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Cloud (for Mac)
An old adage states that sharing is caring, so when it comes time to send that big file make sure that it arrives in the intended recipient's inbox without suffering bounce-backs because the photos, video, or documents are too large. Linebreak SL seeks to eliminate the bounceback problem and speed the sharing process with Cloud (for Mac), a popular freemium utility that makes sharing a near-effortless endeavor. The Web-based application performs its function with aplomb.
Getting Started With Cloud
Getting started with Cloud is quick and easy. You create an account by entering your e-mail address and a password at the start screen. Cloud sends a confirmation email to your address, but you don't have to click any links to confirm the set up?you can dive right in. Cloud doesn't place an icon on the Mac's toolbar; as with file-syncing program Dropbox?(Free, 4 stars), Cloud's icon lives in the menu bar at the top of the screen and is accessible from any Web-connected computer. Although both applications let you share files via links, Dropbox isn't a true competing product; it's file-syncing software.
By default, snapped screenshots are automatically copied to My CloudApp, an online storage locker that's automatically created when sign up for Cloud. In order to place other file types into My CloudApp, you must manually move them there by dropping the file onto the Cloud icon. Clicking it opens a drop-down menu that lets you view all of your stored files (in either Grid or List views) and the last five uploaded files. The drop-down menu also contains "Preferences" which lets you tinker with options. CloudApp is powered by Heroku and Amazon's Simple Storage Service. Files are redundantly stored on multiple devices across multiple storage facilities to prevent data loss.
File Sharing Made Easy
Sharing a file is equally easy: You simply click a file from within My CloudApp, and click "Direct Link" in the upper-right hand corner to generate a non-expiring URL that's automatically coped to your clipboard. This link is then yours to share at will by pasting it in an e-mail, IM conversation, forum, or any other area (if you upload multiple files at once, Cloud generates a shareable zip file). You can also set the link to public or private (it's set to private by default). The free version limits you to sending just 10 files per day that are less than 25MB each, and Cloud's domain name is at the heart of each URL.
Fortunately, you can send more files and customize the links for branding purposes by entering the CloudApp store. There I was I was encouraged to sign up for a CloudApp Pro account which offers a handful of benefits including using your websites domain name in the generated URLs (this requires DNS tweaking), and the ability to share an unlimited number of files per day, and upload files that are up to 250MB in size, features that SMBs will appreciate.
The contract-free, affordable subscription plans can be purchased in one month ($5), three month ($15), six month ($25), and 12 month ($45) increments. Dropbox, on the other hand, sets its pricing based on capacity: 2GB (Free), 50GB ($9.99 per month), and Pro 100 ($19.99 per month). Cloud has a more wallet-friendly price scheme, but it lacks Dropbox' folder system which places files on each computer on which it's installed. If you don't have a Web connection, you can't access Cloud's saved files. In other word, Cloud is not a syncing program.
I signed up for the $5 plan and had no problems sending several zip files (containing large mixes of photos, videos, and audio) to friends without getting the dreaded bounce back. The recipients reported that when they received the URLS, they simply downloaded the zip files to their hard drives to access the content.
Cloud also includes a feature called "Raindrop" that integrates the app with other software. For example, pressing Control + Option + R automatically shortens URLs when you're browsing using Google Chrome and saves it to the Cloud Web App. Raindrop also works with Finder, Firefox, Grab, Photoshop, Safari, iPhoto, and iTunes. It really is an extremely useful tool for quickly capturing and saving files for sharing at a later time.
Should You Download Cloud (for Mac)?
If you need to send large files to others on a regular basis, Cloud (for Mac) lets you do just that. Chances are that if you need a service of this type you'll probably want to shell out cash for the premium service?which is cheaper than using Dropbox?in order to avoid the free model's limitations. Still, although you need a Web connection to access your saved files, you'll find it worth the price of admission.
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Microsoft rolls out Xbox TV platform (AP)
LOS ANGELES ? Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console, one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.
The interface, first demonstrated by CEO Steve Ballmer in September, is set up similarly to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system with a series of large panes showing content options.
Xbox owners with the Kinect motion controller can swipe through screens by waving their hand in the air. It also responds to direct voice commands and incorporates Microsoft's search engine, Bing. Windows phone users can control what to watch or hear by tapping on their portable devices.
The interface will be available to Xbox users connected to the Internet via a download on Tuesday.
