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OK, it's a marketing operation by Milka chocolate, but seeing the Stade de France covered in snow
might be worth a look!... It's a kids'
Xmas dream; the Stade de France flled with snow, games, bobsleigh runs... and advertisements for
Milka. Let's try and ignore that; here's the list of the fun things on offer!
- Not only a 600m² skating rink, but also an
"ice trail", a sort of frozen 170 metre track surrounded by pine trees, just like in the
mountains.
- A 27 metre high Xmas tree
- A ski slope 70 metres long covering 2.500 m², with
real snow
- Inflatable sled slide
- A 'roller ski' rink (skis with wheels!)
- Cable descent. 240 metres long, starting at 32 metres up. Should take your
breathe away!
- Santa and his reindeer
- A cross country skiing section, 40 metres long
- Climbing walls
- Via Ferrata. Four blocks of artificial rock 8 metres high, with 30 metres of
rope bridges and a cable descent 40 metres long
- A live farm
- Obligatory bouncy castle for the little'uns
- Accro Bungee (trampolines with kids attached with huges elastic bands)
- Snow garden for tots to explore the joys of snow in safety
- Kids adventure trails, with numerous obstacles
- Purple Piste. Sounds kinda Milka... This is for discovering alpine nature, both plants
and animals
- Giant sled slide
- and of course the Milka village, "more than 17 activities under cover (in a tent
they mean) to learn all about mountains". More than 17? Wow!!!
photo de berliner_jake
Rêve de Neige is open from 20th - 31st December 2008 but ATTENTION: some dates
are already full. Book your tickets online well in advance on the official site.
Further informationon the official site
Category: Music
Released: Dec 03, 2008
Price: $0.99
Description:
Finally a new recreational application that lets you create music in a simple and fun way! Just in
case you have never tried playing music with glass cups, it is as simple as this application. Just
fill the amount of cups you have at hand with different amounts of water, then slightly wet your
finger and slide it on top of the cup in a circular motion. You will then be able to hear different
sounds based on the amount of water in each cup; just like in this application! We adapted original
water cup sounds for this application. It has never sounded so real and felt so dry in your finger!
The perfect solution for that boring gathering, riding on the train or to entertain others! In no
time you will be able to generate marvelous music with a simple touch! This introductory
application only counts with 9 cups that will sure make great music, but keep posted for future
versions with more cups and alternative sounds! Let us know if you have any questions or
suggestions since we are always working to improve your application experience.
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.
The weirdest thing just happened - I was syncing my iPhone, clicked the X in iTunes to cancel it,
iTunes froze on me so I just slide on the iPhone to cancel it. iPhone acted fine but iTunes still
was unresponsive, so I force quit it. When I re-opened, I lost over half my music (artist names
A-O). What happened? Is this a common problem? It's getting a bit annoying to keep re-upping 10+ GB
of music...
…But were afraid to ask. This is the title of this very interesting 34-slide
presentation on Google prepared by FaberNovel, a
french consulting firm. It is hard to realize the real nature of this just
10 years old giant given the number of services it has continuously released, updated (and
sometimes shut down) or
acquired.
This presentation gives a great overview of the company’s overall strategy and the reasons
it has become what it is today.
It addresses some key questions about the company’s future, presented in the slide above:
how Google won’t be affected by the crisis (not so sure about that
if you consider their own stock), its relation with Microsoft and its advantages on Facebook,
its footprint in the infrastructure and mobile world…
There is an interesting slide about how Google buys traffic through key partnership deals with
software or hardware companies (slide 14) Many tend to think Google has free traffic or zero
marketing costs which is a wrong assumption since it affects directly its P&L
For regular readers, most of this information will not be a surprise. But it is well organized
and structured and gives some good prospective. I just wished the presentation was focusing a
little more on the Giant’s weaknesses. A TechCrunch France reader funnily
commented that, only the absence of electricty could stop them. What we do know on the web is
that giants do not stay strong forever. The question is when will the wind change direction for
Google?
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Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.
