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Pilots in an airplane cockpitWorrying news for travelers: A new report from the U.S. government is warning that the onboard computers used in some of the nation’s most popular passenger aircraft are vulnerable to hacking via in-flight Wi-Fi networks.

Specifically, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) singles out the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A350 and Airbus A380 aircraft as being at risk due to their cockpits sharing the same Wi-Fi network used by their passengers. If they’re able to bypass the network’s firewall, an attacker could upload malware to cabin computers, take over the navigation system and commandeer the aircraft, all from an ordinary laptop. It is not known whether the GAO has actually tested and confirmed these vulnerabilities.

There is some good news in the report. Modern aircraft do have a number of redundant control mechanisms built in which could allow a pilot to override a hacking attempt. Aircraft that predate the 1990s, meanwhile, typically do not feature significant integration with the Internet, which lowers their risk of attack, the study’s author says.

News of the planes’ vulnerabilities has sent shockwaves through the nation’s capitol. “This report exposed a real and serious threat – cyberattacks on an aircraft in flight,” said Rep. Peter DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat who serves as the ranking member of the House Commerce Committee. “(The Federal Aviation Administration) must focus on aircraft certification standards that would prevent a terrorist with a laptop in the cabin or on the ground from taking control of an airplane through the passenger Wi-Fi system. That’s a serious vulnerability.”

For its part, the FAA says it has already launched a program to improve cyber protections in the National Airspace System infrastructure. “(The FAA) recognizes that cyberbased threats to federal information systems are becoming a more significant risk and are rapidly evolving and increasingly difficult to detect and defend against,” the agency wrote in response to the GAO. “We take this risk very seriously.”

In August of 2014, security researcher Ruben Santamarta warned that airplane satellite communications systems were similarly vulnerable to hacking through in-flight Wi-Fi. Satellite communications companies replied to that warning, stating that the danger for compromise is “very small.”

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Podcasting is a big deal in the technology world (as if you didn't know that already).

Not only because techies are early adopters, but also because it is a great medium for getting technical information that you can consume while either at your computer (multi-tasking) or away from your computer (mobile).

Here are some new pointers that crossed my inbox over the last week or so:

Another big thing for the tech podcast marketplace is news that Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft for, which has raised a great deal of recent VC funding.  The thing I like about Robert is that he already posted some ideas on improving PodTech even before really officially starting over there.

As an "independent" technology podcaster who strives to be as transparent as possible, I think PodTech's biggest issue is going to be credibility around their analysis of a product, service, or organization they are producing for. Otherwise they will only be viewed as paid info-commercials with a one-way message.

Creating dialog and trust is going to be a big deal for them.

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TECH NEWS RADIO #294 | 060628 | EMC - The Storage Giant Gets Bigger

This podcast is all about  We examine content from the following industry trade magazines: Network World, Information Week, InfoWorld, Computer Reseller News, eWeek, Federal Computer Week, and Computer World; and try to synthesize the information into a systems analysis quick-look summary.

Here is a list of companies that we mention from the research that EMC has recently had an acquisition announcement, partnership agreement, or a technology purchase from:

RSA Security, Dell, Arkivio, StoredIQ, Kashya Interlink Group, Acxiom, Internosis, Acartus, Captiva, Maranti, Rainfinity, Legato Systems, Documentum, and Smarts.

EMC has also announced the following new or updated products in recent months:

From our perspective, EMC definitely seems to have a structured roadmap to transition from 'just a storage solutions provider' to a full service 'data classification system' with hooks from the bottom of the protocol stack to the top.

This podcast is sponsored by O'Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

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TECH NEWS RADIO #293 | 060621 | Review of Podcasting For Dummies

Today's podcast is a short review and recommendation of "Podcasting For Dummies" by Tee Morris and Evo Terra.

How does it compare to other podcast books we have reviewed:

You'll have to listen to find out.

This podcast is sponsored by O'Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

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I have to highly recommend Jon Udell's recent podcast with CJ Rayhill & Allen Noren both at O'Reilly and Associates.  There is some great discussion on learning, education, computer science, and web services.

Some other items that look potentially interesting that crossed my virtual inbox:

On the minus side though, I seem to be getting less and less out of The Gillmor Gang, and find myself very willing to just fast forward to the next podcast in the queue. I think some of the reasons are: inside jokes with no background, complaining with no solutions, off-topic side-bars, poor audio quality, and little respect for the time necessary to spend listening hoping for a golden nugget.

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Podcast Academy 3 - Audacity 101 Slides

Here are my Audacity 101 slides (PDF) [2.3-MBs] that I used for my presentation at Podcast Academy 3.  The feedback was positive and my the time I got back to my computer I already had three requests for the slides, so that is encouraging.  I do think there is defintiely room for improvement and any feedback is appreciate.

Thanks also to David Ducassou and Nicolas Perego for letting me use an upcoming pre-release how-to guide that should be coming out soon on improving recorded voice audio in Audacity.  Also thanks to the great team at for encouragment.

I would love to do this session in a 2 to 3 hour class room setting were everyone had a copy of Audacity loaded up on laptops, and we could walk through all the concepts hands on.  By the end of the class at least everyone who have completed all the steps to build a generic podcast.  Maybe something around the Sep. 29-30, 2006 Podcast & Portable Media Expo.

Kudos to Doug Kaye for letting me present and to Yahoo! for being awesome hosts.

TECH NEWS RADIO #292 | 060613 | OpenOffice, Google, JavaOne, Sun Servers, VisioCafe, Rate My Network Diagram, SysAdmin Appreciate Day, and Conferences

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Today's podcast is all about Tom Bihn and the awesome products they offer those that have to carry technology gear.

But we also touch briefly on our iTunes comments competition, Podcast Academy 3, and TechNewsRadio's Frappr Map.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

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More Great Tech Podcast Recommendations

I recently listened to the following two podcasts and found them worth recommending:

  • Distributing the Future (DTF 05-22-2006):  The middile interview with Brad Fitzpatrick of LiveJournal and Six Apart is very interesting from both a systems integration standpoint and from a software developer's perspective.
  • FLOSS Weekly #6: With Larry Augustin who started VA Linux and now has a host of open source enterprise solutions in a portfolio he helps foster.

