Thanks everyone for your questions to my previous post on this subject. Now the results:

Everyone should install the Maemo Extras application catalog. Just unleash your phone by installing this repository.

After you are done installing this we go to the questions:

• How is XMPP working out?
  Good, so go doing your Facebooking or Jabbering everywhere. not to speak you Google Taking
• The “Unlocks with ’sudo gainroot’” needs a footnote:
  * you need to enable the Maemo Extras application catalog (see above) and install “rootsh”
  * or, alternatively (and less conveniently), you need to enable R&D mode with the flasher command-line tool on a PC, with the N900 connected over USB
• Does the browser (fennec iirc?) include support for playing back Ogg video and audio?
  Ogg support can be added as an additional download. You do have the real Firefox now, or so claims Nokia.
• Telepathy supports skype? Haven’t heard of this, but it would be _really_ cool!
  As written in my post “you have skype, but no skype app which is a plus.” Yes telepathy handles skype as it handles any other protocol. MSN call support is coming soon as well.
• I’d really like to know how easy is to exploit all the cool features of N900 in a self made program (with Maemo SDK or maybe QT 4.6). I mean, the N900 has a built in camera, AGPS, accelerometer, FM-transmitter and so on... is it possibile to write a custom program that uses one or more of these things? For example (it is really just a weird example) if I want to take a photo with the camera each time the phone is “shaked”, I could do it? If I want to save my GPS coordinates every 30 minutes in a text file, I could do it?
  I guess I won’t be answering that question in this life time… If (and only if) I ever try programming anything for maemo it will be in Python. I guess you can do pretty neat things with QT + other libs as this application shows. A detailed example of that app here (De-Spotify related).
• Test a/v calling on gtalk,jabber using telepathy works or not?
  tried once and didn’t work. It could have been me or my other peer either being retarded or just using Linux with the wrong sound config (experienced it before and it had nothing to do with i.e. skype being wrong)
• I have seen many people talking about unexpected errors, slow performance, etc. What´s your overall experience?
  I experience it as the easiest piece of tech I have ever had. It really is fast and gives me no headaches.
• Can you install .deb packages that are valid for a standard PC?
  I guess I should elaborate in this question but I won’t. A deb package made in your PC for the N900 architecture (armel) should work. But a standard x86 deb will not.
• Can you install pidgin?
  Why on earth would I want to do that? Telepathy is totally integrated in my contact list and relevant applications… Pidgin in this context would be like having a skype application: Just overhead! Think of this as a new approach at the way you communicate, not a reproduction of an ineffective way of doing things.
• I assume you mention OpenSSH from a client perspective. Can the N900 run the server side? (not sure that makes sense, but I am curious)
  It can and it rocks.
• How many apps you feel it can run in parallel before it feels bloated?
  I have my screen full of phone related apps, browser windows, multimedia stuff and random apps (terminal, chess, camera) and it still does not feel bloated at all. I really mean it. I never get irritated by this phone!
• For how much you bought it and from where i am in Egypt and i want to buy one?
  I did not buy it. I am just borrowing it (sort of) from a friend @ Nokia.
• Its usefulness ...
  It helps me being more effective when I am on the move and at the office. So it really is useful. Not to speak of its awesomeness when enjoying my private time (i.e. camera & video features)
• I’ve ordered one that wont arrive for another month =( A few questions related to barcodes. Can you take a picture of a barcode show it full screen and have scanners scan it?
  I read somewhere that you should be able to do so. Google it mate. I don’t need that and really don’t have time to test that, sorry.
• Is there a barcode scanner tool? Bonus for price comparison tools. Sometimes I’ll be browsing used game stores and see a game fairly cheap and wonder whether I can get it cheaper elsewhere.
  Read  questions #14
• If it isn’t too much trouble, I would like to know how well emacs works on the device, I notice it doesn’t have a meta key.
  Have given emacs way too many chances in other devices to make my life harder in this one. I am really not the right person to ask as I do not feel emacs works at all anywhere (and the same goes for vi/vim so do not hate the player, hate the game!
• Web browsing while playing music (recorded or streaming); heard complaints that playback may become choppy.
  Works like a charm even under crappy wi-fi conditions.
• Listening to music over BT stereo headphones and answering calls. Voice commands over BT?
  Lost my BT headset for a while ago and I really am not interested in buying a new one. If someone has experience on this please answer in the comments.
• Video calling. I know it’s not there yet in the integrated skype. But what about Fring or Gtalk or Ytalk?
  Tried skype and it worked like a charm. Do not use any of the others, sorry.
• Voice announcements of incoming messages while listening to music over BT?
  No idea. Read #18
• Smoothness of video playback, whether recorded or streaming? (Again, heard complaints of choppiness.)
  I recorded the audio and video at a concert last weekend and it really worked well. It might just be me and my lack of interest in video/audio quality in general.
• Does it have what it takes to play h264 videos in mkv containers?
  How can i test that?
• Can you try different resolutions?
  Why should I ever wish that? Drop me the command and I will run them
• How is the sound quality on mp3, ogg and flac files?
  Great. Nokia ere is king among mobile producers. Nothing can even compare to it, specialy when playing from the speakers. When using headphones it just rocks!
• How is the performance like for traditional desktop apps(amarok, akregator, openoffice.org)?
  I dreamed of installing the debian extra for maemo but never got far with it. Now I really do not feel like blowing up my preciously nice working N900.
• How is the performance of the ‘big’ desktop environments (xfce, gnome, kde)
  Hope I never have the time to go through that operation so I won’t have an answer.
• I’d like to see tested is how well this device works as a phone while all the other crazy hacks are going on.
  Works like a charm!
• Test call quality, battery life, address book functionality, etc.
  Cal quality is good. Battery life could be better (will last one day and two at the most)  and Address Book functionality is very nice specially if you think about how well integrated everything is. I have had several smartphones over the years and never seen anything like this.
• I am curious how well the calendar works, and more importantly, how well it synchronizes with Google Calendar.
  I’ve heard it works like a charm although I do not use Gcalender so I couldn’t tell.
• Does it run X11?
  I want to know but I don’t. It might do as I can connect to external machines with ssh -X and get apps running on the N900 (such as eclipse)
• In other words, is it pie-in-the-sky to expect to use it as a full-blown Linux box?
  It ain’t a box, it’s a pone with debian. Isn’t that enough for you? It certainly works for me!

