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The top dog in the netbook and mobile internet device (MID) market as far as CPUs go right now is hands down Intel's Atom CPU. The Atom powers the vast majority of netbook systems on the market. Other CPU makers have their eyes on the netbook market, which is one of the best performing and fastest growing segments in the computer industry.
Laptop Magazine reports that ARM has plans to enter into the netbook and MID category with its processors. ARM's processors already power mobile devices that are optimized for performance and power savings. One of the most popular devices to run an ARM processor is the iPhone. Intel recently criticized the ARM processor used in the iPhone calling it slow.
According to Laptop, ARM feels that moving into the netbook and MID category is a natural evolution for the company. ARM has an architecture that is already delivering optimized web browsing, high-quality video and low power demands in mobile phones.
ARM director of strategic software alliances Kerry McGuire told Laptop, "Our platform can provide not only high performance but all-day battery life and advanced video functionality. We can provide maximum power saving."
Possibly the biggest issue ARM will have to contend with are operating system choices its CPU architecture offers. ARM is readying an Ubuntu Linux ARM distribution that could power a netbook. The catch is that some netbook manufacturers say that return rates for machines running Linux are much higher than return rates for those running Windows.
ARM points out that its CPUs have a history of working with Windows CE and Windows Mobile.
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quote: ARM points out that its CPUs have a history of working with Windows CE and Windows Mobile.
quote: Even if they come up with an ARM version of Linux, people will be limited to the programs they released with the OS, as no ARM based programs exist.
quote: iPhones use 412MHz ARM CPUs. So already there are more ARM based iPhones than x86 based Netbooks. If anyone can push ARM netbooks into the mainstream, it's Apple.
quote: And ARM based programs? There are already over 3000 applications available in an ARM compatible format.
quote: None of which are designed for use with a desktop linux variant, every single one of the programs will have to be changed to work under a unix desktop environment. And there will still be no other programs available other the the ones they chose to release with their version of the OS.
quote: Comparing ARM mobile programs to a desktop variant is like comparing a windows program to a windows mobile program. Two totally different systems that work in different ways. And ARM desktop chip will be no different.
quote: ARM is not going to be able to compete with x86 in the netbook market. First, you are never going to see an ARM release of windows

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Today I cried over a baked potato. All day I craved a baked potato from Wendy's with extra sour cream. I ordered one for dinner and discovered when I got home there was no sour cream. Ruined my day!
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I've cried a lot in the past few weeks (finishing my MBA, DH was out of the country, impending move back to the states, etc.) but during my first trimester, I remember crying while watching Michael Jordan highlight videos on YouTube. I was just so upset at how much the NBA has changed since he was in it and how there's never going to be another "MJ." Ri-diculous.
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I cried because DH brought home KFC because I didn't want to cook. Then, I felt like a bitch for crying about KFC and cried harder.
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MWC: An early sign of Intel's mobile chip tips up
Bungs a wireless core into a SoC
CHIPMAKER Intel showed off at Mobile World Congress a vital part of any possible mobile chip it might build.
It might not look like much, but Intel's research labs unveiled the firm's first wireless radio core that is part of an system-on-chip (SoC). Most of the board space is taken up by antenna and diagnostic connections, with the chip being only about 3mm square.
Intel's representatives said that the unnamed chip can be produced using the same process that is uses for its Sandy Bridge processors. This means that Intel can save time and money by avoiding re-tooling its fabrication plants to make these chips.
Intel's CEO Paul Otellini revealed during his MWC keynote that smartphones based on Intel's chips will be available this year. Judging by what is already on Intel's stands it looks like the firm already has the technology in place for handset makers to implement.
While demonstrating the wireless chip to The INQUIRER, Intel representatives said that integrating it into an SoC is a complex challenge, though one that the firm has managed to meet.
The question is, if Intel can already produce these wireless enabled SoCs using the Sandy Bridge manufacturing process, what's happening to Moorestown? For over a year we've been promised smartphones and tablets based on Moorestown only to be left disappointed.
However the news that Intel has finally been able to integrate a wireless radio core into its SoC does mean that the firm is getting closer to releasing a smartphone chip.
The problem for Intel is that every manufacturer and their dog have opted for ARM's designs and, judging by the devices and chatter on the MWC show floor, that doesn't look like it will change in the near future. µ
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This review is from: ViewSonic VA2249S Black 21.5" 5ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS 250 cd/m2 20,000,000:1
Pros: it works.
Cons: My girlfriend raises the computer chair because she is short. So if I sit down to use it, the screen has a dingy brown tint to it. If I drop the chair then it clears up. Very poor viewing angle for the 5" height to make such a difference.
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This review is from: ViewSonic VA2249S Black 21.5" 5ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS 250 cd/m2 20,000,000:1
Pros: The IPS technology has good color, deep black, and excellent off-axis viewing angles. The LED backlighting is uniform, with no bright or dark zones. It has 100 mm VESA mounting holes, the neck of the stand is removable, and the connectors face downward to allow for flush wall-mounting. The price is decent.