Category: Utilities
Released: Dec 02, 2008
Price: $0.99
Description:
DaysFrom calculates the date for a number of days in the future or past. For example, if your work
frequently requires you to know the date 100 days in the future, this application will quickly help
you without having to perform the math in your head. Keep up with multiple timeframes in the future
or past by adding as many as you need. DaysFrom always starts with today's date as the reference
date. You can easily change the reference date by tapping that date and picking the new date with
the convenient spinning wheels. Once you've made your choice, all of your preset timeframes will
automatically update. Features in version 1.0
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Quickly shows the date and day of week
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Works with both future and past timeframes
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Always starts with today's date
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Change the reference date from today to any date
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Create as many timeframes as you need
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Rearrange the timeframes as you prefer (tap the Edit button and slide the rows up and down by the
grips on the right side) We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Please contact us at
daysfrom@qdideas.com.
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.
Category: Games
Released: Dec 02, 2008
Price: $0.99
Description:
Coin Racer is an easy and addictive game for everyone! Slide the coin in an upward direction and
let go of your finger. The closer the coin is to the bulls-eye, the higher the score. You can even
compete with your friends and family to break the highest score! Download immediately and enjoy
just for US$0.99! Features: - easy, intuitive and addictive - coin traveling distance based on your
finger speed - support up to 3 players - 3 brilliant backgrounds - highest score ranking
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.
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vspace="5" //div pThe successor to T-Mobile’s Shadow looks to be gearing up to be released,
as it has just shown up on the FCC’s website. Based on the information that is available, the
Shadow II should be rather similar to the original Shadow, though it will sport improvements such
as Windows Mobile 6.1, a faster processor, and a curvier design. The user manual also shows
separate battery life for GSM and UMA, which should be a big hint that it will support
T-Mobile’s UMA-based Unlimited HotSpot Calling service. Other features of the phone include a
2.6-inch QVGA display, scroll wheel, 2 megapixel camera, slide-out keyboard, Wi-Fi, microSD card
and quad-band GSM/EDGE. While specification details are aplenty, there isn’t a release date
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Background Info:
Phone: Iphone 3G firmware 2.1 Jailbroken (but not unlocked)
OS: Windows XP
Software: Itunes 7.7 and Itunes 8.0 (latest)
Story:
My phone crashed when I tried taking a call while the phone was charging. When I picked up the
phone, I yanked it a little too hard (damn cords are too short) and the usb connection was
half-pulled out while at the same time, I managed to slide the answer bar all the way to the
screen, resulting in the phone crashing.
I pressed power + home to shut off the phone and hopefully turn it back on. It wouldn't turn back
on.
So I went home and tried to put it in DFU mode. Itunes 7.7 was able to detect it I downloaded the
firmware 2.1 (even though 2.2 has been out for a few days, I didn't want to update yet). I hit
shift-restore and selected the firmware, and after a minute or two when itunes is trying to prepare
the Iphone for restore, it gives me an error message of 1601.
I tried Itunes 8.0 and restore with the firmware. Same result
I tried Itunes 8.0 and restore with the new firmware 2.2. Same result
I even tried Itunes 7.7 and restore with the new firmware 2.2. Still same results.
I noticed that just before it says "Preparing Iphone for restore" I hear the USB disconnection
sound each time, so I figure I would disconnect the phone while it is preparing for the restore,
reconnect it and go through the steps to put the Iphone in DFU.
This time it gave me the error of 1600. For all the same combination above as well. I have
restarted my computer each uninstallation of Itunes (I followed through with removing even programs
like "bonjour", "apple mobile update", etc.
Has anyone had this problem before? How did you solve it? I'm trying really hard not to blame the
person who called, but y'know, anger and frustration overpowers logic. TIA.
In this article, Debjani describes the new features introduced in ColdFusion 8 for creating slide
presentations. She provides comprehensive coverage of cfpresentation, cfpresentationslide, and
cfpresenter tags with the list of attributes with relevant description. Towards the end of the
article she examines the creation of a presentation with complete source code along with the
detailed analysis.
I'm having an issue where the phone will not let me slide to answer or unlock. I'll hit the home
button and the screen will come up with the slider, but if I swipe it won't move. I'll try
repeatedly and nothing. I usually have to hit the lock button and then the home button and try
again. It usually works like normal on the second attempt.
I was having a problem under 2.1 and sent in feedback. I was hoping 2.2 would fix it, but I'm still
having the same problem.
Has anybody have a similar problem? Solutions? I've tried a reboot as well and that did not seem to
work.
Introduction:
What I'm going to be reviewing is the Core Cases Aluminum Slider iPod Touch 1st generation case. It
is an aluminum, two piece case that lock together to protect the iPod Touch.
How I Review: This review is broken up into 3 major categories (Design Overview, Protection
Supplied, and Misc. Comments) with a final wrap-up at the end.