Thanks for reading!

iBUYPOWER announced today its latest, 4 new “Paladin” systems using the i7 980x processors. These new systems come with iBUYPOWER’s free liquid CPU cooling, and you can request that the CPU be overclocked and tested before being shipped out.

The new systems are available in whatever custom configuration you might like, including your choice of ATI Radeon or Nvidia GeForce video, up to 1TB of storage, and Blu-ray drives. The F970 and XLC V3 both come standard with an 80GB SSD drive, and Windows 7 Ultimate.

From the press release:

El Monte, CA – March 18, 2010 – iBUYPOWER, a leading innovator of gaming PCs, is excited to announce four new Paladin gaming systems all powered by the new Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition Processor. The new 6 core processors are extremely overclockable, deliver benchmark shattering performance and allow unmatched multitasking capability. Gamers need not be concerned with having multiple browsers open, team speak, or MP3s files playing while gaming due to the new processor’s revolutionary hyper-threading technology.

The four new configurations all feature the finest components available, including the newest ATI Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce high-definition video cards, which all support DirectX 11 graphics. The Paladin F950, F970 and XLC V3 all pack 12GB of DDR3 Memory, provide at least a 1 TB of storage space and a Blu-ray drive. The fully loaded F970 and XLC V3 also come standard with an 80GB solid state drive and have been upgraded to Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate. Additionally, like all iBUYPOWER desktop systems, the newest Paladin model all feature free liquid CPU cooling.

Gamers looking to get the most out of their new six core systems can take advantage of the iBUYPOWER Labs’ Power Drive Overclocking Service, which overclocks the CPU by as much as 30% and comes standard on the Paladin XLC V3. Other innovative iBUYPOWER exclusive products and services include the Harmony Sound Reduction System, the Internal USB Expansion System, and iBUYPOWER’s Specialized Advanced Packaging System with expanding foam inserts to prevent damage during shipping.

The new Paladin systems start at $2,159 and are available now at www.iBUYPOWER.com.

Customers with more specific gaming needs can configure a fully customizable system at www.iBUYPOWER.com. All iBUYPOWER systems also come standard with 1 year limited warranty and lifetime technical support.