In a demonstration for The Associated Press, a Microsoft employee demonstrated how saying, clearly, "Xbox. Bing. `Iron Man,'" brought up a selection of movies, TV shows, games and soundtracks related to the title. Saying "Xbox. Show. Movies," brought up places to rent or buy the movie, including Microsoft's Zune store, Wal-Mart's Vudu, Netflix or pay TV channel Epix.
Separate subscriptions are required for services like Netflix, and much of the content also requires being a gold member of Xbox Live, a connected Internet service that costs $60 a year.
Microsoft expects to have pay TV channel partners, including those supplied by Verizon FiOS. There will be no broadcast partners, so fans of the ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox networks will continue to rely on standard set-top boxes or digital rabbit ear antennas for that content.
Microsoft says there have been 57 million Xbox units sold around the world and there are more than 35 million users who have logged on to its Xbox Live service at least once in the last three months. It did not divulge how many Xbox Live users are paying gold members.
Ross Honey, general manager of Xbox Live entertainment and advertising, said about 40 content partners were expected for the platform. Available apps from those partners will roll out over time. Other partners include the British Broadcasting Company, Hulu Plus, Disney's online ESPN3 service, Ultimate Fighting Championship, YouTube and cable giant Comcast Corp.'s Xfinity on-demand subscription service.
Many of the offerings require separate pay TV subscriptions or one-time payments. Honey said that many deals with content providers are still in the works.
"As with any new technology that comes with the entertainment industry, it takes time," he said. "What we have here is a start."
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Monday, December 5, 2011
The story behind the world's most famous drawing
Jamie Condliffe, contributor
But the image wasn't a product of imagination alone. In his new book, Da Vinci's Ghost, Toby Lester uncovers its long and intricate history, revealing that da Vinci was in the business of imitation himself. Indeed, the drawing built on the idea that the human form was a precisely proportioned structure representing the measure of all things - a philosophy developed by the Roman architect Vitruvius during the rule of Caesar Augustus.
As Lester shows, for the original Renaissance man, this idea had tremendous appeal. Skilfully tracing da Vinci's early talent for art through his passions for architecture, engineering and - crucially - human anatomy, Lester makes the case that it was this fusion of interests, and a chance encounter with a translated copy of Vitruvius's work, which culminated in the creation of the Vitruvian Man.
He weaves a sparkling account of da Vinci's personal life with an intriguing history of studies of the human form. So entwined are these narratives that he speculates on a tantalising theory: that Vitruvian Man was a self-portrait. It is a fine revelation on which to round off a fascinating book.
Book Information
Da Vinci's Ghost
by Toby Lester
Published by: Profile Books/Free Press
?16.99/$26.99
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Clinton meets Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talk talk prior to dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talk talk prior to dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talk prior to dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pours water over a Buddhist statue, as she tours the Shwedegon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple founded between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands prior to dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ? Hillary Rodham Clinton dined Thursday with former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, forcefully underscoring a U.S. challenge to Myanmar's leaders on her historic visit: The new civilian government must expand recent reforms, including the release of political prisoners, to improve relations as it emerges from more than a half-century of repressive military rule.
"We believe that any political prisoner anywhere should be released," the U.S. secretary of state told reporters. "One political prisoner is one too many in our view."
Clinton called Suu Kyi a personal inspiration, and her first meeting with the Nobel peace laureate was a highlight of her visit to the long-isolated country also known as Burma. Suu Kyi, a prisoner for most of the past two decades, was released from house arrest last year and is returning to politics.
The two women were to see each other again on Friday.
Greeting one another at Suu Kyi's home, they noted that Suu Kyi has a poster signed by Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright. Suu Kyi said she has read books written by both Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Reporters were present for a few moments of banter before dinner.
U.S. officials warned that even the modest incentives Clinton offered to Myanmar's new, military-backed leaders this week would come off the table if the country fails the political-prisoners and other tests of reform.
In meetings with top Myanmar officials in the capital of Naypyidaw and then with Suu Kyi in the commercial hub of Yangon, Clinton said the country's leaders must end violent campaigns against ethnic minorities and break military ties with North Korea
Clinton offered a small package of rewards for steps President Thein Sein and other leaders have already taken but said the U.S. was not ready to lift tough sanctions on the country. Removing some of those sanctions would require approval by Congress, where many lawmakers have criticized the Obama administration for rewarding Myanmar too quickly without enough evidence of change.
