Say Goodbye to Winamp

Say Goodbye to Winamp - After more than 15 years, the famous Winamp media player will shut down on December 20, its makers announced Wednesday.

The announcement itself was a whimper—a small banner notification on the Winamp website—rather than a bang, and the end seems sadly appropriate. The skinnable media player was all the rage at the turn of the century, but barely made a peep since being acquired by AOL in 1999.

After years of floundering, Winamp released Android and Mac versions in 2010 and 2011, respectively, but that appears to have been too little, too late.

As Winamp ruled the days of Napster, iTunes and streaming media services such as Spotify and Pandora control the music scene of today. Winamp’s still got the skins, but it was just too niche in today’s cross-platform, pay-as-you-go world, though the software still reportedly made money right up until the end.

ArsTechnica has a superb, detailed look at Winamp’s fall from grace—a tumble that former Winamp honchos attribute to AOL mismanagement. If you can’t bear to leave the past behind, you have one more month to download the free Winamp media player before it shuffles into the annals of history.

Don’t forget to snag some skins and plug-ins while you’re at it. Because nostalgia.
[Via ArsTechnica]

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Love Quotes

Love Quotes - Hello blogger friends, meet again with admin slowarea.
Love is a beautiful word for us, the love we can live more happy. But love is the purest love us with our Lord.

Okay, this is just following quote Love

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. - Marilyn Monroe.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. - Jodi Picoult.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.  - Dr. Seuss.

You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. Love like you'll never be hurt. Sing like there's nobody listening. And live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey.

I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway

Love is not blind, but the blind people who are in love - @yulioadicandra

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PlayStation 4 review

PlayStation 4 review - If you believe the buzz, the PlayStation 4 has already won this console battle. At first that was down to Microsoft committing harakiri with unpopular pricing, strict DRM and a shifting of focus away from games for its Xbox One, all of which made the more traditional, affordable and open PS4 look very appealing, especially to the hardcore gamers out there.

And then, just as Microsoft appeared to have regained some credibility with a reversal of its less popular policies, Sony landed another blow in the pre-launch PR battle as reports emerged that cross-platform games (specifically big hitters Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty: Ghosts) looked better on PS4 than Xbox One.

We’re not going to beat around the bush: the PS4 is awesome. But is it so awesome as to decimate the Xbox One before it’s even released? As always, there’s more to it than that.

Design and build: living life on the wedge

Smaller and lighter than it seems in pictures, the PS4 is not a device that you’re going to have trouble finding a home for. In fact, it’s very close to the PS3 Super Slim in terms of width and height - the 30cm depth does increase its footprint, but only to PS3 Slim levels. It’s a pretty compact device, then, and that’s extra impressive when you realise that the power pack is built in, whereas the Xbox One has a big external unit.
Overall this is a subtle but unique design, with the etched PS4 logo and glossy section (which is actually the removable hard drive cover) adding a touch of class. Only the slot-loader lets the side down in this regard – there’s nothing exactly wrong with it, but it’s got a bit of clunky resistance that the super-smooth Wii U drive doesn’t.
Far more important as far as we’re concerned is the noise a console makes, and the PS4 is a very stealthy device. When idling we recorded 42dB from 14cm in front of the console – just 2dB over the ambient noise in the room. While installing a game disc this rose to 51dB, but once the disc is ripped it settles back down to around 43-44dB. In short, it’s significantly quieter than the most recent versions of the PS3 and Xbox 360, and completely unnoticeable unless the room is all-but silent. Impressive.

The controller: more different than it looks, and all the better for it

For many people (including this reviewer) the DualShock 3 was just too small and light to be very comfortable, and the lack of trigger-like shoulder buttons was an ergonomic issue when it came to shooters and racing games. Thankfully, while the DualShock 4 looks like only a minor departure from its predecessor, it’s a much better pad.

There’s a small increase in weight, slightly larger, rounder handles, and the L2 and R2 buttons have greater surface area and far greater travel. Each individual improvement is a subtle one, but together they’re enough to transform the DualShock into a far more satisfying controller and a worthy rival to the Xbox One pad.

Also in the “subtle changes” category is a shift from mini-USB to micro-USB for the top-mounted charge-and-sync socket. There are also two new sockets below the PS button on the underside of the controller. One is for connecting a wired headset (more on that below), the other – labelled “EXT” – has a purpose not yet revealed by Sony. We love a good mystery, but if it turns out to be for a QWERTY keyboard attachment we’re going to be right miffed.