Article publié le 14/03/2010

Le but de cet article est de présenter un rapide tutoriel d'installation de Seeks, un moteur de recherche dont le but est de regrouper les utilisateurs ayant des requêtes similaires, mais qui permet également de classer les résultats provenant de divers moteurs de recherche.

Avant toute chose, n'oubliez pas que des nÅ“uds de test ont été mis en place, notamment à cette adresse. Cela vous permettra de tester le moteur de recherche avant de l'installer chez vous.

Seeks étant encore jeune et en développement, il vous faudra le compiler. Tout d'abord, installer les outils nécessaires :

Télécharger la dernière version stable de seeks sur Sourceforge. Décompressez l'archive et lancez la génération des fichiers de configuration et du Makefile :

On croise les doigts, on lance le script de configuration et on compile :

Si tout s'est bien passé, ça devrait se finir avec :

On lance le proxy pour vérifier qu'il fonctionne :

Seeks va donc tourner comme un proxy (il est basé sur Privoxy), et on l'interrogera via le port 8118. La configuration du proxy se fait via le fichier « config » (dans le répertoire src).

Tout d'abord, il faut régler Firefox pour qu'il passe par le proxy :

Configuration de Firefox

On peut ensuite accéder à Seeks de différentes façons :

• via la page http://s.s/websearch-hp ;
• grâce au plugin de recherche pour Firefox. Il faut pour cela copier le fichier src/plugins/websearch/public/opensearch.xml dans le dossier ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/searchplugins (à créer si nécessaire), puis relancer Fifefox ;
• via le plugin de recherche Google, Bing, Cuil ou leur page de recherche respective.

Ce dernier comportement est assez ennuyeux, car Seeks intercepte toutes les recherches et les effectue lui-même. Du coup, impossible d'effectuer une simple recherche sur Google ! Pour éviter cela, éditez le fichier src/plugins/websearch/patterns/qi_patterns, et commentez (# en début de ligne) les moteurs de recherche dont les requêtes ne seront pas interceptées. Pour ma part, aucune requête ne doit être interceptée :

Relancez Seeks pour que les paramètres soient pris en compte.

La seconde partie consiste en l'installation d'un serveur web, qui permettra de mettre en place une page web qui interrogera le proxy et gèrera les recherches. Il existe plusieurs scripts qui peuvent être utilisés. Le plus simple est d'utiliser le script PHP, avec le serveur web lighttpd. On installe tout le nécessaire :

On active le module fastcgi, et on relance :

Il reste à copier le script PHP (clic droit → Enregistrer la cible du lien sous...) dans le dossier /var/www/seeks :

On lance le proxy, et on accède à la page de recherche à l'adresse http://localhost/seeks/search.php/websearch-hp (remplacez localhost par votre nom de domaine quand vous y accédez de l'extérieur).

Pour éviter le log des recherches :

Le proxy est encore instable, pour le relancer automatiquement lorsqu'il plante on le lance dans une boucle infinie :

La configuration du moteur de recherche se fait via le fichier src/plugins/websearch/websearch-config. On peut par exemple modifier la liste des moteurs de recherche interrogés, et activer le « content analysis » :

Pensez également à configurer votre firewall pour autoriser les connexions entrantes sur le port 80 si vous voulez qu'on puisse accéder à votre serveur web.

Billet original de Marty.Votez pour cet article sur le Planet Libre.

Former senior tax manager says tax-avoidance schemes amounted to false accounting

A former employee of Lloyds Banking Group has accused the bank of artificially inflating its profits by almost £1bn through the use of aggressive tax-avoidance schemes and exotic "Lehman- style" offshore deals which he said amounted to false accounting.

The former senior tax manager at the bank told an employment tribunal Lloyds was involved in running battles with Revenue & Customs after it embarked on a hostile relationship with the tax authority over multimillion-pound corporation tax bills while involved in extensive manipulation of the way it accounted for unpaid taxes.

Between 2005 and 2007, he said, the bank insisted that finance staff devise ever more elaborate ways to depress a growing tax bill, many of them involving the now collapsed Lehman Brothers and the discredited financial products division of AIG, the American insurer that cost the US government $80bn to rescue. By 2007, the bank was excluding more than £900m of potential tax in its accounts, allowing it to inflate profits by the same amount.

