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I bought this a month ago & I'm glad I did. The drum is much bigger & I can wash all my big bulky items such as quilts. It's so easy to use the controls. My wash is so much cleaner now. This is my second HE & this has the best features. I made the right decision with Whirlpool.
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With a family of 5 I dry things from a basket of cloth to large king size blanket. This sucker has plenty of room and works great. It has every feature you can think of. I couldn't be any happier.
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This is a very solid unit. Nicely made. Plenty of features. Very versatile. Nice complement to the Duet washer we purchased six months ago.
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I had the matching washer, due to a remodel in my laundry room I needed to get the dryer so I could stack the units. This Dryer is very efficient and quiet with great features like steam. We love it!
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I've has the duet for over a year and I love how flexible it is. I used to line dry most things because I didn't trust my dryer, but now I dry most things on the delicate cycles. My old units took twice as long, wasted more water and energy and I was always setting other timers so I would remember to pull things out of the dryer or manually manipulate the wash cycle. With the duet, I can set it and walk away. The digital display is amazing - a must from now on! I love that the duet system has made my life easier.
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Doing a wheely good thing for kids
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Have tool kit, will travel.
Bike mechanics from around the city descended upon the Atomic Centre on Logan Avenue over the weekend for a 24-hour blitz of fixing flat tires, lubing up chains and mixing and matching bicycle parts.
When they were done at the second annual Cycle of Giving event -- a number of mechanics worked through the night -- nearly 250 bikes for underprivileged children aged two to 8 had been not only salvaged from the dump and sheds around town, but refurbished so they were as good as new.
"There are more bikes than we have people, so why doesn't everybody have a bike?" asked Pat Krawec, executive director of the Winnipeg Repair Education and Cycling Hub (WRENCH) and one of the driving forces behind the Cycle of Giving. "It's bringing everybody closer together. It's a way for us to bridge the divides in our community. It's a beautiful thing."
The bikes will be donated to community-services organizations throughout Winnipeg, such as the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre and the West Central Women's Resource Centre, and doled out from there.
With many of the bikes sure to end up in higher-crime neighbourhoods, WRENCH is hoping its ongoing fundraising efforts -- it's looking to come up with $15,000 -- will also help fund bike locks, helmets, lights and programming for many children. And by putting bikes in the hands of kids who need them most, Krawec is also hoping to reduce the temptation for theft.
About 80 per cent of the bicycles and parts -- which weigh about 1,800 kilograms -- came from the Brady Road landfill.
One of the youngest to be brandishing tools in his grease-stained hands was Seth Belmore, 12. He has been fixing bikes since joining the Bike Lab, a community bike shop run by the University of Winnipeg Students' Association, more than a year ago.
"I can fix pretty much anything," he said, before admitting part of the reason he was volunteering his time Sunday was because he got grounded at home.
"I wanted to help people, too. I'm a nice person. I want kids to stay fit and follow their dreams," he said.
Jason Carter, past president of the Manitoba Cycling Association, spent a good part of Saturday rounding up bikes and spare parts from his buddies' garages. Then, as he was dropping them off on Sunday, he thought he should strap on a tool belt and get to work.
"I figured this is a good way to help people out. I'd rather give a kid a bicycle than a toy gun," he said.
"Everybody can have fun and we can have another life for these bikes."
Dozens of mechanics worked overlapping shifts to rebuild 282 bicycles for Winnipeg children in need during the second annual marathon Cycle of Giving event at the Atomic Centre on Logan Avenue.
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SB Nation "The NFL views Mexico, Canada and China as the next markets to focus on as it looks to add more international games to the schedule, according to Albert Breer of the NFL Network. The league could be considering NFL games in those markets, similar to the International Series that already takes place..." March 27
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Even with the arrival of Nick Foles via trade, the Rams' game plan at quarterback remains unchanged according to coach Jeff Fisher. "It's our intention to draft one," Fisher said. "The Nick (Foles) trade has no bearing over what we do in the draft." OK, but it's probably not going to be..." March 27
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Dallas Morning News "Philadelphia is the first team to poach the NFL's leading rusher away from another franchise in 68 years. Even better: the Eagles took DeMarco Murray away from a Cowboys team that beat them for the NFC East title. "We never look at it that way,'' Philadelphia coach Chip Kelly said. "We're..." March 26
