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New version of Kaspersky anti-virus for OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
by Tony Wong 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

A new version of Kaspersky AV that is compatible with OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 is now available in the "Software Distribution/Kaspersky Anti-Virus/KAV - Mac Workstation" folder on the CorpApps volume smb://corpapps-nw.cc.umanitoba.ca/corpapps Double-click the KAV_Installer.command file to start the installation process. For those who want an install of the standard suite of U of M apps, the ADT (Apple Deployment Tool) in "Software Distribution/Mac Commissioning/1.2" also includes the new … [View More]

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FYI: Kaspersky anti-virus and OS X Mavericks
by Wayne Billing 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

On 2014-03-19, at 21:29 , Tony Wong <atwong(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:atwong@umanitoba.ca>> wrote: For Mac 10.9.2 users installing Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8. There may be some problems with some models of Macs installing Kaspersky under 10.9.2. This is a known problem and a new version of Kaspersky should be available later this week. For those of you that already have Kaspersky installed, the "Patch H" update will automatically download and install so existing installations of … [View More]

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INTEREST: Stanford University develops $90 iPhone accessory to replace ophthalmology kit costing tens of thousands
by Wayne Billing 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

...from: http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/17/stanford-university-develops-90-iphone-access… Stanford University develops $90 iPhone accessory to replace ophthalmology kit costing tens of thousands<http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/17/stanford-university-develops-90-iphone-access…> [stanford] Researchers at Stanford University’s School of Medicine<http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2014/march/eyego.html> have developed two low-cost iPhone adapters that provide images of the eye that usually require … [View More]

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INTEREST: Microsoft finalizes Windows 8.1 Update 1
by Wayne Billing 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

...from: http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/4/5468968/windows-8-1-update-1-rtm-release-d… Microsoft finalizes Windows 8.1 Update 1, improved desktop features available next month By Tom Warren<http://www.theverge.com/users/tomwarren> on March 4, 2014 02:56 am @tomwarren<https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=tomwarren> Microsoft has completed the development process of Windows 8.1 Update 1. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have revealed to The Verge that the software … [View More]maker recently signed off on a final version of the update, a process known internally as Release to Manufacturing (RTM). Microsoft has started sharing Windows 8.1 Update 1 with partners and PC makers ahead of its release next month. Russian leaker WZor claims<http://wzor.net/21306.html> the final update was originally compiled on February 21st. While the update is ready, it’s not clear exactly how Microsoft intends to brand the final version. The company announced Update 1 as a ‘spring’ update for Windows 8.1<http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/23/5438734/microsoft-announces-spring-update…> during a press event at Mobile World Congress last week. Most of the changes in the update are designed to appease keyboard and mouse users, with options to show Windows 8 apps on the desktop taskbar, the ability to see show the desktop taskbar above Windows 8-style apps, and a new title bar at the top of Windows 8 apps with options to minimize, close, or snap apps. Microsoft is also adding a shutdown button to the Start Screen<http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/25/5344066/windows-8-1-update-1-shutdown-sta…> for non-touch machines, with a new search button present across all machines. Alongside some context menu changes, where right-clicking on Live Tiles now produces a menu with options to resize, unpin, and more, Microsoft is also tweaking how its boot-to-desktop option works in Windows 8.1 Update 1<http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/7/5390024/windows-8-1-update-1-boot-to-deskt…>. Microsoft is planning to automatically boot Windows 8.1 non-touch PC users to the desktop interface by default, as long as they haven’t already changed the existing setting that allows you to bypass the tiled Start Screen. Early test builds also altered the default apps associated with audio files and photos, allowing desktop apps to open the files if boot-to-desktop is automatically enabled. It’s not yet clear if that change has made its way into the final version of Windows 8.1 Update 1. Microsoft is also tweaking the amount of disk space that Windows 8.1 utilizes. Alongside new license cost changes<http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/21/5435152/windows-8-1-license-fees-cut-by-7…> (as low as $15 in some cases), Windows 8.1 Update 1 will allow PC makers to produce machines with just 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, a change that will help bring lower price points. Combining all these changes together, it’s clear that Microsoft is adjusting to feedback and willing to invest in the Windows 8.1 desktop. Microsoft will now release Windows 8.1 Update 1 to existing machines on April 8th, following the company’s Build developer conference in early April. [View Less]

