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Tide turns against IE 6 as usage drops

Firefox usage remained level and Google’s Chrome continued to pull ahead of Apple’s Safari, but the most notable change in January’s browser usage statistics is that the reviled Internet Explorer 6 no longer is the most common. According to Net Applications’ monthly usage share figures , No. 1 IE and No.

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Petition urges U.K. government to dump IE 6

It’s time for the United Kingdom government to scrap Internet Explorer 6, upgrading away from the browser introduced in 2001 and the problems it brings now, according to a petition submitted Monday. “We the undersigned petition the prime minister to encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6,” according to the petition , submitted by Dan Frydman, a managing director of online publishing contractor Inigo

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Box Bottle Bag Release Party: You’re Invited!

You are invited to the official launch party for our first book ” Box Bottle Bag: The World’s Best Packaging Design from TheDieline.com “! Please join us on Sunday February 21st at the POVevolving gallery in Downtown LA, where you can purchase your copy of “Box Bottle Bag”, see some of the packaging from the book, and meet some of your fellow Dieline readers! Sponsored by Francis Ford Coppola’s  Sofia Mini  (previously featured on The Dieline  here ).  Author and The Dieline Founder Andrew Gibbs will be doing a book signing so you can get your very own copy signed on the spot. This will be the first stop on our book tour, which also includes stops in Denver (HOW Conferenece), Chicago (Dieline Awards/FUSE), and Paris (Pack&Gift)

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This Week’s Hot Packaging Jobs from The Dieline

Featured Jobs: Junior Designer Flood Creative, Nyack, NY Director of Business Development Ceradini Brand Design , New York , NY Mid Weight/Senior designer The Creative Method, Surry Hills, Australia Creative Services Design Director, Retail Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Manhattan, NY Graphic Designer V Agency, New York City, NY Packaging Project Director E. & J. Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA Creative Design Director – 3D Packaging Aramis and Designer Fragrances Division of the Estee Lauder Companies, New York City, NY To view more packaging jobs, and to post a job to the board, visit The Dieline Jobs

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IBM Works with Walt Disney Imagineering to Create a New Smarter Planet Exhibit

Exhibit powered by new energy-efficient IBM Smarter Data Center IBM ( IBM) today unveiled a new experiential exhibit at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the animation mogul Walt Disney World® Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet. The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life demonstration of optimized computing that reduces energy costs by up to 25 percent. SmarterPlanet presented by IBM offers visitors to the park a “behind-the-scenes” glimpse of how technology is helping solve the world’s most complex problems – from reducing road traffic and city crime to improving food safety and local water supplies

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New Musical ‘Cell Side Story’ Puts Science on Stage

Meet Kenny Twist and the DNA girl. They are the stars of a new animation film, “Cell Side Story,” developed by students at Atkins Academic and Technology High School in cooperation with Wake Forest University and other community partners. “Cell Side Story” is a love story featuring male and female animated characters that dramatize what happens within cells

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Warner Brothers Strikes a Chord with Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Beloved Bugs Bunny on Broadway Concert Series Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with Global Premiere of New Sequel Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced today that Bugs Bunny on Broadway, the record-setting orchestra-and-film concert that reinvented a new genre of symphony orchestra concert when it debuted in 1990, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2010 with a rechristened and newly-created concert sequel, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony.

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Nikon Coolpix S640 review

The 12.2-megapixel Coolpix S640 ultra-compact camera doesn’t excel in any one area, but it’s a good all-rounder that should serve snapshooters well. There’s no high-definition movie mode, but its pictures below ISO 200 are excellent, it has a high-end feel and it offers decent performance

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F1 Lounge brings comfort and precision of sportscar to your living space

Bringing the comfort and precision of F1 cars to modern apartments, Hungarian designer Alexander Christoff has come up with a lounge concept that is sure to scorch your living space with its sizzling hot design. Featuring the fiberglass body adorned with ergonomic forms to offer utmost comforts to the users, the revolutionary lounge chair stands tall on its chromed steel legs, while an upholstered adjustable headrest keeps your head steady in a comfortable position to move you straight into the dream world. Via: Behance