NFL.com "Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower's status is in question for the start of the 2015 season. Hightower is expected to be sidelined six to seven months following offseason surgery on his right shoulder, the Boston Globe reported on Thursday. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport originally..." March 26
ESPN.com "Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced Thursday that the city and county will collaborate on an agreement allowing the two government entities to hire a high-powered negotiation team, expert attorneys and an investment banker to facilitate future talks on a stadium deal with the San Diego..." March 26
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Yahoo! Sports "Nebraska DE-OLB Randy Gregory said not long ago that he believed he was worthy of the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NFL draft. It's not clear what will happen to his stock now that the news has come down that Gregory failed a drug test at the NFL scouting combine in February. Gregory told NFL..." March 26
The #Vikings and veteran CB Terence Newman have agreed on a 1-year, $2.5M deal with $750K guaranteed, source said.
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NFL.com "The San Francisco 49ers announced they have waived T Jonathan Martin. The 49ers acquired Martin (6-5, 312) in a trade with the Miami Dolphins on March 11, 2014. He appeared in 15 games (nine starts) for the 49ers last season. Prior to joining San Francisco, Martin spent two seasons with the..." March 26
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Chicago Tribune "In August, defensive end Ray McDonald of the 49ers celebrated his 30th birthday with friends at his 4,800-square-foot home in San Jose overlooking a golf course. Guests arrived as early as 3 p.m. with the party going strong enough to generate a noise complaint after midnight. Around 2:30 a.m.,..." March 26
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CBSSports.com "Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long been a proponent of putting cameras on the sidelines and goal lines to give officials better replay angles. In fact, New England has proposed the rule change the last two years. Earlier this week at the NFL owner's meetings, Giants co-owner John Mara,..." March 25
USA Today "A rules alteration that would inject more excitement into the near-automatic extra point could be adopted for the 2015 NFL season as early as the league's next meeting this May. There was lively discussion among the 32 teams Wednesday about adding significant drama to the mundane point after..." March 25
ESPN.com "A much-deconstructed formation led to a New England Patriots touchdown drive in the playoffs. Next season, it will lead to a 5-yard penalty. The NFL passed a rule Wednesday that makes it illegal for an offensive player wearing an eligible number -- between 1 and 49, or 80 to 89 -- to report as..." March 25
Minneapolis Star Tribune "Mike Zimmer, speaking at the NFL owners meetings this morning, reiterated the Vikings' stance that they expect disgruntled running back Adrian Peterson to play for them this season. Zimmer also clarified a comment he made to Pro Football Talk earlier in the offseason, saying, "I never once said..." March 25
NFL.com "Ron Rivera was posed an interesting question on Wednesday about his franchise quarterback, one that could eventually set free agency afire and give us a new record for highest paid offensive player. What if Cam Newton, a quarterback with marketing interests elsewhere, simply wanted to let his..." March 25
Coughlin says the goal for Victor Cruz is Week 1, but "if it doesn't happen, we just went through that" with Odell Beckham last year.
Pro Football Talk "In December, Jets owner Woody Johnson publicly expressed interest in bringing back cornerback Darrelle Revis, who at the time was under contract with the Patriots. The Patriots later filed tampering charges against the Jets. On Monday, Patriots owner Robert Kraft spoke about the departure of..." March 25
Detroit Free Press "The Miami Dolphins were reported to be prime players in the Ndamukong Suh sweepstakes days before free agency opened, but the Detroit Lions have no plans to pursue tampering charges over the deal, a person familiar with the team's thinking but not authorized to talk about it publicly said. Suh..." March 25
TMZ.com "Despite the fact he'll be locked up for the next 9 years, convicted rapist Darren Sharper is still eligible to be elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- and based on his numbers alone, there's a real possibility it could happen. TMZ Sports spoke with Joe Horrigan -- Executive V.P. of..." March 25
NESN "Michael Sam's dream of playing in professional football still is alive. But it appears the road back to an NFL roster will be a difficult one. The 25-year-old defensive end out of Missouri participated in this weekend's veteran combine — along with older free agents such as Michael Bush and..." March 25
CSN Bay Area "Washington cornerback Chris Culliver had his felony charge for possession of brass knuckles reduced to a misdemeanor on Tuesday, according to a San Jose Mercury News report. San Jose police arrested Culliver back on March 28 in a hit-and-run collision involving Culliver's white Ford Mustang..." March 25
SI.com "New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says there is "no smoking gun" that proves his team used underinflated footballs during the first half of the 2015 AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. The NFL is expected to conclude its Ted Wells-led investigation of New England in the..." March 25
