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Hi. I’m a guy from The Onion’s AV Club forums, here to talk to you about a horrible, unseen evil right here in America: a lack of socially acceptable Internet devices for hipsters in cafes across the country. Today with the economy slow to recover and many know-it-alls in their 20s too bearded, “eclectic,” or adorned in stupid glasses and leggings to be employable we’re facing a shortage of epidemic proportions. But it’s not hopeless. Not as long as there are people like you, and the ViewSonic gTablet.

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Warranty: 1 Year ViewSonic

Condition: New

Features:

• The ViewSonic gTablet has a crisp and vibrant 10.1” capacitive touch screen display with plenty of real estate for even the most demanding tablet users
• Great for multitasking, viewing multiple apps, and browsing web pages in their entirety, including the ability to play Flash videos
• With is 1080p playback resolution, sharing entertainment and photos on this gorgeous display is truly a delight
• Extensive format support includes H.264, WMV, WMA, MP3, DivX and more
• Easy to take anywhere with its super slim and sleek design and smooth beveled edges. Weighing in at 1.5 pounds and just 0.5” thick, just grab it and go
• Newly revised OS gives you the ability to switch between TapnTap menu environment and Droid graphic environment with a single screen touch and results in improved system stability and speed
• Engineered with you in mind, the navigation is practically instinctive. You find the buttons exactly where you would have placed them, which will have you toggling, searching, going back and moving forward all at lightning speed
• On-display buttons include Search, Home, Menu and back. Volume rocker is located on top
• You get an awesome performance from practically any source with this tablet: play music files, watch movies, or upload images from your camcorder and share entertainment with your friends on the go
• Switch between apps and tasks instantly: while checking email, download apps while updating your calendar, jump from reading your eBooks to keeping up with your favorite blogs
• Open multiple apps with the flick of a finger. It is so intuitive, you’ll be able to pinch, scroll, rotate or zoom to your heart's content
• Expandable memory up to 32GB via microSD
• Offers 3.5 mm headphone jack, USB port, and mini USB port
• Direct access to the Apps Store to download thousands of leading Android apps
• Features Google’s Android 2.2 OS with new features and benefits such as faster web browsing, simple app launching and updating, and a completely more intuitive experience
• Improvement in JavaScript loading, better overall performance of Android OS, USB and Wi-Fi Internet Tethering, Microsoft Exchange integration, compass support for Google Maps, improved Google Voice Search that recognizes long and complicated speech
• Now you can contact anyone just the way they like. Use email, video chatting, tweet them on Twitter or update your status on Facebook
• Wi-Fi b/g/n support, video conferencing via 1.3MP camera, and Bluetooth support with 8-10 hours of battery life
• Experience the power of NVIDIA’s latest processor. Designed for mobile applications, you will experience super fast gaming, crystal clear 1080p HD video, blazingly fast web access and surreal HD video chatting
• 1 GHz Dual ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 512MB DDR2 memory, 2D/3D Graphics processing, HD Video encode and decode, Ultra-low power GeForce GPU, 1080p video playback processor, OpenGL ES 2.0, and 32-bit LP-DDR2, DDR2
• Applications and games come alive in your hand with the G sensor. Your gaming imagination never has been this real or this wild. An ambient light sensor also automatically reduces brightness in dim lit settings to conserve power. It follows your every move; it feels what you feel
• The gTablet app is preloaded, which gives you instant access to manuals, user guides, the latest update information, file download resources, support hotline number, source code information for developers, and more
• Quick Start Guide (click here)
• Users Guide (click here)
• How to Use Android (click here)

Additional Photos:

• Power Button, USB Port, Speakers, Headphone Jack, and Power Port
• Speakers and On-Display Controls
• Volume Rocker
• Microphone and Proprietary Port
• Back Profile
• 1080p Resolution Video Playback
• Best use for this and all other PCs
• Package Contents
• Packaging

