The ESL Major Series is already in the playoffs and here are the latest results!

eeves' records continued with good sales for both the old albums and a series of new ones. His widow, Mary, combined unreleased tracks with rerecorded previous releases (placing updated instrumentals alongside Reeves' original vocals) to produce a regular series of "new" albums after her husband's death. She also operated The Jim Reeves Museum in Nashville, Tennessee from the early 1980s until 1996. Indeed, Jim scored a major success when, in 1966, his record "Distant Drums" went to number one in the British singles chart and remained in pole position for a remarkable five weeks - beating off stiff competition from such acts as The Beatles with "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" (a double-sided "A" release) and the Small Faces' "All Or Nothing". In addition, "Distant Drums" also held off many other songs from living artists who were in the UK charts at that time. In all, "Distant Drums" remained in the UK charts for a staggering forty-five weeks as well as topping the US country music charts. Not bad going for a song which had been recorded by Jim for its composer Cindy Walker only under the impression it was for her personal use only and had been deemed "unsuitable" for general release by Chet Atkins and the RCA record company. "Distant Drums" was named 'Song of the Year' in the UK in 1966 and Jim had the distinction of being the first American artist to receive that particular accolade. Although he no longer features in the singles charts, Jim Reeves compilation albums containing well-known standards continue to sell well. "The Definitive Collection" reached #21 in the UK album charts in July 2003 and "Memories are made of this" #35 in July 2004. Bear Family Records in Germany produced a 16-CD boxed set of Jim's studio recordings and several smaller sets consisting mainly of radio broadcasts and demos. In 2007, they released a set entitled "Nashville Stars on Tour", containing audio and video material of the RCA tour of Europe in April 1964 in which Jim features prominently. This is a fascinating collection as it enables us to listen to and see Jim at the height of his fame, just a couple of months before his death. Since 2003, the US based VoiceMasters has issued over 80 previously unreleased recordings by Jim, including new songs that fans have not heard, as well as newly overdubbed material. Among them is "I'm A Hit Again," the last song Jim recorded in his basement studio just a few days before his death. VoiceMasters overdubbed this historic track in the same studio in Jim's former home (now owned by another Nashville record producer). These Voicemasters releases are warmly welcomed and appreciated by Jim's legion of fans across the world. Reeves fans have repeatedly urged BMG or Bear Family to re-release some of the songs overdubbed in the years after Jim's death which have never appeared on CD. He was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967, and in 1998 he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas, where the Jim Reeves Memorial is located. Reeves' inscription at the Country Music Hall of Fame reads - "The velvet style of 'Gentleman Jim Reeves' was an international influence. His rich voice bought millions of new fans to country music from every corner of the world. Although the crash of his private airplane took his life, posterity will keep his name alive because they will remember him as one of country music's most important performers." The inscription on the Jim Reeves Memorial has: "If I, a lowly singer, dry one tear, or soothe one humble human heart in pain, then my homely verse to God is dear, and not one stanza has been sung in vain." Blind R&B and Blues artist Robert Bradley (better known as Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise) pays tribute to this singing legend in the album description of his latest studio release Out of the Wilderness. Bradley is quoted as saying, "This record brings me back to the time when I started out wanting to be a singer-songwriter, where the music did not need the New York Philharmonic to make it real...I wanted to do a record and just be Robert and sing straight like Jim Reeves on Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone.'

Author: oldcountrytunes Keywords: MUSIC COUNTRY JIM REEVES Added: November 21, 2008

h4On the mend/h4 pComputer systems at three major London hospitals are largely back online on Friday morning, three days after a major computer virus outbreak forced staff to disconnect the network..../p

Apple is back in talks again with the major labels Sony BMG, Warner and Universal about offering their music without DRM. According to c|net, it is still in the early stages yet with no deals finalised, although there are rumours going around that Sony is getting close to an agreement. ...read more...