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Two updates ... First, the podcast listener line phone number has been changed to 206-984-3836. Please feel free to call and leave a message, question, or comment and it could be on the next podcast.

And second, members of are having a contest among ourselves to help boost each podcast's number of comments/reviews on Apple iTunes. The podcast with the most new comments in June 2006 gets bragging rights over on our

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All I need is Semi Eyes On Capped at 10 bps, and Semi Eyes On Uncapped.

I know how to turn the eyes on and off, but I cannot seem to figure out how to properly set the modes.

I do what the manual tells me to do and I do not get the correct response from the board.

Please help me, a walk-through on how to set the board to these modes in PM, post here or even calling me would be greatly appreciated.

Please delete, I figured out what was wrong.

I did no know that it was the updated Gen 4 with Dual Code Software, I downloaded the new manual and everything is fine.

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I don't know WHY they work, but they outperform anything on the market hands down...and they're MADE IN AMERICA.

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Authentication caching with nscd

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Distributed authentication is increasingly popular as home networks add more computers and business networks continue to expand. Using a central authentication system such as LDAP or NIS with other technologies like Kerberos has become somewhat of a standard in large networks.

On the server side, Linux has been able to adapt easily and even lead with ease-of-use when becoming a part of such networks or controlling them. Combining OpenLDAP, Samba, and Kerberos, you can rival the features of the more expensive Active Directory on Windows implementations. On the client side, PAM modules like pam_ldap and others allow for easy integration of the Linux client in such networks.

An equally important service on the client side is nscd: the Name Service Caching Daemon. Nscd caches authentication lookup information on the local machine. Services consult the local nscd cache, if available, for user/group lookups prior to other directories, be it LDAP or NIS, or something else altogether. This makes using a Linux laptop in a distributed authentication network very easy. I can continue to use the obtained user/group information provided by the central authentication server (with the exception of Kerberos, if implemented), even if the laptop is not connected to the network.

Caching user/group information for other desktops or servers in the network is ideal because it reduces the amount of traffic over the network for doing simple user/group lookups. Every time you execute ls -al, the username mapped to the uid that the files belong to must be looked up; if you do this every few minutes, you'll have many connections to the central authentication server for nothing more than indicating that the user name "joe" is associated with uid 512.

The nscd service comes as part of glibc, which means every Linux distribution will provide it. It is also extremely simple to set up. Once installed, edit the /etc/nscd.conf file to look similar to this:

        server-user             nscd
        debug-level             0
        reload-count            unlimited
        paranoia                no

        enable-cache            passwd          yes
        positive-time-to-live   passwd          3600
        negative-time-to-live   passwd          20
        suggested-size          passwd          211
        check-files             passwd          yes
        persistent              passwd          yes
        shared                  passwd          yes

        enable-cache            group           yes
        positive-time-to-live   group           3600
        negative-time-to-live   group           60
        suggested-size          group           211
        check-files             group           yes
        persistent              group           yes
        shared                  group           yes

        enable-cache            hosts           no

Once the file has been edited, start the nscd service (usually as simple as issuing service nscd start). The above configuration tells nscd to cache group and passwd entries and to let them persist for 3600 seconds, or one hour. On a laptop that routinely leaves the office for long stretches of time, you will want to adjust the positive-time-to-live times appropriately — perhaps to 604800 (60*60*24*7 or 7 days).

Enabling host caching is generally not a very good idea; a caching DNS server is a much better, and safer, implementation.

Once nscd has started and has a few cached entries under its belt — if you are already logged in and then disconnect from the network — you will still be able to continue using the system just as if you were on the network — apart from accessing shares and printers, utilizing Kerberos, and performing new login sessions. This is largely due to the fact that those shares would not be available, as well as the Kerberos service, and that nscd does not cache authentication information such as passwords. As such, new login attempts would fail because nscd does not cache the equivalent of shadow passwords, which would allow new logins to succeed. However, established login sessions will continue to function as normal.

Vincent Danen works on the Red Hat Security Response Team and lives in Canada. He has been writing about and developing on Linux for over 10 years and is a veteran Mac user.

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Connect your iPhone to Microsoft Office 365

Office 365, the cloud-based collaboration platform from Microsoft, can actually be iPhone-friendly. Will Kelly shows you how to connect your iPhone to Office 365.

Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based collaboration platform, is starting to get a lot of attention from Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) and enterprises wanting to outsource their Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange email, and Unified Communications (UC). While some critics cite Office 365 as not being "mobile enough," the iPhone setup is quite friendly and certainly a time-saver for organizations that are used to managing more complicated smartphone/email server setups in house.

Get access to Office 365

Whether you're a one-man shop, you work for a company that's moving to Office 365, or you just took a job with an employer that uses Office 365, you must have an Office 365 account prior to setting up your iPhone. Depending on your organization's IT and security policies, your email account may require registration the first time you login, so work with your IT people to make sure.

You can find your email settings by signing into your Office 365 account. Then click Outlook to open the Outlook Web App. From there, click Options | See All Options | Account | My Account | Settings for POP, IMAP, and SMTP access (see Figure A). Copy down your email server settings for establishing your Office 365 email account on your iPhone. Figure A

Login to the Outlook Web App to confirm your Office 365 email account.

Mobile security policies and email access

Office 365 does include full mobile policies, including Pin Lock, Remote Wipe, and device encryption. Your Office 365 administrator is able to configure these security policies in Exchange Online under Mail | Options | My Organization. In fact, only an administrator can access these settings.

Setup Microsoft Exchange email

Hosted Microsoft Exchange email is certainly one of the drivers for people and organizations to move to Office 365, and iPhone users don't need to be left out.