The Start and Select buttons have now been retired and replaced with Share and Option buttons, the first of which enables easy uploading of the game footage that the PS4 is constantly, automatically capturing, while the latter largely behaves just as Start did during games but reveals more info and options when pressed while an icon on the GUI is highlighted.

Those two new buttons straddle the DualShock 4’s boldest new feature – a clickable, multi-touch-capable touchpad. Unfortunately we’re not completely sold on the usefulness of the touchpad – it does nothing at all when you’re in the PS4’s menus and only serves a purpose in games if developers specifically integrate it. So far that amounts to cute controls in The Playroom and control of the OWL robot in Killzone, which could be operated using the d-pad just as easily. Perhaps developers will come up with brilliant uses for the touchpad, but it’s not a totally convincing addition yet.

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We’re similarly underwhelmed by the light bar on the top edge of the controller. We understand that it helps the optional PlayStation Camera to track you and it does look pretty, but the suggestion that it can communicate player status and the like by flashing and changing colour is rather undermined by the fact that you can’t really see the bar when holding the DualShock at a normal gaming angle.

We wouldn’t mind, but the touchpad and light bar are presumably the high-tech elements that most push the cost of a separately bought DualShock 4 up to the hefty sum of £49. We’re not convinced at this stage that that’s worth it.

On the other hand, every expense has been spared on the bundled mono headset. Essentially half of the cheapest-feeling pair of earphones you’ve ever seen, the bud actually does a decent enough job of pumping voice-chat into your lugholes and has a mic and switch at around chin height so that you can spout expletives at your enemies and use voice control for the PS4 UI.

One extra advantage of the headset socket is that it can be set to carry all audio, so any normal pair of headphones can be plugged into it for a spot of private gaming or Blu-ray watching - especially useful as PS3-compatible Bluetooth headsets currently don’t work with PS4.

Finally and unsurprisingly, motion control makes a return in the DualShock 4, and it’s far more accurate than before, as anyone who’s played Flower on the PS3 will notice when they download (for free) and try the PS4 version. It’s just far more responsive, accurate and smooth. The motion control is so much better you can now use it as a way to enter text in the PlayStation’s menus, and it’s much quicker than using the d-pad.

All in all, while we’re not yet convinced by every one of the DualShock 4’s new features, we are very convinced by the overall quality of the new controller. And let’s not forget, those new features are things that Microsoft hasn’t even attempted with the Xbox One’s pad.

Operating system: “PlayStation Dynamic Menu” doesn't do it justice

So you’ve ogled and plugged in the console and fondled the controller so much that it’s already covered in mucky fingerprints, now it’s time to get gaming. Actually, it’s not. At least it’s not if you want to use any of the PS4’s myriad online features or play Blu-rays and DVDs, because they require that you immediately update the firmware to 1.50. At just over 300MB it’s not going to take terribly long to download through most broadband connections. All told it should take around 6 minutes to get from starting the download, through the install and back to the (now more feature-packed) home screen.

Once done you can finally get to know the PlayStation 4 interface, known rather boringly as the PlayStation Dynamic Menu. This row of bold, square icons always contains What’s New, TV & Video, Live from PlayStation, Internet Browser, Video Unlimited, Music Unlimited and Library, with any games you’ve installed slotted in by the order of how recently you played them. This whole section is designed to feed you live information, though, so hover on What’s New and you’ll see news and updates from around the PlayStation Network (now to be known as PSN), and leaving the cursor on a game brings up a row of extra icons that include things such as new content that’s now available, the section that you last reached (so that you can hop straight back to that point), your friends’ recent activity in the game, community videos and the game manual. It’s all genuinely quick, slick and useful.

But don’t mourn the old XrossMediaBar, for it’s just an upwards-press away, and with so much content now having been moved to the PlayStation Dynamic Menu, this is now a clearer and cleaner selection of icons that takes in the likes of the PlayStation Store, Friends, Parties, Trophies and Settings. All are pretty self-explanatory although it’s well worth exploring the Settings menu to ensure all is setup the way you want – we’d definitely recommend enabling standby features so that the PS4 can download software updates and provide power via USB when it’s on standby.

Pop a game disc in and the bad news is that you have to install at least some of it before you can play it – in fact the process starts automagically as soon as you slot the disc in. The good news is that this doesn’t take as long as you might imagine. In fact, we were able to play Call of Duty: Ghosts just 55 seconds after slotting it into the drive. The game continues to install in the background, but the only way to tell is a touch of extra noise from the console – the game itself plays flawlessly.

