Open Links in New Tab in Safari

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Almost all modern web browser supports tabbed browsing now, so does Safari from Apple, where in Safari 3 the tabs feature is enabled by default. However, in both Safari for Windows and Safari for Mac OS X, whenever Safari users clicks on an external link (on text or image) that is set to open in new window (which has target=”_blank” attribute in the link anchor), the destination webpage is indeed opening in new window instead of a new tab in the existing window. This ‘feature’ is annoying for users who like to click on multiple links coded to launch in new window and open a lot of websites at one time, and have each link creates and appears in new window rather than new tabs in the tab bar in the same window.

Users who used Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer should familiar with opening external links in new tab instead of new window behavior, and both Firefox and IE has the option to set whether to force new pages to be opened in window or tab, override the design of link to open in new window. In Safari, there is no settings or preferences that allows users to control where should a web page opened. Users intend to launch and open a hyperlink to a new tab instead of new window have to use the following workaround to override the new window coded link.

Use Command or Ctrl Button

To open a link that supposedly open in window to open in tab instead, hold down Command button (in Mac OS X) or Ctrl key (in Windows XP and Vista), and click on the link.

That’s the default behavior if you don’t change the tabs setting in Safari (if you change, try hold down Command or Ctrl key plus Alt key and then click on the link). In Safari 3, the following keyboard short is also available:

Ctrl (Command)-click: Opens a link in a new tab.
Ctrl (Command)-Shirt-click: Opens a link in a new tab and selects it.
Ctrl (Command)-Alt-click: Opens a link in a new window behind the current one.
Ctrl (Comamnd)-Alt-Shirt-click: Opens a link in a new window and selects it.

Right Click on the Link and Select Open Link in New Tab

Use the mouse to right click on the link, or press Control button then click on the link coded to open in new window (with _blank target) in Mac OS X (in Windows, try Shift+F10 which brings up right click context menu for the link, not working in Vista). Then select Open Link in New Tab.

Use Mouse Middle Button to Click

If you have a scroll mouse, or mouse with three buttons, use the middle button (or the scroll wheel) to click on the link will open the link in the new tab, no matter whether the link is designed to load in existing tab/window or new window (without target window).

Alternatively, if you have a multi-button mouse with advanced feature to assign different function to each button, then you can assign a button to do a Ctrl-click (in Windows) or Command-click (in Mac OS X).

Drag and Drop a Hyperlink into Safari Tab Bar

Drag and drop a link from web page to Safari Tab Bar, a new tab will automatically created and the destination site of the link will be loaded in the new tab.

Note that if you drag and drop the link into existing tab, the linked page will open in that existing (active or inactive) tab instead.

Merge All Open Windows Instantly in One Click

This way is not a workaround for the purpose to open a “_blank” targeted link in new tab, instead it’s a trick to quickly and easily bring all tabs in all windows into just one window. In the Safari 3 and Safari in Mac OS X Leopard, users can merge all open windows with one click by going to Windows menu, then click on Merge All Windows option. This function provides a fix if you accidentally open links in new windows, and can’t get good sleep over it.

Use SafariStand

If you’re using Safari on Mac OS X, download and install the free SafariStand plug-in. Then turn on and enable a preference called Open ‘_blank’ Link in New Tab.

Use Saft Safari Plugin

Also only on Safari running on Mac OS X, users can download and install Saft, a plugin for Safari to set link opens in new tab. Salf is not a freeware, and costs USD $12.00, but it’s a full featured plug-in to extend Safari’s features with sidebar, searchable history and bookmarks, full-screen browsing, type-ahead searching, customized Google Search field, URL shortcuts and kiosk mode.

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My absolute favorite advance in web browsing technology over the past decade or so is the idea of single-window browsing, or at least of multiple tabs in a single window. Just about every browser out there now allows you to keep all the different web pages you have open in a single window as multiple tabs.

The impression I have gotten as a user is that the tab feature originally was targeted mainly at keeping your web browsing session organized and not having too many windows open, but it later transformed into something that changed the outlook of web browsing for many; tabs became a must-have feature of browsers, and may users now use tabs far more than windows.

Safari has a couple of primary ways to let you use tabs. You can press Command-T, select “New Tab” from the File menu in the menu bar, or double-click on the tab bar (added in Safari 3.1) to open an empty new tab up. To open a link in a new tab, you can hold down Command before clicking it. However, some sites manage to override Safari’s commands to open pages in new tabs, and just open the link up in the same page or in a new window.

Finally, in Safari 3.1, Apple has provided us with a hidden feature that forces every single web page to open links in new tabs when you ask it to.

Simply launch the Terminal from the Utilities folder in the Applications folder and type or copy this command into it, and then restart Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

If for some reason you change your mind and want to revert to your previous setting, use this command:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool false

Exp from 456bereastreet

One of the things I find most annoying when browsing the web is when a link opens a new window. It completely disrupts my workflow when a new window pops up, especially when it does so without warning.

If you’re using Firefox this isn’t such a big problem anymore since it will open targeted links in a new tab instead, which is much more manageable and less intrusive.

For Safari, however, there is no such setting to be found when you look through its preferences window. But the setting does exist (at least in the Mac OS X version), though you have to use Terminal.app to enable it:

Quit Safari
Open Terminal.app
Enter defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true and press enter
Open Safari
Notice that links that used to open in a new window will now open in a new tab

Much better.

Nokia N97 Backup Software

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Nokia’s Built-in Backup Feature

There is a feature on the Nokia n97 that tends to go unnoticed, and that is the built in backup feature. I absolutely love this. To my knowledge not even Nokia Pc Suite is able to save your calendars and text messages, but this baby will!

You can find it under File Manager folder right at the bottom. This feature even comes with the option of scheduled backups. I particularly like this more than the one on Nokia Pc Suite, since I know that if I try to back my messages or calendar it will not work. Not sure if Nokia are aware, and I hope this is now enabled on the new Nokia Ovi Suite. If you have tried this on the Ovi Suite please let us know by leaving your comments below. Just recently I found out how important this feature is, when I decided to download a theme for my phone and I was unable to remove it afterwards. The only way was to reset the phone to factory. Since I had done a backup of all contents my phone was back to “normal”. Even applications I previously downloaded they appeared back on the phone.

And There is how to restore backup files to Nokia N97:

The Restore is right below the

backup now menu selection. You have to select the

backup screen and then it will appear from there.

File Manager >

Backup >

Backup contents > Options > Restore

Reviewed by Phonemag

It feels like we’ve been waiting for the Nokia N97 for a long time, and – like many others – talking up its functionality for most of that wait. Now the NAM edition is here, though, can it deliver on the promise?

