something you want to share on a dating site. Let me rephrase that: Unless you are a woman, this is probably something you save about yourself until after the honeymoon. To some people (ballpark–almost every male alive) a woman that enjoys pornography is a plus. And if your hobby is making pornography, that is probably something you save sharing about yourself until the honeymoon. Surprise, honey! Let’s make this a night that well remember for the rest of our lives and probably long after that.
  
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Uma frase vale mais do que mil palavras… Posted: 27 Jun 2010 01:47 AM PDT 
Estima-se que: o Universo tenha 13 700 000 000 anos; a nossa galáxia – a Via Láctea – 13 000 000 000 anos; o Sol 4 700 000 000 anos; a Terra 4 500 000 000 anos; a vida na Terra (primeiras células simples) 3 800 000 000 anos; os processos de fotossíntese 3 000 000 000 anos (fornecendo oxigénio à atmosfera terrestre); as primeiras células complexas 2 000 000 000 anos; os primeiros animais simples 600 000 000 anos, os primeiros mamíferos 200 000 000 anos; que os dinossauros extinguiram-se há 65 000 000 anos; que há 2 500 000 anos apareceu o gene Homo; que o Homo Sapiens Sapiens apareceu há 150 000 anos e que os Homo Neandertais e os Homo Floresiensis se extinguiram há 25 000 e 12 000 anos, respectivamente, deixando o Homo Sapiens Sapiens como a única espécie do género Homo. Tivemos grandes impérios que declinaram. Temos 80 anos de esperança de vida. Se achas que podes mudar o mundo, não contes muito com isso. Tem um bom domingo. Rui |
  
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:02 AM PDT Como devem saber, eu sou um ávido utilizador do X10. Tecnologia antiga e com sujeita a vários problemas, mas que, com o devido cuidado, se torna numa solução simples e económica de implementar. Desde que instalei os diversos módulos X10, já lá vão quase 3 anos, contam-se pelos dedos de uma mão os casos de activações fantasma - ou seja, alguma coisa acender ou apagar, ou um estore que se abrisse ou fechasse sem ser comandado.  Depois do período de surpresa inicial, comecei a tentar perceber o que poderia estar a causar aquilo: O primeiro passo foi desligar o receptor RF - que embora utilize comunicações encriptadas, talvez pudesse estar a receber informações erradas (ou de um telecomando defeituoso.) Mas nada... os estores continuavam a "bailar" sozinhos... Segundo passo; desligar o CM11, que tem algumas macros temporizadas para abrir e fechar os estores sozinho - e que poderia estar corrompido de alguma forma... Mas nada, continuava tudo sem efeito. Com isto tinha eliminado todas as fontes de comandos "internas"... e estava a ficar sem ideias. Seria algum sinal proveniente de algum vizinho e que, de alguma forma, estaria a conseguir passar pelo quadro eléctrico? (Não era provável, mas...) Mas eis então que, na minha ronda pela casa, a tentar parar os estores, ouço algo estranho vindo da sala... ... um ligeiro zumbido anormal, disfarçado pela "barulheira" que a caixa da ZonBox insiste em fazer mesmo estando desligada... Afinal, o que era? Era a porcaria de um interruptor de uma lâmpada que tinha ficado a meio curso e estava a "fritar"... faíscando por todo o lado, e causando enorme interferência na rede eléctrica e consequente maluquice dos módulos X10. Porcaria de interruptores! Tanta tecnologia, e continuamos com comutadores que nem sequer são capazes de ligar e desligar sem faiscar. Já era tempo de termos interruptores com relés de estado sólido! (E até imagino que os haja... mas não sei a que preços... Outra alternativa seria substituí-los todos por micro-modulos X10, que também já resolvia o assunto.) Mas pronto, fica o aviso... se alguma vez tiverem problemas com o X10, pode estar a ser causado por algo tão simples quanto um interruptor mal "posicionado". |
  
  
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My daughter: Dahdeee! Me: What is that!? AAAAAAAhhhhhhh!!!!... Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:51 PM PDT Shared by naovouporai  My daughter: Dahdeee! Me: What is that!? AAAAAAAhhhhhhh!!!! WTF?!?! (commence uncontrollable sobbing and thumbsucking) My Daughter: Nooooo Submitted by: hellolaurendrew |
 