Using the PS4 is a slick and fast experience all-round, really. Whether from standby or switched off entirely the console takes just 25-30 seconds to boot, and the only stutter we managed to get in our entire time with the system was a momentary pause when we pressed the PS button during a game of Knack and immediately tried to open Killzone. And we struggled to recreate that after the one instance.

There’s a pleasing openness to Sony’s approach, too. Sure, unlike with PS3 a £40 per-year PlayStation Plus subscription is now mandatory if you want to play online, but if one person in the house has subscribed, everyone else who uses that console also gets access. Ditto any games that have been purchased and downloaded.
On the other hand there are a couple of odd omissions. You can’t customise the wallpaper, for example, and the suspend and resume feature isn’t yet available. More annoyingly, the PS4 doesn’t have DLNA built-in and currently won’t play media files over your network or from USB. The backlash at that announcement seemed to take Sony by surprise, though, and the company says it’s “exploring possibilities” – fingers crossed that means we’ll get media streaming in a future update.

Gaming performance: the next-gen promise fulfilled

We demand more than great games from a modern games consoles, but gaming performance still comes first, and once you’ve overcome the disappointment that 4K games are still the exclusive domain of the high-end PC the PS4 is hard to fault in the performance stakes.
The fact that key cross-platform titles such as Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 boast higher resolution graphics on PS4 than Xbox One is a huge boost to Sony’s console, and vindication of its decision to plump for 8GB of expensive and powerful GDDR5 RAM. Developers may well learn how to get more from the Xbox One in the future (it’s not even out yet, for heaven’s sake), and indeed first-party games such as Forza 4 already hit the 1080p/60fps next-gen target figures, but the fact remains that if you want to play the big third-party games at their best, the PS4 is the console to go for on day one.

When 500GB just isn’t enough

The PS4 comes with 500GB of storage space, which might sound like a lot compared to the 60GB that the PS3 launched with, but with the OS and its gubbins taking up 92GB, plus big games taking up anything from 30-50GB, that hard disk is going to fill pretty quickly. Deletes and installs are quick, but there is a better solution – upgrade the hard disk.
It’s a thoroughly straightforward job, and according to Sony as long as the drive you’re putting in is a 2.5in model with a speed of at least 5400rpm and capacity of at least 160GB it will work. We’re amassing a selection of HDDs now and will update with our findings as soon as we’re able.

There are going to be 25 PS4 games available on the UK launch date, ranging from first-party tech showcases such as Killzone and Knack, to big-hitting third-party franchises including Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, Battlefield and FIFA, plus a bunch of indie titles.
It’s a strong line-up overall, but while there’s always a large degree of subjectivity to these things, we can’t help but feel that in terms of exclusives the Xbox One has a slight upper hand – Killzone: Shadow Fall is a cracker, but we’d swap Knack for Forza 4 or Dead Rising 3 in a heartbeat.
The lack of backwards compatibility is also a disappointment, albeit one that’s mitigated a smidge by the fact that some first-party games (Flower, Flow, Escape Plan, etc) bought on PS3 or Vita have enhanced PS4 versions that can be downloaded for free, and that streaming of last-gen games via Gaikai is promised in the future.
For now, though, let’s concentrate on some of the PS4’s big-hitting exclusives.

Killzone: Shadow Fall

Almost unbelievably, this is the sixth game in the Killzone series, which began way back in the days of the PS2. Occasionally accused of a spot of unoriginality and dreariness, the series is under pressure to deliver as the flagship title of the PS4 launch, and it largely does.
There’s a sense of Crysis to the fairly open first-person gameplay and drone helper, which can be commanded to help in ways that make it feel similar to using the famous Nanosuit, but if you’re going to draw your inspiration from anywhere it might as well be the benchmark FPS.
As a technical showcase Killzone is very compelling. Terrifically crisp 1080p visuals, hugely detailed character models, massive explosions and glorious lighting, all running at a silky-smooth 60fps, this is one game that really does deliver on the next-gen promise. There are occasional oddities that hark back to the bad old days – enemies that apparently won’t fire through barbed wire and water that kills upon contact – but all told this is every bit the showpiece it needed to be.

Resogun

The surprise hit of the launch line-up, Resogun plays like a graphically glorious mashup of Defender and Super Stardust HD. Scrolling around a cylindrical world in a spaceship while shooting waves of evil aliens and rescuing trapped civilians might not sound like anyone’s idea of next-gen gaming, but this is brilliantly fast-paced, colourful and explosive, not to mention addictive. But you don’t have to take our word for it – you can download it for free if you’re a PS Plus subscriber.