Pro Football Talk "Dallas receiver Dez Bryant remains unsigned, but Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones is not worried. Jones said at the league meeting that he's sure Bryant will be under contract before the season starts, whether that's because Bryant signs the franchise tender or because he and the..." March 25
Deadspin.com "The MMQB's Greg Bedard, who was a Boston Globe reporter on the Patriots beat during the seasons that Aaron Hernandez was on the team, has written an essay about his time spent covering Hernandez, and it includes one scene that begins with Hernandez pissing all over a running taxi cab and ends with..." March 25
Arizona Republic "Wearing a white hat and a wide smile, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians enlightened and entertained reporters during a media session Wednesday morning, just a few hours before the NFL owners meetings were scheduled to conclude. Like other coaches, Arians was peppered with questions for an hour, and..." March 25
Adrian Peterson's agent, Ben Dogra, met with Vikings last night, per @RapSheet on NFL Total Access. No resolution.
New Orleans Times-Picayune "New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton vehemently quashed rumors floating around concerning the team possibly trading Drew Brees. During his media availability Wednesday at the NFL owners meetings, Payton said his 36-year-old starting quarterback isn't going anywhere. "We can't control it (the..." March 25
Daily Norseman "Hello, Newman! Yes, on Wednesday the Minnesota Vikings finally closed the deal with cornerback Terence Newman, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal. That makes two of Mike Zimmer's former players in Cincinnati that have signed with the team in the past 24 hours, as safety/linebacker Taylor Mays..." March 25
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Q: My iPhone was recently stolen. I had a passcode on it and enabled the Find My iPhone feature and put a passcode on that. I noticed that the iPhone at one point had charged to 5% but the location was never revealed or emailed to me like I had requested. Without the thief knowing my passcode, are they still able to wipe my iPhone clean, or do they just have an unusable, dead iPhone? Also, if they were able to wipe it clean, can I call my provider to see if it has been used, and would it still be under my cell number?
- Ryan
A: Unfortunately, even with the Find My iPhone feature, once a device's battery goes dead there's not much you can do to locate it. There are also rare circumstances where you might be able to contact your iPhone to see its battery capacity but not actually be able to track a precise location since that depends on the iPhone being able to reach Wi-Fi access points and GPS satellites; cellular triangulation only is considerably imprecise without these other elements being available.
An iPhone can easily be erased even if the thief does not know your passcode simply by connecting it to a computer running iTunes and following the standard "Restore" procedure. While your personal data will be save, since the Find My iPhone feature is just another configuration setting, a full erase of the iPhone will also disable this feature and you will no longer be able to track it.
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Note that you can avoid this potential problem in the future by setting a SIM PIN on your iPhone. This is a four-digit code that must be entered any time an iPhone is restarted before it can access the cellular data network. This code is stored on the SIM card itself and would also be required on any other device that the SIM card was inserted into.
Note that this is something of a double-edged sword, however, since this will prevent cellular data access as well, meaning that if a thief steals your iPhone and restarts it, you would quite likely lose access to the Find My iPhone feature unless the device happens to be on a known Wi-Fi network.
Note that iOS 7, expected to be released in the fall, introduces a new Activation Lock feature that will prevent a device with "Find My iPhone" enabled from being re-activated with Apple's servers once it's been wiped. This won't necessarily help you recover a lost iPhone, since wiping the iPhone still disables the location features, but it will ensure that a stolen iPhone is of little to no use for a potential thief.
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One of the questions often asked during our customer visits or during the trade shows or many conferences we participate in is the reason why we ended FrontPage 2003 and launched instead Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. One thing we must say right off the bat is that FrontPage 2003 was an excellent product and was widely praised and used by millions of customers around the world.
However our market research showed us that our audience was becoming more and more fragmented and the number of scenarios requested by the customers far outpaced what the product could deliver. The research as well told us we had three distinctive user groups:
It became obvious that to be successful in the marketplace, we had to address these three classes of users with distinct offerings to better respond to their needs. Therefore we made the decision in late 2005 to launch two distinct products: Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Expression Web. They would complement a third product already in the marketplace: Visual Studio 2005.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is designed to integrate itsself in the Microsoft SharePoint products and services as the core customization and composite application tool and responds to the needs of Information Workers. Microsoft Expression Web is part of a family of products called Expression and is focused on designers. Visual Studio remains the preferred tool for developers.
