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  • "About the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.1 Update"?Apple Support?10:36 AM
  • "OS X 10.8.1 update fixes Thunderbolt audio issues and more: Apple's first update to Mountain Lion is available and while relatively small, should fix several outstanding bugs."?MacFixIt?1:20 PM
  • "OS X 10.8.1 now out with fixes for Migration Assistant, Exchange Server, more"?Ars Technica?10:54 AM
  • "Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more"?9 to 5 Mac?10:46 AM
  • "Mountain Lion 10.8.1 Out with iMessage, Exchange Fixes"?The Mac Observer?10:52 AM
  • "Apple Releases OS X 10.8.1 with Fixes for Migration Assistant, Exchange, and iMessage Issues"?MacRumors?10:54 AM
  • "Apple grooms Mountain Lion with 10.8.1 update"?iTWire?6:56 PM
  • "Apple Seeds First Developer Build of OS X 10.8.2"?MacRumors?11:08 AM
  • "Apple releases first build of 10.8.2 to developers, includes Facebook, iMessage phone number merging"?9 to 5 Mac?1:20 PM
  • "First Look: Facebook integration in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2"?AppleInsider?7:29 PM
  • "Mountain Lion 10.8.2 to require iPhoto and Aperture updates for Shared Photo Streams"?9 to 5 Mac?4:09 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "About the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.1 Update"?Apple Support?7:18 PM
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  • "AppleScript scripts for paragraph navigation and selection in BBEdit"?Betalogue?7:17 PM
  • "System Preferences in OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion: Network"?eXtensions?9:38 AM
  • "Upgrading the Native PHP Installation on OS X Mountain Lion"?Mactuts+?9:35 AM
  • "Record simple screencasts with Screeny"?Macworld?9:28 AM
  • "Removing songs from a manually managed iPod Article"?iLounge?2:00 PM
  • "Search Smarter With Safari 6 In Mountain Lion [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?9:26 AM
  • "Bring Retro Macintosh Sound Effects to OS X"?OS X Daily?2:47 PM
  • "Apple's iWeb For Mac Is Dead. Adobe To The Rescue With A 'Cheap' Web Site Building Tool"?Mac 360?7:38 AM
  • "Ted Landau's User Friendly View: 6 Top Reasons to Visit your Library (Folder)"?The Mac Observer?1:01 PM
  • "This Little Tip Will Change The Way You Use Fonts In OS X Forever [Image]?Cult of Mac?10:47 AM
  • "Script to Pause and Resume Growl with a Hidden Menu Icon"?Mac OS X Hints?10:26 AM
  • "Chronologically sort trimmed videos in iPhoto"?Mac OS X Hints?10:25 AM
  • "Free: A Simple Way To Put iTunes Track Information Into Mountain Lion's Notification Center"?BohemianBoomer?7:38 AM
  • "Is Your Mac's Sound Volume Simply Not Loud Enough? Add Boom To Give Your Mac More Boom"?McSolo?7:39 AM
  • "How Your Mac Can Inspire You, Increase Your Vocabulary, And Teach You A Foreign Language"?TeraTalks?7:39 AM
  • "A New And Free Way To Tag Files, Rate Files, And Search For Files On Your Mac"?Mac 360?7:38 AM
  • "Here's Something Crazy Useful That Every Mac User Needs: Cheap Templates For Microsoft Word"?Mac 360?7:39 AM
  • "The Golden Ratio: What It Is And How To Use It To Build A Website On Your Mac"?NoodleMac?7:38 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Fuzzy Retina Fonts: How Bad Are They?"?Low End Mac?2:17 PM
  • "Linux and Apple: Which Is the Lemon, Which Is the Lemonade?"?Linux Insider?11:12 AM
Press Releases
  • "Parallels Desktop 8 and VMWare Fusion 5 announced"?MacFixIt?3:16 PM
  • "Parallels 8 Announced, Will Be Available September 4, Free For New Parallels 7 Users"?Redmond Pie?7:42 PM
  • "Apple Releases Security Updates for Apple Remote Desktop 3.0 or Later"?Intego?1:18 PM
  • "HP Printer Drivers for Snow Leopard and later"?FairerPlatform?1:00 PM
  • "Living Earth HD brings the iOS favorite to your Mac desktop"?TUAW?9:36 AM
  • "Windows 8 comes to the Mac: VMware Fusion 5 for the Mac introduces support for Windows 8 VMs, advanced features for developers, and IT controls for BYOD scenarios"?InfoWorld?9:35 AM
  • "VMware's Fusion 5 Adds Mountain Lion, Windows 8 Support"?The Mac Observer?8:50 AM
