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Back Up Your iTunes Collection or Your Whole Computer

     
You can manually back up your iTunes content by dragging a copy of its folder to an external drive or server. Before you do, make sure everything in your library is inside your iTunes Media folder. Open iTunes, go in to the File menu, choose Library and then Organize Library. Select the “Consolidate files” option and click the O.K. button when finished. (Depending on your library, you may also see a Consolidate files option directly on the Library sub-menu.)


Back Up Your iTunes Collection
Use “Consolidate files” command to gather copies of all the files you play through iTunes and put them inside the main iTunes Media folder for transfer to a backup site. Credit The New York Times When you have your external driver or server connected to the computer, open Music folder within your Windows user folder, or the Music folder inside your Mac’s Home folder. Find the iTunes folder within and copy it to your backup destination. Repeat the steps whenever you want to make a fresh copy of the backup.

If you do not want the responsibility of remembering to manually save a copy of the folder, an automated backup system can easily preserve your iTunes library — as well the other files on your computer. Microsoft includes File Recovery software with Windows 10 (or Backup and Restore if the computer is running Windows 7), while Apple’s Mac operating system has come with the Time Machine program for backup since 2007.

For those who want more than the basic built-in backup software, third-party programs like Acronis True Image (for Windows and Mac, as well as Android and iOS) or Carbon Copy Cloner (for Mac) can grab a backup of the entire computer.

Along with software, you need a place to put those backed-up files, typically an external hard drive or network server. Some programs (like Acronis True Image) also back up your files to a cloud-storage server, but you can also just use an online backup service. The Wirecutter site (owned by The Times) recommends CrashPlan, but also has suggestions for external hard drives if you prefer to keep your backup plan on the ground.

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Internet Download Manager v6.15. Added Windows 8 compatibility

     
                                                                   
                                                        
Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download managers and accelerators Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process and reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve best acceleration performance.

Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.

Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support, queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), built-in download accelerator, and many others.


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Version 6.15 adds Windows 8 compatibility, adds IDM download panel for web-players that can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Videos. It also features complete Windows 7 and Vista support, YouTube grabber, redeveloped scheduler, and MMS protocol support. The new version also adds improved integration for IE 10 and IE based browsers, redesigned and enhanced download engine, the unique advanced integration into all latest browsers, improved toolbar, and a wealth of other improvements and new features.

 




Vuze –The Only Way to Download Torrents

     

Formerly the feature-rich Azureus, Vuze takes Azureus' BitTorrent foundation and builds on top of it a network for video discovery and user-created video publishing tied together by social networking.
From XML torrent options to IP filters, firewall tests to UPnP plug-ins to baked-in social networking, Vuze isn't breaking new ground--the original BitTorrent client has gone this path, too--but it is doing it in an innovative and attractive way. When you install the program, you're faced with an interface that will be instantly familiar to iTunes users. In providing a general overview of their torrents and media playback controls, the new layout emphasizes user-initiated searches.
The Advanced tab has been replaced by My Library. The old Azureus is now completely gone, but because of the demands of users, Vuze 4.0 is much closer to the intent of its progenitor than Vuze 3.1 was. A simple, three-step guide that launches when you start Vuze helps you get acclimatized to the new Vuze. There's still work to be done: memory usage is up around 100MB, and although you can set up private trackers, you can't customize the search box. People new to torrenting or only interested in sharing media files might appreciate this visually active approach.


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SamMobile confirmed: Tab 3 7.0” dropped, new tablets upcoming

     
Last week SamMobile posted information about some new upcoming tablets by Samsung.
Today we have some fresh new information for you people. Samsung is going to drop the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 and Samsung may bring the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, but this depends on the sales of Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet. The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is still in the pipelines and will have a LTE version too, the same is for the new upcoming Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and Galaxy Note 8.0.
More tablets news.
Samsung is also busy to bring the Galaxy Tab 3 Plus to the market, according  to the name codes this tablet is the Samsung P8200 which runs on Android! The Galaxy Tab 3 Plus is NOT the next Nexus tablet by Samsung which some websites reported. Samsung’s first Galaxy Note tablet the Galaxy Note 10.1 may even get a follow-up! Samsung still needs to decide this but according to our korean tipper this will have the code name Vienna. Galaxy Note tablets are special because of the S-PEN features by Samsung.
Below a list about what are the next tablets by Samsung….