I have never liked the method of reviewing involved the arbitrary assigning of numbers to
quantitatively express a feeling because it is so subjective. Due to this, I will not be giving my
opinions a numerical value, instead I will be using the words excellent, good, neutral, bad, and
horrible. For a brief description of what each means:
Excellent- Either perfect or just barely missing it. Something will receive an excellent
rating if it is the best it could possibly be. Good- Possible to improve, but by no means bad. This is the verdict I would give something
that is good for what it is, but has several things holding it back. Neutral- Neither good nor bad, I don't have any strong feelings. If I feel ambiguous about
something it would receive this rating. Bad- The unfavorable outweighs the favorable aspects. If something is not well designed, or
poorly implemented this is what I would rate it. Horrible- Unacceptably poor. If something impedes the thing it is meant to assist, or is
completely useless I would say this about it.
With that being said, let's start the review.
1) Design Overview
Core Cases is a fairly prominent case maker for the Apple line-up, specializing primarily in
aluminum models. Their long experience making cases is evident when you try this case out.
It is a two piece case, a front portion which covers all but the screen itself and the home button,
and a back portion which covers everything except the Wi-Fi antenna. The front piece also has a cut
out for the ambient light detector. The first thing that you'll notice when you remove the case
from its packaging is how light it is. Being an aluminum case, I had expected something a bit
heavier and bulkier so I was pleasantly surprised. Another nice feature was that the inside is
lined with EVA foam, which prevents the case from scratching either side of the case. It fits the
iPod securely enough though, that you won't have to worry about the iPod shifting throughout a
normal day.
The nice thing about the sliding design is that the case does not have to suffer the additional
bulk of a hinge or connector, as is generally the case with metal cases. The front piece slides
over the bottom piece and clicks into place on two small buttons on either side. The one downside
to this design is that if you hold the front piece only (which wraps around to the sides of the
iPod) and push down firmly on the power button, the front portion of the case will slide off. I
never experienced this during normal use and luckily it was easy enough to avoid once I became
aware of it, but it is inconvenient. I would probably regard this more disapprovingly if I hadn't
discovered it while testing it out upon initially receiving it, but it is the sort of thing where
once you are aware of it the danger is minimal.
The entire bottom of the iPod is exposed, so it should connect easily enough to any device that
requires the bottom jack, but I'm not sure how well it would work with docks as I don't have one to
test it on. The two pieces clip together on the top of the case, but on either side the Power
button and Wi-Fi antenna are exposed. This is a thoughtful touch, as aluminum could hamper the
iPod's connectivity. It does take some getting used to that the antenna is completely exposed, and
I probably would have preferred it to be covered by some sort of clear plastic, but I'm not sure
about the feasability of such a change.
The only small problems that I encountered were mostly cosmetic. The Aluminum looks very sleek, but
it also attracts finger prints like no other. Also, the front piece is very snug on the iPod, but
has just enough room between the edges and the foam for dust and lint to get stuck. If you don't
mind wiping it off once in a while, these shouldn't be a problem, especially as the back part
covers the scratch magnet of the iPod's chassis.
Rating- Good
Generally speaking, this case is an extremely attractive option to somebody looking for a good
basic case to keep their iPod protected. The few small cosmetic grievances that I had, along with
the problem with the power button's depression causing the case to slide apart are all holding this
case back from the excellent category. If you are presented with this case, and don't mind a no
frills design, I would definitely recommend this case.
2) Protection Supplied
This is truly a solid case. For it's light weight design, it seems suprisingly strongly built and
could definitely absorb a good deal of shock from a fall or being knocked against something else.
If I weren't so cautious about my iPod, I would have supreme confidence that my iPod equipped with
this case could stand a fall of several feet onto concrete with only my quiet whimpers as evidence
that something had happened. I'm not sure how well the case itself would fare, as just normal use
in my pocket with a collection of mildly sharp objects of the pen and key variety has caused a
small collection of scratches, but I can't envision the damage being any more than cosmetic.
The case features the more or less standard design of extending a millimeter or so from the iPod's
most valuable asset, the screen, so that if dropped face down there is a diminished chance of a
crack. It also covers all except the screen and home button, meaning that the edges of the screen
are completely covered. It would be nice if Core Cases included something to cover the bottom ports
when not in use, but this isn't a standard accessory so it can't be held against them.
