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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Jobs Movie: Behind The Scenes Featurette [VIDEO]
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As you will probably be well aware by now, an indie flick loosely documenting a portion of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs? life and tenure at the helm of the Cupertino company is almost set for release, and stars Ashton Kutcher as the man himself. The Two and a Half Men star has already spoken of his passion of technology and respect for Jobs in a recent interview, and now, an extended Jobs trailer and commentary on the movie offers even further insight into the soon-to-be-released flick.
Although it is little more than a low-budget indie, Jobs has garnered a significant amount of public interest due to its subject matter. Steve Jobs, along with Steve Wozniak (played here by Josh Gad), were responsible for creating one of the biggest and most influential technology companies of our time, and with Jobs widely given credit for being the visionary, foresaw many of the products that most of us use, directly or indirectly, on a daily basis.
Despite having been built up quite a lot over the past year or so, not everybody is enthused by the prospect of this movie. Upon accessing the script, Steve Wozniak reportedly wished to take no part in the film due to frequent references to events that never actually occurred, and one has to wonder just how much of the content has been diluted for dramatic effect.
Still, this latest featurette shows once again that Kutcher very much looks the part in the character of Jobs, and although some were initially skeptical of his appointment for such a role, his physical similarities to the late, great former Apple CEO have certainly altered the opinions of some.
Jobs premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, and although was expected to have hit screens long before now, hit a few roadblocks along the way. Now, however, everything looks set for an August 16th release date, so if you?ve been looking forward to seeing what this movie has to offer, you?ve just over two weeks left to hang on.
Whilst I am somewhat excited about checking this movie out, I?m not expecting too much from it. Then again, with the Sony Pictures movie produced by Aaron Sorkin looming, perhaps my naturally high expectations of the subsequent biopic, which will be based, in part, on the Walter Isaacson biography written shortly before Jobs? death, means that I don?t particularly need to pin too much hope on this one.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
I op therefore I am: National Family History Month
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Old favourites and new attractions will help family history researchers find their past in August when Yarra Plenty Regional Library celebrates its annual Family History Month, part of National Family History Month, with a series of informative and interesting events. YPRL caters for ... YPRL is also launching access to the News Vault UK Newspaper package database available free to library members, both in the library and at home with their library card. It includes over ...
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Is 1234 your PIN code? Try again
How safe are your debit and credit cards?
Identity theft and fraud affect millions of Americans every year. And depending on how much thought you put into your personalized PIN, you could be at a greater risk than you realized.
So, what constitutes a safe PIN number? A new study from DataGenetics lists the top 10 most-used PINs. And because they are the most commonly used PIN numbers, they are by default the least safe PINs.
According to Forbes, the United States and Mexico are home to the greatest number of credit and debit card thefts around the globe. Forty two percent of Americans say they have suffered from some form of card fraud, a study from Aite Group and ACI Worldwide shows.
The Department of Justice says that about 10 percent of all Americans suffer from credit card fraud each year and another 7 percent have their debit cards hacked or stolen. More than $5.5 billion in theft is attributed to credit card fraud each year.
The DataGenetics study claims that credit and debit card thieves are able to successfully guess more than 25 percent of stolen card PINs within 20 attempts.
And no surprise: the worst PINs are those that are overly simple or sequenced, i.e. ?1234.?
WTOP notes that the best PIN numbers are those ?with no special significance.? And in the case of the study, DataGenetics said the least used PIN is ?8068.?
The 10 most-used PINs:
- 1234
- 1111
- 0000
- 1212
- 7777
- 1004
- 2000
- 4444
- 2222
- 6969
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-the-10-most-easily-stolen-atm-pins--184658424.html
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Gateway DX4870-UB2B
The Gateway DX4870-UB2B ($499.99 list) is a basic tower desktop PC that checks all the boxes on what you need from a new desktop, particularly if you already have a LCD display that you're carrying over. It's speedy for its segment, has capacious storage, will let your family keep many documents open simultaneously, and it's relatively inexpensive. Unlike the $300 bargain basement specials, the DX4870-UB2B comes with a modern Intel Core i3 processor, dual-band Wi-Fi, and lots of drive space. It's expandable, so it can grow with your family. It's not ground breaking, but it's a solid choice with a great bang for the buck, so it's our latest Editors' Choice for budget desktop PCs.
Design and Features
The DX4870-UB2B follows other Gateway desktops, looking almost identical to the last black tower Gateway DX4870-UB17 ($500). Like that model, the DX4870-UB2B comes in a tower chassis with black panels all around, including the plastic front panel and metal side panels. The system's tray-loading DVD burner is hidden, but two of the system's USB 2.0 ports, SD card reader, and audio jacks are exposed on the top front of the chassis. In the back, the system has four more USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet, more audio jacks, and two connectors for the included WiFi antennas. It would have been nice if the front USB ports were USB 3.0 to accommodate USB hard drives instead of the slower USB 2.0.