Saying that anticipation has been high for the Nokia N97 is an understatement. The handset’s spec sheet reads like a must-have list: 5-megapixel camera, triband HSPA, WiFi and Bluetooth, plus a 3.5-inch touchscreen, hardware keyboard and 32GB of standard storage, all features which are just as relevant to flagship smartphones today as they were when the N97 was first announced.

First, the good parts. The design of the N97 may be relatively sober, but build-quality is very high; the matte-finish plastics are tough but surprisingly light, and the hinge is sturdy and reassuring. Anybody who regularly switches devices or wants to use their own peripherals won’t be disappointed: the standardized connectors like mini-USB, 3.5mm headphone jack and microSD mean you won’t be carrying a bundle of proprietary leads and accessories. Nokia haven’t forgotten that a smartphone is, at its core, a phone, either; call performance is as good as we’ve come to expect from the company, with the full-bodied earpiece and well balanced microphone meaning that those on each end of the call have a decent audio experience. The speakerphone isn’t, perhaps, the loudest we’ve heard, but it does rate highly as one of the clearest.

That phone performance continues when it comes to connectivity, with the N97 proving tenacious with a 3G signal and offering speedy browsing speeds. Using AT&T’s network we had no problems with lag or premature disconnects, and it was rare to see anything but full or almost-full bars on the signal meter. Battery life is also decent, though you’d expect nothing less from a 1,500mAh Li-Ion pack. Nokia quote up to 360 minutes of WCDMA talktime (up to 570 of GSM) or 400 hours of WCDMA standby (up to 430 hours GSM); our testing found that they’re reasonable estimates, with the N97 easily capable of lasting a couple of days with moderate use.

Unfortunately, over those days the areas in which the N97 drops the ball will become all too obvious. That hinge may be well put-together, but it’s limited to a single angle; unfortunately, the angle Nokia have picked is not quite right for our tastes. For table-top use, it could do with being slightly more horizontal, unless you’re content to use the phone at arms-length. Either way, you’re faced with a QWERTY keyboard that’s frustratingly lacking in tactile response or finger feedback. Our first-impression was that their shallow travel might be an issue, and that’s turned out to be something of an understatement.

After the promise of such a broad, well-spaced keyboard, the end result is incredibly disappointing. The hard rubber keys themselves are pretty tactile, but their singular lack of travel drains away both accuracy and appeal. It’s a shortcoming shared by the D-pad, too, which means that not only is text-entry impaired but non-touch navigation. We recognize that Nokia had to make some compromises to accommodate the sliding form-factor, but it’s a similar situation in the HTC Touch Pro2 or even the T-Mobile Sidekick and we’d choose their keyboards in a heartbeat. Ironically, the one aspect we thought would present a problem – the offset spacebar – was the easiest thing to get used to.

Bizarrely, having made such a big deal of the text-entry options, Nokia don’t really give much opportunity to use them out of the box. There’s a Facebook client with a homepage widget and support for messaging, but other than that there’s no IM client and no threaded SMS or MMS. The Facebook app works well, and the homescreen widget shows real-time updates rather than just acting as a shortcut, but right now the Ovi download store is looking relatively barren of similarly well-coded software.

The camera offers 5-megapixels, autofocus and an LED flash, but falls a little short of some of Nokia’s more photography-centric devices. It’s certainly sufficient for taking outdoor shots, though the LED flash demonstrates the usual minute sweet-spot outside of which subjects are either washed out or hopelessly dark. Still, colors are generally well preserved and the autofocus is quick to lock on, and only indoor noise really shows the limits of the optics.

Video recording is also possible, either in widescreen 640 x 360 to fit the letterbox display or in more standard 640 x 480 VGA resolution. You can also upload content directly to online galleries from the handset, which is a neat trick, though it doesn’t seem possible to do this automatically. Video quality falls short of the iPhone 3GS, showing periodic blocking and smears when panned quickly or attempting to capture fast-moving subjects, though at least the capacious memory means you can store plenty of footage.

That’s if, of course, you’re not using the N97 as a media player. Audio quality is strong, and aided by the fact that you’re free to use your own headphones with the standard 3.5mm jack. The N97 not only has an FM radio but a transmitter as well, meaning you can pipe audio from the smartphone out through a nearby tuner. This is particularly useful in the car, though it’s worth noting that sound quality takes a significant dive as with any FM transmitter. There’s also Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP, which worked with no problems with the test headset we tried.

Files can be transferred quickly over the USB 2.0 connection, but the range of supported file types isn’t all that comprehensive. MP3, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA audio files can be played, but only MPEG4 or 3GP video files are supported. That’s a shame, as the N97’s decent screen quality would make it a neat companion for impromptu DivX or H.264 films. We’re also distinctly underwhelmed by the media apps, which lack any of the visual appeal of rival devices. Buttons are large and displays clear, and there’s a handy homescreen widget for audio control, but it all feels like the basic PMP functionality you’d get on an entry-level handset, not something with 32GB or more of capacity and an eye on taking out your iPod.

It’s S60 5th Edition that provides perhaps the biggest usability frustration, though. Nokia’s OS is, in the face of attractive and modern platforms like that the iPhone or Palm’s webOS, looking a little visually tired, and the touch enabling they’ve done feel half-hearted. Not only is there little in the way of visual gloss that users have come to expect, such as screen transitions or animations, but the way touch has been implemented seems an afterthought. There are no gestures or similar controls, instead buttons have merely been made chunkier and menus larger. There’s also a slight graininess, which is visible from some angles, which mars an otherwise decent LCD panel with high resolution.

One of the most obvious areas where touch on the N97 falls short is in the browser. Rendering remains speedy, but Nokia have unfathomably removed the full-page preview map, which used to pop up in the corner and show whereabouts you are on the page. Since there’s no multitouch, zooming uses a slider control or a double-tap. On the plus side, the presence of Flash Lite 3.0 means that YouTube videos can be watched from the browser itself, generally playing smoothly. However, while Internet browsing on full touchscreen devices is usually an effortless, straightforward affair, there’s nothing really in the N97 where the technology puts it any further ahead than the company’s own non-touchscreen phones.

To sum up, our disappointment in the touch-amendments to S60 5th Edition for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic pretty much all applies to the N97. Nokia have made no noticeable improvements to how touch is handled, and while that was frustrating but perhaps bearable on the 5800 it’s simply not good enough on the N97. This isn’t about resistive or capacitive; it’s about fundamental usability that goes beyond replacing a D-pad with a finger. RIM had the good grace to listen to criticism about the first-gen Storm and seemingly address it for the upcoming second-gen version; we can only assume that the N97 has been so long in development that it predates any significant work on S60 that may be going on.