Cons: The stand is a little too short and there is no height adjustment, but you can make phonebooks useful again by putting one or more of them under the monitor to elevate it to a more ergonomic height. I was planning to use the VESA mount anyway, so the stand did not matter to me. The egregious sin of this monitor is that it includes a VGA cable but not a DVI cable. Unless you buy a DVI cable separately or happen to have a spare on hand, those 2 million state of the art IPS pixels with their good color, deep black, and excellent off-axis viewing angles will be displaying a blurry analog mess using a interface standard created almost 30 years ago that is now obsolete but still lingers because it is the lowest common denominator.
Other Thoughts: Apparently ViewSonic thought it was a good business decision to achieve a lower price point on this monitor by omitting a key ingredient that is required in order to use the monitor to its full potential.
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This review is from: ViewSonic VA2249S Black 21.5" 5ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS 250 cd/m2 20,000,000:1
Pros: - IPS
Cons: - Monitor Stand is Short
Other Thoughts: I got this to replace an old ViewSonic monitor. This is a good monitor with good viewing angles, 1080p resolution, and a very solid stand. At the price, it is a good deal. While solid, the monitor stand is very short. If you have an under-desk keyboard or a monitor stand, this monitor would be fine, but if you use your keyboard on the same surface that your monitor sits, the stand is not tall enough. My other complaint is that the bezel, while nice and shiny (although prone to glare in the wrong light) collects fingerprints like no other. The old monitor that this replaced had the same bezel which was very easy to get fingerprints on as well, so I have gotten used to it.
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Nice but too much bezel glare
This review is from: ViewSonic VA2249S Black 21.5" 5ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS 250 cd/m2 20,000,000:1
Pros: Its an IPS monitor for a low price, at the perfect screen size for a desktop. $130 price couldn't be beat.
Cons: I bought this monitor because it was anti-glare, not a glossy monitor screen. If i buy an anti-glare monitor, then that means I don't want glare! So why did they make the bezel a practical mirror. The bezel is extremely reflective and distracting from the mirror like reflections. That is why i dropped an egg.
Other Thoughts: The screen is IPS and looks good for the most part. I am used to $800 IPS monitors at work but couldn't afford them at home, so I bought this, but you cant tell the screen isn't as good as those expensive monitors, but for $130 its good for the price. I lowered the default contrast and that made it better. The mirror like bezel is terrible and I almost wouldn't recommend this monitor simply because of it. The glares/reflections from the bezel are distracting and hard on the eyes. But this is also for my particular location in that I have some windows in the same room. Now knowing this, I wouldn't buy this monitor again and would search for an anti-glare IPS with a matching non-shiny bezel.
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Rumors had been flying around for the past few days about Guy Pearce taking a role in Ridley Scott's highly anticipated and top-secret "Prometheus" after CHUD caught wind of some intel from their sources. We put in a few calls and it turns out that morsel of info is bang on.
The Playlist has confirmed with reps for the actor, that Guy Pearce has joined "Prometheus." There's no word yet on what his role in the film is, but he's joining an already solid cast in the film that both is and isn't a direct prequel to "Alien" -- essentially, it will take place in the same world with some connective DNA stringing the two films together, but how much more than that remains to be seen.
Pearce joins Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall and Logan Marshall-Green in the film that is currently in the midst of a six-month shoot that started in Toronto and is currently in front of cameras on soundstages in London. The film will hit theaters on June 8, 2012.


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Common cents caution for pets
Humans aren't the only species with money troubles. Did you know that pennies can be hazardous to your dog's health? One-cent coins used to be made from 100 percent copper, which is nontoxic. In 1982, the government began minting pennies that were made mainly from zinc (much cheaper) and coated them with a thin layer of copper, keeping the look of a penny. When swallowed, the copper coating of...
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Understanding hemorrhagic gastroenteritis
One of the more common problems I see on an emergency basis is a disease process called hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, also known as HGE. I recently treated Sam, the little Beagle in the photo, for a severe case of this disease. The history I hear from owners is always the same: "My dog started having diarrhea and then, all of a sudden, it became very watery and bloody." This can be horrifying to...
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Causes and responses to a choking pet
Having "something stuck in the throat" is a common problem for our pets due to their curious natures and indiscriminate eating habits. Recently, I saw an adorable Bernese Mountain Dog named Clover after she had gotten a little over-exuberant with her tennis ball. She'd actually swallowed it. She presented for difficulties with both swallowing and breathing, and X-rays revealed that her distress...
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Chasing their tails, eating grass and rolling in garbage—should you worry?
From humping to "targeted" sniffing, our pups have a plethora of odd habits—at least to those of us who walk on two legs instead of four. While no one knows for certain the exact "why" behind these behaviors, we do have some theories. And until dogs learn to speak human, divulging their best-kept secrets, we'll just have to continue to make educated guesses about this weird-but-true realm of...
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Sometimes I realize I may be getting too old for this job, particularly when I get a phone call from my resident in the wee hours of the morning. "I've got a dog with a broken back," he says. "Any chance you can give me a hand?" I could groan, but it would take too much energy. I could say, "Can't it wait a couple of hours?" but he's already said the magic words. A broken back is a true...
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There's more to it than meets the nose!