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INTEREST: Mozilla pulls the plug on 'Metro' mode Firefox browser for Windows 8
by Wayne Billing 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

...from: http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/15/5512324/mozilla-cancels-metro-mode-firefo… Mozilla pulls the plug on 'Metro' mode Firefox browser for Windows 8 By Dante D'Orazio<http://www.theverge.com/users/dantedorazio> on March 15, 2014 04:12 pm Email<mailto:dante@theverge.com> @dantedorazio<https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=dantedorazio> 63<http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/15/5512324/mozilla-cancels-metro-mode-firefo…>Comments <https://plus.google.com/+… [View More]TheVerge/posts> [cid:520E62DF-15B6-4E61-87A3-184929F7C922] Mozilla is abandoning its plans to release a touch-friendly version of its Firefox web browser<http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/14/3988116/mozilla-firefox-windows-8-browser…> for Windows 8 users. The company first revealed experimental support for Firefox in "Metro" mode back in October of 2012<http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/4/3456412/mozilla-firefox-metro-windows-8-e…>, and development has continued since then — though a stable version has never shipped. Firefox Vice President Johnathan Nightingale says in a blog post<https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/03/14/metro/> that "we have to pick our battles," and a lack of demand for "Metro" mode support led to the decision. "On any given day we have, for instance, millions of people testing pre-release versions of Firefox desktop, but we’ve never seen more than 1,000 active daily users in the Metro environment," Nightingale reveals. With so few users testing the app, any release would be riddled with bugs and require lots of follow-up work to keep the product up to standards. "When I talk about the need to pick our battles, this feels like a bad one to pick: significant investment and low impact." "We have to pick our battles." The decision speaks to Microsoft's difficulties in turning its so-called Windows 8 Modern UI experience into a vibrant ecosystem. Developer support has been fairly disappointing, and users aren't moving to the touch-friendly interface in droves. User interface changes since the launch of Windows 8 have also downplayed the significance of "Metro" mode — the latest version will automatically boot many users directly to the desktop<http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/4/5468968/windows-8-1-update-1-rtm-release-d…>, bypassing the modern interface completely. With Mozilla's move to leave "Metro" behind, it seems that Windows 8 tablet users and others who take advantage of the touch-friendly interface will have few options other than Internet Explorer, though Google recently began to offer an intriguing option with its latest "Metro" mode for Chrome<http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5309326/google-chrome-windows-update-chro…>. [View Less]

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INTEREST: Getty Images makes 35 million images free (only a couple of conditions)
by Wayne Billing 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