The one somewhat surprising exclusion is a screen protector, which most companies gladly throw in
with a case like this. It seems that the 2nd generation case, which will be released 12/15/08
includes one, but us legacy iPod Touch users are left without one. Still, a screen protector is
something of a convenience so I'm not going to hold the lack of one against them.
Rating- Excellent
Out of all of my cases, I would probably vote this one most likely to take a hit and keep going.
The thing but durable make lends itself to people who handle their iPod roughly or want to be extra
secure. The iPod is held firmly in place, and the inner foam lining keeps the aluminum from
scratching the iPod's case. The buttom ports, and Wi-Fi antenna are left exposed, but only for the
obvious reasons of compatibility and superior signal respectively.
3) Misc. Comments
I don't have much to add here on the product itself, but I'd like to give my opinion in regards to
the company itself. I would like to thank Corey for all of his help in making this review happen,
and CoreCases itself for providing what would be my first review unit. What I found to be most
remarkable was when the case itself came, and I found not only the case but also a small bag of
pop-rocks. At first I was confused, thinking that they must have fallen in from somewhere between
my openning of the box and my removal of the case. Realizing that the box was in the middle of my
desk with no jumping point for a curious bag.
I contacted Corey, and he told me that in every online purchase a small suprise is included so that
the consumer has a little something special to look forward too along with the case. You can take
what you will from this, but I personally thought it was a brilliant sentiment and a strong
statement about CoreCases' loyalty to their customers.
Also, this is directly from their website rather than any corespondance, but I thought this was a
good place to mention that if you put the code THEMANTLE in when purchasing a case, it will give
you an additional $5 off.
4) Overall Rating: Good- Excellent
I debated over this one for a while, but I finally decided to put it squarely between a good and an
excellent. I know that this slightly contradicts my scale of rating above, but I figure that it's
my review so I might as well go for it!
Simply put, there it isn't perfect enough for an excellent nor mediocore enough for a good. There's
a lot going well for this case, but there are just a few small but important things holding it
back. As I said above, if you're presented with this case and don't mind a slightly simplistic case
this is pure gold. If you're looking for more frills, you'd best look elsewhere. What you get with
this case is exactly what is advertised, a sleek and protective case.
For it's price point, it is a serious contender for anybody looking to protect their iPod.
ok theres a padlock icon at the top of my iphone, so im assuming it means touching wont work, as it
isnt. my iphone was trying to turn off, but i cant slide the thing because of the lock situation.
:/ i also cant get out of the shut off screen cuz the cancel also is locked. what do i do? @_@
Last month, we saw leaked slides that foretold the arrival of 45nm, Phenom-derived Athlon
processors with two, three, and four cores. Now, HKEPC has posted a new roadmap that says exactly
which chips are coming out whenmdash;and how fast they'll run. If there's any truth to this
information, expect...
Rebecca McKinnon has published an extensive and densely informative blog post in which she shares
findings of her ongoing Chinese blog censorship research. She is developing a more in-depth
academic paper for release in 2009, and welcomes feedback and reaction to what she's posted now,
including the presentation slides which contain more concrete, visual examples of how the
censorship works. Snip: All Chinese blog-hosting companies are required by government regulators to
censor their users' content in order to keep their business licenses. But as Liu discovered, they
all make different choices not only about how to implement censorship requirements, but also how to
treat the users who get censored. Most Chinese bloggers who want an audience inside mainland China
use domestic Chinese blog-hosting services - only a very tiny minority use overseas services like
Blogger or Wordpress.com because they tend to be blocked, and even fewer have the tech skills to do
their own custom Wordpress installation on their own rented server space. The aim of my research
was to look at the Chinese blog-hosting services (which includes foreign brands offering services
inside China to the Chinese market) and establish how much variation there is in terms of what gets
censored and how it gets censored. Since it's not in the interest of people who work at
blog-hosting companies to tell the truth about these things in great detail to a foreign
researcher, I decided that the best way to do this would be to post a range of content across a
number of blog-hosting services and track who censored what and how. With the help of John Kennedy,
Ben Cheng, and some student research assistants, my team posted more than 100 pieces of content -
passages from news items, blogs, and chatrooms of varying political sensitivity - consistently
across 15 different Chinese blog-hosting platforms. We found that censorship levels and methods
vary tremendously from company to company. I have written about some of the interesting findings
that came up as we went along here, here, and here. If I publish a chart naming who censors more
than whom, it is likely that those who censor less will get in trouble with the authorities.