Code name – KONA
Official name – Galaxy Note 8.0
GT-N5100 – Galaxy Note 8.0
GT-N5110 – Galaxy Note 8.0 Wi-Fi
GT-N5120 – Galaxy Note 8.0 LTE
Code name – SANTOS (DROPPED)
Official name – Galaxy Tab 3 7.0
GT-P3200 – Galaxy Tab 3 7.0
GT-P3210 – Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Wi-Fi
GT-P3220 – Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 LTE
Code name – SANTOS
Official name – Galaxy Tab 3 8.0
GT-***** – Galaxy Tab 3 8.0
GT-***** – Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 Wi-Fi
GT-***** – Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 LTE
Code name – SANTOS
Official name – Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
GT-P5200 – Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
GT-P5210 – Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Wi-Fi
GT-P5220 – Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 LTE
Code name – ROMA
Official name – Galaxy Tab 3 Plus
GT-P8200 – Galaxy Tab 3 Plus
GT-P8210 – Galaxy Tab 3 Plus Wi-Fi
GT-P8220 – Galaxy Tab 3 Plus LTE
Code name – VIENNA
Official name – unknown
GT-***** – unknown
GT-***** – unknown
GT-***** – unknown
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Change Blogger Widgets Styles - Customize Blogger Widgets Stylesheet

     


In this post i`m gonna talk about customization or changing styles of Blogger widgets .

First thing you have to recognize and identify that widget in your template code in order to be able to add the required style .

Go to layout → choose edit for the targeted widget  →  in the navigation bar widget page link will look like this


http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=55897787887887&action=editWidget&sectionId=header&widgetType=HTML&widgetId=HTML7   

from this link gonna extract a lot of useful information that will help us in this tutorial and upcoming tutorials 

the link is divided to the following

blogID=55897787887887  → this is your blog unique id every blogger blog have only one unique id


sectionId=header  → this is the section position id of your widget you may use it if you wanna change the style of the whole section


widgetType=Null → this is the widget type 


widgetId=HTML7 √ → this is the id of your widget that we gonna use to change 


Now go to blogger template → edit HTML → check on expand widget templates box

and search for  </b:template-skin> then add your reqired style just before it for example where ( . ) represents Id

.HTML7{align:center !important;background-color:#999;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline}

this code will allow you to style your widget as follow :
align your widget to center
choose gray background
and blue color for text
and underline text decoration

u may use style for the whole section using section id we talked about as follow

.header {align:center !important;background-color:#999;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;}


Of course you can pick what ever styles you want , note that you should use !important in case that the widget have another inline style

hope that helps good bye for next tutorial

2013 Games Preview: Rayman Legends

     
Rayman is back! After 2011's outstanding side-scrolling platformer, Rayman Origins, Ubisoft Montpellier returns for a direct sequel in Rayman Legends. The Wii U exclusive is one of the most wanted early 2013 games for Nintendo's new platform, and it promises to make use of the new console's unusual tablet-like controller to add an entirely new layer to the game.

What We Know:
Rayman and his pals are wandering through an enchanted forest one day when they come across a tent filled with paintings. No matter that hanging a painting from a flimsy tent wall is next to impossible. This is a video game. Get over it. It turns out that each of the paintings is actually a door into another world, with each piece of artwork offering a sense of what sort of world awaits.
As you've probably figured out from the story synopsis, Rayman Legends is built around a series of platforming levels that are accessible from each of the paintings, with different works of art leading to different kinds of worlds. One early example showed off a medieval setting, though subsequent looks suggest that the finished product will have plenty of variety. You can also expect to meet some new characters, such as Barbara the viking warrior.
The game appears to be largely the same as Rayman Origins in terms of play, with one or more players (yes, co-op returns) running, jumping, and punching their way through a series of platforming challenges in their endless pursuit of Lums and captured Teensies. In addition to the return of four-player co-op as it was in Origins, there's also the option of having a fifth player help out using the Wii U GamePad.
The GamePad-using players takes control of Murfy, using the touchscreen to alter the environment in ways that are meant to help Rayman and his platforming pals. You might, for example, use the touchscreen to cut a rope that is keeping a platform out of reach or you might simply tap on Lums to collect them for the group. Some levels incorporate rhythm-based gameplay, with timed taps on the screen making the path ahead accessible for the platformers.
What We Expect:
Unless something has gone horribly wrong with Michel Ancel and his dev team at Ubisoft Montpellier,Rayman Legends ought to be one of the early must-own Wii U titles. It'll be the second such offering from Ubisoft, after 2012's ZombiU. It's hard to say if Legends will be able to match the critical acclaim that Origins drew, but expect it to be an essential purchase for Rayman fans at the very least.