Specifications
CAMERA:	1.3-megapixel camera
BATTERY:	3650mAh Li-ion polymer battery
OPERATING TEMP.:	32°F to 113°F
STORAGE TEMP.:	-4°F to 113°F
DIMENSIONS:	6.8” (H) x 10.5” (W)
WEIGHT (with battery):	1.55 lbs.
MEMORY:	16GB internal memory
INPUT/OUTPUT:	USB 2.0 (Slave) Mini USB 2.0 (Host) 3.5mm stereo headphone MicroSD DC Input (Power)
OPERATING SYSTEM:	Google Android 2.2 (Froyo)
CPU:	1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2-Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU with 512MB DRR
VIDEO:	NVIDIA Tegra 2, OpenGL ES 2.0, 32-bit LP-DDR2, DDR2
DISPLAY:	10.1” TFT-LCD with LED driver system
NETWORK:	Wi-Fi : 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
RESOLUTIONS:	1024x600 resolution
AUDIO OUTPUT:	Built-in 2 x 1-watt stereo speakers 3.5mm stereo headphone
POWER:	7.4 Voltage Power Adapter
SUPPORTED MEDIA FORMATS:	S1080p H.264/H.263/ VC-1/MPEG-2/4/WMV9/DivX 4/5 Video Decode 1080p H.264/MPEG-4 Video Encode Supports multi-standard audio formats, including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3

Included Software

Adobe Flash Player Kindle Pandora Radio G-market Angry Birds Color Note

In the box:

• ViewSonic gTablet 10.1” PC Android 2.2 (UPS300-2.2)
• USB Cable
• Power Adapter
• Cleaning Cloth
• ESD Cover
• User Guide
• Quick Start Guide

 

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Product Category: Portable Disk Drive

Manufacturer: Verbatim

Where to Buy: Amazon [Affiliate]

Price: $75.24 USD

System Requirements: USB 3.0 port

Specifications: Available in 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB capacities. Size 121mm x 80mm x 15mm. Weight: 115g. Supplied cable: 62cm.

Pros:

• Small and light.
• Good value.
• Great warranty (seven years)

Cons:

• Not close to "transfer speed up to 10x faster than USB 2.0"
• Supplied cable is rather short.

Summary: At last, USB 3.0 devices are becoming widely available and at prices close to 2.0 disks. With transfer rates theoretically 10X as fast as USB 2.0, should you consider a USB 3.0 disk for backups and data transfer? Yes, but don't get your hopes too high. Your backups won't be going 10 times faster.

Do You Need a USB 3.0 Portable Drive?

Removable disk storage is all about convenience—both speed and ease of use. Whether you are moving large media files from one system to another or making image backups or archiving your music and video collection, speed and ease-of-use are paramount. This is not a fun chore! Many choices of portable disks with USB and/or Firewire interfaces have been available for a long time. But Firewire needs a power supply, and some of the USB 2.0 disks need a second USB connection or an external power supply to get enough juice. Usually that isn’t a problem but it just makes the backup or copying that much more inconvenient.

Now comes the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface specification, which was completed in 2008. With a maximum transfer rate of 5GB/s, or over 10 times the USB 2.0 rate 480 MB/s, and full duplex (can transfer data in both directions at the same time), it is what a lot of computer users have been waiting for. But it has taken a while for products to come to market, with the first ones showing up around January 2010. Motherboard makers have also been slow to put USB 3.0 chipsets in their products, but now the ports are becoming common on new laptops and desktops.

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is “plug-compatible” with 2.0, meaning you can plug a 2.0 device into a 3.0 port and vice versa. But there are actually 5 more pins in a 3.0 plug that only come in contact with a 3.0 jack, and so you need a 3.0 cable for the high speed. Just like plugging a USB 2.0 device into a 1.1 port, you’ll get a message telling you the device would run faster on a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 device when you plug it into a 2.0 port.

Other than a blue plastic tab in the end of plug instead of the usual white, and a thicker cable, they look the same (Figure 1). Yes, you still have a 50/50 chance of orienting the plug the right way. I seem to have a knack for trying the wrong way 85% of the time; I'd like to know who has my other 35%.

Figure 1. USB 3.0 connectors (left 2) and USB 2.0 (right two). See also this diagram.

So do you need USB 3.0 disk drive? Of course you do!

First Look

This disk drive is packaged in an appropriately sized retail box that is easily opened to reveal a corrugated cardboard insert (Figure 2). Thankfully, there is no excessive hard plastic or foam, just cardboard configured in a way to support the drive away from the exterior. The drive, a short cable, and a small instruction booklet are securely placed inside.

Figure 2: Modest, eco-friendly packaging is easy to open.

It is a good-looking, compact, shiny black device (Figure 3). It feels fairly solid for plastic. In just a few minutes, it is covered with my finger prints, but I’m resigned to frequently wiping off my many glossy black devices and have micro-fiber clothes everywhere, so that doesn't bother me much.