As much as we might hate to admit it, flatulence is a normal biological function. A surprising amount of air is swallowed just with the simple act of eating, and if this is not burped out, it must exit through the other end. The amount of air swallowed tends to be increased when dogs feel they must eat quickly or in brachycephalic breeds (dogs with a compressed upper jaw and a short muzzle)...
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Lay the groundwork for quick, low-stress treatment
Working in the ER, I see a full range of preventable predicaments that complicate addressing a pet's immediate health crisis. I'd like to highlight four simple measures you can take as a pet parent to prevent distress and concern should an emergency arise while you are away or if you need to seek care outside of your normal veterinary relationship. Records!! Keep a copy of every medical...
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Best Photo Book
Is there any better way to share photos and hold on to the memories they represent than a photo book? For consumers and amateur photographers, a book is a great way to store photographs from Baby's first birthday party, your vacation cruise to Alaska or a collection of your best pictures of flowers. For serious and professional photographers, photo books are also important marketing tools, as well as products (to sell to the bride and groom). But among the many online photo book services, which one is the best?
We tested seven of the most popular photo book vendors: Blurb, Lulu, Mixbook, Mpix, Picaboo, Shutterfly and Snapfish. Our Editors' Choice Award goes to Mixbook, for its intelligent, versatile and creativity-enabling software and the excellent quality of its printed book. Shutterfly came in a very close second.
How We Tested and Rated
Our testing and analyses focused on two areas: the vendor's software for creating the photo book and the printed photo books themselves. In tallying our results, we gave double weight to our rating of the printed books, since no matter how good the software is, the end result is what is most important.
In testing and rating each service's photo-creation software, we paid particular attention to ease of use, as well as the quality and versatility of the software's themes, page layouts, clip art and more.
We also focused on flexibility and how well the software enables your creativity. In particular, how easy it is to customize and personalize the page layouts, such as adjusting photo or text size, orientation, and placement on the page.
To rate the printed photo books, we created a blind test for our small jury of experts in photography, printing, art and book production. In other words, none of us knew which book came from which service.
Clockwise, from bottom left: Picaboo, Mpix, Mixbook, Shutterfly, Lulu, Snapfish and Blurb.We ranked each book according to multiple attributes: Our judges evaluated the quality of the binding and paper, as well as the quality and attractiveness of the cover. We also paid close attention to photo reproduction (color, exposure, sharpness, dynamic range, etc.) and the overall look and feel of the book.
We ordered a single photo book from each vendor, making the following choices:
- A 20-page hardbound book, with an image-wrapped cover, choosing the size closest to 8 x 8 inches.
- We used an interface from each service that allowed us to custom-design our book, while testing their backgrounds, page layouts and so forth.
- We did not pay for extra-quality paper, lay-flat pages or other such options.
Editors' Note: Whatever photo book service you use, be sure to look for coupon offers. You can find these on the homepage of the service's website or in an email you receive after registering on the website. We received considerable discounts on the Shutterfly and Snapfish books. (The prices quoted in the reviews are without the discounts.)
Best Photo Book Service: Mixbook Photo Book
The Best
Mixbook is our Editors' Choice among all photo book services. It offers the best online photo-creation software, and it produces the highest-quality printed book ($30.49 for 8.5 x 8.5-inch hardbound book). Consumers will find it easy to produce highly personal, creative memory books, while professional and serious photographers will end up with excellent showcase portfolio books.
Creating Your Photo Book
Mixbook's intelligent, intuitive interface offers easy-to-master creative flexibility, while keeping all options and tools within easy reach.
To the left of the workspace is a tabbed panel, providing quick access to your Photos (imported from your computer, Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, PhotoBucket, Picasa or Smugmug), Layouts (not only for pages of one to 21 photos, but also for text blocks), Backgrounds, and Stickers (some of the most appealing clipart among the vendors we tested). Elements used in the project (or ones you're considering using) are immediately available through these panels. Click on Browse, and you can bring any others within the system into the panel.
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The provided page Layouts are inventive and varied, as well as fully editable. This includes full control over placement, size and rotation of images. You can spread a photo over two pages or a portion of two pages (which is more appealing if you choose the lay-flat book option).
Picture effects include click-to-apply drop shadows, picture shapes (heart, oval, triangle and such), image transparency, border, reflection, sepia and b&w. However, Mixbook doesn't have the same level of user controls as does Picaboo. Mixbook also offers a nice variety of fonts, including bold, italics and underline styles.
Working in Mixbook's interface, we found we needed fewer mouse clicks to achieve similar actions compared to other vendors. For instance, you don't need a placeholder or template to simply drop a picture onto a page and then place it in the location and orientation you want it.
The Printed Book
Our Mixbook photo book was beautiful. Both the cover and the interior pages had a sensual, quality feel.
The color reproduction was excellent, with great contrast and exposure, and good detail throughout the dynamic range (shadows, midtones and highlights). Our photos looked crisp and vibrant with good deep-blacks and lively highlights.
Other Products Offered
Other than photo books, the only photo products that Mixbook offers are cards and calendars. But these are fully customizable. The nice range of card templates (such as save-the-date, invitations and announcements, holiday and birthday cards, etc.) have the following layout options: number of photos (zero to nine), size (3.5 x 5-inch, 5 x 7-inch or 4 x 8-inch), format (folded or flat), orientation (landscape or portrait rectangle or square) and 12 background color choices. Or you can start with a blank card and create your own design. The calendar templates have scores of layout options for one or many pictures, background colors and textures, stickers, and such.