  • "NeoOffice 3.3: Mountain Lion, GateKeeper, Retina support added"?FairerPlatform?7:45 AM
  • "iVigilo Smartcam for OS X turns Mac into IP cam w Face/Motion Detection"?prMac?7:47 AM
  • "Chess Deluxe Now Available on the Mac App Store"?prMac?7:46 AM
  • "YourtTrip - How to make a trip plan efficiently"?prMac?7:45 AM
  • "Living Earth HD 1.0 - World Clock + Weather for OS X: Top iOS App on Mac"?prMac?7:45 AM
  • "iPhone Security Unbreakable? Security Gurus Disagree: Hardened PIN entry and full-disk encryption make Apple smartphones extremely tough to crack, says forensic expert, prompting much debate."?InformationWeek?9:08 AM
  • "Is this the new 8-pin connector for the iPhone 5: If Apple switches to a eight-pin connector it may render old and existing accessories unusable"?Macworld UK?9:22 AM
  • "LG Display Starts Producing New Panels: The chief executive of LG Display Co. said the company started the mass production of panels using so-called in-cell technology earlier this month, a new display technology that is widely expected to be used for Apple Inc.'s next iPhone device."?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?8:47 AM
  • "LG announces iPhone 5 display production has commenced"?Network World?1:01 PM
  • "More Evidence That The iPhone 5 Is Going To Have A Very Thin Screen"?Business Insider?9:11 AM
  • "LG Has Started Production on Super Thin Screens Supposedly for the iPhone 5"?Gizmodo?9:22 AM
  • "Apple employee photographs found on old Mac ROMs?[Photos]?9 to 5 Mac?9:54 AM
Apple Patent Applications
  • "Apple Files New Patents Relating to Haptics, Thunderbolt, iSight and Improved Accessibility for the Hearing Impaired"?Patently Apple?8:28 AM
  • "Apple files for new patents on Thunderbolt, iSight"?CNET News?2:15 PM
  • "Apple looking to refine hearing aid output, add customizable alerts with iDevices"?AppleInsider?8:28 AM
  • "Apple Working On Improved Networking Techniques"?MacNews?10:20 AM
  • "Apple Eyes Wireless Headset Having Adaptive Powering"?MacNews?10:27 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "HDR FX Pro For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:29 AM
  • "Foozle For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:29 AM
  • "Firetruck Race! For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:29 AM
  • "Apple Display Buyer's Guide -Up To $170 Off Apple 27 ' Thunderbolt Display -Best Apple Monitor Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?1:00 PM
  • "iPod Classic Buyer's Guide... Prices $80 to $249 -The Best iPod Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?10:45 AM
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Reviews
  • "This Video Pits Parts From The New iPhone Against The iPhone 4S, Galaxy S III"?TechCrunch?9:12 AM
  • "V525W multifunction produces nice output, but ink is expensive"?Macworld?2:04 PM
  • "iCade Core & iCade Mobile Review"?Mac|Life?10:54 AM
  • "Tiltpod Mobile Review: Does Your Phone Need a Cradle?"?Gizmodo?1:27 PM
  • "Edinburgh 2012: The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Gilded Balloon, review"?Telegraph?9:29 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Drafts 2.0: New Fonts, New Look, A Brand New Kind of Sync, And Now On iPad"?MacStories?1:58 PM
  • "Microsoft Office Web Apps For iPad A Game Changer"?BYTE?1:21 PM
  • "How Facebook Ditched The Mobile Web & Went Native With Its New iOS App"?ReadWriteWeb?2:12 PM
  • "Hands-on: Facebook 5.0 for iOS is as speedy as Facebook claims"?Ars Technica?2:03 PM
  • "Facebook Speeds Up iPhone and iPad Apps"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?1:30 PM
  • "Finally, Facebook Speeds Up Its iOS App"?AllThingsD?1:23 PM
  • "Facebook Messages: A rundown of its new look"?Macworld?1:20 PM
  • "Your Music Collection Has Never Looked So Good As It Does In MUSaIC"?App Advice?3:50 PM
  • "Projectbook: Notes and To-Dos Review"?Mac|Life?1:21 PM
  • "TVGuide.com's new iOS app: social TV for the mainstream"?GigaOM?8:10 AM
  • "Boingo Wi-Finder for iOS smartly adds data usage tracking"?GigaOM?8:10 AM
  • "Monster Coloring Book for iPhone and iPad review"?iMore?9:28 AM
