Gawker: A source who worked with Jobs emailed to say "several people had security clearances at Pixar since, in the early days, they were selling an image rendering software system that could be used to enhance satellite surveillance photographs and film. There was even a Chernobyl demo. They thought that the 'spooks' would provide a huge market."
Aiming to break into the government market on an enterprise level, Apple has submitted three cryptographic modules that are in the modules in process queue for FIPS 140-2 compliance, according to Easter. Two of the modules in the testing process are specifically designed for iPhone and iPad security, and the third is a more generic module, he said. Apple seeks to better iPad, iPhone security via FIPS 140-2 compliance
Abstract: An electronic device uses separate surfaces for input and output. One of the surfaces (e.g., the bottom) includes a force-sensitive touch-surface through which a user provides input (e.g., cursor manipulation and control element selection). On a second surface (e.g., the top), a display element is used to present information appropriate to the device's function (e.g., video information), one or more control elements and a cursor. The cursor is controlled through manipulation of the back-side touch-surface. The cursor identifies where on the back-side touch-surface the user's finger has made contact. When the cursor is positioned over the desired control element, the user selects or activates the function associated with the control element by applying pressure to the force-sensitive touch-surface with their finger. Accordingly, the electronic device may be operated with a single hand, wherein cursor movement and control element selection may be accomplished without lifting one's finger.
Personally, I find FBSD, Debian, Slackware, and the majority of GNU software to be quite usable.
Yeah. But usability, or general graphic design for that matter, is not about what any one person thinks.
Anyone who has little to no concept of even the fundamentals of graphic design or how to test their code for performance , accuracy, recall and the emotional response and also know how to act according to the results should stay away from releasing anything but perls scripts for sorting their own collection of humorous videos and funny pictures in descending order of degree of dignity.
This is an iterative process that should be convergent, and if it is not then you will not know if your code is even worth anything at all for the end user. If you never test you will never know. Well, until someone with a clue does what you do but the proper way.
What do you base your decisions on today? Favorite colors?
Performance (how much time, and how many steps, are required for people to complete basic tasks) Accuracy (how many mistakes did people make and were they fatal or recoverable with the right information?) Recall (how much does the person remember afterwards or after periods of non-use?) Emotional response (how does the person feel about the tasks completed?)
Let's also consider that an OS like Android is going to have to be far more robust and flexible than the iPhone OS. Yes, let's. And then consider if it isn't.
A pinching motion lets you zoom in on images, stretching lets you zoom out Ok, now that's just plain wrong. If you do it that way the user looses the "touch"-feeling with the image
and its just another wierd gui-gizmo.
I don't think that Microsoft will try to outgoogle Google by making their search engine a beacon of simplicity as it appear to be right now, but instead they will try to solve everyones problem by putting every feature they can think of in the user interface and making their search box appear everywhere they can.
Meanwhile, Google will continue to evolve their ui to be even more simple and easier to use and add new technology as new services instead of putting it all on the search page.
How much better than Google does MS Search have to be to start pulling over users from Google? Does MS have any new technology that Google don't have access to? I don't think so.
"He admitted Apple had had the biggest bite out of the digital music business with its iPod and iTunes success, and wished that Microsoft and its device partners had a bigger share.
But he stressed that, in most part, Microsoft was not about making devices.
"Our success is overwhelmingly greater than theirs [Apple's] is - they are learning from us every step of the way and we are learning from them," he said."
Huh. How can their success be greater when the iTunes Music Store has a 85% market share?
I've run into some sort of trouble. The stupid ray start diverging almost immediately. I've followed the instructions, but it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
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"The first new application is the screen lock, which will be useful to those of you who are reluctant to store your entire schedule and contact database around where anyone could steal a peek."
James Bond, as Ian Fleming originally conceived him was based on reality. But any author needs to inject a level of glamour and excitement beyond reality in order to sell. By the time the filmmakers focused on Bond the gap between truth and fiction had already widened. Nevertheless, staff who join SIS can look forward to a career that will have moments when the gap narrows just a little and the certainty of a stimulating and rewarding career which, like Bond's, will be in the service of their country.
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Gawker: A source who worked with Jobs emailed to say "several people had security clearances at Pixar since, in the early days, they were selling an image rendering software system that could be used to enhance satellite surveillance photographs and film. There was even a Chernobyl demo. They thought that the 'spooks' would provide a huge market."
Aiming to break into the government market on an enterprise level, Apple has submitted three cryptographic modules that are in the modules in process queue for FIPS 140-2 compliance, according to Easter. Two of the modules in the testing process are specifically designed for iPhone and iPad security, and the third is a more generic module, he said.
Apple seeks to better iPad, iPhone security via FIPS 140-2 compliance
Actually I'm surprised that it was Sony rather than Apple that came up with this idea.
Well, Apple certainly has come up with the idea even though they haven't yet realized it.
"Back-Side Interface for Hand-Held Devices"
Abstract:
An electronic device uses separate surfaces for input and output. One of the surfaces (e.g., the bottom) includes a force-sensitive touch-surface through which a user provides input (e.g., cursor manipulation and control element selection). On a second surface (e.g., the top), a display element is used to present information appropriate to the device's function (e.g., video information), one or more control elements and a cursor. The cursor is controlled through manipulation of the back-side touch-surface. The cursor identifies where on the back-side touch-surface the user's finger has made contact. When the cursor is positioned over the desired control element, the user selects or activates the function associated with the control element by applying pressure to the force-sensitive touch-surface with their finger. Accordingly, the electronic device may be operated with a single hand, wherein cursor movement and control element selection may be accomplished without lifting one's finger.
