Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by KMel Robotics. Special thanks to Professor Daniel Lee for his support.

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Who is Shazam?

Grown into an established business, but retained our start-up approach and work ethic: Shazam believes in creating a magical experience and is passionate about developing innovative products and services. Because of our commitment, we have over 165 million people around the world who use Shazam to discover new songs or other content. And we’re growing every day, adding more than 1.5 million new Shazamers every week, resulting in more than 5 million tags a day!

Find out more and get your mobile app at www.shazam.com

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Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon has decided to take on the tablet market with the Kindle Fire and while some had assumed it would be gunning for big boy Apple and the iPad, this device proves that it has a different strategy in mind. The Kindle Fire is set to be one of the most affordable Android tablets around and although it will be based on Google`s mobile operating system it will feature a heavily customised interface which is very much unique. As well as playing games, running apps and allowing you to read eBooks, the Kindle Fire will let you browse the web and use Amazon`s various cloud-based services to stream media and store your data.

Pioneer Steez
The new family of urban-oriented portable speakers from Pioneer, known collectively as Steez, will catch your attention one way or another. Angular designs with piano black plastic, brushed metal speaker grills and a built-in handle for easy long-distance hauling make these models particularly suited for use out on the street. Dance crews who want to kick out the jams at their local park or take on others at a competition will know precisely what Pioneer is aiming to achieve with the Steez range and with a dock for portable media players it is ready for the digital age.

Nintendo 3DS
A generous price drop and the incoming addition of an add-on that will endow it with an extra analogue control stick makes the Nintendo 3DS look more attractive than ever. While it is still a good family-friendly portable gaming device, it is not just for playing Nintendogz with your nephew. Titles from leading franchises like Mario and Zelda are on the way and the three dimensional effects can be scaled back or turned off altogether if they do not appeal to you. In addition the cameras mounted in the Nintendo 3DS mean you can enjoy augmented reality gaming the likes of which has never been seen before.

Doxie 2.0
This may be the most practical piece of must-have technology on the list for Christmas 2011, but it is by no means a boring addition to your collection. It is a very compact document scanner which lets you create digital copies of paper documents which can be shared via your PC, Mac or smartphone. It can also be synchronised with services such as Evernote and Google Docs, making it simple to share your documents with others. This gadget and most of the others can be bought cheaply on the internet if you use PC World discount vouchers.

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Windows Phone 7 was recently the beneficiary of a major update known as Mango, bringing its official version number up to 7.5. This update included more than 500 changes, such as adding streamlined app switching, Twitter integration and a brand new web browser.

Mr Ballmer said that Windows Phone 7 is far less complicated to interact with than Android, claiming that only computer experts are able to get the most out of the experience available on Google`s smartphones. He was clearly exaggerating to make a point, but there is no doubt that Microsoft is aiming to appeal to first time smartphone buyers rather than tech-savvy consumers.

While Android 4.0 retains the multi-homescreen interface of its predecessors, allowing users to customise and add widgets to each as they see fit, Windows Phone 7 opts for a far more restricted but undeniably simpler system. This employs one main home hub with moveable Live Tiles that provide notifications, information and shortcuts to applications and websites. Users can arrange these as they see fit, but the cohesive look and feel along with the intuitive process of placing individual tiles definitely gives it the edge over Android.

The HTC Titan is the smartphone that Microsoft is touting as the flagship device for the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update and interestingly enough it shares one similarity with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google`s front-running Android 4.0 handset. That feature is a very large display, with the Titan sporting a 4.7 inch SLCD screen while the Galaxy Nexus has a 4.65 Super AMOLED Plus unit.

The Titan has a 1.5GHz single core processor while the Galaxy Nexus has a 1.2GHz dual core chip. Microsoft`s offering may be technically less powerful than Google`s, but since Windows Phone 7 is better optimised to utilise this hardware the difference is negligible.

Personal preference plays a large part in making a choice between one smartphone platform or another. While Android lets users personalise their handset, Windows Phone has a far more unified, consistent experience guaranteed, thanks to minimum hardware specs enforced by Microsoft which means you can pick almost any handset that runs it and enjoy the same basic features that run in a predictable manner.

If you do want to buy a new smartphone device, whether based on Android or Windows Phone, then it makes sense to harness a voucher or deal provided by a site such as Groupon as this can net you big savings. In a rapidly evolving market, cutting edge handsets rarely retain their positions for extended periods, so paying a premium does not make sense.

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Anti-keylogger can protect even against “custom-made” spy software, which are extremely dangerous – and very popular with cybercriminals. Anti-keylogger is very user-friendly. It runs at the background, quite transparently for the user. It won’t ask you needless questions; nor it will distract you from your work. Easy-to-use and reliable, Anti-keylogger will guard your privacy and guarantee that all your confidential information remains secret.

It’s not entirely free but could be worth the small fee considering the alternative…

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If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Dickhead and Shit for Brains.

EATING OUT

When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need but it’s on sale.

BATHROOMS

A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .
The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS

A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does.

DRESSING UP

A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

OFFSPRING

Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

A married man should forget his mistakes. There’s no use in two people remembering the same thing!

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Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web. Here you can review the project’s design docs, obtain the source code, and contribute. To learn more about the project goals, read the announcement blog post.

To start using it you need to get yourself a Chromebook. Chromebooks boot in 8 seconds and resume instantly. Your favorite websites load quickly and run smoothly, with full support for the latest web standards and Adobe® Flash®. In fact, Chromebooks are designed to get faster over time as updates are released.

For even more info catch up on Wikipedia. And, if you buy one please let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Official music video for Cold Mailman – “Time is of the essence”. This is a shortened version of the song. The original song is available on their critically acclaimed second album “Relax; the mountain will come to you” . For more info about Cold Mailman, visit http://coldmailman.com/

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Director and animator: André Chocron
Director of photography: Audun Magnæs
Colorist: Camilla Holst Vea at Storyline Studios
Conform: Raymond Gangstad

Cast:
Haugenstua brl
Vestlitoppen brl
Tveita brl
Solfjellet brl
Ammerudlia brl

Supported by Groruddalssatsningen: http://www.prosjekt-groruddalen.oslo.kommune.no/

Thank you:
Roy Tjomsland, Hallvar Witzø, Raymond Gangstad, Johannes Dahl, Kari Andresen, Jon Erik Berger, Gunnar Paulsen, Veronica Skaret

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Take a look at the video below to see what I mean;

Is it really as great as he wants us to believe or are they just playing catch-up to still stay in the market? I’d love to hear what you guys thinks.

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Without running any post publishing macros, the Word document that is generated will be using linked images. So every time you need to distribute the document you’ll also need to remember to include the images as well.

I frequently forget this, hence why I’m posting this, so, if all else fails, I can at least search my own blog to find the solution. If you look at a document with linked images, you’ll see that the file size for the document is quite small, and there will be a number of images in the same folder (although this works fine if your images are linked from another folder).

UPDATE: You can also do this automatically after publishing using an afterPublish Word macro, the Author-it Knowledge Centre has the details, thanks to Derek Tomes for pointing it out. Read on for the manual method.

You can quickly and easily convert linked images to embedded images in Word 2007. Here’s how:

1. With your Word document open, click the Office button*, top-left of the window.
2. Select Prepare > Edit Links to Files.
3. Select and highlight the images you want to convert from the list.
4. Select the option to Save picture in document.
5. Click the Break Link button.
6. Click Yes to confirm.

The links are removed, and the images are now embedded in your Word document. A quick check of the filesize of the Word document should show a marked increase and you can now distribute the Word document, and the Word document only, safe in the knowledge that the images are embedded.

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