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The EFF releases new HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension Posted: 18 Jun 2010 05:55 AM PDT The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in a cooperation with the Tor Project, has released a beta version of the “HTTPS Everywhere” Firefox extension, forcing full-session SSL on sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia. Does “HTTPS Everywhere” really mean “Privacy Everywhere”? |
    
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Probably Bad News: Vuvuzela Fail Posted: 28 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT
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Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:00 AM PDT  Mesmo não estando ainda oficialmente disponíveis no nosso país, os iPad 3G e iPhone 4 já andam por aí... e isso implica que necessitem de um reduzido cartão microSIM para poder disfrutar da sua utilização. Embora as operadoras comecem a disponibilizar este novo formato, há quem prefira não deixar o assunto em mãos alheias e dê uso ao "faça você mesmo". Para os mais aventureiros, nada como pegarem numa faca e tesoura bem afiada, e cortarem o vosso SIM no formato de microSIM.  Para quem não está tão confiante das suas capacidades manuais, o Cut My Sim é a solução ideal:   Com este cortador, não há nada que enganar: basta colocarem o vosso cartão SIM na posição certa e... já está. Sai um cartão microSIM cortadinho à medida sem possibilidade de erros. E se estão a pensar: "mas, e se eu precisar de voltar a colocar o meu cartão num telemóvel normal?" - isso já está previsto. Este kit Cut My Sim inclui dois adaptadores que transformam o vosso cartão micro SIM em SIM normal. Mas, para quem já cortou o cartão e apenas precisa do adaptador, podem adquirir um adaptador micro SIM aqui.  Como podem ver... não há falta de soluções para todos os gostos. |
  
  
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Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:25 AM PDT E se da próxima vez que ligassem o vosso automóvel, em vez do tradicional barulho de um motor de combustão interna ouvissem milhares de pequenas bolas a saltar?  Não se preocupem... não irá acontecer; trata-se apenas de uma experiência concebida para testar uma ideia com 100 anos de idade: será que pequenas bolas saltitantes conseguem realizar algum tipo de trabalho, como fazer girar umas pás? E a resposta é... sim, conseguem! Fazendo saltitar 2000 pequenas esferas dentro de uma caixa com umas pás rotativas, esta experiência provou definitavamente que sim. (Curiosamente, um dos "problemas" enfrentados foi garantir que as pás rodassem apenas numa direcção, e tal foi conseguido - na melhor tradição de MacGyver - com fita adesiva. Colando a fita apenas num dos lados de cada pá, fez com que a energia de cada impacto fosse absorvida de forma diferente dos impactos do outro lado e... voilá! :) Newly created machine from Science News on Vimeo. Quanto às suas aplicações práticas, esta técnica é bastante ineficiente, e servirá apenas para estudar o comportamento de partículas - não sendo previsível que um "automóvel a bolas saltitantes" alguma vez se torne realidade. ;) |
  
  
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Fundo para Aquisição do iPhone 4 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:00 AM PDT Depois do iPad e do HTC Desire, eis que é a vez do igualmente apetecível iPhone 4 chegar ao nosso Fundo para Aquisição de Gadgets.  Já sabem como funciona... Estão todos convidados a participar na aquisição deste, com um único euro que seja... e depois de analisado, este rico brinquedo será oferecido a um de vocês. O valor a atingir será de 700 euros (629€ para o iPhone 4, mais 70€ dos portes.)  Relembro que o equipamento vem desbloqueado e poderá funcionar com cartões de qualquer rede, mas tem a particularidade de necessitar um cartão microSIM. [Secção Actualizada - Ponto da situação]  Em menos de 30 minutos já chegamos aos 500€... Estamos bem encaminhados para um novo recorde! A poucos minutos das 3h de duração, já estamos nos 670€! Será que vamos conseguir ficar nas 3h? Será? :) E pronto, foram pouco mais de 3h para que chegássemos aos 700€ pretendidos! Obrigado a todos pela participação explosiva! [Fim da Secção] Estão todos convidados a participar, mas para evitar confusões, o equipamento apenas poderá ser enviado para moradas em território nacional (se estão noutro país, dêem uso a um vosso amigo no território nacional que depois vos reenvie o brinquedo. ;) Como sempre, no caso de não se atingir o valor pretendido em tempo útil, pode colocar-se a opção de trocar o gadget por outro ou estender-se o prazo durante mais algum tempo. A grande incógnita, e que me suscita grande curiosidade é: no HTC Desire atingimos o valor pretendido em menos de umas incríveis 12h; será que o iPhone 4, mesmo sendo um valor superior, conseguirá bater esse recorde? É o que vamos ver: ao vossos postos! 3... 2... 1... Comecem! :) |
  