Figure 3: The Verbatim Store 'n' Go SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is only about 50% larger than a smart phone, so it is easy to take your media files or backups wherever you go. [Photo courtesy of Verbatim]

The drive-end if the cable is a Type-B USB 3.0 connector - that's the second one from the left in Figure 1. It is a bit difficult to insert. I plugged the other end it into my laptop’s 2.0 port to take a quick look; it came right on and Windows 7 did not need to find a driver, or found one on it's own without bothering me. There is a single blue LED that is on steadily when there is power, and blinks when the drive is accessed. It is behind the semi-transparent end of the case which makes the light very diffuse, making me think I forgot to put my glasses on. It is on the end with the cable, which make sense when it is being used with a laptop, but when plugged into the back of a desktop with the very short cable, the disk cannot be positioned in a way that the activity light is visible. On top would have been better.

The supplied software is on the disk rather than a CD. You better make a backup of those before using the disk - I don't see the software available for download from Verbatim. Files include a PDF user’s guide, Nero “BackItUp & Burn Essentials”, a "Norton Online Backup" installer, and some kind of “Formatter” utility. It is formatted FAT32, I guess so Mac’s can read it, but you may wish to reformat it as NTFS when you copy the software off it. More about the software later.

Side Note on Add-In Adapters

Many new computers have USB 3.0 built in; soon all will. Until then, a number of inexpensive add-in PCI Express adapters are available. For laptops, there is at least one ExpressCard adapter at about $35; to me, that would be more awkward and expensive than the value. But for a desktop or tower system a PCI Express card is reasonable.

I obtained a StarTech PEXUSB3S2, about $30, then saw a Syba SD-PEX20047 on MeritLine for $15, so I have two to compare. They are about the same, except the StarTech included a half-height bracket, which would be important if your computer took only half-height cards. I was surprised both had an internal L4 molex power connector. The StarTech instructions said to simply connect this to your computer's internal power supply, but mine has none. The Syba instructions said this is optional for devices needing more power (and implied a Y-connect was supplied; it was not). On starting, Windows 7 did not find a driver for the Syba card, but one was easily installed from the provided mini-CD . . . after (reluctantly) reading the printed instructions to find it. I tried the benchmark programs described below on both adapters, and did not find any differences, so only the results for the Syba card are shown.

If you go this route, buy an extension cable so you don't drive yourself nuts reaching around to the back of computer to find the ports. I saw a 3ft "Type A male/female" one for $2 online ($6 shipping). Get a blue one so you can keep it separate from your USB 2.0 cables.

Speed Tests -- Let the Race Begin!

Benchmark Methods

To get a good idea of the relative performance of USB 3.0 vs. 2.0, and of the Verbatim disk, I used two disk benchmark programs, devised some file copy tests and did several disk image backups. A summary of these methods is:

• ATTO Disk BenchMark. The default options were used (particularly Direct I/O).
• CrystalDiskMark (version 3.0.1). Reports sequential and random reads and writes, and takes a long time to run, so it must be good (:-)). The default settings of 5 runs for each test and a test size of 1000MB were used.
• Small File Copy: to test copying many small files, a subset of photos was copied to and from the target disk with the ROBOCOPY command. The data consisted of 6,341 files in 218 folders for a total of 6.42 GB. This replicates a common task I do often to mirror media files between systems and make backups to store elsewhere. To test reading and writing at the same time, which is something USB 3.0 can do but 2.0 cannot, the same files were written to a second location on the target disk while a second process was launched to read the first copy from the target disk to a different drive on the test computer. I’m not sure how often you will do something like this in real life, but since USB 3.0 is full duplex I thought it would be an interesting test. These tests were repeated 3 times and the average times calculated, then converted to MB/s. The system’s file cache of 2GB is much less than the amount of data copied, and copying was to and from a different location than the previous run, so caching effects should have been minimal.
• Large File Copy: here two HD recordings, one 3.90GB and one 7.94 GB were copied to and from the target disk. This is also something real-world and a common thing to do, such as when my little brother was on CNN recently and I wanted to cut the segment out of the 2 hour WTV recording made on my media center (hey, I have to brag about it . . . plus I really do wish I had had a USB 3.0 device when I moved the file!)
• Image backup: Macrium Reflect Free Edition was used to make a backup image of the test computer’s C: drive. This is something I do often. On this test system the C: drive is pretty large because there are other things besides the OS, and the resulting image file was about 63GB.