Knack

 

Mark Cerny, the man who spearheaded development of the PS4 console, is also the man who brought the Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Jak and Daxter games to the world, so perhaps it’s no surprise that his contribution to the launch line-up of games is another family-friendly platformer.  

By “family-friendly” we don’t mean “easy”. There are sections of Knack that are nails-hard, but thanks to instant reloads and fairly friendly checkpointing it rarely frustrates.

The cartoony graphics look great in super-sharp 1080p, too, but we can’t help but wonder whether it’s going to find an audience. The story isn’t really knowing or funny enough for adults and we suspect many children will find it too difficult. Perhaps we’re underestimating the kids, but we wouldn’t put Knack at the top of our launch day wishlist..

Contrast

The game that’s replaced the delayed Driveclub as the other free PS Plus game at launch, Contrast is an interesting third-person platformer that revolves around moving from the real, 3D world to the flat realm of shadows, which can be used as platforms to reach otherwise inaccessible places. The character design and noir setting sets it apart, while some of the 3D-to-2D puzzles are fiendishly tricky. It shouldn’t be the first game you play when you get your PS4 out of the box, but it’s worth a look. And it’s free.

The Full PS4 Launch Lineup

First-party
Escape Plan
Flow
Flower
Killzone Shadow Fall
Knack
Resogun
Sound Shapes
Third-party
Angry Birds Star Wars
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
Call of Duty Ghosts
DC Universe Online
FIFA 14
Battlefield 4
Just Dance 2014
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
Lego Marvel Super Heroes
Madden NFL 25
NBA 2K14
Need For Speed Rivals
Skylanders SWAP Force
Indie
Blacklight Retribution
Contrast
Trine 2: The Complete Story
Warframe

Online: living the digital distribution dream

 

These days a console lives or dies on its online offering, and the PS4 is a very well connected console. The PS Store already has plenty of digital-only games to download, and every disc-based release is also available digitally. Unlike on PS3 you don’t pay a premium for the privilege, either. As discussed at the start, we’re currently looking at the US Store as the UK version isn’t yet live, but even third-party triple-A games such as Assassin’s Creed IV and Battlefield 4 cost $60, the same price as the disc is on Amazon.com.  

The ability to play as you download games is something we can’t confirm yet. Our game downloads have been rather slow so far (despite a strong connection) and we’ve had to wait for full installs before playing, but we’re prepared to put that down to early hardware and the fact that we’re downloading from the US Store for now. We’ll update when we’ve been able to test the UK Store.
We’re also sorry to say that connecting to Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited isn’t currently possible in the UK. The promise of being able to listen to tracks streamed from Music Unlimited while playing games is especially tantalising, but we’ll have to wait until it’s live in the UK before we can test it properly. Ditto Lovefilm and iPlayer, which are also due to be ready for the UK launch on the 29th November.
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Thankfully Netflix does work right now, and the PS4 has a new version of the app that’s even quicker and easier to navigate. It’s compatible with the Super HD streams (really just 1080p), which look superb, and outputs audio in Dolby Digital Plus 5.1. Essentially it’s as good as Netflix gets, and that’s very good indeed.
There’s also a web browser built-in, and this time it’s less afterthought and more fully featured application. Google results appear rather small and difficult to read from across the room, but actual web pages behave pretty much as they do on computer and most embedded video plays without issue.
And if the only thing you want to watch when you’re not gaming is other people gaming, the Ustream and Twitch channels in the TV & Video section are where you want to be. At the time of writing this area is pretty bare, but given how easy it is to stream your gaming activity (a quick press on the Share button and you can upload your last 15 minutes of gameplay) we expect this section to be rife with ridiculous videos mere moments after the official launch. And if you think some guy’s doing a terrible job with that Resogun boss you can helpfully tell him so in the comments that appear on the right-hand side.

The camera: turn your lounge into The Playroom

Unlike the Xbox One, the PS4 doesn’t come with a camera, but there is one available – the ingeniously named PlayStation Camera. The wee unit, which looks as though it’s been constructed out of cubes, costs £65 and has two lenses on the front so it can gauge depth.
Once connected the camera can scan your features to enable facial recognition for automatic login, which is very quick and reliable. You can also use it for voice control. It’s far more limited than Kinect’s functionality, but the voice recogition is reliable and allows quick navigation between games, as well as hands-free screenshots.