  
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Android 2.2 disponível no Nexus One Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:18 AM PDT  Com o nome de código Froyo, este Android 2.2 traz novas funcionalidades nas quais se incluem maior velocidade, a possibilidade de servir de hotspot WiFi, múltiplos teclados (internacionais), nova galeria de fotos, etc. As actualizações deverão ser feitas de forma faseada, com os dispositivos a receberem uma notificação para serem actualizados - um processo que se prevê estar concluído até ao final da semana. |
  
  
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Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:18 AM PDT 1Android, Androids, e mais Androids. Ainda os problemas de recepção no iPhone 4, e outros assuntos da actualidade. HTC com Android 2.2 no 3ºTrimestre  Se os Nexus One já poderão disfrutar da actualização para o Android 2.2 já esta semana, no caso dos HTC Desire, Legend e Wildfire isso poderá demorar mais um bocado, embora esteja prometido para os meses que se aproximam. Samsung com mais Androids  E se os HTC Android não vos enchem as medidas, a Samsung não pára de lançar novos modelos: com 4 novos Android prestes a chegar ao mercado. O Vibrant e Epic 4G (da série Galaxy S), o Captivate e o Fascinate. Modelos para todos os gostos e preços, que vão inundando o mercado e atraíndo cada vez mais consumidores. Kindle para Android  A Amazon não perde uma oportunidade para vender os seus eBooks, e depois do iPad e iPhone, é a vez dos Android receberem igualmente a App do Kindle. Se a App será já interessante para os Android com ecrãs de maior resolução... imaginem quanto mais será assim que começarem a sugrir os primeiros tablets Android! ;) iPad com iOS4 em Novembro?  Por falar em iPad, o bem sucedido tablet da Apple (que continua esgotado em todo o lado) irá receber a actualização para o iOS4 em Novembro. Pelo menos é o que se pode entender pelas "entrelinhas" do que diz a Apple. Esta actualização é bem necessária, já que depois do lançamento do iOS4, o iOS3 parece ainda mais "arcaico". (E ainda falta resolver as notificações pré-históricas que atormentam esta plataforma!) Peças do iPhone 4 custam $188 Segundo os analistas, descontando os custos de investigação, patentes, comercialização, etc., o iPhone 4 tem um custo em peças de $188. Sem dúvida que seria bom se a Apple o vendesse em kit "faça-você-mesmo" por este preço... Mas, uma vez que dificilmente o encontrarão por menos de 600€... nada como recorrerem à generosidade dos leitores do Aberto até de Madrugada e do Fundo para Gadgets. :) Problema da Antena do iPhone 4 Entretanto, a polémica continua - e como não podia deixar de ser - já temos advogados metidos ao barulho. Enquanto uns vídeos demonstram o "toque secreto", que alguns reviewers têm tido dificuldade em duplicar, outros demonstram que afinal é preciso aplicarem-se mesmo para afectarem o sinal no iPhone 4. Nesse post podem ver igualmente outros casos de telemóveis que exibem o mesmo fenómeno (e outros) de alteração do sinal conforme o posicionamento das mãos e da própria posição do aparelho - sem que nunca se tenha feito a peixeirada a que temos assistido actualmente. Má gestão do App Market pelo Google?  Mostrando que críticas há para todos os gostos, há quem se mostre preocupado pela "balbúrdia" que reina no App Market do Android, com Apps que infringem os direitos de autor a serem livremente disponibilizadas sem qualquer controlo. De Apps que disponibilizam toques de telemóveis de músicas conhecidas, a Apps que utilizam nomes de marcas conhecidas (como a Disney) sem qualquer autorização; há todo um conjunto de comportamentos que - com a crescente popularidade do Android - irá certamente obrigar a que sejam efectuadas mudanças. Já me imagino a aceder a uma App no App Market e, tal como recorrentemente acontece no YouTube, levar com um aviso a dizer: Esta App foi removido devido a uma reclamação dos direitos de autor. |
  