  • "'Mikey Shorts' Review - Good, Old Fashioned Fun"?Touch Arcade?1:23 PM
  • "InstaFonts Review: InstaFonts allows you to easily add attractive text to your Instagram photos before uploading them. It's not perfect but it is useful."?148Apps?9:36 AM
  • "Time Trap Review: This hidden object game stands out thanks to its intriguing plot, moody artwork, and plethora of environments."?148Apps?9:51 AM
  • "KooZac Review: KooZac is an intelligent combination of Tetris and number puzzling, ideal for adults and kids alike."?148Apps?3:14 PM
  • "Denominations Review"?148Apps?2:38 PM
  • "One Epic Knight Review"?148Apps?1:58 PM
  • "Mikey Shorts Review"?148Apps?1:57 PM
  • "Farming Simulator 2012 Review"?148Apps?1:29 PM
  • "Aliens Abducted for iPhone Will Abduct Your Free Time"?Tapscape?3:16 PM
  • "Keri Racing is an Awesome Blend of iPhone Game Genres"?Tapscape?2:00 PM
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Tips
  • "Ten Tips and Tricks Every iPhone and iPad User Should Know"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?8:46 PM
  • "The Most Annoying Things You Do with Your Phone That You Should Quit (or At Least Be Aware Of)"?Lifehacker?10:53 AM
  • "HP's Historic Loss: Can Meg Whitman Save the PC Giant? Can Anyone?"?Daily Ticker?10:39 AM
  • "H-P, Dell Struggle as Buyers Shun PCs"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?8:47 AM
  • "Dell, HP Missing Out on Mobile Computing Shift" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?9:04 AM
  • "HP CEO: Turnaround Will Take Time/HP's third quarter results show PC, printer, server, and services revenues in decline, but Meg Whitman sees silver linings in the otherwise dark cloud."?InformationWeek?9:08 AM
  • "Hewlett-Packard Shares Sinking As Whitman's Warnings Sink In"?Forbes?9:24 AM
  • "HP posts mega-loss after EDS writedown"?Reuters?8:14 AM
  • "HP earnings: 6 lowlights"?GigaOM?8:10 AM
  • "HP mirrors Dell's bleak outlook, brokerages cut price targets"?Reuters?8:14 AM
  • "Dell, HP and the folly of the consumer PC business"?ZDNet?9:51 AM
  • "Dell & HP together on a long road to nowhere"?GigaOM?8:10 AM
  • "Dell Doesn't See Boost From Windows 8: PC maker says sales to consumers are likely to remain soft through the second half, despite launch of Microsoft's new operating system."?InformationWeek?9:08 AM
  • "Dell's Virtuous Cycle Stops Spinning"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?8:24 PM
  • "Dell losses take tech's center stage"?MarketWatch?9:03 AM
  • "Don't Be So Hard on Microsoft/Windows 8, torrents of free cash flow and a potential dividend increase may lift the underperforming stock. Fred Hickey: 'That is the lowest I have seen the multiple in years.'"?Barron's?7:53 AM
  • "25 Years Later, Microsoft Unveils A Revamped Corporate Logo"?TechCrunch?9:14 AM
  • "Microsoft Unveils New Logo -- First Major Change In 25 Years"?Forbes?9:23 AM
  • "Microsoft gets a new logo after 25 years"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?1:46 PM
  • "Microsoft revamps logo for 1st time in 25 years: Microsoft unveils new logo to herald makeover of Windows, entry into tablet computer market"?Associated Press?4:14 PM
  • "Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987"?Seattle Times?9:23 AM
  • "Microsoft has a brand new logo, its first since 1987"?The Next Web?9:36 AM
  • "Microsoft reels in YouGov, NBC, Rock the Vote and more for Xbox US election hub"?The Next Web?8:58 AM
  • "Prudential Center windows open on Microsoft shop"?Boston Herald?8:54 AM
  • "Oracle, Microsoft and Samsung Paid this Little Company Tens of Millions of Dollars Upfront"?The Motley Fool?3:16 PM
  • "Examining Intel's Guerilla Approach To The Smartphone Sector"?Seeking Alpha?8:14 AM
  • "Cisco as a Dividend Grower: Nice Start But We Explain Potential Trouble Ahead"?Forbes?8:38 AM
  • "SEC to require tech companies to disclose use of minerals from conflict zones"?IDG News Service?8:41 AM
  • "PC makers ? at the margins"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?8:57 AM
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Final Step for Garden Homes Project? | Daily Business News

