Motorola Motozine ZN5, Shoot, Share, Show Off

Motorola Inc. announced Sunday the introduction of MOTOZINE ZN5, the first mobile phone to combine Motorola's ModeShift Technology and KODAK Imaging Technology. In a separate release, Photography products maker Kodak also unveiled the launch of KODAK Imaging Technology that helps handset makers and service providers advanced options to compete in the growing mobile market.

MOTOZINE ZN5 will be first available in China in July and is expected to be offered globally throughout the remainder of the year.

The MOTOZINE™ ZN5 is built to shoot: it's the only phone to use KODAK Imaging Technology and KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology, which together create brighter, more vivid pictures that you'll want to show off.

The MOTOZINE™ ZN5 is built to share too: you can upload your photos to the web¹ the instant you take them, or save them to share later on up to 4GB of optional expandable memory. When you're done, with ModeShift technology, just slide across the lens cover and your 5-megapixel camera instantly transforms back to a phone.

MOTOZINE™ ZN5 is the first mobile phone to combine KODAK Imaging Technology and Motorola ModeShift technology into one sleek, immersive mobile device. The ZN5 combines a high-quality phone and camera experience to help content-craving consumers seize inspiration and share the content they create and love with the world. In the ZN5 press kit, you can find our press release and fact sheet, as well as product photos. Plus take a look at the ZN5 in action through our online gallery and exhibition of, "A Day in the Life of the World."

KODAK

• KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology enhances photos with brighter colors and sharper details.

• The only phone on the market co-developed with Kodak that enables you to upload and manage your images via KODAK EASYSHARE Software.

• Photos can be uploaded via KODAK Gallery Link and instantly shared to the KODAK Gallery¹ online in one simple click.

• Use KODAK EASYSHARE Software to quickly transfer pictures from your phone to your PC via USB. With KODAK EASYSHARE Software you can organize, edit, print, and share your photos.

SHARE

• Send your photos while on the go via MMS, WiFi¹ or Bluetooth^® wireless technology, or upload directly to the Kodak Gallery or your favorite photo site via ShoZu.¹

• Display instant slideshows on your TV³ with just one cable, or print directly to your KODAK All-in-One inkjet printers using Bluetooth^®.

FEATURES

CAMERA

Display: 2.4” 240x320 262k TFT
Memory: 350MB available memory⁴, optional removable 4GB memory card

Imaging:

• KODAK 5-megapixel Camera, auto-focus, low light optimized with Xenon flash
  
• Multi-shot mode
  
• Capture and edit modes: panorama, grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, blueish
  
• Fixed optical zoom lens
  
• Focal length: 5.56mm. Aperture: 2.8/5.6
  
• Digital viewfinder

PHONE

Dimensions: 50.5mm (W) x 118mm (L) x 12mm (T) (16mm at bump)
Talk Time: up to 349 to 574 minutes⁵
Standby Time: up to 310 to 579 minutes⁵
Weight: 114g
Battery: 950 mAh
Bands/Modes: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12

Phone Features:

• Sliding the lens cover open transforms the device from phone to camera using
  ModeShift technology
  
• CrystalTalkTM technology for clear-sounding calls
  
• SMS, MMS, IM, personal e-mail¹
  
• Full HTML open source browser
  
• 3.5mm A/V jack, FM radio⁶, music player
  
• Wi-Fi¹ enabled/ WLAN: 802.11 b/g/i
  
• Optional external memory supports up to 4GB capacity
  
• Microsoft® Windows Media^® Player 11
  
• Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP)²
  
• Video –C/P 15fps, MPEG4, H263
  
• TV out³

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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 3, Put Your Browser in Your Pocket

PortableApps.com has release of Mozilla Firefox_®, Portable Edition 3 in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. It's the just-released Mozilla Firefox 3 bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured web browser that's easy to use. It has lots of great features including popup-blocking, tabbed-browsing, integrated search, improved privacy features, automatic updating and more. Plus, thanks to the PortableApps.com launcher bundled in the Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your favorite browser along with all your favorite bookmarks and extensions with you wherever you go. Learn more about Mozilla Firefox...

From Mozilla: "Firefox 3 is two to three times faster than its predecessor and offers more than 15,000 improvements, including the revolutionary smart location bar, malware protection, and extensive under the hood work to improve the speed and performance of the browser." Read the press release, release notes or Firefox 3 Frequently Asked Questions.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition is available for immediate download from the Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition homepage. You can get the German release from the German homepage and the French, Italian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese releases from the Localization page. Get it today!

HTC TouchFLO 3D, Experience a whole new dimension in mobile

HTC Corp., a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its advanced next generation business phone, the HTC Touch Pro™. Bringing a beautiful new angle to mobile business productivity, the HTC Touch Pro utilizes similar styling and functionality of the highly anticipated Touch Diamond™ and introduces a variety of business-focused enhancements that make getting work done on the go quick and easy.

“The HTC Touch Pro and Touch Diamond have created a new generation of HTC touch devices that make the promise of the one-hand, one-touch mobile Internet a reality,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “HTC Touch Pro is for those customers that demand the ease of use and enjoyment of TouchFLO™ 3D and want the styling of the Touch Diamond but also need the powerful mobile business experience that HTC delivers.”

A New Dimension To Touch – One hand, one touch
HTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with its 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar appointments or making calls with just one touch. Delve a little deeper to find that your music, photos, contacts and surfing the web are also responsive to the touch. In addition, the Touch Pro includes a new innovative touch-sensitive control for device interaction.

Making The Mobile Internet Useful and Fun
With the introduction of Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and wireless connectivity. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they are designed to be viewed on a PC. As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan Websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.