Bottom Line
Mixbook outshone all the other photo book services we tested, both in terms of our creative experience and the quality of the book. We would recommend Mixbook for anyone wanting to create a photo book, including both consumer and professional photographers.
Runner-Up: Shutterfly Photo Book
Shutterfly produced a photo book that many people would be proud to show off, making it one of our favorite services. However, while the software was almost as versatile as Mixbook's, it wasn't as easy or fun to use.
Shutterfly's online software has a nice, large library, including some of our favorite backgrounds in the roundup, plus a good variety of fully customizable layouts and themes, and a nice collection of clipart and fonts with bold and italics. Its Arrange view (to drag and drop the order of pages) and Storyboard view (for assigning specific photos to pages unrelated to layout) are great additions to the usual double-page workspace.
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Note that Shutterfuly doesn't offer Mixbook's or Picaboo's versatile image effects. More importantly, Shutterly separates the Edit workspace from the window where you can customize your page Layout; this makes the creation process cumbersome.
The Shutterfly book we printed — $29.99 for an 8 x 8-inch hardbound book — was a pleasure to hold, with very nice paper (including the nicest textured paper of any service we reviewed). The photos display great color, saturation and an appealing level of sharpness.
However, Shutterfly boosted our exposure with an auto-fill light, eliminating our carefully created artistic shadows. Therefore, while we can heartily recommend Shutterfly photo books for consumers, expert photographers might not like having their pictures altered in such a manner.
Other Products Offered
Shutterfly also offers photo printing on just about anything you can think of, such as cards and stationery, calendars, mugs, pillows and blankets, montage quilts, candles, phone and tablet cases, lunch bags, coasters, T-shirts, glass plates, tote bags, jigsaw puzzles, kids' growth charts, playing cards, magnets, luggage tags, and wall sconces. In addition to Shutterfly's well-known, inexpensive 4 x 6-inch prints, the company has a full selection of all size prints from wallet up to 20 x 30-inch posters, with glossy or matte finish. You can also get large, gallery-wrapped canvas prints, metal and wood plaques, glass prints, and collage posters.
Some of the photo products have a good selection of options, such as size and style, number of photos, and choice of design templates and background colors, while others have more limited options (such as the photo quilts, which have only two background color options: beige and tan).
Picaboo Photo Book
Making a Picaboo photo book ($34.99 for an 8 x 8-inch hardbound book) was great fun, with the highest degree of easy-to-apply personal touches and customization among all the services we tested. However, the printed image quality wasn't top-notch, and the price is on the high side.
Picaboo's online software is inviting, attractive, easy to navigate and well thought out. It provides full user control, not only on image placement, size and rotation, but also over shadows, shape cutouts, borders and other effects. The large library of appealing backgrounds, clipart and layouts is searchable by keyword. A nice selection of fonts includes bold, underline and italics for many fonts.
The only things missing, which prevent this from being a nearly perfect photo book interface, are a holding area for those elements you've already used in the book and/or a favorites folder, so you don't have to go searching for the same thing over again.
While Picaboo's photo book looked attractive, with pleasant color reproduction, the images weren't vibrant or dynamic, and some had a soft focus. Overall, Picaboo will appeal to scrapbookers and others who enjoy making books fully their own, and who don't have a critical eye when it comes to photo quality.
Other Products Offered
Picaboo also offers flat and folded greeting cards, spiral-bound calendars, and phone and tablet cases. The template categories are somewhat limited compared to those of competitors. For instance, card templates are available for Valentine's Day, save the date, graduation, baby, thank you, birthday invites, New Year's, Christmas, season's greetings and Hanukkah.
However, you can edit the templates to some extent and can create your own design from scratch using similar tools to the book interface. Picaboo also offers paper prints from 4 x 6 inches to 11 x 14 inches, and gallery-wrapped canvas prints from 15 x 10 inches to 36 x 24 inches.
Snapfish Photo Book
Snapfish has very good creation software but uneven photo book production. It might be a good choice for those who care only about the pictures and not the look and feel of the book ($28.99 for an 8 x 8-inch hardbound book).
Snapfish's online software has an intuitive, easy-to-master interface with an extensive and varied library of clip art, backgrounds, layouts and themes. Snapfish makes those elements you want to use in your book quickly accessible. You can move, resize or rotate placed photos. The handful of photo effects includes brightness, sepia tone and red-eye removal. The number of fonts is limited, and only a few may be placed in bold or italics.
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Unfortunately, the photo book that we had printed felt cheap, with crinkled end papers and a missing front piece. Plus the back and front covers were not squared to each other. On the other hand, the photos inside the book exhibited excellent color, nice sharpness and a good dynamic range with some suppressed highlights.
One of Snapfish's major advantages is that discount coupons are readily available. With a quick Internet search, we found one that reduced the cost for our test book by half.
Other Products Offered
Snapfish offers a comprehensive collection of photo products. These include cards (folded and flat); calendars; mugs; pillows and blankets; cases for phones, tablets and laptops; key chains; aprons; tote bags; playing cards; jigsaw puzzles; charms; and luggage tags.
