Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Learning to Code In One Day and Losing My Mind

Considering that I host a show about technology, my inability to do more than dabble in a smidgen of HTML seemed unacceptable.



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Systems Management Server 2003 R2 Evaluation Edition

Registration takes only a few moments and allows Microsoft to provide you with the latest resources relevant to your interests, including service packs, security notices, and training.



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AGNITiO and Nok Nok Labs Demo Secure Mobile Transactions at CES with FIDO Readya 'Voice iD'

Consumer Electronics Show - AGNITiO , worldwide market leader in voice biometrics, and fellow FIDO Alliance founding member Nok Nok Labs , a company founded to transform online authentication for modern computing, announce the world's first demonstration of a FIDO Ready Voice iD implementation, showcasing the market-transforming benefits of spoken ... (more)



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World's First Universal Print Service Plug-In for Android 4.4

The solution supports over 8,500 printers from more than 20 major printer manufacturers.



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Lync Adoption and Training - Awareness Resources

Awareness resources for Lync Adoption and Training, including email templates, form templates for sign-up and feedback, and poster templates This download contains Awareness Resources, including email templates for a pilot program, form templates for signing users up for a Lync pilot program, and poster and t-shirt templates for creating posters ... (more)



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Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Service Pack 2 for Windows Desktop

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 is an embedded database that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows desktops and mobile devices.



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HeyMath Brings Singapore's Highly Successful Math Curriculum To The IPad

Educational software company HeyMath! today announced the launch of "HeyMath! from Singapore", an iPad app containing math learning resources from the highly successful curriculum of Singapore to teachers, students and parents.



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Leo Impact Security Inc to Exhibit at ITEXPO in Miami

Valley Cottage, NY, January 08, 2014 - - Leo Impact announced today that it will be showcasing its [product/service] at ITEXPO Las Vegas, to be held January 28-31, 2014, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla.



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Intel's Procesors Will Power PCs Running Both Android and Windows

It barely got a mention at Intel's CES 2014 press conference on Monday evening, but Dual OS is real.



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Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure

The A-3 tower was designed to test a GenCorp Inc. engine for a rocket program canceled in 2010.



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HD Photo Feature Specification 1.0

HD Photo is a new file format for continuous-tone still images that surpasses the limitations of existing image formats.



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Automotive World 2014 Exhibitor Profiles

AIMMET Industrial Co., Ltd is formed in 1996 and specializing in Automotive HSD, Fakra connectors and RF Coaxial.



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Responsive Website Design by Sakshay Ensures Better Traffic, SEO

Jan. 8, 2014 - NOIDA, India -- Sakshay provides the best responsive website design services to help our esteemed clients establish superior web presence on all devices.



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Top WordPress Plugins and Themes in 2014

Jan. 8, 2014 - Unless you have been living in the past with website building and outdated seo, you know that the place to be is with WordPress and using their plugins and theme to build the best websites in today's market.



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Jane Ira Bloom moves lyrically through 'Sixteen Sunsets'

Jane Ira Bloom's "Sixteen Sunsets" captures the slow, burning shift of light upon shadow with her soprano sax, Dominic Fallacaro's piano, Cameron Brown's bass, and Matt Wilson's drums.



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Steal my identity – and take the laundry, too

I don't shop at Target very often because as everyone, I mean EVERYONE, says, you go in for a bag of pet food and a Snickers bar and you come out having spent $100.



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Hubble telescope captures images of galaxies from 13.2 billion years ago

The Hubble Space Telescope has peered back to a chaotic time 13. 2 billion years ago when never-before-seen galaxies were tiny, bright blue and full of stars bursting to life all over the place.



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rollbar-agent 0.3.4

To install it, symlink chmod +x /path/to/rollbar-agent-init.sh ln -s /path/to/rollbar-agent-init.sh /etc/init.d/rollbar-agent .



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CES 2014: 6 Things We Learned

CES, the mother of all trade shows, is officially underway. One could only imagine how bonkers it would be if all of the people who were supposed to be here but couldn't make it because of weather-related flight issues were in the house.



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Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 is a free, embedded database that software developers can use for building ASP.NET websites and Windows desktop applications.



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SOLOSHOT2 Launches at CES 2014 -- First of Its Kind Robot Cameraman...

The new device continues to provide the industry's only true platform for athletes, trainers, parents and filmmakers to automatically film themselves or their subjects from up to 2,000 feet away.



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Processor of the Year finalists named

Three custom injection molders are the finalists for Plastics News ' Processor of the Year Award: AMA Plastics Inc., Protoplast Inc. and Tech Molded Plastics Inc. The winner will be announced Feb. 25 at the Plastics News Executive Forum in Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Fla.



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PhotoFast, the Leader in External Storage Solutions, Launches...

We're very excited that i-FlashDrive for Android, the first-ever cross platform flash drive, is available in the U.S. market in time for CES.



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Fast-moving erosion threatens Hawaii coastal homes

Alice Lunt didn't worry too much when she saw waves splashing close to her home on Oahu's North Shore on Christmas Eve.



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Pot applications from Benton, Franklin counties continue to pile up

The number of Tri-City businesses hoping to get into the marijuana trade has continued to skyrocket as state employees process an overwhelming number of applications.



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Skirting the Big Data Worker Shortage

Michael A. Davis has earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading authorities on information technology.



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Making wearable devices gets easier with Freescale's Warp development kit

With the Warp development kit, users can make smart glasses, smart watches, pedometers, health monitors and other wearable devices, the company said Monday.



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Five things to know about the future of 'Avengers A.I.'