In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Pro includes an HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content as well as including Google Maps for mobile for mapping and traffic data.

Unmatched Style With Complete Productivity
Like the Touch Diamond, Touch Pro is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand and brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of HTC’s trademark sliding keyboard design. Introducing a new five-row QWERTY keyboard layout that makes typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents quick and easy. Built-in TV-out functionality means users can deliver the perfect PowerPoint® presentation from the Touch Pro.

Bursting with Innovation
The Touch Pro delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful Web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera includes an optical auto-focus lens that ensures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Pro experience a stand out.

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Now's your chance to move the world. Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009

One of the world's most renowned photo contests, entries to the 32nd Nikon Photo Contest International will be accepted from September 1 to November 30, 2008.

A contest with an impressive history

The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon Corporation since 1969 to provide an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike. Renowned among photo enthusiasts worldwide, the contest has so far attracted more than 1,270,000 images from a total of 306,000 photographers. In fact, so popular has the contest become among photographers that a total of over 47,000 images were received from more than 16,000 entrants in 135 different countries for the 31st contest alone.

This year's theme: "At the heart of the image"

"At the heart of the image" is not only the brand statement of Nikon Imaging Company, but it is also the theme of the 32nd contest. We have carefully selected categories as stated below and we look forward to receiving images expressing the emotions that are true to your heart.

This year's categories

A Free subject:
Express yourself freely, as it moves you.
B My Planet:
Express your world, whether that involves the environment, scenes from your daily life, or the people and things that stir your passions.

With these categories, Nikon welcomes and embraces photographic creativity and encourages images of human happiness from all over the world.

54 prizes awarded by a panel of international photographers

All works will be judged by professional photographers working internationally and a combined total of 54 prizes will be awarded. The Grand Prize will be awarded for the most outstanding photograph out of all the entries, regardless of category. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded to 16 winners in each category. The Emerging Talent award will recognize 4 winners and 16 runners-up from both categories to commend those aged under 30 for work that possess outstanding expressive power and conveys the energy of youth. Additionally, this year marks the 75th anniversary of the NIKKOR brand of lenses. To properly commemorate this event, a special prize will be awarded to the outstanding work that places second after the Grand Prize winner.

Prize winners are planned to be announced in July 2009.

An open opportunity

A competition that truly traverses borders, the Nikon Photo Contest International embodies an unrivalled opportunity – providing photographers everywhere with a chance to showcase their talents and giving us all a valuable insight into the lives of those around us. An exhibition of the winning photographs is also planned, so please take advantage of this opportunity to submit your work. learn more...

Nikon Capture NX 2, Powerful Tools for Quick and Easy Photo Editing

TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the introduction of the exciting new Capture NX 2 photo editing software. An evolution of the original award-winning Capture NX software released in 2006, Capture NX 2 makes it even easier to make quick and powerful photographic edits so you can spend more time making photographs and less time editing them on the computer.

The original Capture NX software introduced the world to direct on-image editing. This revolutionary new development was the basis of the Color Control Point tool which enabled photographers of all levels to easily adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, color and warmth on specific elements of a picture such as sky, skin, grass, etc. This made it possible to choose any area of a photograph for editing without the need for complicated selections or masking techniques.

Capture NX 2 introduces the all-new Selection Control Point tool, which allows users to carry out nearly any image adjustment to a specific area with just a point-and-click to make the selection. Whether applying an Unsharp Mask to just the eyes in a portrait, a Gaussian Blur to only the background of a photograph or D-Lighting to open up the shadows, the Selection Control Point makes it easy to do. What once was a complex and tedious task now takes just a fraction of the time.

The newly developed Auto Retouch Brush allows you to simply apply a few mouse strokes to clear away spots, blemishes or other unwanted distractions that appear in a picture. Photographers can quickly and effectively achieve the results they are looking for without having to learn all new methods and skills.

The Capture NX 2 interface has been updated by adding "Workspaces" to optimize the screen layout. Four preset Workspaces such as "Browser" and "Edit" can be selected as well as a number of user-defined workspaces that optimize single or multiple monitors for the ideal screen layout. The Edit List has been reorganized to allow easier access to most settings. Further, it maximizes the picture display area while simplifying the editing process by allowing multiple edits to be viewed simultaneously.

With this range of impressive tools many shooters will find Capture NX 2 to be a great stand-alone photo editing solution, while others will discover that it’s a remarkably effective addition to their existing photographic editing workflow and process. more...

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Encrypt your SWF with Amayeta SWF Encrypt 5.0

SWF Encrypt™ 5.0 encrypts your Adobe Flash® SWF files, protecting them from the most popular Flash Decompiler Tools on the market. Secure your ActionScript today and prevent SWF Reverse Engineering and Decompiling.
Amayeta first launched SWF Encrypt in 2005, where it received mass acclaim for being the first mainstream encryption tool for Flash. SWF Encrypt 5.0 builds upon the advanced obfuscation Techniques along side proven encryption technology to further protect and secure Flash ActionScript Code, which now includes protection for Flash 9, ActionScript 3.0 SWF Files.

ActionScript is the programming language used for scripting Adobe Flash movies and applications, referred to as SWF Files. The Adobe SWF File Format is an "Open File Format" which means there is no native protection and the contents of the SWF file can be viewed using Flash Decompiler Tools. These tools break open the resources that make up a SWF file and can display the full ActionScript Source Code. SWF Encrypt 5.0 shields ActionScript from Flash Decompilers and SWF hackers by encrypting and obfuscating the SWF whilst retaining its original functionality.

