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Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog: 18" radome testing, part 2

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Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog: 18" radome testing, part 2

18" radome testing, part 2Aug 12, 2009 Man, this radome testing is getting complicated. I had kinda presumed that the Navico Broadband BR24 would be obviously superior to other 18" scanners. But, as discussed recently, the Raymarine RD418D kinda torpedoed that presumption. While I doubt that any radar can target a moving dinghy and two sailboats on a float at 100 feet as cleanly as you see above, there is a lot more to radar than super near range. The inflatable, incidentally, dissappeared when i... (more)

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Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes! – Your Smart Money Moves

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Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes! – Your Smart Money Moves

No will. No tracking of beneficiaries for all of your IRAs, qualified plans and insurance policies. Wrong executor and/or guardian. Too much joint ownership Titling of properties. No advanced medical directive No power of attorney.If you have minor children, consider naming one guardian for your minor children and a separate guardian for the property you’ve left to support them. Lack of knowledge on how the unified credit works. No game plan on where to leave assets. At oXYGenFinancial –... (more)

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tags: Estate Planning, Financial Advice, oXYGen Financial Atlanta Georgia, Top Mistakes when Planning Your Estate

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Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test - Network World

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Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test - Network World

Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test Firefox a close second in test paid for by Microsoft By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 08/13/2009 Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 rated tops among five browsers tested by NSS Labs for effectiveness in protecting against malware and phishing attacks—though NSS Labs acknowledges Microsoft paid for the tests. Nevertheless, the test process, which lasted over a two-week period in July at the NSS Labs in Austin, evaluated the browsers based on acc... (more)

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The Biggest Security Hole on the Web? | WebProNews

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The Biggest Security Hole on the Web? | WebProNews

The Biggest Security Hole on the Web? By Chris Crum - Fri, 08/14/2009 - 09:00 Security Company Points to Flash/Acrobat Reader Vulnerabilities Two weeks ago, Adobe released a critical patch for Flash Player and Acrobat Reader. According to online security company Trusteer, about 80% of users are still vulnerable, and perhaps more startling, the company views this as being possibly the biggest security hole on the Internet today. That 80% figure is based on Trusteer's installed base of over 2.5 ... (more)

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Bug exposes eight years of Linux kernel • The Register

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Bug exposes eight years of Linux kernel • The Register

Bug exposes eight years of Linux kernel By Dan Goodin in San Francisco Posted in Security, 14th August 2009 00:54 GMT Linux developers have issued a critical update for the open-source OS after researchers uncovered a vulnerability in its kernel that puts most versions built in the past eight years at risk of complete takeover. The bug involves the way kernel-level routines such as socksendpage react when they are left unimplemented. Instead of linking to a corresponding placeholder, (for example, ... (more)

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JavaScript and PHP increase and a decline in static languages such as C, C++ and Java -- Redmond Developer News

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JavaScript and PHP increase and a decline in static languages such as C, C++ and Java -- Redmond Developer News

New Stats Find Dynamic Languages on the Rise by Open Source Developers By Jeffrey Schwartz08/12/2009 Dynamic programming languages have started accounting for a greater percentage of code used by developers of open source projects over the past year, according to a survey released today. The increased usage of JavaScript and PHP in particular, suggests that static programming languages such as C, C++ and Java are being used less for open source projects. ... (more)

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Does GPL still matter?

