You ve lurked their boards. You ve immersed yourself in their arcane lingo. You ve longed to take a side in their endlessly fascinating NVIDIA-versus-ATI debates, but you just don t know enough about the issue . As if they re a herd of wild mustangs, you ve observed them from afar, too timid to dare run among them. They are computer modders, the mad scientist-banditos of the PC scene, racing their souped-up muscle-machines down the back alleys of the respectable computing world. To them, a computer isn t worth using until it s tricked out in neon lights and submerged in liquid nitrogen. You wanna be one, but not a wanna-be one. We can t upload all their esoteric learning into your skull, but we can help you fake it. Or Compaq can, anyway. Their Compaq X GX5050 isn t your standard off-the-shelf Compaq machine they ve assembled it from the same high-end components you can buy off the shelf at Ye Olde Big Box Electronics Shoppe. There s the rapid-fire Athlon 64 bit 3800 processor, the monster MSI motherboard, the roaring Audigy sound card, and the potent 470-watt power supply. Unless you have thousands of dollars and dozens of hours to throw around, you won t be building a better gaming computer in this lifetime. But if you think that s all, then you really are as dumb as you look. Consider the high-capacity 200GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive, with the ability to add 3 more in multiple RAID configurations. Confront the awesome reality that XP Pro is pre-loaded on this beast for your operating pleasure. Forget the lame and completely underpowered GeForceFX 5700 256MB graphics card, offering DVI & TV-Out capabilities. (You’ll want to add something like the X850 XT if you’re a hard-core gamer.) And then get ready to drop all these names with the casual nonchalance that says I was building killer PCs when you were building Robotix, little man. Leave my sight and trouble me no further. OK, there is one problem: the Compaq logo on the case might inspire some, shall we say, skepticism in hardcore modding types. But hey, it s nothing a screwdriver can t handle. Armed with this amped-up, over-juiced murder machine, you ll stride manfully among the modders, truly one of them at last. And they never need to know your wooty little secret. Warranty: One year Features: Smooth, distinctive brushed aluminum case that looks great anywhere Quick access to the heart of the PC with tool-less case design and thumbscrews Removable motherboard tray for easy access Room for expansion for additional hardware and drives Top and back access to USB and FireWire ports for easy connections to accessories Cooling devices that afford impressive case ventilation Chassis lighting provides a red illumination on the front and a glowing fan in the back Conveniently located panels conceal access to drive bays, memory card reader, audio and I/O ports Specifications: AMD Athlon 64 bit 3800+ (Socket 939, 2.4GHz, 2000MHz FSB) MSI K8N NEO2 nVidia Socket 939 ATX motherboard 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM Memory (expandable to 4GB) 200GB SATA-150 7,200 rpm hard drive (add 3 more in RAID 0/1) NVIDIA GeForce FX5700 256MB DDR AGP (DVI, VGA, TV-out) 16X Dual Layer DVD plus minus R/RW 16X DVD-ROM 9-in-1 Flash Media Card Reader Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS audio card w/7.1 Dolby Digital surround sound Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 CoolerMaster Wave Master Silver ATX Aluminum Case Enermax 470 watt power supply Dual integrated 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) Integrated 56k Faxmodem Expansion Slots: One 8X AGP (occupied by graphics card) Five PCI (two occupied by sound card and modem) Expansion Bays: Four External 5.25 (two occupied by optical drives) Four Internal 3.5 (one occupied by hard drive) One External 3.5 (occupied by media card reader) External Ports: Seven USB 2.0 (one front/two top/four rear) Two FireWire (IEEE 1394) (one top/one rear) PS/2 mouse and PS/2keyboard (both rear) Microphone-in, headphone-out and line-in, SPDIF-out (all rear) Serial and Parallel (both rear) Multimedia Card Reader: One front 9-in-1 Flash Media Card Reader Supports Secure Digital, xD, Smart Media, MultiMedia Card, Compact Flash Types I/II, IBM MicroDrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro Software: Apple iTunes for Windows: Digital music jukebox InterVideo WinDVD SE player: Play DVD movies Sonic RecordNow: Burn music and data CDs and DVDs RealPlayer: Find, play and organize digital programming Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition Microsoft Windows Movie Maker: Create fun digital home movies Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0: Read and print PDF files Price: $699.99
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InFocus 50 Ultra-Thin DLP High Definition TV
Finally, a television set worthy of Yes, Dear! The InFocus SP50MD10 isn t just the finest teevee you ll find for the price; it s the single most wonderful thing that s ever happened to us in our dreary, dismal lives, ever. It s as thin as an Olsen twin and as advanced as our gum disease. With an incredibly vivid 16:9 HD picture and revolutionary new InFocus Engine technology, the SP50MD10 has the breathtaking good looks of a Lt. Templeton Faceman Peck and the muscular reliability of a Sgt. Bosco B.A. Baracus. It s got everything you want in a flat screen television at half their expense and weight. Well, maybe not everything. It can t uncancel Dear John. Oh, hey: do you like the amazing picture quality, long-life and reliability you get with DLP technology? The SP50MD10 s got it. Yeah, baby, she s got it. Plus, InFocus engineered future-proof features in her, so you ll still be watching this set when your youth is but a faded, wasted memory. Say you re a TVologist at InFocus s top-secret laboratory. How do you engineer such a slim high-definition television? Well, if you re very, very clever and those InFocus scoundrels certainly are you create the patent-pending InFocus Engine , a revolutionary approach to projection televisions. Maybe you also create and patent a lens-to-screen solution that allows crystal-clear 720p HD-native images to