In our first-impressions, we described the Nokia N97 as a serious, business-like phone. That remains our lasting impression, despite the multimedia features on offer. Unfortunately, usability issues like the less than mediocre touch functionality and lackluster QWERTY keyboard are likely to prove just as annoying to business users as they do to everyone else. There are certainly some strong points to the N97, and its performance as a phone continues to impress, but at $650 unlocked and contract-free it’s an expensive way to make clear calls. Perhaps the months of anticipation have worked against it, but we’d struggle to recommend the Nokia N97 over its smartphone rivals.

Reviewed by Cnet

The summer of 2009 has definitely been a sizzler for the world of smartphones. It’s only June and we’ve already seen the launch of some of the hottest devices, including the Palm Pre, the iPhone 3GS, the Google Ion/HTC Magic, and now we can add the Nokia N97 NAM to the mix. As soon as it was announced in December 2008, the comparisons to the iPhone started given all its advanced features and the addition of a touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard.

However, that was almost a year and a half ago and the N97 is just coming to market. In that time, a lot has changed: new players have entered the field (hello, Pre) and others device manufacturers and mobile operating systems continued to push forward but, unfortunately, Nokia didn’t come along for the ride. Don’t get us wrong; the Nokia N97 is absolutely filled to the brim with functionality. However, it’s not enough to match a competitor feature for feature anymore. You have to provide quality hardware and a good user experience, and sadly, the N97 falls a bit short in those departments with an inferior resistive touch screen and clunky user interface. The steep $700 price tag doesn’t help either. While the Nokia N97 might appeal to Symbian and N series loyalists, it faces a steep uphill battle against the aforementioned touch-screen smartphones.

Design
From a design standpoint, the Nokia N97 isn’t exactly a showstopper. It doesn’t quite have the wow factor of the distinctive Palm Pre and like the T-Mobile G1 and HTC Touch Pro2, the N97 is a bit of a handful at 4.6 inches tall by 2.1 inches wide by 0.6 inch thick and 5.29 ounces. It doesn’t quite have the high-quality build of the Nokia E series and we’re a bit weary of the flimsy battery cover, but overall, the smartphone has a solid construction and is a nice departure from the Nokia N95 and N96, especially with the addition of a touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard.

The Nokia N97 next to the T-Mobile G1 and Apple iPhone 3G.

Similar to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the Nokia N97 has a resistive touch screen that measures 3.5 inches diagonally and shows off 16.7 million colors at a 640×360-pixel resolution. While clear and bright, it’s not quite as sharp as the competitors, such as the HTC Touch Diamond2, and the built-in accelerometer has just a bit of a lag when switching from portrait to landscape mode or vice versa. The handset also features a proximity sensor so it will automatically turn off the display when you lift the smartphone to your ear for a phone call.

It’s great to finally have a touch screen that can play up on all the capabilities of the N series, but we feel like Nokia didn’t quite take full advantage of the situation. For one thing, the N97 could have benefited from a capacitive touch screen, like the iPhone, Pre, and G1, instead of a resistive display since the latter requires more pressure and precision. During our review period, we found ourselves missing the ease of use and sensitivity of the three aforementioned smartphones, not to mention the multitouch capabilities of the iPhone and Pre. When using just our fingertip, the N97 didn’t always read our touches accurately so we had to correct numerous mistakes or use a stylus.

The scrolling experience was also less smooth on the N97 since flicking your finger to go through long lists or pages results in jerky and short movements. In addition, like the Nokia 5800, we found that some menu items respond to a single tap, while others require double-taps. We would prefer a uniform system since this often led to confusion and was just annoying.

All that said, we do appreciate the new widget-based home screen on the Nokia N97. Similar to the Samsung TouchWiz interface found on the Omnia, this feature gives you the freedom to customize the N97’s home screen and lets you see more information at a glance as well as have one-touch access to your apps.

You can have a maximum of eight widgets on the screen at one time, and it’s easy to remove or rearrange them. By default, our review unit’s home screen featured widgets for Facebook, AccuWeather, contacts, a shortcut bar to messages, the Web, maps, the media player, and more. There is a task manager that lets you see all your open apps and switch between them, but the multitasking capabilities are nowhere near as sophisticated as the Palm Pre’s. However, we do prefer Nokia’s interface over TouchWiz since it had better organization and didn’t limit you to certain widgets. You can also personalize your phone with various themes, wallpaper, and more.

For a full menu of apps and phone settings, just press the small button below the display that sits to the left of the touch-sensitive Talk and End keys. The simple grid menu system is easy enough to understand, but again, it’s a bit frustrating to navigate because of the aforementioned touch-screen frustrations. It may not seem like a big deal but these minor annoyances add up and make a difference when comparing to the other touch-screen devices–iPhone, Pre, T-Mobile G1, Google Ion–on the market.

Like the HTC Touch Pro2, the Nokia N97 has a slider design with a tilting screen.

One nice thing about the display is that it can be opened and viewed at a slight angle by simply pushing the screen to the right, much like the AT&T Tilt and the HTC Touch Pro2. Nokia really did a nice job with the slider design, as the gliding motion is very smooth and doesn’t have the harsh, abrupt feel the other two devices have. While the slider phone feels sturdy enough to endure multiple opening and closings, we’d still be careful as we’re just a bit weary of the plastic construction of the hinge.

The angled screen is not only good for viewing videos and apps but also messaging. However, the Nokia N97’s QWERTY keyboard has been a hot topic of debate on the Web; most either hate it or love it. We fall somewhere in the middle. On the one hand, the individual buttons are a good size with enough spacing between them that mispresses were few. The keys also have a nonslippery texture and provide good, tactile feedback. However, there are a couple of things that really put a damper on things.

We really liked the N97’s QWERTY keyboard, except for the awkward placement of the space bar and shift key.

For whatever reason, Nokia placed the space bar and shift key on the far right side of the keyboard. There’s a directional keypad on the left side that takes up some room but even so, the space bar could have been placed more in the center like a regular keyboard. Instead, the location of these buttons completely threw us off and interrupted our flow. We got used to it eventually, but we still never felt 100 percent comfortable with the layout, which is too bad since we otherwise thought that the N97’s QWERTY keyboard was one of the best ones we’ve seen on a smartphone.

If you need to enter a short amount of text, there is a soft keyboard that you can use instead of opening up the keyboard. You’ll be doing a multitap dance with this option though since it’s in alphanumeric format instead of a full QWERTY. While not ideal, we still appreciate the option unlike some touch-screen smartphone that only provide a physical keyboard.

There’s a power button and a 3.5mm headphone jack on top of the device. On the left side, you’ll a find a Micro-USB port, a lock switch, and the stereo speakers. The right side has a volume rocker that also doubles as zoom in/out buttons and a camera capture key. The camera is located on the back and both the lens and flash are protected by a sliding cover.

