Looks like there is yet another reason to buy a new large screen TV: Samsung announced last week that they are ready to ship a new line of DLP High Def sets that are, with the help of a PC and some Samsung Software and some special glasses, ready to convert your ho-hum 2D viewing experience to an extra dimension. 3D content in HD sounds like a good fit for sporting events or perhaps even console games. Click here to read more and watch a Video on the new Samsung 3d TV.

PShelf Widget is really cool, if you want to implement a kind of Accordion widget in Eclipse. The Accordion widget is been gaining popularity in the end user community, especially with the AJAX and SOA presence.

Currently for simple implementations it looks quite stable. I had no problems till now. I have no idea when this project nebula is going to get integrated, but i am looking forward to it.

One good thing about this widget is that we can increase or decrease the time delay in the shelf roll-out. It also gives a very smooth transition from shelf to shelf. Can be very easily embedded into a View.

I am just adding a small snippet for the PShelf usage in a View. Hope this helps. Also this widget library it self is very very small, so you can include it very easily.


public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
/* Create a grid layout object so the text and treeviewer
* are layed out the way I want. */
GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
layout.numColumns = 1;
layout.verticalSpacing = 2;
layout.marginWidth = 0;
layout.marginHeight = 2;
parent.setLayout(layout);
text = new Text(parent, SWT.READ_ONLY | SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER);
// layout the text field above the treeviewer
GridData layoutData = new GridData();
layoutData.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
layoutData.horizontalAlignment = GridData.FILL;
text.setLayoutData(layoutData);
PShelf shelf = new PShelf(parent, SWT.BORDER);
PShelfItem shelfGroup1 = new PShelfItem(shelf, SWT.NONE);
shelfGroup1.setText(”Group 1″);
shelfGroup1.getBody().setLayout(new FillLayout());
Table componentTable = new Table(shelfGroup1.getBody(), SWT.NONE);
createTableItem(componentTable, “Item11″);
PShelfItem shelfGroup2 = new PShelfItem(shelf, SWT.NONE);
shelfGroup2.setText(”Group 2″);
shelfGroup2.getBody().setLayout(new FillLayout());
Table containerTable = new Table(shelfGroup2.getBody(), SWT.NONE);
createTableItem(containerTable, “Item21″);
PShelfItem shelfGroup3 = new PShelfItem(shelf, SWT.NONE);
shelfGroup3.setText(”Group 3″);
shelfGroup3.getBody().setLayout(new FillLayout());
Table advancedWidgets = new Table(shelfGroup3.getBody(), SWT.NONE);
createTableItem(advancedWidgets, “Item31″);
GridData shelfLayoutData = new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, true);
shelf.setLayoutData(shelfLayoutData);
}


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Microsoft exec: Future versions of Windows to be “fundamentally redesigned”

Microsoft/Novell agreement may exclude patent protection for Wine, OpenOffice

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First look: the stream-rippin’ RealPlayer 11 beta

Earlier today, Real made the beta of RealPlayer 11 available to the public (which appears to be Windows only for the time being). The new RealPlayer’s biggest advertised feature is the ability to save streaming video to the desktop. The neat thing is that not only RealMedia formats are supported: the player can download Windows Media Video and QuickTime streams as well. RealNetworks says that it will respect streams that make use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes and not allow these to be downloaded.

Internet Radio “Day of Silence” hushes thousands of stations

Today is June 26, and that means that it’s the Internet radio Day of Silence. The Day of Silence was organized by Radio Internet Newsletter publisher Kurt Hanson in order to protest against retroactive royalty rate increases that could end up putting many Internet radio stations out of business. The rates are due to go into effect in less than a month, and with no significant help from Congress as of yet, Internet broadcasters are resorting to silence to demonstrate what will happen if the proposed increases go into effect.

Torrentspy starts filtering copyrighted content

Torrentspy, already on the ropes in its legal battle against copyright owners, is at least trying to look proactive in the fight against piracy. According to CNet, the company has now rolled out a content filtering tool called FileRights. News of the FileRights system comes as Torrentspy faces a controversial court order requiring it to log user activity. The company has repeatedly claimed that it keeps no logs and therefore cannot produce any, but a judge has ruled that the necessary information is already contained in server RAM and so does not require Torrentspy to create any new information; it just needs to record the information already present in the system.