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/78830?ns=guardianpageName=Media%3A+BBC+Trust+criticises+Jonathan+Ross+over+lewd+comment+to+Gwyneth+Paltrowch=Mediac3=guardian.co.ukc4=Russell+Brand%2CJonathan+Ross%2CBBC%2CTelevision+industry+%28Media%29%2CUK+news%2CGwyneth+Paltrow+%28Film%29%2CRadio+industry+%28Media%29c5=Not+commercially+useful%2CComedy%2CRadio+Media%2CTelevision+Media%2CTVc6=Leigh+Holmwood%2CTara+Conlanc7=2008_11_21c8=1121893c9=articlec10=GUc11=Mediac12=Russell+Brandc13=c14=h2=GU%2FMedia%2FRussell+Brand" width="1" height="1" //divpThe BBC Trust today criticised a further incident of bad language involving Jonathan Ross, but said his three month suspension without pay was adequate punishment for the "Sachsgate" scandal./ppIn its final report on the row that engulfed the BBC last month, and which led to the resignation of two Radio 2 executives and comedian Russell Brand, the trust also said that BBC management should investigate another incident involving Brand on Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles' show./ppThe trust said bad language in an episode of Ross's pre-recorded BBC1 chatshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in which the presenter told Hollywood actor Gwyneth Paltrow he "would fuck her" was "gratuitous and unnecessarily offensive". /ppBBC management had originally reviewed the show, broadcast in May this year, and cleared it for broadcast./ppHowever, the trust today said it disagreed with that judgment, adding that the comment was made in an "overly sexual way" and that it had upheld a number of complaints made about the edition of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross./ppThe trust also asked BBC management to investigate comments that Brand made on Moyles's show about dancer Georgina Baillie, who became embroiled in the Sachsgate affair after Ross and Brand left lewd messages about her on her grandfather Andrew Sachs' answerphone./ppMoyles and Brand had a conversation live on Radio 1 at 8.23am on October 21, three days after the offensive messages were broadcast on Radio 2 - but before the Sachsgate affair had blown up into a major crisis for the BBC./ppBrand told Moyles he had met Baillie and said he had "met her brains out"./ppBBC trustee Richard Tait said today that the trust had taken the view that the comment was referring to Baillie's private life./ppThe trust said it was down to BBC management to decide if any further sanctions were necessary over this incident./ppIn its report on the Sachsgate row, the trust said the calls made to Sachs were "grossly offensive" and that there was no justification for broadcasting them./ppThe trust added that the material broadcast on Brand's Radio 2 show on Saturday October 18 was a "deplorable intrusion" into the private lives of Sachs and Baillie. /ppThere was no "editorial justification" and no "informed consent obtained" for airing the messages, the trust added./ppTait said there had been three failures by BBC management over the decision to broadcast the pre-recorded messages - failure to exercise editorial control, to follow established compliance systems and a failure of judgment in taking editorial decisions. /ppBut he added the trust considered the BBC's response to the controversy to be appropriate. /ppThe BBC Trust chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, said the corporation's regulatory and governance body would not be taking any further action against Ross./pp"We have underlined very clearly that it is not the job of the trust to make decisions about the terms and conditions of performers or the sanctions that are applied to them when they are found to be wanting," Lyons added./pp"We are very clear that the director general has taken the right action with respect to Jonathan Ross," he said./pp"The common issue is not who the performers are. The common issue is editorial failings ... the failings here are in the role of the BBC as the publisher of the material."/ppLyons said that the offending material transmitted on Brand's Radio 2 show should not have been recorded in the first instance and in the BBC Trust's view should then have been edited out before the broadcast. /pp"The failings we have discussed this morning are serious but they are being addressed," he added./ppLyons said that the BBC "needs to learn some lessons" but it usually got it right. /ppHe described it as a "disappointing and dismal episode", but said the director general, Mark Thompson, and his team had responded constructively./ppLyons also said it was "not rocket science" to have predicted that putting Ross in the same studio as Brand could lead to trouble. "You could have predicted a risky situation," he added./ppemstrong·/strong To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email a href="mailto:editor@mediaguardian.co.uk"editor@mediaguardian.co.uk/a or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332./em/ppemstrong·/strong If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication"./em/pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/russell-brand"Russell Brand/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/jonathan-ross"Jonathan Ross/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/bbc"BBC/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/television"Television/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/gwynethpaltrow"Gwyneth Paltrow/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/radio"Radio/a/li/ul/divdiv class="guRssAdvert"a href="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/click.ng/richmedia=yessite=Mediacountry=(none)spacedesc=rsssystem=rsstransactionID=1227272530107112113081454945"img src="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/image.ng/richmedia=yessite=Mediacountry=(none)spacedesc=rsssystem=rsstransactionID=1227272530107112113081454945" border="0" //a/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a

MADRID (AFP) - Russian oil group Lukoil could soon become the leading shareholder in Spanish-Argentine energy major Repsol, a possibility that prompted unease in Spain Friday given Repsol's strategic importance.