  
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Tranquil PC iXL - Silencioso a 2.93GHz Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:21 AM PDT Se não suportam PCs barulhentos, então este mini pc é bem apropriado para se tornar no vosso futuro media center de eleição.  O facto deste Tranquil PC iXL ter um Core i3-530 a 2.93GHz não parece adiantar nada de especial, mas o caso muda de figura quando se descobre que não tem qualquer ventoinha no seu interior. É isso mesmo, leram bem: tem dissipação completamente passiva - e como tal, é completamente silencioso (assumindo que escolhem um SSD em vez de um disco rígido "barulhento". Os consumos em idle são de apenas 30W, o que demonstra a espectacular eficiência da série de "Core i" da Intel. [via Engadget] |
  
  
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Leaked Slide Deck Details Microsoft’s Plan for Windows 8 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 06:16 AM PDT Shared by Doug |
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The Italian Windows website “Windowsette” somehow managed to get a hold of a super-secret, highly confidential PowerPoint presentation outlining many of Microsoft’s goals and plans for Windows 8. Apparently this sensitive data (complete with UNDER NDA watermarks) was just found sitting around the Internet. MSFTKitchen has an extensive breakdown and detailed posting of all the slides from within the slide deck. The presentation details many of Microsoft’s thoughts going forward for Windows 8, including the fact that it is taking direct cues from Apple on how to build something customers want to pay for. Facial Recognition, Fast Boot Up and a Windows App StoreThere are lots of new ideas being considered for Windows 8, but a few really stood out to us. First is the concept of user accounts being the primary method identifying a user. So instead of just having the traditional, “admin,” “user,” “guest” paradigm, accounts would be customized for individual users in a much more customizable way.  Additionally, Microsoft is looking at integrating facial recognition technologies to log users into computers automatically. According to the slides, Microsoft is also considering connecting Windows accounts to the cloud. This is actually a really cool idea because it means that your preferences, bookmarks, e-mail account info and other data could all follow you from system to system. If you consider that more and more storage might be done in the cloud, via something like Windows Live SkyDrive, the possibilities are pretty cool, especially if used across ultra-portable devices like tablets.  The presentation also shows that Microsoft is looking at making the startup and boot process of Windows 8 as fast as possible. The idea is to make it as “appliance like” as possible, so that instant-on connectivity is available.  Finally, one of the most interesting new developments is that of the Windows App Store. Now, you could make a joke and say that that already exists as the software aisle of any major electronics store, but the concept of having a way to discover new applications online and to get them from a trusted repository is actually not a bad idea. For desktop operating systems, the idea of a central software repository is not new. Package management tools like APT and PackageKit have been a part of the Linux world for years. In fact, Microsoft has tried to do this to some degree with the Windows Marketplace and Zune Marketplace. Looking at the slides, the Windows App Store will be a much broader strategy with a much more Apple-like approach. For instance, there is discussion about a “Windows Reset” feature that would back up a users files and reformat the system in case of some sort of system problem. Upon reinstallation, apps purchased from the App Store could be reinstalled and applications not from the App Store would be listed for a users convenience. Trying to Bring the Smartphone Experience to the DesktopLooking at many of the broader trends posited for Windows 8, we couldn’t help but notice how many similarities exist between current smartphone solutions and paradigms and with what Windows 8 might end up becoming. The idea of keeping user profile data backed up to the cloud and being portable is something that Google is doing with great success on Android. To a lesser extent, Apple is doing this on the iPhone and iPad with MobileMe and iTunes accounts.  Furthermore, the big focus on quick startups and shutdowns and being “more appliance like” seems to describe the kind of experience that we have on our smartphones and iPad devices today. Since a broader part of the Windows 8 strategy seems to be all about being on many different device types, this makes sense, but it also sounds like Microsoft is trying to bring this sort of experience to the regular desktop. Of course, the Windows App Store is almost a recreation of the mobile app store paradigm. While an app store is probably less needed for Windows than any other Operating System, having a curated, searchable database of software programs, filled with user reviews and the ability to re-download and re-install on demand is still a compelling feature, provided of course that software can still be found and installed more traditionally. Future of the Desktop?Two weeks ago, Farhad Manjoo wrote an editorial for Slate entitled, Flight of the Desktops. In it, he made the argument that desktop computers (ie, NOT laptops but main desktop machines) will continue to lose relevancy over the next five years. This isn’t the same argument that a Google executive made back in March (that argument was that smartphones would replace desktops in three years time), but it hints at the same trend, which is, if our mobile devices become more powerful and our data becomes more accessible, for many people, conventional desktop machines will only be needed for certain tasks. If you don’t need to do one of those tasks, a desktop computer may eventually end up irrelevant.  Manjoo got a lot of pushback for his post, but in the wake of 3 million iPads and booming iPhone and Android sales, I’m more open to his opinion than I was even four months ago. While I think Google’s prediction of an operating-system free world (in the traditional Windows sense) is extremely premature, three’s no doubt that the way we use and interact with our content is changing. The definition of computing itself is changing too. For that reason, many of the slides in the Windows 8 presentation make a lot of sense. Now, how many of these ideas are deliverable and how many can be integrated across a broad set of different devices remains to be seen, but if the traditional computer operating system could take on many of the qualities of a smartphone operating system, that would be a very interesting future. What do you think of the slides for Windows 8? What do you think about the shifting of the desktop to becoming more mobile-esque? Let us know! Reviews: Android, App Store, Google, Linux, MobileMe, Windows More About: future, microsoft, operating systems, software, Windows, Windows 8 For more Tech coverage:
          