be viewable from every angle while avoiding common flat-screen problems (like image retention, brightness loss, and limited serviceability). Now take a break and treat yourself to a refreshing grape soda! You must be the smartest TV inventor ever! Thanks to its innovative engine, the SP50MD10 enjoys a longer life than other sets. And unlike other microdisplays it gives you perfect resolution without any image warping, predistortion, or pixel loss. Now, look: we re as superficial as the next guy. Moreso. Even with all its superfly specs, this boob tube wouldn t get halfway through the bead curtain on the front door to our swank pad if it didn t look good too. We have a lifestyle to maintain, after all. Lucky for the SP50MD10, the Intelligent Designer endowed it with the kind of classic style that looks good almost anywhere. And it s lightweight, too, so you can mount, hang, place, stash or stick it in almost any room, in almost any corner, on almost any wall. It s like Hank Snow: it ll go everywhere, man. And it comes with a totally sweet remote and a wireless web browsing keyboard with built in joystick-mouse control. Just so you know. Warranty: 1 year in-home (RCA North American Service Network) Picture Screen Size 50 diagonalAspect Ratio 16:9 wide screenLight System InFocus Engine, worlds thinnest DLP RPMicrodisplay Type DLP,. HD2+ DarkChip2Native Resolution 720p High Definition (1280 720)Processes all HDTV modes 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480iScreen Type High-Gain, High-Resolution, Fine PitchAnti-Reflective ScreenAdaptive Video Noise ReductionScan Rate Converter3D Y/C Digital Frame3:2 Pull DownReverse (TruScan Digital Reality.)Adjustable Color TempDynamic Color Stretch CircuitryContrast Expand (B&W Stretch) Yes Off/Low/HighPicture Presets Vibrant, Natural, Cinematic, PersonalViewing Angle 160 degreesPicture Power (watts)150/180 (Lamp Power) Sound Broadcast Stereo w/dbx Noise ReductionSecond Audio Program (SAP)SRS Labs TruSurround XT.17-Band Graphic EqualizerFront Speakers (number) 6 (4 mid-range, 2 tweeter)Fully Enclosed Speaker SystemTotal Watts 60 (15W/Chan + 30W Subwoofer)Integrated Subwoofer Yes 30 WattsChannels/Watts 2 Channels, 15 Watts PerSound Logic Audio Leveler, Sound Presets 7 Modes + PersonalDolby Digital Pass-Through Reception Tuning Capability NTSC/ATSC/DCRDigital Cable/Satellite Connections DTV-Link. (IEEE 1394)/HDMI./HD ComponentDigital Cable Ready Yes (DCR) and CableCARD. slot. Convenience Auto Channel SearchChannel Labeling Auto (via EPG data)Interactive Set-up w/ MenusIntegrated Web Browser WIN CE v4.1 with IE v6.0Lighted Control Panel Back-lit Touch SensorMultilingual On-Screen Display English/French/SpanishOne-Button Launch for Inputs Yes Auto TuneParental Control (V-Chip)Pic Memory Presets for Vid InputsPicture Freeze, Picture-in-Picture Twin Tuner (Analog Only)TimersClock/Sleep/Turn-On Rear Connectors RF Input (Antenna/Cable)2 (1 antenna, 1 cable)Audio/Video Inputs (Composite)4 L&R Audio, 4 VideoComponent Video Input (YPrPb)2 SYNCROSCAN. PLUSHDMI (High Def Multimedia Interface) 1 for 720p, 1080i, 480pSub Woofer Output Yes RCA PhonoA/V Outputs (Composite)1 Set L&R Audio + VideoAudio Output (Coaxial/Optical)SP-DIF (Optical)IEEE1394 Connector2 w/2-Way DTV LinkBroadband Connector (Ethernet RJ45) YesCenter Chan/Matrix Surround Output Yes 3 RCA Jacks Dimensions w/o Base 52.60 (W) x 41.46 (H) x 6.85 (D)/ 133.60 cm (W) x 105.31 cm (H) x 17.40 cm (D)w/Base 52.60 (W) x 42.72 (H) x 12.80 (D)/ 133.60 cm (W) x 108.51 cm (H) x 32.51 cm (D) Weight w/o Base 121.5 lbs/54.7 kgWeight w/Base 175.8 lbs/79.1 kg Shipping & Delivery: Truck shipped from Woot’s Texas Warehouse to your door via curbside delivery. Allow 3 weeks for delivery. Supply daytime contact phone number (upon ordering or in Your Account page) for delivery company to schedule delivery time with you. As with our previous big screen TV events, logistics updates will be covered in our community forums. Discuss this product
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Font Pilot 2.1.1
Powerful Font Manager to view, activate, uninstall and deactivate fonts - even preview fonts not installed! Requirements Mac OS X 10.2 or laterTrial 15 Days Price US$15.95 (Single User) US$79.00 (School) US$99.00 (Business) Product Description Choosing the right font for a project is essential when it comes to its presentation. We’ve all seen those cheesy used car commercials using a messy font like “Sand”. Don’t let that happen to you! Take control of your font collection. In the old days, before Font Pilot, you’d be stuck manually installing one font at a time and relaunching your programs until you found the one you liked. Not anymore! Using its superior font management engine, Font Pilot plunges into your system and digs up the dirt on your fonts. Copyrights, licenses, descriptions, postscript names, file sizes, locations, and so much more! However, Font Pilot would have hardly graduated flight school if it didn’t go above and beyond its other classmates. Font Pilot allows you to browse an entire folder of fonts that are NOT installed with a visual preview! While viewing the slideshow, click the Install button at any time to have that font permanently installed and activated on the computer. No fuss, no gimmicks, just pure functionality. Also activate (without installing) or deactivate fonts on the fly! Amongst these great features, and numerous others like the character map, key combo list, and print engine. Font Pilot is an essential font management software tool in any graphic designer’s repertoire. Give it the free fifteen day trial, and we’re sure you’ll find it hard to let go! Highlights Install Font (or an entire folder) Preview Font (or an entire folder in slideshow format) Activate Font Without Installing (or an entire folder) Automatic Font File Renamer Deactivate Fonts View Font by Location Font Metrics (ie. ascent, descent, leading) Postscript, QuickDraw, Full, Unique and Family Name Font Style Information Font Kind (ie. TrueType, Postscript) Description Manufacturer Trademark Copyright License Description License URL Designer Designer URL Vendor URL Other Miscellaneous & Custom Font Table Data Font File