(Russie) Suite à la réorganisation en cours, l'armée russe ne conservera que des unités de disponibilité permanente, a déclaré vendredi le chef d'Etat-major général russe Nikolaï Makarov lors d'un point de presse à Kaliningrad, une base navale sur la Balt

(Russie) La Russie étudiera les propositions de ses partenaires occidentaux concernant le bouclier antimissile (ABM) américain en Europe orientale et les mesures de confiance à la suite de leur adoption officielle, a déclaré vendredi le chef de l'Etat-maj

pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/analysisopinion/" rel="tag"Analysis / Opinion/a, a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/reviews/" rel="tag"Reviews/a, a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag"iPhone/a/pdiv align="middle"img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/marwreuserreview1120.jpg" alt="tuaw user reviews marware iphone cases" //div br /emMy buddy Gavin Baker, CEO of a href="http://abunga.com/?"Abunga/a, took three a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/iPhone/"iPhone/a cases from Marware for a spin. He took a look at the a href="http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=7679-SGPK"SportGrip/a ($14.99), a href="http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=8276-PVRD"C.E.O. Glide/a ($24.99) and the a href="http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=8266-CPIP"C.E.O. Premiere/a ($34.99). Which best suited this CEO on the go? Read his take below for the answer.../embr /br /I first tried out the strongMarware SportGrip/strong, the silicone case that has a rubberized feel and covers the back and sides of the phone leaving the touch screen open. This was my go-to case for about 2 weeks. It easily protected the back and sides of my phone from scratches and the material deadened any type of accidental drop of the phone, reducing the damage inflicted. I had no fear about tossing my phone around onto tables, chairs or in my Jeep. The downside is that the protection afforded by the cover also creates a much bulkier pocket profile. This made it more difficult to slide into pockets. One major downside was that I took the cover off after about 1 week and noticed it had collected a lot of dust, dirt, lint, etc. on the inside of the cover, creating some smaller scratches on the backside of my phone. I'm sure had I taken the cover off more frequently this wouldn't have been an issue. br /br /The strongMarware C.E.O Glide/strong was next on my list and it didn't make it long; partially because of the red snakeskin cover, but it is essentially a vertical sleeve with a Velcro clasp to keep the phone inside. It's not functional for me since I prefer my phone to be in my pocket and easily accessed or on my belt. This was a mix of the two and a cover that doesn't work in that circle isn't the best for me. br /br /The strongMarware C.E.O Premiere/strong is the last case I tried out. It is a horizontal belt case and allows easy access to the phone while providing a secure environment. As soon as I put the case on I was very confident with it. I wasn't worried about the case falling off my belt, and the case has a Velcro enclosure to ensure the phone stays in the case. The interior of the case is soft but not microfiber so I have no fear of putting my phone into the case and it coming out in worse shape. I've used the case daily for about 2 weeks and the exterior of the case shows minimal wear. My only complaint about the case is the Velcro closure. In the weeks I've used it the Velcro has started to loosen and is not as tight as it once was. Other than that the case has been phenomenal and it is the one I've settled on for everyday use. br /br /All of the Marware products come with a cleaning cloth and protective film. br /br /emThanks Gavin!/emp style="padding:5px;clear:both;"a href="http://www.tuaw.com"TUAW/aa href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/21/user-review-3-marware-iphone-cases/"User review: 3 Marware iPhone cases/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.tuaw.com"The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)/a on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:00 EST. Please see our a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"terms for use of feeds/a.br style="clear:both;"/ph6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/h6a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/21/user-review-3-marware-iphone-cases/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/1378556/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/21/user-review-3-marware-iphone-cases/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/UHYsPTEubGzQRtzgZ6oxeINwGvU/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/UHYsPTEubGzQRtzgZ6oxeINwGvU/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/tuaw?a=ywXeNF1c"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/tuaw?i=ywXeNF1c" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/tuaw?a=cKOBJIMi"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/tuaw?i=cKOBJIMi" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~4/s3EB11Ha-H8" height="1" width="1"/