As we are launching these products right now, we are finding out that those scenarios are playing well in the marketplace. Focusing on SharePoint Designer 2007, it is obvious that our core users are going to be enterprise IT and business unit IT folks but because of the finite amount of these resources, the power users are going to use our product more and more in a wide range of scenarios, building sophisticated composite SharePoint applications, designing workflows based on SharePoint lists and document libraries and leveraging the page layout capabilities of SharePoint Designer to extend the MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) Web Content Management features. We see it as a win-win situation in the sense that we are reaching to a wide audience of IT, BUIT and IW power users and at the same time, we are establishing credibility with the developers, which appreciate the ASP.Net features of SharePoint Designer and the Visual Studio Extensible Model.
I will come back in upcoming postings in more details about our core scenarios but I wanted to give our readers the big picture of the positioning of our product and how we view it in the marketplace.
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Hi all, I would like to share some information on Sharepoint Designer 2007 , an essential tool for professionals
Well, how lovely for you .. however, you've left group 4 (thousands of non-techy people maintaining all those little web sites around the world) in a bit of a hole. FrontPage was just fine for us and now we have no natural successor to hand. So you've driven me to go back to my old computer and curse the day I bought Vista .. another triumph you can congratulate yourselves on. You turned a big Microsoft fan into a dissatisfied customer.
Hi Karen,
I'm really curious about what features you want to use that we did not include in SharePoint Designer. We had hoped that we wouldn't completely abandon people who were happy with FrontPage. But what we may have done is hidden some features you need and you can't find them.
I'd love to understand what we did to your productivity to make better decisions in the future.
Why or why does MS continually take a good product and REINVENT it to crap (ie: windows xp to vista). Instead of continuing to upgrade and add new themes, plug-ins, etc to FrontPage, you drag us down the 'buy a new product' road.
I'm sick and tired of dishing out more and more money so Bill & Linda, and all the other ShareHolders at MS can get richer and richer. Can't you all support US for a change?
While SharePoint Designer is a non-perfect product, it is certainly not 'reinvented'. It's a name change from FrontPage to Designer, for marketing purposes and to reflect new functionality related to sharepoint. To explain in your terms, it's actually the same old crap, with new features. :)
Being a designer, Ive just purchased Sharepoint Designer 2007 assuming I can design dynamic web site. Reading this article tells me that the Sharepoint Designer is used to create "composite SharePoint applications!!!"
... I now find myself reading above that Microsoft Expression Web is for designers above and am left wondering Have I purchased the tool tool for the job.
Please fill me in because at this moment in time I dont understand what Sharepoint Desginer is anymore and I cant understand when, how and where Sharepoint Expression came into all this.
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I have now spent more than six hours trying to use SharePoint 2007, and at this point I am NOT inclined to recommend it to anyone for any reason. First, I was not told that to utilize it I had to also have SharePoint Designer 2007. After I downloaded that I had to redo it because the installation instructions were WRONG.
And now I came to the Designer 2007 problems: I followed the download instructions to use SharePoint Designer 2007 to the letter, only to find under "Instructions for use" the very last step - 'Set as Default Master Page' does NOT work.
Thank you very much for nothing.
Hi, I am new to Sharepoint Designer 2007, i want to design a workflow (like a team calender where team members can put their events or vacations). In the HELP it is written that I have to go FILE/NEW/WORKFLOW to start it but I couldn't find WORKFLOW option under FILE/NEW. Please help me ASAP as what the problem exactly is. Thanks
I am a longtime frontpage user and have upgraded to SPD 2007. I cannot now find any way to use the themes that were in frontpage. I click to change the background and it says I can't because I'm using theme BUT, I can't find those themes in designer 2007. Obviously, I'm missing something here. I develop my webpage on my own computer then publish it to a server. Things dissapear when I do that now and I'm VERY frustrated with SPD2007.
Lots of confusions and disappointments..For some reason my FrontPage application disappeared from my computer...maybe the day I had to have someone come in and fix a viral infection..in any case I thought it was difficult to use and understand but after SPD came into the picture I found myself desperately scrambling to find a way to download FrontPage again realizing how easy it really was compared to Designer 2007. Needless to say for some reason it is impossible to retrieve FrontPage so now I'm desperately scrambling to find a video tutorial that I can understand to help me understand Designer 2007,but what I'm finding is that I need instructions to understand the instructions... talk about frustration!