All reported tests were done on a modest Dell Inspiron 518 with a Pentium E2220 with 2 cores at 2.4GHz and 3GB of memory running Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit). The ATTO and CrystalDiskMark were also run on the Verbatim disk drive connected to a high-end workstation, to see if the small memory, low-end CPU, and 32-bit-ness of the test system made any difference; no difference was seen.

Comparison Devices

Here at the Thoughts Media Product Testing Center Annex #42, we don’t have many USB 3.0 devices to compare with the Verbatim drive. I like to use old internal SATA disks in a docking station for backups, and one day Meritline had a special on a MyGica USB 3.0 SATA docking station for $20 which was too good to pass up. I put a Western Digital 10,000RPM 80 GB SATA drive in that to use for testing. Besides that, I borrowed a Super-Talent USB 3.0 Express DUO 16GB flash drive (about $30), and also compared some USB 2.0 devices, in particular a trusty old Pocketec DataStor SATA USB 2.0 180GB disk that at one time was one of the fastest portable disks available.

So these comparison don’t tell us how the Verbatim disk drive fairs against direct competitors, but they are still informative in helping you decide if a USB 3.0 portable disk drive is worth investing in, and, in general, what to expect with USB 3.0.

Results

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Figure 4 shows the results from the ATTO Disk Benchmarks, where I wanted to see if there was any difference between the two PCIx cards and between FAT32 and NTFS formatting. There was no performance difference between the StarTech and Syba card, so in further tests the Syba was always used. I then formatted the Verbatim disk as an NTFS file system (unchecking the “Quick Format” option); this took a long time, but that’s not surprising for 500GB.

Figure 4. ATTO Disk Benchmark Results comparing FAT32 vs. NTFS formats, and some USB 2.0 devices.

There were some interesting things from this first round of benchmarks:

• The Verbatim disk drive did better when connected to a USB 2.0 port when formatted as FAT32 than NTFS, so maybe you should leave it formatted as FAT32 if you will use it with 2.0 ports often.
• USB 3.0 sure doesn't look like it is going to 10x faster than 2.0.
• The MyGica SATA dock really took a hit when connected to a 2.0 port; the Verbatim faired better in that it ran the same as the dock whereas it wasn't as fast on the 3.0 port.
• A USB 3.0 flash drive, like that Super-Talent, can be very slow to write to.

So there are some puzzling things there. Let's move on.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmarks

This program does 4 kinds of tests:

• Seq : Sequential Read/Write Test (Block Size = 1024KB)
• 512K : Random Read/Write Test (Block Size = 512KB)
• 4K : Random Read/Write Test (Block Size = 4KB)
• 4K QD32 : Random Read/Write Test (Block Size = 4KB, Queue Depth = 32)

I, frankly, don't quite understand the implications of the 3 different random tests, which are labeled R1, R2, and R3 in the chart in Figure 5, but the numbers sure came out differently.

Figure 5. CrystalDiskMark results for the test devices.

Now things are getting interesting.

The SATA dock does much better than the Verbatim disk for all the tests, but both are "off the chart" for most of the random tests. Why the R1 write was OK I don't know, but I checked the results and re-ran the tests. Because the Super-Talent 3.0 flash drive behaved so much differently in the ATTO benchmark, I added a Verbatim 16GB flash drive to the mix. Note how slow the R2 Write and R3 Write test were for both flash drives.

I'm still not seeing anything close to 10X USB 2.0 but, enough benchmarks, let's move on to some real-world tests.

Small File Copy Tests

In this test, the files were first copied to the target disk to have a set for the read test, then copied again to a different directory. The first set was then read back to a different disk on the test computer. So there would be some effect from the OS file cache as well as hardware cache, but each run was repeated 3 times and done exactly the same way for each device. The numbers were close across each run. This took hours and hours, by the way. Let's take a look at Figure 6. The "S-Write" and "S-Read" columns are where two process were started at the same time, one writing to the device and one reading from it (both to and from different directories).

Figure 6. Small File Copy results for writing and reading 6,000 photos, and doing the write and read at the same times (S-Write and S-Read).