As sociedades de cobrança de direitos de autor francesas estão decididas a acabar com todos os programas e redes de partilha de ficheiros que possam ter de alguma forma usos ilegais. Depois de há duas semanas atrás duas das editoas independentes francesas representadas pela SPPF terem obtido autorização da Justiça para perseguir em França LimeWire, Vuze (antigo Azureus) e Sourceforge/Shareaza, agora a SCPP (Sociedade Civil de Produtores Fonográficos), que representa os interesses das quatro majors e a SACEM, que representa os compositores e editores de música apresentaram uma queixa na cidade de Nanterre contra o Soulseek, a aplicação de partilha de ficheiros preferida dos fãs de música.

Antes do apogeu dos trackers privados de BitTorrent especializados em música como o What.cd e o Waffles.fm, o Soulseek era o local onde se podia encontrar a maior colecção de álbuns e músicas pertencentes aos mais variados géneros musicais. Muito querido tanto pelos amantes de música independente como pelos artistas de música electrónica, o “pássaro azul” permanece ainda hoje uma rede bastante activa, sendo aí possível conversar em salas de chat dedicadas a toda a espécie de estilo de música.

A aplicação foi desenvolvida por Nir Arbel, um antigo programador do Napster original que se inspirou no Internet Relay Chat (IRC) e na rede P2P DirectConnect. De acordo com a PC Inpact (via Numerama), as sociedades de gestão colectiva alegam que o Soulseek foi concebido para fomentar a partilha de obras protegidas por direitos de autor, violando por isso o Código da Propriedade Intelectual na forma da emenda Vivendi Universal que pune com uma pena de até três anos de prisão e o pagamento de uma multa até 300 mil euros quem

editar, colocar à disponibilização do público ou comunicar ao público, deliberadamente e sob qualquer forma que seja, um programa manifestamente destinado à disponibilização de público não autorizado obras ou objectos protegidos.

Mas na verdade vai ser bastante difícil para a SACEM e a SCPP provarem que o Soulseek é ilegal uma vez que o software não inclui qualquer publicidade e adverte os utilizadores na sua página inicial que o projecto não aconselha nem tolera a partilha de ficheiros protegidos por direitos de autor. Para além do mais, alguns membros da comunidade até já criaram uma netlabel sem fins comerciais, a Soulseek Records. Surgida em 2002, esta editora online permite que os artistas distribuam de livre vontade os seus discos segundo uma licença Creative Commons.

Nota: a imagem que acompanha este artigo está disponível aqui segundo uma licença CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 e pertence a Diodoro.

Artigos relacionados:

• None Found

Category: Music
Released: Nov 05, 2008
Price: Free

Description:
NOW ON SALE! NO PRICE - FREE FOR FEW DAYS! Would you like to play songs on piano but don't know the chords? Or do you want grow your knoweledge on chords? PianoChordy helps you on this. PianoChordy asks you to play certain chord on onscreen piano keyboard. When pressing correct key, you will hear the note played. When you finish the required chord, next chord is randomized for you! Also visual feedback is provided for correct and incorrect keys. You can define what kind of chords you want to practice: minors, majors, flats, sharps, augmeneted and dimished chords. Select freely! You can also enable hint-mode to see needed keys for chords. This option is good for beginners. PianoChordy includes total of 117 different chords, good quality piano sounds and a preferences panel. PianoChordy owners will get free instructions for piano chord playing! If you're new to playing piano chords, you can read really straightforward instructions to the theory behind piano chords from the programs webpage. Link to this instructions is included in the application. Take PianoChordy on the bus, train or wherever you have spare time. Use it daily and in weeks you can learn skills to accompany pop songs with piano! On any questions, problems or so: Visit the program web site for contact form.