Harking back to a story we have been following over a year about Garden Homes Management seeking approval to develop a manufactured housing community in Oxford, Connecticut since 2006, through a series of denials and re-submissions and a court case, the Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA) will hold a public hearing on a proposed 124 unit manufactured housing development Sept. 24, 2012. VoicesNews says the new application proposes development in the western portion of the property away from the wetlands in the northeast corner. In addition, MHProNews has learned Garden Homes will pay $5180 in fees for the professional services of an engineer and a soil scientist within one week, a requirement for the application to be accepted. The commission will still await the opinion of professionals to make sure there is ?no impact? as the result of the proposal.

(Photo credit: Garden Homes Management)

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Phyllis Diller in Stop-Motion, Singing "You're ... - Tv Food and Drink

When I pre-interviewed Phyllis Diller over the phone for her appearance later in the week on GSN Live, I told her that I knew all the lyrics to her song, ?You?re Different,? from the 1967 stop-motion animated film Mad Monster Party. She laughed and said, ?Well, you?ll have to sing it for me.? Though that may have just been a polite remark on her end, I took it far more seriously. When Phyllis Diller asks you to sing for her, you do it.

So in between segments, I ran over to where she was seated on the set, leaned down, cupped my hand against her ear and sang her the first two verses as quietly and as quickly as I could. I was met with a giant trademark Phyllis cackle, and when I finished she placed my hands between hers and said, ?Thanks for the memory.? One of my favorite television producer moments, and one I intend to share with everyone willing to lesson until my dying day.

Check out the song below. Then be sure to go sing it to someone you love and admire.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Changing Your Company Name ? Five Steps ... - Tungsten Branding

Posted on by Phillip Davis

So your business made it off the ground, you?re generating revenue, but you?ve hit a roadblock with your company name. Perhaps it?s too niche, or misleading, or tied to a geographic location ? what to do? Changing your company name requires careful?consideration and planning to achieve a successful outcome and take your business to the next level.?Before you make the move, here are five key considerations to achieve optimal results.

1. Evaluate the Pros and Cons Before You Begin

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Following these five steps provides a framework for developing a successful company brand name that lasts

Company name changes are prompted by a number of factors such as the business name being too common, too literal, too generic, geographically limiting, a meaningless or former surname, an acronym that requires explanation, (e.g. Does anyone really know what TIAA-CREF really stands for?) Some business name changes are prompted by legal threats and trademark disputes. Whatever the reason(s), make a list of them in order of importance and evaluate the pluses and minuses of moving forward. One on hand you may gain greater name recognition and pick up a matching .com domain to boot, but you may also lose potential customers who know you by your current name, or may think the business has changed hands or been sold.