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Published on InfoWorld (http://www.infoworld.com) Does GPL still matter?By John EdwardsCreated 2009-08-10 03:00AM Jeff Haynie reached a crossroads last summer. Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator, a firm that develops open source cross-platform application development software, made a decision filled with implications for his company's future. That decision: to toss away his upcoming product's Gnu General Public License (... (more)

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electric beach » SketchFlow Map: A Mini Tutorial, Part I

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electric beach » SketchFlow Map: A Mini Tutorial, Part I

SketchFlow Map: A Mini Tutorial, Part I This is a very brief tutorial on how to use the SketchFlow Map. If you don’t know yet what SketchFlow is: SketchFlow is a fun, informal, flexible, quick and powerful way to sketch and prototype rich, dynamic interactivity with Expression Blend. I hope you have had a chance to read my previous blog post on SketchFlow concepts. If you haven’t, you probably want to at least skim the section about the SketchFlow Map – it will make it easier to understand this post.... (more)

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CodeProject: Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part 2. Free source code and programming help

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CodeProject: Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part 2. Free source code and programming help

Download C# and VB.NET Source CodeIntroduction In Part 1 of this article, I described how to write an interpreter for raw GPS NMEA data. The article included source code in VB.NET which harnessed the power of GPS satellites to determine the current location, synchronize the computer clock to atomic time, and point to a satellite on a cloudy day. The interpreter also works with hand-held devices and supports international developers. Yet, the interpreter was really not suitable for commercial use because... (more)

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Open Social gadgets now available on iGoogle | Webware - CNET

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Open Social gadgets now available on iGoogle | Webware - CNET

August 12, 2009 12:00 PM PDT Open Social gadgets now available on iGoogle by Tom Krazit Google is ready to open up its iGoogle home page to the social world. The company is expected to announce Wednesday that gadgets for iGoogle can now take advantage of the Open Social API to build social-networking features into the small little software programs that iGoogle ... (more)

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Yahoo Quietly Axes Two Search APIs

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Adam DuVander, August 13th, 2009 It hasn’t been long since developers responded with fear that Yahoo’s innovative search tools could go away. Now two of the smaller, but still well-loved, APIs have been given less than a month to live. In a message on Yahoo’s developer forum, YDN’s Brian Cantoni posted a short and to the point notice: “We now have an official closure date of August 31, 2009 for the Term Extraction and Contextual Web Search services. Internally, both services share a backend da... (more)

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Bank Lets Customers Deposit Checks by Taking Pics with an iPhone - Banking - Lifehacker

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Bank Lets Customers Deposit Checks by Taking Pics with an iPhone - Banking - Lifehacker

By Adam Pash, 8:30 AM on Mon Aug 10 2009, iPhone only: As irrelevant as online banking and ATMs makes the physical bank for a lot of your banking needs, most of us still need to head to our local bank whenever it's time to cash a check. The New York Times reports that a bank called USAA doesn't think that should be necessary, and is introducing a new feature to their iPhone application sometime this week that will allow customers to deposit checks by simply snapping a picture of both sides of the chec... (more)

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Samsung's ST1000 Camera First With WiFi, Bluetooth And GPS Trifecta - Samsung st1000 - Gizmodo

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Samsung's ST1000 Camera First With WiFi, Bluetooth And GPS Trifecta - Samsung st1000 - Gizmodo

By Sean Fallon, 10:59 AM on Thu Aug 13 2009, Samsung has introduced what they are calling the world's "first multi-wireless compact camera" in the 12.2 MP ST1000. In addition to it's 3.5" touch screen LCD, the ST1000 features WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS geotagging built-in. . . . (more)

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Researchers "hack the vote" in real-world e-voting attack - Ars Technica

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Researchers "hack the vote" in real-world e-voting attack - Ars Technica

A group of security researchers has published a fascinating study that demonstrates how to hack a Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machine. We have already seen several electronic voting machines hacked by experts in controlled environments, but this study goes a step further and shows that it can be done in the wild without privileged access to source code or other specialized materials. The study was conducted by a group of voting machine security experts led by Ed Felten, the director of Princeton's Cent... (more)

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The Bachelorette’s Reid Rosenthal: “This downside is a ton of work” : YPN Lounge

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The Bachelorette’s Reid Rosenthal: “This downside is a ton of work” : YPN Lounge