In addition to SWF Encrypt 5.0, Amayeta have also released SWC Encrypt 2.0, a major update to the industries first Encryption Tool for Flash Component Files. Built on the same Encryption Platform as SWF Encrypt 5.0, SWC Encrypt 2.0 also works with ActionScript 3.0 Flash SWC Files.

“SWF Encrypt 5.0 and SWC Encrypt 2.0 are the first ActionScript 3.0 obfuscators on the market” said Simon Yang, Software Architect at Amayeta, “The AS3 format differs greatly from previous versions of Flash, so we've worked really hard with this update. We'll continue to improve and optimize the engine even more over the coming months.”

SWF Encrypt 5.0 and SWC Encrypt 2.0 are both available now for Windows and Mac OSX. Pricing is $125 for a single license, per product. Education, government, and volume pricing is available. To learn more about purchasing options, or to download the trial versions, visit http://www.amayeta.com

Firefox claims download success

Mozilla is claiming a download record for the release of Firefox 3.0.

In the first 24 hours the web browser was available the software was downloaded more than eight million times, says its creator Mozilla.

Statistics from the download servers are being scrutinised to produce an official figure that will be passed to the Guinness World Record organisation.

But the launch was marred by news from computer security firms who have found the first flaws in the software.

Big figures

The attempt to set the download record was scheduled to begin at 1300 PST (2000 GMT) on 17 June.

However, the record attempt was almost wrecked from the start as the servers handling the downloads collapsed under the weight of visitors checking to see if new version was available.

Once the servers were up and functioning normally the record attempt began.

At their busiest the servers were handling more than 9,000 downloads per minute. Within five hours the number of downloads for Version 3.0 exceeded the 1.6 million set by Firefox 2.0 in October 2006.

In total Firefox 3.0 was downloaded 8.3 million times over the 24 hour record setting period. The figure beats the five million Mozilla predicted before the day.

Logs from the download servers have been handed to the Open Source Labs at Oregon State University for auditing. The scrutiny will ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads are not counted. The verification process could take a week to complete.

The surge of interest in Firefox 3.0 has continued and Mozilla has reported that the software has now been downloaded more than 10 million times.

However, some of the shine of the launch was removed by reports that a security firm had already found a flaw in the browser.

DV Labs/Tipping Point reported a flaw only five hours after Firefox 3.0 debuted. The flaw potentially lets an attacker take over a PC if a user clicks on a booby-trapped link.

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NVIDIA Tesla Computing Solutions now with the world's first teraflop parallel processor

NEW NVIDIA TESLA DOUBLES THE PERFORMANCE FOR THOUSANDS OF CUDA DEVELOPERS WORLDWIDE
NVIDIA Tesla® and CUDA™ Technologies Together Deliver a Complete Computing Solution for the Entire HPC Industry

From video encoding to oil and gas exploration and from medical imaging to scientific research, thousands of CUDA developers in the high performance computing (HPC) community are leveraging a revolutionary GPU computing platform that was announced just one year ago. With over 60,000 downloads of the C-compiler to date, the combination of CUDA™ and Tesla® technologies have been the foundation for industry changing applications, making it the most rapidly adopted GPU computing technology platform in the HPC community.

“GPU Computing is coming at a time when we are running out of gas for time-critical forecasts on conventional clusters,” says National Center of Atmospheric Research’s John Michalakes, lead software developer for the Weather Research & Forecasting Model “We aim to cut the time for a forecast by at least a factor of two as we incorporate NVIDIA’s GPU computing technology into more of WRF. I expect the affect of accelerators in weather and climate modeling will be transformative.”

This year at the International Supercomputing Conference, NVIDIA Corporation, the leader in GPU technologies, has strengthened the CUDA and Tesla technology platforms with the introduction of its second-generation platform, the new Tesla 10 series computing solutions. Binary compatible and supporting the industry standard language of C, the new products enable developers to solve their computational challenges in a common and familiar development environment that scales effortlessly from one generation to the next with no re-coding required.

“The path to great discovery is filled with many challenges and for today's scientists, engineers and researchers, in fields such as drug research, seismic exploration or medical science, one of the biggest challenges is computation,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. “The GPU is taking high performance computing in a fundamentally new direction. Now, hundreds of processor cores are able to work together to give scientists and engineers massive jumps in performance, while dramatically reducing the footprint in their datacenter.”

The new Tesla product family includes the Tesla S1070 1U computing system and the Tesla C1060 computing processor and delivers:

• Double the performance: up to 4 Teraflops per 1U system
• Double precision: IEEE 754 arithmetic support
• Double the memory: with 16 Gigabytes of memory per 1U system
• Up to 3x the power efficiency: for a more efficient computing environment

“As a world leader of derivatives, BNPParibas is constantly investing in research for more efficient financial calculations. To this end, we are currently conducting research on the use of GPUs to speed up options processing and early access to the new NVIDIA Tesla products has been highly beneficial. These experiments, done with ANEO consulting firm, delivered very promising results with impressive performance speedup and exceptional accuracy. NVIDIA Tesla computing products, which offers IEEE 754 double precision compliance, is also a very important step forward for us,” declares Stephane Tyc, BNPParibas Global Head of Equities & Derivates Quantitative Research.

When combined with the award-winning CUDA C-language development software for parallel computing, the new Tesla products extend the reach of GPUs to any computationally intensive applications requiring double precision accuracy. To date, over 70 million CUDA enabled GPUs have been sold into the market and over 60,000 downloads of the C-compiler have been recorded through the community Web site, CUDA Zone, which is located at www.nvidia.com/cuda. As a result, developers across a wide variety of fields including financial analysis, astrophysics and seismic imaging are leveraging NVIDIA’s CUDA development tools. These developers can now simply parallelize their software and exploit the GPU’s parallel computing architecture to automatically distribute computing work to hundreds of processor cores.

