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Report urges separation of science and stateScience and politics mix badly, a bipartisan report said Wednesday. It
called for changes to federal agencies and expert panels ...
USATODAY Thursday, August 06, 2009Geographic Imager 2.5 supports spacial data formatsAvenza Systems has
released v2.5 of its Adobe Photoshop mapping plug-in, Geographic Imager. The
software is used to import, edit, and export geospatial images such as arial and satellite photographs. The latest version supports ECW, MrSID, and DEM files and can import and export spatial data formats with georeferencing. Version 2.5 can also crop images to a specified size while they are being impo...
macnn.com Thursday, August 06, 2009Fliq Bookmarks enables Palm Pre sync with SafariMark/Space has
released Fliq Bookmarks, a beta application that enables users to sync their Safari bookmarks with the Palm Pre. The application can sync both individual bookmarks as well as bookmark folders and the bookmarks bar. The
software works with The Missing Sync for Palm Pre to additionally sync the device with contacts, calendars, music, ringtones, bookmarks, photos and other media. The p...
macnn.com Thursday, August 06, 2009Zaxwerks releases 3D Serpentine plug-in for AdobeZaxwerks has
released 3D Serpentine, a new plug-in for Adobe After Effects that enables the creation of 3D path-extrusions, also know as animated noodles. The
software works by using 3D paths to control the position, size and orientation of 3D graphics, and enables the creation of 3D effects such as shooting starts and film reels. Features include auto-orientation
technology to prevent twists and ...
macnn.com Thursday, August 06, 2009After Links To Cybercrime, Latvian ISP Cut Offalphadogg
writes with this Network World story, excerpting "A Latvian ISP linked to online criminal activity has been cut off from the
internet,
following complaints from
internet security researchers. Real Host, based in Riga, Latvia was thought to control command-and-control servers for infected botnet PCs, and had been linked to phishing sites,
web sites that launched attack code at visitors and were also home to malicious 'rogue' antivirus products, according to a researcher using the pseudonym Jart Armin, who works on the Hostexploit.com Web site. 'This is maybe one of the top European centers of crap,' he said in an e-mail interview. 'It was a cesspool of criminal activity,' said Paul Ferguson, a researcher with Trend Micro."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Thursday, August 06, 2009Bits: Internet Ad Spending Shrinks AgainIDC said that spending on online display advertising dropped 12 percent, while classified ads lost 17 percent. Search advertising rose slightly in the second quarter.
New York Times Thursday, August 06, 2009News Corporation Posts a Loss on MySpace ChargeThe company, which also owns The Wall
Street Journal and the Fox broadcast television network, lost $203 million in the quarter.
New York Times Thursday, August 06, 2009State of the Art: New Entry in E-Books a Paper TigerBarnes & Noble's e-book store has a lot of promise, but is saddled with filler, missing some top books and has some awkward details.
New York Times Thursday, August 06, 2009Cisco's Net Income Falls but Outlook ImprovesThe world's largest network
technology company continued to
suffer from the global recession, reporting Wednesday that its net income dropped sharply in its fourth quarter.
New York Times Thursday, August 06, 2009Online Scammers Prey on the JoblessAs the unemployment rate skirts double digits, criminals are preying on the anxiety of the jobless to relieve them of cash and their identities.
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