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#nortweeters v10.0 a.k.a. #bifanas2010 Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:18 PM PDT Dia 3 de Julho, pelas 18h00m, na Antiga, Muy Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta Cidade do Porto, vai-se realizar pela décima vez, o evento mais cool do Norte, o #nortweeters v10.0 a.k.a. #bifanas2010 . E pela primeira vez meus amigos, vamos, sem medo e com bravura, ter um tema, as Bifanas! Para realmente apreciar tal iguaria é preciso fazer regressar o evento ao centro histórico do Porto, também pela simbologia e facilidade de acesso através dos transportes públicos, mas sobretudo pelo “tasco”, o Conga 2! Como de costume, quem quiser confirmar a ida ao #nortweeters v10.0 a.k.a. #bifanas2010 basta enviar um reply no Twitter com “Eu vou!” |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2010 03:21 PM PDT Google Docs Viewer, a service that lets you preview online PDFs, Word documents and PowerPoint presentations, is now available for iPhone and Android devices. Google added some features that make the service more useful on a touchscreen device: pinch to zoom (only for iPhone and iPad), buttons for zoom and pagination. Unfortunately for Google, iPhone's built-in PDF reader and Microsoft Office viewer are much better than Google Docs Viewer because they don't convert documents to images. Some Android phones include a document viewer based on Quickoffice, which also does a better job than Google Docs Viewer. There's also Adobe Reader for Android, probably the best Android PDF reader you can download for free. |
    