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Securing America: U.N. Human Rights Council
The Obama Administration wins a different kind of reelection at the United Nations.
FOX News Radio's Lisa Brady explains as part of our on-going series on national security:
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Five countries competed for three western seats on the U.N.'s Human Rights Council. The U.S., Germany and Ireland won. Greece and Sweden lost. Wanting to be on the council was a departure from Bush Administration policy which boycotted it for repeatedly criticizing Israel and failing to call out human rights abuses.
Rice: "Across the board, there's been real important progress and we've been proud to be part of that."
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, acknowledging the council has its flaws.
Rice: "We're convinced that we are more likely and better positioned to strengthen the Human Rights Council by continuing our participation in it."
And she says the U.S. reelection to the council shows the international community agrees with the effort to make it more effective.
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update on my Spidy Plant- thank you :)
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Hi all!
I know your prob getting tired of me talking about her, but she's my first! lol.
Anyway, Thanks for "the hit in the head" about just leaving her alone, all I am doing right now is watching her water intake and getting her in the shade on the porch almost every day.
She is looking better and getting NEW GROWTH! No shoots yet, but I am hoping that will come in time. She still has brown tips on all of her old leaves,(of course) but the new leaves look good. No more whole brown/dead leaves! YEAA!!
I just wanted to thank you all for your patience on this. I know I can be a pest at times, but you seem to take it in stride and I am so grateful for that.
Thanks for everything.
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To stay silent on the niqab is to excuse a larger climate of anti-Muslim rhetoric that is becoming harder and harder to ignore
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Went with my teenage daughter to Tempat Senang for a 3-day-2-night spa package. Both of us enjoyed it very much and in fact my daughter would like to return with friends. What we liked: the ambience, privacy, collection of DVDs for free viewing, food, attentive staff, and best of all the spa. Smoking is not allowed in rooms, which is good, even for a smoker like me because the room smells clean and nice. You can smoke anywhere else in the grounds.
We arrived around noon, were met by Bus the manager, checked in, then went shopping the entire afternoon at Nagoya.
Breakfast option was either Western or Asian. I highly recommend the bee hoon - delicious. After breakfast, we went for the 6-bridges tour, followed by lunch at a kelong. Then in the afternoon - the glorious 3-hour spa session. The cinnamon scrub is a must try!
We checked out the next day early to do last minute shopping at Mega Mall at Batam Centre, before our ferry back to Singapore.
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Software-based networking solutions provider Mavenir has announced a voice-over-wifi (VoWifi) solution aimed at cable operators, claiming it will enhance TV and internet bundles.
Software-based networking solutions provider Mavenir has announced a voice-over-wifi (VoWifi) solution aimed at cable operators, claiming it will enhance TV and internet bundles.
Huawei has made a host of announcements ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, offering a peek at its LTE-connected smartband and unveiling plans for a commercialised 4.5G technology next year. These were unveiled as part of the firm's digital transformation strategy dubbed ROADS (real-time, on-demand, all-online, DIY and social) at an event in London, attended by Telecoms.com.
Opera Software has announced the App Pass, which is designed to give mobile subscribers free-of-charge access to selected apps for a set period of time. As a feature of Opera Max, an app designed for mobile data saving and management, the App Pass is targeted at emerging markets to encourage more mobile data usage.
Ericsson has announced a partnership with Bridge Alliance under which it will deploy its Device Connection Platform (DCP), designed for the management of IoT, for the industry group's 36 operators across Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
Nokia has announced it will be demonstrating 'future' 5G technologies for the IoT at Mobile World Congress 2015. The first expected commercial deployments of the yet-to-be-standardised technology may be five years from now but the Finnish kit maker was keen to emphasise its 5G and IoT agenda.
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has announced the launch of an open source software community and code repository aimed at consolidating and accelerating development efforts around software and solutions that take advantage of software defined networking.
Nokia has announced additional features to its telco cloud portfolio to create what the vendor said will be a known as radio cloud. The Finnish firm said it will help operators allocate processing capacity from almost anywhere in the network to where it is needed the most.
Finnish kit vendor and optical networking specialist Coriant have announced what they claimed is the first ever solution brining self-organising network (SON) technology to mobile backhaul. Nokia claimed the solution's proof of concept shows the same level of functionality but with 20% less transport infrastructure than in current networks.
Ericsson has conducted live License Assisted Access (LAA) tests at its labs in Canada and Sweden, claiming to have demonstrated to operators Verizon, SK Telecom and T-Mobile US a peak rate of 450 Mbps. The LTE technology, which is also known as LTE-U, gives users mobile access to unlicensed frequencies, often used by wifi, to enhance coverage.
Red Hat and NEC announced a partnership that will see the two firms jointly develop carrier-focused network function virtualization (NFV) features based on Red Hat's OpenStack distribution, reports Business Cloud News.
Storage and networking tech vendor Brocade has signalled its intent to acquire Riverbed Technology's SteelApp portfolio, which includes a virtualized application delivery controller for cloud-based applications.
French Alcatel-Lucent has reported its 4th quarter and full year results showing improved profit margin for 2014 following the infrastructure vendor's cost-saving plan dubbed the Shift Plan.
CTCC, China Telecom's cloud services-focused subsidiary is deploying Nuage Network's software defined networking technology to underpin the firm's datacentre architecture.
The network functions virtualization (NFV) and internet of things (IoT) movements have taken a step towards mass real-world roll-out, with the news that Korean powerhouses SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics will work together on deploying network virtualization technologies as part of a nationwide mobile network designed to support the development of IoT.
Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone claimed they have been able to demonstrate 400Gbps-speed data transmission over an existing fibre optic network across a 400-kilometre distance between Madrid and Zaragoza in Spain.
Nokia has reported its results for Q4 and the full year 2014 showing growth in the networks business aided by strong sales in the North American market. The kit maker's services also returned to year-on-year growth for the first time since the final quarter of 2012.
SK Telecom and Nokia Networks have announced what they called the world's first commercialised Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC) technology, which is designed to enhance LTE-A network quality.
Ericsson has reported its last quarter and full year results for 2014, revealing flat annual revenues across all of its business segments, and lower than expected Q4 sales. The Swedish equipment vendor said revenue growth was stalled by lagging North America sales.
Chinese networking vendor ZTE has conducted what it said is the world's first pre-commercial field trial of multi-user and multi-stream transmission on a Massive input-multiple multiple-output (MIMO) base station. The firm claimed the test has strengthened its leadership in 5G.
Alcatel-Lucent has announced it will build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution for Vodacom in South Africa. The vendor claimed the solution will enable Vodacom to expand its subscriber base, and provide 'ultra-broadband' for bandwidth-hungry activities such as video streaming and online gaming.
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Developer Patrik Hedmalm has introduced Pepp – a new iOS music app, described as a sort of 'twisted groovebox'.
Here's what Hedmalm has to say about Pepp:
This twisted groovebox/arpeggiator/synthesizer lets you quickly forge original electronic music, using sixteen sliders and a sixteen-step sequencer.
Instantly save and recall your ideas without missing a beat. With 160 memory slots you're not likely to run out of storage.
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- MIDI support, including playing via a MIDI keyboard, MIDI sync & MIDI control of parameters; and
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tag:destructoid.com,2006:blogiconstyle's Blog :: DESTRUCTOIDul/user/4/47821-avjpgjpg-avatar.jpgiconstylehttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/iconstyle2010-03-20T03:16:00Ztag:destructoid.com,2008:175236"Beat Hazard Makes me Nauseous...2010-06-02T03:12:12Z2010-06-02T03:12:12Z...or Beat Hazard vs. Audiosurf Part 2."

