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pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/software-update/" rel="tag"Software
Update/a/ppimg vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="right" alt=""
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released Pro Applications Update 2008-04, which includes updates to Final Cut Pro, Compressor,
Color, DVD Studio Pro, Cinema Tools, Motion, Soundtrack Pro and Shake. The update, according to
Apple, "addresses general performance issues and improves overall stability."/p pNo specific
details were provided about what the update improved about each software component, other than to
say each update "addresses specific customer issues and general performance issues." The updates
are recommended for all users of the software./p pThe update includes the following versions:/p ul
liFinal Cut Pro 6.0.5/li liCompressor 3.0.5/li liShake 4.1.1/li liDVD Studio Pro 4.2.1/li liCinema
Tools 4.0.1/li liMotion 3.0.2/li liColor 1.0.3/li liSoundtrack Pro 2.0.2/li /ul pThe update is
available a href="http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/download/"from Apple's website/a./p
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div class="rxbodyfield"p page="1" class="ArticleBody"Remember when a phone was just a phone?
You#39;d no more give thought to its operating system than you would to the one that your microwave
oven ran. Boy, have times changed./pp align="right"a
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class="ArticleBody"Today#39;s smartphones are pocketable, Net-connected personal computers, and the
OSes they use have a huge impact on their power and their personality. Buy a phone, and you#39;re
committing to a platform just as surely as you are when you choose a PC or a Mac./pp page="1"
class="ArticleBody"b[ Check out Neil McAllister#39;s#160;a
href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/09/sdk_shootout_an.html?source=fssr"SDK
shoot-out of Android vs. iPhone/a#160;as well as InfoWorld#39;s Test Center review of#160;#160;a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/15/42TC-t-mobile-g1_4.html?source=fssr"Android,
Google#39;s iPhone killer/a. And discover the top-rated IT products as rated by the a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/testcenter/?source=fssr"InfoWorld Test Center/a. ]/b/pp page="1"
class="ArticleBody"To see how today#39;s smartphone OSes stack up, I spent time with five leading
ones as experienced on phones that show them to good advantage: Apple#39;s iPhone OS (which I tried
on the iPhone 3G, using ATamp;T#39;s network), Google#39;s Android (on T-Mobile#39;s G1),
Microsoft#39;s Windows Mobile (on HTC#39;s Touch Diamond, using Sprint), Nokia#39;s S60 3rd Edition
on Symbian (on the company#39;s N96, sold only in unlocked form), and RIM#39;s BlackBerry OS (on
the company#39;s own BlackBerry Bold, using ATamp;T)./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"(Consult a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/125397/top_10_smart_phones.html"PC World#39;s Top 10 Smart
Phones chart/a to see how the hardware compares.)/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"I judged the five
operating systems on their capabilities, ease of use, and visual panache, and considered both their
standard applications and third-party programs./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"strongThe
Winnersbr//strongThe two most impressive operating systems were the two with the briefest
histories: iPhone OS and Android./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Both are built for
Internet-centric devices, both are not only functional but fun, and both make extending your
phone#39;s capabilities with new applications extremely easy. At the moment, a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/149415/blog_apple_updates_iphone_os_thwarts_hackers_fixes_flaws.html"iPhone
OS/a beats the a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007790.html"newer, rougher Google OS/a ; over
time, a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007815.html"Android#39;s open-source
design/a and lack of restrictions on third-party developers could give it an edge over Apple#39;s
more locked-down approach./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Among the old-timers, the a
target="_blank" href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007731.html"BlackBerry OS/a is
doing a solid job of preserving the strengths that made it popular in the first place while keeping
up with the times. In contrast, I regret to report, a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/144024/microsoft_updates_windows_mobile_ie_mobile.html?tk=rel_news"Windows
Mobile/a and a target="_blank" href="http://www.s60.com/life"S60 3rd Edition/a are aging badly.