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But the best way to show off the PlayStation Camera is to open The Playroom, which is pre-installed on all PS4s. Once it’s talked you through correctly setting up your camera (I’m afraid you’re going to have to move that coffee table) The Playroom gives you access to three activities. AR Hockey is the only real game, as it pitches two players against each other in a game of Air Hockey that involves using the DualShock 4’s motion control to bend and twist the table to your advantage. The other two involve messing around with a floating robot called Asobi and a bunch of delightful little people called AR Bots. The most fun is to be had with the latter, who inhabit your controller until you flick them into your lounge using the touchpad. You can then kick them, make them dance, or throw them objects that you create using a connected tablet. The thrill is relatively short-lived, but as a way to show off the capabilities of your new console The Playroom is absolutely superb.

Remote play: PS4 + Vita is a match made in gaming heaven

And if you want more superb, dig out that old Vita you’ve left gathering dust. Connect Sony’s handheld to your PS4 across your home network and you’ve suddenly got the ability to play next-gen games anywhere in the house. Sony warns that you’ll need to use wired connections and have an amazing router, but we’ve tried Remote Play with both consoles connected via Wi-Fi to a bog-standard router and it worked an absolute treat.

You lose a little graphical fidelity, of course, but PS4 games still look quite astoundingly awesome on the Vita’s 5in screen, and while there’s a touch of input lag that will make it a poor choice for competitive deathmatches, for single-player gaming it’s barely noticeable. Extra buttons are cleverly mapped to the touchscreen and rear touchpad, too, and as everything you see is a mirror of what the PS4 is doing, you can simply use the Vita as a fancy extra control pad for the main console if you so wish.

We’re yet to try accessing the PS4 from a Vita connected to an external Wi-Fi network (we’ll report back when we have) but this is already a superb extra feature that we can see getting a huge amount of use. Find your Vita and get the PS4 Remote Play-enabling new firmware (3.00) downloaded now in preparation.

PS4 versus Xbox One: still too early to name a winner

We know that some cross-platform games benefit from higher resolutions on PS4 than Xbox One, and we know that it’s £80 cheaper than the Microsoft console, but the new Kinect looks incredibly powerful, you can connect your PVR to the Xbox, and during the last generation Microsoft definitely had the upper hand in terms of online gaming.
Are those features enough to make up for the apparent graphical deficit and extra cost? We’ll have to wait for our Xbox One review sample to find out.

Verdict

Without a final Xbox One sample it’s impossible to know whether the PS4 is the runaway winner of the next-gen console battle as many are proclaiming. But what we do know now is that it’s an absolutely cracking console.

Delivering on the next-gen promise of 1080p gaming and digital distribution are the core things, but that’s backed up by a super-slick UI that feels ‘live’ and interactive, and delivers the content you want with a degree of snappiness that the previous generation couldn’t get close to.

Add stand-out features such as Remote Play, which really is terrific, and you’ve got a massively strong launch for the PS4. And it will only get better as more games, apps and features are released.

Over to you, Microsoft.

Words: Tom Parsons 

source: stuff.tv/

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IPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 15

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 15 - Fortunately for the iOSphere, Bloomberg found a “person familiar with Apple’s plans” to spill the beans and provide a week’s worth of rumor cud-chewing over the iPhone 6 display. 

While many iOSpherians are convinced that the iPhone 6 will have a bigger display and a curved display, there is Deep Uncertainty about how big, or which way the curve will, you know, curve. 

But let’s not quibble. This one source, in a story written by two reporters, was also familiar with Apple’s plans to introduce not one but two Bigger Screened iPhone 6 handsets. Thanksgiving Day has come early this year.
You read it here second.

“I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Apple is investigating curved displays… That doesn't mean, however, that just because Apple looked at something that they're going to release it.”

Avi Greengart, analyst, Current Analysis
“Analyst Debunks Curved Display On iPhone 6 Release Date”
Kristin Dian Mariano, International Business Times, with the iOSpherian translation of Greengart’s commonsense observation.

iPhone 6 will have two screen sizes, curved “glass,” and maybe pressure sensors
Talk about a cornucopia of Innovation, eh?  This abundance of information overflows from a Bloomberg story, “Apple Said Developing Curved iPhone Screens, New Sensors,” by Tim Culpan and Adam Satariano.
And where did it come from you ask? From “a person familiar with the plans.” Or, as experienced iOSpherians like to say, a PFWP. 

