Wednesday, April 18, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 4/18/2012





Make Distinctive QR Codes With QR Hacker
QR (Quick-Response) codes are those square blocks of black-and-white dots that are popping up everywhere these days. Most of us tend to be on the receiving end of these codes: Manufacturers and advertisers put them into ads, hoping that we will scan them with a smartphone and launch ourselves into their part of cyberspace via the URL they contain. But what if you wanted to create such a code yourself--and give it a little visual pizzazz? That's where web-app QR Hacker comes into the picture. If you're just looking to create a QR code for fun, QR Hacker is free. If you're creating codes for your own business, it's $59 per year, and if you're creating codes for clients, it's $99 per year.

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Wal-Mart Launches Vudu Disc-to-Digital Store Program: Here's How It Works
Want to turn your bulging library of digital video discs into high-definition video streams that you can access anytime without spending a fortune?

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Free Image Editor MAGIX Photo Designer 7 Gives You Pixel-by-Pixel Control
It's hard to know what to expect from a free image editor. After all, if all was fair, we'd be getting Photoshop minus about $700 worth of features. But many free editors, MAGIX Photo Designer included, have great strengths that serve a niche, and make them invaluable: If they do what you need them to.

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Oracle says Google knowingly 'broke the rules' with Java
Oracle and Google kicked off a high-stakes jury trial in San Francisco on Monday, with Oracle arguing that Google ran roughshod over its intellectual property rights because the search giant was scared of getting left behind in the mobile advertising business.

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Google Drive May Launch Next Week With 5GB of Free Storage
Reports of an imminent Google Drive launch keep piling up, with The Next Web claiming that the online storage service will finally arrive next week.

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Make a Radiant Portrait
No doubt you have heard someone be complimented with the effusive expression, "You are positively radiant!" I love the sentiment, but I've never quite seen it in real life. Who has skin that actually glows? Perhaps I'm being too literal. Nonetheless, regardless what you think of this in real life, you can create a radiant glow in your digital portraits through some clever photo editing trickery. Using a technique similar to the Orton Effect--which works very nicely in still life and landscape photographs--you can add a warm and romantic glow to your portraits. Here's how.

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Privacy groups launch protest against CISPA bill
Several groups Monday launched a week of protests against a controversial proposed cybersecurity bill they claim would eviscerate online privacy rights.

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Quantum releases LTFS appliance that makes tape like NAS
Quantum today announced an LTFS appliance that allows tape drives to act like network-attached storage where data can be accessed as simple, open file formats.

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Facebook to combine profile URL usernames, email handles


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Openwave, Synchronica sell mobile messaging businesses
Two mobile messaging software businesses -- Openwave's Mediation and Messaging units and Synchronica -- were sold on Monday in a sign of consolidation for that industry.

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