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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/adobe.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/adobe.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4885ce0..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/adobe.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -Following widespread criticism, Adobe has announced it will remove a menu option in its Acrobat and Reader programs which allowed users to send documents over the Internet to FedEx Kinkos for printing. - -The menu option was [new in Reader 8.1 and Acrobat 8.1][2] and is located under the "File" menu. Adobe agreed to remove the links after meeting with other print companies who saw the feature as an unfair advantage for FedEx Kinkos. - -John Loiacono, Adobe's SVP of the Creative Solutions Business Unit, [writes on his blog][1]: - ->I know that there are a lot of folks who will be asking why we can't do it this afternoon. The answer is we can't just go back to the 8.0 release since the 8.1 release that contains the button included a lot of critical security and quality updates in addition to the new print option. We have determined the best way to move forward is with an 8.1.1 update. - - -FedEx Kinkos will still offer a version of Adobe Reader with the printing option in the File menu, but it will be available only from the FedEx Kinkos site. - -Adobe also says it will be setting up a Print Advisory Council to work with third-party printers on software integration issues. - -[1]: http://blogs.adobe.com/johnnyl/2007/08/adobe_and_fedex_kinkos_update.html -[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/latest-acrobat-.html
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The result is a very nice Flash app that displays the status of each e-mail by the size, shape and velocity of microbes. - -The project is part of Horn's MFA thesis "Natural Metaphor For Information Visuzalization." Here's how she explains the project: - ->The emails are categorized in six person groups: family and friends, school, job, e-commerce, unclassified, and spam. For example, all emails I have received from my advisors and fellow students are in the category school. These categories are represented by six species, which are different in color and form. For instance, all received emails from school are blue and look a bit like croissants. - ->How an animal looks and moves depends on the condition of the represented email. The age of an email (when it was received) is shown by the size and opacity of the animal. For instance, a new email is big and opaque, an old email small and transparent. The status of an email (unread, read, responded) is shown by two animal attributes: the number of hair/feet and velocity. An unread email is hairy and swims fast; a read email has less hair and does not swim so fast anymore; a responded email is hairless and barely moves. - -"An unread email is hairy and swims fast." Indeed. Which is why we recommend you [get a handle on your e-mail][2] before you end up in bed with some nasty bug. - -The project code was written by Florian Jenett and it's [available for download][4] if you'd like to play around with it. - -[via Waxy][3]] - -[3]: http://www.waxy.org/links/ -[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/tips-to-curb-yo.html -[1]: http://carohorn.de/anymails/ -[4]: http://carohorn.de/anymails/Anymails_010_20070801.zip - diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadget.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadget.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cb7bf26..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadget.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -Gadget Lab is running a March Madness-style tournament to determine the "[Greatest Gadget of All Time][1]." The results won't be tallied until next week, and they've got a great little Flash-interface for the voting, head over and cast yours today. - -Some of the match-ups are bit lopsided (The Sony Walkman versus Mr. Coffee, I mean I like coffee and all, but come on) but it's fun anyway. I expect the iPod to come out on top in the end, or at least in the top three, but then again, it's up against some impressive stuff like the Fender Telecaster and the original Mac Plus -- without which there might not be much use for an iPod. - -Personal pick? The Bic Cristal Ballpoint Pen. - - - - -[1]: http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2007/gadget_tournament/ - diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadgets.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadgets.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 5dac3c4..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/gadgets.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9697ca3..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Thu/hdphoto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -The JPEG standards group announced today it will consider Microsoft's HD Photo format (also known as Windows Media Photo) as a possible successor to the JPEG standard. If the Microsoft format is approved, it will be renamed JPG XR. - -Geared toward the digital photography market, Microsoft's HD Photo offers a number of advantages over the existing JPEG format, including lossless compression, support for embedded color profiles and the ability to manipulate the compressed data directly. - -Another format, JPEG2000 is also under consideration, but Microsoft claims its format offers speed and size advantages over JPEG2000. - -As part of the submission, Microsoft has also said it will release royalty free versions of all the patents required by HD Photo, should it be approved. - -The JPEG standard committee will make its decision by the end October. Should it be approved HD Photo will probably be published as a completed standard within roughly a year. - -[via [Ars Technica][1]] - -[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070801-microsoft-hd-photo-considered-for-standardization-by-jpeg-committee.html
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