“CUDA has allowed us to tap into the processing power of the GPU with tremendous ease, saving us time and money,” says Jim Hardwick, Senior Software Engineer at Techniscan. “A single host system and two Tesla D870s are considerably cheaper than the 16-core cluster. This is significant not only for production and sales, but also reduces research and development costs in engineering.”

“Using only 12 GPUs, Volera is capable of analyzing the entire U.S. options market, in real time, with latencies of less than 10 milliseconds,” says Gerald A. Hanweck, Jr., founder and principal partner of Hanweck Associates. “That sort of result would usually require at least 60 traditional 1U servers. By using NVIDIA GPU technology, our clients are able to see better results while saving maintenance costs, with lower power consumption, and a smaller real-estate footprint.”

The Tesla S1070 1U computing system and Tesla C1060 computing processor board will be available for purchase for $7999 and $1699 respectively. These products are sampling today and will ship in August 2008.

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XNA Community Games, create your own X-Box Games

If you’ve ever dreamed of making your own video games and sharing them with the world, then the XNA Creators Club and community games are for you. It’s game development for everybody – games created by the community, reviewed by the community, and played by everyone.

With the XNA Community Games Beta on Xbox LIVE, you can join today and be a part of the future of gaming. It all happens here on the XNA Creators Club Online Web site. Community games are as simple as four steps: create, submit, review, and play.

The XNA Creators Club is a community all about games made by you and creators like you. It’s free and easy to join. You’ll get powerful tools for making your own games on Windows and Xbox 360, and an arsenal of educational and community resources on the XNA Creators Club Online Website. Create your games, submit them for review by the community, and get the games you create onto Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Run Windows Software on Linux with Wine 1.0

After a mere 15 years of development the Wine team yesterday announced the release of Wine 1.0, the first full official release. Wine, however, is already in widespread use in the Linux community and has been for most of its 15-year development.

For those not in the know, Wine allows a wide range of Windows applications to be run on Linux without needing to install Microsoft’s operating system.

Wine is not an emulator so much as a Linux replacement for core Windows components needed to run applications from that platform.

Despite the 15-year development cycle, the Wine team said in its announcement that compatibility in 1.0 may not be “perfect yet”. But the good news is that “thousands of applications have been reported to work very well”.

To see see what applications can be run using Wine see http://appdb.winehq.org.

The source code for Wine 1.0 can be found at:
http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/emulators/wine/wine-1.0.tar.bz2 or
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.0.tar.bz2

Binary packages for various distributions including Ubuntu, Suse, Mandriva and Red Hat are already available from http://www.winehq.org/site/download.

Download Day is here! Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web

Please download Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) on June 18, 2008. That's 11:16 a.m. in Mountain View, 2:16 p.m. in Toronto, 3:16 p.m. in Rio de Janeiro, 8:16 p.m. in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Rome and Warsaw, 10:16 p.m. in Moscow, and June 19, 2008 at 2:16 a.m. in Beijing and 3:16 a.m. in Tokyo.

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Firefox 3 'Download Day' cripples Mozilla site

Mozilla's big plan on Tuesday to set a world record for downloads with the Firefox 3 browser hit a snag when its Web site would not work properly.

Though the big "Download Day" was set to begin at 1 p.m. ET, Mozilla's Web site was down or working sporadically all morning on the East Coast, and users still could not download Firefox 3 from the site more than an hour later.

A Firefox spokeswoman said via e-mail just after 2 p.m. that the company was aware of the problem and "working to get it back up quickly."

Mozilla also outlined the problems it was having with its Web site in a blog entry.

"The outpouring of interest and enthusiasm around Firefox 3 has been overwhelming (literally!). Our servers are currently feeling the burn and should be back to normal shortly. Download day will officially commence once the site goes live. The 24 hours period will be clocked from that moment. Thanks for your continued support."

Sony Ericsson brings out the photographer in us all unveiling its first ever 8.1megapixel camera phone and a stylish snapshot phone

The new C905 Cyber-shot™ and S302 Snapshot camera phones from Sony Ericsson allow consumers around the world to capture and share vivid photos whatever their needs, photography skills or budget. Whether it is a compact camera phone with prestige good looks, or a real alternative to a digital camera, Sony Ericsson has the phone for the job.


The C905 is Sony Ericsson’s first Cyber-shot slider and its most advanced camera phone yet. With an 8.1 megapixel camera and real camera flash amongst its cutting-edge capabilities, it offers easy photo-taking in a phone that derives its looks from a digital camera and offers the picture quality to match. In comparison the S302 Snapshot is for those who want it all at an affordable price – good looks, must-have features and a pocket-sized slim design.

“The C905 Cyber-shot™ and S302 Snapshot have been developed to make us all better photographers! That means making it easier to take great shots and never missing that magic moment.” said Sven Totté, Head of Imaging Marketing at Sony Ericsson. “Although both have photography at their core, the phones are very distinct; the 8.1megapixel C905 is a viable alternative to a digital camera and the S302 is perfect for those who don’t want to miss a moment and like to send or Bluetooth™ their photos to their friends.”