The setup in this section was run on an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1, but it should work with all recent model iPhones, including the 3GS. The same steps will work if you want to connect your iPad to Office 365 as well.

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support is built into iOS, providing push email, calendar, and contacts. Here are the steps to setup ActiveSync on your iPhone so that you can connect to Office 365 and synchronize your email, calendar, and contacts data between your iPhone and Office 365 account.

  1. Tap Settings | Mail, Contacts, Calendars | Add Account (see Figure B)
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    Add an email account.
  3. Tap Microsoft Exchange. Enter your full email address in the Email field, plus your Username and Password (see Figure C). Leave the Domain box blank.
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    Enter your email address, username, and password.
  5. Enter the Exchange Server setup information (provided to you while getting access to Office 365 or from your IT staff), and then tap Next. Your iPhone will try to locate your Exchange Online Server. If your iPhone can't locate the server, you'll need to enter your Office 365 Exchange Server's complete address in the Server field on the Account page (see Figure D).
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    You may need to enter your Office 365 Exchange Server settings on the Account page.
  7. Choose which content you would like to synchronize: your mail, contacts, and calendars. Tap Save when you have made your selections.

While setting up your iPhone for Office 365, you may be prompted to enter a passcode. Enter in a new passcode of your own creation. Whether or not you have to setup a passcode varies on the security setup as established by your Office 365 administrator.

Accessing other Office 365 features with an iPhone

While email and calendar are obvious for mobile access, you can get limited mobile access to SharePoint Team Sites and access to the Lync Online's Unified Communications (UC) features.

Team Site and document access: While you do have native access to Office 365 Team Sites from your iPhone, it's no frills and not very usable (it only allows you to refer to information). However, access to documents is also available through Office 2010 WebApps. If you require full iPhone access with some interactivity to your Office 365 team site and documents, I suggest resorting to one of the many SharePoint apps — like SharePlus or Moshare — in the App Store. Figure E

Office 365 Team Site as it appears on an iPhone 4.
Microsoft Lync 2010 for iPhone: Part of Microsoft's recent embracing of iOS is the Microsoft Lync 2010 app (see Figure F). This app only works with a Microsoft Office 365/Lync Online account and brings features like presence, Lync conference calls (using only a single touch), Enterprise Voice calls, and Transport Layer Security (TLS) to keep corporate data locked down tight. Figure F

The Microsoft Lync 2010 app is a free download from the App Store.

Office 365 and the iPhone together

By setting up your iPhone with Office 365, you'll get low-hassle mobile email, calendaring, and contacts that won't tax too much of your IT staff's time, whether or not it's for corporate or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) iPhones.

Do you have Office 365 connected to your iPhone? Share you experience and insight in the discussion thread below.

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Can iPod/iPhone/iPad apps run on a PC?

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Can a program be developed to run iPod/iPhone/iPad apps on a PC? Or can a like application be developed for PCs that would stir the community to develop such apps for PC use. The developer could reap the benefit of the fees as Apple does.

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No they can not.

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by .Martin. In reply to Simple answer is

maybe, most likely no.

Apple have a large Legal department that would dispose of any emulators.

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Not a stopper.

by albizy In reply to the complicated answer is

Microsoft is bigger and they have been beaten in court. Why should Apple be able to create a monopoly on the concept. Actually there are other platforms that use this technique now. It should be able to be programmed to run on a PC if someone wants to get terribly rich. Apple gets a cut of all the fees charged.

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by OH Smeg In reply to Not a stopper.

Apple has 1 X iPhone which is locked into both Hardware supplied by Apple and Software Approved by Apple.

PC's on the other hand have Millions of different Hardware integrations and what works on one is unlikely to work on another.

Apple make the base Code available to the Developers so that they can make use of the Apple OS in use. M$ Does not and will actively go to Literation if people try to make this available.

That is just the start of the problem and any money that you may make from a Killer App that you would have to Copyright and Patent would then be consumed by the legals in both proving that this is an Original Concept and that it in no way resembles any others code.

Hardly possible and by the time that this was eventually proved or disproved the app would no longer be useful.

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by Charvell In reply to the complicated answer is

Technically if you develop the code on your own, without using any source code from Apple, then legal precedence shows that if you develop code independently, even if it accomplishes the same thing, you are not in violation of copyrights. Copyright is on the actual source code (and to some extend layout and graphic design features) only, not the concept of some application (otherwise there would only be 1 social networking site, 1 set of office and email applications, 1 server operating system, etc). But you cannot legally take an iWhatever app and make it work on a PC without Apple's written consent (which would most likely entail paying royalties).

Practically speaking, a lot of the iPhone apps that aren't already available (in some capacity) on a PC rely on some sort of motion sensing/tumble sensing thing-a-ma-jig (can you tell i don't know much about phones?) to know when it is being shaken or turned etc. I'm not sure about you, but I don't usually pick up my PC and shake it or rotate it.

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by mafergus In reply to the complicated answer is

Some I-phone/touch/pad apps already exist in other forms on multiple platforms. The accelerometer technogoly has been around in one form or another for over thirty years. The real question is should we try to make our office environment match that interface? there is often times competing interests between home and office and sometimes they meet and sometimes they don't!

But I guess it is easier then determining the airspeed of two unidentified swallows.

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Thanks for the dialog. I am now convinced that it can be done, we just need a developer big enough to compete. Forget the shaking, there are so many apps that don't need it. I read an article that predicted the eventual demise of the PC as we know it because of the iApps technology. "We can adopt it or die." NOW, who is going to take up the challenge?

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Can iPod/iPhone/iPad apps run on a PC?

by jjeelsencarter In reply to Can iPod/iPhone/iPad apps ...

Maybe the new wave of touch screen PCs* could be programmed to be within an 'iPad' environment. It just needs some developers to come up with the appropriate programming.... After all, the future has not been written yet.......

This would be the perfect opportunity for Apple to develop a touchscreen PC (laptop and/or desktop) with iPad apps capabilities.....