Location (& Reveal) Colored Preview Waterfall Character Map ASCII, Hex, Octal, Binary Values for Characters PC & Mac Key Combinations Featured By F & L Publishing Group (c’t magazine) Mac Life MacUser UK Software 2010 Testimonials Alycia says, “This is just the utility I’ve been looking for. Works perfectly.” Lucas says, “A great app for designers to get. It’s saved me plenty of time and headaches.” James says, “Easy to use, efficient, and much cheaper than the competitors!” Snar says, “Managing fonts has never been so easy… this program is great!” Arcorn says, “Finally a font management app that does what users actually need and isn’t just for eye candy!” chambone says, “Good piece of software. Does what it says.” Tice says, “This app is just perfect. Hopefully Apple is integrating something like this in the next OS.” Teigan says, “Opinions are like belly buttons. Everybody has one. This is much better than TypeTable X . Nicer interface and more features. And it displays the list in the style of each font. Easy to use and free. Would love to see an internet connection option to find and download additional fonts.” Download / Purchase Now
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2005
Time for the black and white list What do I feel 2005 was all about? Was the good brilliant enough, was the bad bloody awful? Here’s a half-baked, self-centered, luke-warm subjective list: Some great movies that I was able to see in the theatre and then keep looking at over and over again on DVD: Sideways, A Very Long Engagement, Closer (yes, I know these are 2004 releases but they arrived late in Romanian theaters, during 2005), and other I enjoyed only in theatre, like The 40 Years Old Virgin, A History Of Violence and some that I liked but at the same time left me somehow unsatisfied: Sin City, Dreamers, The House of Flying Daggers, Melinda and Melinda. But than again, for a designer’s eye Sin City and A Very Long Engagement were feast-rich as well as Dreamers’ opening titles were a nice surprise. On the opening titles’ side could be more but I cannot remember anything else beside Dreamers right now.I could not see the most successful Romanian feature, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. I’m like a person who once watched someone dying through the fence of concentration camp and refuses to see movies about the subject ever since.Still, close to the top of the stack of DVD cases lie Blade Runner, Woody Allen’s Annie Hall and New York and Rebel Without a Cause these are the movies I happen to watch most often. I haven’t follow the musical releases this year so the timeline will be heavily distorted. This is the year I first heard Damien Rice’s “O” and I felt it even bigger than it may be (and it’s big) both because it’s link with Closer title sequence (The Blower’s Daughter is a goddamn heart wrecker, I kid you not) and because this guy’s dramatic story (yes, I know it’s not a 2005 release). Add to the list Depeche Mode’s Playing The Angel, of course, even if it failed to impress me as much as Exciter. What did impress me was Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang, a goddamn god album. I also like Tosca’s J.A.C., My Morning Jacket’s “Z” and Fischerspooner’s Odyssey.Still, my iTunes play-count is topped by older classics: Moloko’s Statues, Cibelle’s homonymous album and Bj rk’s Vespertine. Then some Miles Davies, David Bowie, Radiohead and R.E.M. Talking about music, 2005 was the year A. G. Weinberger celebrated his 25th aniversary on stage. A. G. got a haircut and weights some more but he still got the big guitars sound, the wise words, the rock and the blues. The year of PSP, devious little device that’s perfectly tuned to ruin one’s sleep at night. And yes, it’s true, it’s a great device even if you’re only going to own one game only: Grand Theft Auto - Liberty City Stories. Oh, man, I’m playing it for a month and I don’t get tired of it. Yes, I get awful tired, but in a good way, you know what I mean. As technosexual as I found myself to be there was a thing I didn’t crave having: 3G telephony. Why is that? Almost inexplicable. Few handsets to chose from, a lack of killer apps, I suppose, and an utter absence of evangelists. I look around: almost no one uses it. I’m mesmerized what happens? The future is not what it used to be. 2005 was the year the podcast got into the mainstream, piggybacked by the ever-increasing iPod success. I browsed and tried a half a dozen general-interest shows until I finally understood I don’t have the time to listen to zero shelf-life entertainment shows and I switched to design podcasts like AIGA’s podcasts, The Prepared Mind, Be A Design Group’s podcast, Lunar Design’s Icon-O-Cast, KCRW’s Design and Architecture Podcast, Speak Up’s Design Dialog, Design Matters and Typeradio podcast. I do not listen to all this religiously, but once in a while I feel like listening to a podcast while walking to the office. In 2005 Romanian blogs became too many to read all. Just have a look at Carmen’s collection and top. 2005 was the year of Gmail everybody has it. And Yahoo! Messenger. Where’s ICQ? Did that awful interface killed them? It was the year of Flickr and the year I unsubscribed from all social-networking services. Speaking of Flickr, this year my old-time friend Camil started posting his old B&W photos to Flickr. Sweet memories and beautiful (gorgeous sometimes) shots. Talking about photography, Cosmin Bumbut prepares a new web site, I hope he will get it on-line soon, in the meanwhile you can visit (again) his old one. This year I shot several photo sessions of epic proportions with Ionut Macri and his team this year - go check his web gallery, too. In design this year was the year when it became clear that the rock-and-roll classic graphic design will give way to electro-pop branding reinterpretations. See AT&T’s case that shacked and shocked an unprepared global design community. Read Be a Design Group’s eye-opening Get Busy Livin’ or Get Busy Dyin’. But, um, that’s a long story and we won’t go there. No, no.Here. I got tired. There’s more white than black in the picture, not necessarily a bad thing after all. So what was list-worthy in your 2005?