The Nokia N97 comes packaged with a travel charger, a Micro-USB cable, a wired headset, a stylus, a cleaning cloth, software CD, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page.

Features
There’s no denying that the Nokia N97 is one feature-packed smartphone. It comes with a whopping 32GB of internal flash memory, which can be expanded to 48GB via the expansion slot, and Nokia preloads the device with a number of extra apps, including a dedicated YouTube player, Qik (for sharing videos from your phone), Boingo Wi-Fi service, Psiloc World Traveler, AP News, and Guitar Rock Tour. The N97 also supports the recently launched Nokia Ovi Store where users can peruse the large catalog of Symbian apps and download them to the device. This is, of course, on top of S60 platform staples like QuickOffice for viewing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, Adobe PDF, a file manager, and other PIM tools, such as a Zip manager, a calculator, a notepad, a measurement converter, a clock, and a voice recorder.

The Nokia N97 already offers 32GB of internal flash memory but you can expand storage even more via the microSD expansion slot on the back.

The N97 doesn’t come with the new Nokia Messaging app like the Nokia E75, but there’s still plenty of e-mail support. The smartphone can synchronize with Microsoft Exchange and it works with Lotus Notes, IMAP4, POP3, and SMTP accounts and comes with a full attachment viewer. Unfortunately, there aren’t any instant messaging clients on the phone, which is too bad given the full QWERTY keyboard and all.

As a phone, the N97 offers quad-band world roaming, a speakerphone, speed dial, conference calling, voice-command support, a vibrate mode, and text and multimedia messaging. The phone’s address book is only limited by the available memory, and the SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts. There’s room in each entry for multiple phone numbers, work and home addresses, e-mail addresses, birthday, and more vitals. For caller ID purposes, you can assign each contact a photo, a group ID, or a custom ringtone. Bluetooth 2.0 is also onboard, with support for mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets, hands-free kits, audio/video remote control, object push, dial-up networking, file transfer, and more. To get online, you can use either the phone’s integrated Wi-Fi or tri-band HSDPA (850/1900/2100MHz) support over AT&T’s network. Nokia’s HTML Web browser is quite decent, offering various page views, keyword search, and Flash Lite 3.0 support, but navigation and zooming in/out of pages definitely feels clunkier than the iPhone and Pre, which benefit from a multitouch screen.

For navigating the streets, the Nokia N97 has standalone and assisted GPS, so it uses both satellites and cellular triangulation to find your position. The smartphone also comes preloaded with the Nokia Maps application and has a built-in compass so the map will automatically orient itself to the direction you are heading in. For real-time, turn-by-turn voice-guided directions, you’ll have to upgrade the application, but Nokia is now offering a complimentary three-month trial of the walk and drive turn-by-turn service. Afterward, you’ll have several purchase options, which you can check out here.

The N97 features the same 5-megapixel camera as the Nokia N96.

The N97 keeps the same camera and the N96: a 5-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with dual-LED flash, auto focus, and up to 4x digital zoom. There are numerous advanced camera options, such as color tone, light sensitivity, exposure, and geotagging. In addition, the camera can record MPEG-4 videos at a maximum VGA resolution (640×480) at 30fps.

We were quite impressed with picture quality.

Picture quality was crisp and clear. Objects were sharply defined in the image, and we were happy colors were vibrant and rich instead of washed out. Recorded videos looked better than other smartphones we’ve tested, though it was still slightly murky. Once done with your photos, you can add tags, save them as a contact image, share them with friends and family via multimedia message or e-mail. In addition, you can view them in a slide show or upload to a service like Flickr or Ovi.

As with Nokia’s other N series devices, the N97 is also equipped with a built-in media player that supports MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, and eAAC+ files. The music library categorizes tracks by artists, albums, genres, and composers; you can also create playlists right on the phone and adjust the sound with the built-in equalizer. There’s also support for podcasts and the phone offers Internet radio and an FM tuner. (Note that you need to use the included headset for the latter.) If you’d like to watch other videos, you can use RealPlayer to check out 3GPP and MPEG-4 files.

While all these features are great, the biggest downfall of the N97 might be the Symbian operating system. The OS might have been passable when the smartphone was first announced in December 2008, but it feels completely outdated now, especially in light of the progress made with Google Android and the iPhone OS 3.0 and the introduction of Palm WebOS, and it’s not optimized for a touch interface. We’re not saying Symbian is a lost cause, and we know there are many fans of the OS and the N97 out there, but we just expected more.

Performance
We tested the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; tri-band HSDPA 850/1900/2100) in San Francisco using AT&T service and call quality was excellent. We enjoyed clear audio on our end with good volume and very little to no background noise. Our friends were also impressed and said we sounded great (why, thank you!). We also used an airline’s voice-automated response system with no problem and didn’t experience any dropped calls during our review period. Unfortunately, we didn’t have quite the same praises for the speakerphone. Even at the highest level, volume was weak, we had to hold the speaker close to our ear to hear our friends, and our callers said we also sounded soft. In addition, audio would occasionally cut out.

On a more positive note, we successfully and easily paired the smartphone with the Samsung WEP350 Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones. Finally, the smartphone has a M3 hearing aid compatibility rating.

The N97’s general performance was decent. The smartphone was mostly responsive with minimal lag or delay. However, there were a couple of occasions where we got a warning that memory was low and that we had to close other application in order to launch another one. Even so, performance was much improved over the Nokia N96, and we had no major system meltdowns during our testing period and never had to reboot the device.

Given that the speakerphone didn’t produce the best results, we weren’t surprised when songs sounded soft and hollow when played through the speakers. Fortunately, the N97 is equipped with a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack so we were able to plug in our Bose On-Ear Headphones and enjoy better sound quality. We also watched several YouTube and MPEG-4 video clips, and playback was smooth with synchronized audio and picture. However, the aspect ratio was never right despite options to change it.

The smartphone’s GPS capabilities were decent. From a cold start, it took the N97 about 10 minutes to find our location; however, subsequent starts were much faster, taking less then 2 minutes. Using Nokia Maps, it was able to track closely our movements and provided accurate directions.

The Nokia N97 comes with a 1500mAh lithium ion battery with a rated talk time of 95 hours (GSM)/6 hours (3G) and up to 17.9 days (GSM)/16.6 days (3G) of standby time. We are still conducting our battery drain tests, but we will update this section as soon as we have results. According to FCC radiation tests, the N97 has a digital SAR rating of 0.74 watt per kilogram.