Let#39;s delve more deeply./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"strongApple iPhone OSbr//strongemWhat it
is:/em iPhone OS is a pocket-size version of the a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/138964/review_mac_os_x_leopard.html"Mac#39;s OS X/a , shrunk
down and redesigned to power the iPhone 3G./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"emHow it works:/em As
you zip your way around the iPhone 3G#39;s multitouch interface with your fingertips, hardware and
software blur into one pleasing experience. With other OSs, it#39;s all too easy to get lost in
menus or forget how to accomplish simple tasks; a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007238.html"iPhone apps/a , however, are
remarkably sleek and consistent. The OS#39;s most infamous omission is cut-and-paste capability --
but to tell the truth, I haven#39;t missed it yet./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"emHow it
looks:/em Terrific. Everything from the sophisticated typography to the smooth animation effects
contributes to the richest, most attractive environment ever put on a handheld device./pp page="1"
class="ArticleBody"emBuilt-in applications:/em What#39;s good is great--especially the a
target="_blank" href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006651.html"Safari browser/a ,
which makes navigating around sites that were never designed to be viewed on a phone remarkably
simple. And the OS#39;s music and video programs truly are of iPod caliber. But as a productivity
tool, the iPhone lacks depth: You can#39;t search e-mail, and you get no apps for editing documents
or managing a to-do list./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"emThird-party stuff:/em Just months after
Apple opened up the iPhone to other developers, thousands of programs are available, and
downloading them directly via the App Store is a cakewalk. The best ones, a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007515.html"such as Facebook/a and a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/149833/top_five_free_iphone_productivity_apps.html"the
Evernote note-taker/a , are outstanding. But the a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/143552/apple_waitlists_wouldbe_iphone_developers.html"limitations
that Apple puts on third-party apps/a -- they can#39;t run in the background or access data other
than their own -- place major obstacles in the way of everything from instant messengers to office
suites. And Apple, the sole distributor of iPhone software, has declined to make available some
useful applications that developers have submitted./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"emBottom
line:/em iPhone OS is easily the most enjoyable and intuitive phone operating system in existence,
but its growth could be stunted unless Apple keeps its control-freak tendencies in check./pp
page="2" class="ArticleBody"strongGoogle Android/strongbr/emWhat it is:/em Google#39;s new phone OS
is an ambitious open-source platform intended to let companies customize it to their liking for an
array of handsets. So far, however, it#39;s available on just one model, a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/39727/review/g1.html"T-Mobile#39;s G1/a ./pp page="2"
class="ArticleBody"emHow it works:/em On the G1, Android#39;s interface feels like an
iPhone/BlackBerry mashup -- much of it uses the touch screen, but you get a trackball and Menu,
Home, and Back buttons, too. The highly customizable desktop is a plus. Overall, it compares well
to older platforms but isn#39;t as effortless as the iPhone./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"emHow
it looks:/em Android isn#39;t an aesthetic masterpiece like iPhone OS, but it#39;s fresh and
appealing, and it makes good use of the G1#39;s high-resolution screen./pp page="2"
class="ArticleBody"emBuilt-in applications:/em They#39;re tightly integrated with a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/140513/six_easy_ways_to_conquer_gmail.html"Google services
such as Gmail/a and a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/145844/26_tricks_to_help_you_tame_google_calendar.html"Google
Calendar/a -- the first thing you do when you turn on the phone for the first time is to give it
your a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/153055/google_moves_to_openid.html"Google account info/a .
(That#39;s fine as long as you#39;re not dependent on alternatives such as a target="_blank"
href="http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/082608-exchange-replacements.html"Microsoft Exchange/a
.)/pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Android#39;s browser lacks the iPhone#39;s multitouch navigation
but is otherwise a close rival. The best thing about its music features is the ability to download
a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/130853/four_ways_to_reclaim_your_digital_rights.html"DRM-free/a
songs from Amazon. The only videos it can play are YouTube clips, alas./pp page="2"
class="ArticleBody"emThird-party stuff:/em Developers are just beginning to hop on the Android
bandwagon. The a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/152613/google_launches_android_market.html"iPhone-like Market
service/a lets you download apps directly to the phone from Google; unlike with the iPhone, you can
also snag programs from third-party merchants a target="_blank"
href="http://www.handango.com/homepage/Homepage.jsp?storeId=2218w.handango.com/homepage/Homepage.jsp?storeId=2218"such
as Handango/a ./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"emBottom line:/em Android#39;s potential is
gigantic, especially if it winds up on scads of phones. On the G1, it#39;s a promising work in
progress./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"strongRIM BlackBerry OS/strongbr/emWhat it is:/em This
software powers RIM#39;s BlackBerry smart phones, including the a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/29994/review/blackberry_8300_curve.html"Curve/a , a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/29346/review/blackberry_pearl.html"Pearl/a , and a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/29846/review/blackberry_8800.html"8800/a , as well as
the new a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/43074/review/rim_blackberry_bold.html"Bold/a and a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/153773/verizon_wireless_to_launch_blackberry_storm_next_week.html"Storm/a
models./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"emHow it works:/em The basic concepts behind the BlackBerry
interface have changed remarkably little in a decade. And why should they? In its own way, the
BlackBerry interface is just as logical and consistent as the iPhone#39;s: On most models you
perform almost every function in every application with a trackball, a Menu button, and a button
that lets you back out to the previous screen./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"Master those three
actions, and you can whip around the OS with extreme speed. (I haven#39;t tried the Storm, which
replaces the standard BlackBerry controls with an iPhone-style touch screen.)/pp page="3"
class="ArticleBody"emHow it looks:/em The BlackBerry OS is fairly mundane and text-centric,