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PicNic ‘06 Amsterdam en septembre
Voil , je viens de compl ter mon accr ditation pour le “PicNic ‘06″ organis dans le cadre de la Cross Media Week, du 27 au 29 septembre, Amsterdam. J’avais rep r l’histoire il y a quelques semaines et le programme annonc (.pdf) me faisait saliver un peu trop pour rester clavier et le micro crois s. Je vais enfin avoir l’occasion de rencontrer quelques uns des mes “gourous” en chair et en os (en tout cas, de les entendre parler Si la journ e du 27 d butera les hostilit s en douceur avec  un panel intitul “Cities as Digital Communities” (avec Martin Varsavsky, Fondateur de Fon et Joaquin Alvarado, Director of San Francisco State University’s Institute for Next Generation Internet), la journ e du 28 s’annonce quant elle tout bonnement exceptionnelle ! Outre une Keynote servie par Michael B. Johnson, Moving Pictures Group Lead, Pixar Animation Studios et intitul e “The Creative Process “, le panel People’s Media retiendra coup s r toute mon attention (tu parles, Charles !)11:30 - 13:00 People s Media  Vision Session: By the People, For the People This session will showcase the best of consumer-generated photos, video and audio from across the world.  Conversations as a Source of Information Professional journalists are becoming guides as much as oracles. Most important, the audience is becoming an essential part of the journalistic ecosystem.  Speaker:  Dan Gillmor, Founder and Director, Center for Citizen Media (United States) !!!Social Media, Social Commerce e-commerce is transforming itself into a social activity and a huge entertainment business, competing successfully with traditional media advertisers. What s next?   Speakers: Craig Newmark, Founder and Customer Service Representative, craigslist   (United States) Marc Canter, Founder and CEO, Broadband Mechanics and Founder, People Aggregator and Co-Founder, Macromedia (United States) La suite de la journ e sera galement tr s riche et des intervenants de tout premier plan seront de la partie (John de Mol, Endemol; Linda Stone, Former Corporate Vice President, Microsoft; Philip Rosedale, Founder, Linden Lab/Second Life; Friedrich Kirschner, Editor, Machinimag)Le dernier panel de la journ e est lui aussi une petite bombe:17:15 - 17:45 Music, Entertainment and Community MySpace.com is now the most popular Web site in the United States. Earlier this year, NewsCorp acquired social networking site MySpace for more than US$500 million. What is the business of MySpace?  MTV Networks is the largest television network in the world and a leading creator of programming and content across all media platforms. It operates 111 channels and 94 Web sites which reach more than 440 million households in 167 countries worldwide. How is MTV changing mass media?  Speakers:  Jamie Kantrowitz, Senior VP Marketing Europe, MySpace.com (United Kingdom) Simon Guild, President and Chief Executive, MTV Networks Europe (United Kingdom) La journ e du vendredi est quant elle scind e en 4 th matiques - CONSUMER TRENDS- LIFE AFTER THE 30-SECOND SPO- BROADBAND DREAMS- CONNECTING THINGS A noter, dans la premi re, l’intervention de Dave Winner (Scripting News),  dans la troisi me (celle qui m’int resse le plus)  de Matt Locke, Head of Innovation, BBC New Media & Technology, Mary Hodder, CEO de Dabble et de Iolo Jones, CEO, Narrowstep, et dans la quatri me de Regine Debatty, We Make Money Not Art (qui nous avait fait le plaisir d’assister la conf rence Blogging, Media&Entreprise en octobre dernier.Pendant tout la semaine, des Workshops sont galement organis s par des partenaires. Certains m’int ressent bigrement: “Cities as Digital Communities”; “Location-Based Thinking”; “A New Definition of Creativity”; “Innovation Journalism”; “How to Stop Losing Money in an Online Environment”; “TV Transformations” …Ajoutez cela plein d’ v nements connexes tr s geek/funny/sympatoches pour se d tendre en fin de soir e, genre: Heineken HopWednesday, September 27th18:00 - 02:00 Be part of hip hop recording history. Sponsored by Heineken, the Hop will feature a producer chopping a beat, hip hop legend Ghost Face Killer writing a new rhyme, and a graphic designer creating a sleeve, right there on the spot.ou encore Bar Hopping between Amsterdam’s hottest clubs Nights of September 27th, 28th and 29th 22:00 - 2:00Heineken invites you to experience some of Amsterdam’s top clubs: Jimmy Woo, Rain, The Mansion, Escape Deluxe, Zebra Lounge, and Panama.et enfin, Friday, September 29th 21:00 - 2:00 Location: PanamaA group of artists will produce multimedia which provide commentary on important news and current events at OOG. This session will take place at the Westergasfabriek. This public event is being hosted by Paradiso and de Volkskrant, a leading Dutch newspaper.M me si a risque d’ tre du sport pour assister tous ces v nements sans faiblir, je compte bien s r bloguer/podcaster un maximum durant ces 3 jours pour vous faire profiter distance de tout ce qui s’y dira. Pour l’instant, je n’ai pas la moindre id e 2.0 de comment justifier cet escapade amstelodamoise aupr s de mon boss et de mon pouse (pas pareil, quoique Si vous tes en verve, n’h sitez pas …. Technorati Tags: PicNic’06, CrossMedia, Amsterdam, Media;t l vision, dan Gillmor, dave Winner, MTV, Myspace, Pixar, Craig Newmark, Marc Canter, BBC, Second Life, Endemol
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InFocus 61″ DLP Ultra-Thin HDTV with Accessory Kit
The time is almost upon us when we ll gather round the holiday shrub and celebrate whatever significant event we associate with early winter. And in keeping with the true spirit of the retail season, few festival gifts are merrier than the InFocus ScreenPlay 61 DLP HDTV, because it costs so much money. Seriously, this behemoth makes ten lords a-leaping look like something you found in the clearance bin at Big Lots. Give one as a gift and nobody will deny that you are filled with more loving, charitable holiday spirit than they are, unless they spent more than you did. That kind of cred will come in handy if you re ever grilled by that pesky Ghost of Holidays Past. Your loved ones will whoop a hearty Happy Holidays! when they find this on some magical morning in the latter half of December. The huge screen renders supersharp, ultrabright, 720p HD-native images thanks to the innovative InFocus engine, a gimmick that also keeps the ScreenPlay svelte and slender. And you needn t worry about common thin-display maladies like image retention, brightness loss, pixel loss, image warping, or limited serviceability. In case you re planning to buy one, open it up, and hack the InFocus Engine for your own line of thin HDTVs, consider the fact that its patent is pending. Like a holiday cornucopia full of holiday treats for your holiday enjoyment, the ScreenPlay 61 offers so much more: the Texas Instruments native 16:9 