Now the Verbatim disk is looking better against the SATA dock, and it is even a little faster when reading. But it falls short in the simultaneous read and write, where the read speed falls to nearly half the speed of the SATA dock. I suspect this is due to the nature of the disk hardware. The SATA dock had a relatively large and heavy 2.5" disk drive with an external power supply and running at 10,000 rpm. It probably has much better seek times and internal transfer rates that the low power and light-weight drive inside the Verbatim.

Some more interesting things:

• Write is 10 times slower to the Super-Talent than reading, but "only" 5 times slower with the Verbatim 2.0 flash drive. Reading during the slow writing doesn't seem to make the writing much worse.
• The Verbatim disk, when plugged into a 2.0 port, does as well as the Pocketec Datastor, so if some of your computers still have 2.0 ports, you won't be penalized for using this 3.0 disk.
• The full-duplex ability of the USB 3.0 connection seems only useful if the disk hardware can keep up.

But it still doesn't look like USB 3.0 is going to be 10 times as fast as 2.0. Maybe twice as fast for reading, on a good day. But a couple more tests are in order, even though I promised the review would be done last week.

Large File Copy and Image Backup

The results from copying the two large HDTV files (3.9GB and 7.94GB) and the Macrium image backup are combined in the chart in Figure 7. The file copies were done in a way similar to the small file copy, repeated 3 times, etc., but the image backup was done only once per device because it was time consuming.

Figure 7. Large file (1=3.9GB, 2=7.94GB) and Image Backup results.

Here the MyGica SATA Dock edges out the Verbatim disk drive a little bit, but now we really see some fast speeds, with the reads of the 3.9GB file exceeding 120MB/s. I didn't believe the "Read 1" numbers so I repeated the tests the next day and in a different order and the times came out identical, and I don't know why the Pocketec on the 2.0 port did better in "Read 1" than the Verbatim on the same port when their write speeds were identical.

Still nothing close to the advertised transfer rate of 480MB/s, but "transfer rate" doesn't necessarily mean "how fast it will actually backup or copy data".

What we can say is the Verbatim SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Store'n'Go disk keeps up with a much larger, bulkier, and uglier SATA disk in a dock and, on average, is going to move your data about twice as fast as a USB 2.0 disk drive.

Included Software

Lastly, let's take a quick look at the software included on the disk. These things are usually worth what you paid for them, but I suppose they do help sell the product in a retail setting.

Verbatim Hard Drive Formatter

I'm not sure what this is for. After installation the installer could not launch the program ("requires elevated privileges") but it did run by launching the desktop icon. Then it said a newer version of Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer was required. What? Groan. Well, OK.

The program finds your Verbatim disk and gives you the choice of NTFS for FAT32, then it does a quick format. I'm not sure what use this is, other than it is slightly easier to use than the Windows 7 formatting utility.

Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials

I installed the Nero software next (again, you'd be out of luck if you ran the formatter from the disk first!) The installer says it requires a reboot...grr! On restart, several more things were installed, plus...what a surprise...a free browser toolbar! How delightful! The program actually looks pretty good (Figure 8) and has functions to backup files and drives manually or automatically, synchronize files, and create an image recovery disk. It also offers encryption options, which is a very good thing for portable media.

Figure 8. Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials is fairly easy to use and comprehensive, and you even have the opportunity to pay for an upgrade to a better version.

I ran the drive backup on the test computer's C: drive, which is a similar task to the Macrium image backup benchmarked above. Macrium took about 22 minutes and made a 63GB file. The Nero tool took an incredible 2 hours and 39 minutes and made 41 files taking up 70.5GB. Unlike Macrium image files, you cannot restore individual files from the drive backup. It does support encryption while the Macrium Free Edition does not, but you can use BitLocker to secure removable disk drives if your version of Windows 7 includes that feature. Due to the glacial speed if the image backup, I was not inspired to look at other features in Nero BackItUp Essentials at this time.

Norton Online Backup

The disk drive includes a free trial of Norton Online Backup, one of many backup services that store your data for you. If you feel you really should have a copy of your irreplaceable media such as family photos and videos stored outside your house - and you should - an online service is an attractive option. However, most home Internet connections have rather slow upload speeds, and some have limits on total uploads and downloads.

The basic Norton Online service is $50 for "1 year protection for up to 5 PCs", and a limit of 25GB. That might be enough for most households' pictures and documents, but adding music and home videos would easily exceed that. Additional storage has been reported at an additional $50 for 10GB and $240 for 100GB. Dropbox is similar at $20/month for 100GB. For that kind of money you could have 3 or 4 Verbatim 500GB disk drives . . . but you'll still have to remember to routinely take one to a remote location for safe keeping.