although recent models such as the Bold dress it up with crisper fonts and slicker icons./pp
page="3" class="ArticleBody"emBuilt-in applications:/em The BlackBerry#39;s e-mail and calendaring
applications still set the standard for efficient design and reliable real-time connectivity with
widely used messaging systems such as Microsoft Exchange./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"The Bold
introduces a much-improved new browser that rivals iPhone OS and Android in its ability to display
sites the way their designers intended; its music and video apps are serviceable enough but still
secondary to the productivity tools./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"emThird-party stuff:/em Once
upon a time, users didn#39;t have many BlackBerry programs to choose from, but recently the market
has boomed--thousands, from productivity apps to games, are available now. Windows Mobile and S60
have even more bountiful selections, though./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"Currently BlackBerry
has no over-the-air storefront comparable to Apple#39;s App Store or Android Market. a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/154131/8_reasons_to_pick_iphone_over_blackberry_storm.html"RIM#39;s
BlackBerry storefront/a is expected to launch in March 2009./pp page="3"
class="ArticleBody"emBottom line:/em The BlackBerry OS is an old dog, but a smart one -- and one
that#39;s proving itself capable of learning new tricks./pp page="3"
class="ArticleBody"strongMicrosoft Windows Mobile/strongbr/emWhat it is:/em As its name makes
clear, this is Microsoft#39;s mobile edition of Windows. Version 6.1 ships on a dozen phones from
manufacturers such as HTC (with its a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/32187/review/touch_diamond.html"Touch Diamond/a ),
Motorola, Palm, and Samsung./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"Here#39;s a video showing the best of
the new features of Windows Mobile 6.1./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"Some manufacturers --
including HTC with the Diamond, Palm, and Samsung -- supplement Windows Mobile with their own
software layer or tweaks to the underlying Windows Mobile OS./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"emHow
it works:/em Surprisingly, Windows Mobile acts like a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/browse.html?cat=2207amp;type=2"full-strength Windows/a , complete with
a Start menu and system tray. That isn#39;t a virtue -- who wants to squint at tiny icons on
devices meant for on-the-go use? The Touch Diamond covers up part of Microsoft#39;s stylus-oriented
interface with a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/43890/review/fuze.html"a fingertip-driven system
called TouchFLO/a that#39;s nowhere near as elegant and intuitive as the iPhone./pp page="3"
class="ArticleBody"emHow it looks:/em It#39;s workmanlike. But it falls far, far short of iPhone
OS#39;s surface gloss./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"Built-in applications: The version of
Internet Explorer on current phones is profoundly archaic; the Touch Diamond dumps it for a
target="_blank" href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006440.html"Opera Mobile/a .
(Microsoft has released a new version of IE, but it isn#39;t yet available on any phones.) On the
other hand, the productivity apps -- basic versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint --
aren#39;t bad./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"emThird-party stuff:/em The best thing about this OS
is the sheer variety of available applications in every category. Utilities such as a
target="_blank" href="http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/"Lakeridge Software#39;s WisBar Advance/a
let you tweak the interface#39;s look, feel, and functionality, compensating for some of its
deficiencies. But you get no built-in app store #224; la iPhone OS and Android./pp page="4"
class="ArticleBody"emBottom line:/em Windows Mobile has fallen behind the times on multiple fronts.
Microsoft#39;s next major overhaul isn#39;t expected until late 2009 or 2010; by then, version 6.1
will be all but irrelevant./pp page="4" class="ArticleBody"strongNokia S60 3rd Edition on
Symbian/strongbr/emWhat it is:/em S60 3rd Edition is the version of the venerable Symbian mobile OS
found in a variety of smart phones, not only from Nokia (including a target="_blank"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150606/nokia_ships_first_units_of_n96.html"its
new N96/a) but also LG and Samsung./pp page="4" class="ArticleBody"emHow it works:/em S60#39;s
interface dates from the days when even the smartest phones sported only a numeric keypad and a few
other buttons, and it tends to make you shuffle through menus one laborious item at a time. (The
BlackBerry OS does a much better job of making non-touch-screen devices fast and efficient.)/pp
page="4" class="ArticleBody"emHow it looks:/em It#39;s pretty old-fashioned by today#39;s
standards, with blocky fonts and retro icons./pp page="4" class="ArticleBody"emBuilt-in
applications:/em The programs vary from phone to phone. The N96 I tried includes a reasonably
comprehensive suite of apps, and judged purely on available features, they#39;re respectable; the
browser, for instance, has a zoom-in/zoom-out interface that#39;s theoretically similar to the one
in iPhone OS#39;s Safari. But the clunky interface leaves them feeling less powerful than the apps
on any other phone I tried for this article./pp page="4" class="ArticleBody"emThird-party stuff:/em
A profusion of useful S60-compatible applications is available at sites such as Handango -- one of
the deepest libraries for any platform, thanks to Symbian#39;s long life span and wide usage./pp
page="4" class="ArticleBody"emBottom line:/em S60 3rd Edition is stale in comparison with iPhone OS
and Android, but it#39;s also heading for retirement. The new a target="_blank"
href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8203_S60_5th_Edition-touch_and_sens.php"S60 5th
Edition/a brings the OS up-to-date with features such as touch-screen support; a target="_blank"
href="http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1256590"Nokia#39;s 5800 XpressMusic/a , the first phone
to use it, won#39;t arrive in the United States until early next year./pp page="4"
class="ArticleBody"emFormer PC World editor in chief Harry McCracken now blogs at his own site,/em
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pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/holidays/" rel="tag"Holidays/a/pp
style="font-style: italic;"From tablets to type, finding the right gift for the choosy graphics
expert in your life can be frustrating. Here are plenty of ideas at a variety of price points that
should make any designer merry and joyful./p p style="font-style: italic;"br //p pstrongGraphics
Tablets/strong br /img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="right"
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/hgg-rp-tablets-23472934.jpg" alt="" /For any
designer, a graphics tablet is a great way to illustrate, or just precisely control your mouse. I
started using one about eight years ago to cope with a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury"RSI/a, and I've never looked back.
