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SPAM: How to Recovery Photos on Mac

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vaskioon
vaskioon writes "Photographs are great sources of memories of the special moments of our lives. We take pictures of a number of special occasions such as birthday celebrations, wedding and anniversary, which we would like to preserve forever and be reminded of those moments whenever we feel like it. These days, more and more individuals utilize digital cameras in order to capture snapshots of the special moments in their lives. However, there may be a number of situations when our videos and pictures get accidentally corrupted or lost."
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Norton Scientific Scam - Tumblr->

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justin.timbaland
justin.timbaland writes "This is a review of Broad and Wade’s Betrayers of the Truth. The author uses a subtitle which is revealing: the loyalist responds to heresy not by seeing that something might be wrong, that there may be some merit to this sort of reassessment, but by defending the ideology. Zinder has managed to misread Broad and Wade in several places. There is sufficient misrepresentation to mean that he read the book very selectively. “The authors continually confound science with scientists. And the book not only fails to enlighten us on science but doesn’t even begin to provide any insight on scientific method.” (p. 94) “Thirty four cases of fraud over a 2,000 year period are documented in the book, a number roughly comparable to the number of lawyers who went to jail for Watergate. Despite this small number, the authors imply that scientific fraud is common."
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Social Networks

Kodak failing but camera phones not to blame->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, camera manufacturer Kodak is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a long struggle to maintain any sort of viable business.

The announcement has prompted some commentators to claim that Kodak’s near-demise has been brought on by:
a failure to innovate, or
a failure to anticipate the shift from analogue to digital cameras, or
a failure to compete with the rise of cameras in mobile phones.

Actually, none of these claims are true. Where Kodak did fail is in not understanding what people take photographs for, and what they do with photos once they have taken them.

Looking at camera data from Flikr, of images uploaded in 2011, camer phones only make up 3% of the total. Dedicated cameras from Canon, Nikon and yes, Kodak were used to take 97% of the images.

What Kodak failed to understand is that people have switched from taking photos for remembering and commemorative reasons to using photos for identity and communication. The shift changes the emphasis away from print to social media platforms and dedicated apps."
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Crime

Massive eBook scam rips off game guide authors->

Submitted by dotarray
dotarray writes "Gamers who have spent countless hours playing, researching and writing guides to their favourite releases are being ripped off by nefarious types looking to make a quick buck.

Over the holiday season, customers looking for game guides on Amazon discovered a number of very cheap guides available for the company’s Kindle eReader. Selling for around US$3 a pop (with some as much as double that), more than 120 guides had been stolen word-for-word from popular site GameFAQs."
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Book Reviews

CISSP Study Guide for on the go learners.

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An anonymous reader writes "After reading a multitude of books in relation to security, it was a relief not having to read chapter after chapter. Instead, I was able to upload Shon Harris’s CISSP Video Mentor to my iPod and listen to them in repetition throughout my day. I enjoyed hearing her lectures everyday finding particular joy in her cryptography sections. Whenever I had downtime, I could watch the labs, which in turn were great for understanding the real world application of terms she was discussion. These videos in addition to CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Fifth Edition also by Shon Harris, have made me feel more at ease for my CISSP test day.
Shon Harris is very knowledgeable and did a great job at making heavy technical information interesting, with a joke here and there to lighten the lecture / lab. CISSP Video Mentor by Shon Harris has exceeded my expectations; it is an asset to security professionals.

Melissa
Sonoran Desert Security User Group (SDSUG)"
Android

The Internet Strikes Back - Anti-SOPA app develope-> 1

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Safarijacksa
Safarijacksa writes "It appears that some enterprising individuals have gathered together and developed an android app (appropriately called BoycottSOPA) that scans the bar code of products and references them against companies that are SOPA supporters. The app even tracks subsidiary companies. If users have instance access to the ethics of their actions could this then restore balance to the force?"
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