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"The M9 is so simple that I use it set to German menus, and it's still far easier to operate than any DSLR in English. I shot these all week with a single SanDisk 8GB Extreme III SD card, downloading and backing it up every night, then reformatting it every morning. I shot 6.5GB (286 shots) on my biggest day, so I never had to break out a second card, and I shot everything in DNG + JPG at about 23 MB total per shot. Likewise, I popped in a freshly-charged M9 battery each morning, and it always lasted the day." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"I recently switched from my AT&T iPhone to Sprint’s HTC Hero. Now although the Hero is not a pure Android phone (it’s the HTC Sense, which is a modified form of Android), it gives the same experience that Android gives (only with an HTC “bent” to the package). Through this phone, I have come to once again enjoy my mobile experience. There are so many differences between the iPhone and the Hero, so many aspects of the Hero to really help you get your mobile geek on. But for the purposes of this article, I had to pick just 10. So I have narrowed it down to those aspects that really make the experience different from that of the iPhone." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"We'll be back up shortly and your dropio experience will be improved. In the mean time, here's a nice book that explains everything that is going on behind the secret curtains of the dropio network." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"President Bush has not fired any of the architects of the Iraq war. In fact, a review of the key planners of the conflict reveals that they have been rewarded — not blamed — for their incompetence." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

i forget to tell you that i don't believe in they're incompetence, they all know very well what they're doing, in Iraq war, in the Afghan and Pakistan war, etc etc; just a tip, look for the military bases that the USA are building across those countries and after that read the Obama's mentor book, "The Grand Chessboard" of Zbigniew Brzezinski, then you understand that they're not fools! They're all just plain crazy murderers! - ovigia

"OTTAWA -- He's the most high-profile politician in recent history, the winner of a bruising election campaign in which every aspect of his life -- from his smoking habit to anti-American comments made by his pastor -- came under relentless scrutiny. But according to Canadian government officials, a biography of U.S. President Barack Obama provided to Prime Minister Stephen Harper shortly after Mr. Obama's inauguration last January qualifies as a state secret." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

Cool stuff :) - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Oferecem-se três mil euros de salário livre de impostos, casa, serviços médicos e voos gratuitos, 64 dias de férias por ano. A oferta de trabalho da ProfCo, para a Arábia Saudita, destina-se a enfermeiros portugueses e é uma das muitas que se encontram nos portais de emprego, anúncios de jornal e fóruns dedicados à profissão. Só entre as empresas contactadas pelo DN foram ou vão ser colocados mais de 500 enfermeiros, entre 2008 e 2010. E a tendência é para o recrutamento aumentar." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"A Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) decidiu atribuir 73 mil euros que sobraram do programa Erasmus, no último ano lectivo, a apenas 27 dos 464 alunos envolvidos, gerando uma onda de indignação. As verbas recebidas pelos estudantes variam entre os mil e os 3500 euros. Confrontada pelo CM, a UNL alega que não distribuiu o dinheiro por todos por falta de tempo." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"A empresa norte-americana Cisco vai inaugurar esta semana um novo centro de serviços de suporte em Portugal. Este centro, segundo apurou o Negócios, será implementado em associação com a Sellbytel, uma empresa especializada em "outsourcing" para a área de serviços e vendas." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Em declarações à Lusa, o líder parlamentar do CDS-PP, Pedro Mota Soares, adiantou que no programa de segunda-feira participarão representantes do Governo, do PSD e do Bloco de Esquerda, contestando o que disse ser o “silenciamento sistemático” do seu partido. “A RTP é uma televisão do serviço público, paga com o dinheiro de todos os contribuintes, e está obrigada a regras de pluralismo face a todas as forças políticas”, disse Mota Soares. O dirigente democrata-cristão considerou “muito estranho” que num debate relativo ao programa do Governo “seja silenciado o terceiro partido, o que mais cresceu nas eleições e o que a generalidade dos analistas considerou ter liderado o debate, entre a oposição”, durante a discussão das propostas do executivo, quinta e sexta-feira no Parlamento." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Speaking at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club September 15, Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis C. Blair, disclosed that the current annual budget for the 16 agency U.S. "Intelligence Community" (IC) clocks-in at $75 billion and employs some 200,000 operatives world-wide, including private contractors. In unveiling an unclassified version of the National Intelligence Strategy (NIS), Blair asserts he is seeking to break down "this old distinction between military and nonmilitary intelligence," stating that the "traditional fault line" separating secretive military programs from overall intelligence activities "is no longer relevant."" - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. We have campaigned across the world to protect people against intrusion by governments and corporations that seek to erode this fragile right. We believe that privacy forms part of the bedrock of freedoms, and our goal has always been to use every means to preserve it." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"But one aspect of the new policy that he did not address was the question of referral of the alleged misconduct to an agency inspector general for investigation. The policy (pdf) specifies that such a referral is supposed to occur whenever “invocation of the privilege would preclude adjudication of particular claims,” as it is poised to do in this case, and when the “case raises credible allegations of government wrongdoing.” The plaintiffs in the case allege that their communications were subject to unlawful “dragnet” collection by the National Security Agency. Somewhat artfully, the government denies that any such collection occurred “under the Terrorist Surveillance Program,” implicitly allowing for the possibility that it may have occurred under some other framework." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"November 08, 2009 -- "TMS" -- Paris, November 3, 2009 – It is possible that the creation of an all-professional American army was the most dangerous decision ever taken by Congress. The nation now confronts a political crisis in which the issue has become an undeclared contest between Pentagon power and that of a newly elected president. Parack Obama has yet to declare his decision on the war in Afghanistan, and there is every reason to think that he will follow military opinion. Yet he is under immense pressure from his Republican opponents to, in effect, renounce his presidential power, and step aside from the fundamental strategic decisions of the nation." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Professional armies have often been considered a threat to their own societies. It was one of Frederick the Great’s own officers who described Prussia “as an army with a state, in which it was temporarily quartered, so to speak.” The French revolutionary statesman Mirabeau said that “war is Prussia’s national industry.” Considering the portion of the U.S. national budget that is now... more... - ovigia

