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Movable Type Goes Open Source

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

mt-logo-small-thumb-300x68 As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose.
Whooooa….watch out WordPress…time to open up the vault and let out the goodies!

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Quickie Links #6

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

quickielinks647 Things People Will Pay You To Shoot
Strobist - Lighting 102: 4.2 — Ultra-Hard Light / Film Noir
StocKFEST - Free Stock Photos [ Photogs Wanted ]
Grafix Lounge - Community for ALL artists
ENTRECard - Your Internet Business Card
Whale Footage.org

iPhone Browser Hacked by Veteran Hacker

Monday, August 20th, 2007

iphone-safari-nyt-big Charlie Miller is a veteran hacker at Independent Security Evaluators who turned his attention to the hottest product of the moment: the Apple iPhone. Last month, Miller disclosed he had found a way to hack the Safari Web browser on the iPhone in a way that allowed him to extract a user’s personal information from the music-cell phone hybrid.

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Blogging is not dead, it’s here to stay!

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

blogging Where blogging is headed:
Blogging is evolving and maturing. Bloggers who have a real passion for writing and who have developed an audience will keep the conversation going in this platform. But the format of blogs is changing, as well as the content of the ones that are starting now.
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California software pirates fined & sentenced

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

In what the federal government called the “largest CD and DVD pirating scheme to be prosecuted in the United States,” two men were fined and sentenced to federal prison terms this week.

Ye Teng Wen, also known as Michael Wen, and Hao He, also known as Kevin He, both of Union City, Calif., were sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, a $125,000 fine and a $500 mandatory special assessment. On June 4, a third man, Yaobin Zhai, also known as Ben Zhai, of Fremont, Calif., received the same sentence but was ordered to pay $6.9 million in restitution. (more…)

B4P - Quick Links 6.11.07

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Writely Moving to Google Accounts

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

 Writely Switching To Google Account Logins

Writely, the online word processing system acquired by Google earlier this year, has taken one extra step into becoming a breathing member of the Google Borg by requiring that their userbase make the switch from their old Writely user login to that of Google Accounts.

The Google Account program is a unified username & password login which spreads over Google News, Personalized Google Search, AdWords and Google Checkout among other Google Services.

New* 20/20 MD - Photoshop Plugin

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Since the advent of digital imaging, we all spend too much time in front of a computer fixing photos, and not enough time behind a camera taking photos. That is about to change.

Introducing 20/20 Color MD, an amazing Adobe Photoshop plug-in that works like an eye exam to quickly color correct your photos. It takes care of all your correction needs, including dynamic range, color balance, brightness, and saturation. There’s even a great highlight and shadow feature built right in.

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Warner warms up to YouTube Agreement

Monday, September 18th, 2006

New York (NY) - Warner Music Group (WMG) and YouTube today announced a joint partnership in which Warner will distribute its copyrighted content through the increasingly popular video sharing site. Warner is the first company to announce support for YouTube’s new “content identification and royalty reporting” system, which YouTube says will be generally available by the end of the year. (more…)

Apple & Google side-by-side on iTV

Monday, September 18th, 2006

 Google and Apple could be snuggling together after rumours circulated about them working together on Apple’s new iTV project.

iTV, which is due for release early next year priced $299, will allow users to watch content stored on their PC on their home television. The service offered is quite similar to products already on the market such as Wintal set top boxes and even Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which can work in conjunction with Vista or Media Centre to play content from your networked PC. (more…)