Website: http://mii.tuu.fi/pianochordy/
Support Website: http://mii.tuu.fi/pianochordy/

Note: The description above is the official one supplied by the application developer and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of this site or its staff.


Get it on iTunes: PianoChordy

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/50699?ns=guardianpageName=World+news%3A+S%26eacute%3Bgol%26egrave%3Bne+Royal+leads+race+to+become+French+Socialist+party+leaderch=World+newsc3=guardian.co.ukc4=France%2CWorld+newsc5=Not+commercially+usefulc6=Angelique+Chrisafisc7=2008_11_21c8=1121855c9=articlec10=GUc11=World+newsc12=Francec13=c14=h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FFrance" width="1" height="1" //divpFrance's Socialist party will today hold a run-off vote for its next leader, as Seacute;golegrave;ne Royal and Martine Aubry battle to become the first woman to head the biggest party on the French left./ppIn the initial vote yesterday, first place went to Royal, the former presidential candidate who is promising to modernise the troubled and divided party./ppDespite a campaign by party heavyweights and members of the old guard, who dismissed Royal as a would-be messianic figure with a Joan of Arc complex, damaged by losing the last presidential election, she took 43% of the vote. But it was not a big enough majority to win outright. /ppAubry, the mayor of Lille and architect of France's 35-hour week, came second with 34%. The MEP Benoit Hamon took 22% and was knocked out of the next round./ppTonight's vote is now a face-off between two women who were both educated at Paris's elite graduate schools, who have both served their party for decades and who have both been ministers in leftwing governments. /ppAubry, 58, the daughter of former EU commission head Jacques Delors, held the major post of employment and social affairs minister. Royal, 55, currently head of the western Poitou-Charentes region, held environment, family and schools portfolios. /ppRoyal is broadly on the centre of the party, while Aubry has run a campaign to anchor the party on the left. Royal has an eye on running for the presidency again in 2012, whereas Aubry, who has forged strategic alliances with senior party officials, could step aside to let one of the party's older men - or "elephants" - run in her place. Both have spoken of the need to reform the party./ppThe Socialists' long and drawn-out battle of the egos boils down to a question of arithmetic tonight. It is a test of the "TSS" front (Tout Sauf Segolene - anything but Segolene). Hamon has advised his supporters to switch their vote to Aubry tonight. If they do as they are told, Aubry is on track to win. But Socialist party members do not always follow orders on how to vote. /ppThe mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoeuml; dropped out of the race last week and advised his supporters to vote for Aubry. But even in his fiefdom in northern Paris, Socialist party members largely disobeyed and voted for Royal./ppThe second-round vote closes at 10pm tonight, and the results are expected after midnight. The fractured party will then begin the task of rebuilding itself to provide an opposition to the president, Nicolas Sarkozy./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/france"France/a/li/ul/divdiv class="guRssAdvert"a href="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/click.ng/richmedia=yessite=Newscountry=(none)spacedesc=rsssystem=rsstransactionID=1227268944636112112061455599"img src="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/image.ng/richmedia=yessite=Newscountry=(none)spacedesc=rsssystem=rsstransactionID=1227268944636112112061455599" border="0" //a/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a

Les représentants des majors et des auteurs ont décidé de s’attaquer à un symbole de l’échange de fichiers musicaux en portant plainte contre les éditeurs du logiciel Soulseek.
Lire l'article