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Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:10 AM PDT Novos blurays "XL", TVs Laser, custos em roaming na UE descem, Android, Firefox, iPhone 4... e muito mais. Blurays BDXL de 128GB  Não se preocupem, que assim que leitores e gravadores de BDXL comecem a chegar ao mercado, a associação certamente arranjará um BDXL 2.0 que tornará os próximos discos incompatíveis com os vossos equipamentos. :P (sim, continuo a detestar este formato feito à pressa e semi-acabado.) Mitsubihi LaserVue de 75"  É esta, é esta! A Mitsubishi LaserVue está de regresso. As vibrantes cores dos lasers, as 75" de dimensão... era mesmo uma coisa destas que ficava a matar lá em casa. E agora até já suporta os modos 3D (como se isso me fizesse diferença.) Vamos lá ver se isto chega a Portugal, para poder ver uma ao vivo.... e a cores. Android com Remote Install O Google utilizou recentemente a funcionalidade de eliminar remotamente uma App dos dispositivos Android. No entanto, não é apenas isto que é possível fazer remotamente: a plataforma possui também a funcionalidade de instalar Apps remotamente. Os problemas colocam-se se imaginarmos um caso em que esta vertente fique comprometida e sob controlo de alguém mal intencionado, que poderá assim despoletar um ataque em larga escala para milhões de dispositivos. Mais uma prova de que a segurança electrónica será um factor cada vez mais importante no futuro. Firefox 4 com Tabs no Topo  Os developers explicam o motivo que os levou a fazer essa alteração: Google mais Inteligente O mercado da pesquisa na internet está ao rubro, e o Google não pode deixar de evoluir para manter a sua liderança. As últimas suspeitas apontam para que o motor de busca do Google, para além de pesquisar o texto existente nas páginas, seja agora capaz de interpretar e executar código dinâmico javascript. Isto significa que o Google pode assim aceder a páginas inacessíveis a outros motores de busca, nesta nossa web cada vez mais dependente do javascript. iPhone 4 já vítima de Jailbreak  Equanto as polémicas sobre a recepção e a forma de pegar no iPhone continuam (com Steve Jobs a dizer que não há problema e que algo será dito em breve - mesmo se alguns jornais metam água e digam que citem fontes falsas dizendo que os iPhone 4 iam ser recolhidos ;) os interessados na liberdade do seu iPhone 4 podem ficar descansados: o iPhone 4 já tem jailbreak! (Considerando que já foram vendidos 1.7 milhões de iPhones 4 em apenas 3 dias... não devem faltar interessados.) Chamadas e dados em Roaming mais baratos A partir de 1 de Julho sobe o IVA (e nem falo nas SCUTs) mas a data marca também uma nova redução no custo das comunicações de dados e voz em roaming na União Europeia. O preço máximo de uma chamada feita em roaming UE passa a ser de 0,39€/min (em vez dos actuais 0,43€), e o custo por MB passa para um máximo de 0,80€/MB (em vez do actual 1€). Passa também a existir um limite de custos no acesso à internet, de 50 euros mensais (sem IVA) (a não ser que o utilizador defina outro montante), e os operadores serão obrigados a avisar os utilizadores quando estes atingirem 80% do limite - para evitar surpresas desagradáveis. No próximo ano assistiremos a nova redução... e esperemos que a meta de 2015 para que o custo em roaming seja igual ao do país de origem seja para cumprir (ou seja, sem qualquer valor acrescido). |
  
  
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Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:32 PM PDT O corpo marcado, pintada de ti A marca saiu mas continua manchado. . . |
   
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Acho que a temática dos estacionamentos abusivos vai dar pano para mangas... não há semana em que um amigo não me envie uma nova foto que demonstra claramente o civismo de alguns condutores.  Ora, como podemos ver há quem prefira deixar a estrada livre para os outros veículos... mesmo se isso implique bloquear completamente a entrada de um prédio. Imagino que o condutor deste veículo tenha deixado o carro destrancado, para que as pessoas que pretenderem sair do prédio possam entrar pela porta de carga e sair pelas portas da frente... só pode. |
  