Maybe they caught Tim Cook or Phil Schiller when he was in a chatty mood in an elevator. Or maybe they talked to the drycleaner of the next door neighbor of the best friend of a coworker who has a cousin who plays online games with an engineer who overheard an Apple designer talking to someone before the subway door closed. But somebody who’s not just anybody.
[IPHONEYS: The iPhone 6 edition] 

“Two models planned for release in the second half of next year would feature larger displays with glass that curves downward at the edges, said the person, declining to be identified because the details aren’t public. Sensors that can distinguish heavy or light touches on the screen may be incorporated into subsequent models, the person said. 

BGR’s Zach Epstein argues in his post on the Bloomberg story that the phrasing “with glass that curves downward at the edges” is not a reference to a curved displays “but rather that the glass covering the panels will be curved.” Which doesn’t clarify much: does he mean the display is flat but it’s covered with a convex glass cover? Or that the glass cover is flat but it curves down over the edge of the phone? 

Curved screens – both convex and concave - have been an obsession with the iOSphere for months, even years, though with little analysis on how or why curving the screen, or the “glass,” actually improves the phone. The obsession has been intensified by Samsung’s Galaxy Round smartphone, which curves upward from the two sides, and the just-announced LG G Flex, which curves upward from the top and bottom. 

The latter design at least has the sense to mimic traditional wired handset designs going back 70 years, as shown in this Wikipedia image of a rotary phone from the 1940s. 

The Bloomberg reporters suggest that perhaps it’s a curved BIG screen that’s vital to Apple’s future, because the Galaxy Round is Samsung’s “latest phone in an array of sizes and price points that’s helping keep Samsung ahead of Apple in global market share.” The PFWP says the screens will measure 4.7 and 5.5 inches, which would make them, as Culpan and Satariano astutely point out, “Apple’s largest iPhones,” since the current 5S and 5C measure just 4.0 inches. 

It “seems rather curious that Apple would introduce two new displays sizes at the same time,” posted a skeptical John Gruber at his DaringFireball blog.  “Apple has only introduced one new iPhone display size since 2007, but they’re going to introduce two at the same time next year? That smells fishy to me.” 

Bloomberg’s PFWP didn’t have much to say about the new pressure sensors, which apparently are intended to detect how firmly someone is pressing on the screen and then do…well  something very cool and magical as a result. 

The PFWP did add “that the company probably would release [the new phones] in the third quarter of next year.” A person familiar not only with plans but probabilities. 

iPhone 6 won’t have a curved display

Or maybe it won’t not have one. It’s hard to tell from reading InternationalBusinessTimes.com.
The headline of Kristin Dian Mariano’s post is emphatically assertive: “Analyst Debunks Curved Display On iPhone 6 Release Date” 

Yet the post’s first sentence changes that completely: “Apple may not show off a curved display on iPhone 6 release date, according to an analyst.” 

The analyst is Avi Greengart, research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis, who is simply making the utterly common sense observation that Apple, like other companies, creates a whole bunch of ideas, tests many of them out, throws most of them out, and finally eventually comes up with improved or new products. 

“I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Apple is investigating curved displays and any other component coming on to the scenes. That's what Apple does. Apple tests things out internally to see if they make sense,” Greengart is quote in Mariano’s post. “That doesn't mean, however, that just because Apple looked at something that they're going to release it. They probably have watches, glasses, hover boards, and who knows what else just to see what it's like.” 

In short, he’s admitting “I have no idea whether they’re planning to have a curved display on iPhone 6.” In Mariano’s skilled hands this becomes “analyst debunks curved display on iPhone 6.”

source:http://www.networkworld.com

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10 Quotes About Education

10 Quotes About Education - is one of provision of education in life. Although many said that the school was boring or inhibit creativity. But it can not be denied, that the knowledge acquired during the school would open up our view of the world. Are you a teacher, lecturer, students who need motivation, education practitioners or parents who look for words of encouragement for children's education. Here are 10 Quotes About Education :

1. "If you educate a man, then a man will be educated. If you educate a woman, then a generation will be educated" (Brigham Young)

2. "Education is the most lethal weapon, because with it you can change the world" (Nelson Mandela)

3. "Intelligence and character is the true goal of education" (Martin Luther King Jr)

4. "Children should be taught how to think, not what to think" (Margaret Mead)

5. "Education is the ticket to the future. Tomorrow is owned by the people who prepare themselves from today" (Malcolm X)

6. "Does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop " (Confucius)

7. "A person who stops learning is old people, even though she was just a teenager. Someone who never stop learning will be young forever" (Henry Ford)