Wacom offers the Graphire Wireless 6" x 8" tablet that connects to your Mac via Bluetooth. (It's
not entirely wireless, however: you have to plug it in to charge it.) You can use it up to 30 feet
away. If Bluetooth isn't your thing, or charging your tablet every night doesn't sound like fun,
the Intuos 3 USB tablet is available in a variety of sizes, including 6" x 8". The USB version also
offers more dynamic pressure sensitivity, touch strips, accessories, and a five-button mouse./p ul
lia href="http://www.wacom.com/graphire/6x8_bt.cfm"Wacom Graphire Wireless 6 x 8 tablet/a: $249/li
lia href="http://www.wacom.com/intuos/6x8.cfm"Wacom Intuos 3 USB 6 x 8 tablet/a: $329/li /ul br
style="clear: both;" / pstrongSlimKey v2/strong br /img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0"
align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/hgg-rp-slimkey-23847928.jpg"
alt="" /Keeping your desk tidy is a constant challenge for the designer. Designers tend to fall
into three categories when organizing their desks: emthe piler/em, emthe spreader/em, and
emwhatever/em. In any case, keeping your monitor up and away from the mess is sometimes helpful
(or, it gives you more room to spread stuff into). The SlimKey v2 raises your iMac or Cinema
Display with a spiffy ribbon of aluminum designed to match your hardware. Plus, it features four
powered USB 2.0 ports: very handy if you have an iMac and a lot of peripherals./p ul lia
href="http://www.macessity.com/index.php?target=productsamp;product_id=29803"SlimKey v2/a: $65/li
/ul br style="clear: both;" /pa
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pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/mac-101/" rel="tag"Mac 101/a/pimg width="225"
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alt="" /Have you ever been reading an email in Leopard's Mail.app and thought, "Oh, I need to
remember that"? If you can right click, then you can remember anything, quickly and easily, using
Todos. When you come across something in an email you want to remember, first highlight the text.
br /br /Next, right-click on it and select "New Todo." The current message window will then show a
notepad-style view of the selected text. From there, you can change the due date and priority.