Lloyds, which is now 41% owned by the taxpayer following its government-backed takeover of HBOS two years ago, denied the charges, which it said were investigated and found to be "without merit". The bank said: "Lloyds Banking Group strongly believes it complies with all of its obligations under tax law, both in the UK and overseas. We will vigorously defend any claims that suggest otherwise."

But the bank's former head of tax compliance, Andrew Constantine, told the employment tribunal that Lloyds refused to listen to staff who voiced concerns about the tactics adopted by the finance department, or institute reforms that would put its finances on a legal footing.

For three years he made representations to board members that the tax planning adopted by the bank was unethical and amounted to false accounting. He also warned that a breakdown in the relationship with HMRC would damage the bank and lead to even higher tax bills.

His testimony echoes claims by Paul Moore, the former head of group regulatory risk at HBOS, who alleged he had repeatedly been threatened after claiming internally that the bank's lending policies posed "a serious risk to financial stability and consumer protection".

Constantine, 54, was made redundant last September in a move he said was driven by the desire to silence a whistleblower. He said his early retirement also contravened laws on age discrimination.

Last year, following a long-running investigation, HMRC accused Lloyds at a tax tribunal of disguising loans to American banks as investments in order to avoid potentially large tax payments. Lawyers for HMRC said Lloyds and other UK banks were involved in moving funds worth hundreds of millions of pounds from one jurisdiction to another to avoid tax.

Lloyds was accused by MPs on the Treasury select committee of bending the rules to maximise profits, which also resulted in large bonuses for executive directors.

Lloyds Banking Group's chief executive, Eric Daniels, who is the only surviving chief executive of a taxpayer-owned bank, told the committee: "I would tell you that we do not do anything other than adhere to the spirit and letter of the law."

Constantine, who has since become head of tax at the FTSE 100 insurance group Aviva, said it was a longstanding aim of the Lloyds board to limit its tax charge, but it was only in 2006 that the use of artificial vehicles to hide potential liabilities began to make a significant impact.

"If the finance director wanted a new tax figure their staff worked to that figure and they delivered it too," he said. "The tail was wagging the dog in that the need to hit the bank's effective tax rate forecasts was driving the business."

Lloyds said it did not dispute that Constantine told senior executives of his deep misgivings. It said: "Mr Constantine's allegations about the Group's tax planning were fully investigated and found to be without merit. The Group maintains an open and transparent dialogue with HM Revenue & Customs. We have made adequate provisions for all our tax liabilities.

"Like any organisation, we will seek to reduce tax impact where it is practical and appropriate but we always comply with all aspects of tax regulations in all the jurisdictions within which we operate."

• Lloyds Banking Group
• Tax avoidance

It seems that everything in this world is trying to sprout an iPhone dock, and now Italian furniture manufacturer Natuzzi has come up with the Surround, and the magic feature? You guessed it, an iPod dock with two speakers. This music-oriented sofa sports a high-quality leather finish as well as a custom order option to select from a range of Natuzzi leather colors. Don’t suppose this will show up in Apple’s online store as an iPod accessory anytime soon.

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• Support for importing multi-page PDF files as receipts and photos. Each page is treated as a separate photo or receipt.
• Images with embedded rotation information are automatically rotated when imported into Home Inventory.
• You can now drag and drop warranty information, notes, and file attachments from the selected item to other items in the Item List.
• User guide updated to include a section on creating custom reports.
• Fixed a problem where photos and receipts imported from print-quality PDF files could appear blurry.
• Fixed a crash problem when modifying the field layout under Snow Leopard.
• Fixed a problem maintaining the last window position under Snow Leopard.
• Fixed an issue with the tab order in the Item Information Panel under Snow Leopard.
• Fixed an issue where clicking on a search result could sometimes show the incorrect item with a large inventory database.

A complete rewrite of Home Inventory with the following key features:

• Keeps track of all of the key information about your items, including serial numbers, replacement value, make, model, purchase location, purchase price and date, etc.
• Store photos and receipts for your items.
• Support for multiple warranty entries so you can have manufacturer, extended, and other supplemental warranty information at your fingertips when you need it.
• Keep multiple, dated notes for your items to track of repair histories, modifications, and more.
• Attach files to your items so you can store user manuals, repair orders, and more.
• The ability to add custom fields and customize the field layouts. You can even have a different field layout for each item category.
• Keep track of all of your insurance policies, including homeowner's/renter's, automobile, health, and life policies so the information is always readily available.
• Coverage warnings and a powerful coverage analysis report let you know if you are adequately covered.
• Extensive reporting options.
• Add a password to protect your inventory from prying eyes.
• Backup your inventory to your MobileMe account.
• Import and export item data, including photos and receipts.
• Much, much more!