The new C905 Cyber-shot™
Take your best shot

• Complete digital camera experience on a phone – true digital camera styling and an 8.1 megapixel camera with Xenon flash
• Outstanding picture quality – complete with face detection auto-focus, smart contrast and image stabilizer
• From baby’s first steps to an amazing sunset; store them all on the 2GB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2®) included
• The USB adaptor (CCR-70) provided in-box allows for easy transfer of your photos to-and-from your PC.
• View high-quality pictures on the phones impressive 2.4” scratch-resistant mineral glass display
• Share your memories – send your photos wirelessly from your phone to your TV via Wi-Fi™ (using DLNA), or connect with wires using the TV-Out Cable ITC-60, also announced today
• Upload photos to your own online blogsite or print your photos with fantastic resolution up to A3 size
• Much more than a camera phone - GPS-enabled for geo-tagging of photos and navigation support.

The new S302 Snapshot
Good for your image

• Slick and slimline with a stylish design and a premium, high-gloss finish
• 2.0 megapixel camera with an easy-to-learn camera menu. Use the S302 just like you would a digital camera
• Photo light and Photo fix – useful photo functions to help you get the shots you want
• Capture the action - video recording and playback
• Room for your entire photo album - up to 20 MB internal memory and Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support
• Transfer photos easily via USB, Bluetooth™ or Memory Stick Micro™

Building on Sony Ericsson’s camera phone heritage, the C905 Cyber-shot™ phone and S302 Snapshot are all-round performers that maximise their camera credentials. The S302 introduces a premium looking, yet affordable phone with a snapshot camera at-hand when needed. The C905 is a powerful 8.1 megapixel camera phone that looks, feels and acts like a real camera.

The C905 Cyber-shot™ will be available in three colours (Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold) in selected markets from Q4 2008. It will support the following networks:

• C905: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 2100.
• C905a: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100
• C905c: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.

The S302 Snapshot will be available in Crystal Blue and Thunder Grey in selected markets from Q4 2008. The S302 (and S302c for China markets) will support GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.

TV-Out Cable ITC-60 will be available Q4 2008

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Sony Ericsson launches two new dual function USB modems to keep you ahead of the game

17 June 2008 Sony Ericsson unveils the MD400 and MD400g – the first HSPA USB modems of their kind from Sony Ericsson not only providing high speed broadband but also a combined M2 Memory Stick Micro™ and a microSD™ slot brought together in a stylish and attractive design. Apart from an in-built antenna, an innovative additional swivel antenna optimizes the performance when in use. When closed, it covers and protects the retractable USB connector. The MD400g also has an in-built GPS receiver which automatically shows the user’s current location.

Singapore, 17th June 2008 – For people on the move keeping in touch via the internet with colleagues, clients, friends and family is a necessity. Now Sony Ericsson gives users the speed they need in a stylish way with its two new modems complete with HSPA technology. Users can receive 7.2Mb/s in download and up to 2.0Mb/s in upload speeds. This means that sending attachments via email such as images or video content can be sent up to five times faster than before.

“The MD400 and MD400g are high performance and stylish devices that enable you to have all your essentials at hand even when you are out of reach from broadband at home or in the office. The USBs are simple, quick to install and the multiple technologies guarantee internet access every time,” said Johan Tysklind, marketing director mobile computing at Sony Ericsson. “The combined M2 Memory Stick Micro™ and the microSD™ slot really makes these products stand out from the crowd and the MD400g even includes a GPS receiver.”

Sony Ericsson MD400/MD400g – the world on the move

• HSPA technology – up to 7.2Mb/s download and 2.0Mb/s upload
• First USB modem with combined M2 Memory Stick Micro™ and microSD™ slot
• In-built antenna complemented with an additional swivel 'Diversity' antenna maximizes reception performance and boosts data transmission
• Innovative mechanical design allows the swivel antenna to also protect the retractable USB connector when the modem is not in use
• USB modem - can be used in any PC, laptop or desktop
• In-built GPS receiver and GPS utility (MD400g) which can link directly in to Google Maps™ and mark current location
• PlayNow shortcut link – just a click away from entertainment
• Auto-install
• Auto configuration

So whether you are a professional that needs internet access anytime of the day, a student away from the library or even someone taking advantage of nice weather in the park the MD400/MD400g range can give you the broadband access you need from any mobile location.

Toshiba Portégé R500-S5007V, the World's First Laptop with 128GB Solid State Drive

“With seven world’s first technologies the Portégé R500 series has served as a technology launching pad and redefined the ultraportable marketplace with its world’s first technologies and ‘green’ attributes, such as a transreflective LED backlit indoor/outdoor viewing display, the industry’s highest rated EPEAT Gold laptop and Energy Star 4.0 compliance,” said Jeff Barney, general manager and vice president, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. “First to incorporate a 128GB solid state drive is another major accomplishment for Toshiba and illustrates how the company is committed to delivering solutions that meet the needs of our customers.”

Utilizing the industry’s largest solid state drive capacity of 128GB, Toshiba’s Portégé R500-S5007V provides ample storage space for carrying critical company data and sensitive personal data while traveling. With no moving parts, SSD technology provides customers with an enhanced level of reliability, durability and system responsiveness.

To provide added convenience and on-the-go productivity, the Portégé R500 series was the world’s first laptop to ship with a 7mm DVD SuperMulti drive. The built-in optical drive reduces the Portégé R500-S5007V’s travel weight by providing users with an all-in-one solution, eliminating the bulk and inconvenience of carrying additional drives and cables.

For enhanced outdoor viewing, the Portégé R500 series incorporates the world’s first widescreen 12.1-inch transreflective LED backlit display, a feature that embraces the variety of lighting scenarios in which laptop computers are used including direct sunlight. Indoors, the LED backlit display produces an image rich in color saturation and superb quality. Outdoors, the transreflective screen lets the sun’s light pass through and reflects it out to bring the images on the display to life so users can switch off the LED backlighting while outdoors and decrease overall battery consumption. This feature also makes the Toshiba Portégé R500 series an ideal choice for environmentally conscious users. This innovative display technology also enables users to expand their mobile computing boundaries beyond the traditional four walls of their office, home or local coffee shop to include locations with direct sunlight.