(*examples: Acer Z5700 23 Touchscreen PC, Sony VAIO VPCL13M1E/S 24 Touchscreen all-in-one PC, HP TouchSmart 300-1230uk Desktop PC (WX105EA), etc.)

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missing the point

by sbot22 In reply to Can iPod/iPhone/iPad apps ...

the point is this... i have a BS app on my phone and i'm forced to poke around on the tiny screen when i have a perfectly good computer at my desk with a 20" screen.
evernote has pc software that integrates with the phone app. that's what every app needs. if you're being forced to use a tiny phone when you have access to a pc then you're missing the point of technology in the first place. phone apps are 'cute' but i need things to actually work.
they should all open on your pc screen and be able to be used with a mouse etc... apps are gimmicks not tools.

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One of the first quests you'll find in Zangarmarsh involves the area known as The Dead Mire. You will find mobs here that remind you of Swamp Thing.

Dozark joined Elkwinkarma on this quest.

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  1. OK, can someone please help me by telling me what the differences (like speed-wise, etc.) between 400Mhz and 667Mhz RAM frequencies is... I have been looking everywhere and can't find an answer.

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    you are probably referring to two different types of RAM (DDR and DDR2). as you would expect, DDR2 is faster and is a newer technology, allowing it to reach higher clock speeds (DDR modules generally range from 533 to 800 mhz). the older ddr modules generally range from 266 to 400 mhz
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    Thanks for the helpful reply!
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    I've heard that low-end DDR2 also comes in 400MHz varieties. But of course the faster the memory, the faster your system will be.
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What is Complete Registry Cleaner?
Complete Registry Cleaner is a utility software to make your computer run smoother and faster.

How does Complete Registry Cleaner achieve this?
Complete Registry Cleaner achieves this by cleaning and compressing the registry.

What is registry?
Registry is a database where Windows and programs store their data.

Why do I need to clean the registry?
When data changes i.e. you delete a file, the registry doesn't remove the invalid data, thus in this case a reference to a non-existent file remains in the registry.

As the registry gets filled with invalid data, Windows and programs consume more system resources to search the database for any data. Therefore your computer gets slower and slower.

Last but not least, passing invalid data to Windows programs can cause severe system complications resulting in system crash, hang and malfunction.

Why do I need to compress or defrag the registry?
After a registry cleanup the invalid entries leave empty spaces, which means the size of the registry remains unchanged.

It goes without saying that loading a small registry is faster than a big one.

What are the minimum requirements to run Memory Defragmenter?
Complete Registry Cleaner runs on all versions of Windows and doesn't have any significant system requirement.

One-click disk clean up, scandisk, disk defrag, registry backup, registry cleanup and registry defrag (requires Abexo defragmenter).

What's New:

- Exclusion list (keys and programs to be excluded from deletion) added.
- Additional error detection methods added.
- Estimated size before and after registry compression are now shown.
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Dell has been all over the place lately. First we hear a few days ago about Dell actually embracing AMD and now officially starting to offer Opteron-based servers, but now they are also going to be working closely with Google to have software preinstalled on desktops. Particularly, the Google Toolbar, a co-branded homepage and from what I understand Google Desktop search as well, will be included on user machines before they ever reach a desk. Why?

"The real reason we do this is for users," Schmidt said. People "turn the Dell machine on, and everything is integrated right there. (This deal) is a turnkey solution for search."
Microsoft probably isn't happy about this, with IE defaulting to MSN being the home page on freshly installed machines. Google wants to expand this idea, for obvious reasons. In one sense, this seems very good for Google, but in another sense, the last thing a prebuilt machine needs is yet more software bundled with it.


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A pit stop in the Android tablet race to the bottom

Leaving the Surface RT in Microsoft’s shiny new Surface 2 lineup lets Microsoft offer a product that is closer to the price range of the iPad 2 and iPad mini. It also helps the company save a bit of face after the RT’s dramatic price decline in the wake of flagging sales. What it doesn’t do, though, is enable Microsoft’s first-party tablet efforts to play in the fastest-growing segment of the tablet market, products that are small (7″) and cheap (sub-$200). Apple isn’t playing in each of those subsegments, either, but it’s closer than Microsoft in both. I’ve written before about how the breakneck price compression in the small Android tablet market has forced manufacturers such as HP and HiSense to cut prices at or shortly after introduction. The latter’s Sero 7 LT is now available for well under $100 at Walmart while the Tegra 3-equipped Sero 7 Pro has hovered close to a double-digit price tag on sale. But two announcements last week hit pause on the 7″ price avalanche.

Monster, which knows a thing or two about competing in — and even begetting — oversaturated categories, introduced its own M7 7″ tablet in eight different colors with a rounded top right corner that, in a bit of inside baseball, resembles the left half of Monster’s logo. It becomes yet another exclusive for Walmart, which has shown a voracious appetite for inexpensive 7″ Android devices. Not surprisingly, Monster really hopes to differentiate based on the quality of its audio output,. This is a proposition that, at a basic level, hasn’t enabled HP to command much of a pricing premium with its Beats-enabled tablet. Monster will follow up with a 10″ tablet.

Speaking of HP, its second Android tablet, the Slatebook X2, has been early to support NVIDIA’s Tegra 4. But it will soon see some speedy competition from a number of smaller, mostly regional, distributors selling NVIDIA’s Tegra 4-equipped 7″ Tegra Note distributed via NVIDIA’s GeForce card brand companies. The tablet supports NVIDIA’s DirectStylus technology for improving passive stylus performance but — here again — stylus support hasn’t translated into strong market performance for tablets such as the Surface Pro and Galaxy Note tablets.

The M7 has debuted at $149 while the Tegra Notes are coming in at $199 . The way things have been going, though, they may be priced considerably less before long.