high-definition HD2+ DLP chip with DarkChip 2 technology (designed specifically for native 16:9 HD displays), Digital-Cable Readiness (DCR), two integrated high-definition tuners (cable and off-air), and HD connectivity through HDMI and dual IEEE 1393 with two-way DTV-Link. All of its connections and service access options are right out where you can reach them, including component, S-video and composite inputs for simultaneous connections with almost any digital source. It comes with a fully programmable universal remote with built-in learning capability for copying unique commands from other remotes and the included wireless keyboard can also control the TV. InFocus backs every TV with a limited one-year in-home warranty, including parts and labor, a 90-day lamp replacement guarantee, and premium customer support. And just to stuff a little something extra into your holiday footwear, we’re including a High-Performance Big Screen TV kit from Monster Cable, which would normally set you back $199. May your days be as merry and bright as the picture on this InFocus ScreenPlay HDTV. And may all your winter celebrations be a neutral color somewhere between beige and ivory. Warranty: 1 year limited in-home from InFocus Features: Screen: 61 Aspect Ratio 16:9 wide screenLight System InFocus Engine, thinnest DLP RPMicrodisplay Type DLP, HD2+ DarkChip2Native Resolution 720p High Definition (1280 720)Processes all HDTV modes 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480iScreen Type High-Gain, High-Resolution, Fine PitchAnti-Reflective ScreenAdaptive Video Noise ReductionScan Rate Converter3D Y/C Digital Frame3:2 Pull Down Reverse (TruScan Digital Reality)Adjustable Color TempDynamic Color Stretch CircuitryContrast Expand (B&W Stretch) Yes Off/Low/HighPicture Presets Vibrant, Natural, Cinematic, PersonalViewing Angle 160 degreesPicture Power (watts)150/180 (Lamp Power)Broadcast Stereo w/dbx Noise ReductionSecond Audio Program (SAP)SRS Labs TruSurround XT.17-Band Graphic EqualizerFront Speakers 6 (4 mid-range, 2 tweeter)Fully Enclosed Speaker SystemTotal Watts 60 (15W/Chan + 30W Subwoofer)Integrated Subwoofer Yes 30 WattsChannels/Watts 2 Channels, 15 Watts PerSound Logic Audio Leveler, Sound Presets 7 Modes + PersonalDolby Digital Pass-ThroughTuning Capability NTSC/ATSC/DCRDigital Cable/Satellite Connections DTV-Link (IEEE 1394)/HDMI/HD ComponentDigital Cable Ready Yes (DCR) and CableCARD slotAuto Channel SearchChannel Labeling Auto (via EPG data)Interactive Set-up w/ MenusIntegrated Web Browser WIN CE v4.1 with IE v6.0Lighted Control Panel Back-lit Touch SensorMultilingual On-Screen Display English/French/SpanishOne-Button Launch for Inputs Yes Auto TuneParental Control (V-Chip)Pic Memory Presets for Vid InputsPicture Freeze, Picture-in-Picture Twin Tuner (Analog Only)TimersClock/Sleep/Turn-OnRF Input (Antenna/Cable)2 (1 antenna, 1 cable)Audio/Video Inputs (Composite)4 L&R Audio, 4 VideoComponent Video Input (YPrPb)2 SYNCROSCAN. PLUSHDMI (High Def Multimedia Interface) 1 for 720p, 1080i, 480pSub Woofer Output Yes RCA PhonoA/V Outputs (Composite)1 Set L&R Audio + VideoAudio Output (Coaxial/Optical)SP-DIF (Optical)IEEE1394 Connector2 w/2-Way DTV LinkBroadband Connector (Ethernet RJ45) YesCenter Chan/Matrix Surround Output Yes 3 RCA JacksSize: w/out Base: 62.24 (W) x 46.65 (H) x 6.85 (D), w/Base: 62.24 (W) x 47.91 (H) x 12.80 (D)Weight: w/outBase: 135.2 lbs, w/Base: 189.5 lbs Shipping & Delivery: Truck shipped from Woot’s Texas Warehouse to your door via curbside delivery. Allow 3 weeks for delivery. Supply daytime contact phone number (upon ordering or in Your Account page) for delivery company to schedule delivery time with you. As with our previous big screen TV events, logistics updates will be covered in our community forums. Price: $2,499.99
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Design out of the box
Last week, Yahoos from company headquarters were invited to lick lollipops that propelled crawling baby dolls, run their fingers through grass to control videos, and observe a virtual sheep market. These curiosities were all part of University Design Expo 2006, a program sponsored by Yahoo!’s User Experience & Design (UED) group and Yahoo! Research to encourage and stimulate out-of-the-box thinking. We called on students from five universities around the world to propose some innovative design prototypes for future-facing social, mobile, and media experiences. Teams from leading graduate design programs at New York University, London’s Royal College of Art, UCLA, ESDI Graphic Design in Brazil, and California College of the Arts came to present their work. The result was a series of very unusual yet inspiring designs that illustrate future uses and user desires for technology services and devices some more far-out than others. Marveling right along with me were legends of the design world, including Don Norman, author of “The Design of Everyday Things,” and Peter Merholz from Adaptive Path, a premier user experience consulting company. Incidentally, he’s also the man said to have birthed the term “blog.” The program is the brainchild of Joy Mountford, who recently joined Yahoo! as senior director of UED. She dreamed up the concept 17 years ago at Apple and then took the program with her to Interval Research, Microsoft, Mattel and now here. Joy estimates that about 1,800 students have participated since its inception. In Edible Interface: The Lick Races project, students embedded photo sensors into lollipops that were used as event triggers to race toy babies the faster I licked, the faster my doll crawled to the finish line. Another student created Feelers, which allowed me to experience nature through the eyes, body, and mind of an insect via motion sensors embedded in fresh grass. Every time I touched the grass, a toy insect changed path and software sensing my touch chose different video and audio to play. Other student projects included “(Geo) Phone Tag,” which allowed mobile phone users to leave and retrieve contextually relevant messages about points of interest in their vicinity. “Chatsum” gave users a way to chat with other people while looking at the same web page. The “Sheep Market” leveraged Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system to employ thousands of Internet workers and create a database of 10,000 sheep drawings that were bought and sold. “Deadends” used the online-map interface to trace dead-end streets in L.A. and let people email videos or photos of dead-end streets through their camera phones. Here’s a short video of some of these inspiring prototypes and check out the Flickr photo set. After the tent came down, I had a chance to sit down with Joy to get her thoughts on the event, the status of design today, and the next generation of designers. Catch our conversation here. Larry Tesler VP of User Experience & Design