Finally, assign that todo to the iCal calendar of your choice by clicking the orange arrow/circle
beside the item. br /br /Mail displays Todos in the sidebar. To see your tasks in iCal, select
"Show To Do List" from the "View" menu.br /br /emWant more tips and tricks like this? Visit TUAW's
a href="http://tuaw.com/category/Mac-101"Mac 101/a section./emp style="padding:5px;clear:both;"a
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pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag"iPhone/a, a
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alt="" /Do you like keeping up with friends on social networks? Do you have an iPhone? If so, you
might be interested in a new social networking application for the iPhone called Ziibii. Ziibii [a
href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296290455amp;mt=8"iTunes
link/a] brings an innovative approach to viewing your social networking sites and RSS feeds --
without ever leaving this one app. Ziibii allows you to see friend updates, videos, and photos from
a href="http://twitter.com"Twitter/a, a href="http://facebook.com"Facebook/a, a
href="http://flickr.com"Flickr/a, and a href="http://youtube.com"YouTube/a.br /br /Ziibii's killer
feature is its "River" feature, which depicts friend updates, photos, videos, and RSS feed
headlines "floating" down a river on tiny rafts. You can interact with the river and rafts with
gestures. Moving too fast? Move your finger left or right on the screen. You can even make the
river flow in the opposite direction by swiping your finger against flow. br /br /Rafts too close
together? Pick it up and move it. If you tap on a raft, you will be presented with a full screen
view of the update and get the option to share that update via email or Twitter. If you get sea
sick with River view, you can also give list view a try, which stacks updates on top of each other;
swiping right to left loads more updates.br /br /Ziibii comes pre-loaded with some good blogs (TUAW
is listed under the "iPhone Stuff" section), and you can also add your own RSS feeds via the "My
Feeds" setting.br /br /Ziibii has a very nice user interface, and allows you to quickly see all of
your friend updates in a unique fashion. However, we would like to see an option to post updates
and photos to Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr. We would also like to see support for a
href="http://pownce.com"Pownce/a and a href="http://digg.com"Digg/a, among others. With the price
of free, Ziibii is a must-have application for anyone that uses social networks. You can download
Ziibii from the a
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InfoWorld: Top News -
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div class="rxbodyfield"p page="1" class="ArticleBody"The U.S. government may be poised to reverse
course on its market-only approach to rolling out broadband and a smart electricity grid to all
corners of the country, advocates said Thursday./pp align="right"a
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width="336" height="280" border="0" alt="" align="right"//a/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"With a
Democratic Congress and a Democratic and tech-savvy president in Barack Obama, the upcoming months
will be the time to push for government involvement in building network infrastructure, said Ben
Scott, policy director of Free Press, a communications policy advocacy group./pp page="1"
class="ArticleBody"b[ Google#39;s CEO says#160;a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/18/Googles_Schmidt_Innovation_must_come_first_1.html?source=rssamp;url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/18/Googles_Schmidt_Innovation_must_come_first_1.html?source=fssr"private
efforts not enough; government must take the lead/a. And Ted Samson#39;s#160;a
href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/?source=fssr"Sustainable IT blog/a#160;reports
how#160;a
href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2008/11/sun_joins_in_ca.html?source=fssr"coalitions
are calling on Congress for a clean energy economy/a. Your source for the latest in government IT
news and issues: Subscribe to InfoWorld#39;s a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/newsletter/subscribe.html?source=fssr"Government IT newsletter/a.
]/b/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"In recent years, some conservatives and broadband providers have
called on the government to stay out of broadband rollout, saying such quot;industrial-policyquot;
intervention could lead to a heavily regulated industry, with little competition and high prices.
quot;I#39;m about to use some words that have been profane in this town for the last eight
years,quot; Scott said at a Google-sponsored forum on broadband and electricity policy. quot;We
need an industrial policy.quot;/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"The U.S. broadband market isn#39;t
competitive now, with most people having only one or two providers, Scott said. The U.S. pays more
per megabit of service than most other industrialized nations, and it#39;s 15th among
industrialized nations in broadband adoption, speakers said./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"If
policy makers agree that universal broadband and a higher broadband adoption rate are crucial for
the U.S. economy, quot;then we#39;re going to have to take some really aggressive measures to get
there,quot; Scott said./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Thursday#39;s event was the first of three
Google-sponsored discussions in Washington, D.C., concerning policy recommendations the company has
for the next Congress and the Obama administration. In a speech Tuesday, Google Chairman and CEO
Eric Schmidt a target="_blank"
href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/11/eric-schmidt-on-whats-ahead-in-2009.html"laid
out/a many of Google#39;s policy goals, including a national broadband policy, energy independence,
and a more open and accessible government./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"In addition to addressing
broadband, Thursday#39;s panel talked about a need for a quot;smartquot; electricity grid, which
would allow customers to monitor their electricity use in real time and allow them to work with
electricity utilities to reduce use during peak demand. Both universal broadband and a smart
electricity grid will take major investments and require leadership and strong public support, said
Michael Oldak, senior director of state competitive and regulatory policies for the Edison Electric
Institute, a trade group representing electric companies./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Oldak
compared the challenges facing the outdated electrical grid to the challenge of sending astronauts
to the moon in the 1960s. quot;We need that same kind of drive to get more kids into science and
engineering,quot; he said./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Asked if the public would support higher
prices for an improved electrical grid, Oldak said that#39;s the wrong question to ask. In pilot
programs using quot;smartquot; thermostats, customers have saved 10 percent to 15 percent on their
electric bills by allowing electric companies to control electricity use during peak hours. For
instance, an electric company could adjust the temperatures of air conditioners or heaters via the
thermostats to reduce electricity consumption. Without smart grids, the U.S. will continue to waste
energy and the energy industry will have to build dozens of new power plants to keep up with
demand, he said./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"quot;You can#39;t look at this as adding $5 to
people#39;s bills,quot; he said. quot;You#39;ve got to look at what the situation will look like
with or without smart grids.quot;/pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Since Schmidt#39;s speech, there
have been some detractors to Google#39;s policy vision. While privacy groups have raised concerns
about the practices of Google and other online companies, Google#39;s policy goals don#39;t mention
privacy, said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy and a
frequent Google critic./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"quot;Failing to acknowledge privacy online
is a glaring omission and undermines the company#39;s credibility,quot; Chester said. quot;Google
should acknowledge that protecting online privacy must be a key task for the new administration and
Congress. Google is so generous making suggestions, but fails to reflect how its own data
collection house should be put in order.quot;/pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Blogger Matt Sherman,
of a target="_blank"
href="http://www.onlyrepublican.com/orinsf/2008/11/is-broadband-a-public-utility.html"The Only
Republican in San Francisco/a , questioned remarks by Obama transition official Susan Crawford,
suggesting broadband should be treated like a public utility, one way the government could get
involved in broadband rollout./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"quot;Is there anyone in the
technology world who sees public utilities as a model for innovation?quot; Sherman wrote. quot;A
1.5 megabit connection (T1) was an unimaginable luxury when I started in tech in the mid-90#39;s.