Windows 8 not saving the PC industry as shipments decline

     

With the holiday shopping season behind us, it's clearer than ever tablets are cutting deeply into traditional PC sales, even after the launch of Windows 8.
According to Gartner, PC sales fell by 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Lenovo and Asus actually managed to grow their PC shipments by 8.2 percent, and 6.4 percent, respectively, but they couldn't make up for sales declines for other PC makers, including a massive 20.9 percent dip in shipments for Dell.
The problem, according to Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa, is that consumers have become less reliant on PCs for casual use. So while families may keep a shared PC at home for work and creative tasks, they're buying new tablets instead of replacing their aging laptops.


“There will be some individuals who retain both, but we believe they will be exception and not the norm,” Kitagawa wrote in a press release. “Therefore, we hypothesize that buyers will not replace secondary PCs in the household, instead allowing them to age out and shifting consumption to a tablet.”
Microsoft's Windows 8 is supposed to stave off the PC's decline by combining a new tablet-friendly interface with a traditional desktop. To take full advantage, some PCs such as Lenovo's Yoga convert into tablet-like forms, and some tablets such as the Acer Iconia W510 come with attachable keyboard and trackpad docks. The idea is that users can have the benefits of a tablet without sacrificing productivity.
But the launch of Windows 8 hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. Despite a launch date of October 26 for Windows 8, the most interesting hybrids and convertibles were in short supply during the holidays, due to supply chain issues.


There are also deeper problems with these devices in general, at least for the first generation of hardware. At the moment, consumers who want a hybrid or convertible with a full version of Windows 8 must either choose an Intel Core-based system or an Intel Atom-based system. The former offers great performance, but weak battery life compared to the iPad or Android tablets. The latter offers tablet-like battery life, but performance can seem lacking at times, even compared to other tablets. It's hard to recommend first-generation Windows 8 devices when Intel is promising much better performance and battery life in its upcoming Bay Trail and Haswell processors.
Consumers can also choose a Windows RT device, such as Asus' Vivo Tab RT , but then they can't install desktop software on it. Right now, app installs are limited to the nascent Windows Store, which doesn't have nearly the selection of either iOS's or Android's respective app stores.
The good news is that all of those problems can be improved upon with time, and it's not like Microsoft is going to give up anytime soon. (The company says Windows 8 license sales are following a similar trajectory to Windows 7.) Hopefully better hardware, more apps and maybe even a more refined version of Windows will make for a better crop of PCs later this year.