Boxee TV lands between the living room and cloud

The new Boxee TV, like the original Boxee Box, is also produced by D-Link. But there’ll be little issue setting something on top of this one. Indeed, that’s what Boxee has figuratively done, stacking over-the-air DVR functionality on top of the Internet content that was delivered by the original oddly-angled cubazoid. The Boxee TV model is somewhat of a cross between Simple.TV and Aereo. Like the former, Boxee TV is a local device. Like the latter, though, it relies on cloud storage rather than local storage and unlimited local storage at that. Boxee TV will cost $99 and the company has struck a deal to blow it out at Walmart. Thus, not surprisingly, Walmart-owned Vudu will be one of the featured broadband TV launch partners along with Netflix.

Alas, there’s a monthly fee: $15 per month independent of any other services,. Like Aereo, Boxee will be offering access to all the recorded video via a Web app that should cover most services. So, it seems that Boxee, like Simple.TV, is courting the cord-never, or at least seeking to bring a bit of flavor of TV Everywhere to that crowd. Unlike Aereo, Boxee TV actually uploads recordings to the cloud, so it may be able to maneuver more deftly around legal challenges.


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Samsung Galaxy S8 to come with 4K Display

Samsung launched Galaxy S7 with QHD Display  and now we have some details about the Samsung Galaxy S8. according to a recent report it will be Samsung’s first smartphone to launch with a 4K display.

Samsung are expected to launch the Galaxy S8 and S8 Edge in early 2017, the handset will probably launch in February of March.Galaxy S8 will apparently feature a 4K resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and the device will also come with a range of other updated hardware. Sony has launched Z5  Premium smartphone with 4K display  resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels with pixel density of 806 ppi

latest  Qualcomm Snapdragon processor , 6GB of RAM and Dual rear camera .No more details has been leaked yet

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Blue. I hate it. It mocks me, laughs at me and what remains of my home. It shines brightly in the sky, above the desolation, above the carnage. I shouldn’t be subjected to this, the sky should be cloudy, but instead it’s clear. The one day everyone in the country wants it to rain and God sends us an empty sky. There aren’t even any buildings to block the sky anymore, only empty shells, lying low against the ground, huddled against the blasts.

Suddenly the alarm sounds again, but so soon? They can’t possibly be back, not now. As if to answer my thoughts, the roar of a hundred engines drowned the alarms. Then the planes started climbing over the hill, slowly becoming visible. They gleamed grey-green in the midmorning light. The harbingers of death, and there was nothing to stop them. All the airfields, AA guns, and bases had been destroyed by the sudden “lightning war” tactics, leaving everyone defenseless against the assaults.

‘But no longer,’ I thought to myself and took off down the blackened road.

The gate was open, without anyone guarding it. Truly there was nothing to guard anymore. The gate itself wasn’t much of an obstacle either, rusting to dust as it was. The orange-brown contaminate spread along both sides of the entrance like a wildfire. I pushed my way past the decrepit fence onto the overgrown airfield, toward the hangers. No one else would have dared enter the hangers, because they were in the same condition as the fence, but when a man has nothing to lose, does he not take risks?

Opening the doors of a single hangar would have been risk enough for most men, but to accomplish my task I had to open three. By the time I found what I was looking for it was near evening and the latest wave of Flying Fortresses had moved on, leaving only destruction and death in their wake. The sun was leaving the world pink, a cruel reminder of my little sister’s favorite color. In the discolored light that filtered through the window I could just barely make out the contents of the third hanger. A pile of aging gas canisters sat nearest to me, one swift kick to the bottommost canister told me they were still full. Behind them was a stack of wooden crates labeled ‘Ammunition.’

In the center of the hangar sat an enormous figure, wrapped in dank sheets, and sheathed in dust and debris. Slowly, reverently, I approached the figure and its dark covering. With trembling hands, I pulled the sheets free of the object. Underneath rested a single person plane. The entire length of it, from its single prop to its huge tail, was painted jet black, but it shone in the dirty waning light from the windows. Its huge machine guns bristled like thorns on a rose.

Despite the bombings, the plane remained wholly intact, not even a scratch marred the fuselage’s beautiful paint. The old, oily sheets seemed to have protected it. So far as I could tell, the tank was still full and the guns were loaded. On impulse, I jumped into the cockpit, started the engine, and flew up into the midnight blue sky.
I lost myself in the sky for a moment. I was free, no longer confined to the ground. I had the last plane in the country, and now I could leave. Leave the entire world behind. Leave and take nothing that could remind me of the death, the carnage. Take nothing that would recall the red streets or the empty, ruined buildings.
And then I heard the siren sing from the last green hill for miles around.
And I saw the grey-green harbingers far below me.
And I felt the air rattle as orange dots raked the landscape.

My vision went red and all I could see were those other planes. The invaders that dared make a raid on my country at night, the only time my people could find relief from the terrible reality.

I turned the plane and gunned the engine. The plane became a black smear against the night sky. I would force these invaders to retreat or die trying. I would make them pay.

Tiny yellow streaks leapt from the fuselage and fell upon the intruding planes. They littered the sky and soon two enemies were falling to the ground in flames. As I passed I made a hard upward turn, pulling away from the first retaliation shots from the more attentive of my victims. None could hit me.

I made a second pass, and a third; each time sending more bombers to their final rest in small orange suns. But as I turned to make a fourth run, I heard a sound unlike any I’d ever heard before. Out of the night sky before me two planes rushed forward, flinging bullets as they came. The sound they made was so terrible; like they were tearing open the sky.

I was so overcome by these planes, that they passed without me having fired a single shot at them, though I could see the aftermath of their accuracy. The last plane in my country was now riddled with holes, and red flames were shooting from the engine. It wouldn’t last long. It probably wouldn’t survive another pass from those horrible sky-splitters. I watched desperately as the bombers beneath me continued dropping their payloads, not even concerned about me anymore, and suddenly I knew what I had to do.

When the sky rending sound of the new planes returned, I banked sharply, away from their bullets, into a downward spiral. I squeezed off the last of my rounds into one of the bombers, sending him to the ground in a spiral of black smoke. There was only one left.