Gotuit announced a partnership with Brightcove today that will enable joint customers to easily create multiple metadata-rich video clips from their existing long-from video assets, without having to edit them. The system will also help improve video search results and the ability to create engagement-building custom playlists.

Through the partnership, Gotuit will now have access to some of Brightcove’s largest media customers. Through its integration, those customers will now be able to access Gotuit’s metadata and video tagging technology without having to change their workflow. Their videos will still be stored and managed by Brightcove and distributed within the Brightcove player, but will be able to use its metadata management system to define individual scenes in a video without the need for video editing.

That means that Brightcove customers will be able to upload a single source video file, but create multiple clips associated with it, all defined by temporal metadata stored by Gotuit. These new “scenes” are characterized with their own title, description, thumbnail, start time and end time, and can also include multiple other pieces of metadata, such as location, character, actor, etc. When a user request a particular clip, the system works by calling on Brightcove APIs to search video stored in Brightcove’s system, and delivers the relevant part of a video in the Brightcove player.

The result is the ability to easily make custom playlists that help to drive user engagement, while also improving video search capabilities. And because the scenes are deployed in the Brightcove player, they remain embeddable and shareable through various social networks.

Gotuit already has a number of major media customers already who use its temporal metadata products to allow users to search within video assets and even create mashups of multiple video files. Named Gotuit customers include Turner Broadcasting, ESPN, World Wrestling Entertainment, the History Channel, Lifetime Networks, Major League Soccer, Sports Illustrated, EMI, Sprint, the National Hockey League, and Fox Reality.

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"But there are certainly things in my apartment that could be smarter. And so, after a talk with a representative of the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association, I consult the group’s Web site (cedia.net) to find a local expert. I am curious about what is available at three price points: $2,500 or less, $7,500 and You Just Won the Lottery."

One of the claims of technological advance is that it is supposed to make things easier. While that can be argued, I think that it is quite interesting that home automation has progressed at a glacial pace and is guaranteed to lighten your wallet. A lot of movement can be seen with the UPnP and DLNA standards, but that deals more with streaming media and photos. A lot of home automation, like a remotely controlled and programmable thermostat, motion controlled lights and a web accessible security system is not commonly seen. I started with my home automation experiments back in the days of X10. Their modules were large, but useful, though I cannot say that there was much that made them "smart". I check the technology today and while there are new standards, I still feel as if a lot of polish needs to be done. Sure, there are some options that offer a smoother experience where everything fits together like an Armani, but it is also priced like one too. I guess that the everyman will still have to wait until someone decides that home automation can be cheap, easy and popular. Until then, I will curse every time I have to get up and turn off the light.

I sense a new trend emerging at geek gatherings everywhere – iPhone lightsaber duels. It’ll probably scare all the girls (far, far) away, but you’ll be able to show your iPhone wielding friends the true power of the dark side.

The upcoming Lightsaber Duel game is due to be released early next month, and it will feature officially-licensed lightsaber sounds and Bluetooth connectivity, meaning you’ll actually be able to duel (instead of just waving the phone around making whizzing sounds).

The game is actually a follow-up to Lightsaber Unleashed, created by the same company, THQ Wireless. The new game will feature 11 new Star Wars characters, and if that’s not enough, players will be able to create multiple custom characters, too.

Tags: application, iphone, lightsaber, mobile app, Star Wars

InfraRecorder Portable 0.50 Rev 3 has been released. InfraRecorder Portable is the popular InfraRecorder CD/DVD burning program packaged as a portable app, so you can do your disk burning on the go. It has all the same great features of InfraRecorder including the creation of custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and recording them to physical discs as well as disc images. This new release fixes an issue in InfraRecorder itself which hides desktop icons on Windows 7. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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Demander à un fan d'écrire une chronique sur l'album de « son » dernier groupe, c'est un peu comme demander à un Italien de dire qu'il n'aime pas les pâtes. Même si c'est le cas, il ne vous l'avouera jamais. A moins qu'on ne vienne vous envoyer un mail avec comme objet « Défi ». Sur ce coup-là, j'ai l'impression de m'être faite avoir. Faut que je perde l'esprit de compétition musicale, moi. Ou pas...