Let's get straight to it. In the last post I said Beat Hazard is barely designed at all. Think of this as a more organized breakdown on that topic.

It's About High Scores Baby!

For a game that's about high scores, Beat Hazard sure does have a boring high score system. You get a multiplier by simply picking up +1 power-ups that are dropped from enemies. You can also gain more multipliers by surviving for a bit or not shooting. But that's about it. You don't lose multipliers when you die, so its not hard to keep it up. Actually dying will destroy all enemies and probably give you more multiplier bonuses.
What's worse is that as you achieve new ranks you will gain bigger starting multipliers. Sounds good in theory, but that means that the people who have been player longer will always get higher scores, turning the game into a grind to get higher levels. Not only that, leaderboards are not based on single songs, instead being sorted by song length, survival scores, and total score. This means you either find a really busy song, grind for survival time/points or grind for total score.

By contrast Audiosurf scores song by song basis, songs with special game changing tags (which include limiting it to certain characters), songs by difficulty, and nearby/friend/global high scores. This might seem like too much, and you it could be hard to find a song to actually compete in, but it also includes the ability to search popular songs, friends' songs played, and there is always the ever changing radio, which provides tons of achievements.

You are an Ugly Motherf@*|<er My Friend!

While it may not initially come off as a bad looking game, Beat Hazard's overall visual design is poor. The ship models in the game are functional, but not at all pleasing to look at, and at odds with the particle effects that are abused in the game. You could even go as far as calling them programmer's graphics (ex.  early art of Braid:) The particles rarely add anything but noise. Audiosurf uses color to tell you what the blocks are worth or to mark intensity in a song. Beat Hazard distracts you with it. Particularly annoying is the smaller ships' shots and boss laser beams. Because they are particle effects as well they easily get lost in the noise and are hard to see, meaning you die often from unknown reasons.

Hell, even the Achievements are ugly. Not to mention the text and logo...

Artificial Challenge

At least the game's challenging right? That way you'll keep coming back to do better each time right? Too bad its wrong for all the wrong reasons. Most of the difficulty of the game comes from trying to see through the effects and make out enemy fire. At least half my deaths are caused by some unseen force. These further soured the deaths that were my fault, making me feel cheated instead of having room to improve. The menu is hard to see through the effects sometime. Even the Achievements (here I go again) are artificial challenges. Other than a few odd challenges all the achievements are things that are going to be earned simply by playing the game. Beat 25 songs? Play the game for 5 hours? Well, maybe the frustration of trying to enjoy your music in this game for 5 hours is the achievement...

The Good Stuff

Despite all my trashing of the game, I do enjoy it quite a bit (though I expect a lot of the enjoyment comes from my love of music and twin stick shooters). It's just that I feel like the game wasted so much potential. I wanted the game to be really good and marvel in its brilliance. Instead I get something that feels half-baked and in awful need of serious art direction. With 10 dollars you can get highly polished experiences such as Audiosurf, Shatter, and the more experimental and interesting Gridrunner Revolution or Everyday Shooter.

That's a shame, because when Beat Hazard is good, it's REAL GOOD. Playing moody songs by UNKLE or busy songs by Shinichi Osawa provide some good experiences. It just takes much too long to find them.

Still, if you like twin stick shooters, and the music syncing gimmick sounds interesting, go ahead a pick up the demo. Right now it feels more like a prototype than anything, but its an interesting concept that deserves attention, if only to see what updates to the game will improve upon. If you check the Steam forums you'll see there are quite a few fans of the game, although I would be kinda wary since you will see some of those fan people who will get a little defensive about the game...

Other 10 Dollar recommendations...