LG GM750 Reivew

Reviewed by Mydigitallife

The world’s leading International mobile communications

group, Vodafone, and LG Electronics, have announced a new sleek and slim Windows phone based on Windows Mobile 6.5 – LG GM750, the next generation smartphone which packs smart, easy-to-use features and services that help people enhance their digital lives.

lg gm750

“We’re excited to be bringing a new Windows phone with Vodafone high-speed mobile services to our customers through the LG GM750 Smartphone, exclusively until the end of 2009,” said Patrick Chomet, Group Global Director of Terminals for Vodafone. “This stylish, touchscreen Smartphone will have great appeal to both consumer and business customers, and ensures Vodafone delivers on its promise to constantly bring customers new services and greater choice.”

Features Of LG GM750:

Large 3-inch full touchscreen display with LG’s S-Class user-interface
5 megapixel camera with auto focus
Fast Internet browsing via Vodafone’s high-speed mobile broadband network or WiFi
Built-in GPS navigation function for getting directions
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync email ensures users never need miss their email again
Windows Marketplace for Mobile lets users download applications

directly to their handsets

Automatically back up and synch photos, music as wel as texts to their PC, thanks to the free My Phone service
Latest Windows Mobile 6.5 OS

“A significant group of consumers demand mobile phones with the most advanced features and services to help them do their job and stay in contact with friends and family on one, easy-to-use, device,” commented Harrison Lee, Senior Vice President Europe for LG Electronics Mobile. “They need the technology and services to access email, the internet and the ability to download widgets, applications and fun tools without complexity. The combination of Vodafone’s services, Windows Mobile 6.5 platform and our S-Class UI, technology and design expertise, makes the GM750 the mobile package consumers with busy lives have been waiting for.”

The new LG GM750 Windows phone which measures 109.8 x 56.5 x 11.9mm will hit Vodafone stores initially in 7 countries starting October 6, 2009 – Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, and France (via SFR), but no words on its pricing yet.

Reviewed by Techshout

Two big names in the mobile phone industry, Vodafone and LG have now come together to announce the launch of the LG GM750. This handset will run on the Windows Mobile 6.5 and is expected to be loaded with entertaining, easy to comprehend features and services. This device can help people take control of their lives, so claims the company. They can do so with the help of fast internet browsing, which will offer access to work and personal account through e-mails and calendar synchronization.

The amalgamation of LG’s S-Class User Interface and Vodafone’s high-speed mobile broadband network or Wi-Fi will provide users with information on their fingertips. This handset comes with a large 3inch full touchscreen which makes it easy for users to navigate when surfing the internet, writing text messages and checking memos. This device also comes with an integrated GPS navigation function.

“We’re excited to be bringing a new Windows phone with Vodafone high-speed mobile services to our customers through the exclusive LG GM750 Smartphone,” said Patrick Chomet, group global director of Terminals for Vodafone. “This stylish, touch-screen Smartphone will have great appeal to both consumer and business customers, and ensures Vodafone delivers on its promise to constantly bring customers new services and greater choice.”

The intuitive User Interface on Windows Mobile 6.5 can be customized with ease and thus each user can personalize their phone with their own particular styling. One can also customize their homescreen with any information they need ranging from weather reports, latest traffic information to stock prices. Users can also choose the look and feel of their handset by setting personal backgrounds or designer themes. The Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync feature will now ensure that users do not miss a single e-mail. This device is also equipped to take advantage of future Vodafone services.

“A significant group of consumers demand mobile phones with the most advanced features and services to help them do their job and stay in contact with friends and family on one easy-to-use device. They need the technology and services to access e-mail, the Internet and the ability to download widgets, applications and fun tools without complexity,” said Harrison Lee, senior vice president Europe at LG Electronics Mobile. “The combination of Vodafone’s services, Windows Mobile 6.5 platform and our S-Class UI, technology and design expertise, makes the GM750 the mobile package consumers with busy lives have been waiting for.”

The Windows marketplace for mobile will now make sure that the user can download all apps they need along with syncing their photos, music and texts to the PC and creating an automatic back up by using the free my phone service. One can also use Windows Live to check Hotmail or choose to IM friends on their PC or Xbox video game system. Apart from this, the device also comes with a 5 megapixel camerato capture those special moments.

This handset will be initially available in seven countries namely Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the UK and also in France through SFR.

Reviewed by Slashphone

Vodafone and LG today announced the launch of the LG GM750, a new Windows phone based on Windows Mobile 6.5 available Oct. 6. The GM750 comes with a 3-inch full touch screen, built in GPS, WiFi and pre-installed with the company’s S-Class 3D user interface. LG has just announced that it will release 3 new Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones this year, it is not confirmed yet if the GM750 is one of the three upcoming new smartphones.

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While detail specifications is not available at the moment, the GM750 should have a 3-inch display in WVGA (480 x 800) resolution, a 5 megapixel camera, secondary video call camera, bluetooth and supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900 /HSDPA/EDGE network.

The LG GM750 will be available in stores initially in seven countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the UK and also in France through SFR, with further countries following soon after.

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Google Chrome Reviews, One Year Later

Reviews from Switched.com

A year ago this week — on September 1st of 2008, to be exact — Google set the world (or, at least the geek world) abuzz by unveiling its browser project known as Chrome. When the browser first hit the market, there were plenty of questions at the front of everyone’s mind, such as, “How will this affect the Firefox and Google relationship?” or, “Will Chrome become tightly integrated with other Google services?”

It’s now a year later and all the mysteries have not been solved. But we do have answers to some of the more pressing questions. For one, it seems that, while Google and Mozilla’s relationship has become slightly strained since the Big G entered the browser business, they haven’t become enemies. Mozilla still generates most of its revenue through its deal with Google to make it the default search provider in Firefox, and Google still offers Firefox as an option in its Google Pack of software (though its default is now Chrome). Google has also so far steered clear of overtly incorporating other Google services into Chrome, thus saving itself from accusations of anti-competitive practices. Of course, that hasn’t stopped the company from prominently advertising its browser on the Google homepage when you visit it in IE or Firefox.

Thus far, Google has also prevented Chrome from becoming a casualty of its poor follow-through, as have Notebook and Talk. Chrome has seen three major releases in its first year. (By comparison, it took longer for both Microsoft and Mozilla to push one major release out the door.) But with Chrome OS on the horizon, some of Google’s attention may be diverted from Chrome and to its push into the Netbook sphere.

There are, however, major gaps still waiting to be filled. A year later, Linux and Mac users are still playing with a beta version of the browser. Another obvious home for Chrome would be Google’s mobile platform Android, but little is known about such a move.

Chrome is still young, and slowly building a user base, so we’ll just have to wait to see how this one pans out. But one thing is for certain; the browser world is a better place thanks to increased competition from Google.