img class=face src=http://planet.ubuntu.com/heads/scottritchie.png alt= The MediaTomb software is extremely powerful, however it's a serious pain to get it working.nbsp; I had one task in mind: get my videos folder playable on my Dad's PS3 by streaming.nbsp; It took me about 2 hours to set up and configure by manually a href=http://mediatomb.cc/dokuwiki/transcoding:transcodingediting a config file and creating some custom scripts/a - and that was after Inbsp;even learned what UPNP streaming is and which software I had to download in the first place.br /br /In the end, however, it worked beautifully.nbsp; My dad could click quot;search for media serversquot;nbsp;on the Playstation, have it discover my computer, then he could just click videos and find the one to play.nbsp; In the background, MediaTomb was silently transcoding the .mkv format (which the PS3 doesn't understand) to MPEG2.br /br /strongWe can do so much better/strongbr /br /Imagine how amazing an easy interface to mediatomb could be. nbsp;I could right click my Videos folder, select sharing options, and then check a box for quot;stream media in this folder over the network.quot;nbsp; Instead of manually editing configuration files and editing scripts, I click a button that says I have a Playstation, and it sets that all up automatically.nbsp; I never even hav to learn what codecs are, what UPNPnbsp;does, or even that I'm using MediaTomb.br /br /This could be a major feature in Ubuntu.nbsp; This is something where we can easily outclass Apple and Microsoft, who seemed to be more worried about copy protection then actually letting you watch your own movies.nbsp; It could even be a selling point for the Best Buy clerk trying to explain the boxed Ubuntu copy to a console gamer.br /br /strongThis requires real work to do/strongbr /br /On a personal note,nbsp;Inbsp;haven't made a post in a few weeks. nbsp;Real life has been very hectic.nbsp; I moved back in with my parents to save some money, but the situation has become clearly unlivable for me and I'm finding it very hard to spend enough time on open source.nbsp; There's a href=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScottRitchieso much/a for me to do in the coming months, and it'd be a real shame if Jaunty wasn't as good as it could be because I was too busy doing quot;realquot; work so I could get out of the house.br /br /I'd really like to get more involved with making things like this much easier for every day human beings.nbsp; I'm going to be visiting some apartments tomorrow in preparation for moving out, however I'm not sure if I'll have the savings to do it without making a huge financial risk.nbsp; Inbsp;may get stuck in a menial job just to pay rent, working even less on Ubuntu than I am now.nbsp; Or, I might luck out and land a job at a place like Canonical, and be able to spend 80 hours a week just doing what I love.nbsp; I can't help but feel optimistic in this community.br /

Hi people, hope to get some useful tips or suggestions for quality made cable locks with key (not combo locks) for my early 2008 Macbook Pro.

I have done a few searches of this forum and come across a few informative posts. Some discussing the problems with the Kensington locks, namely the issue of the newer locks not sitting properly in the Macbook Pro Kensington slot: "Macbook Pro Kensington Lock Slot: Reamed!"

Anyway... what I am hoping to find out is what cable locks people are using and find to be well made and securely lock into the Kensington slot on their Macbook Pros.

Would be particularly interested in any comparative views people have of multiple cable locks they might have used and what they have settled on for now.

I realise these cable locks are just a deterrent and no match for a determined thief but still better than nothing at all.

Here are some brands and products I have come across;

DATAMATION SYSTEMS Snap-It Cable Locks
http://www.pc-security.com/products_...nap-It-MXS.htm

TARGUS DEFCON KL
http://www.targus.com/au/accessories_security.asp

TRYTEN MacBook Pro Lock Z7
http://www.tryten.com/products/macbookprolockz7.php

...and ofcourse Kensington's range of locks.

Have I missed any other major makers of cable locks, or a standout product?

Thanks for your time!

img src="http://c.fsdn.com/fm/screenshots/52766_thumb.png" align="right" alt="Screenshot" hspace="10" vspace="10" Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. It provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Individuals can use it to keep remote Websites from tracking them and their family members. They can also use it to connect to resources such as news sites or instant messaging services that are blocked by their local Internet service providers (ISPs). hr / strongLicense:/strong BSD License (revised) hr / strongChanges:/strongbr / This release fixes a major security problem in Debian and Ubuntu packages (and maybe other packages). A smaller security flaw that might allow an attacker to access local services was fixed. Defense against DNS poisoning attacks on exit relays was improved. Hidden service performance was further improved. A variety of other issues were fixed. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Y2XEzNZZ27vI5yGPGzSNxMSg8fA/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Y2XEzNZZ27vI5yGPGzSNxMSg8fA/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freshmeat/feeds/fm-releases-unix/~4/ecYM_wjnTyU" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://c.fsdn.com/fm/screenshots/52766_thumb.png" align="right" alt="Screenshot" hspace="10" vspace="10" Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. It provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Individuals can use it to keep remote Websites from tracking them and their family members. They can also use it to connect to resources such as news sites or instant messaging services that are blocked by their local Internet service providers (ISPs). hr / strongLicense:/strong BSD License (revised) hr / strongChanges:/strongbr / This release fixes a major security problem in Debian and Ubuntu packages (and maybe other packages). A smaller security flaw that might allow an attacker to access local services was fixed. Defense against DNS poisoning attacks on exit relays was improved. Hidden service performance was further improved. A variety of other issues were fixed. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/E0yy5TYPKoz1o_v1PSBAbZsEOjc/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/E0yy5TYPKoz1o_v1PSBAbZsEOjc/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freshmeat/feeds/fm-releases-global/~4/ecYM_wjnTyU" height="1" width="1"/