Measuring as thin as 0.77-inches, the Portégé R500 series uses Toshiba’s proprietary High Density Mounting Technology process to enable dual-sided motherboard component mounting. This innovative technology produces a motherboard that is one-third the size of a mainstream 15.4-inch notebook’s motherboard, while still providing users the same functionality.

The more than eight hours of battery life(3) of the Portégé R500-S5007V gives users a full work day of normal computing on a single charge. To achieve this extended computing life, Toshiba subjected key system components to meticulous energy efficiency evaluation. Key Portégé R500-S5007V components use low power consumption technology including both the 128GB SSD and an ultra low voltage processor.

For executive durability and security, the Portégé R500-S5007V incorporates Toshiba’s EasyGuard™ Technology(4) including advanced encryption, multiple level passwords and a fingerprint reader. These innovative features help prevent theft, and protect against unauthorized access to the user's system, helping keep confidential information secure. In terms of data protection, the elimination of all mechanical moving parts from the hard drive further enhances the level of reliability and durability.

Additional information about Toshiba’s EasyGuard Technology is available at www.easyguard.toshiba.com.

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Graphics Evolves Beyond Gaming With New NVIDIA Geforce Gtx 200 GPUs

SANTA CLARA, CA—JUNE 16, 2008—Imagine instead of taking over five hours to convert a video for your iPod, it only takes 35 minutesⁱ. Imagine using your PC to simulate protein folding to help find a cure for debilitating diseases. Imagine that your PC can dramatically accelerate everyday tasks, and deliver an exciting visual experience in the process. Today that imagination becomes a reality now that the leader in visual computing technologies, NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), has introduced its new family of GeForce® GTX 200 graphics processors (GPUs)—which includes the GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs—taking graphics beyond gaming and gaming beyond anything that’s ever been possible before on a consumer computing platform.

“The advances NVIDIA continues to make in visual computing are simply incredible, and we are excited to be one of the first companies in the world to offer the technology in the new Exhilaration Edition of the award-winning HP Blackbird 002,” said Rahul Sood, chief technology officer, HP Voodoo Business Unit. “Exceptional graphics quality and performance is important to our customers, and now the GeForce GTX 200 GPUs are bringing something else into the mix. By using the GPU to enhance everyday applications such as video encoding and manipulating photos, HP Blackbird 002 is one of the most cutting-edge PC platforms ever designed.”

Graphics Beyond Gaming
One of the most powerful processors in the PC is the GPU. Rendering 3D images in real-time is just about the most mathematically intensive task your PC will ever undertake, but it’s not the only one. As PC applications become increasingly visual, many ordinary tasks will benefit from the graphics horsepower provided by the GPU, including encoding and playing high-definition videos, editing photos, getting driving directions off the Internet, or simply running a new operating system like Windows Vista.

“Millions of users around the world know how time consuming it is to convert their home videos for use on video sharing sites such as YouTube or for downloading to popular media players such as the iPod,” said Sam Blackman, CEO of Elemental Technologies. “Elemental has developed the BadaBOOM™ Media Converter, a consumer video application scheduled for release in August. By taking advantage of the massively parallel, general-purpose computing architecture of a GeForce GPU, we are able to transcode high-quality video 18 times faster than with CPU-only implementations. This unprecedented performance scaling is the reason why we have made sure that our RapiHDTM Video Platform takes advantage of NVIDIA GPUs.”

By recognizing that the value of a GPU transcends gaming, an increasing number of applications are also being written that use the GPU for straight, non-graphical computational tasks. For example, Stanford University’s distributed computing computational program Folding@Home, combines the computing horsepower of millions of consumer GPUs to simulate protein folding to help find cures for diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. With the computing processing power of the GeForce GTX family, applications such as Folding@Home and others can run upwards of 140 times faster on an NVIDIA general-purpose parallel processor than on some of today’s traditional CPUs.

“GeForce GPUs will soon deliver the biggest boost in processing power we’ve seen in the history of Folding@Home,” said Vijay Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University. “The GeForce GTX 280 GPU runs Folding@Home 45 times faster than the latest 3GHz Core2 Quad CPU. If just one percent of the world’s GeForce 8- and 9-Series GPUs ran Folding@Home, we would have 70 petaflops of processing power to help find cures for disease. That’s 10 times more processing power than the world’s top 100 supercomputers combined.”

Gaming That’s Beyond
The CUDA general-purpose parallel processing mode will usher in a new generation of ultra realistic games. Developers can use the supercomputing power of the “CUDA Computing” mode to simulate realistic, physically accurate effects then render beautiful images using the “GeForce GPU” mode. NVIDIA GPUs are also the only ones to support PhysX™ technology, the world’s most pervasive physics engine that is already delivering dynamic 3D realism to more than 140 games across multiple platforms, and is being used by more than 25,000 developers worldwide. With PhysX, developers can incorporate effects such as rigid body dynamics, collision detection, and cloth simulation that dramatically change the way the games are played and how the on-screen stories unfold, and then accelerate those effects using the processing power of the GPU.

“I haven't been this excited about a new gaming technology in years,” said Chris Taylor, CEO and founder of Gas Powered Games. “We're focusing all of our physics efforts on PhysX, and it already delivers the kinds of advanced effects in Space Siege that takes the whole experience to the next level. And in the near-future, you're going to see real-time, Hollywood cinematic-level environmental effects on GPUs like the GeForce GTX 280. We're talking about some wicked-cool technology here!”