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InFocus Ultra-Thin 61″ DLP HDTV with Blender - $2,499.99
Defrost the venison sausage! Sponge the vomit off of your throwback jersey! Alert the alcohol-poisoning unit! It’s playoff season in a certain major sporting league, a monthlong tournament of spills, thrills, and torn ligaments that captures the imagination of chronic gamblers across the continent. This march of madness culminates in a spectacularly spectacular spectacle we call (on the advice of our lawyers) Sports Game XL! In case you missed it in this month’s issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, the current vogue in home entertaining is to throw a Sports Game viewing party, complete with alcoholic drinks, novelty canapes, and The Game itself on the largest TV screen that your village, tribe, or clan can muster. As the Sports Game is now just a few short weeks away, let us help with the mustering. Returning to Woot for approximately the 1,745th time, it’s your old buddy the InFocus ScreenPlay 61″ DLP High Definition TV. This home entertainment behemoth promises a picture so huge and vivid that merely to gaze upon it is to risk your very sanity. Your Sports Game guests will tremble with ecstasy at the ScreenPlay 61MD10’s gigunda 16:9 screen and its sharp, snappy 720p HD-native images you’ll have room for plenty of company, since it’s a mere 6.5 inches deep. And you needn’t worry about common thin-display maladies like image retention, brightness loss, pixel loss, image warping, or limited serviceability. It doesn’t owe its svelte figure and enhanced performance to any fad diets or bread-phobic “doctors.” No, this TV’s slim profile is entirely down to the InFocus engine, a revolutionary patent-pending gizmo that no other company offers. (Hence the name “InFocus engine” and the patent and whatnot.) There’s more to the 61MD10’s fabulousness, if you’ve got a minute: the Texas Instruments native 16:9 high-definition HD2+ DLP chip with DarkChip 2 technology (designed specifically for native 16:9 HD displays), Digital-Cable Readiness (DCR), two integrated high-definition tuners (cable and off-air), and HD connectivity through HDMI and dual IEEE 1393 with two-way DTV-Link. Your aching back will be happy to hear that all of the 61MD10’s connections and service access options are easy to reach, including component, S-video and composite inputs for simultaneous connections with almost any digital source. But what about your liver’s connection to an alcohol source? We won’t sell you the booze, but we are throwing in a Cooks’ Essentials Multi-Function Blender for your slush-slurping pleasure. It grinds, it chops, it blends, all that crap. Just picture it: kicking back with a frostly, perfectly blended margarita and thrilling to every time out, injury time out, official time out, and replay challenge in staggeringly huge HDTV. It all adds up to a Sports Game party you’ll never forget, provided you maintain a reasonable level of sobriety. Warranty: 1 year limited in-home from InFocus TV Features: Screen: 61″ Aspect Ratio 16:9 wide screenLight System InFocus Engine, thinnest DLP RPMicrodisplay Type DLP, HD2+ DarkChip2Native Resolution 720p High Definition (1280 720)Processes all HDTV modes 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480iScreen Type High-Gain, High-Resolution, Fine PitchAnti-Reflective ScreenAdaptive Video Noise ReductionScan Rate Converter3D Y/C Digital Frame3:2 Pull Down Reverse (TruScan Digital Reality)Adjustable Color TempDynamic Color Stretch CircuitryContrast Expand (B&W Stretch) Yes Off/Low/HighPicture Presets Vibrant, Natural, Cinematic, PersonalViewing Angle 160 degreesPicture Power (watts)150/180 (Lamp Power)Broadcast Stereo w/dbx Noise ReductionSecond Audio Program (SAP)SRS Labs TruSurround XT.17-Band Graphic EqualizerFront Speakers 6 (4 mid-range, 2 tweeter)Fully Enclosed Speaker SystemTotal Watts 60 (15W/Chan + 30W Subwoofer)Integrated Subwoofer Yes 30 WattsChannels/Watts 2 Channels, 15 Watts PerSound Logic Audio Leveler, Sound Presets 7 Modes + PersonalDolby Digital Pass-ThroughTuning Capability NTSC/ATSC/DCRDigital Cable/Satellite Connections DTV-Link (IEEE 1394)/HDMI/HD ComponentDigital Cable Ready Yes (DCR) and CableCARD slotAuto Channel SearchChannel Labeling Auto (via EPG data)Interactive Set-up w/ MenusIntegrated Web Browser WIN CE v4.1 with IE v6.0Lighted Control Panel Back-lit Touch SensorMultilingual On-Screen Display English/French/SpanishOne-Button Launch for Inputs Yes Auto TuneParental Control (V-Chip)Pic Memory Presets for Vid InputsPicture Freeze, Picture-in-Picture Twin Tuner (Analog Only)TimersClock/Sleep/Turn-OnRF Input (Antenna/Cable)2 (1 antenna, 1 cable)Audio/Video Inputs (Composite)4 L&R Audio, 4 VideoComponent Video Input (YPrPb)2 SYNCROSCAN. PLUSHDMI (High Def Multimedia Interface) 1 for 720p, 1080i, 480pSub Woofer Output Yes RCA PhonoA/V Outputs (Composite)1 Set L&R Audio + VideoAudio Output (Coaxial/Optical)SP-DIF (Optical)IEEE1394 Connector2 w/2-Way DTV LinkBroadband Connector (Ethernet RJ45) YesCenter Chan/Matrix Surround Output Yes 3 RCA JacksSize: w/out Base: 62.24 (W) x 46.65 (H) x 6.85 (D), w/Base: 62.24 (W) x 47.91 (H) x 12.80 (D)Weight: w/outBase: 135.2 lbs, w/Base: 189.5 lbs Blender Features: Multi-talented appliance is a space-saving must for every kitchen Juicer lets you make your own nutritious juice Grind and chop anything you need from coffee to nuts with the chopper Mix up a smoothie with the blender Dishwasher safe Shipping & Delivery: Truck shipped from Woot’s Texas Warehouse to your door via curbside delivery. Allow 3 weeks for delivery. Supply daytime contact phone number (upon ordering or in Your Account page) for delivery company to schedule delivery time with you. As with our previous big screen TV events, logistics updates will be covered in our community forums. Discuss this productPrice: $2,499.99
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Just A Jazz Word In Your Ear
