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2006/6/14 Picasa Web Albums
I Made This Collage Using Picasa Web Albums!
I Signed Up & Am Now, Testing, Picasa Web Albums!
You Can View My Picasa Web Albums, Here:
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2006/2/1 Talking about FT.com / By industry / Media & internet - Search engines challenged on ‘theft’Aloha!
Left UnChecked, These People Would "OutLaw" The Simple HyperLink (a.k.a Link) To ANY Website Outside of Your Own Domain!!!
These Newspaper Publishers Are Just *MAD* Because They Didn't Take The Internet Seriously, Soon Enough, & That, They Didn't Think of "eBay", 1st!
Search engines challenged on ‘theft’ >By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Media Editor in London A group of newspaper, magazine and book publishers is accusing Google and other aggregators of online news stories of unfairly exploiting their content. They are demanding compensation from search engines. Gavin O’Reilly, the president of the World Association of Newspapers, which is co-ordinating the campaign, said on Tuesday: “We need search engines, and they do help consumers navigate an increasingly complicated medium, but they’re building [their business] on the back of kleptomania.” The group of publishers, which includes the International Publishers’ Association, the European Federation of Magazine Publishers and Agence France Presse, is seeking meetings with Charlie McCreevy, the European Union’s internal market commissioner, and Viviane Reding, the commissioner responsible for media. It would not rule out legal action to enforce copyright or “collective action”, Mr O’Reilly said. “Ultimately, the aggregators need the content providers.” Services such as Google News link to original news stories on the home pages of newspapers and magazines and display only the headline and one paragraph of the story. “That’s often enough” for readers browsing the top stories, Mr O’Reilly said. The initiative follows a decision by the American Association of Publishers to seek an injunction against its project to create a digital archive of millions of library books. The lawsuit was filed late last year on behalf of publishers including Pearson, the owner of the Financial Times. The growth of online news aggregators has coincided with an acceleration in the long-term trend of declining readership for print newspapers and a shift in advertising spending from print to the internet, much of which is not being captured by the newspapers’ own sites. “The search engines are increasingly aiming their strategic efforts at traditional content originators and aggregators like newspaper publishers,” Mr O’Reilly said. “The irony is that these search engines exist, largely, because of the traditional news and content aggregators and profit at their expense.” The WAN, which represents 18,000 newspapers and 73 national newspaper associations, said it would examine whether new standards and policies could be drafted to create a commercial relationship between publishers, search engines and content aggregators. Mr O’Reilly singled out Google for criticism, saying: “As a general rule, Yahoo, MSN and Ask Jeeves seem more open to constructive dialogue. It’s only Google which seems to have this absolute view [that all information should be available for free].” Google could not immediately be reached for comment. Mr O’Reilly likened the initiative to the conflict between the music industry and illegal file-sharing websites and said it was not a sign that publishers had failed to create a competitive online business model of their own. “I think newspapers have developed very compelling web portals and news channels but the fact here is that we’re dealing with basic theft,” he said.
2005/7/16 Talking about Dear Microsoft I Am Dumping You!!!Dear Microsoft, I Am Dumping You
This Is Exactly What I've Been Posting About Here On My MSN Space, Recently!!!
However, I Disagree w/Steve In That, The Idea Here, Is To Make Things Work...
FASTER!, EASIER!, Mo'BETTAH!
...With The ALL"Toolz" That, We Already Have, Including The Nice "Toolz" From Microsoft, Not Necessarily To Jus'"Dump" Microsoft!!! 2005/7/14 The "Sorry" State of The Internet! Well, No!, I'm NOT n'*JOY*n' The Ride! ...'Cause of The Current "Sorry" State of The Internet!Recently, Most Noteably, Within The Past 2 Months, I've Noticed an Alarming UpSwing In The Amount of "Spam" That, I'm Recieving In My Outlook Express, Hotmail, GMail, Etc.
Also, The Sophistication of The "Phishers" Is Scary!
