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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Change the Default Thumbnail/Overview of a Video
Today's entry builds upon the previous post, Screen Cap/Grab/Thumbnails Of Movies, in short I am going to show you a quick way to combine the preview image that is created in ScreenGrabber and attach this as the image icon, alternatively you can use this trick if you have an alternate frame/image you want to use as a replacement. This trick is useful if you browse your video in thumbnail mode. If the thumbnails are quite large you can have an entire overview of the movie. Pretty useful and easy to implement.
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Mac Tricks And Tips
$900 gets developer first spot in NYC iPad 2 line, lots of publicity
The person who was the "real" first in line, 20 year-old college student Amanda Foote, fully expected to sell her enviable place in line. When an app developer with a keen eye for publicity meets a college student who needs money, great things happen. Both Amanda and Hazem received their 15 minutes of fame, and Hazem was able to get the word out about AskLocal after being interviewed by Fortune, the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider, as well as other media outlets.
Hazem is no stranger to TUAW; he's visited with us at the TUAW booth at Macworld Expo for several years, and we used AskLocal to invite readers to our meetup this year. The app is unique in that it allows users to communicate by location rather than by name, and Hazem noted that the app was being heavily used by people in line at several of the Apple Stores to communicate tips about line length, expected numbers of iPads and people cutting in line.
As for Amanda, she wasn't interested in buying an iPad 2. Instead, she's using her $900 to "go see Lady GaGa in concert."
[via Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal]
$900 gets developer first spot in NYC iPad 2 line, lots of publicity originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPad 2 already installed in Ford F-150 truck
It's been a while since we've seen an iDevice embedded in a vehicle, but the wait was worth it -- the guys at SoundMan Car Audio have placed a brand new iPad 2 in the dashboard of a new Ford truck, and it's pretty glorious. You can see the whole process after the break -- they set up the dashboard first, and then after bringing home the iPad itself, slide it in and install the whole thing.
It's pretty groovy. They can browse Maps, of course, do a FaceTime call (one hopes that they don't try it in motion), and even run Pandora straight from the iPad. There's a dock connector hooked up to the car for charging while driving, and while it doesn't seem like they have audio connected, that seems easy enough to do as well (you could go through the dock connector or just use the headphone jack out).
If you want them to do the same thing to your car, the YouTube page says it would run about $800-$900 to push the dashboard mod in (which doesn't include the iPad 2 itself). So, it's not cheap, but having a place to store and use your iPad in the car like that just might be worth it.
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iPad 2 already installed in Ford F-150 truck originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
10 cool things you didn't know you Mac could do... until now!
Have you seen the great feature '10 cool things you didn't know you Mac could do... until now!' in issue 230 of MacFormat? If not, then here's a quick sneak preview.
Not only does it feature some of the MacFormat team's favourite tips and tricks that they've picked up over the years, it also features the artistic talents of illustrator supreme The Boy Fitz Hammond. As well as creating this fantastic image of the MacFormat office he also did these fantastic caricatures of the entire MacFormat team which you can see below.�
In case you didn't know who these usual suspects are, then here's the lowdown on this motley line-up (from top left to bottom right): Editor, Graham Barlow;�Deputy Editor, Christopher Phin;�Reviews Editor, Ian Osborne;��Art Editor, Alex Thomas; Staff Writer, Laurence Cable and last, but by no means least,�Production Editor, Tim Hardwick.�
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Exclusive: Microsoft explains third-party tracking decision
Microsoft has explained its thinking behind the Tracking Protection in IE9 ? a feature that will "identify and block many forms of undesired tracking" ? but admits that it does not want to become involved in creating a blocked list itself.
With privacy an increasingly vital topic when it comes to browser choice. Microsoft is keen to ensure that it is giving consumers options to stop sites from picking up information from them if they do not want to give it.
However, presumably due to concern that any list that it creates will lead to criticism, Microsoft will allow third parties to create lists ? a decision that is likely to also cause alarm, not least in the advertising world.
"The privacy thing has been something we've been thinking about for a while," UK Internet Explorer lead Julia Owen told TechRadar. "It's a new thing for us.
"Essentially there's an increasing groundswell of worry about privacy on internet. It's partly to do with how people have started to get more social and we share all sorts of things with social networks.
"If you go to a site like Facebook, there is stuff coming from third parties and going back out with third parties and I think most people are not aware of that going on and that there is data being collected about what they are doing on that website."
Blocking
So Microsoft believes that people should know exactly what information they are sharing through things like cookies, and decide if they should block certain sites and advertising tracking.
"We think what we ought to do is give you the power, added Owen. "Some people are fine. They want to live their lives...in public, others are completely private and don't want to share anything and the rest of us are somewhere in the middle.
"So [we added] Tracking Protection as a feature in IE9. We're at the moment partnering with number of site including eTrust and they have created a list for us."
The list is essentially a block list of sites that can or can't follow you, and companies or individuals can create their own versions that Microsoft could host in its 'gallery'.
Concerns
There are obvious worries about the power of a dominant list; which could reap havoc on the current online advertising model, for instance, or act as a barrier for some sites' business.
"I think that actually if [Microsoft] created the list you would [question] Microsoft creating the list," said Owen.
"This is a matter of public debate at the moment. We're not saying we have the answer, we are saying we care about it a great deal.
"We think this is one way to address this issue. There are organisations that will help make the decision [of who to block] for you if you don't feel comfortable making those decisions for yourself.
"There will be a lot of debate about who to block and one of the reasons why it ought to be not us that creates that list is that it needs that debate and needs to be decided in public."
Microsoft insists that it is not passing the buck on tracking ? which is already a hot issue in the EU ? but it remains to be seen if giving the decision making to third parties becomes an issue that could shake up content provision on the internet as a whole.
Not an ad-blocker
Microsoft also provided TechRadar with their official explanation for the Tracking Protection, explaining that it is 'not designed as an ad blocker'.
"Tracking Protection is designed to give users more control of the amount of information they share with third party sites," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
"There is no impact on advertising behavior for sites the user has not explicitly placed on a Tracking Protection List. While not designed as an ad blocker, it is possible some content served by blocked third parties (that may include ad distributors) will not display.
"Anyone can create a Tracking Protection List, including advertisers and ad trade groups. As such we believe that Internet Explorer 9's new set of privacy features attempts to provide a balance between customer choice, customer control and ad industry needs.
"Tracking Protection was made available in IE9 RC. We are committed to receiving feedback as we build IE9 and we look forward to feedback from consumers, publishers, advertisers and the industry as whole."
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Review: Nova Media UberMask
UberMask keeps private files and folders safe from prying eyes. By pressing user configured key combinations, you can instantly hide or reveal selected files.
Hidden files are invisible to Finder and Spotlight, and wherever possible, erased from recently used lists.
Any file managed by UberMask is hidden when you shut down your Mac ? this feature can?t be changed. It?s great for preserving your privacy.
Sensitive material can be concealed from others who use your Mac, or from casual observers who might spot it over your shoulder ? just the thing if you?re using your Mac in public or at work. It?s also a boon for screencasting or desktop captures; you can quickly and easily hide icons.
Compared to its main rival, MacPaw?s MacHider, UberMask offers better convenience but isn?t as versatile when managing hidden files. And a few glaring omissions keep it from fulfilling its potential.
Unlike MacHider, it can only hide files stored on the boot volume, and although it demands a password on launch, you can?t password-protect the app itself.
Also, like MacHider, UberMask hides files by adding a full stop to the start of filenames. But this isn?t very secure; some apps let you see these files. So, UberMask is a welcome means of hiding sensitive files, but it won?t stop a clued-in hacker.
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