Arid, groupe gantois, révélé en 1999 avec Little things of Venom, nous revient avec son quatrième opus, deux ans après un All things come in to waves qui m'avait laissée totalement accro.

Je vous plante le contexte : samedi 27 février, je cours ventre à terre chez mon disquaire préféré, limite second chez-moi depuis près de quinze ans. L'album est là ! Le pire, c'est je sais pertinemment bien que je ne saurai pas l'écouter avant le lendemain pour cause de planning chargé. Ouais, tu parles ! Lorsque je rentre enfin dans mon « Home Sweet Home », il est trois heures du mat' et je ne résiste pas. Résultat : le soleil pointe à l'horizon et je l'ai déjà passé trois fois. C'est vous dire.

A la première écoute, je n'ai évidemment pas pu m'empêcher, comme bon nombre de fans, de rapprocher Something brighter du son de Keane. De la même façon, Lock and chain aurait tout aussi bien pu être chanté par le regretté Jeff Buckley. D'autres bonnes surprises ne demandent qu'à être découvertes : si Custom gold et son entraînante rythmique donnant envie de taper du pied, la mélodie de All that's here is all that's left devrait rentrer sans problème en tête tant musique et voix sont en harmonie l'une avec l'autre.

La seule inquiétude, c'est que si Come on, premier single, est un très bon morceau, il ne reflète pas forcément l'esprit musical général de l'album. Un novice d'Arid qui entendrait le morceau risquerait donc d'être fort surpris de découvrir les autres pistes dès la première écoute.

La plus belle surprise est sans aucun conteste la plage qui clôture l'album, petit bijou musical comme je les aime : on commence léger, juste le synthé et la voix de Jasper Steverlinck et puis la mélodie va crescendo, rejointe d'abord par la batterie de Steven Van Havere et ensuite par la guitare de David Du Pré. Fan-tas-ti-que. Sincèrement, à la première écoute, j'en ai chialé de bonheur. Parce que c'était beau. Et parce que c'était déjà fini. Car là réside une des faiblesses de cet album : comme son prédécesseur, il est VRAIMENT trop court. Mais bon, c'est vrai qu'à tout bien considérer, je préfère passer trente-neuf minutes de bonheur que de me dire que la moitié des chansons est tout juste bonne à jeter

Donc finalement, l'émancipation (forcée ?) du groupe par rapport à sa maison de disque après la sortie du second album et la prise en main de sa propre musique lui réussit plutôt bien. Les choses s'étaient déjà amorcées lors du précédent album et se confirment ici. Mieux encore, il me semble que le groupe a évolué mélodiquement encore un peu plus. Il y a fort à parier que le soutien de Luc Weytjens, producteur-claviériste-ingénieur du son qui a par le passé travaillé avec Zap Mama et K's Choice, a dû jouer dans cette évolution. Le fait que le groupe ait passé pas mal de temps en pré-production en investissant un centre culturel pour préparer les chansons avant l'enregistrement studio doit également avoir eu une incidence.

Au final, le titre a beau vouloir dire « Sous les lumières de la rue froide » (qui perd sacrément de son charme lorsqu'il est traduit), l'album m'a laissée tout sauf froide. Quand à l'écoute d'un morceau, tu sens un frisson te parcourir l'échine et atteindre le bout de tes doigts, tu sais que ça touche le cÅ“ur. Oui, j'aime la voix de Jasper qui jamais ne m'a déçue. Oui, j'aime entendre les riffs de guitare de David et oui, j'aime taper des mains sur les cuisses au son de la batterie de Steven. Alors oui, j'aime musicalement ces trois-là et je suis fan d'Arid. Et tant pis si ça ne plait pas. Que celui qui n'a lui-même jamais été séduit de la sorte par un groupe me jette Under the cold street lights à la figure. Amen.

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Our ideal candidates will have at least two years experience in a marketing/new media agency or similar experience.