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Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 finally out

London, UK - Nokia introduced today the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 – the latest email-optimized devices from the Nokia Eseries product range. The sleek Nokia E71 with full QWERTY keyboard and the stylish, slide-to-open Nokia E66 easily mobilize a broad range of personal or professional messaging needs, including Microsoft Exchange, the world’s most widely adopted corporate email solution. Both devices are expected to begin shipping in key markets in July. The Nokia E71 and the Nokia E66 are expected to retail at EUR 350, before applicable taxes and subsidies.
“The Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 were designed for people who lead a mobile lifestyle and want quick and easy access to their personal and work email. With both of these devices, we have responded to consumer feedback by making calendar and contacts available at the touch of a button,” said Søren Petersen, Senior Vice President, Devices, Nokia. “Equally important, people want well-crafted devices that are as beautiful to use as they are to behold. Stainless steel was chosen as the core material for these devices, giving them additional strength and a touch of class. Furthermore, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 offer all the latest multimedia features that people desire.” get press release (pdf)...

The Nokia E71 has got a full hardware QWERTY keypad and comes as a successor of the Nokia E61i. The Nokia E71 brings much more style to the E-series since it packs a waistline of only 10mm. However the display has shrunk a bit to 2.36 inches (as compared to the 2.8-inch one of Nokia E61i).

The Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 have just been announced in London. They'll be shipping in July for 350 EUR. Both have GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera, HSDPA, WiFi and run S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. The E66 is the slider below, while the E71 is the monoblock with QWERTY keyboard above. Tons of videos here; more will be added soon. Full press release here. Engadget has 2 hands on videos too. Press photos (crazy stupid high resolution images in zip files) of the E71 here, E66 here.

The data sheet for the E71 is here, E66 here.

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NVIDIA to Rock San Jose with "Video Games Live" Show at NVISION 08

On Tuesday, August 26, a special performance of Video Games Live will captivate NVISION® 08 attendees at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Video Games Live is the most successful video game concert in the world – an immersive performance featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top musicians perform special musical arrangements with exclusive video footage, synchronized lighting, and interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience.

Having already performed to sold-out audiences around the world since 2005, Video Games Live continues its groundbreaking 2008 tour with a stop at NVISION 08. The Video Games Live concert will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 6 p.m.

Video Games Live tickets are automatically included with registration for NVISION 08's professional track. In addition, stand-alone Video Games Live tickets are available now at http://www.nvision2008.com/Enthusiasts/nvision-concert.cfm. For more information, contact: concert@nvision2008.com.

"Regardless of whether you're a gamer or not, you will not want to miss this," said Rob Csongor, vice president of corporate marketing, NVIDIA. "Picture the energy of a rock concert and the emotion of a symphony orchestra combined with interactivity, stunning visuals, and fun."

As an added attraction during the concert, the winners of the NVISION 08 gaming tournaments will have the opportunity to perform on stage alongside the musicians.

"We are very excited about performing at NVISION 08," said Tommy Tallarico, CEO and executive producer of Video Games Live. "It is a natural fit for our show to be a part of an event that brings together the visual computing industry in a creative and collaborative setting."

Taking place on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, NVISION 08 is a three-day mega-event for professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about visual computing. Thousands of engineers, designers, developers, researchers, artists, enthusiasts, gamers, film makers, business professionals, and consumers from around the world are expected to attend.

NVISION 08 registration and sponsorship information is available at http://www.nvision2008.com/. For more information on Video Games Live, visit www.videogameslive.com.

Interclue on Firefox, Click Less - Know More

Interclue is the ultimate hyperlink multitool. It gives you smart, compact link previews, relevant extra information and useful next actions for almost any given link on any given page.

With the Interclue browser add-on you'll see less and know more, click less and do more. Handy icons and tooltips tell you about each link before you click, and relevant actions appear right next to your cursor.

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Here are some sites that Interclue works really well on: Most search engines, and local site searches. Google Reader. Bloglines. gMail. Del.icio.us, Digg, other social bookmarking sites. Bugzilla and Trac ticketing systems. Most news sites. Almost any given blog. If you're a knowledge worker, don't forget to try it on your intranet. Interclue generates page summaries inside the browser rather than getting them from a server, so there is no privacy risk involved in using it on your intranet. learn more...



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Nokia's Tapio Tolvanen presents at SF bay ACM

2008-06-18
Location: Cupertino, CA, US 37° 19.128 N 122° 1.740 W
PRESENTER:

Tapio Tolvanen, Technology Manager for Nokia Devices’ Linux Computers.
TOPIC:

Developing software for mobile devices – Nokia Internet Tablets.
TOPIC SUMMARY:

In this presentation, you will learn about the Nokia Internet tablets both from a hardware and software perspective. Explore the devices, applications and communities, hear the features and study the architecture of the operating system and hardware configuration. Also discover the essentials of the application development platform, ranging from application frameworks to development tools.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Tapio Tolvanen is currently a Technology Manager for Nokia Devices. Tolvanen has been defining architectures and guiding the development of several applications creating engaging and compelling Internet Experience on Nokia's first Open Source based platform - maemo. Prior to this, Tolvanen has been developing several applications and products on Nokia's platforms, including Series 40, S60 and maemo in Europe, Asia and the U.S.A.

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Sony Ericsson S302 and F305 appear earlier

Tuesday, June 17th, will be an interesting day for Sony Ericsson. Two of the phones the Swedish-Japanese company will announce have been leaked — mobile gaming focused - F305 and quick shooter - S302.