Discuss the potential risks and rewards with your management team and gather feedback from the rank and file as well. Often the long term benefits of greater name recognition and higher customer recall can outweigh the temporary cost of transitioning from a limiting or misleading company name. So look at both short term disruption and expense as well as long term brand positioning and equity to gain a good overall perspective.

2. Establish a Plan of Action

If you decide to move forward, layout a definitive course of action to accomplish your goals. Decide the who, what, where, when, why and how. List out the key branding criteria that will be the drivers for the project. Is the goal to obtain a solid trademark? Or to have something more catchy and memorable? Is it to better position your company to take advantage of new markets and opportunities? Do you need the matching .com? Who will spearhead the name change? And will you do it internally or hire outside expertise?

Map out as many of the objectives and action steps that you can. Decide who will head up the project and who will be in on the decision making process. The fewer decision makers, the easier the decision. A camel is a horse made by a committee, so take in lots of input, but try to limit the final decision to those who understand the company?s goals and objectives.

3. Generate the new company names

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Armed with a creative brief and branding criteria, brainstorm ideas that capture the essence of your company?s mission

This step can by done internally or with the help of outside vendors. Start by writing a definitive creative brief which details the branding criteria from step 2 above. Distribute the brief to team members or to branding firms that you engage. Have a firm list of deliverables that you expect at the end of the process, (e.g. the new company name, a matching supporting tag line, a new logo design, a matching domain name, trademark clearance, etc.)

If choosing an outside naming firm, look for similar work in similar industries and ask for pricing and examples, as well as references from previous clients. Set up a reasonable timeline that allows for multiple rounds of names, with time for team members to review and digest the names (from one to three months for smaller companies, three to six months for larger firms.)

Make a short list of the best naming candidates and let them ?soak? for a while before making any immediate judgments. Some of the best company names are ones that take time to grow on the group, gain traction, build a back story and generate enthusiasm. Don?t set unrealistic expectations, such as waiting for a name that ?jumps out.? New company names are inherently unfamiliar. It?s doubtful that a name like Verizon jumped out of a huge list of names. Give it time and let the good ones rise to the top.

4. Pick the Winner

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When all is said and done, it?s time to pick a business name ? one that best reflects your company?s unique qualities and attributes

This seems obvious enough, but change can be scary, and the fear of the unknown can cause undue hesitation. Remind yourself of the missed opportunities and the potential gains you listed when first starting out. If you?ve set clear branding criteria that addresses the issues with your current name, then your top picks are almost certainly better than what you currently have in place. Run through the mental exercise of introducing yourself with the new name. Try out the transition from the name to a short explanation of what you do ? your ?elevator speech.? See if the name provides an overall platform that allows for future growth and expansion, such as brand extensions and sub branding.

Some names may seem like sleepers, but they have ?legs,? or the ability to keep on giving and giving. (Metaphor names are a good example, such as Apple, Amazon and Midas) Other names can grab initial interest and then fall flat. (This tends to be the case with coined or invented names which require marketing dollars to imbue them with meaning, such as Xerox, Kodak and Accenture.) Screen the final three to five names from your short list for trademark clearance and then pick the best of the bunch.

5. Implement the Plan

From step two, your plan of action, look at all the various stakeholders and touch points that your new name will affect. Take care to introduce your new company name in a way that underscores the positive goals and outcomes behind your decision. Have a press release in place to highlight the benefits of the new name, and how that will help both customers and staff moving forward. Have all the various branding elements in place and ready to go, from the company web site and social media pages to internal documents and vehicle signage. Have your legal counsel file any local, state and federal documents required.

Realize that you will encounter some initial resistance from some customers and staff that have grown accustomed to your existing identity and may not understand your long term strategy. Remain positive and upbeat in all your communications and demonstrate a sense of leadership. In a matter of a few short months, most company name changes seem like they are a distant thing of the past. Typically there is a release of new energy with a company name change, as staff can now refocus on other key areas of the business.

The Big Picture

Through careful planning, creative strategy, and consistent execution, you can successfully rename and reposition your company to build greater awareness, recall and profitability. By following the above five steps, you and your team can better anticipate and manage the renaming process to achieve your desired results.