Domo arigato, evil roboto. Hank Pym's android-centric team has been dealing with the big, bad villainy of the "artificial superintelligence" Dimitrios in writer Sam Humphries' Marvel Comics Avengers A.I. Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.



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Business Marketing Makeover For Chamber Businesses

Jan. 8, 2014 - BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- The Big Bear Chamber of Commerce is offering a new series of courses this January during Web-u-cation Wednesdays.



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Boston startup Empire Robotics wants to help robots get a better grip

A Cornell-spawned startup that moved to Boston last year is releasing its first product this month.



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AGNITiO and Nok Nok Labs Demo Secure Mobile Transactions at CES with FIDO Readya "Voice iD"

LAS VEGAS & MADRID & PALO ALTO, Calif. -- -- Consumer Electronics Show - AGNITiO , worldwide market leader in voice biometrics, and fellow FIDO Alliance founding member Nok Nok Labs , a company founded to transform online authentication for modern computing, announce the world's first demonstration of a FIDO Ready Voice iD implementation, ... (more)



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Lacie's Fuel Wireless Drive for iPad Hands-on Preview

Lacie today unveiled its new Fuel wireless storage device for iPad. As we all know, choosing a storage capacity for a media device can be tricky, especially when that device doesn't have the option to expand storage via MicroSD.



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New Drone Could Be an Amazon Killer Says Rocky Romeo, Retail...

Amazon was one step ahead with its delivery drones but just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, a new "jaws" drone pops up.



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Bitcoin Banned by Alibaba's Taobao After China Tightens Rules

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China 's largest e-commerce website, will ban the sale of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies after the country's central bank tightened regulations in December.



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Virginia Innovation Partnership Awards $800,000 to University Research Projects

A statewide network designed to accelerate innovation and economic growth has awarded $800,000 to 18 university research projects in Virginia.



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Vistapointe Raises Funding for its Cloud-based, Network Intelligence Solution

Vistapointe, a start-up based in San Ramon, California, closed a second round of funding for its cloud-based and real-time network intelligence solutions for mobile operators.



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ANSI Submits Response to Office of the Federal Register on Incorporation by Reference

The Standards News Portal is updated on a daily basis to bring you the most important news about standards - how they are created, how they affect you - and who's doing what to whom.



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Manager 693 Consulting Services

Join the industry leader in providing Operational and Security Consulting, Regulatory Compliance and Engineering Services to the Energy Industry Corporate Risk Solutions, Inc.! Make a difference and provide a positive impact in a premier professional consulting services organization that values you and your contributions! Our industry-recognized ... (more)



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New mobile app lets you tap your friends' knowledge base

The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.



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How Bay Area Transit Survived a Site Launch in a Traffic Storm

It could have been a recipe perfect for disaster. Just five days after Northern California's Bay Area Rapid Transit relaunched its new Web site, BART.gov , it was hit with its second largest traffic spike of 2013 - a daunting threat, considering the site was placed on an expedited four-month development timeline and was unveiled just as BART's two ... (more)



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Grocery Manufacturers Association pushing FDA to allow GMOs to be labeled 'natural'

Not content with just hiding unlabeled genetically modified organisms in the general food supply, the biotechnology industry now wants to freely add GMOs to food products bearing the "natural" label as well, according to new reports.



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Kurio Phone and 7x 4G LTE tablet for kids revealed at CES 2014

Kids these days are quite lucky, especially when it comes to the amount of technology available for their benefit.



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MiFi Home: hands-on with the do-all LTE router

Voice, data, and a battery backup for those times when ice storms take out your landline: that's the promise Novatel Wireless' MiFi Home is making, also known as the Verizon 4G LTE Broadband Router with Voice.



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Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards: What's Safer?

The epic personal data breach at Target stores across the country was an unhappy Christmas surprise for consumers: an estimated 40 million shoppers' account numbers were stolen by hackers .



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The Hidden Danger After the Snapchat Hack

Snapchat users face another potential threat to their privacy: online tools designed to help users determine if their name and phone number was among the 4.6 million compromised in a recent hack .



via Science / Technology Newswire http://blog.credit.com/2014/01/danger-snapchat-hack-73273/

California Drought Update: Firefighters Battle Blazes in North State

A NASA satellite image shows fires burning over the weekend in Humboldt County and Tehama County .



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CES 2014: Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Tablet Announced Ahead Of the iPad Pro

Galaxy tablet in the market called Galaxy Note Pro 12.2. The tablet is rolled out alongside the Tab Pro 12.2 at the CES.



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iPhone 6: 5.7-Inch iPhone Phablet Or Twice As Thin As the Old iPhone...

Galaxy Note 3 in May. The rumors about a bigger screen iPhone being unveiled in May have been triggered by Yahoo Following hot discussions of the phablet's debut in May, there are reports saying the iPhone 6 will arrive sometime in September 2014.



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Furious Theatre Presents Foxfinder U.S. Premiere in Pasadena, Now thru Feb 2

The critically-acclaimed FURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY will present the second show of their 2013-2014 season, in association with, and direct from its critically-acclaimed run at the ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE in Portland, the rolling U.S. premiere of FOXFINDER written by Dawn King and directed by Dmaso Rodriguez.



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The Biogerontology and Regenerative Medicine Center of Moscow Has...

Today the Biogerontology and Regenerative Medicine Center , Moscow, Russia, announced the formation of a new analytical team comprised of theoretical physicists, mathematicians, biologists and computer scientists and the launch of the first modules of the Aging Intelligence knowledge management system.



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