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Microsoft Office for Mac price increased 17%

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Seems like a lot to me considering that microsoft is now competing with free software like Google Docs and Open Office. On the mobile front MS is competing with just plain apps from several companies. Article

Now for my students – please remember you get a huge discount at your school on MS products like office (among other software). So before you graduate, go to the bookstore and buy your $20 copy of Office because once you leave the price goes up a few hundred dollars:)

Rumor: Motorola X phone said to be a game changer

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The phone many have been waiting for (me since I purchased my galaxy nexus). This is the rumored phone that is said to change everything and set the bar for the next generation of phones.

Here is some of the article: “But then once Motorola either trolled us all or slipped up completely by listing a job opportunity for a director of product management for the X Phone team, we haven’t heard much. Well, until now, thanks to a rumor out of Australian electronics site, SmartHouse. 

According to sources of theirs, who claim to have spoken with Telstra CTO Hugh Bradlow on the matter, the X Phone will be a “game changer.” It’s supposed to be a “real breakthrough” that will put pressure on Samsung and Apple, something no one in the smartphone industry has done in a couple of years.”

The phone is rumored to be announced in May and released in July but usually those rumors are off so I wouldnt hold my breath on those dates..especially if you are waiting for carriers to get it.

Full article

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Tweets, not résumés, to get a job?

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This is an interesting article in usatoday this weekend. Apparently this company is looking for employees with ‘online personalities’ regardless of what they can do. While I think the article is a bit extreme I do see this becoming a trend. Whether we like it or not, an abundance of followers on social media platforms equals credibility. If you’re planning on boosting your social engagement on a platform like Instagram, you can easily buy Instagram followers here. However I just was having a discussion this weekend with a colleague and we were discussing how ‘recommendations’ within social media sites like linkedin were not very valuable as people who did not know either of us had recommended us and added skills to our profile in hopes that we would do the same to theirs. Here is a quote from the article:

“The paper résumé is dead,” says Vala Afshar, chief marketing officer at the tech firm Enterasys Networks that is in the process of hiring a six-figure, senior social media strategist based on tweets. Afshar refuses to even look at résumés. “The Web is your résumé. Social networks are your mass references.”

Beginning Monday, job prospects can begin tweeting for the job, which he hopes to fill by April. “I believe the very best talent isn’t even looking for work,” Afshar says. “They’re mobile and socially connected and too busy changing the world.”

Think of it as a 140-character job interview. Even the folks at Twitter are a bit surprised. “I don’t think we’ve heard of that before actually,” says spokeswoman Alexandra Valasek in an e-mail.”

“It didn’t matter to me what they’re like in an interview setting,” Biebert says. “All that mattered was their online personality.”

What do you think?

Handbrake crashing when scanning DVD?

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Here is the solution to a DVD that will not burn. (Keep in mind I am only providing this information for users who legally own DVDs, not pirates).

1. Insert DVD into MAC and let it play.2. When the actual Movie (not commerials/menu/etc) starts playing, move your cursor to the top of the screen where the menu is (might need to press mouse) and choose Go->Title and look down the list to find the title that is checked. Keep that number fresh in your head.
3. Open up Handbrake and press cancel – Do NOT select a source
4. Select File->Open Source->Select your movie
5. Enter the Title number in the box that pops up
6. Now rip away….

Linkedin: Top 1%, 5%, or 10% – Were you in it?

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Linkedin recently sent out emails this week letting users know if you were in the top 1%, 5%, or 10% of the most viewed profiles for 2012. Its smart as many people are now tweeting or sharing the fact that they were chosen. So how do the numbers break down? Well there are 200 million users so you can do the math:

1% – 2 million
5% – 10 million
10% – 20 million

I was in the top 5%:)

Link to mashable article about it

Javascript slideshow tutorial

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Here is a great tutorial on a simple scrolling slideshow. You can define the time and its very easy to implement. Here is the code from the article:

Javascript:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
 
var dimages=new Array();
var numImages=2;
for (i=0; i<numImages; i++)
{
  dimages[i]=new Image();
  dimages[i].src="images/image"+(i+1)+".jpg";
}
var curImage=-1;

function swapPicture()
{
  if (document.images)
  {
    var nextImage=curImage+1;
    if (nextImage>=numImages)
      nextImage=0;
    if (dimages[nextImage] && dimages[nextImage].complete)
    {
      var target=0;
      if (document.images.myImage)
        target=document.images.myImage;
      if (document.all && document.getElementById("myImage"))
        target=document.getElementById("myImage");

      // make sure target is valid.  It might not be valid
      //   if the page has not finished loading
      if (target)
      {
        target.src=dimages[nextImage].src;
        curImage=nextImage;
      }
 
      setTimeout("swapPicture()", 5000);
 
    }
    else
    {
      setTimeout("swapPicture()", 500);
    }
  }
}
 
setTimeout("swapPicture()", 5000);
 
//-->
</SCRIPT>

Then here is the code to place it:

<IMG WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=250 ID="myImage" NAME="myImage"
  SRC="images/image0.gif"></IMG>