Audiosurf's mechanics and leaderboards will hook high score junkies even if it doesn't provide some of the immediate visual/audio feedback as frequently as Beat Hazard. Its different characters, difficulties and stat trackers also give you tons of way to be competitive. It also has a cohesive and well done art design.

Everyday Shooter provides strange and interesting chaining mechanics, as well as being varied, experimental and having great visual design. It also replaces sound effects with guitar riffs that go with the "bedroom rock" soundtrack. Although I suspect there are as many haters of this game as there are lovers.

Shatter is a fresh take on Breakout that involves new mechanics, interesting level design, co-op and great boss fights. May be too short for many people, but highscore junkies will keep coming back to it.tag:destructoid.com,2008:172786Beat Hazard vs. Audiosurf part 12010-05-04T03:25:04Z2010-05-04T03:25:04ZRecently I purchased Beat Hazard on Steam. The demo gave me a taste, enough to wet my interest. With a little nudging a succumbed. It's only 10 bucks right?

The game will inevitably draw comparisons to Audiosurf, another 10 dollar indie title that generates tracks out of your music. I have been playing Audiosurf since the Beta and bought it a short time after it was released. After playing Audiosurf, it becomes clear that Beat Hazard its the weaker of the two, by a long shot.

If you can only get one of the two, go with Audiosurf. Unless you REALLY like twin stick shooters

The problem I have with Beat Hazard is not the fact that your music is not synced totally. Its not the seizure inducing effects.

 Its the fact that underneath all of its effects and and colors, Beat Hazard is barely a game. And a not a very well designed one either.

I have logged in quite a bit of time with the game, so it is not entirely without merit. Its just that every time I play, the little game designer in me comes up with more small nags for the game. Having played Audiosurf only increases the frustration; Audiosurf itself is very well designed.

When I play Beat Hazard it get the idea that the creator had very little idea what makes a game design solid. The game itself is a mediocre shooter with weak art to match. Without the particle effects it would be incredibly empty. If it wasn't for my addiction to arena shooters I would have stopped playing a long time ago. Even now I find my self distracted by sessions of Everyday Shooter, another strong example of design.

 By contrast, Audiosurf shows not only a strong sense of visual design, but a strong sense of game design as well. The models and colors of the game are simple, bright and complement each other. Color in the game changes to fit the intensity of the song. In Beat Hazard colors are there just cause. Even the small details, such as the fonts used and images for Achievements show a competence that Beat Hazard does not have. Beat Hazard has some of the ugliest fonts and Achievements I have ever seen. Not to mention being totally generic, boringly named, and require nothing more than time to achieve for the most part. Less than a week in and I already accomplished almost half of them.

In the gameplay department, Audiosurf totally has Beat Hazard beat. Audiosurf plays like a racing/puzzle game. Beat Hazard is a 360 shooter. Although I love shooters, Audiosurf is much more fresh and lends itself much better to music syncing (though still not perfect). The only immediate effect in Beat Hazard are the bullet patterns you fire. Audiosurf shows notable syncing in the background, ship, and in the game itself. It also allows you to play the game in a multitude of ways, accommodating play styles and adding variety. Audiosurf also features Leaderboards on a song by song basis. There is no such feature in Beat Hazard. Everyone shares the same Leaderboard, regardless of what songs they have been playing. It does not encourage competition except for high score junkies. While you could argue that Beat Hazard could get these in the future, the fact is, Audiosurf had them since the start.

 Audiosurf was designed strongly around its use of music and level generation. Beat Hazard was barely designed at all.

I could go on. But that will all for now..tag:destructoid.com,2008:171734Hey Listen! Playtesters Needed!2010-04-22T00:44:50Z2010-04-22T00:44:50ZI am currently making a retro style hardcore shooter and I need some playtesters willing to test out various elements.

In order to make the very best game I can I'll be needed playtesters to test out the basic game mechanics and specific changes I make along the way. New features will be both major and minor but to get the balance right I'll need feedback.

keep in mind that most of the content is in arcade mode, story mode being a work in progress. i am also working on an alternate method of opening doors.

I will inform playtesters of updates as they come.

If this sounds interesting to you please leave a comment.
Thanks Dtoiders!

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http://www.filefront.com/16200317/goRe%20houNds.ziptag:destructoid.com,2008:171509Prototype IS Ultimate Spider-Man2010-04-20T00:19:21Z2010-04-20T00:19:21ZActually, this post should be title Prototype is Ultimate Spider-Man. Part 2.

More specifically, Prototype is a continuation of the Venom Sections of Ultimate Spider-Man. There are so many undeniable similarities.

The Setting

Immediately obvious is the fact that both of them take place in Manhattan. When playing Prototype for the first time I was greeted with a sense of deja vu. Where have I done this before? Of course! Ultimate Spider-Man!

Well, now you're saying, "What about all the other games that are set in New York?". Well, that's when the next part comes in.