Reviewed by Zdnet

A year ago I downloaded and installed the first public beta of Google’s Chrome browser and I instantly fell in love with the speed, reliability, ease of use and simplicity of the browser. A year on and I still pretty much feel the same …

In just a day Chrome’s market share had jumped to between 1.5% and 3.0% depending on which yardstick you used, but it quickly declined. Over the past year Chrome hasn’t really caught the attention of the masses. Current market share hovers at between 2.8% and 3.5% (again, depending on the yardstick used) and growth is now slow.

But despite not gatting as much attention as IE, Firefox or Safari, I think that Chrome is a super browser. Sure, it’s a pretty basic browser, and doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that other bowsers have (Firefox especially), but it’s a rock-solid, reliable way of browsing the web. I love the fact that I can have dozens of tabs spread over severa browser windows open and be able to swap between them effortlessly. I can count the number of times I had a tab in Chrome crash on me on the fingers of one hand, and I’ve never (to the best of my knowledge) had the whole browser lock up on me.

Personally, I’m pleased that Google hasn’t rushed to cram everyone’s wish list of features into Chrome. In fact, before Chrome was released I was starting to feel tired of the features arms race that had gripped browser makers and was glad to see a browser that got back to basics and put performance, reliability and security ahead of a features list.

I look forward to the next year of using Chrome.

Reviewed by Lifehacker

One year ago, Google Chrome came out of nowhere to re-ignite the browser debate. Today, it’s reached (development) version 4.0, and it’s anchoring a much-anticipated operating system. Here’s a look back at where Chrome’s been in 12 short months.

Sept. 1-4: The Surprisingly Secret Birth

Not too many marquee tech products, hardware or software, are developed in secret anymore. Still, when Chrome was officially announced on September 1, 2008, with a beta available the next day, it caught most of the tech world completely unawares. Had the Google Blogoscoped blog’s Phillip Lenssen not accidentally received and posted the Chrome team’s explanatory comic, the Chrome developers and Wired’s would-be exclusive would have been the first words on the newest browser around.

Soon after the morning it dropped, we took a first look around Chrome, and found ourselves impressed with its obsessive focus on freeing page space, search capabilities, and, above all, its real-like-you-can-feel-it speed. Readers voted that their favorite feature was the minimal size, memory use, and interface, but, just like Gina, many were pledging allegiance to their Firefox extensions.

We totally understood the need for Firefox users not to feel left behind during Chrome’s big debut, so we detailed how to get Chrome’s best features in Firefox. Those thinking about using Chrome on the regular were reassured that Google wasn’t trying to mine their browsing data (at least any more than normal), and found that, while it took its time starting up and wasn’t quite a JavaScript champ, Chrome was seriously snappy with “warm” boots and CSS rendering.

Sept. 5-18: Let’s get tweaking

Once serious geeks get a brand-new browser in their hands, you’d better believe they’ll make it work exactly the way they want it to. The How-To Geek figured out how to get more OmniBox suggestions with one of the first of many, many command line switches. It didn’t take long for Gina to get on blocking ads in Google Chrome, and she eventually delivered a comprehensive power user’s guide to Google Chrome. We also looked at Greasemetal, an early user script tool for Chrome, and we changed Chrome’s user agent string to sneak past sites that pretended not to like it.

Sept. 15: Unofficial arrival on Mac OS X and Linux

CodeWeavers, makers of the software that makes Microsoft Office actually work on Linux, offers up customized CrossOver Chromium builds for Mac and Linux systems. It’s pretty rough, but it proves how much enthusiasm there is behind this new browser entry.

Sept. 19: The beginning of “Extensions are coming; where are extensions?”

It was music to our customize-happy ears when InformationWeek tugged a promise out of Chrome’s developers that Chrome will have add-ons (original enthusiasm Adam’s), and it turned out more than 28 percent of browser users were ready to switch when extensions arrived. Ever since, every comment thread ever about Google Chrome has included at least one Firefox user noting that they absolutely, positively will not switch without extension support (some very, very slight exaggeration there).

Sept. 22: Chrome as Operating System? Preposterous!

We pointed to a Doc Searls thought piece on how Chrome, Gears, and the Android system “delivers on Netscape’s promise of the browser as operating system, with online-and-off webapps replacing desktop workhorses.”

Oct. 19: Rudimentary Greasemonkey, ahoy!

It was a heck of a thing to get working, but it was the first step in satisfying intrepid JavaScript hackers who thrive on getting the internet to look and feel just right.

Nov. 3-Dec. 10: Bookmarks and baby steps

As Firefox’s director put it, it’s easy to “throw everything away and not worry” when building a new browser from scratch. Such is the case when Chrome introduces a bookmark manager and gets a decent amount of coverage for it … ahem. Meanwhile, builds of Chrome’s open-source root platform, Chromium, can be seen working crudely on Linux desktops, and by Dec. 10, Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine has inched almost neck-and-neck with Firefox 3.5’s re-engineered TraceMonkey engine.

Dec. 11-Jan. 8: Chrome leaves beta, Google pushes the heck out of it

It was more of a marketing move than a huge new release, but Chrome dropping the beta tag did shake things up in the browser field. One day later, Google replaced Firefox with Chrome in the Google Pack software bundle, and two weeks later was telling Internet Explorer users logging into Gmail that Chrome, or Firefox, was twice as fast. Soon after that, Chrome pushed out a 2.0 “pre-beta”, leaving software developers shaking their heads at just what Google considered a “new version.”

Feb. 13: First screenshot of official Chrome on Mac

All it does at this point is open, load with Mac-style visual components, and crash. But, hey, it exists!

Feb. 26: Chrome wins some qualifying races

On occasion of Safari 4 launching in beta for Windows and Mac, we pit it against all the others in our browser speed tests, and Chrome’s the winner in JavaScript and CSS parsing and, with the exception of some Internet Explorer 8 weirdness, page loading.

Mar. 17-22: New beta brings the speed (and extensions?)

Users of Chrome’s beta channel see JavaScript improvements of 25-33 percent, depending on whose test you’re marking against. Under the hood, an actual extension engine can be found (yay!), but it doesn’t really allow you to do anything, and it’s wonky to install (sigh).

On another front, Google scores a nice little PR victory by being the last browser standing in the Pwn2Own hacker challenge, since its individually “sandboxed” browser processes make it hard to hack too deep into the system it’s running on. While they’ve got the muscle pose on, Chrome’s developers also show off some crazy web experiments, rendered entirely with JavaScript and running best, of course, on Chrome:

Mar. 23: User scripts make Chrome “Better”

One more Chrome beta release in March enables user scripts with a command switch, and Greasemonkey enthusiast How-To Geek compiles a whole bunch of Chrome-compatible Gmail scripts into a Better Gmail for Chrome, allowing fans of Better Gmail 2 for Firefox to feel better about a potential switch.