Resolved, I aimed my plane directly at the enemy. It was the only thing to do. I could not run, the sky-splitters were faster than I was, and I could not hide because the sun was already starting to rise in the east. I pushed the engine as hard as ever, making the red flames shoot out further. The other pilot saw me from those flames and tried to turn, but the bomber banked too slowly. There was nothing he could do.

Hanging on to the control stick with white-knuckled fury, I held my course, straight and true. At last, I had struck a blow for my country.

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I have seen, felt, heard, and tasted many miracles. The world is full of them, you just have to look…

The First Miracle: Free-flowing, Childish Joy

Tintern Abbey is pronounced tin-tin abbey. It’s ancient and has lost every part of its roof now. After a lunch at the pub nearby, we bought our tickets and went off to explore. There was a wall of the main chapel rising up in front of us, far above the ruin all around us. They rose only to about five or six feet, some less than that. To my left I could see a series of even lower walls, perfect for climbing across, but first I would explore the main part of the abbey. I checked a few rooms near the front then veered off through the ruins to the right, making my way to the main chapel. What remained of the corridors was narrow and winding. I’ll bet the newest monks got lost a lot way back when monks actually worked and worshipped there. Thanks to the large holes in the walls, I managed to reach the main chapel.

The walls of the chapel rose up and up and seemed to lean inward slightly for a cavernous effect. Instead of cobblestone flooring, a path flanked patches of the greenest grass possible. A few pillars were still stretching out to support a roof that wasn’t there, but most were merely stumps. I’ve never liked church the few times I’ve gone - it’s too stuffy for my liking - but if church was held outside in a place like that chapel, I wouldn’t mind at all.

After I had drunk my fill of the beautosity (yes, I know that’s not a real word) of the chapel, I wandered off in search of my Mum. I found her sitting on one of the low lying walls I had spotted earlier. I climbed up and she challenged me to a race where we couldn’t touch the ground, only the stone walls. The objective was to reach the only building still standing before my Mum could. I beat her by jumping a bit farther than I should have and barely saving myself from a bloody knee. Triumphant, I decided to do a bit of rock climbing. I had been dying to since we arrived, but it was all sacred and would be disrespectful to climb on the abbey. This little building, what used to be the Abbot’s Chapel, was out of the way and not of any particular importance so Mum gave in and let me climb.

I started on the outside, but that was too easy so I began to climb on the inside. This was harder because of the tiny handholds. I had to do it quickly or else fall. There were a couple spots where I could rest, though and luckily I found one before I attempted the hardest bit. There weren’t many footholds in the stretch of wall just before the first corner, so I had to stretch my foot all the way over to the other wall. Later, my Dad tried to do that bit and hurt his leg. I managed to make it around without touching the ground.

The Second Miracle: Acknowledgement and Acceptance of the World

Finally, we were ready for the climb. I was a bit worried about Michael Bailey because he almost never goes anywhere, but hopefully he would pull through. Stocked up with water and snacks, we started off. I was in the lead, practically bouncing up and down for joy of being in the pure and clean nature of England. I was in England! That still amazed me, even as we took our first water break.

The only thing I wanted to know was if there would be sheep at the top. So far, our tedious and grueling hike (Not!) had been sheep-free. I didn’t want this trend to stop. I had seen enough rams and ewes to last me the rest of my life. Michael called for another water break and I winced, but even that couldn’t spoil my good mood. The air felt so sharp and cleared my senses. It was as if I had finally found the perfect prescription for my contacts. I was so peaceful, yet at the same time I was full of energy, ready to reach the top. I even jogged for a stretch until my lungs gave out.

English mountains look curiously like bald men, with a fringe of trees at the base and only grass and stone on top. As we emerged from the bald man’s fringe, I was fizzling with pent up energy. The air was even clearer and more pure than before. I felt alive.
When I reached the top, what little breath I had, left from my desperate sprint to the summit, was taken by the wind and carried off as a sigh. Smells tempted my senses back to life and I remembered to breath. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, the scents of miles and miles filling me and the world beyond. I wanted to be part of it, part of this world, part of this miracle. Nothing can truly describe what happened next. I heard the wind, smelled the smells, felt the cool embrace of life, tasted it on my tongue. I was the wind. Soaring and swooping and gliding over the land, elevated not only in matter, but in spirit, too. I was the mountain. I felt the tender caresses of the atmosphere as it swirled around me in a crazy dance of joy and pure love.

Like everything in this world, such things must end. It did, but I did not turn my slight smile upside down, for I had been let in on a secret to rule all secrets. The wind whispered in my mind, giving me it’s parting message. Remember.

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I see that girl standing on the side of the school building. Her head tucked low. Burgundy laced tights and a vibrant yellow tee shirt. Her hair, it moves with the waves of the sun. And it blends in with the bricks stacked behind her. Her body crumbles. Her legs tired. Her eyes invisible. Her soul invisible. Her ache invisible.

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That girl, I think about her all the time. I question her abilities. Is she humane? Must her weirdness be so disturbing? Must she be so foolish and daft? Can she grasp the simplicity of normal distributions and parameters? Must she be so ignorant?

I despise this girl. She is such a waste of space. She is missing something. That special something.

Her hair so wild. Must she refuse to tame it?

Her eyes, dull. Her voice, soft. Her mouth, steady. Never bending up. Always down.

I study her day and night. She is such a mystery. A dead end. A path headed to nowhere.

That girl, so awkward in every way. She runs. Away.

The only place I can find her is on the side of the school building. Bent over. Still. Irrelevant to life. Quiet.

I feel sorry for that girl. She is missing something. That special something.

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That girl is me. There is a brick tied to my ankle.

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You push me down
You hold me back
You tell me I’m no good
You try to contain me

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And see all your jeers
I hear all your hate
And I feel all your thorns

Over the years, I’ve been chained by you
I’ve been restrained by you
I’ve been trapped in by you
And I’ve been hurt by you

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And can fight against you
This body and soul is mine…mine
I brush away the chains made by you

You are me and I am you
But we cannot be one anymore
I’ll push away you and your words
I can do what I want, but I won’t need you.