The inside of the system is certainly expandable, with plenty of space to move around for future upgrades. The system has space for two additional drives: one optical 5.25-inch bay and one 3.5-inch hard drive bay. Theoretically, you could shoehorn another three to four 2.5-inch notebook class drives in the same space, provided you have the correct brackets to hold the drives. The motherboard has four free SATA ports to service these drives. The system also has two DIMM slots free, along with a slot for a PCIe 3.0 x16 graphics card and two additional PCIe 2.0 x1 expansion cards. One PCIe x1 slot is occupied by the included 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi card, which will serve most users well. This is an improvement over other budget systems like the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 ($400) and Zotac Zbox ID83 Plus ($473), both of which don't support 5Ghz WiFi, only the more common and crowded 2.4GHz channels.
The last consideration you have to make for expandability is the system's 300W power supply. While sufficient for additional drives and minor expansion cards, 300W will be insufficient for a high-powered discrete graphics card with Nvidia's or AMD's highest end GPUs. You can of course swap out the included power supply, but most budget system buyers never open their chassis, even if they are tempted by the system's expandability. Bring a screwdriver if you dare, because you'll need it for the case door and the drive bays. At least the internal card slots are tool-less.
Like other Gateway systems, the DX4870-UB2B comes with quite a few pre-loaded applications and utilities. These include 7digital, Zinio, Kindle, eBay, Chacha, Netflix, NewsXpresso, Amazon, Tunein, Hulu Plus, Xbox Games, Cut The Rope, Stumbleupon, Skype, Merriam-Webster, Britannica, Spotify, Microsoft Office (ad), Norton Internet Security), and Wild Tangetn games. That's a lot of pre-loaded apps, and most if not all are available for free from Microsoft Windows Store. While you may want to spend a few moments uninstalling all these programs, fret not, since the system has a capacious 1TB hard drive with plenty of free space left. The DX4870-UB2B comes with a standard one-year warranty.
Performance
The Gateway DX4870-UB2B is a great choice for the budget-minded PC buyer who wants to replace that old desktop, but still needs the traditional large screen, keyboard, and mouse of a PC. It's not anything flashy, but it's a great buy, and likely will last you another five years before you need to replace it, something that can't be said if you decide to go with a cheaper tablet or laptop. This mix of components (and the changing of the seasons) lets the DX4870-UB2B inherit the budget desktop Editors' Choice from the previous Gateway DX4870-UB17.
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'Star Trek's' Shuttlecraft Galileo to Be Unveiled at Houston Museum Wednesday
After close to 50 years in disarray, an iconic piece of restored "Star Trek" memorabilia is about to boldly go on display in its new home.
On Wednesday (July 31), Space Center Houston ? the visitor's center for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas ? will unveil the new permanent display for the Shuttlecraft Galileo, a life-size spaceship prop from the original 1960s "Star Trek" TV series.
The Galileo's restorer, "Star Trek" superfan Adam Schneider, thinks that the space center ? which is next to NASA's home base for Mission Control and the astronaut corps. ? is the ideal place for the shuttlecraft. [See Photos of the restored Shuttlecraft Galileo (Gallery)]
"If somebody told me when I was a little kid that I'd be donating a spaceship to NASA, I would have said that they were kidding," Schneider, whose restoration took about nine months, told SPACE.com. "How does it feel? It feels amazing. It almost feels like it's all downhill from here because this is such a high. It feels truly like a success."
The Galileo's road to Houston has been a long one. Before Schneider won it at auction in June 2012, the shuttlecraft was in shambles. Schneider and his wife Leslie employed the help of craftsman Hans Mikaitis and his team of ship restorers at Master Shipwrights in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. to help return the shuttlecraft to its former glory.
The finished 23 foot (7 meter) long Galileo was revealed for the first time in late June before a crowd of more than 350 "Star Trek" fans and friends of the restorers before being shipped via truck to Texas for tomorrow's opening.
"The life-size spaceship will be on permanent display inside the Zero-G Diner and will be one of the few exhibitions in the world where visitors can see iconic sci-fi history that influenced generations of innovators," officials from Space Center Houston wrote on the center's website.
Space Center Houston will host a public event in honor of the arrival of Galileo on Wednesday. A celebrity panel will discuss the influence of science fiction on space exploration and an astronaut will make a presentation.
According to the visitor's center, celebrity guests will include:
- Don Marshall, Lt. Boma from the original 1967 "Galileo Seven" episode of "Star Trek"
- Robert Picardo, the Doctor in "Star Trek: Voyager"
- Sylvester McCoy, the seventh Doctor on "Doctor Who" and Radagast from "The Hobbit"
- Jason Carter, Ranger Marcus Cole on "Babylon 5"
- Adrienne Wilkinson, Jedi Maris Brood in "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed"
- Marshall Teague, a supporting player in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager"
- Tracy Scoggins, Captain Elizabeth Lockley from "Babylon 5"
- Gil Gerard, Captain William Buck Rogers in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
"Like any good project, when it ends you're a little regretful because the experience was positive," Schneider said. "We had fabulous people to work with. We had a fabulous experience in the 'Star Trek' community, so I think we're a little sad and regretful that it's over at one level. On another level, this is a permanent addition to the fan base, so to speak, and we're really very proud that it actually is going where it's going."
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