Mar. 30-Apr. 7: That Mac beta? Coming “this fall”

That’s what Google tells Ars Technica, noting they’d be “very unhappy” if it didn’t drop by then. Less than a week later, a rough, unofficial Chromium build drops.

Apr. 24: Welcome to the club

Chrome pushes out an instant security update to all channels to fix a “high-priority security hole,” meaning it’s now officially a second-rate target of ingenious/mischievous 14-year-olds.

May 7-27: Sample extensions, speed, and a portable version

The earliest of early Chrome extensions are all found in the status bar and work mainly as indicators or fancy bookmarklets. Firefox has picked up on the multi-process idea, and Chrome pushes its sped-up 2.0 version to stable release. Less than a week later, a German blogger compiles and releases a portable version for those wanting to try without installing, or bring their Chrome along with them.

June 5: Mac and Linux alphas Google doesn’t want you to download

It’s tongue-in-cheek, but also kind of serious—Google releases alpha builds for Mac and Linux, but notes that almost nothing works in them but the page rendering. That page rendering, and the app’s startup, is pretty darned fast, though, stoking the embers among those willing to try new things.

June 4: Lifehacker voters starting to dig Chrome

It’s a “browser of choice” for 20 percent of them. Our voting results are skewed from the norm of general usage, of course, but keep in mind—these are the people who fix their friends’ and relatives’ computers and eventually force them off IE 6.

July 8: Chrome OS announced

This time, people knew it was happening, but that doesn’t mean anyone knows what a Chrome Operating System will actually look or feel like. We made our requests, got our false hopes up for pretty sketchy (fake) screenshots, but all we know is that Chrome’s content-forward face is more than just a design obsession—it’s how Google plans to make the web your working space.

July 31-Aug. 10: Little, helpful tweaks

Linux gets plug-in support, while Windows gets better Windows 7 support, HTML 5 updates, and Windows 7 jumplist features. Chrome on Windows and Mac gets 30 new easy-install themes.

Aug. 17: Google, Xmarks both want to synchronize your bookmarks

Here’s the first, actually useful Chrome extension to arrive, and it’s a doozy: a Chrome version of Xmarks, the seriously cool instant bookmark synchronizer that now works, in some form, on four major browsers. A few minutes after Adam cracks his knuckles and calls it a night, Google announces that its development version has built-in bookmark synchronizing. Google’s offerings of multiple services with a single login is a powerful lure, of course, but for those not entirely ready to go Google, Xmarks is, for now, the obvious pick.

Last 48 hours

And the news keeps on coming, one year later. Google’s development chatter indicates a desktop notification scheme, Chrome for Windows adds a bookmark button, and the appearance of a single folder causes bloggers to wonder if Chrome OS will have a single, monolithic sign-in.

All that in just one year, and from a browser that’s only officially available on one OS. Happy birthday, Chrome. Here’s hoping you bring some great innovations into the web browser world.

What’s surprised you most about Chrome’s development so far? Where did you expect the browser to be now, and where do you see it going in the year ahead? Pass the cake and leave your take in the comments.

Reviewed by Matt Cutts

Google released the Chrome browser on September 2, 2008. Now that Chrome has been out for about a year and it’s been almost six months since I last looked at Chrome’s market share, let’s take another peek.

For the last 30 days, here are my Google Analytics stats for mattcutts.com:

Browser marketshare for September 2009

For me, 8.97% of my readers run Chrome, up from 7.04% in March 2009.

Some different browser marketshare numbers:

- Net Applications says that Chrome went from 2.59% to 2.84% from July 2009 to August 2009.

- StatCounter gives daily stats. I’m seeing 3.31% on Saturday August 1st to 3.59% on Saturday August 29th.

- Clicky says that in the last 60 days, Chrome has gone from 3.376% to 4.004%:

Browser breakdown for Sept 2009

So after one year, three different sources report market share of 2.84%, 3.59%, and 4.004%. That’s pretty good for 12 months. More importantly, Chrome has pushed all browsers to be faster, more modern, and generally better.

I’m also looking forward to some of the fun things coming in Chrome. Features like bookmark syncing and themes in the latest developer or “dev” release of Chrome are quite nice. If you’re adventurous, you can also try dev versions of Chrome for the Mac and Linux too. And if extensions are your thing, those are coming along as well.

Does anyone know of other sources for browser marketshare? How do the browser stats look for your site(s)?

OfficeTab – Microsoft Office Add-On

Tab feature in web browsers like Firefox and IE 7 has definitely improved our efficiency as windows can be toggled much easier and faster within the same windows via tabs. Have you ever thought to have such a great feature in Microsoft Office as well? Now there is a nifty add-on, named as OfficeTab that is able to add tab feature in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

OfficeTab is a freeware that is able to provide tab feature support for Microsoft Office programs. As compared to current solution that when you open two Word documents, they will appear in two separate instances and you need to click on the taskbar to toggle between them. However, with the new tab feature provided by OfficeTab, documents can be toggled easily via tabs within the same window. Once you have completed OfficeTab installation, OfficeTab Setting Center will be launched automatically and you need to make sure tab feature is enabled for Excel, Word and PowerPoint. There are few options that you can configured the tab setting based on your personal preference like enable shortcut key to switch between tabs, set tab layout to auto size/size to fit/fixed, set the width of the tab, set tab appearance and color, set tab position to above/below/right/left workspace and many more. Once they are completed, now you can open Word or Excel or PowerPoint and you will notice the tab bar will appear for each opened documents.

Windows only: Microsoft Office plug-in OfficeTab adds tabbed document support to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint—one can only wonder why Microsoft doesn’t include this feature by default.

Once you’ve installed OfficeTab, you can head into the settings panel, where you can enable or disable tabbed support in each application, move the tabs to the side or bottom, and change the appearance of the tabs with a number of styles to choose from. You can right-click the tab bar to add a new document tab, and each time you open a document it will be added to a new tab automatically.

OfficeTab is a free download for Windows only, and while it was created by a Chinese programmer, the download itself contains an English version. Readers should note that on our test machine, at least, we got a Visual Studio setup prompt every time we opened an Office application after setting up this plug-in—but your mileage may vary.

OfficeTab（v1.0） is an add-on for Microsoft Office, it includes three components: WordTab、ExcelTab and PowerPointTab, which are used for Word、Excel and PowerPoint respectively. The major function of this add-on is to add a tool bar that similar to IE7’s multiple tabs, it will ease the switch between different files.