It was for well-funded companies only. Today, it is a low-end consumer connection and costs around
80% less. Has your sewage service followed a similar trajectory?quot;/pp page="2"
class="ArticleBody"But a national broadband policy would not have to mean excessive government
subsidies, said Gigi Sohn, president of digital rights group Public Knowledge. It could mean tax
breaks for companies that roll out broadband in underserved areas and a thorough review of wireless
spectrum use, she said at Thursday#39;s forum./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"People who aren#39;t
connected to broadband will have more and more social and economic disadvantages, added Scott.
quot;What are the consequences of not being connected to the 21st-century network?quot; he said./pp
page="2" class="ArticleBody"#160;/p/divbr style=clear: both;/ a
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Some a href=http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/rogue_antispyware.shtmlrogue/a antivirus applications
are overtly malicious. a href=http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/rogue_w32_xpantivirus.shtmlXP
Antivirus 2008/a and XP Antivirus 2009 have numerous affiliates utilizing rootkits and plenty of
other nasty techniques in order to get themselves installed (and purchased). Theyre a real pain in
thehellip; neck.br /br /As an interesting aside ndash; XP Antivirus 2008 and XP Antivirus 2009 are
actually produced by two different gangs. Variants of one sometimes attempt to uninstall and
disable the other.br /br /Then there are some rogues that are just kind of sadhellip; were tempted
to call them lame-ware rather than scareware.br /br /Last week, someone calling himself Mirando
submitted this to our bmoderated/b comment system:br /br /img width=740 height=200 border=0
src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/Search_and_Destroy_Antispyware.png
alt=Search-and-Destroy Antispyware /br /br /What are the odds that such a comment, promoting a
dubious application, will be approved by us? Not likely.br /br /This is how the bsearch-and-destroy
.com/b site appears:br /br /img width=750 height=290 border=0
src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/Search_and_Destroy.png alt=Search-and-Destroy /br /br
/The site just uses a simple Flash graphic for basic animation; there are no fake scans that
attempt to scare the visitor. Its all very quiet, relying perhaps on its name.br /br /This
application, search-and-destroy, should not of course be confused with Spybot Search amp; Destroy,
a well known and respected antispyware application.br /br /We downloaded and tested the
bSearch-and-Destroy Antispyware/b application.br /br /First it prompted a warning that there were
zero risks.br /br /img width=225 height=215 border=0
src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/S_and_D_Startup_Risk.png alt=Startup Risk /br /br /Then
we performed the scan and there were 159 problems discovered. All 159 were not fixable in the trial
version.br /br /img width=405 height=274 border=0
src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/S_and_D_Scan_Finished.png alt=Scan Finished /br /br
/Within the malicious threats that were discovered, were invalid shortcuts.br /br /img width=719
height=496 border=0 src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/S_and_D_Threat_Details.png
alt=Threat Details /br /br /True, the links were invalid, but thats hardly a threat.br /br /So we
uninstalled the application, and it left behind a registry key:br /br /img width=623 height=39
border=0 src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/S_and_D_After_Uninstall.png alt=After
Uninstall /br /br /Typical. The scan warned us about invalid shorts, and then leaves behind an
invalid registry key.br /br /Mirando has a
href=http://www.google.com/search?q=%22I+am+a+computer+teacher+in+a+reputed+school.+The+computers+of+our+school+were+severely+plagued+with+trojans%22amp;hl=enamp;filter=0posted
to other forums/a as well.br /br /img width=722 height=183 border=0
src=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/Search_and_Destroy_Antispyware_2910.png alt=Comments
/br /br /Based on the IP address used when posting to our comments system, Mirando lives in New
Delhi, India. We suspect that hes young and that these posts are early attempts at making money via
an affiliate program.br /br /We hope that hell consider quiting while hes ahead, and doesnt move on
to the hard-rogues. pOn 21/11/08 At 12:07 PM/p
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1 days and 6 hours ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/analysisopinion/" rel="tag"Analysis / Opinion/a,
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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
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hspace="5"/[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top
free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days, as well as any notable
features on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look
at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The
delights in this edition include an IGF Grand Prize winner .../pdiv class="feedflare" a
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ScottGu's Blog -
1 days and 8 hours ago
font size="2" face="arial" pLast month I blogged about a target="_blank"
href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/09/28/jquery-and-microsoft.aspx"how Microsoft is
extending support for jQuery/a.#160; Over the last few weeks we've been working with the jQuery
