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Adobe Unveils LiveCycle Enterprise Suite
Written by Maxit   

Adobe LiveCycleAdobe could never be accused of becoming complacent when it comes to software. They are are the last word in picture manipulation, creation and video editing and could easily kick back and enjoy boat drinks for the rest of eternity - we know that's what we'd do. Recently they introduced some very interesting software in the form of Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES), an integrated family of software for automating processes that help businesses and governments more effectively engage with customers, citizens, partners, and suppliers. LiveCycle ES integrates the capabilities of Adobe Flex and PDF technologies, while leveraging the reach of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader to enable a new class of "customer engagement" applications that easily connect people inside and outside organizations to internal information and processes.

With LiveCycle ES, organizations can deliver external-facing applications that are easier to interact with. This enables companies to better communicate with people who may be frustrated with, or confused by on-line procedures, and are likely to abandon transactions, resorting to higher cost avenues such as in-person visits or phone assistance. By transforming processes such as account enrollment, claims processing or guided self service into engaging applications, businesses and governments can improve customer service, decrease costly cycle times, and manage information faster and more accurately.

"Our business processes and those at our customer sites typically involve multiple people needing to review and sign-off on materials inside and outside our company," says Didier Fleury, CIO, Cegedim, the European leader in data services and software for the healthcare industry. "With Adobe LiveCycle ES, we are looking forward to easily integrate key back-office systems and workflows with front-end processes that engage with our staff, partners and customers. The more secure, automated workflows bring new efficiencies to our business and support our compliance efforts by giving us more control over processes. We have been impressed by the LiveCycle ES beta software and look forward to deploying the released software."

LiveCycle ES improves how people worldwide interact with -- and benefit from -- products and services. For example, financial institutions can use LiveCycle ES to interact with customers through high-quality, self-service applications, offering them a wider array of services on-demand while streamlining processes and minimizing costs. Additionally, LiveCycle ES enables governments to advance the quality and breadth of services they offer to citizens, accelerate time to deliver services, safeguard confidential information and dramatically reduce inefficiencies.

"With Adobe LiveCycle ES, we can build on the gains we made with previous versions of LiveCycle to further improve workflows and better engage employees and customers in everyday processes," said Paul Heyes, Application Manager, Document Solutions Group, U.S. Bank. "Enhancing document security, supporting e-signatures, and integrating other important capabilities are simplified. LiveCycle ES makes refining our workflows faster and more feasible." 

 
Of quantum computers and diamonds
Written by John M   

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Diamonds ARE forever.
Quantum computing is the future, there's little doubt about it. Getting past the limitations of the binary system will be a gigantic leap. But one of the main problems this technology faced was operating temperature. At the begining of the research, it had to be close to absolute zero. Well, a Harvard team has acomplished "something" at room temperature.

"Quantum Register Based on Individual Electronic and Nuclear Spin Qubits in Diamond" is the title of science magazine's article describing basically that they have laid the "basis for scalable, optically coupled quantum information systems". This basis is the aforementioned register, which is what we could call a bit.

If we can store information (only for some seconds right now), quantum storage is on the way. And after that, quantum processing will follow. The only shortcoming of this experiment is that they used a component of diamonds. Mayhap it turns out to be a good time for investing. Just to be on the safe side of things, if you are planning to buy a wedding ring, put a diamond on it.

 
Minority Report movie computers from Microsoft
Written by John M   

Remember Tom Cruise dishing out files with a pair of black gloves in Spielberg's film? Ever wanted to do that? Well, if you have loooots of money, your waiting is almost over:

Carlsbad (CA) – Microsoft today (Wednesday, May 30) unveiled what the company calls surface computer, a new product that allows users to interact with content and information without a traditional mouse and keyboard.

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Do you miss the gloves?

[...] The company said that Surface will be available later this year, initially at locations such as restaurants, hotels, retail locations and casino resorts [...]

"With Surface, we are creating more intuitive ways for people to interact with technology," Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said. "We see this as a multibillion dollar category, and we envision a time when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror. Surface is the first step in realizing that vision."

It's not exactly the same, but we are getting somewhere. Link: TG Daily.

 
Guide to inkjet printers for photographers
Written by Maxit   
Here's a rather nice guide for all you budding snappers looking for decent prints.

Within the $50 billion inkjet printer industry is a small but very profitable subset of printers designed around the needs of advanced amateur and professional photographers. If your tastes lean towards fine art photo papers, long-lasting prints, and output beyond letter-sized dimensions, count yourself among this demographic. And if you find yourself in the market for a new printer, you've got significantly more options today than were available just a year ago. In this guide we'll go beyond the marketing hype and look at the features and performance issues you need to consider when navigating through this suddenly competitive field.