[Needless to say, their sight seems a bit busy today.....] ....from: http://bit.ly/NZFBcn<http://bit.ly/NZFBcn> or http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/03/getty-images-makes-35-million-images-free… http://www.gettyimages.ca/Creative/Frontdoor/embed Getty's Learn more about licensing<http://www.gettyimages.ca/HelpCenter#faq17> http://www.gettyimages.ca/HelpCenter#faq17 Is there a fee for embedding a Getty Images photo on a website, social media site or blog? No. You can embed … [View More]a Getty Images photo on a website, social media site or blog for free and without having to buy a license, as long as the photo is not used for commercial purposes (meaning in an advertisement or in any way intended to sell a product, raise money, or promote or endorse something). No fee? Really? Apparently so for some non-commercial uses of embeded photos as of Wednesday, March 6th, 2014: [cid:538E1FE0-3FA5-4137-A707-268D5AB9B63F] Getty Images makes 35 million images free in fight against copyright infringement Getty Images has single-handedly redefined the entire photography market with the launch of a new embedding feature that will make more than 35 million images freely available to anyone for non-commercial usage. BJP's Olivier Laurent finds out more Olivier Laurent — 5 March 2014 [cid:3DB497BD-BB9E-4973-BA5D-51655552175F] Using a new embed tool, bloggers will be able to use Getty's images at no cost. © Getty Images. The controversial move is set to draw professional photographers’ ire at a time when the stock photography market is marred by low prices and under attack from new mobile photography players. Yet, Getty Images defends the move, arguing that it’s not strong enough to control how the Internet has developed and, with it, users’ online behaviours. “We’re really starting to see the extent of online infringement,” says Craig Peters, senior vice president of business development, content and marketing at Getty Images. “In essence, everybody today is a publisher thanks to social media and self-publishing platforms. And it’s incredibly easy to find content online and simply right-click to utilise it.” In the past few years, Getty Images found that its content was “incredibly used” in this manner online, says Peters. “And it’s not used with a watermark; instead it’s typically found on one of our valid licensing customers’ websites or through an image search. What we’re finding is that the vast majority of infringement in this space happen with self publishers who typically don’t know anything about copyright and licensing, and who simply don’t have any budget to support their content needs.” To solve this problem, Getty Images has chosen an unconventional strategy. “We’re launching the ability to embed our images freely for non-commercial use online,” Peters explains. In essence, anyone will be able to visit Getty Images’ library of content, select an image and copy an embed HTML code to use that image on their own websites. Getty Images will serve the image in a embedded player – very much like YouTube currently does with its videos – which will include the full copyright information and a link back to the image’s dedicated licensing page on the Getty Images website. More than 35 million images from Getty Images’ news, sports, entertainment and stock collections, as well as its archives, will be available for embedding from 06 March. “Images are the communication medium of today and imagery has become the world’s most spoken language. Whether via a blog, website or social media, everyone is a publisher and increasingly visually literate,” says Jonathan Klein, co-founder and CEO of Getty Images, in a prepared statement. “Innovation and disruption are the foundation of Getty Images, and we are excited to open up our vast and growing image collection for easy, legal sharing in a new way that benefits our content contributors and partners, and advances our core mission to enable a more visually-rich world.” Online power “What we’ve decided to do is to provide through the embed player the capability to use this imagery, but there’s a value for Getty Images and the content owners,” says Peters. “And that value is in three parts. First, there will be attribution around that image, and since we’re serving the image, we’re actually going to make sure there’s proper attribution. Second, all of the images will link back to our site and directly to the image’s details page. So anybody that has a valid commercial need for that image will be able to license that imagery from our website. Third, since all the images are served by Getty Images, we’ll have access to the information on who and how that image is being used and viewed, and we’ll reserve the right to utilise that data to the benefit of our business.” While more than 35 millions images will be available from today, Getty Images tells BJP that the Reportage and Contour collections will not be included. News images sourced from Agence France-Presse and distributed by Getty Images, however, will be available to all for non-commercial use in the next few weeks. Blogs that draw revenues from Google Ads will still be able to use the Getty Images embed player at no cost. “We would not consider this commercial use,” says Peters. “The fact today that a website is generating revenue would not limit the use of the embed. What would limit that use is if they used our imagery to promote a service, a product or their business. They would need to get a license.” A spokeswoman for Getty Images confirms to BJP that editorial websites, from The New York Times to Buzzfeed, will also be able to use the embed feature as long as images are used in an editorial context. Peters, aware of the controversial nature of this decision, claims that Getty Images had no choice but to open up its collections of images. “What we’ve seen is a significant amount of infringement online in an area, unfortunately, that we can’t control because this is how the Internet has developed,” he tells BJP. “What we’re trying to do here is to put a legal method in place for that to happen and that actually benefits our content owners.” Advertising avenue He adds that Getty Images’ existing licensing business will not be affected and that the stock library will continue to “pursue online infringing use as we’ve done traditionally.” Getty Images will also look to draw additional revenues from its player through advertising. “We reserve the right to monetise that footprint,” Peters explains. “YouTube implemented a very similar capability, which allows people to embed videos on a website, with the company generating revenue by serving advertising on that video.” And while Getty Images has yet to determine how these ads will appear, Peters is confident that this capability will be introduced in the near future. The stock agency will also use the data it will draw from the player to perfect its collections. “We’ll be working with the creative and editorial teams at Getty Images to better understand how our imagery is being used and how they can better create imagery. Getty Images’ move is expected to have drastic repercussions across the entire stock photography market, which has been forced, in recent years, to compete against the number one stock library by slashing its prices. Peters believes some agencies might want to follow Getty Images’ example – Magnum Photos, in recent months, for example, toyed with the idea of allowing non-commercial use of its collections of images, as reported by BJP – and he says Getty Images is open to conversations to share its player with others. “We think this is a bigger decision and a bigger issue than Getty Images. We’ve always been opened to using our platform to benefit other content creators.” As for Getty Images’ own photographers, the new embed program won’t have an opt-out clause. “If you’re a Getty Images contributor, you’ll be participating in this.” BJP will analyse the full impact of today’s news in a series of articles to be published later today and this week. Stay tuned [View Less]

