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The Optical Flares 1.2 update is now available and includes several new features for all Optical Flares customers: Added 64-bit support for AE CS5 New “Unified Interface” with automatic scaling Rearrange window panels Full-Screen Mode 16:9 Guides now visible Show BG warning No more slide-out panel (Yay!) Watch Video Demonstration of New Interface Download Optical Flares 1.2 (Order Email Required) New Forum for Video Copilot Plug-ins: Now there is a dedicated place to talk about Video Copilot plug-ins including features, questions, compatibility. Click Here

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Optical Flares 1.2 Now Available!

Browser synchronization has been available to Firefox users for more than a year from Mozilla’s Weave add-on. The latest version, still in beta, promises to emphasize its ties to the browser with a new name and better features. Firefox Sync 1.3 will introduce new about:sync-tabs and about:sync-log for tab management and log checking, respectively.

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Mozilla to rebrand Weave as Firefox Sync

As we announced back in April , today we are hosting a special live edition of the SitePoint Podcast at WordCamp Raleigh . We’ll be livestreaming the show through USTREAM (watch below), which will run from 1-3 PM ET or -4 GMT. Regular hosts Brad Williams ( @williamsba ), Patrick O’Keefe ( @ifroggy ) and Stephan Segraves ( @ssegraves ) are all in town for the event.

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Livestream Today: SitePoint Podcast at WordCamp Raleigh (1-3 PM ET/GMT -4)

Rather than commemorating the release of a legacy version of PHP (PHP 4.0.0 was released May 22nd 2000 and has been superseded by PHP 5 almost six years ago), this blog posting remembers the anniversary of the first gathering of the German PHP community.

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10 Years of PHP Community (for me) – Sebastian Bergmann

The App Store is home to numerous apps that let you connect to a desktop PC from afar. Granted, navigating Windows on a screen as comparatively tiny as the iPhone’s is not a lot of fun, but it works better than you’d expect. TeamViewer brings powerful remote-access features to your iPhone, yet it doesn’t cost a dime

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Three free remote-access apps for iPhones

(Louisville, Colorado—May 21, 2010) Front Porch Digital, the global leader in migrating and managing media content, today announced an agreement whereby its DIVArchive™ content storage management (CSM) solutions will be sold in the Americas through Grass Valley™. The agreement in effect makes Grass Valley both a Front Porch Digital reseller and a technology partner, cementing a longstanding relationship between the two companies whose complementary technologies are already integrated and working successfully in name-brand installations, including the MLB Network and local ABC and CBS stations. “More than just looking for products, customers are looking for solutions,” said Dave Polyard, Front Porch Digital senior vice president of strategic sales

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Front Porch Digital, Grass Valley Embark on Technology and Sales Agreement

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve wanted to see Windows grow to support multiple keyboards and mice on the same computer. A WPF Forum Question about using a 2nd monitor’s touch screen without interfering with applications on the other screen, is another instance of a similar thing…and probably a more important scenario. Having a touch monitor as a related, but separately addressable device sounds like a great scenario to enable…

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Evolution of input

I’m working on a volunteer side project for a local dance studio, the website will handle the standard sort of things: creating classes, registering students, matching leads to follows, etc. We would like to have some level of accountability when various records (user, class, etc) are modified. That way if problems arise later, we can see who did what, and when

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The accountability problem – Paul Reinheimer

TBH Creative was hired by Ask Dad the Handyman LLC to develop a functional web site. They wanted a web site that offered complete handyman project solutions (with videos) to customers. They wanted to be able to add new solutions themselves including uploading videos and for each step of the project.

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Need a Handyman Solution?

(Credit: CNET) Did you know you could get a refund for your purchase of an iPhone app? I didn’t until I watched a new CNET TV How-to with Brian Tong . In the video, Brian details the process for getting a refund on an app he wanted to buy for the iPad, but chose the iPhone version by mistake

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Angry birds and a tour of our solar system: iPhone apps of the week

New styled Wizard component for WPF with 10+ transition effects, 7 themes WPF Wizard with defined custom window, with number of themes, navigation buttons and transitions. Robust event handling system, for common events such as NextPage, PrevPage, Finish, Help buttons Clicked. What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Wizard for WPF , you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications

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FPS Wizard for WPF Released

The 40-inch, 1080p Aquos LC-40CT2E is an impressive budget LCD TV. Its standard-definition pictures could be better but it’s a very good high-definition performer, and its built-in Freeview HD tuner is a welcome bonus at this price. It doesn’t look as cheap as it is either

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Sharp Aquos CT2 (LC-40CT2E) review

Imitating the Mercedes-Benz in its design, the latest concept by Iranian engineer Siyamak Rouhi Dehkordi is designed to overcoming large obstacles. Dubbed the “Hexawheel”, this three-seater off-roader features a six-wheels layout and an all-wheel-drive system

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Mercedes-Benz Hexawheel concept is an off-roading beast

Drawing inspiration from its own creation the PARK(ing) Day, REBAR is back again with yet another public space design to serve people by extending the pedestrian area into the parking lane. Hailed as the “Walklet”, this new concept shows way to extending and maintaining new public space.

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Walklet: REBAR converts extra roadways into public spaces

I love podcasts because it takes virtually no energy to listen to them, and the benefits can be immense. Plus, you can listen to them anywhere, anytime. When you consider the convenience of podcasts combined with relevant and interesting information, there’s no reason not to load up a few of your favorites as you go about your weekend activities

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10 Excellent Podcasts for Small Business

New version FPS Input Controls and Wizard for WPF is now available for public to download and evaluate. MAC Os like theme is now available for Wizard and InputControls Minor fixes and features added for FPS InputControls These are: 1) design time issue fixed. 2) Setup visibility of some buttons on NumPad.

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Updates for FPS Wizard and FPS InputControls

I wanted to point you to this short TED talk below for two reasons: (1) It’s a pretty good example of delivery while displaying visuals on a monitor, and more importantly, (2) the content will be inspiring to many of you, and especially to those who may be stuck or looking to make a change in their life (but are a bit scared). In many ways, this presentation by Roz Savage is a good follow-up to the last post. Jake Shimabukuro (see below) excels by far surpassing other people’s expectations for his instrument.

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We are the stories we tell ourselves

In the present age of branding, corporate logos are swarming like bees in the corporate world. But of all the countless logos in the world, why would anyone remember yours? This is a question that every business and corporate firm has to answer before contemplating on a logo design.

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25 Corporate Ambigram Logo Designs – Not to be missed!

Yesterday Google announced WebM, a new web media project that combines the VP8 codec (which Google acquired in its purchase of On2) with the Vorbis audio codec and parts of the Matroska multimedia container. As part of this project Google has open-sourced the VP8 codec, which could have far-reaching consequences for the future of video in HTML5. If you’re late to the HTML video game, here’s the play-by-play: the upcoming HTML5 specifications include a tag, which is intended to provide integrated video playback in web pages without the need for a third-party plugin (the browser would provide the necessary video decoding and playback controls)

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Google Announces New WebM Video Standard, Open-Sources VP8

Google kept us busy with announcements at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco, like news of a Chrome Web Store , Google TV , a forthcoming update to the Android operating system that includes the first full-fledged Flash Player for a mobile phone, changes to the camera app, and support for tethering and portable hot spots, among a list of other additions.

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Android 2.2 in action (video!)