team to add great jQuery intellisense support within Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer
2008 Express (which is free).#160; This is now available to download and use./p h3Steps to Enable
jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008/h3 pTo enable intellisense completion for jQuery within VS you'll
want to follow three steps:/p pustrongStep 1: Install VS 2008 SP1/strong/u/p pVS 2008 SP1 adds
richer JavaScript intellisense support to Visual Studio, and adds code completion support for a
broad range of JavaScript libraries. /p pYou can download VS 2008 SP1 and Visual Web Developer 2008
Express SP1 a target="_blank" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/cc533448.aspx"here/a./p
pstronguStep 2: Install VS 2008 Patch KB958502 to Support quot;-vsdoc.jsquot; Intellisense
Files/u/strong/p pTwo weeks ago we shipped a patch that you can apply to VS 2008 SP1 and VWD 2008
Express SP1 that causes Visual Studio to check for the presence of an optional quot;-vsdoc.jsquot;
file when a JavaScript library is referenced, and if present to use this to drive the JavaScript
intellisense engine./p pThese annotated quot;-vsdoc.jsquot; files can include XML comments that
provide help documentation for JavaScript methods, as well as additional code intellisense hints
for dynamic JavaScript signatures that cannot automatically be inferred.#160; You can learn more
about this patch a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/11/07/hotfix-to-enable-vsdoc-js-intellisense-doc-files-is-now-available.aspx"here/a.#160;
You can download it for free a target="_blank"
href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB958502/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1736"here/a./p
pstronguStep 3: Download the jQuery-vsdoc.js file/u/strong/p pWe've worked with the jQuery team to
put together a jQuery-vsdoc.js file that provides help comments and support for JavaScript
intellisense on chained jQuery selector methods.#160; You can download both jQuery and the
jQuery-vsdoc file from the a target="_blank"
href="http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery#Download_jQuery"official download page/a on the
jQuery.com site:/p pimg src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step1.png" / /p pSave the
jquery-vsdoc.js file next to your jquery.js file in your project (and make sure its naming prefix
matches the jquery file name):/p pimg src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step2.png" /
/p pYou can then reference the standard jquery file with an html lt;script/gt; element like so:/p
pimg src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step3.png" / /p pOr alternatively reference it
using the lt;asp:scriptmanager/gt; control, or by adding a /// lt;reference/gt; comment at the top
of a standalone .js file.#160; /p pWhen you do this VS will now look for a -vsdoc.js file in the
same directory as the script file you are referencing, and if found will use it for help and
intellisense.#160; The annotated /p pFor example, we could use jQuery to make a JSON based get
request, and get intellisense for the method (hanging off of $.):/p pimg
src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step4.png" / /p pAs well as help/intellisense for
the $.getJSON() method's parameters:/p pimg
src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step5.png" /#160;/p pThe intellisense will continue
to work if you nest a callback function within the method call.#160; For example, we might want to
iterate over each JSON object returned from the server:/p pimg
src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step6.png" / /p pAnd for each of the items we could
execute another nested callback function:/p pimg
src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step7.png" / /p pWe could use the each callback
function to dynamically append a new image to a list (the image src attribute will point to the URL
of the returned JSON media image):/p pimg
src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step8.png" / /p pAnd on each dynamically created
image we could wire-up a click event handler so that when it is pressed it will disappear via an
animation:/p pimg src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step10.png" / /p pNotice how the
jQuery intellisense works cleanly at each level of our code.#160; /p h3JavaScript Intellisense Tips
and Tricks/h3 pJeff King from the Web Tools team a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/11/18/jscript-intellisense-faq.aspx"wrote up a
great post/a earlier this week that answers a number of common questions about how JavaScript
intellisense works with VS 2008.#160; I highly recommend reading it./p pOne trick he talks about
which I'll show here is a technique you can use when you want to have JavaScript intellisense work
within user-controls/partials (.ascx files).#160; Often you don't want to include a JavaScript
library lt;script src=quot;quot;/gt; reference#160; within these files, and instead have this live
on the master page or content page the user control is used within.#160; The problem of course when
you do this is that by default VS has no way of knowing that this script is available within the
user control - and so won't provide intellisense of it for you./p pOne way you can enable this is
by adding the lt;script src=quot;quot;/gt; element to your user control, but then surround it with
a server-side lt;% if %gt; block that always evaluates to false at runtime:/p pimg
src="http://www.scottgu.com/blogposts/jquerynov/step11.png" / /p pAt runtime ASP.NET will never