So, 4 Sum Reason, 2Day, I Was *Thinking* , "...Is The Internet R-E-A-L-L-Y That, Much Better Than It Was In Say, 1995 Or The Early 1990s???"
*Thinkin'* 'Bout It, I Have Concluded, "No!", It's NOT!!!
...Even Though, I Have a F-A-S-T-E-R Machine & a F-A-S-T-E-R Internet Connection, My "Internet Experience" Is About The Same as It Was In 1995 Except That, In 1995, I Could Listen To Music On Da'Net!!!
...It's About The Same As It Was In 1995!!!
Da'Net! ...It Jus'Don't WORK RIGHT!!!
4 ALL The Talk & ALL The Work For Say, The Last 10 Years , The Internet IS NOT ANY BETTER Than, It Was In Say, 1995!!! ...10 YEARS AGOOOOOOOOOO!!! ...I Got LESS SPAM, Then!
I Have More Specific Examples If Want'Em!
Heck! The BEST IMPROVEMENT 2 My "Internet Experience" Is SumThing I Actually Did Myself!!!
Here Is a "Screen Shot" Of My Current "View":
 This Is How I Surf Da'Net!
Now, Compare My "View" With Your Own "View"!
Sooooooooo, What Does ALLThis Mean?
Well, 4 *Me*, It Means Spending More Time Doing Other Things & LESS TIME w/Da'Net!
If I Don't See Sum *IMPROVEMENT* n'Da'Net, Sooooooon, D'er Is Gonna Be Sum Changes 'Round This Place!!! ...
 Aloha!...
 2005/6/7 Talking about "...so much for the supposed superiority of the PowerPC" - Column from PC Magazine: The Mac-Intel Computer, Finally! ... Aloha!I Like John! ...Since The Days of ZDTV (Silicon Spin), Er... TechTV, Er... G4TV Or, Whatever It's Called Now??? I Particularily Like This Comment:
Yeap! Microsoft Windows PC Users Have Jus'a Lil'More Spring In D'er Step, Standing A Lil'Taller, Smile On D'er Face & Jus'a All Around GOOD Feeling About Life, Today!!!  Read More...  ARTICLE DATE: 06.06.05 Today's announcement that Apple will be phasing itself to the Intel architecture comes as no surprise to this writer since it's simply a smart move. I also first got wind of this deal back in 2003 and expected it to have been announced this January. I missed it by one keynote and 5 months. It's not a secret that I have been suggesting that Apple do this through most of the 1990's and most recently in 2001 (see links below). So when I got wind of it actually happening and wrote it up in this column it seemed, at least to many Mac heads, that I was making it up in desperation. I'd invite the readers to go back to those columns and read what the Mac blowhards had to say about it. Why did this take so long? Insiders knew about the meetings between Intel and Apple back in 2003 and further knew that Jobs was having problems with IBM. One insider told me that Jobs was particularly peeved by the fact that IBM got into bed with Sony on the Cell chip and put Apple on the back burner. Apple and Motorola had already gotten into a beef once Jobs returned to Apple and killed the clone deals. Motorola was hoping to make money from the cloners as a supplier of the PowerPC chip. After that deal was killed Motorola, it is believed, began to make things miserable for Apple and the relationship became strained.