BBC NEWS | Technology | EC threat to BBC over downloads

The BBC has been accused of forcing people to use Microsoft operating systems and has been threatened with a complaint to the European Commission.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Social sites reveal class divide

Fans of MySpace and Facebook are divided by much more than which music they like, suggests a study.

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Gore Galore but a Violent Game Can’t Hold a Gutbucket to the Movies - New York Times

ratings boards in the United States, Britain and other nations effectively killed the game Manhunt 2 last week

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Mashmaker application allow website customisation without programming. Intel is planning to release a closed beta next month of a tool that allows random users to customise the content of a website without any interference from the publisher.

No Download Required: 30+ Apps That Are Killing Microsoft

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The quest for a reason behind Microsoft’s prohibition continues.

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“What do whale-feces researchers, hazmat divers, and employees of Microsoft’s Security Response Center have in common? They all made Popular Science magazine’s 2007 list of the absolute worst jobs in science.”

Digg - uTorrent for Mac is Coming: An Early Review

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Digg - Sync your Firefox extensions and profiles across computers

a simple way to sync Firefox extensions, themes, bookmarks, and saved passwords between computers so that no matter where you’re working, your browser is customized in the exact same way. The solution comes in the form of the Microsoft-owned folder syncing and sharing tool, FolderShare.

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www.newfoundfrequency.com

is a website focusing on live music recordings and exposing Australian musicians to the world offer an instant duplication service to local and touring bands to record their gig live and have it available to sell immediately after the show. So people leaving a concert can buy a copy of the gig they just saw on the way out.

 

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HP buys Neoware, eyes virtualized client computing

HP on July 23 announced plans to acquire thin client specialist Neoware, in a deal valued at $214 million. HP expects the acquisition to boost its thin client Linux software, and help it compete in the emergent market for virtualized client computing.

Neoware is the third-largest thin client vendor, after Wyse and HP. Of the three, it alone is “committed to the Linux operating system,” it said in February of this year, when it last revised its NeoLinux OS.

Ian Murdock, father of Deb-”Ian” talks about packaging and how OSes have changed thanks to it.

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Qantas to offer inflight web access

Qantas says its new Airbus A380 planes will offer passengers
both wireless internet access and laptop power sockets in every
seat, including economy.

iPhone news wipes $US7bn from Apple’s market cap

AT&T - the iPhone’s exclusive carrier - said on Tuesday it
activated 146,000 iPhones on June 29 and 30, a number that
disappointed investors following some analyst forecasts that Apple
would sell 500,000 or more iPhones in its first weekend.

How to hack an iPhone

The iPhone and Apple’s desktop computers may be vulnerable to
hackers due to a flaw in their web browser, according to a security
firm, which said it found a way to hack into the iPhone.

Other topics included:

• Wireless USB
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• The wii fit and wii zapper

 

 

35 of the Best Thunderbird Addons - lifehack.org

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Music royalty collection group SoundExchange has offered an olive branch to small webcasters. They are willing to delay the exorbitant new rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board until 2010 for small webcasters in hopes that they can keep Congress from passing the Internet Radio Equality Act. Larger outfits, like Live365 and Pandora would not be affected and would have to pay the new rates.

Google launches security blog - Security - www.itnews.com.au

In a continuation of its year-old effort to make the Web more secure, Google today launched a new online security blog to keep Internet users informed about security threats.

Aussie’s still being scammed - Security - www.itnews.com.au

Queenslanders are forking out around $500,000 a month to Nigerian email scammers.

Hoax email costs Apple US$4bn in six minutes - Internet - www.itnews.com.au

An email published on a blog knocked US$4 billion off Apple’s stock market valuation on Friday before it was exposed as a hoax.

Mac Rumors: Internal Investigation on Fake Apple Email

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Michigan man arrested for using cafe’s free WiFi from his car

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Digg - NVIDIA 100.14.06 Linux Driver Released

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Microsoft themselves will be strong advocates against software patents.

 

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absence of an expiration date on SUSE vouchers distributed by Microsoft
will make Microsoft subject to terms of the GPL3

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http://www.cgsecurity.org - testdisk - open source disk utilities

http://www.opensourceforensics.org