'Free laptops for children' project has yet to prove it is worth the cost

     
IMA // Peru's distribution of more than 800,000 low-cost laptop computers to children easily ranks as one of the world's most ambitious efforts to use digital technology to fight poverty.
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Yet five years into the programme, there are serious doubts about whether the largest single deployment in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative was worth the amount, more than US$200 million (Dh73.4m), that Peru's government spent on it.
Ill-prepared rural teachers were often unable to fathom, much less teach with the machines, software bugs didn't get fixed and most had no way to connect to the internet.
Many pupils could not take the computers home as the initiative intended and some schools even lacked electricity.
"In essence, what we did was deliver the computers without preparing the teachers," said Sandro Marcone, the Peruvian education official who now runs the project.
The volume of low-cost computers delivered globally remains modest. Intel Corp says it has shipped more than 7 million, about one in three of them in Argentina. Venezuela has had 1.6 million handed out, licensed from a Portuguese company.
Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of MIT Media Lab, inspired the OLPC initiative. He pioneered the idea that computers could be potent tools for lifting children in the developing world out of poverty. It was unable to achieve the US$100 laptop price tag he desired, but still won adherents.
More than 2.5 million US$200 XO laptops have been distributed by OLPC in 46 countries since 2007.
The rugged, energy-efficient computers, are in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mongolia and Haiti - and even in the United States and Australia.
Uruguay, a small South American nation of 3.5 million people, is the only country that has given every schoolchild and teacher an XO laptop. No country, however, has bought nearly as many as Peru.
"It's a really great idea," said Jeff Patzer, a software engineer with a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, who, in 2010, visited schools in Peru's rustic Cordillera Blanca highlands introducing and maintaining the laptops. "It just seems like there was some stuff that wasn't thought through quite enough," he added.
Inter-American Development Bank researchers were less polite.
"There is little solid evidence regarding the effectiveness of this programme," they said in a study of 319 schools in Peru.
"The magical thinking that mere technology is enough to spur change, to improve learning, is what this study categorically disproves," said co-author Eugenio Severin, from Chile.
The study found no increased maths or language skills, no improvement in classroom instruction, no boost in time spent on homework and no improvement in reading habits. On the positive side, the access to computers accelerated by about six months students' abstract reasoning, verbal fluency and speed in processing information, the report said.
A study in Ethiopian schools by Dutch researchers, published last year in the journal Computers and Education, also found the laptops improved abstract reasoning and introduced an "information-rich novelty" into an environment starved of learning material.
The Education Ministry official who ran Peru's programme until last year, Oscar Becerra, calls the abstract reasoning findings "spectacular" and disputes claims that the programme has been a failure.
"We knew from the start that it wouldn't be possible to improve the teachers," he said, citing a 2007 census of 180,000 Peruvian teachers that showed more than nine out of 10 lacked basic maths skills, while three in five could not read above sixth-grade level.
In Mr Patzer's experience "most of them barely knew how to interact with the computers at all".
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Oracle rushes patch to quash critical Java bugs

     
Computerworld - Oracle on Sunday issued an emergency Java update to patch two critical vulnerabilities, including one that had been exploited in ongoing and accelerating attacks.

Also yesterday, a researcher noted for uncovering scores of Java bugs maintained that Oracle should have fixed that flaw last year.

The "out-of-band" update patched a pair of vulnerabilities -- identified as CVE-2013-0422 and CVE-2012-3174 -- with Java 7 Update 11.

The decision to release an emergency security update outside Oracle's normal schedule -- the first time the company has done so since August 2012 -- was triggered by confirmation last week that several notorious cybercrime kits were exploiting a "zero-day," or unpatched vulnerability in Java.

Pressure increased on Oracle Thursday when the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), urged users to disable Java in their Web browsers.

Some browser makers didn't wait but took matters into their own hands. On Friday, Mozilla added Java 7 to its "Click to Play" blacklist, meaning that users had to explicitly agree to run the Java plug-in inside Firefox. Mozilla debuted Click to Play in Firefox 17, which launched in last November.

Oracle was clear to customers that they needed to update Java 7 immediately.

"Due to the severity of these vulnerabilities, the public disclosure of technical details and the reported exploitation of CVE-2013-0422 'in the wild,' Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply the updates provided by this Security Alert as soon as possible," the company's alert read.

In a Sunday blog post, Eric Maurice, the director of Oracle's software security assurance group, acknowledged that crimeware kits were leveraging one or more of the bugs. "Some exploits are available in hacking tools," Maurice said.

Some confusion still surrounded the Java bugs, however.

While Oracle and others -- including US-CERT and antivirus company Symantec -- have said the vulnerabilities affected only Java 7, others have rebutted that claim. Immunity Inc.'s analysis (download PDF), for example, concluded that at least one of the bugs leveraged in current exploits -- by all accounts, the attack code relied on two vulnerabilities -- was also present in some versions of Java 6, the edition set for retirement next month.

And Adam Gowdiak, founder and CEO of Polish security firm Security Explorations, who has dug up numerous Java vulnerabilities and reported them to Oracle, said on Sunday that he stood by his earlier accusation that Oracle had been sloppy with its patching.

According to Gowdiak, CVE-2013-0422 should have been patched last fall, after he told Oracle of a bug in the same section of code. Oracle released a security update in October that patched the vulnerability Gowdiak reported.

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