Meanwhile, Intel, which is right down the street from Apple unlike IBM and Motorola, kept up the pressure to get Apple to switch. Once the meetings began in earnest in 2003 you began to see a decline in comparison advertising. Intel was never pleased by that old ad where the snail had the Intel chip plastered on its back. By the middle of 2004 all the crazy performance claims for the Mac dissipated as Apple planned its next strategy: moving to Intel. The key here is that Apple and its BSD-UNIX kernel running on the Intel platform should outperform Windows by an extreme and I'd guess outperform the PowerPC running the same software too. So Jobs can change his comparison advertising from PowerPC versus Intel to OS-X versus Windows on the exact same chip. The publicity potential here is chart-topping. What Mac user won't enjoy this show once it gets going? I've never understood why the Mac nuts are in such denial over this platform shift. This change to Intel will not only save the platform but potentially drive it into a position of dominance. What will be lost, of course, is the niche and mystique aspect of the Mac which many of its users seem to relish as part of some misguided superiority complex. A more interesting scenario to me is examining the possibility that Windows users can switch to the Mac OS on their Intel machines. Is this going to be possible? I have always believed that Apple could enter the PC arena with an Intel-based computer that could run OS-X or Windows and begin to take market share away from Dell and HP. Apple's machines can easily be sold as a Lexus compared to the Fords and Chevy's of Dell and HP. This means better margins than Dell and HP and increased sales thanks to a more normal computer architecture. This is the future of Apple if it's going to survive as a computer maker. There are plenty of people who would pay a premium for a computer that didn't look like an old-fashioned PC. The case-mod movement has been indicating this trend for a decade. A good portion of the buyers today would like to see something around their desk that wasn't a beige box with all the appeal of 1977 Plymouth. And now that the turnover of computers has fallen people are more likely, not less likely, to spend a few extra dollars for something cool looking. The marketing gurus have not figured this out and continue to drop prices to an extreme. In the 1980's you'd have to buy a new machine every 18 months, and now it's about one every 3-4 years. In the short term, the problem for Apple is not to kill its sales during the transitional market. In other words, what happens to the left-over PowerPC machines? The company got through this once before when it switched from the 68000 to the PowerPC. It did it with add-on cards, specifically the Power Macintosh Upgrade card. So I expect a similar product this time. Still, this process is going to be bumpy, but with iPod and iTunes mania propping up the company, this is the exact right time to do this. The company can weather any storms in the process. When it comes out the other end Apple should be stronger, although some of the Mac mystique will wane. Personally I think that will be the biggest benefit. And so much for the supposed superiority of the PowerPC. Here was the last of many columns suggesting Apple choose Intel Here was the column where I reported on this deal (read the comments by the Mac blowhards) Here is the column outlining why I think the switch is a great idea I'm around 90-percent right in a lot of this...good reading Discuss this article in the forums. More articles from John Dvorak: Go off-topic with John C. Dvorak here. More Apple/Intel Coverage from eWeek
More Macintosh articles
2005/6/6 Talking About Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006
Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006
WWDC 2005, SAN FRANCISCO—June 6, 2005—At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple® announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh® computers using Intel® microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple previewed a version of its critically acclaimed operating system, Mac OS® X Tiger, running on an Intel-based Mac® to the over 3,800 developers attending CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address. Apple also announced the availability of a Developer Transition Kit, consisting of an Intel-based Mac development system along with preview versions of Apple's software, which will allow developers to prepare versions of their applications which will run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. “Our goal is to provide our customers with the best personal computers in the world, and looking ahead Intel has the strongest processor roadmap by far,” said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “It's been ten years since our transition to the PowerPC, and we think Intel's technology will help us create the best personal computers for the next ten years.” “We are thrilled to have the world's most innovative personal computer company as a customer,” said Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel. “Apple helped found the PC industry and throughout the years has been known for fresh ideas and new approaches. We look forward to providing advanced chip technologies, and to collaborating on new initiatives, to help Apple continue to deliver innovative products for years to come.” “We plan to create future versions of Microsoft Office for the Mac that support both PowerPC and Intel processors,” said Roz Ho, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit. “We have a strong relationship with Apple and will work closely with them to continue our long tradition of making great applications for a great platform.” “We think this is a really smart move on Apple's part and plan to create future versions of our Creative Suite for Macintosh that support both PowerPC and Intel processors,” said Bruce Chizen, CEO of Adobe. The Developer Transition Kit is available starting today for $999 to all Apple Developer Connection Select and Premier members. Further information for Apple Developer Connection members is available at developer.apple.com . Intel plans to provide industry leading development tools support for Apple later this year, including the Intel C/C++ Compiler for Apple, Intel Fortran Compiler for Apple, Intel Math Kernel Libraries for Apple and Intel Integrated Performance Primitives for Apple. Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
As a Windows ("WinTel") User, I Must Say That, This News Makes Me... ;-)
2005/4/24 Talking about Feature from PC Magazine: Make Your Photos Great!