8. "Education is not filling the empty container. Education is a process of thought to light a fire" (Yeats)

9. "Give a man a bowl of rice and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to maintain rice and you'll feed him for life" (Confucius)

10. "Live as if you'll die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever" (Mahatma Gandhi)

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Words of Wisdom Quotes

Words of Wisdom Quotes - were pieces of a few sentences ever uttered and issued by some leaders, both world leaders. were popular in his time, who have achieved success both personally and career.

we would like to present quotes from world leaders :

* "If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pay the best interest." Benjamin Franklin

* "Suppose, then, that all men were sicks or Deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and Deranged and the former not." Aristotle

* "It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if your described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure." Albert Einstein

* "The people who succeed will take advantage of the mistakes he did, and will try again to perform in a different way." Dale Carnegie

* "Humility leads to strength, not a weakness. Admitting mistakes and make changes for the error is the highest form of respect for yourself." John McCLoy

* "Whatever our life task, do it well. Someone should do his job so well that they are still alive, who was dead and the unborn could not do it better." Martin Luther King

* "People are pessimistic sees difficulty in every opportunity. Optimistic person sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Wiston Churchill


* "Society is the main condition for freedom rights protected. Love You permissibility make you care for others." George Washington

* "Success is related to the action. Successful people who go ahead, they make mistakes, but they never give up." Conrad Hilton

* "People optimist sees the rose and not prickly; pessimistic people glued to forget the thorns and the roses." Kahlil Gibran

* "You can not teach something to someone; You can only help him find something in him." Galileo Galilei

* "The more I read, the more I thought a lot; many more I learn, the more I realized that I did not know anything." Voltaire

* "Someone has to be brave enough to admit mistakes, smart enough to learn from mistakes, and tough enough to be able to correct the error." John C Maxwell

* "Know is not enough, we must apply.'s Will alone is not enough, we must bring them into action." Leonardo da Vinci

* "Nearly all men are able to survive the adversity. However, if you want to test a man's true character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln

* "I have three properties. Maintain and preserve: the love, simplicity, courage uncertainties win the world. With love in, someone will be brave. With simplicity, one will be a benefactor. With courage uncertainties win the world, someone is going to be a world leader . " Lao-Tzu

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10 How to care cat for beginners

10 How to care cat for beginners - Cats are one of the most preferred pet human. Besides cute, cat behavior is also very adorable. However, do you know how to take care of him? All animal have a sensitive nature that human beings must be understood. If you are a beginner and want to know about how to care for cat, here are some tips from SlowArea :
 

1. Nutrition kittens need a number two times greater than adult cats. Although it requires more nutrients, it does not mean you have to give him overeat. After 5-6 weeks, give regular meals 4 times per day.

2. Do not give dog food to cat, dog food does not contain taurine, cat nutrients needed to prevent heart disease and blurred vision.

3. After 8-10 months, you can get used to eating foods like rice and milk house. This habit you have to do early on.

4. No need to bathe the cat regularly. When the cat's fur begins to smell, you can bathe with cold water. Hot water can damage hair and cause skin irritation in cats.

5. Brush your cat's fur regularly. It can remove dead hair, germs and bacteria on the feathers.

6. Go out and play with it. Physical activity helps the growth and development of children with a good cat. Your pet will grow up healthy and agile.

7. Teach daily living habits. You can begin to teach some good habits in cats like to go to the toilet, eating, and a bed.

8. Tough on bad behavior. You have to be firm on his show bad behavior. That way, he will know what is good and bad.


9. Vaccination. Vaccination must be done regularly to avoid viruses and diseases. For that, consult a veterinarian immediately.

10. Taking care of personal hygiene. You must be diligent in washing their teeth, ears, and nails cat. These spots are very susceptible to germs and bacteria you know. If left unclean, it can cause infection and disease in cats.

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Nursing Scrubs Have Become Fashionable

Nursing Scrubs Have Become Fashionable - Nursing scrubs have come a long way from the plain green or blue solid uniforms that have been around for some time. The traditional colors are still required by some hospitals or health organizations, however, many facilities that are non-surgical are allowing their employees to wear their choice of scrubs. Health care workers are using the chance to express themselves as and a result, scrub fashion has been growing steadily and there now are a range of styles to select from. Let's have a look at the latest trends in scrub wear.