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Ciclups harnesses human power to generate sustainable energy

The Ciclups from Rubcn is an innovative system that harnesses human physical power to produce green energy for day-to-day-use. The device concept comes integrated with a gyroscope that receives pedal rotation to generate sustainable power. Featuring a low voltage screen to display the function mode and the battery charge, the Ciclups apart from generating pedal-powered energy also connects to an average socket for charging

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Some Important Key Features of Web Development

While site designing and development you need to take care of a number of things. You have to create best possible impact on your site visitors and at the same time you have to create a technically sound site. Some of the basic features of web development are mentioned here

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HBO Behind-the-Scenes 1983

One year before I was born HBO made a very ambitious intro that was said to be the most expensive and innovative concepts at the time (for the medium). I love the idea of incorporating techniques from the real world inside of After Effects for even more unique results. In fact the whole idea of mattes for compositing come from the early days of film-making… Watch the final intro above then be sure to check out the making of video below, especially the part towards around 5:30 that talks about the burst of light… Watch the Behind the Scenes I’ve also created a project file using that similar technique that mixes 2 images into a subtle animation.  Download the Project

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Heartinternet.co.uk

Heart Internet Brief Introduction This company was started in the year 2004 by Jonathan Brealey and Tim Beresford and claim to be the second company growing the fastest in the UK. They have brought in a high degree of automation with the intent to present customers more control over their account and what’s more they have been able to keep the prices at very affordable levels.

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Five days in Dubai

I’ve read a lot about Dubai that paints a sad picture , but Philip Bloom makes it easy to look beyond the dark side and witness the undoubted beauty of the man-made surroundings. This four-minute timelapse video was filmed in Dubai over five days and five nights, shot using a Canon 7D and a Panasonic GF1 . It’s definitely best viewed full-screen.

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XamlDesigner – View Only/View or XAML/SplitView/XAML with Preview/XAML Only

Pausing to think about next steps after making strong progress in the “ Exploring: XamlPad to XamlDesigner ” journey in the last 10 days. 3 major things from that Exploring post that haven’t been tackled in XamlPadSample include: Silverlight support, Designer support, and Editor richness

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Perspective FX 1.0 : easy image editing for WPF and Silverlight

Perspective FX 1.0 released : see how to adjust contrast, brightness and saturation of an image, and how to build custom effects by simply assembling filters , without HLSL skills… Here is an example of saturation adjustment done with the Saturator filter :

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Well Designed Mac App Websites

To a Mac user, the difference between one application and the other is, in part, how well it is represented. Even though several useful applications have simplistic sites, in the vast sea of websites that we have today, looks make a difference . The sites showcased here have incredible designs – they command attention and present their apps in the most compelling way.

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XamlPadSample Step 1f-alternateViews, app.xaml & assembly loading

3 major features added to XamlPadSample today! Including Alternate Views, which has not been done in any XamlPad or XamlDesigner that I’m aware of. (link to previous posts/overview & sample code available via XamlPadSample ) App.xaml Support for {StaticResource} View pane now shows result of {StaticResource} or {DynamicResource} resolution of resources from app.xaml. Shown loading Welcome.xaml from Family.Show v3

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Web 2.0 – What the Hype is All About?

Many of our customers ask for Web 2.0 Development services without fully understanding what Web 2.0 means and what it can do for them or their business.  Wikipedia defines Web 2.0 as “web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.” I have recently come across this great video that does a wonderful job showing the evolution of the Web and explaining what Web 2.0 really means: For those who want the simplest possible explanation, here is Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0:

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"So, I made plans to go to lunch with Fred. And then the day before, the morning of, Fred cancelled…"

“ So, I made plans to go to lunch with Fred. And then the day before, the morning of, Fred cancelled on me. And it was the reason that he cancelled that made me realize that he was the partner for me.

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"So, I made plans to go to lunch with Fred. And then the day before, the morning of, Fred cancelled…"