Therefore in the chart at right I have changed all the company names to letters. Of 108 pieces of
content on a variety of public affairs and news-related subjects from a variety of sources (ranging
from Xinhua to dissident websites), the most censor-happy company deleted over half, while the most
laid-back company censored only one. (Note that I only posted one item about FLG and one about
Tiananmen because most bloggers expect those to be censored - it's more interesting to see how
censorship works on topics that Chinese bloggers interested in current events might write about.)
Studying Chinese blog censorship (RConversation) Previously on Boing Boing: Google founder regrets
censoring China - Boing Boing Google, China, and genocide: web censorship and Tibet - Boing Boing
China: gov to expand "Great 'Net Firewall," censor web even more ... Which search engine is worst
censor in China? - Boing Boing Chinese editions of MSN Spaces censor political terms - Boing Boing
How Chinese net-censorship works -- Reporters Without Borders ... Net censorship: HOWTO bypass
China's Great Firewall - Boing Boing China: blog providers sign "self-discipline" act to nix
anonymous ... Okay, *do* be evil: Google launches censored google.cn in China ... Xeni's LAT op-ed:
war, blogs, news, and profit. - Boing Boing Yahoo: dissident shareholders' anti-censor, pro-human
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pIts a good indication of the rabid anticipation surrounding the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that
any tidbit about the giant particle accelerators restart is scrutinized as if it were the Zapruder
film. A case in point is a single image from a 52-slide presentation given recently by Jouml;rg
Wenninger, a member of the operations group at CERN, the European lab for particle physics, where
the LHC sits dormant. (An electrical malfunction that caused a helium leak crippled the accelerator
shortly after it came online in September.) a
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ozmanjusri writes Online market share of the dominant Windows operating system has taken its
biggest monthly fall in years to drop below 90%, according to Net Applications Inc. Computerworld
reports that Microsofts flagship product has been steadily losing ground to Mac OS X and Linux, and
is at its lowest ebb in the market since 1995. Mac OS X... [ended] the month at 8.9%. November was
the third month running that Apples operating system remained above 8%. The stats show that while
some customers are upgrading from XP to Vista, many are jumping ship to Apple, while Linux is also
steadily gaining ground. A Net Applications executive suggests the slide may be caused by many of
the same factors that caused the fall in Internet Explorer use. The more home users who are online,
using Macs and Firefox and Safari, the more those shares go up, he said. November has more weekend
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phone, the N97, which is clearly meant to compete with the iPhone and Google's a
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full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. In terms of its other hardware features, the N97 also clearly
outperforms the iPhone. The N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including the 32 GB that are
already built-in. The phone has a 5 megapixel camera and its GPS is capable of giving turn-by-turn
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and the overall elegance of its user interface. It is hard to say where the N97 falls here based on
the videos we have seen so far. Earlier Nokia N-series phones also featured extremely capable
hardware, but the operating system made it extremely hard to make good use of these features. In
terms of software, Nokia does have one ace up its sleeve, and that is the N97's ability to play
Flash videos and games. The OS also supports copy and paste, which is still sorely missing on the
iPhone./p h2Widgets/h2 pThe main feature of the phone's touch-enhanced Symbian OS is its support
for widgets, which will be open for third-party developers and are available for download through
an application on the phone itself. Nokia calls the N97 a 'mobile computer,' and a lot of its
success will surely depend on the applications that third-party developers will develop for the
phone. Apple's App store already features over 10,000 native applications, so Nokia definitely has
to play catch-up here./p pWe have to say that the phone's hardware and user interface look
extremely slick. Of course, we haven't been able to get our hands on one yet, and the a
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biggest monthly fall in years to drop below 90%, according to Net Applications Inc. Computerworld
reports that Microsoft's flagship product has been steadily losing ground to Mac OS X and Linux,
and is at its lowest ebb in the market since 1995. 'Mac OS X... [ended] the month at 8.9%. November
was the third month running that Apple's operating system remained above 8%.' The stats show that
while some customers are 'upgrading' from XP to Vista, many are jumping ship to Apple, while Linux
is also steadily gaining ground. A Net Applications executive suggests the slide may be caused by
many of the same factors that caused the fall in Internet Explorer use. 'The more home users who
are online, using Macs and Firefox and Safari, the more those shares go up,' he said. November has
more weekend days, as well Thanksgiving in the US, a result that emphasizes the importance of
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