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Entries for February, 2011

MadCap Launches Newest Versions of MadPak and MadPak ML Suites Featuring MadCap Contributor, Flare 7.0 and Analyzer 4.0

MadCap Launches Newest Versions of MadPak and MadPak ML Suites Featuring MadCap Contributor, Flare 7.0 and Analyzer 4.0 MadPak and MadPak ML Expand Mobile Functionality with QR Code Support, Add SharePoint Integration, and Enhance Support for Government Accessibility Standards PR Newswire LA JOLLA, Calif., March 1, 2011 LA JOLLA, Calif., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — [...]

New MadCap Flare 7.0 Signals Latest Step Toward Extinction of Print-only Publishing Software With Added Mobile, Web and Print Features

New MadCap Flare 7.0 Signals Latest Step Toward Extinction of Print-only Publishing Software With Added Mobile, Web and Print Features Flare 7.0 Extends Mobile Documentation Leadership as First Authoring Tool to Support QR Code; Also Integrates with SharePoint and Subversion Version Control, Supports Government Accessibility Standards, and Provides Vector and Equation Authoring and Publishing PR [...]

Microsoft Adds Selective ActiveX Filtering to IE9

An anonymous reader writes “A post on the IE blog details the new ActiveX filtering feature in the IE9 release candidate. Microsoft’s Herman Ng writes, ‘ActiveX Filtering in the IE9 Release Candidate gives you greater control over how Web pages run on your PC. With ActiveX Filtering, you can turn off ActiveX controls for all [...]

My Special Dates Helps Local Florists Compete With Order Gatherers for Direct Sales.

My Special Dates Helps Local Florists Compete With Order Gatherers for Direct Sales. New reminder service also helps build customer loyalty, increase repeat sales. PR Newswire ST. LOUIS, March 1, 2011 ST. LOUIS, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — To help local florists compete effectively with national order gatherers, ActionPoint Marketing has launched My Special Dates, [...]

Meteorites Brought Ingredients of Life To Earth

Meshach writes “A new analysis of a meteorite found in Antarctica is >leading scientists to think that life on Earth may have came from outer space. Chemical analysis of the meteorite shows it to be rich in ammonia and containing the element nitrogen. Nitrogen is found in the proteins and DNA that form the basis [...]

Japan camera prettifies subjects, even adds “makeup”

TOKYO (Reuters) – Photos are everything for Yuka Obara, a well-known Japanese blogger who insists anything showing her online be picture-perfect — especially because it’s hard these days to delete poor-quality photos once on the web. Original post by Adam Dachis

Rite of passage: Honeycomb commemorated with statue at Google HQ

Honeycomb (Android 2.3) is officially official. The gang in Mountain View have taken to the front lawn to commemorate the latest and greatest iteration of the Android mobile operating system, Honeycomb. The statues comes complete with an Android robot and honeybee — this statue seems to have a little more fair. If you’re in the [...]

Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley experienced a “very sensitive” break-in to its network by the same China-based hackers who attacked Google Inc’s computers more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported, citing leaked emails from an Internet security company. Original post by Adam Dachis

Infected Androids Run Up Big Texting Bills

Hugh Pickens writes “Computerworld reports that a rogue Android app is hijacking smartphones and running up big texting bills to premium rate numbers before the owner knows it. Chinese hackers grabbed a copy of Steamy Windows, a free program, added a backdoor Trojan horse to the app’s code, then placed the reworked app on unsanctioned [...]

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