If you?ve been through a recent company name change, feel free to share your experience. What lessons did you learn? What advice would you share?

Phillip Davis is president of Tungsten Branding and a regular speaker, author and contributor on the subject of brilliant branding, appearing in Inc.com, Entrepreneur.com, Newsday, BusinessWeek and numerous industry trade publications. Phil and his team have have named/branded over 200 companies, products and services worldwide. Google+ View all posts by Phillip Davis ?

Source: http://tungstenbranding.com/branding-articles/company-naming/changing-your-company-name-five-steps-to-getting-it-right/

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Android Phone Applications Adapts to Proxy Security Systems ...


Internet and Technology | Computers and Technology | * Written by Toby Gran | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 01:39 | Word Count: 560

Android Phones Will Require Fresh Proxies to Encrypt the Information Android applications have swept across the online for the varied applications developers are involved in designing them. Android phones have immense advantage while others do not such as Apple applications. Android phones employ android free source operating systems that provide a cutting-edge on the costs of investment and operating costs of applications. Many companies have come up with designs that can support the functionaries of the Android phones operating system. Recently in the markets a new burp proxy has been initiated with plenty of features, and that facilitates the activity of the mobile handsets. Just like hiring a fresh IP from proxy services online, while working on the Internet, smartphone android phones will need proxy for the encryption of the information, send through smartphones. Many ask for, how to get a new proxy for smartphones for additional protection? You can easily get it when it is decided to hire fresh proxies for wireless handsets and companies like burp can design and serve the purpose of Information exchange on the Internet with full safety and security. Android phones do encrypt the information and this is further encrypted and the source of the Application server gets hidden. The hired server signatures its own proxy address thereby hiding the HTTP or the sender and also the application server information is masked by the hired proxy service provider to the Android phones.

IP Switcher Can Help to switch over Different Private Proxies

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Swann TrueBlue 4000 series D1 DVRs pack up to 8 cameras, 1TB of storage for home security

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Home security may not have reached all-seeing aerial eye proportions, but Swann's TrueBlue 4000 series of D1 DVR systems can place up to eight digital peepers throughout your island fortress or humble abode. With a resolution of 480 x 704 pixels, the cameras offer "DVD-quality" video and feature night vision with up to 65 feet of visibility. Those hankering to remotely keep tabs on their homestead can load up the free SwannView app for Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Mobile 6 and Symbian to watch live video on mobile devices. Footage can also be viewed on monitors using HDMI or VGA connections and can be backed up through USB, eSATA or over a network. The maximum one terabyte of storage space nets continuous recording for up to 30 days -- or longer if the device's motion detection settings are flipped on. A 500GB base model with a quartet of cams rings up at $549.99, while the more expensive $649.99 and $749.99 models each pack 1TB hard drives and eight channel support. However, only the priciest of the trio comes packaged with the octet of cameras. Head past the break for the full PR and a glimpse of the rig in action.

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Mel Stuart, director of 'Willy Wonka,' dead at 83

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows Mel Stuart, director of the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" at Jacques Torres Chocolates during an event promoting the 40th anniversary of the popular children's film and the Warner Home Video Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray and DVD launch in New York. Stuart died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83. (AP Photo/StarPix, Marion Curtis, file)

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows Mel Stuart, director of the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" at Jacques Torres Chocolates during an event promoting the 40th anniversary of the popular children's film and the Warner Home Video Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray and DVD launch in New York. Stuart died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83. (AP Photo/StarPix, Marion Curtis, file)

FILE - This undated handout photo originally released by NBC shows Gene Wilder portrays Willy Wonka as the world?s greatest confectioner in a scene from ?Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,? directed by Mel Stuart. Stuart died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83. (AP Photo/NBC, file)

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows the cast and director from the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory," from left, Paris Themmen, who portrayed Mike Teevee, Denise Nickerson, who portrayed Violet Beauregarde, director Mel Stuart, Julie Cole, who portrayed Veruca Salt, and Rusty Goffe, who played the cart-wheeling Oompa-Loompa, posing at Jacques Torres Chocolates during an event promoting the 40th anniversary of the popular children's film and the Warner Home Video Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray and DVD launch in New York. Stuart died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83. (AP Photo/StarPix, Marion Curtis, file)

(AP) ? Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian who also directed "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died. He was 83.