The modest first steps Clinton announced include Washington no longer blocking enhanced cooperation between Myanmar and the International Monetary Fund that could lead to the approval of much-needed loans and support for the poorest nation in the region. Also, the U.S. would support intensified U.N. health and microfinance programs and resume bilateral counternarcotics efforts.
Those steps could be followed by an upgrade in diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Myanmar, Clinton said, although U.S. officials stressed that concrete action on American concerns must be completed first. The U.S. has not had an ambassador in Myanmar since the early 1990s and is represented now by a charge d'affaires.
Clinton delivered letters from President Barack Obama to Thein Sein and Suu Kyi, in which Obama expressed hopes for better ties. The secretary of state made the point directly in her public remarks.
"I came to assess whether the time is right for a new chapter in our shared history," Clinton said, adding that the U.S. was ready to further improve relations with the civilian government in the Southeast Asian nation ? but only if it stays on a path of democratization.
A senior U.S. official said Thein Sein had outlined his government's plans for reform in a 45-minute presentation in which he acknowledged that Myanmar lacked a recent tradition of democracy and openness. He asked for U.S. help in making the transition from military to full civilian rule, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private diplomatic exchange.
Clinton's trip is both a mark of approval, and a prod to further reform.
The U.S. is "encouraged by the steps that you and your government have taken to provide for your people," she said, but those steps must be consolidated and enlarged.
"While measures already taken may be unprecedented and certainly welcome, they are just a beginning," she told reporters. "We're not at the point yet where we can consider lifting sanctions that we have in place because of our ongoing concerns about policies that have to be reversed. But any steps that the government takes will be carefully considered and will be matched."
In addition to calling for the release of political prisoners and an end to ethnic violence, Clinton said the U.S. wants to see a truly open political system and improvements in human rights. She also warned the country's leaders to break suspected illicit military, nuclear and ballistic missile cooperation with North Korea that may violate U.N. sanctions.
"Better relations with the United States will only be possible if the entire government respects the international consensus against the spread of nuclear weapons ... and we support the government's stated intention to sever military ties with North Korea," she said.
In his presentation, Thein Sein vowed that Myanmar would uphold its U.N. obligations with respect to North Korea, according to the senior U.S. official. Thein Sein also told Clinton that Myanmar was actively considering signing a new agreement with the U.N. nuclear watchdog that would allow unfettered inspections of atomic sites in his country, the official said.
Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, welcomed the U.S. rewards and said, "The incentives will help promote better relations and a better future for the country and I hope the government will expand its reform process."
Clinton rejected the idea that the U.S. outreach to Myanmar was partially a response to the growing regional influence of China. "We are not viewing this in light of any competition with China," she said. "We are viewing it as an opportunity for us to re-engage here."
"We welcome positive constructive relations between China and her neighbors. We think that is in China's interest as well as in the neighborhood's interest," she said.
Recalling Obama's mention of "flickers of progress" in Myanmar when he announced that Clinton would visit, Clinton urged leaders not to allow them to "be stamped out."
"It will be up to the leaders and the people to fan flickers of progress into flames of freedom that light the path toward a better future," she said. "That ? and nothing less ? is what it will take for us to turn a solitary visit into a lasting partnership."
Before dinner with Suu Kyi, Clinton toured the Shwedagon Pagoda, a 2,500-year-old Buddhist temple.
Despite the symbolism of Clinton's visit, enthusiasm has been muted in Myanmar.
In fact, her presence has been overshadowed by the arrival Thursday of the prime minister of Belarus and his wife, for whom two large welcoming signs were erected at the airport and the road into the city. No such displays welcomed Clinton.
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Associated Press writer Aye Aye Win in Yangon contributed to this report.
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Motorola tablet says hello to FCC, totes Verizon LTE bands
Could this be a Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition with Verizon's LTE making its way through the FCC? The tablet sports LTE band 13 -- Big Red's particular flavor -- as well as CDMA / EVDO. It also technically houses GSM / EDGE / WCDMA functionality, though the government documents state that it's SIM-locked and disabled by firmware. The docs also give us a good healthy diagram of its back, which clearly shows the same outline and angled corners seen on the Xoom 2 Media Edition, as well as the same camera and LED flash configuration (seen in the gallery below). Our prediction: what we're seeing here is Verizon's iteration of the Xoom 2 Media Edition complete with LTE, while the mystery tablet seen back in October -- its FCC ID being just one digit off of this -- is the Xoom 2. Hopefully we'll learn soon enough, and we'll keep digging in the meantime to see if we can uncover any other interesting nuggets of info.
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