  
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16 iPhone Apps Your Mother Will Kill You For Using Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:39 PM PDT Written by appshopper iAugmentIf you’ve ever been interested to see what you might look like after a breast augmentation or simply want to browse through breasts of all shapes and sizes for sport, iAugment is an app for those curious about cup-size. Even if you’re not legitimately interested in plastic surgery it’s still fun.
Baby ShakerFirst it was fire, then the wheel, then automobiles and airplanes – now we have the Baby Shaker app. It’s amazing what idle hands can create. Yes, the human race is a better place now that crying babies can be killed with just a few abrupt shakes. What would your mother say!?! Beer, Women and Bad DecisionsChances are good that as your mom’s first act as a proper matriarch, she counseled you on the pitfalls of beer, women and bad decisions. Lucky for you there is a crude “choose your own adventure” app that will help unravel any strand of remaining quality character that may have existed.
iSnortFor when you want to look really badass by abusing hardcore drugs but are actually too chicken to go through with it, iSnort is a clever little app that makes anyone look like a nose candy veteran – cut it, snort it and enjoy the virtual nose bleed. Girl ZoomerFor all future voyeurs and aspiring Peeping Toms, the Girl Zoomer is a novelty app that turns your iPhone camera into a pair of binoculars with a 4x zoom. While you could use this handy app for a quality bird identification excursion, the name suggests that you use your powers for good.
Bang!Bang!Those days of generic toy guns just got up-ended by the Bang!Bang! app that allows users to toggle between realistic revolvers and shotguns on their hand-held screen. Mothers everywhere are surely excited about their children receiving free gun handling lessons from their phones. While you’re at it, go play with strangers!
iScaleThis just in, now drug dealers only have to carry two bits of paraphernalia rather than three! That’s right, the days of carrying your phone, your drugs and that pesky scale are gone because of the innovative iScale. Now, all you need is your phone and your drugs because the iScale app works double duty. Adult Sex LifeHaving problems in the bedroom? The name of the Adult Sex Life app leaves little to the imagination so, it may not come as a surprise to learn that this sexy software is essentially a digital Kama Sutra guide. With just a couple clicks this app teaches all that you should have learned in the high school locker-room.
Dirty Truth or DareWe’ve all played Truth or Dare at an adolescent party in our friend’s basement but this adult app brings it to a new lusty level. Reminiscent of something you’d find at a swinger’s party, this adult party favor is an encyclopedia of dirty truths and a photo gallery of the naughty dares. Hint: always go for the dare!
WobbleLike a child always wanting to play with his friend’s toys, men have long and always been fascinated with the boobs they don’t have. The Wobble app is rather mindless but oh so brilliant – simply upload a picture of anything you’d like to see wobble (is there any other option?), and watch it/them come to life.
CannabisNeed pot in a hurry? There’s an app for that. Yes, the Cannabis app helps users (pardon the pun) locate legal medical marijuana wherever it’s offered in such an easy format that even blurry-eyed stoners can use it.
PlayboyThough this app doesn’t actually include any fully nude images (damn!), your mother might raise a fuss over the Playboy app. Built for viewing Playboy’s various interviews, advice columns and Playmate videos, at least you won’t be lying when you say you read it for the articles.
BulletFlight 1.0From the creators of Columbine and the DC Snipers comes the BulletFlight app. This program literally turns your iPhone into a legitimate ballistics-calculating computer that can be attached to your gun of choice. To add to the taboo, this app was released on the same day of Barack Obama’s inauguration.
SlasherFor the vintage movie buffs of the world, the Slasher app was innocently created as homage to a classic – a classic that your mother wouldn’t let you watch. It’s simple but sadistic; your phone simply displays a picture of a knife but when shaken, the Psycho theme is played and your killing fantasies are brought to life.
Porn Star Names LITEFor the aspiring porno stars of the world, this simple app can help you get your start by creating your alias. Though there are a couple apps that will help you generate your swinger stage name, your mother might disapprove of some of the images within this particular interface.
SpoofAppWith a technology such as this, even your mother would have to applaud the ingenuity. The Spoof app helps you to shamelessly prank-call by allowing you to mask the phone number that shows up on the victim’s caller-ID, lets you manipulate your voice for disguise and even allows you to record the conversation for posterity. Bonus:Meanwhile, in Japan… |
  
 
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Bruno Miguel: A Torre de Pisa e os turistas Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:49 AM PDT Shared by Fernando Silva  via All That's Interesting |
  
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Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:37 AM PDT Searching for information on setting up an L2TP VPN takes me here, where I get to choose between OpenSWAN, KAME and some OpenBSD port. Searching for information on setting up a PPTP VPN takes me here, where I'm told exactly what I need to do. Given choices, I chose the one that reduced my choices. THERE IS A LESSON HERE. (Sadly, I'm now going to have to deal with L2TP anyway because something in the intermediate network is dropping GRE) |
 
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:36 AM PDT
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This week there is only one newcomer in the top 10. Green Zone is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent for the third week in a row.  
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E eis que, finalmente, o mote deste blog se tornou realidade !!! Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:17 PM PDT
 Mesmo quebrando duas regras deste estabelecimento (a de publicar só anúncios portugueses e apenas os que são impressos em papel), não posso deixar de evitar este negócio publicado no site do ebay inglês.
James Doyan um consultor de mercados londrino pôs a mãe, Miss Sandy Firth, à venda. Tudo porque a senhora, de 64 anos, tem dificuldade em arranjar novo marido, depois de dois casamentos falhados. A própria Sandy disse-nos ao telefone que ficou muito contente com a ideia do filho. Já recebeu centenas de mensagens, umas sérias, outras a propor experiências sexuais bizarras, mas a sua vida mudou. O ebay é que baniu o anúncio - os tipos não aceitam a venda de pessoas, vejam lá se não são uns picuinhas - pelo que ninguém licitou acima do preço inicial de 1 libra. Mas Sandy, rapariga de 64 anos e descrita pelo filho no anúncio como excelente cozinheira (ela confirma) é já uma estrela...
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:16 AM PDT
Estamos na metade do ano e a segunda remessa de calendários, agora 2010 / 2011, já começou a aparecer. O calendário sensual abaixo foi feito por uma empresa do ramo de raios X e o trabalho ficou excelente.
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Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:34 PM PDT  The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. |
  