His daughter, Madeline Stuart, said he died Thursday night of cancer at his home in Los Angeles.

Stuart's documentaries include "The Making of the President 1960," for which he won an Emmy, as well as subsequent explorations of the 1964 and '68 campaigns. Other programs were "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and the Oscar-nominated "Four Days in November."

His groundbreaking 1973 film "Wattstax" focused on the Wattstax music festival of the previous year and Los Angeles' Watts community in the aftermath of the 1965 riots.

But while Stuart's documentaries won acclaim and cemented his reputation, he won a special sort of following with the 1971 musical fantasy "Willy Wonka."

That film was his response to a young reader of the Roald Dahl children's classic "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": Stuart's daughter Madeline asked her dad to make a movie of the book she loved. Starring Wilder as Willy Wonka (and with 11-year-old Madeline in a cameo role as a student in a classroom scene), it became an enduring family favorite.

A collaborator on "Willy Wonka" was screenwriter David Seltzer, who at 26 had gotten his first job in the film business ? making documentaries ? from Stuart and calls him "a mentor by way of drill sergeant, much-feared boss and much-loved friend."

Seltzer, who also wrote "The Omen" and last year's HBO film "Cinema Verite," said Friday that Stuart dismissed his first effort at a screenplay "with the scolding that if I didn't 'have a drawer-full of magic,' I had no business even thinking I was a screenwriter. He taught me that good enough wasn't good enough."

During the 1960s and 1970s, Stuart was associated with David L. Wolper, with whom he established a base of West Coast documentary production at a time when New York filmmakers and TV networks' news divisions dominated the field.

By 1980, Stuart was an independent producer and director whose credits include portraits for PBS' "American Masters" on artist Man Ray and the director Billy Wilder. He was executive producer of the 1980s ABC series "Ripley's Believe It or Not," whose host was Jack Palance.

Airing on PBS in 2005, "The Hobart Shakespeareans" was Stuart's profile of a teacher in inner-city Los Angeles whose fifth-grade class each year performed a play by William Shakespeare.

He produced or directed various dramas including "The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal," ''Ruby and Oswald" and the 1981 TV film "Bill," starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid, which won a Golden Globe and a Peabody award.

Besides "Willy Wonka," Stuart's theatrical features include the 1969 comedy-romance, "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium," starring Suzanne Pleshette and Ian McShane, and, a year later, "I Love My Wife," with Elliott Gould.

A New York native, Stuart attended New York University, where he set aside his early aspirations to be a composer in favor of a career in filmmaking.

Before joining forces with the Wolper Organization, he was a researcher for CBS News' 1950s documentary series, "The 20th Century," which was hosted and narrated by Walter Cronkite.

Besides his daughter, an interior designer, Stuart is survived by sons Andrew, a literary agent, and Peter, a filmmaker.

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News Summary: China trade decelerates

TRADE TROUBLE: China's trade and domestic demand have weakened even faster than expected, adding to pressure on Beijing for a more aggressive stimulus to boost the world's second-largest economy out of its worst slump since the 2008 crisis.

EXPORT WEAKNESS Export growth in July plunged to just 1 percent from the previous month's 11.3 percent, well below forecasts of about 5 percent, data showed Friday.

THE UPSHOT: The slump adds to the pain for struggling exporters, raising the threat of more job losses and unrest as the Communist Party tries to enforce calm ahead of a handover of power to younger leaders.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Hit the rapids with Google's latest Olympic doodle

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It's time to pound the arrow keys again for Mountain View's latest Olympic doodle game, a whitewater slalom canoe challenge. The idea is to speed through the course with the left/right keys in the best time while using up/down to avoid rocks and the riverbank. Our intrepid web paddlers managed a time of 18 seconds so far, and you can post your own time in the comments below -- if you dare.

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