A Listen Up! column by Zen Delta As a jazz writer I often get asked what s the best recent album around or what s worth hearing. Man that s a big responsibility and anyway there s a whole lotta jazz out there. But seeing as I am privy to the lists of what the Grammy judges were considering, here s the pre-award shortlists and as Miles would say, you can bet this s&@t better be good to be getting this far… Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Keystone Dave Douglas [Greenleaf Music] Soulgrass Bill Evans [BHM Productions] The Way Up Pat Metheny Group [Nonesuch] The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance Of The Infidel Meshell Ndegeocello [Shanachie Entertainment Corp.] Momentum Joshua Redman Elastic Band [Nonesuch] Best Jazz Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) J’ai Deux Amours Dee Dee Bridgewater [Sovereign Artists] Blueprint Of A Lady - Sketches Of Billie Holiday Nnenna Freelon [Concord Jazz] Good Night, And Good Luck Dianne Reeves [Concord Jazz] Duos II Luciana Souza [Sunnyside] I’m With The Band Tierney Sutton [Telarc Jazz] Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) ‘Round Midnight Alan Broadbent, soloist Track from: ‘Round Midnight [Artistry Music] Away Ravi Coltrane, soloist Track from: In Flux [Savoy Jazz] The Source Herbie Hancock, soloist Track from: Flow (Terence Blanchard) [Blue Note Records] A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement Branford Marsalis, soloist Track from: Coltrane’s A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam [Marsalis Music] Why Was I Born? Sonny Rollins, soloist Track from: Without A Song - The 9/11 Concert [Milestone] Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Flow Terence Blanchard [Blue Note Records] Lyric Billy Childs Ensemble [Lunacy Music/Artistshare] Live At The House Of Tribes Wynton Marsalis [Blue Note Records] Beyond The Sound Barrier Wayne Shorter Quartet [Verve] What Now? Kenny Wheeler With Dave Holland, Chris Potter & John Taylor [CAM Jazz] Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Overtime Dave Holland Big Band [Sunnyside/Dare2] A Blessing John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble [OmniTone] Live The Bill Holman Band [Jazzed Media] I Am Three Mingus Big Band, Orchestra & Dynasty [Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music] Home Of My Heart The Chris Walden Big Band [Origin] Best Latin Jazz Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) Time Was - Time Is Ray Barretto [O Plus Music] Here And Now - Live In Concert Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels [Concord Picante] …And Sammy Walked In Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Jazz Explosion [Savant Records] Listen Here! Eddie Palmieri [Concord Picante] Mulatos Omar Sosa [Ot Records] Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) Una Noche Inolvidable Afro-latin Jazz Orchestra With Arturo O’Farrill [Palmetto Records Inc] Masters Of Cuban Son Conjunto Progreso [Pimienta Records Corp.] Buena Vista Social Club Presents Manuel Guajiro Mirabal [Nonesuch] Tradicin Tropicana All Stars With Israel Kantor [Regu Records Corp.] Bebo De Cuba Bebo Valds [Calle 54 Records] Best Instrumental Arrangement (An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.) Cherokee Chris Walden, arranger (The Chris Walden Big Band) Track from: Home Of My Heart [Origin] Do It Again Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Bill Cunliffe) Track from: Imaginacin [Torii] The Incredits Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Various Artists) Track from: The Incredibles - Soundtrack [Walt Disney Records] Lullaby Of The Leaves John Clayton, arranger (The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra) Track from: The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Live At MCG [MCG Jazz] Scarborough Faire Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Ensemble) Track from: Lyric [Lunacy Music/Artistshare] Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta The Indonesian capital will once again play host to a major international musical and cultural event on 3, 4 and 5 March 2006. The flagship 2006 Dji Sam Soe Super Premium Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival is the second in an annual series and is already positioned as the largest Music Festival in Asia and one of the most important events in Indonesia’s arts and cultural calendar. This year’s festival, sponsored by PT HM Sampoerna, is an even bigger version than last year’s musical extravaganza with its unparalleled variety and ambience that gained extensive local, regional and international media coverage. More than 100 jazz and contemporary groups, featuring over 1, 000 musicians will perform in more than 150 shows on 15 stages over the three days. Audiences at the magnificent Jakarta Convention Center, the same festival venue as last year, are expected to top 60, 000 and be treated to a musical kaleidoscope of jazz, pop, rock, soul, R&B, blues, gospel, ethnic and several other genres. Six ‘Special Shows’ will see Patti Austin and the Dave Koz Rendezvous All Stars take to the stage on Day 1, followed by Tower of Power. Day 2 will see Take 6 and the Brand New Heavies on stage in separate shows and to wrap up the three day extravaganza Omar and Carleen Andersen will perform with Incognito, followed by the final act of the Festival, Kool & the Gang. Other international performers include Amp Fiddler, Bob James, Doug Cameron, Eric Benet, George Duke, Lee Ritenour, Patti Austin, Vinny Valentino and a host of others. The Indonesian line-up includes award-winning singer, Ruth Sahanaya, veteran pianist Bubi Chen, I Wayan Balawan with his exciting mix of Balinese Gamelan and Jazz, top Indonesian drummer Gilang Ramadhan, local rhythm & blues (R&B) crooner Glenn Fredly, Simak Dialog, who have won praise on the local jazz scene for successfully blending European-style jazz with local traditional music and scores of other top local stars. As well as the local and foreign icons there will be newcomers. Several performers from overseas - the Ad Colen Jazz Quartet Raphael Gualazzi, Youn Sun Nah. Piere Dorge’s New Jungle Orchestra and Hari Stojka - will star in a special bilateral cultural series of performances. A series of Jam Sessions will see violinist Doug Cameron performing with a group from Indonesia’s Pelita Harapan University: The Dave Koz Rendezvous All Stars will share the stage with Indonesian Idols: Michael Lington will collaborate with the Andi Rianto Orchestra, Shakila and Harvey Malaiholo; Kiboud Maulana, Balawan, Dion and Nanda will perform with Lee Ritenour, Vinny Valentino and Jack Lee in a “Guitar Extravaganza”, and many more. In recognition of the substantial contribution made by the people of the Moluccas (the Spice Islands) to Indonesian music, particularly jazz, the “Maluku Stage” will showcase the arts and culture of the islands and live performances by several artists many of whom have lived in Holland for several years. The Festival proper is preceded by no less than 19 pre-event concerts in a series Java Jazz on the Move, and the full supporting program includes three days of music clinics with eight different performers, a sponsored charity gala event “Bringing the World to Indonesia” and a live Gospel session on the Sunday morning. Once again the Festival has been warmly welcomed and fully supported by both the Culture and Tourism Minister and the Governor of Jakarta, who recognize the immense significance of the event in promoting Indonesia, the richness of it’s arts and culture, it’s people and it’s capital city to the world at large. New Music Medeski Martin & Wood: NOTE BLEU Note Bleu - The Best of the Blue Note Years 1998 - 2005 from Medeski Martin & Wood will be released on April 4, 2006. A special edition will feature bonus tracks plus a DVD of assorted videos, a mini documentary made in