National Library of Australia Announces Deal with OCLC
Jan Fullerton AO, National Library Director General, said that Australian bibliographic records would be more accessible to millions of researchers worldwide. In turn, the cataloguing records from 110 countries would be available to Libraries Australia subscribers. (Read on Source)
New Jersey PPA Case Settles Before Trial
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The parties in a New Jersey state court PPA case that was scheduled for trial on March 5 settled the action before trial could begin, according to a March 20 order (Roger D. Smith, et al. v. Alza Corp., et al., No. MID-L-009872-02 MT, N.J. Super., Middlesex Co.; See March 2007, Page 3). Full story on lexis.com
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In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared... (Read on Source)
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Felix's victory in 200M signals 400M rivalry with Richards - USA Today
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Enterprise Open Source Magazine: "While this ideal may apply to some open source projects, for the vast majority of open source companies, it is not a case of 'build it and they will come...'"
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CPX Interactive Joins Doubleclick Advertising Exchange
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MacBook Air screen protectors ship
ShaggyMac today began offering its new screen protectors for Apple's MacBook Air. The covers are specifically designed for what Apple claims is the world's thinnest notebook, cushioning the display when the lid is closed and preventing common marks as well as scuffs. The screen protector is made from a slim version of ShaggyMac's T-Micro material, ...
Shoppers Primed for a New World of Shopping Experiences
Biometric fingerprint payments, intelligent shopping carts, holographic sales assistance, and interactive dressing rooms are among the top shopping-experience innovations foreseen by shoppers, finds... (Read on Source)
Second Life Goes Hollywood
Ariella Furman took her first summer vacation as a college graduate to Walt Disney World, where reality hides behind princesses. When it was over, she returned to Ivyland, Bucks County, Pa., and her job making videos -- or more accurately, machinimas -- for the virtual world Second Life, where reality hides behind avatars.
Takeaways from Future of Media Summit
Didn't take notes during last night's Future of Media Summit in Mountain View, Calif. As usual, the connections in the audience were as interesting as the conversation on stage. (If a podcast goes up, I'll let you know.) About 150 people took part in Sydney and another 50 Stateside. Disappointing that in 2008, the videoconferencing technology was ... (Read on Source)
FDA Warns Against Use Of ED Supplements
ROCKVILLE, Md. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid a number of Chinese dietary supplements being marketed for erectile dysfunction (ED) because they contain undeclared active ingredients that are otherwise found in prescription ED drugs. Full story on lexis.com
Gazelle Will Give You Cash for Your Gadgets (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Have an old laptop lying around? Too lazy to recycle your first-generation iPhone? Enter Gazelle.com, a Web site launching Monday that will pay you for your old consumer electronics equipment.
Google Indexed One Trillion unique URLs
The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, the company has seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, even their search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days -- when their systems that process links on the web to find new content hit a milestone: 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the web at once!
Blog: AMD Fusion to Compete with Intel's Larrabee
There are reports that AMD has a CPU/GPU in the works, code named Shrike, that will compete with Intel's Larrabee.
Life with an iPhone 3G, part 1
Is the Apple iPhone 3G "twice as fast at half the price," as Apple's marketing boasts? Or is it a slow, faulty, overhyped device that drops calls and doesn't reliably or consistently connect to AT&T's network, as a consumer's lawsuit claims?
The truth lies somewhere between the two extremes, in my experience. I bought an iPhone 3G on July 18, one week after the smart phone became available in stores. 'This week and next I'll give you a recap of my experience using the device thus far. First up, a look at the e-mail challenges I've faced (and resolved). Next week, I'll focus on the iPhone 3G's battery life and other issues.
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Two Geniuses, One Phone Call
The first problem I encountered with my new iPhone 3G was trying to send and receive e-mail. The iPhone's Mail program would work correctly for a day or two. Then, inexplicably, the spiral that appears at the bottom of the Mail program's screen, next to "Checking for mail," would spin endlessly.
I decided to seek help at the Genius Bar in San Francisco's Union Square Apple store. Apple's Genius Bar is a free, by-appointment tech support service, located in its stores.
I arrived early but had to wait about 10 minutes past my scheduled appointment time. I explained my problem to the Genius. He tinkered with my iPhone's e-mail account settings, but the problem--which was now constant--remained. After about 10 minutes, he shrugged and suggested I call AT&T and check my iPhone 3G's Mail settings for my e-mail with them.
Before I proceed, a note of clarification is in order here. My primary ISP is AT&T, the landline phone company, not the AT&T wireless division that provides data and cell phone service to iPhones. I get my home-office DSL service and e-mail account from the AT&T landline/Internet division. I was trying to use my iPhone 3G to check e-mail sent to that account.
I called AT&T's tech support for DSL customers but they couldn't help. So I made a second Genius Bar appointment, this time at San Francisco's Chestnut Street store, which is smaller and less busy than the Union Square location.