The free 60-day trial includes 5GB of space. Launching the provided "Norton Online Backup.exe" simply sends you to their download page where you can download the real installer (5MB). The application is all browser based. I accepted the defaults (various file types in my C:UsersChris folder) and added my large C:mediapicturesphotos directory. It was quick to calculate the total number of files (7239) and size (6.07GB) and tell me it was too large. I removed the photos directory and it recalculated 1227 files and 51.26MB. I then selected "Manual (Use Back Up Now only") under the "When" tab. Once I found the Back Up Now button, it took about 4 minutes. The common usage would be to schedule that for night time. You can schedule an approximate time and it picks the exact time, so now I have one scheduled for daily at 3am. It would be interesting to see if I'm not logged on, or if the computer is asleep, whether the backup runs or not. Regardless, this kind of "trial ware" is not much of a reason to buy the Verbatim disk; anyone can download the Norton Online Backup 60-day trial.

Conclusion

If you need a small, light portable disk drive for backups or moving files, a Verbatim Store'N'Go SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is a good choice, even if you don't have USB 3.0 ports in any of your computers now. With an amazing 7 year warranty, you would have this disk for a long time and would no doubt have USB 3.0 in the near future. But don't expect 10 times the speed of a USB 2.0 disk drive; count on about twice as fast. Maybe the "10" in "10x" on the package is binary! The USB 3.0 protocol will be with us for a long time, and backup speeds will pick up as disk drives, memory, bus speeds, and processor speeds all get faster.

Chris Sacksteder is a systems developer living in central Pennsylvania. Hobbies include keeping automatic commercial skipping working on Windows 7 Media Center and doing backups, lots of backups, of the numerous computers in the house.

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Adobe has rolled out the Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 update, which provides significant upgrades to their entire Creative Suite line of products. The new version is available now and can be purchased starting at $1299 (Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard). 5.5 includes updates for InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro and Flash Professional, and also includes digital publishing opportunities for mobile device platforms such as the Android, Blackberry and iOS mobile devices. The major release here is the aforementioned Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) which includes full Creative Suite program and application integration with iOS, Android and RIM Blackberry (Playbook) devices.

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Epic Digital Media is recruiting Flash animators on many short-term and long-term contract projects. Must be detail-oriented, and follow instructions well.



If you're interested, please submit a link to a portfolio and a resume. If you show competence in Flash, but not enough examples are available in your portfolio, we may ask you to perform a short 30 minute demo.



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Epic Digital Media is recruiting Flash animators on many short-term and long-term contract projects. Must be detail-oriented, and follow instructions well.



If you're interested, please submit a link to a portfolio and a resume. If you show competence in Flash, but not enough examples are available in your portfolio, we may ask you to perform a short 30 minute demo.



This is a remote position, using FTP, email and Skype. Please let us know what OS you use (Mac or PC), and what version of Adobe-- for compatibility reasons. This is an animation and design job only-- no code experience necessary.

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A well-respected software technology company based in San Diego is looking to add a Web Designer to its team. Candidates must possess a creative design eye, as well as back-end programming skills. The successful candidate will work closely with Development and QA as well as the Product team, potentially on multiple project efforts.

Requirements:
- 4 + years of experience with web development and web design in formal software development environments
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- An eye for good UI design, strong visual aesthetics, site usability and browser compatibility
- Good verbal and written communication skills
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If you're interested, please submit a link to a portfolio and a resume. If you show competence in Flash, but not enough examples are available in your portfolio, we may ask you to perform a short 30 minute demo.



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Section: Mac Software, Miscellaneous / Other

Macintosh product updates and announcements for May 4, 2011:

Software

• app4mac has announced Imagerie 1.2, a major new version of their image editor built for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Featuring a modern and intuitive interface, Imagerie is built with a very modern core engine featuring layers management, vector tools, gradient editor and an innovative history navigator. Imagerie is especially made to be flexible, very speedy and clear while doing common editing. No complex windows or hidden features. Version 1.2 includes many core improvements.
• Bohemian Coding today announced Fontcase 2.0, a major update to their Apple Design Award-winning font manager. Scrolling, previewing, searching, skimming and activating fonts is now faster and more reliable than ever. In version 2.0 we have done a major overhaul of the interface, yet, people familiar with the first version will feel right at home. New features include Typedia integration and Typesetter; an amazing new way to preview fonts in any combination and on any website.
• Kwiksher has introduced Kwik 1.0, their plugin for Adobe Photoshop CS5 that simplifies the creation of interactive, animated content for both iOS and Android devices. Perfect for designers and illustrators who want to create comics, magazines, and interactive books, Kwik allows users to easily add buttons and animations to static Photoshop compositions. The plugin provides many of the basic sound, camera, and animation capabilities of Adobe Flash or Director without ever leaving Photoshop.
• Media Sign Pro has announced version 4.0 of their Mac based digital signage software. Media Sign Pro simplifies the creation of dynamic digital signage. It is an all-in-one solution providing everything needed to create high quality messaging including a creator, scheduler, and player. Version 4.0 adds a wide array of features including dynamic playlists. Other features include Twitter integration, built-in templates, slideshow captions, enhanced style tools, and more.
• publicspace.net has announced The Big Mean Folder Machine 2.17 for Mac OS X. The “Big Mean Folder Machine” is an essential tool for anyone who works with large file collections, including digital photographers, content creation, post-production, system administrators, and other creative professionals. This latest release adds the option of creating batch folders of specific size or number of files while preserving the existing folder hierarchy.
• ExactCODE GmbH released the next updates of the Mac version of OCRKit as well as the relating equivalent OCRKit Mobile for iPhone. ExactCODE continues commitment to the development and research of advanced recognition and digital image processing. The update vastly improves OCR recognition, accuracy and stability and improves layout recognition as well as the output of special characters to PDF and RTF. The Mac OS X version includes several user interface improvements.
• Eltima Software has announced that SyncMate users can sync their computers not only with Android phones, but with Android tablets too. SyncMate enables anyone to synchronize Mac computers with Windows Mobile and Android devices, Nokia S40 phones, Windows PCs, other Mac computers, Google accounts, Sony PlayStation Portable, USB flash drives and allows backing up Mac data online.
• Karelia Software has released iMedia Browser 2.0.1, an update to its popular iMedia Browser utility which adds a familiar “media browser” experience to almost any Mac app, including the highly anticipated upcoming Sandvox 2. The iMedia Browser 2.0.1 update adds support for iPhoto event skimming, support for the Faces feature in both iPhoto and Aperture, and support for Collection groups in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. iMedia Browser 2.0.1 is also a maintence release with fixes to reported issues.
• Haase and Martin has announced that the tab bar icon collection made by iconsBerlin was revised recently and 51 useful icons were added. In the section, navigation, different Icons were added which for instance symbolize functions like changing of settings or updating process. The whole collection includes 578 tab bar icons and is available worldwide. All icons support the high resolution of the iPhone 4 retina display. So each tab bar icon appears in a size of 60 x 60 pixels.
• CourseForum Technologies has announced that ProjectForum, a wiki-based collaboration application for small-medium teams, has been updated to version 7.0. This major release provides a substantial user interface facelift, improved theme support, new wiki format tools and more. It is remarkably easy to install on any Mac, yet provides powerful collaboration features for multiple teams in a secure and private environment.
• Singular Software has announced the release of its latest product, Singular Software Presto for Final Cut Pro. The Singular Software Presto application dramatically simplifies the creation of presentation videos. Working alongside Final Cut Pro, Singular Software Presto synchronizes, arranges, and edits the footage of the presenter, presentation slides, and video taken of the screen in just minutes.
• Zevrix Solutions has announced Graphic Inspector 1.7.12,  a maintenance update to its quality control solution which checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems according to specific workflow requirements. The software provides graphic professionals of any trade with the most exhaustive info on multiple images and vector graphics, saving the time and hassle of checking them manually. The new version improves checkup accuracy of GIF files and images with unknown resolution.
• Nozbe Todo for Mac is a new desktop application developed by Macoscope, which gives users instant access to their Nozbe web accounts. Along with recently updated Nozbe Todo for iPhone, iPod and iPad, Nozbe Todo for Mac makes a unique and super efficient set of productivity apps that not only helps managing tasks, but actually gets them done. Thanks to Nozbe Todo for Mac, users can get their Nozbe out of their cluttered web browsers and put it into separate app, the place it deserves.