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Apple’s iPhone wasn’t originally conceived as a business-focused device; however, the advent of the App Store and the rapid rise in usage and adoption has really given the platform — and the phone — some pretty great use cases for business users. The iPhone App Store has more than 150,000 applications and separating the wheat from the chaff, especially when you have a specific goal or task in mind can be difficult. That’s why I’ve compiled this list of some of the best applications for the iPhone for the small business user.

Something that really sets this generation of smartphone devices apart from devices of even five years ago is the rise in cloud computing and ubiquitous connectivity. While accessing e-mail from multiple devices with full message history intact is old-hat, that capability has now extended to many other types of files.

Using programs like FileMagnet ($4.99) and Air Sharing ($3.99 for the regular version, $9.99 for Pro) you can easily transfer PDF, Microsoft Office and iWork files to your iPhone from your Mac or PC over WiFi.

As I’ve pointed out in the past, services like Box.net and Dropbox can be really great tools for small business owners. Both Box.net and Dropbox have free iPhone applications that let you access your files on those clouds directly from your phone.

If you’re a user of Apple’s MobileMe service, there is also a free MobileMe iDisk app that lets you access those files, folders and images directly from your iPhone.

Accessing files and folders is great, but what about when you want to get some serious work done? There are a number of full-fledged productivity applications that make it possible to not only view, but also edit documents, even on cloud-based services.

QuickOffice Connect Suite for the iPhone ($9.99) is a great app because it not only lets you view your Microsoft Office documents, but also edit and create those documents — both stored locally on your phone, and on cloud services like Google Docs, MobileMe, Box.net and Dropbox.

This means you can view a file shared with you on Box.net or in your Dropbox folder, make some changes and save it back. Likewise, you can create a new document or spreadsheet and save it to a cloud service of your choice.

Documents To Go Premium ($14.99) also lets you view and edit Microsoft Office docs on your iPhone, but it only supports Google Docs right now.

If you really need to view documents more than edit, GoodReader ($0.99) is not only the best PDF viewer on the iPhone (you can view files up to 1GB in size without having issues), you can access files from WebDAV servers (including MobileMe), Box.net, Dropbox and for a $0.99 in-app purchase, you can also access GoogleDocs.

File editing is limited to text files for right now, but the viewing capabilities, the ability to transfer files over WiFi, download PDF files from a URL directly to the iPhone and support for stuff like zipping and unzipping of files make this app really fantastic. If you ever find yourself needing to deal with exceptionally large PDF files, GET THIS APP.

That camera on your iPhone is for more than just quick snapshots and Facebook uploads. Believe it or not, it’s also a really good document scanner. This goes double for iPhone 3GS owners, as the improved lens and built-in auto-focus and stabilization features make it a real asset for document capture.

While the iPhone camera might not displace a high-quality document or business-card scanner, you might be surprised at how well it can work, especially when paired with the right software.

JotNot Scanner ($4.99) is a solid document scanner that lets you scan multiple page PDF files and then save them to MobileMe, Evernote, Dropbox. Box.net or Google Docs. If you upload to Google Docs you can even take advantage of Google’s OCR engine for better document processing. The app is really optimized for the iPhone 3GS but older iPhones can still utilize its featureset.

Scanner Pro ($6.99) is another solid scanning option. It also can upload to Box.net, Dropbox, Mobile Me (or any WebDAV service). It also lets you do custom-page sizes, send scans by e-mail and if you also have the Print n Share ($6.99), seamlessly send a document to your printer.

For users who need to send faxes from the iPhone, there are a number of faxing-specific apps but most of them charge a high per-fax (and sometimes per-document) fee in addition to the price of the app itself. That’s why, if you plan on doing any serious faxing, I recommend spending the $24.99 and getting the ScanR Business Center app because not only does it let you capture files as PDF and do OCR processing (with desktop web access too), you can send unlimited faxes from the app itself.

If you already have an e-mail to fax solution like eFax or Maxemail, check out Mobile Phax ($4.99) which will do document capture to PDF and easily integrate with lots of e-mail to fax programs. Of course, you can conceivably use any image to PDF app to send faxes as an attachment with your existing e-mail to fax subscription plans, Mobile Phax just makes the process a bit more seamless.

If business card scanning is what you are after, check out ScanBizCards ($5.99 or try the free Lite version).

Which iPhone apps do you find most useful for your small business? Tell us about your favorites in the comments, and look out for my next post, where I’ll discuss the best productivity apps for the iPhone for your small business.

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