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Freedom Seating Allows More Bums On Planes
Written by Test   

Airlines have to make a profit (it's hard life these days for the big boys with all these cut price budget flights) and more bums on seats is sure to please the accounting department. Acumen Design Associates and Premimum Aircraft Interior group have come up with this new design called the flying sardine. The funky sitting arrangement fits in an extra column of seating to allow three ways battles of armrest elbow bashing. The design will be presented at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. If approved, it could see the cost of flying come down - we're thinking collect three pepsi tokens and you can fly around the world in cramped misery.

The two seats facing forward one seat facing rear concept leaves little room for personal space and puts leg room at an absolute minimum. Back packers are already said to be delighted by the news.

More details over at Core77

 

 
USB Piggy Card Reader
Written by Maxit   

Piggy Card Reader
Oink if you like bacon
  This has to be one of the wackiest devices we have come upon. It happens that a lot of people like pigs and collect things to do with pigs but this ones taking the bacon. The little piggy went to market and came back fitted with a 4 in 1 card reader. Price at only $10 it's enough to make you oink.

More piggy pictures after the click. 

 
Happy St Patricks Day
Written by Maxit   

OCZ technology announce The world's first carbon-based CPU cooler - called the Hydrojet.

SanDisk Doubles Capacity Of Memory Card.

Guitar Hero II Goes Gold (Green) For Xbox 360.

Halo 3 - Three Versions - Price Confirmed.

Hardware Porn

Noctua NF-S12 80mm & 120mm Fans at Virtual-Hideout
Pertelian X2040 LCD at Modders-Inc
Ratpadz GS Mouse Pad at Trusted Hardware Reviews
Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB OC Video Card at Gaming Nexus
Icemat Second Edition Mouse Pad at GideonTech
Noctua Low Noise Computer Case Fans at A True Review
NVIDIA nForce 680i LT Video Card SLI at Hot Hardware
Revoltec Gamepad Mouse Pads at BurnOutPC
Sapphire and HIS Radeon X1950PRO Video Cards at Hardware Upgrade
Supertalent T1000UX2G5 - PC2-8000 RAM at Neoseeker
Thermalright HR07 Memory Cooler at XSreviews.co.uk

 
Super Talent T1000UX2G4 PC2-8000 Memory Review
Written by Maxit   

Super Talent T1000UX2G4 PC2-8000 Memory Review

MA Labs Supertalent are challenging the old guard with surprising set of enthusiast grade RAM. In this review, PCSTATS will be testing Supertalent' 2GB kit of T10000UX2G4 modules, paced at a friendly DDR2-1000 level. SuperTalent's latest memory, a pair of 1024MB T1000UX2G4 modules, has some pretty impressive specifications. The 2GB PC2-8000 memory kit is rated to run up to 1000 MHz with CAS Latency timings of 4-5-4-12.

Review: www.pcstats.com

More reviews after the click.

 
Germany Rejects Microsoft FAT Patent
Written by Maxit   

A German patent court has ruled Microsoft's patent on FAT invalid in that country, finding that it is "not based on inventive activity." Just one of 6,000-odd patents Microsoft has amassed since a 1991 memo from Bill Gates turned around the company's attitude to patents.


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Thursday Hardware Roundup March 1st
Written by Maxit   

Image Alienware Aurora m9700 17-inch Laptop Review

"The last time we took a look at an Alienware laptop it was the Area-51 m5550 15.4-inch laptop. The m5550 is more of a mid-range budget system. The Aurora m9700 is on high-end being Alienware's 2nd most expensive laptop they sell. This notebook is built for gaming with dual 256MB Nvidia Geforce Go 7900 GS video cards in SLI mode! This is the first and only 17" laptop with a dual graphics card system. Before I reveal anymore about this laptop let's get the review started!”

REVIEW URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org
  
 
Sunday Hardware Roundup 25 Feb
Written by Maxit   

Zalman Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZE1 Champ1on Case Review

"If youÙre looking for a thick aluminum mid-tower ATX case, than the Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZE1 Champ1on case might fit the bill. It is not for everyone though, since is has excess branding, cautionary warnings and instructions printed all over it. It comes with four external 5.25" drive bays, one external 3.5", and three internal 3.5" drive bays. There are three fans; two 92mm fans at the front and one 120mm at the back. It also has a window and a hinged door on the left side. Unfortunately, all this comes at a very high price. Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end."

REVIEW URL: http://www.3dgameman.com

 
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