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Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:00 AM PDT  Sobre o pagamento de portagens nas Scut, a partir do próximo 1 de Julho, disse aqui o que penso. Sou favorável ao pagamento, em todo o país. Sobre chips de matrícula, escrevi que «mais valia tornar o uso da Via Verde uma imposição legal.» Ontem, o Parlamento inviabilizou (na generalidade; a ver vamos o que sucede na especialidade) o diploma que daria suporte legal aos referidos chips. Significa isto que os detentores de Via Verde não têm problemas. Mas os outros, em especial os que têm preocupações de privacidade, vão tê-la (agora sim) devassada. O chip daria notícia da passagem da matrícula A pela estrada X. Ao contrário, a ausência de chip aciona uma fotografia do veículo — como acontece neste momento nas pontes de Lisboa e em todas as auto-estradas do país —, com os dados inerentes, incluindo a(s) nuca(s) do(s) ocupante(s). Isto acontece todos os dias, de Norte a Sul, e nunca incomodou ninguém. |
  
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Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:54 AM PDT Embora ande tudo ansioso com a chegada do iPhone 4 aqui ao blog, há outras coisas que merecem destaque hoje, como Tablets Android, discos de 3TB, Cisco Cius  No entanto, este tablet parece ser mais vocacionado para um dos mercados queridos da Cisco: a telepresença e teleconferência; com streaming de vídeo HD, conferências multiutilizador, e a possibilidade de criar, editar e partilhar conteúdos entre os vários intervenientes. Ao contrário do iPad, que nem uma simples câmara VGA tem, este Cisco Cius conta com uma câmara frontal 720p HD capaz de capturar vídeo a 30fps. YouTube Flash e HTML5 O Google, na categoria do YouTube, veio a público esclarecer algumas questões relacionadas com o HTML5 video e o Flash. Resumindo, embora o HTML5 video seja a meta a atingir, há por agora ainda muitos requesitos que obrigam a que se continue a justificar o recurso ao Flash: desde a gestão do streaming, protecção de conteúdos, acesso a webcams e microfones, etc. Antenas e iPhone 4 Os relatos sobre os problemas de recepção do iPhone 4 continuam a dar que falar. E certamente que o facto da Apple ter recentemente publicado a procura de engenheiros desta área faz com que mais gente suspeite do que se trata. Mais um teste recente demonstra o duplo fenómeno relacionado com isto: a atenuação inerente de colocar uma mão como "obstáculo" (estando ou não a tocar no aparelho); e a perda de eficácia da antena ao ser tocada. Em situações com boa cobertura e sinal de rede, não parece haver grandes problemas:  No entanto, quando o sinal está mais fraco: as diferenças fazem-se notar mais drasticamente:  Mas agora que tenho um iPhone 4 nas mãos, já posso fazer estas comparações eu mesmo! :) Mapquest com cara lavada  É certo que a grande maioria instintivamente recorre ao Google Maps sempre que precisa encontrar alguma coisa "geográfica", mas isso não impede que outros serviços ofereçam os seus préstimos. O Mapquest apresenta hoje o seu site rejuvenescido com algumas funcionalidades interessantes que poderão querer explorar: como mapas e rotas personalizadas que podem guardar, integração com os serviços sociais (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), entre outras. Seagate lança disco Externo de 3TB  Era mesmo disto que eu precisava... uma dúzia deles s.f.f.A Seagate apresentou o primeiro disco externo de 3TB. E não pensem que no seu interior encontram 2 discos de 1.5TB... é mesmo um único disco de 3TB. Este FreeAgent GoFlex Desk de 3TB tem no entanto algumas particularidades que vos poderão fazer repensar o vosso apetite: é que tal capacidade requer o uso de um sistema operativo de 64 bits para que possam aceder a mais de 2.1TB. Portanto, antes de começarem a poupar os $250 pedidos. Este disco vem com USB 2.0 (buh!) mas pode ser expandido para FireWire 800 ou USB 3.0. Quanto a ver estes discos no interior de um computador... isso só será possível quando mais computadores tiverem trocado as velhas BIOS pelas mais modernas EFI. |
  
  
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