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Don't go
Please stay
Your body is present
But your mind drifts away
I know it's hard to handle the sadness
But I'm here to be your anchor
And keep you from drowning in the madness
So take my hand
I'll hold you close
Forever united
I'll help chase down your ghosts
Just please stay
I'll help you
You'll be okay
Take my hand
Take a breath
Take a moment
Don't think there's nothing left
Please don't go
I love you so
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Just call me
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Hello, This article will show you how to change password of LDAP Users. In This Article, I have demonstrated that How to change your Password for those users which are in 389-ds or Redhat-ds. This is very simple you just need to change few parameters and You will able to change password of Ldap users […]

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It’s been the funniest week on the Internet in recent memory, and to make it even better, most of it has been clean. I know! You really don’t realize how many comedians and people making comedy videos are “working blue” until you get a respite from it.

Of course, the lion’s share of the laughs have belonged to “Weird” Al Yankovic, who is in the midst of releasing eight videos in eight days. “Tacky,” his parody of Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy,” got things off to a riotous start, but he’s gone on since to parody Iggy Azalea, Robin Thicke and Lorde, as well as releasing a song that’s just a general send-up of sports songs. You can watch all of them on Yankovic’s website.

For my money, though, the parody of Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” — “Word Crimes” — is hands-down the funniest.

Yankovic also performed “Tacky” this week on “Conan,” capping what has to be the best week of the grandmaster parodist’s career.

But Yankovic wasn’t the only one scoring some laughs this week, as comedians and faux news personalities Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert battled to decide who was the biggest “Star Wars” fan on the planet. Hilarity ensues.

The video’s not all for laughs, though. It’s to promote Star Wars: Force for Change, an initiative from Disney and Lucasfilm “dedicated to finding creative solutions to some of the world's biggest problems. The first Star Wars: Force for Change campaign will raise funds and awareness for UNICEF's Innovation Labs and its innovative projects benefiting children in need.”

As part of the fundraising campaign, fans who donate have a chance to win a part in the movie (which is what sets Colbert and Stewart to dueling). There’s more information at the initiative’s website. (Victor D. Infante)


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William Morris and Co's vibrant wall paintings, textiles and glass at All Saints church in Cambridge. The church is like a gallery of 19th-century art, designed for a purpose that remains to this day.
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Burlesque, Jermyn Street Theatre, review

Daisy Bowie-Sell reviews Burlesque at the Jermyn Street Theatre,

4 out of 5 stars

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Burlesque isn’t exactly a difficult ‘art form’ to drum up interest around, mainly because it involves beautiful girls who strip down to knickers and nipple tassels and dance provocatively for the audience’s pleasure. This new musical certainly takes advantage of the genre’s more titillating moments, from feather boas to suspenders, but interestingly, the sauciness is used as a backdrop to a more grounded message of friendship and honour during the McCarthy era.

The play is set in 1952 in an America rife with whispers of communists and traitors and we are the audience to the downtrodden and sleazy Palace Theatre, which features a mixture of scantily clad dancing girls and comedy double acts. The rest of the theatres have been slowly closing and the acts transferring to clubs – this is one of the last theatres of its kind.

When one half of the more successful comedy acts, Johnny Reno played by Jon-Paul Hevey, is blacklisted as a possible ‘red’ and called up to account for himself in front of a McCarthy hearing he’s forced into a corner. The FBI ask him to testify against his old friend and performance partner Rags Ryan, played by Chris Holland. Does he betray his friend and save his own skin – and that of his pregnant wife-to-be – or does he stick with his buddy?

Adam Meggido co-wrote the book and lyrics with Roy Smiles and on the whole it’s a success. It’s never completely original – we’ve seen the characters before, the old, scratchy-voiced dame of the house; the owner who is slowly losing money and proposes to every new girl a quarter of his age that comes through the door; the girls who struggle through their careers, with cheating boyfriends and children at home.

But there’s a charm, charisma and vitality that carries the production from beginning to end and a handful of catchy songs give scope for some excellent performances. Hevey and Holland get most of these and their physical musical comedy double act is beautifully timed and very funny.

The cast are strong but occasionally the songs prove a little too difficult – Hevey holds his comedy numbers well, but with the more complex and emotional songs he struggles. The tiny Jermyn Street Theatre stage is restrictive at best, but by using the stage curtain to move the action quickly and easily from onstage to backstage Martin Thomas’s set design makes inventive use of the limited space.

Burlesque runs at the Jermyn Street Theatre until December 18

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Russia at war with the West over IMF choice

Russia is heading for a clash with the West after making an unexpected request for a new candidate to take over as head of the International Monetary Fund.

It said it is backing former Czech prime minister Josef Tosovsky to succeed managing director Rodrigo de Rato at the Washington-based institution. The move is a surprise, as most insiders had assumed the position would go to former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was the European Union candidate and, until yesterday, the only nominee.

Mr Tosovsky's chances of victory are slim, since both Europe and the US, who between them hold over 50pc of the voting rights, are thought to be supporting his rival. Ironically, the Czech Republic, whose central bank was also at one stage headed by Mr Tosovsky, is also among those backing Mr Strauss-Khan.

But Russia's finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, said Mr Tosovsky had the right credentials for the job. "Given the IMF's failures in resolving the crises in a number of countries, the IMF needs to raise its prestige," he said.

Traditionally, the IMF managing director is selected by European countries while the US chooses the World Bank president. Nominating Mr Strauss-Khan has caused some controversy in Europe and beyond, since some had hoped to extend the eligible candidates to beyond the EU. Barely days after taking over as Chancellor, Alistair Darling told a Brussels press conference that he would have preferred a more open process, saying: "We don't believe a situation where it's assumed a European candidate [will get the job] is sustainable. All IMF members should be able to put forward candidates."

However, amid suspicions that the French and German administrations had already pushed through the decision on the EU's behalf, he was later forced to backtrack and say the UK would back Mr Strauss-Kahn.