How are we supposed to be afraid of someone if we don't know what they are capable of ?
You just answered your own question.
Personally, I find FBSD, Debian, Slackware, and the majority of GNU software to be quite usable.
Yeah. But usability, or general graphic design for that matter, is not about what any one person thinks.
Anyone who has little to no concept of even the fundamentals of graphic design or how to test their code for performance , accuracy, recall and the emotional response and also know how to act according to the results should stay away from releasing anything but perls scripts for sorting their own collection of humorous videos and funny pictures in descending order of degree of dignity.
This is an iterative process that should be convergent, and if it is not then you will not know if your code is even worth anything at all for the end user. If you never test you will never know. Well, until someone with a clue does what you do but the proper way.
What do you base your decisions on today? Favorite colors?
Performance (how much time, and how many steps, are required for people to complete basic tasks)
Accuracy (how many mistakes did people make and were they fatal or recoverable with the right information?)
Recall (how much does the person remember afterwards or after periods of non-use?)
Emotional response (how does the person feel about the tasks completed?)
Compare this to the way it works for example on the Apple iPhone.
You need the whole API.
Give it a try today with iGianTunes:
(Fire up terminal and write)
defaults write com.apple.iTunes AppleDisplayScaleFactor 10
or perhaps smallishTunes:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.20
Also works fine for the whole OS:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.20
The benifit is that sign language is the first language for a lot of people.
English is their second language.
Here you go.
And then a miracle occurs.
So which came first again?
The chicken or the egg?
The Experiment by Fredric Brown.
I don't think that Microsoft will try to outgoogle Google by making their search engine a beacon of simplicity as it appear to be right now, but instead they will try to solve everyones problem by putting every feature they can think of in the user interface and making their search box appear everywhere they can.
Meanwhile, Google will continue to evolve their ui to be even more simple and easier to use and add new technology as new services instead of putting it all on the search page.
How much better than Google does MS Search have to be to start pulling over users from Google? Does MS have any new technology that Google don't have access to? I don't think so.
"He admitted Apple had had the biggest bite out of the digital music business with its iPod and iTunes success, and wished that Microsoft and its device partners had a bigger share.
But he stressed that, in most part, Microsoft was not about making devices.
"Our success is overwhelmingly greater than theirs [Apple's] is - they are learning from us every step of the way and we are learning from them," he said."
Huh. How can their success be greater when the iTunes Music Store has a 85% market share?
I've run into some sort of trouble. The stupid ray start diverging almost immediately. I've followed the instructions, but it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono.
But companies are not just one man shows
Well, some are.
iPod Nano And Keys In Suit Pocket Result In Scratches?
Other miscellany - Screen lock.
"The first new application is the screen lock, which will be useful to those of you who are reluctant to store your entire schedule and contact database around where anyone could steal a peek."
Or naughty movies.
The Swedish site 99mac has a short test and has some pictures of the new PowerMac.
Here are the Xbench 1.2. speed test results:
CPU Test:
2.3 Dualcore: 114,32, 2.0 Dualcore: 101,55, 2.5 Dual: 122,25
Thread test:
2.3 Dualcore: 113,74, 2.0 Dualcore: 96,91, 2.5 Dual: 125,90
Memory test:
2.3 Dualcore: 121,99, 2.0 Dualcore: 110,32, 2.5 Dual: 103,73
Quartz graphics:
2.3 Dualcore: 126,64, 2.0 Dualcore: 107,07, 2.5 Dual: 125,76
Open GL:
2.3 Dualcore: 135,38, 2.0 Dualcore: 113,27, 2.5 Dual: 125,63
User Interface:
2.3 Dualcore: 121,58, 2.0 Dualcore: 118,98, 2.5 Dual: 99,94
Disk Test:
2.3 Dualcore: 66,0, 2.0 Dualcore 82,3 (2 harddrives RAID-1), 2.5 Dual: 69,3
TOTALS:
2.3 Dualcore: 108,7 (winner!), 2.0 Dualcore: 103,1, 2.5 Dual: 105,9
How realistic is the depiction of SIS in the James Bond films?
James Bond, as Ian Fleming originally conceived him was based on reality. But any author needs to inject a level of glamour and excitement beyond reality in order to sell. By the time the filmmakers focused on Bond the gap between truth and fiction had already widened. Nevertheless, staff who join SIS can look forward to a career that will have moments when the gap narrows just a little and the certainty of a stimulating and rewarding career which, like Bond's, will be in the service of their country.
... so it will be up to Apple to prove, if it can, that its interface was documented and notarized before Creative.
Will a December 1980 Prototypedo?
Wired News has a comment from a HP-spokesperson saying that Paul Thurrot is Wrong.
Hewlett-Packard: No WMA for IPod
But don't expect technology companies to move mountains
I expect them to change the world (and maybe sell some suger water along the way).
So this is how they celebrate the ten year anniversary of president@whitehouse.gov and vice.president@whitehouse.gov?