"November 08, 2009 "(IsraelNN.com) -- 11/03/09 -- An unprecedented number of American generals, along with 1,400 U.S. army soldiers, are participating with top IDF brass in the high-level Juniper Cobra military exercise that one U.S. Navy commander said is aimed at “specific threats.” Public affairs officials interrupted the naval commander in order to divert the conversation from the scenario of Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities and defending itself from a counter-attack. One senior IDF source told BBC magazine, “I've never seen so many American generals.”" - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, along with the commander of the U.S. force in Europe and U.S. ambassador to Israel James Cunningham attended the three-week exercise on Tuesday. It is one of the largest-ever joint training drills and is fueling speculation that the United States is preparing for the worst while hoping for the best concerning Iran’s nuclear program. " - ovigia

"This script doesn't completely block Flash elements in a page. Rather it "hides" them and substitutes a "button" that you may "press" to make individual Flash elements visible if you like. It's simple, quick, and much less sophisticated than FlashBlock. For most folks, this does most of the job they want done most of the time: it stops noxious, moving, distracting flash ads while letting you choose to see useful flash content." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Some have downplayed the importance of these revelations, pointing out that many of the proposals are already law in some jurisdictions such as the UK and US. But that misses the point: ACTA is about *exporting* the worst aspects of existing copyright legislation to those major economies around the world where they are not yet implemented. It's the classic ratchet effect that always moves legislation in a direction favourable to the content industries, and never sees corresponding moves in favour of consumers." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"The other troubling aspect of ACTA is that the negotiations are *still* being held behind closed doors, despite growing recognition that transparency is indispensable if the end-result is to have any legitimacy with those of use outside that process. The nominal, and totally feeble, justification for this secrecy is the old catch-all “security”. But as the leaked documents have made... more... - ovigia

"Diigolet Diigolet is not as feature-rich as the Diigo toolbar, but it can be set-up by simple drag-and-drop - no download or installation needed, and it works for all major browsers. Much more powerful than bookmarklets offered by other social bookmarking sites, Diigolet is a "super bookmarklet" that allows you to highlight and add sticky-notes, in addition to simple bookmarking." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Starting in November 2009, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) will award three people with a Fellowship grant every month for the coming year. Everybody who is actively working for Free Software but cannot afford the Fellowship contribution can apply for the grant. Despite financial constraints many people in the Free Software community devote a great deal of their time to Free Software activities. For example programming, translating, administrating, organising events, giving talks or advocating Free Software principles at public events. FSFE has now found a way to recognise their efforts and let them become part of the Fellowship." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"The Moblin project released the first beta of Moblin 2.1, fixing numerous bugs while adding support for a 3G modem. Other touted improvements to the netbook-focused Moblin 2.1 include a faster browser with plugin support, Bluetooth discovery support, higher screen resolution support, and an enhanced ConnMan. Although Moblin v2.1 was billed as an "incremental" release when the Moblin project first released a preview version in conjunction with the final release of Moblin v2.0 in late September, Moblin v2.1 actually delivers a lot of important new features." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"After ABI Research projected that Linux represents a 32 percent share of netbooks in 2009 and will overtake Windows in 2013, we spoke with ABI analyst Jeffrey Orr. Orr notes the rise of international consumers and ARM-based netbooks, and discusses Ubuntu, Moblin, Android, and Chrome OS." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Yet, as Orr noted in a ComputerWorld story, and repeats below, the perceptions of U.S. based observers are skewed by the local computing scene and its domination by Microsoft. Sales of low-cost netbooks are being increasingly driven by sales outside of the U.S. where Windows is not as prevalent, and especially in developing countries where PCs in general are still something of a novelty. In many of these markets, the $15 to $25 price differential compared to Windows XP makes all the difference." - ovigia

"There are many (millions?) users that open their browsers every day and browse sites using outdated versions of Adobe Flash. I suspect that most of those users don't have a clue that they are using vulnerable software. Mozilla is about to change that for Firefox users. In the next round of updates due out this month, Firefox will check the Flash version number and advise users to update if they've got an out-of-date version." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty." ~ Christopher Morley - ovigia from Bookmarklet

""Instead of spending the next 10 years trying to find a Flash implementation for Linux or OS X that doesn't drain CPU cycles like there's no tomorrow, NeoSmart Technologies has made an HTML5 viewer for YouTube videos. It loads YouTube videos in an HTML5 video container and streams (with skip/skim/pause/resume) against an MP4 resource, and an (optional) userscript file can update YouTube pages with the HTML5 viewer. The latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are supported. Personally, I can't wait until the major video sites default to HTML5 and we can finally say goodbye to Flash."" - ovigia from Bookmarklet

http://neosmart.net/blog... - ovigia

"Maemo is a software platform that is mostly based on open source code and powers mobile devices such as the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Maemo platform has been developed by Nokia in collaboration with many open source projects such as the Linux kernel , Debian , GNOME , and many more." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it's your reputation that's stolen." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

http://it.slashdot.org/story... - ovigia