render this script tag (since it is wrapped in an if block that is always false).#160; However, VS
emwill/em evaluate the lt;script/gt; tag and provide intellisense for it within the
user-control.#160; A useful technique to use for scenarios like the user control one.#160; Jeff has
even more details in his a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/11/18/jscript-intellisense-faq.aspx"FAQ post/a
as well as his a target="_blank"
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/10/28/rich-intellisense-for-jquery.aspx"original
jQuery intellisense post/a.#160; Rick Strahl also has a good post about using jQuery intellisense a
target="_blank" href="http://www.west-wind.com/Weblog/posts/536756.aspx"here/a./p h3More
Information/h3 pTo learn more about jQuery, I recommend watching Stephen Walther's a
target="_blank" href="http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC31/"ASP.NET and jQuery/a PDC talk. a
target="_blank"
href="http://weblogs.asp.net/stephenwalther/archive/2008/10/29/jquery-and-asp-net-ajax-demo-code.aspx"Click
here/a to download his code samples and powerpoint presentation./p pRick Strahl also has a really
nice a href="http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/jQuery/default.aspx"Introduction to jQuery/a
article that talks about using jQuery with ASP.NET.#160; Karl Seguin has two nice jQuery primer
posts a target="_blank"
href="http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/ajax/JQuery-Primer-Part-1.aspx"here/a and a
target="_blank" href="http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/ajax/JQuery-Primer-Part-2.aspx"here/a that
provide shorter overviews of some of the basics of how to use jQuery.#160; /p pI also highly
recommend the a target="_blank"
href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933988355/102-4745100-5076967?ie=UTF8amp;tag=scoblo04-20amp;linkCode=xm2amp;camp=1789amp;creativeASIN=1933988355"jQuery
in Action/a book./p pHope this helps,/p pScott/p /fontimg
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) -
1 days and 11 hours ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/software-update/" rel="tag"Software Update/a, a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/ipod-touch/" rel="tag"iPod touch/a/ppimg vspace="5" hspace="5"
border="0" align="right"
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/ipod22-2934028234.jpg" alt="" /Apple also
released a firmware update for iPod touch, bringing it in line with most version 2.2 updates for
iPhone released a little while ago. It doesn't appear, however, that iPod touch users get the
enhancements to the Maps app that iPhone users do. em(Thanks, Guillermo!)/em/p pThe update contains
enhancements to Mail, fixes connection issues with WPA-secured wireless networks, improves Safari
stability, and includes a new preference to turn off auto-correction for typing./p pAlso, podcasts
are now available for download from within the iTunes app, and pressing the Home button from any
home screen will now take you to the first home screen./p pSeveral security enhancements are
included, too, updating CoreGraphics, ImageIO, networking, Office Viewer, Passcode Lock, Safari and
Webkit. A complete list of security updates is a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318"available
on Apple's website/a./p pThe update is available by clicking "Check for Update" with your iPod
selected in the Devices area of the sidebar in iTunes./pp style="padding:5px;clear:both;"a
href="http://www.tuaw.com"TUAW/aa
href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/21/apple-also-releases-iphone-os-for-ipod-touch-2-2/"Apple also
releases iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.2 /a originally appeared on a href="http://www.tuaw.com"The
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) -
1 days and 12 hours ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/itunes/" rel="tag"iTunes/a, a
href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag"iPhone/a/pimg vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1"
src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/11/iphone2.2.jpg" alt="" /br /The long awaited
iPhone firmware version 2.2 has appeared in iTunes and is ready for download. You can grab it now
by clicking the "Check for Update" button in your iPhone Summary panel. Once you download and
install it let us know how it goes.br /embr /Thanks to everyone who sent this in!/emp
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1 days and 15 hours ago
pFiled under: a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/itunes/" rel="tag"iTunes/a, a
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8.0.2 "...improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes." They
note that this update adds a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/VoiceOver"VoiceOver/a capabilities for both
iTunes and iTunes U. VoiceOver is the built-in screen reader utility for Mac OS X that helps
visually challenged users. br /br /In addition to VoiceOver, Apple also includes the following
"important" bug fixes: br / ul liAddresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers./li
liFixes a connectivity issue with the iTunes Store when using some Internet proxies with Mac OS
X./li liImproves accessibility with VoiceOver./li /ul You can get this 60MB update via Software
Update (Apple menu gt; Software Update) or by downloading the installer package from the a
href="http://support.apple.com/downloads/"Apple Support Downloads website/a.br /br /emThanks to
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