Touted as the company's first motion gaming enabled phone (even though the W910i and K850i also have built-in accelerometers), the F305 is the quad-band GSM + EDGE handset. It has dedicated gaming buttons around its 2-inch 176×220 screen, and loud stereo speakers on the back to make the gaming experience more enjoyable. There's also Bluetooth support, 2 megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro (M2) slot, FM radio, music player with TrackID support. Three games come pre-loaded with the device - Bowling, Bass fishing, and Jockey. The Sony Ericsson F305 is a low-to-mid range device, measuring 96×47x14.6 mm and weighing 97.5 grams. It will be available in "select markets" in Q3 2008, in "Polar White" and "Mystic Black."

On the other hand, the quad-band GSM+EDGE Sony Ericsson S302 will be sold as an affordable camera phone. It has the same screen as the F305, and also comes with Bluetooth support, FM Radio, 2 megapixel camera and memory card slot. The S302 is the first device in the new Sony Ericsson's series - Snapshot. It measures 101×46x11, weighs 79 grams and will be available in "Thunder Grey" and "Crystal Blue" in Q4 this year.

In addition to new phones, the Sony Ericsson will also unveil new Bluetooth headsets - HBH-PV-715, HBH-PV-720 (supports StyleUp covers) and HBH-PV-740 (features a status display).

The S302 stands at only 11mm thickness and weighs the mere 79g. It's got a TFT display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels.

Sony Ericsson are in for a major announcement next week - leaked phones are already piling up by the day. We even expect that the Sony Ericsson P5 will be announced along too.

Today's leaked handsets are Sony Ericsson S302 (the so-called Snapshot series according to the internal Sony Ericsson naming convention) and Sony Ericsson F305 (a new portable gaming series).

Sony Ericsson S302 is quad-band GSM/EDGE device with a 2 megapixel camera (no autofocus here). There's also a LED photo flash and the PhotoFix application. The Sony Ericsson S302 is obviously a lower-midrange handset and you can't expect much from it. You also get 20MB of onboard memory, Memory Stick Micro card slot, Bluetooth (A2DP), USB and FM radio.

The Sony Ericsson S302 is set to be available in Q4 in Thunder Grey and Crystal Blue colors. Official announcement is expected on June 17th. There's no pricing information yet.

The Sony Ericsson F305 is again a quad-band GSM/EDGE device. Obviously being a gaming-oriented device it features a built-in accelerometer and three pre-installed games: Bowling, Bass fishing and Jockey. Bowling for example is played by simply swinging the handset as if you are to throw a bowling ball. We wonder how many of you will end up throwing the handset as well? Some of the games can be played in multiplayer mode via Bluetooth. There are also some special gaming keys that you'll notice above the display.

Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition mobile phone

With the next Batman movie scheduled to hit theaters within a month (July 18), Verizon and Nokia are releasing the special edition of the Nokia 6205 clamshell. The device comes in a "mysterious black color" and is embellished with a subtle "The Dark Knight" emblem. In addition, the device is pre-loaded with themed wallpapers, voice tones, animated screensavers and a full movie trailer.

Specs wise, the Get It Now-enabled Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition is identical to the original device and includes such features as 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 58 MB of internal memory and a microSD memory slot. Supported services include VZ Navigator and Mobile Web.

Finally, in the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition retail box, customers will also find a Joker playing card with a code and a link to the FightForGothamCity.com website, where they can play games to win more The Dark Knight-themed prizes, and download exclusive The Dark Knight content from Verizon's V CAST service.

The Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition will be available online for $69.99 after a $50 online instant rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Microsoft PopFly, easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, games, Web pages, and applications.

Microsoft® Popfly™ is the fun, easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, games, Web pages, and applications.

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VAIO® LT Series PC/TV - Premium Model

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Sony Ericsson Alicia leaked

It seems that Sony Ericsson are on a roll these days. Only two days after the impressive C905 photos and specifications leaked another phone’s demo video appeared online.

We are talking about a clamshell, nicknamed Alicia, which will probably join the Walkman lineup. It is armed with two external displays, one of which coming in the rather unusual circular shape. This unusual display also has touch-sensitive controls, resembling those of Sony Ericsson W980.

As of now there is very little information about the specifications of Alicia. Except for the displays we can see that the interface will come with the latest edition of the Sony Ericsson proprietary multimedia menu and that is pretty much all. We are waiting for an official announcement to tell whether the Alicia will be an upgrade to the Sony Ericsson W980 or its downgraded more affordable version.

Set a (FireFox Download) Guinness World Record, Enjoy the Better Web

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Join our community and this effort by pledging today.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta, put the web at your service

Internet Explorer 8 will take the web experience beyond the page. Internet Explorer 8 introduces a new way to seamlessly experience the best of the web whether you are a web developer writing to standards or a user discovering a new online service. Be one of the first developers to take advantage of improvements in Internet Explorer 8 for your websites and applications. Learn more.
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Opera 9.5 — out now

Discover the new standard in Web browsing. Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 mini-notebook

The all-new Fujitsu LifeBook U810 has the functionality of a traditional notebook, but only half the size. With a 5.6" WSVGA Crystal View display and weighing a mere 1.56 lbs, it is one of the world's smallest convertible notebooks, yet it is rich with features that let you work, access e-mail, watch video, listen to MP3s, browse the Internet, take pictures, or stay connected with friends and family. With the new optional integrated Broadband Connect, it revolutionizes the way you work, play, and entertain anytime, anywhere. Welcome to the 21st century lifestyle with the ultra mobile LifeBook U810. more..

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There's a browser safer than Firefox...

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NoScript's unique whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even not known yet!) with no loss of functionality... more...

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