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FYI: 10.6? May be time to upgrade.
by Wayne Billing 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

[NOTE: you can find the serial number of your OS X machine by selecting: [cid:2DA9A622-680F-4E28-98E3-3D460EBEE36C] ...and clicking the "More Info..." button. ......from: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/03/snow-leopard-updates-are-probably-done… Snow Leopard updates are probably done—here are your OS X upgrade options As OS X 10.6 fades, you'll need to start considering alternatives. by Andrew Cunningham<http://arstechnica.com/author/andrew_cunningham/> - Mar 2 2014, 4:00pm CST [… [View More]

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INTEREST: Apple to change chat support policy
by Wayne Billing 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

...from: http://9to5mac.com/2014/02/28/apple-will-soon-charge-for-out-of-warranty-on… Apple will soon charge for out-of-warranty chat support, schedule repairs via new web payment system<http://9to5mac.com/2014/02/28/apple-will-soon-charge-for-out-of-warranty-on…> [Online-Paid-Chat-support] Apple is about to begin charging users outside of their warranty for online chat support using a new web payment system it recently developed. Sources familiar with the project say Apple is … [View More]currently expecting to launch the new paid chat support, which will also let customers schedule repairs and replacements online, as early as next week. Here’s how it works: Much like Apple handles support calls over the phone<http://www.apple.com/support/products/pay-per-incident.html>, soon only customers within their warranty period will be able to access online chat support throughgetsupport.apple.com<http://getsupport.apple.com/> for free. For others, Apple will charge what it refers to as a “pay per incident” fee or require the purchase of an extended warranty through AppleCare. Previously all online support chat features were available for free to users worldwide. Some users might have noticed back in August<http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/26/apple-launches-more-intuitive-applecare-suppo…> when Apple revamped its support sites that it started listing a $19.99 per incident fee for chat support. However, up until now AppleCare hasn’t actually been charging users to access the feature. Not only will this make online chat support an official support channel for Apple, it will also close up a loophole that allowed users to get free technical or diagnostic support and avoid paying for over the phone services or AppleCare. Before rolling out the paid chat support, Apple had to develop a new web payment system that would allow it to accept payments through chat and keep user info secure when transferred between support agents, according to our sources. Using the new web payment system, we’re told Apple plans to offer the ability to set up hardware repairs and replacements that require a hold on a credit card or pay per incident fee via chat support. Rather than having to call in, users will be sent a link that’s live for 24 hours in order to complete the payment. As for pricing, Apple will charge a fee of $19 for a single incident of basic tech support and troubleshooting. There will, however, be an option for users to request an exception on the fee. Up until the official launch of the paid online chat, AppleCare employees have been instructed to grant exceptions on all cases. We’re told Apple will continue to waive the fee for iCloud issues as well as accidental damage cases where users just want to setup a repair or replacement via chat. Apple representatives are expected to begin charging the $19 per incident fee for online chat support worldwide starting next week. [View Less]

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INTEREST: NCPPR to Apple: Forget environment; Tim Cook: No.
by Wayne Billing 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

"Tim Cook rejects NCPPR proposal to end environmental programs for increased profit, suggests group sell stock" The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) is, well, let them describe themselves: About Us The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today's public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual … [View More]

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