Generally speaking, Snapfish offers considerable user customization on its photo products. For instance, after you select a greeting card template, you can change the template, alter the layout, select background colors or textures, and add text and embellishments (clip art and decorative type). Prints include the usual range of sizes on paper (4 x 6-inch to 20 x 30-inch), plus photos on canvas, wood and aluminum. Print options also include square format and frames.
MPix Photo Book
At $50 for an 8 x 8-inch hardbound, image-wrapped book, MPix was the most expensive service we tested. But it was only average in quality. However, the online photo-creation software is quite good.
The software offers an intelligent interface with fully customizable flexibility; most options are accessible within one click. MPix also offers a nice collection of themes, backgrounds, clip art, fonts and layouts.
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Too bad the photo book did a poor job with image reproduction. The pictures exhibited dull colors and suppressed saturation. The processing automatically added fill-light with little image intelligence, so that shadows were lost and contrast was flattened.
While we could have gotten the same book for only $30 if we had wanted a cloth-wrapped rather than a photo-wrapped cover, we would have still been disappointed in the end result.
Other Products Offered
Mpix has a nice range of other products available, including greeting cards, business cards, buttons, key chains, holiday ornaments, keepsake boxes, kids' growth charts, magnets, magazine covers, playing cards and 2D cutout statuettes. Some are unusual, such as the wall clings, which are cutouts of pictures that adhere to your wall. Several products' templates focus on kids' sports, such as the Memory Mates cards. Calendar options include not only the typical spiral-bound month per page, but also wall-mount dry-erase calendars. Cards can be folded or flat, accordion minis, foil-pressed, or trading cards.
Photo prints range from small wallet sizes (2.5 x 3.5-inch) up to 16 x 20-inch sizes, with a choice of standard paper, matte finish, glossy paper or lustre coating. Other print options include gallery-wrapped canvas, metal prints and foam-mounted standout wall boxes.
Blurb Photo Book
Blurb ($27.99 for a 7 x 7-inch hardbound 20-page book) focuses on photo books for professional and serious artists and photographers, with convenient options for reselling books to the public. We wouldn't recommend it for the general consumer, however.
The service offers several software options: the online Bookify app, a downloadable Bookwright app, plug-ins for Adobe Lightroom and Adobe InDesign, or the ability to upload an already-created book in PDF or MS Word formats. We created our test photo book using Bookwright, a relatively easy-to-master app with a very nice library of highly customizable layouts, but no consumer-oriented clipart or themes (such as birthday, vacation, etc.).
Unfortunately, we were very disappointed in our book's image quality and photo reproduction. Images were soft, with no rich blacks or bright highlights. It's possible that the more advanced software and more expensive book options might have given us the higher quality that Blurb appears to be known to produce. In either case, it's clear that Blurb is not the right service for the typical consumer or amateur photographer.
Other Products Offered
Blurb offers no other photo products; the service caters entirely to book self-publishers. However, one of the company's book types is a very attractive perfect-bound weekly planner, which can include week-, month- or year-at-a-glance pages; full-page photos; and lined pages for notes.
Lulu Photo Book
Lulu ($19.99 for an 8.5 x 8.5-inch hardbound 20-page book) is primarily a print-on-demand service for self-published authors of text-based books, such as novels, memoirs and biographies. These authors find the website's distribution and marketing options useful. Lulu's photo book services are a secondary consideration and are not well developed.
The online photo-book creation software is very easy to use, specifically because it has very little creative customization. The small library of themes offers attractive backgrounds and static layouts.
The physical book felt cheap, and the pages were pasted rather than stitched. Most significantly, the photos looked blurry, flat (low contrast) and grayish, with poor color reproduction and no vitality. At least the type was crisp and sharp, as you would expect from a service that specializes in text-based books.
We recommend staying clear of Lulu for your photo book.
Other Products Offered
Lulu focuses on books, in both print and e-book formats, so the company doesn't offer many other photo products. However, it does have six- to 48-month calendars, based on a selection of templates and layouts, to which you can add one to three pictures per page.
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Malvern is a very Victorian town to which I go occasionally. I suppose it consists of a group of communities that have grown into one another. What most people call Malvern is in fact Great Malvern. There is a Malvern Link and West Malvern, as well, and collectively they are called Malvern. The photo is from our local radio website and is by Trevor Lawrence.
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Democrats unveil plans for Assembly
The Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus is calling for higher taxes to boost funding for transportation, education and other services. The caucus outlined its legislative agenda for the 2013 General Assembly at a news briefing Tuesday. Seven senators from the Democratic leadership spoke, each championing different issues, such as Medicaid, gun control and a "Dream Act" to help the children of illegal immigrants.
Senate Democratic Leader Richard Saslaw of Falls Church presented a plan to increase funding for transportation.
"I'm probably going to drop a bill later this week that will raise the gas tax 5 cents this year, 5 cents next year," Saslaw said. "That would raise about $500 million a year and pretty much come close to stopping the raid on the construction funds" being diverted to other purposes.
Saslaw also wants to regularly adjust the gasoline tax with inflation.
