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WildForm WildPresenter: Flash Movies, Screen Capture, PPT conversion

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WildForm, the developers of WildFx and Flix (now owned by On2), recently unveiled WildPresenter 2.0 - a rapid Flash Presentation software . Here's our exclusive review of WildPresenter . Unlike competing Flash development products like Swish or Xtivity, WildPresenter is more than just a Flash Presentation tool. WildPresenter is a feature-intensive suite of useful products packed in one neat timeline-driven interface. WildPresenter has tools for: 1. For Screencasting WildPresenter has a powerful screen capture feature that lets you record screen actions with voice-overs (narrations) and mouse movements. The screen actions can be exported as a series of image files (frames) which can later be imported into Adobe Illustrator for advanced editing. 2. For capturing Audio or Video from external devices WildPresenter can directly capture audio-video data from Webcams, Video Capture Cards (TV Tuners), HandyCams, DVCam or a simple Microphone. The captured data can be saved in either Flash...

Google Hacker releases Firefox extension

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Johnny Long, author of Google Hacker's Guide , CP (advanceddork@gmail) has developed a Firefox add-on that makes it a little easy to perform advanced Google searches (see screenshot). Update: CP happens to be a good friend of Johnny Long and was trying to increase traffic on ihackstuff site by setting the extension's homepage to johnny.ihackstuff.com. Known as Advanced Dork, this extension provides right-click access to Google's Advanced Operators like intitle: inurl: intext: site: ext: and filetype. The next version of Dork will include more features like Scroogle and better tab management. Download Advanced Dork

eyePilot: Colors for the color blind

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eyePilot Color Guide is an interactive software for computer-savvy people who are color-blind or suffer from any form of color-deficiency. With eyePilot, Colorblind people will get a better view of color-dependent web sites, documents, graphics and computer applications. The program works by placing an interactive floating window (Capture Window) like a layer over any web or browser window on your computer screen. EyePilot lets users pinpoint particular shades on a screen or shift hues to bring out easier-to-detect contrasts. Move the PC's cursor over an item, and eyePilot reports what the color is. If the user clicks on a color name, all instances of it on the page will flash. Or one color can be made to stand out by converting the rest of a page to gray and white. eyePilot tools are even useful if you analyze lot data represented with color like historic stock prices, weather maps, geographic terrains or other financial data. How to test if you are Color Blind Download eyeP...

The naked truth about Work-At-Home crowd

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People who work at home are more likely to be naked . A "revealing" survey shows that some 10% of Out-of-Office workers wear nothing at all while working at home. While about 39% of respondents of both sexes said they wear sweats while working from home, 12% of males and 7% of females wear nothing at all . About cleanliness, 44% of women said they showered on work-at-home days, as opposed to men, who were slightly more likely to shave than wash. Besides that they enjoy food, music, watching TV and even some have admitted to sneaking in an afternoon nap. Read SonicWALL survey: Nude Workers: Clothing Low When Working From Home

Firefox Fans force Symantec to change stand

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Symantec has accepted that it made an unfair comparison of IE and Firefox. An Internet Security Threat Report issed by Symanted stated that Firefox had more vulnerabilities than IE. The report considered only vendor-confirmed bugs and so the IE figure was far too low. Angry Firefox fans resorted to a letter writing campaign and sent hundreds of emails to Symantec. The pressure was so huge that Symantec accepted the mistake . "How we did it before wasn't a fair comparison," said Oliver Friedrichs, the senior manager of Symantec's security response group. " It wasn't an apples to apples comparison ." The latest Symantect Threat report has two categories, vendor-confirmed and a combination of vendor and non-vendor-confirmed flaws. No wonder, IE wins one category and Firefox the other. Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Download IE vs Firefox Symantec Report Sources: DeveloperPipeline | Yahoo!

War on Terror: Pentagon talking to Bloggers

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Like Wal-mart, US Defense is inviting Bloggers to write 'good stories' about US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US Defense Department has created a team to interact with bloggers and their postings regarding US millitary actions. The Pentagon "Engage" team interacts with bloggers to try to present an accurate picture of the U.S global war on terror. Bloggers are also invited to visit Central Command's Web site for news releases, data and images. In one instance, a blogger was writing about the opening of a water treatment plant in Iraq. The Pentagon blogger team contacted writer and offered information via the CENTCOM website, and more information was added to the blog to make the article more accurate. In another blog contact, the team wrote a blogger who stated that the U.S. military routinely used children in Iraq and Afghanistan as human shields during their operations by using candy to entice and lure kids near them. Earlier, Pentagon launched “O...

Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer to ship after Vista

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Microsoft halts furthur development of Photoshop, Illustrator killer . Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer (or Acrylic ) is seen as the first serious attempt by Microsoft to dethrone Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Fireworks. But before the Graphic Designer could win hearts of design professionals, Microsoft has applied brakes on further development. In an interview with ZDNet Australia, Wayne Smith explained that Microsoft was taking so long to bring Graphic Designer to market because the company had put "a lot" of the development work for the application "on pause", until sibling products and Vista could be finalised. The Expression range is built on WinFX model that will be introduced with Windows Vista. Microsoft will therefore wait wait for WinFX to ship in its final release, and then to do a couple of months of stabilisation work. Some call Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer a blend of Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop as it allows c...