Make Your Photos Great!
03.16.05 Sometimes it's our fault that our photos didn't work out; we didn't notice distracting, extraneous objects in the image or forgot to ask for a certain pose. Sometimes it's the camera's fault; as impressive as many of today's cameras are, they're not perfect. And sometimes it's no one's fault; some lighting situations are just plain impossible to control. Fortunately, digital photography's marriage of the camera and the PC has made it easier than ever to get our pictures to match our memories, or even to improve upon them. To do so, you need three things: image-editing software, an understanding of what you can do with that software, and the vision to see what needs to be done to fix your photos.
One of the best ways to learn how to improve your pictures is by seeing what experts do to enhance theirs. So we turned to two of our frequent contributors, David Cardinal and Galen Fott, to show you how it's done. David, a renowned outdoor photographer, publishes the DigitalPro Shooter newsletter ( www.cardinalphoto.com ) and leads photo safaris around the world. Galen is a graphics-software expert and has written several books on image-editing and page-layout tools. There are several very good image editors available, from the venerable but expensive Adobe Photoshop CS to much more affordable and approachable tools such as Adobe Photoshop Elements and Ulead PhotoImpact. So to demonstrate the process, David and Galen used five different image editors for the six shots in this story. With the proper know-how and vision, you can use any of these programs to make your pictures great. Our contributors: David Cardinal is a frequent contributor to PC Magazine. He is a professional nature photographer ( www.cardinalphoto.com ) who also publishes the Nikondigital.org site and DigitalPro for Windows ( www.proshooters.com ) image-management software for digital photographers. Galen Fott ( www.grundoon.com ) is also a frequent contributor to PC Magazine. He is the coauthor of Photoshop Elements 3 for Dummies (Wiley) and a contributor to Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows: One-on-One (O'Reilly). Luisa Simone is a freelance writer. Executive editor Ben Z. Gottesman and staff editor Michael Kobrin were in charge of this story.
2005/4/13 Our Digital Picture Frame! ...Ra!!!
This Is The KEWLest Thing I've Done, ...Since Installing Our "Wi-Fi" Network! ...Ra!!! ...& It's EASY!!!
...& As An "Added Bonus", Our Digital Picture Frame, Makes a GREAT Nite Lite!!!
Turn That, Older Computer Into an Dedicated, Alwayz On, "Digital Picture Frame" For Your Digital Picture Collection!!! Sooooooooooo LUCKY, We Live, The "Digital Age"! ...Ra!!!
...But, If You Jus'Want a Simple, EASY Way To Begin Your "Digital Home", Start w/a "Digital Picture Frame"!
...Nice!
2005/2/16 Talking about MSNBC - The BIG Kahuna: Microsoft plans new version of browser! ...Ra!!!IE7
Hello! Waimanalo...
This Is You Surfin' Da'Net w/IE7...
...EE-HAH!!!
2005/2/15 Ordered My Wife a NEW Dell Computer, Today! ...Ra!!!
Reviewed Here: Dell Dimension 8400 (Iss. 21 2004)
 We Are Internet People! My Wife Does Alot On Da'Net!
I Think This System, Dell Dimension 8400, Is More Than Adequate For What She Does! If You Have Experience w/The Dell Dimension 8400, I'd Like To Hear Your Comments! Otherwize, ...Ra!!!
...AnyWays, I'm Gonna Have To Pull Her Hard Drive Out & Put It Into Another Computer To Recover Her Data, i.e. Her PICTURES!!!
Apparently, This Is a "Known" MotherBoard Issue?
Mahalo! Dell! ...Ra!!!
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...U Know, Folks, D'er's Alotta GREAT Computers Outthere, 2 Choose From...
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