He criticized Gov. Bob McDonnell's plan to remove Virginia's 17.5-cents-per-gallon gas tax and raise the sales tax from 5 percent to 5.8 percent.
"You wouldn't be saving Virginians anything," Saslaw said. "You would really be helping the oil companies."
Saslaw noted that North Carolina's gasoline tax is 21 cents higher than Virginia's. But last summer, average prices at the pump were about the same in both states, he said. He said this shows that gas prices are market-driven and largely unaffected by taxes.
While raising the gas tax, Saslaw also would increase the sales tax: "The other thing we need to do is go up 1 percent on the sales tax." Half of the resulting revenues, roughly $600 million a year, would go to road construction; the other half would go to education, including colleges and universities.
Because of its current funding levels and policies, Saslaw said, Virginia doesn't create an environment that attracts the best scientific researchers. He compared the 30 or so Nobel Prize winners at the University of California at Berkeley to Virginia's three winners.
"Five years ago, they (UC Berkeley) passed a $3 billion bond issued for stem cell research," Saslaw said. "Stem cell research in Virginia is illegal … 2008, U.Va. got $25 million. Twenty-five million for research. Twenty-five million here, you got $3 billion there. If you're a scientist, where are you heading?"
Sen. Charles Colgan, D-Manassas, proposed raising teachers' salaries by 3 percent. Sen. George Barker, D-Alexandria, said Virginia must help close the gaps in achievement levels between different demographic groups.
Sen. Donald McEachin, D-Richmond, discussed the Virginia Dream Act. This would allow children of undocumented workers to pay in-state tuition for Virginia colleges if they:
• Graduated from a Virginia high school and have lived in state for three years.
• Have approval to stay in the United States under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action Status program.
• Have paid Virginia income tax for at least three years.
"These children of undocumented workers deserve the same chance every other child gets in Virginia to go tocollege," McEachin said.
Sen. Barbara Favola's topic was expanding Medicaid. Favola, a Democrat from Arlington, said this would benefit 250,000 Virginians who aren't receiving adequate care.
The federal government has agreed to pay the entire cost of expanding Medicaid for the first three years and 90 percent after that, Favola said. She said this would help the economy and create 30,000 jobs.
Sen. Dave Marsden, D-Fairfax, listed a number of bills concerning gun control, such as expanding background checks and requiring gun owners to report stolen weapons. He cited recent mass shootings like the one in Newtown, Conn.
"Mass shooting are coming at such frequency (there were seven this year) that it may always seem insensitive to debate change in the wake of these tragedies," Marsden said. "But in overwhelming numbers, Virginians want something done."
Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, spoke in favor of proposed constitutional amendments to automatically restore the voting rights of nonviolent felons who have served their sentences. Such measures are awaiting a vote in a Senate committee. Petersen urged people who back the proposal to show their support.
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It's been a long time since last talking about MythTV with the last major release occurring 18 months back, but the release candidate for the next version of MythTV has finally surfaced. The release candidate for MythTV 0.22 is available along with 0.22 RCs for MythPlugins and MythThemes. The major changes in MythTV 0.22 include the user-interface now using the the new MythUI library and the new features that it brings, MythTV being built upon Qt 4.4+, automatic scheduler prioritization, support for the Hauppauge HD-PVR, and VDPAU support.
The XBMC media player (formerly known as X-Box Media Center) has reached a new milestone with its 9.04 "Babylon" release. This updated open-source media player integrates VDPAU support for offloading video decoding to supported NVIDIA GPUs (as our benchmarks show it improved HD video playback), UPnP MediaServer compliant with DLNA standard, PulseAudio sound server support, there are new karaoke features, and numerous other options have been added in XBMC 9.04.
While AMD continues to sit on the sidelines of Linux video playback as they have yet to release the needed information to expose their X-Video Bitstream Acceleration (XvBA) interface, NVIDIA's video API continues being adopted by various open-source multimedia projects. NVIDIA engineers working on the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix had only provided official patches for FFmpeg and MPlayer while the open-source community has stepped up and provided the support in other software applications (such as MythTV, Xine, and VLC).
Earlier this week Google had published their list of 2009 Summer of Code projects and FFmpeg was among them. Last week we published an interview with the FFmpeg developers where we learned more about their v0.5 release and other topics like OpenCL, Blu-ray, and multi-threading. Since running that interview, where it was found that Blu-ray wasn't actively being worked on due in part to a lack of hardware, a number of readers have stepped up and offered Blu-ray drives and media to help developers, which may result in Blu-ray support coming sooner rather than later.
A week ago at Phoronix we published an interview with the developers of FFmpeg (well, just three of their active developers) where topics from OpenCL to their release cycle to multi-threading support were discussed. Diego Biurrun, Baptiste Coudurier, and Robert Swain also talked about their version 0.5 milestone. In that interview, the following was said about Blu-ray support on Linux:
FFmpeg, a popular free software project to record, convert, and stream audio/video files of various formats, has finally readied itself for a new release. FFmpeg is relied upon heavily by MPlayer, but official releases are far and few between. Tonight, however, the FFmpeg developers have released version 0.5 of this LGPL multimedia software.
The Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix is one of the best innovations to occur within the proprietary NVIDIA Linux display driver in recent times. VDPAU allows offloading much of the video acceleration work from the CPU onto the GPU, which results in a $20 CPU and $30 GPU being able to sustain HD video playback and great video benchmark results.
When NVIDIA introduced VDPAU support in November for providing excellent GPU playback support on Linux they released a set of patches that enabled the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix support within the FFmpeg and MPlayer projects. Initially it looked like these patches would not be accepted into the mainline code-base, but committed to the FFmpeg repository last night was support for VDPAU.
Earlier this month FFmpeg picked up support for new formats/decoders and among them were RealVideo 4.0 support. What was missing, however, was support for RealVideo 3.0 with this free software media converting solution. A RealVideo 3.0 decoder though has now been added to FFmpeg. This decoder may still have a few bugs to it, but it's now available via their SVN repository.
While there still is no official release of FFmpeg, committed to their SVN repository last night was support for several new formats. FFmpeg has picked up a QCELP/PureVoice speech decoder, floating point PCM decoder and encoder, Nellymoser ASAO encoder, Electronic Arts TGQ decoder, Speex decoding via libspeex, MXF muxer, E-AC-3 support, and a RealVideo 4.0 decoder.
Last month NVIDIA brought PureVideo features to Linux through a new API they call the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix in their NVIDIA 180.xx driver.
Released this morning was the first cross-platform release of XBMC (formerly known as the X-Box Media Center) for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X platforms. This release, codenamed "Atlantis", sporting this multi-platform compatibility also arrives with a new default skin, an XBMC Live distribution as an OS to purely run XBMC, and iTunes/iPhoto integration. The final release of this open-source media center application is expected next month. The release announcement and download links can be found on the XBMC web-site. XBMC is the software that powers Boxee.tv.
About a year after the availability of the first release candidate for MPlayer 1.0, the second RC is finally out. Mplayer 1.0-rc2 includes new FFmpeg work, support for Real RTSP authentication, libnemesi streaming library, and other improvements. Many HDTV streams should now also work for MPlayer 1.0-rc2 and later. The FFmpeg work includes new video and audio codecs, speed improvements, and code cleanups. More information and downloads are available from the MPlayer website.
The beta of Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" was released last week and now arriving is the first beta of Mythbuntu 7.10. Mythbuntu is the Ubuntu derivative designed for HTPCs (Home Theater PCs) and media PCs with MythTV being its key package. Some of the key Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta packages include turning to Xfce as opposed to OpenBox, Network Manager is now included, ubuntu-mythtv-frontend is now used, and new mythbuntu-control-centre features. Some of the other changes include a new GTK theme, enhanced LIRC support for USB devices, and new usplash artwork. Mythbuntu can also be installed via an existing Ubuntu installation. More information is available in the Mythbuntu 7.10 Public Beta release notes.
It was just thirteen days ago that Zap2It Labs had dropped their free XML listing service used by MythTV and other open-source media programs, but Schedules Direct has already reached its second milestone. Schedules Direct is the paid service established by the demise of Zap2It Labs and with this second milestone the pricing has been lowered. Using Schedules Direct will cost $15 USD per six month period, as opposed to three months previously. The next planned milestone by Schedules Direct is to offer their XML listing service for $20 USD per year. Find out more about these lower prices and extended membership on the Schedules Direct mailing list.
The latest addition to the *buntu family, Mythbuntu, has come out today with its fourth alpha release for Mythbuntu 7.10. This Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" based distribution is designed for MythTV media PCs while offering all of the benefits from Ubuntu. Mythbuntu 7.10 Public Alpha 4 delivers a number of improvements including Schedules Direct support, nvidia-settings and the AMDCCCLE for proprietary driver configuration, and a number of other fixes and advancements since Alpha 3. Find out more on the Alpha 4 announcement page.
With Schedules Direct now open for business, MythTV 0.20.2 has been released. MythTV 0.20.2 removes the Zap2It Labs free listings but now officially supports Schedules Direct. The memory consumption for mythfrontend has also been reduced by up to 75%, mythfrontend will also startup faster, and better scaling and anti-aliasing are among the other improvements. There is also a number of fixes and MythTV plug-in updates for MythTV 0.20.2. The release notes for MythTV 0.20.2 are available at MythTV.org.
Schedules Direct, the pay-to-use replacement for MythTV enthusiasts currently using Zap2It Labs for obtaining TV listings, has now gone live and is accepting customers. Schedules Direct will currently cost you $15 USD per three months, but prices are expected to drop by next year. Zap2It Labs is shutting down their free service on September 1st. The official announcement can be read here.
Earlier this year Zap2It Labs revealed they would be discontinuing their free XML schedule service that allowed United States users to get their local TV listings for free. These free listings are ending in September and led many to fear how they would be getting their listings for MythTV.
Last month Zap2It Labs announced that it would be discontinuing its free TV listings service through XML, which MythTV users inside of the United States depend upon for listing data. However, there is now hope that there will be a viable replacement by the time Zap2It eliminates their service in September of this year. Announced on the MythTV development list was word that representatives from a number of free software projects are working on the replacement. Specific details are still being kept secret, but Easy TV Data is being setup as a non-profit organization to provide free TV listings. More information should be available shortly.