Russia has already clashed with the EU over a proposed US anti-missile system which may be based in the Czech Republic and Poland, and has stepped up military flights. It is also hinting at plans to lay claim to oil reserves in the Arctic circle.

Russia has also clashed with the UK government over requests to extradite former KGB intelligence agent Andrei Lugovoi in connection with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

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Landowner jailed for shooting threat

A millionaire landowner was jailed for a year yesterday after he threatened to shoot a City banker who refused to accept his £750,000 offer for his country home.

Stephen Murphy had become obsessed about buying the 17th century farmhouse, once owned by his wife's family. But when Richard Overton rejected the offer after the sale was not completed on time, Murphy, 46, set about making the banker's life a misery.

He began to turn into an eyesore the 10 acres he owned around Blooms Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk.

Murphy dumped piles of rubbish, rusting farm machinery, a lorry trailer, rotting timber and an old car next to the farmhouse drive.

He warned Mr Overton that he would keep piling up rubbish while reducing his offer by £25,000 a week. Mr Overton alerted the police.

Murphy threatened to shoot him after the local council told him to clear the land.

The married father of three told the banker: "If you get the police on to me again, I will shoot your eyes out."

Murphy, who has moved to Kettlebaston, Suffolk, pleaded guilty earlier this year to harassing the banker.

Judge John Holt at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday called Murphy "a greedy bully" who believed the farmhouse would be worth £1 million to him because he owned the surrounding land.

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Olympic medal winners celebrate

The London 2012 Games may be far from over but the party has already started for Britain's triumphant athletes.
Pedal power: Not quite sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll but GB's team pursuit cycling gold medallist Dani King is showing no regard for safety as she sees the sights of London onboard a rickshaw with her boyfriendPicture: Rex Features
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Maria Sharapova after her victory over Timea Bacsinszky, on Thursday

London: World No. 1 Rafael Nadal pulled back from the abyss to reach the Wimbledon third round on Thursday, just when it looked as though bogeyman Lukas Rosol had returned to haunt him.

Two years after being knocked out at the same stage by the hard-hitting Czech in a late night Centre Court horror show, the Spaniard found himself a point away from falling two sets behind before fighting back to win 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-4.

If twice former champion Nadal is being made to work overtime so far, women’s favourite Serena Williams, bidding for a sixth singles title at the All England club, has marched through untroubled so far. The American beat South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 and has dropped a mere five games so far.

Australia wildcard Nick Kyrgios produced the comeback of the day to knock out French 13th seed Richard Gasquet. One of several young guns making an impact at the championships, the 19-year-old battled back from a two-set deficit and saved nine match points in a cliffhanger decider before sealing a 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-5, 10-8 victory.

Sharp-shooter Roger Federer fired down 25 aces as he flattened Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 under a closed Centre Court roof. A year after perishing in a shock second-round defeat, he spared his legion of fans another dose of nail-biting drama as he produced a masterclass in serving.

Maria Sharapova put in a business-like performance to cast aside qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-1 in only an hour on her way to the third round. The fifth seed showed the sort of ruthless precision that won her the French Open title this month. She broke Bacsinszky’s serve five times on Thursday, forcing her Swiss opponent to scramble left and right to retrieve powerful groundstrokes.

Kyrgios, who could play Nadal in the last 16, was not the only player to survive a five-setter on Thursday.

His third round opponent, young Czech Jiri Vesely, beat French 24th seed Gael Monfils 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4. Monfils’s compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga edged past American Sam Querrey, winning a deciding set hung over from Wednesday 14-12.

Ana Ivanovic, the 11 th seed, too breezed through to the third round, defeating China’s Jie Zhang 6-4, 6-0. The 28-year-old Nadal is never more vulnerable than in the early rounds at Wimbledon as he makes the tricky transition from his beloved bouncy claycourts to the low, skidding ball which is the norm on fresh green grass.

After battling past feisty Slovakian Martin Klizan in the opening round, Nadal found himself in an even deeper hole against a man who sent his world spinning off its axis in 2012.

Rosol’s dramatic five-set victory under the Centre Court roof two years ago was the last match Nadal played for seven months as the pain in his battle-scarred knees finally got the better of him.

This time, with second seed Nadal clearly in much better physical condition, the pattern was ominously familiar as 52nd ranked Rosol came out all guns blazing. Thundering down aces and making mincemeat of Nadal’s serves at times with some savage returns, Rosol showed the 14-times Grand Slam champion little respect, rattling through some games in the blink of an eye.

Rosol broke serve in the ninth game when Nadal misfired a forehand and then closed out the set with a quickfire love game. The Czech was seeing the ball like football in the second set too, continually pinning Nadal back, and when he established a break to lead 4-2 he appeared to have the Spaniard at his mercy.

In men’s doubles, old warhorse Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, seeded fifth, advanced to the second round defeating the Polish-American duo of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Rajeev Ram 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-4.

Rohan Bopanna too joined Leander in the second round. The Indo-Pak pair of Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi made a winning start to their men’s doubles campaign beating unfancied pair of Frantisek Cermak and Mikhail Elgin in straight sets 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (10-8), 6-3. The experienced duo prevailed in little over two hours as they clinched the issue on big points during both the tie-breaks.


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  1. Timo
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    Posted 20 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Is there any event related to zoom changed? (both with zoom bars and with mouse). Thanks.
  2. Giuseppe
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    Posted 22 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Hello Timo,

    Currently RadChartView does not expose public pan/zoom events -- we have already logged this feature request in our public issue tracking system here and will forward your feedback to our developers for further consideration (you can aslo vote on the PITS item to raise its priority).

    If you are using MVVM you can expose pan/zoom related properties on your view model and use two-way bindings to the cartesian chart properties so you will receive notification that pan/zoom chart property is changed in your view model.

    We have attached a sample application that demonstrates this approach (check ViewModel.Zoom for zoom and ViewModel.RangeStart / RangeEnd for pan).

    Kind regards,
    the Telerik team
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