France, live footage, and various goodies filmed during the Blue Note years. Both versions will feature tracks from all five Blue Note albums: Combustication, Tonic, The Dropper, Uninvisible, and End of the World Party (just in case). Soft Machine Floating World Live CD This CD marks the first release of a live performance by Soft Machine’s Bundles line-up featuring Allan Holdsworth on guitar. This concert, recorded for Radio Bremen in January 1975, consists of most of the Bundles material, which hadn’t yet come out although in the can since the previous summer, plus a couple of band improvs and solo showcases for Mike Ratledge, Roy Babbington and John Marshall. That era of Soft Machine was unique in that, taking the band’s long established tradition of continuous change to an extreme, when Holdsworth joined all the previous repertoire was abandoned, literally at once, in favour of brand new material written by Karl Jenkins and, to a lesser extent, Mike Ratledge. This made the new Soft Machine even more difficult to compare with its predecessors, and gave the band a well-deserved chance for critical reappraisal. At long last, reviewers stopped bemoaning the loss of the band’s father figures to judge the new line-up on its own merits. As a consequence, positive reviews again began to pour in, and 1974-75 was to prove Soft Machine’s second golden age in many respects. By the release of Bundles in 1975, Mike Ratledge was Soft Machine s only original member. With relative newcomer Karl Jenkins with his increasingly dominant compositional role, there was little tying them to the classic line-up that released albums like Third. But it was guitarist Allan Holdsworth, appearing virtually out of nowhere with a revolutionary melodic and harmonic approach–who placed this Softs incarnation on equal footing with earlier line-ups. Recorded for German Radio Bremen months before Bundles was released, Floating World Live is a powerful live performance that, despite Holdsworth s dominating presence, provides plenty of space for all - proof that they were far looser and interactive in concert than Bundles suggests. An exciting 75-minute set, Floating World Live demonstrates just how well-formed Holdsworth was this early in his career, and proves that critics writing this incarnation off as nothing more than riff-heavy fusion couldn t be more mistaken. Classic Allan Holdsworth, in one of his best ever performances ever, monster bass and fuzz-bass lines by Roy Babbington, psycho analog synths and an incredible polyrhythmic drumming by John Marshall! Think of a jazz-rock jam band excuting killer riffs, atop attractive Canterbury-style overtones…Soft Machine fans will rejoice! USA street date: March 21, 2006. MoonJune Records, distributed by City Hall Records. Zen Delta is Creative Director of ACMEBROADC@ST MARKETING SERVICES which specializes in providing writing, editing, graphic design, printing, promotion + publicity services as well as publishing, web design, photography, film and music production. Contact: postmaster@acmebroadcast.tvheaven.com. Zen Delta’s Listen Up! column is sponsored by:
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Windows Vista Flip and Flip3D Screencast
This month my team kicked off a series of free live seminars.  We are doing a Windows Vista Technical Overview in the first couple of hours, and Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 in the second couple of hours.  So far, the Windows Vista interest has been huge.  In the next few days, I’ll be recording all of the Windows Vista demos (as promised).  To kick things off, lets talk about some of the sexy stuff. I’m sure by now, you’ve seen some demo of Windows Vista.  Most of the webcasts we do are using Virtual Machines (VM).  VMs are great for testing and demonstrating software, but they lack the graphics card horsepower needed for Windows Vista and Aero Glass.  No fear, I’m going to show you in the screencast below, exactly what all of the fuss is about.  To do the demonstration, I’ll use Camtasia to capture the screen. Background Information and References Before we get to the Flip3D screencast, lets look at some other information on the subject.  First of all, you should really invest at least 15 minutes watching the video at channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=114694.&nbsp; It stars Kam Vedbrat being interviewed by Robert Scoble.  Kam does a good job of giving you some of the background and design points about Windows Vista, Aero Glass and the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) services.  Don’t worry, the video is a high level discussion so I don’t think anyone will get lost.  You’ll notice this video was shot back in September long before Beta 2.  My screencast demo below was captured using a build for this week so you’ll see some subtle changes. Next, head over to microsoft.com and read up on Aero.  It’s a light weight article but useful for reference purposes.  If you want to go slightly deeper, see the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) article.  Most of the information in that article is useful for learning a little more about the requirements and mechanics. Screencast Demo My Windows Vista Flip3D screencast is available for viewing at a couple of locations.  It is of course published here in Windows Media Video (WMV) format and will stream from our server.  I also have a link below that says “attachment”.  It’s actually a RSS <enclosure> for the WMV file so that if you have a video podcast player with WMV enclosure support, you can download the demo and view it offline.  Maybe Zune will do that.  If you are truly lazy like me, you can just right mouse click the attachment below and save it local for later viewing. I have also posted this information to the screencast area of channel9.  It is located at channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=226251. The capture and conversion process is still imperfect.  When you watch the video, please don’t judge Windows Vista performance based on what you see in the screencast.  The conversion drops frames and the full fidelity of the true user experience.  I do think you’ll get a pretty good idea of the feature though. Summary So what do you think about Aero Glass and Flip3D?  Hopefully you found the Windows Vista Flip3D information above useful.  As you can see, finding and “flipping” to an application is now very easy in Windows Vista. I plan to record all of the demos we’re doing at the live events.  They are hardly a comprehensive look at the OS but hey, it’s a Technical Overview so we’re just sticking our toe in the water.  All of my screencasts can be seen easily in this blogs screencast category.  Subscribe to my screencast RSS feed at blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/rss.aspx?CategoryID=11416.&nbsp; “See you” again soon.
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