The first public alpha release of Mythbuntu 7.04 is now available for download. Mythbuntu is based upon Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" and combined back-end/front-end for MythTV v0.20. All MythTV plug-ins also ship with Mythbuntu. For more information on Ubuntu and MythTV you can check out our recent article entitled Building An Ubuntu MythTV Box. More on Mythbuntu is available from their project website.
A new version of MythTV -- the popular Linux-based PVR application for media/HTPCs -- has been released. MythTV v0.20 delivers a new menu system, improved internal DVD player, support for DVB radio channels, and mouse support. The MythArchive plug-in for MythTV also supports recording directly to DVDs. More information can be found at MythTV.org.
This Linux distribution is relatively unheard of, in fact we hadn't even heard of it until the announcement came down early this morning on the Fedora marketing list. MythDora, as the name implies, is a combination of the MythTV project and Fedora Core. Presently, MythDora is based upon Fedora Core 4 and ships with MythTV-0.19. Several MythTV modules are also included. Beta test 2.22 is available at this time, however, MythDora v2.1 is stable at this time. More information on MythDora is likely to come in the near future, and the project's home-page is here.
We at Phoronix have just received a message from MythDora's Dennis Hand. While not listed on the project's page, the message states the MythDora testing ISOs are available from the ATRPMS server. The link to the MythDora v2.2 testing ISOs are available here. Be aware of warnings in this testing version and all bugs found are asked to be reported to the project's website. If you are unfamiliar with MythDora, we have a news posting from earlier in the day.
Based on the success of our first system build log (How to Build an Ultimate Gaming PC), Corsair has just published another system build log. This time we dive into the details of building a home theater PC. From component selection, system build, software installation, to watching and recording TV - we have every step covered in great details! Over 100 photos to document the process to show your readers how easy it is to put a HTPC together. This guide in its entirety can be read here.
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Christmas comes to the stage
What: Performances of "A Tuna Christmas"
When: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 18
Where: The Bayou Playhouse, 101 Main St., Lockport
Admission: $23 in advance and $25 at the door.
What to expect: Performances of the playhouse's next production by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard stars Liam Kraus and Travis Resor, and is directed by Perry Martin.
Martin, the playhouse's artistic director, said it's the theater's fist Christmas production.
"A Tuna Christmas" is set the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. Kraus and Resor play the entire cast of 22 eccentric characters of men, women and children in this comedy that brings the best — and funniest — of Southern culture to Lockport.
Information: www.bayouplayhouse.com, 1-888-99-BAYOU or firstname.lastname@example.com
Come listen to holiday tunes
What: Joyous Sounds Chirstmas concert
When: 2 p.m. Dec. 4
Where: Holy Savior Catholic Church, 201 Church St., Lockport
Admission: Free
What to expect: The concerts will feature a mix of sacred and secular holiday favorites, according to Kevin Gaubert, founder of the group.
The tunes range from "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock" to "Silent Night" and "Oh Come All Ye Faithful."
The 14-member group is also performing a concert at 2 p.m. Dec. 11 at St. Genevieve Catholic Church, 815 Barbier Ave., Thibodaux.
The group performs at Holy Savior every year because a majority of the members attend the church regularly, and the group uses the church for practices.
Founded in 1991, Joyous Sounds started by singing Christmas carols at an AARP banquet. They attracted so much attention that other organizations started requesting performances. The group eventually grew to 14 members, all sharing the desire to perform music for the entertainment and benefit of others.
"We love performing for people," Gaubert said. "Being able to come out into the community and share music with them is a true joy for all of us."
In addition to Gaubert, the group's members include Suzanne Gaubert, Charles Gaiennie, Robert Rome, Marge Barker, Betsy Arcement, Curtis Arcement, Robert Adams, Mona Arcement, Jamie Wiley, Patricia Champagne, Anne Gaiennie, Ted Hoffmann and Hank Boudreaux.
Information: 532-3533
Learn to carol at Raceland library
What: A "Christmas Caroling and Party" program
When: 4 p.m. Dec. 14
Where: Raceland Branch Library, 177 Recreation Drive.
Admission: Free
What to expect: The event features carolling to Christmas tunes with the use of a karaoke machine.
Jessica Cassel, the branch's manager, said this is the third year for the event.
"We just have a good time," Cassel said about the event that features a party and storytime where three books will be read, including "A Night Before Christmas." "We're just wanting to celebrate the holidays."
She said they get a good turnout of children and parents for the all-ages event.
For the first year, Cassel said, she printed out words to several Christmas favorites and started singing, however, she had little participation from participants. But, by the end of the event, she said no one wanted to leave. She said last year is when she introduced the karaoke machine, and the same thing happened: no one wanted to sing, but by the end of the event, "nobody wanted to get off the mic."
Refreshments will be served.
"The kids always enjoy it," Cassel said. "It just takes them to build up their nerves to get up there and sing."
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Jamal Ahmad Al-Fadl said his role in the prospective purchase of nuclear material began with a call from a senior Al Qaeda official. A man in Khartoum, Sudan, supposedly had uranium for sale. At the time, Mr. al-Fadl was an operative in Al Qaeda's terrorist army. His job: Check out the deal.
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