Comfort is one of the most important factors when wearing any uniform. An increasingly popular trend is having materials which are soft, flexible and have the ability to stretch. Of course there will always be the scrubs made from 100% cotton, but now you can find scrubs made with fabrics containing rayon and spandex, to allow for more body movement and better fit. Polyester and cotton poplin blends allow for a soft touch and breathability.
Colors and Designs
Solid colors are always available for scrubs, but if you prefer a little pizzazz, try scrubs with more flare. Choose from cartoon characters, stripes, patterns, floral, along with other prints. There are now solids with embroidery, contrast and embellished stitching if that's your preference. Simple color block solids that still provide a conservative style are ideal for men.
Exclusively For Ladies
Women routinely have more styles to choose from which is the case with most fashion. A few of the latest top trends in nursing scrubs for women include mock wrap tops, empire waists, scoop, boat or crew necklines, long, short and three-quarter length sleeves, zip-ups, and tops with scalloped and patterned piping. For pants, trends are going towards cargo, skinny leg and flare pants. Women also can pick from petite, tall, plus-size, junior, and if you’re expecting a baby, there are maternity sizes also.
Styles for Males
Short sleeve long sleeve, zipper front and button front shirts are the standard shirt styles for guys. Pant styles include things like cargo, drawstrings, elastic, pull-on, trouser, zipper fly and belt-looped pants. Men also can get scrubs that feature some collegiate and professional teams which is also ideal for women who love sports as many scrubs for men are unisex. Another new fashion style on the rise for men are scrubs made from a denim style material. These come in small to 5XL and extra tall.
Designer Wear
Through the years, many people who are not health care workers have discovered scrubs and their comfort. Pjs, loungewear and exercise clothing are just some of their uses. The movement of scrubs as an everyday garment is something designers have grasped. A few popular designers are now designing scrubs. Using your own logo or image, some companies even allow you to design or personalize your very own scrubs.
If you’re uncertain of what style of nursing scrubs to get, check online for websites that provide free interactive tools that take your body shape, height, and size into account to help you to determine what might be the most appropriate style for you. To ensure you feel comfortable and have the mobility you need, consider sleeve length, neckline and fabrics. Once all of the basics are accounted for, why not think about fashion and add some variety to your work apparel by trying some of the new trends in scrub wear. 

Hopefully this article about the "Nursing Scrubs Have Become Fashionable" can be useful. good luck

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7 Ways Couples Romantic Fun

7 Ways Couples Romantic Fun - Give extra attention and doing the little things that can happy couple will make him always want you near . Despite giving something expensive sometimes necessary , but it gives little attention every day is equally great for strengthening your relationship .

Here are 7 simple ways you can do to please your partner .

Do not Forget AnniversaryPerhaps some of you , either because of forgotten or are too busy with work , often forgetting the birthday of the couple. For many people , a birthday is a special moment and a moment where he needs more attention from the people around him , especially you .How busy you should never miss the anniversary couple . Be the first to say ' Happy Birthday ' and give him a special gift on his birthday . In order not to forget , make a memo or reminder on your cell phone or gadget .
 
Send affectionate messages to the couple . For example , how you impressed with the clothes he was wearing last night , how pretty / handsome he was when wearing work clothes , or to say that you really feel comfortable with him . Send this message at unexpected times , such as when he is busy working , middle of the night , or when he's waking up.

with Her friendsOccasionally take the time to get to know your partner's friends . Follow the activities he used to do with his friends . Whether it's hanging out , karaoke , or just have dinner together . When you are willing to mingle with her friends , she will feel appreciated and feel proud to introduce you to his friends .

Do IntimacyMingle with friends your spouse is encouraged to cultivate harmonious relations . But do not spit affection like hugging , caressing , or kissing in front of them , especially in public places . It could be that your partner will be uncomfortable and embarrassed in front of his friends . And his friends would feel uncomfortable hanging out with you .Do Arguments

In addition to not spit affection , should you also not to spit in public quarrels . Snapped up couples couples wept in public will not solve the problem . If you experience a problem with family should settle in a place that is quiet and away from his friends .melt the Atmosphere

If you and your spouse are facing a problem that makes the relationship became strained , lighten the atmosphere with fresh jokes that could make him smile or even laugh . Requirement , you also have to laugh at the jokes bring .String together Lunch

If you are good at cooking , it's time you show your skills in front of the couple . String together the he menu lunch or dinner the most delicious you've ever made before. More romantic if you String together a lunch in his office , and tenderly tuck notes in it .

No exaggeration if there is a saying , happiness is your happiness too . Therefore , always Live the pair you with simple ways unexpected .

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