Software：OfficeTab_v1.0.zip (Multiple Language)

Size：2,031,387 byte

MD5：9C5C3AE6EE8FD129DB210F1F8596CACB

Download：http://files.cnblogs.com/wangminbai/OfficeTab_v1.0.zip or http://www.box.net/shared/75a1hrzaze

This tiny application works great with my Office 2003 suite and, dramatically improves the efficiency when i need to compare/quote two or more files. As a matter of fact, similar functions have been used in an Chinese Word Process software WPS for quite a long time. I thought it should have became a default setting for Office2007 that we usually find under the ‘Tools – Options’, but sadly it proved that MS never learned from the battle between Firefox and IE6.0.

Will China’s Best Coders Flock to Kai-Fu Lee’s New Incubator?

Kai-Fu Lee has confirmed reports that he’s leaving his post as head of Google China to start something called Innovation Works, a mix between an incubator, a development lab and an angel investing firm. The plan is to hire 100-150 smart young Chinese engineers, help nurture their ideas, then spin off 50-75 of them a year, with seed funding from Innovation Works. He’ll hire up another 50-75 more smart, scrappy kids to fill that gap and keep the cycle going.

Incubators have certainly had mixed records in the U.S. Idealab flamed out in the Internet bust along with some of its once-brightest companies. Even incubators that spawn successes– like Max Levchin’s MRL Ventures that spawned Slide and Yelp or Evan Williams’ Obvious that was an early home to Twitter—frequently dissolve once a hot idea is found. Y Combinator and TechStars have been lauded as launch pads for the Web 2.0 generation, but it’s too early to tell if any truly huge home runs will emerge from them.

But in China, things are different and Lee sees a much greater need for something like Innovation Works. He says the country is at an inflection point in entrepreneurship, thanks to cultural changes encouraging people to be more risk adverse, huge market opportunities in mobile, ecommerce and cloud computing and billions of later stage venture capital in the country.

The trouble is there’s a dearth of angel capital and early stage coaching, Lee says. In other words, smart would-be entrepreneurs need both a push and a helping hand. “In terms of maturity start-ups and companies in China are 15 years or more behind the Valley, but it won’t take that long to catch up,” Lee says. Indeed, Lee says this new company is playing a transitional role in China—one that may not be needed in another ten years.

The $115 million investment funds came from WI Harper Group, YouTube founder Steve Chen, Foxconn Technology Group, Legend Group and New Oriental Education & Technology Group.

Chinese market opportunities are certainly there, and we’ve written before about the $20 billion in capital chasing Chinese high-growth ideas. So the biggest gamble in Lee’s analysis is whether or not that culture of risk taking is indeed changing in China. The question isn’t whether he’ll find 100-150 kids to employ, it’s whether he’ll be able to pull the best ones.

In the past, it was a no-brainer that the smartest kids would go to Google, Microsoft or another big multinational because of the prestige and the comparatively outsized paycheck, Lee said. Indeed, he enjoyed those magnets as a vice president of Microsoft and head of Google China.

With the new venture, Lee doesn’t expect the bulk of people he’s hired in the past would come work for him now, nor does he necessarily want them to. “Employees from the multinationals are good at working on global problems, but they’re not necessarily entrepreneurial or scrappy because they’re not in a Darwinian environment,” Lee said in an interview earlier this weekend. “I’m not going to offer Google salaries. If a smart engineer trusts me, he should come join me. We’ll do an idea and if it fails, we’ll do the next idea.”

Nokia X6 Gets Previewed

Symbian-powered smartphones don’t get much better than this. The Nokia X6 features a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display, 5.0-megapixel camera, 32GB of internal storage, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and A-GPS. Video after the break.

I’ll Give You The World

Make A Wish

Rupert danced with the fairies this morning. I watched them dip and swirl. It was quite romantic really.

He smiled shyly at them from a distance, watching in awe before they invited him to join. He is a good dancer.

There were 4 fairies. Blue, Green, Purple and Yellow. No there were no pink fairies, they prove to be vain quite often, and like to stay in front of their vanities perfecting their hair and flower petals.

They made him cross his heart and kiss his elbow to not tell anyone that he danced with them.

I spied it with my little eye though, so I am okay to know his secret. Noone will suspect a thing.

Im all sleepy and yawny right now, with one eye open. Half sleeping as I call it.

Im also a little sad that I did not remember a sweater. A sweater of someone very dear to me, my someone; I’ve taken a liking to sleeping in it at night.

“I will never love anyone else, as long as I live. As long as I live, I promise you this.”

That song has made me smile in many ways for a few days now. Thanks very much to the friend who shared it.

School starts on Tuesday. I must say I am a bit nervous. Not so much for classes. Just for the fact that I will be feeling distant from everyone completely and totally. Again. I am not there to make friends though , Im there to learn and get out. That’s my plan. With this being my last year. I know I can manage.

Goodness me, my mind is racing again.

I saw a retired truck today. From 1979, it was sitting in a yard, with grass grown and it higher then it’s tires. It made me smile. It is almost like it has found a place to relax, and is just enjoying the view, and letting itself get old and grey.

I want to be like that when I get old. I want to live in a cottage, or a small house by the water, with a big bay window in one room, with a deck. Where I can paint and draw, drink tea and just enjoy the view. Letting myself get old and grey.

But I don’t want to be like, a grey grey. I want to be a purpley grey, very very light and nice. Almost like a lilac color.

Yes.

I will not go grey.

I will go lilac.

And I am okay with that.

Speaker: Windows 7 arrive…êtes-vous prêt? (1 Oct 2009 Geneva)

d’exploitation Windows 7 et comprendre les finesses de ce nouvel OS des spécialistes en la matière, n’hésitez pas de vous inscrire pour cet ‘événement en 1. octobre 2009 (jeudi) à Genève. Je suis invité à faire une presentation technique avec le thème “La Raison d’être pour Windows 7” et j’aimerais de faire votre connaissance!

If you are interested to learn about Windows 7 from your IT Pro peers in the industry, come join us in Geneva on 1 Oct 2009 (Thu) for an half-day event on “Windows 7 – Are You Ready” to experience first-hand on what it means to you at work and at home. I am invited to speak on the topic “Raison d’être pour Windows 7” in English and am looking forward to meet you in person..

Windows 7 arrive...êtes-vous prêt? (Guest Speaker 1 Oct 2009 Digicomp@Geneva) ” From netbooks to notebooks and desktops from the home office to the enterprise, Windows 7 is faster, more secure, reliable and loaded with productivity features that appeal to techies and the not so-savvy users. With productivity enhancements like PowerShell v2.0 and Windows XP mode, Windows 7 is unmistakably the platform of choice to harness new features from Branch Office Cache to DirectAccess in your Windows Server 2008 R2 infrastructure while maintaining your investments to support critical line-of-business applications. This technical session will walk through the highlights of the whys and hows to help get you started in the planning for Windows 7 deployment. ”

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