The Bachelorette’s Reid Rosenthal: “This downside is a ton of work” July 30, 2009 By Katherine Tarbox, REALTOR® Magazine Millions of viewers watched ABC’s “Bachelorette” Monday night as Reid Rosenthal, a real estate practitioner with Prudential Fox & Roach of Philadelphia, got his heart broken when Jillian Harris turned down his surprise wedding proposal. So how is this bachelor mending his broken... (more)

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Serial Communication with the .NET Compact Framework

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Serial Communication with the .NET Compact Framework

Summary: Learn how to make your applications communicate over a serial port and how to handle common issues when implementing serial solutions. After a general discussion about serial communication and a common serial communication standard, this article demonstrates a practical use of the technologies through sample source code written in C#. (35 printed pages) Download SerialCommNETCF.msi from the Microsoft Download Center. Contents Introduction Serial Communication in Industry Serial Resource... (more)

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Windows Sensor and Location Platform

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The Windows Sensor and Location platform, which is new for Windows 7, enables your computer and applications to adapt to their current environment. With location sensors -- including GPS devices, WWAN radios, and even triangulation technology -- your applications and gadgets can know exactly where they are, enabling them to provide more locally relevant content and functionality. Ambient light sensors, for example, can allow your computer to automatically adjust your screen's brightness based on the curr... (more)

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Make: Online : How-to: Get help with your Arduino project

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Make: Online : How-to: Get help with your Arduino project

Handy overview on getting help with your Arduino project from the Adafruit forums -- applies practically everywhere online and getting help with electronics projects...Electronixy beginners don't know how to ask for help because they are beginners. this post will indicate some of the problems... Learn how to upload code to your arduino - if you dont know how to save and upl... (more)

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Facebook’s New Privacy Features: A Complete Guide

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Facebook’s New Privacy Features: A Complete Guide

August 12th, 2009 by Ben Parr Facebook’s (facebook) been evolving right before our very eyes. It started back in March, when Facebook rolled out a new homepage design and redesigned Facebook Pages. At the same time, they started announcing changes to open up the platform: public profiles, profile fans, public status updates, real-time search, and earlier this morning, Facebook Lite. Facebook’s been busy. . . (more)

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HOW TO: Download YouTube Videos to Your Desktop

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HOW TO: Download YouTube Videos to Your Desktop

August 13th, 2009 by Barb Dybwad It’s been a while since we looked at ways to download YouTube videos to get local copies of your favorite vids, and we thought it might be time to take a look at which options are still left standing and what new apps are worth checking out. For those of you new to the concept, you’ll need to know a couple of things. Many of these sites and tools simply grab YouTube (YouTube) videos in their native Flash format (FLV). To watch these files on your desktop, you’ll eit... (more)

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Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog: 18" radome testing, part 2

Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes! – Your Smart Money Moves

Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test - Network World

The Biggest Security Hole on the Web? | WebProNews

Bug exposes eight years of Linux kernel • The Register

JavaScript and PHP increase and a decline in static languages such as C, C++ and Java -- Redmond Developer News

Does GPL still matter?

electric beach » SketchFlow Map: A Mini Tutorial, Part I

CodeProject: Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part 2. Free source code and programming help

Open Social gadgets now available on iGoogle | Webware - CNET

Yahoo Quietly Axes Two Search APIs

Bank Lets Customers Deposit Checks by Taking Pics with an iPhone - Banking - Lifehacker

Samsung's ST1000 Camera First With WiFi, Bluetooth And GPS Trifecta - Samsung st1000 - Gizmodo

Researchers "hack the vote" in real-world e-voting attack - Ars Technica

The Bachelorette’s Reid Rosenthal: “This downside is a ton of work” : YPN Lounge

Serial Communication with the .NET Compact Framework

Windows Sensor and Location Platform

Make: Online : How-to: Get help with your Arduino project

Facebook’s New Privacy Features: A Complete Guide

HOW TO: Download YouTube Videos to Your Desktop

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