The Moves

One of the first moves you'll use in Prototype is the jump. Alex Mercer can jump massive distances, which is very useful for getting around the city fast. You know what? Venom can too. Both Mercer and Venom can leap massie distances, climb upon buildings, and suck up civilians for health. Not only that they both have moves which allow them to smash enemies faces into the ground and break their backs (okay Mercer just kinda rips 'em in half, but you get the idea). Oh, and there's that tentacle whip thing too. And tossing cars at helicopters. Mercer is pretty much Venom on crack.

The Missions

So there are those go beat up those guys missions in Spider-Man right? In Prototype there are the go kill those guys missions. But what do you expect right? That proves nothing. Well there are the race missions. But those are in other sandbox games too, right? Yea, but they don't use that similar sphere checkpoint system that both Prototype and Spider-Man use. And the medal ranks.

Okay so those are kinda weak examples. But what about that level in Prototype where you have to chase down the hunter? In mission 15 you have to follow a Hunter Leader, then consume him. It even shows a distance meter similar to the ones in the chase missions of Ultimate Spider-Man...

Closing Comments

Anyone who has played both Ultimate Spider-Man and Prototype will be able to see what I'm talking about. The feel of both games is incredibly similar. Not to mention that they are both published by Activision though.

Of course, all of these similarities could be coincidences... right?

Next, I shall compare Freedom Fighters and Red Faction:Guerrilla.

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:168524Patchwork Heroes: Impressions2010-03-22T01:36:24Z2010-03-22T01:36:24Z
So Patchwork Heroes was released recently. I remember hearing a small tid bit about it a while ago then it fell of my radar. So today, in my search for games I came across the PSN demo for this quirky little game. I ended up buying it. Here are some things about the gameplay, and my first impressions:

GAMEPLAY

The simplest way I can describe this game is that its a quirky mashup of elements similar to the arcade games Dig Dug 2, and Qix.
You control a small group as you take down massive flying battle ships. To do this you will have to separate sections of the ship by sawing them. If you've played Dig Dug 2 you'll have a sense of familiarity with this. In Dig Dug 2 you connect pegs to sink landmasses, enemies and all.

In Patchwork Heroes the emphasis is on sawing off the largest pieces possible. This is especially crucial because of the time limit. If you do not make the time, the ship will reach your home and bomb it, ending your run. By sawing off large pieces you slow down the ship and receive a time bonus. Sawing off pieces with enemies on them also earns you Mojo, which when used turns you invincible and lets you saw faster and destroy reinforced pieces of the ship.

Along the way you will also encounter enemies and hostages. Hostages play a crucial part, since sawing off a piece of the ship with a prisoner will drop them to their doom. Saving hostages unlocks their Resident Card, with a little blurb about them.

Getting hit by enemies will knock down one of your team members. When you run out the level ends. These are the equivalent of lives. However, the game handles these in a unique way. You have bombs, which are very useful because not only do they take out large chunks of the ship, but also destroy reinforced pieces that otherwise can only be destroyed by using Mojo attacks. To use bombs you'll need to leave behind a team mate to hold the bomb in place. When the bomb blows they will parachute to safety. On the other hand, getting attacked by enemies will caused a little portrait and name to pop up, stating that they are dead. This give a bit of uniqueness to them, something I have not seen since Cannon Fodder (where each soldier would have a name and rank, and the dead count were listed at the menu). Apparently there is also a graveyard where you can visit them, although I haven't unlocked it yet, it seems.

SUMMARY
So far I've been having a great time with Patchwork Heroes. The colorful graphics and wonderful art style and music call a kind of olde Eastern European flavor, especially with everything looking like paper dolls or fabric. Its also got this heavy mechanical feeling going on, especially in the menus and environment design. Apparently the game was done by the same people as Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!, and it definitely shows.

The game costs $9.99 and contains two modes from the get go: Story, and Challenge. Definitely a good price for something with a lot flavor. I recommend checking out the demo at the least.

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:168376DevLog: gorehounds newest version now available2010-03-20T03:16:00Z2010-03-20T03:16:00ZDOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.filedropper.com/gorehounds
Hardcore retro shooter.
For Windows Xp and Higher. Enjoy, and please leave feedback!

goRe houNDs is a personal project I've been working on for a while. I mentioned previously that it started as an experimental project for class and evolved into a shooter as I went on.

Recently, I've been adding some more experimental elements to the game. As one character, getting killed releases your soul and allows you to posses other bodies. This works as a kind of substitute for the typical lives scenario.
The DIE system, which randomizes elements, also was another experiment that worked quite successfully. As I progress I want to try some more experimental gameplay elements. Many of my previous games were very experimental, and though I love the action of this old school format, I want to get back and explore those possibilities.

For now, please enjoy the current version of the game, and leave some feedback. Thank You.