The second Genius suggested I go home and restore the iPhone through iTunes using backup. You have two options when restoring an iPhone: You can restore it to its previous state using the backup iTunes creates when you sync. Or you can restore the phone back to its default factory condition without using the backup. The second option wipes all your data off the phone, and you start over from scratch.
If restoring using backup didn't work (it didn't), the Genius said I should restore the iPhone without the backup. And if that didn't work, I could bring the phone back to the store for a swap.
I tried restoring without backup, and still the problem persisted. I wasn't keen on having to swap my iPhone for another unit. I couldn't be sure they'd have a replacement in stock. And besides, the replacement would have been a refurbished iPhone, the Genius told me after I specifically asked him if I'd been given a new phone.
My next move was to call Apple's toll-free support line. The technician I spoke to understood my problem right away. He believed the iPhone's Mail program wasn't syncing correctly with Microsoft Outlook on my Vista PC, to which I had been syncing the iPhone's e-mail settings, contacts, and calendar. I asked him to e-mail me the steps he recommended to resolve the problem. His solution worked.
Here are the steps he suggested:
On the iPhone, delete all e-mail accounts. Reset the iPhone's network settings (Settings, General, Reset, Reset Network Settings). Disable Wi-Fi. (Some e-mail accounts don't work properly if set up the first time with Wi-Fi in use, the technician explained). On the iPhone, manually re-add e-mail accounts. He suggested I select Yahoo from the ISP options when setting up my AT&T/Yahoo e-mail account on the iPhone. In iTunes, disable e-mail syncing with my iPhone.
A Second E-Mail Challenge
From that point, I enjoyed several weeks without any further e-mail problems. However, another issue developed, this time relating to the passcode to my AT&T/Yahoo e-mail account.
The passcode for that e-mail account contains six characters. During my initial iPhone setup, I had entered the passcode to my AT&T/Yahoo e-mail account. At that time, the iPhone validated the address and passcode; everything seemed fine. However, sometime after I had resolved the e-mail problem I described earlier, I received a warning that my e-mail passcode was incorrect.
I went back to Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars and retyped the correct passcode for my e-mail account. The iPhone validated my address and passcode, and all was fine ... until I received the incorrect password warning again, a day later. I returned to Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars again and noticed the iPhone had changed my passcode from 6 to 8 characters. I retyped the correct passcode, the e-mail flowed without problems, and then--you guessed it--I was told the passcode was incorrect. I installed Apple's iPhone 2.0.2 software, hoping that might fix the bug, but it didn't. Finally, I deleted this account from my iPhone and manually added it again. So far, I've had no further e-mail problems.
Contributing Editor James A. Martin offers tools, tips, and product recommendations to help you make the most of computing on the go. Martin is also author of the Traveler 2.0 blog PC World is an InfoWorld affiliate.
Dell Puts E4200 And E4300 On Sale
If you're hankering after the E4200 and E4300 Latitude laptops from Dell, then wait no longer - both of them have be put on sale online. The 12.1" E4200 will start from $2,000 upwards, while the 13.3" E4300 will retail from $1,750 upwards. Kindly bypass either model if you're living on a shoestring budget, as the price can really shoot up if you're lusting after the highest specification model.
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Tricky bailout politics
Nouriel Roubini has a characteristically scathing takedown of the Paulson plan, and here’s the thing: language aside, his economic analysis is similar to mine. The fundamental problem in the financial system is too little capital; bizarrely, the Treasury chose not to address that problem directly, by (say) purchasing preferred shares in ... (Read on Source)
UCLA receiver Terrence Austin has strained neck, concussion - Los Angeles Times
UCLA receiver Terrence Austin has strained neck, concussion Los Angeles Times - By Chris Foster, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer EUGENE, Ore. -- UCLA receiver Terrence Austin returned home with the team early this morning after tests revealed he suffered a strained neck and concussion during the Bruins' 31-24 loss to Oregon on ... Oregon Game: Building Blocks Oregon beats UCLA 31-24 |
Blog Action Day - Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day, where bloggers are asked to write about a specific topic in order to bring more attention to it. This year's theme is poverty. (Read on Source)
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Dan Carter heads the worst shortlist in the history of Player of the Year awards
Player of the Year is announced on Sunday night and it's between Dan Carter Mike Blair Sergio Parisse Ryan Jones and Shane Williams. (Read on Source)
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Google recommends more keywords with bids and volumes. http://www.google.com/sktool/# Cool, where is the API? # New tools is based on search queries. 2009 will be the year of search queries. Advertisers will finally realize keywords are overrated. # (Read on Source)
Government threatens to control lending rates
Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, is said to be considering contingency plans which would allow the Government to take on emergency powers to ensure that the banking systems functions properly. (Read on Source)
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