Today, Nokia and IBM announced Lotus Notes (which has 140 million licensed users) support for all S60 3rd Edition-based phones. 'Lotus Notes Traveler' can connect to corporate email accounts via Lotus Domino Server, and provides real time access to email, calendar, address book, journal and to-do list data. Availability is December 2008.
An alternative option is CommonTime's mSuite 5 which we wrote about recenetly. The provision of Lotus Notes on S60 devices give Nokia another string to its enterprise bow. It provides support for mobile access across a range wide of systems.
However recent Nokia devices do not support Blackberry's software or services which puts Nokia at a significant disadvanatge in companies where Blackberry servers have already been deployed. With Nokia providing fierce compeition to RIM in the device space (Nokia E63 and E71) it seem unlikely that the two companies will renew their earlier co-operation.
Here is an extract of the press release on the availability of Lotus Notes support.
Nokia and IBM today announced IBM Lotus Notes support for a number of Nokia's S60-based mobile phones, meaning that millions of Lotus Notes users are now able to access email with their Nokia devices. This also represents a significant market opportunity for IBM Lotus Notes -- which has 140 million licensed users -- with many Nokia customers now able to purchase Lotus Notes and access its collaboration capabilities on the go.
With this announcement, more than 80 million people - the number of Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices shipped globally - can connect to corporate email accounts via Lotus Domino Server software known as Lotus Notes Traveler. This software provides real time access to email, calendar, address book, journal and to-do list data and will be available for Nokia devices in December 2008.
According to IBM's Institute for Business Value, this year, for the first time, more people in the world will have a mobile device than a land-line telephone. IBM predicts one billion mobile Web users by 2011 and a significant shift in the way the majority of people will interact with the Web over the next decade. In fact, mobile devices now outnumber television sets, credit cards and personal computers.
"This is another strong affirmation of our business mobility vision, which is to establish partnerships with the world's leading enterprise vendors. This collaboration means nearly 90 percent of business email can be mobilized with Nokia devices, without needing to purchase additional servers, middleware or licenses. With the presence, position and technology that IBM have in the corporate email market, they are an essential partner for us in enterprise," says Soren Petersen, senior vice president, Nokia. "People need to be connected to their email, information and network when they are out of the office and that has to be done conveniently and on their terms. Lotus Notes Traveler for Nokia devices is a great example of that."
"We are excited about IBM's growing relationship with Nokia and what this does for the build-out of the mobile Web," said Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president of IBM Lotus Software. We are literally freeing millions of people using Nokia's Symbian platform from having to rely on a desktop or laptop to access their important business communications. Working with the market leader like Nokia is a natural fit for attaining IBM's goals of maintaining the flow of business, regardless of time, distance or location -- all for no additional charge for both of our companies' current customers and a new opportunity for new customers."
This announcement is a major development in IBM's efforts to expand mobile support for the Lotus software portfolio. The ability to connect securely to business email is an example of Tomorrow at Work, an IBM initiative that examines a changing work environment and anticipates trends in technology, business, society and culture. Other IBM Lotus technologies that can be mobilized for anytime anywhere work include Lotus Sametime for instant messaging and unified communications, Lotus Connections for enterprise social networking and Lotus Quickr for social content sharing. "


More...

Discover all the major features of EndWar thanks to this series of videos.

Auteur : ubi
Tags : feature Command Points Base Capture
Envoyé : 21 novembre 2008
Note :0.0
Votes :0