Hardware

• Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the immediate availability of high performance OWC PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz Memory Upgrade Kits for the new Mid 2011 iMac models introduced by Apple yesterday. OWC’s first-to-market kits that offer up to 16GB with savings up to 65% compared to factory options; as well as memory configurations not offered as factory build options, are ‘MaxRAM’ lab performance certified and quality assurance backed by a Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty and Money Back Guarantee.

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Everyday Health/New York, NY

Everyday Health, founded by Ben Wolin and Mike Keriakos in 2002, is a leading provider of online health solutions. We provide our consumers, healthcare professionals, and brands with content and advertising-based services across a broad portfolio of over 25 websites that span the health spectrum—from lifestyle offerings in pregnancy, diet and fitness to in-depth medical content for condition prevention and management.

The Everyday Health portfolio includes well-recognized and trusted health brands, including www.EverydayHealth.com; www.Carepages.com; PDRHealth.com; www.WhatToExpect.com, from the world-renowned pregnancy and parenting brand, What to Expect; and www.JillianMichaels.com, from Jillian Michaels, star of the hit NBC television show, “The Biggest Loser.†The portfolio now includes www.medpagetoday.com, a news organization serving healthcare professionals.

Everyday Health is committed to providing the expert guidance and daily tools consumers need to make the best health choices, actively manage their conditions and live healthier lives every day.

We are looking for a confident graphic designer to join sales design team. Must have solid design skills and print/online knowledge. Must be able to handle a fast paced work environment, be a self starter, resourceful, and personable.

Position responsibilities:

Designing site integrations for new business, presentations, illustrations, online banners, interactive units, photo research and production. You will also be designing print pieces including event materials, brochures and advertisements. The designer will also participate in corporate branding, strategy and brainstorms. A great opportunity for a young motivated individual.

Computer skills required:

Mac/Windows, Adobe CS5 (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator), Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word and Excel). Familiarity with social media and mobile. No coding experience required. Knowledge of Flash, Dreamweaver, Apple Final Cut Pro a plus.

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Adobe released a security advisory warning the users of a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Versions 10.2.152.33 and earlier. An exploit targeting this vulnerability was embedded inside Microsoft Excel documents and was used to deliver the malicious code to the victims. McAfee Labs performed a detailed technical analysis of the exploit and learned that Read more...

Let the webOS comeback campaign begin. AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) will exclusively launch the Hewlett-Packard Veer 4G, HP's first smartphone since it acquired Palm last year for $1.2 billion.

Click here for details on the HP Veer for AT&T.

AT&T said it will launch the pint-sized smartphone in white and black May 15 for $99.99 with a two-year contract.  The Veer uses  webOS 2.1 and sports a 2.6-inch screen, making it smaller than a credit card. The phone supports HSPA+, tri-band UMTS and quad-band GSM/EDGE. It also has an 800 MHz Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and 8 GB of storage.  It also has mobile hotspot capability, allowing the phone to share an Internet connection with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices.

The Veer is HP's attempt to reintroduce webOS to the market after Palm's first wave of smartphones, including the Pre and Pixi, fell flat. Those devices did not fare well in the market despite praise for the webOS and its multitasking capabilities and user interface.  

In addition to the Veer, HP also plans to release its first webOS tablet, the TouchPad, along with a more powerful smartphone, the Pre3, later this summer. HP has not indicated which carriers it will partner with for those devices or when they might launch.

For more:
- see this release
- see this HP-Palm blog post

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Previous editions of Mountain Biking UK magazine's VooDoo Challenge have seen Rob Jarman race through the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech and take on a commuting bike on the streets of Bristol. Part four pits former World Cup downhill racer Jonny Cheetham against expert fell runner Ricky Lightfoot at Whinlatter in the Lake District.

Jonny had his work cut out against the agile Lightfoot, who has an appropriate name given the speed at which he eats up terrain. He's been a fell runner for a decade and is a member of the Salomon Trail Team, who were crowned world team champions at the Orobie SkyRaid in 2010.

Check out the video below to see how the challenge went. You can read the full story in issue 264 of Mountain Biking UK magazine, out now. To subscribe, click here.

About the VooDoo Challenge

A different challenge awaits VooDoo Cycles each month. Some of them will have a bit of culture and exploring, others a definite man vs the elements feel, and others will just be downright bonkers. You'll be able to follow the series in MBUK and here on BikeRadar. Next month, they head to Moab, USA, to take on the motor-based might of 4x4's on the famous Slickrock trail.

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