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However, the official website of People’s Choice Awards is offering live streaming on the Peoples Choice Awards 2010 red carpet which starts 7:30/6:30c.
Gearing up for what’s sure to be a big night, Carrie Underwood was spotted arriving at the annual People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Looking absolutely stunning, the country crooner showed up in a beautiful black and white dress with of course, her sparkling new engagement ring which was recently given to her by boyfriend, Mike Fisher.
In other news, it has been confirmed that the “Cowboy Casanova” singer will make her acting debut with a guest spot on the sitcom, “How I Met Your Mother.”

Ms Underwood will take on the role of a new love interest for Ted (Josh Radnor); the episode will air in March.
Favorite MOVIE ACTOR

* Brad Pitt
* Hugh Jackman
* Johnny Depp
* Robert Pattinson
* Ryan Reynolds

Favorite MOVIE ACTRESS

* Anne Hathaway
* Drew Barrymore
* Jennifer Aniston
* Kristen Stewart
* Sandra Bullock

Favorite ACTION STAR

* Christian Bale
* Gerard Butler
* Hugh Jackman
* Shia LaBeouf
* Vin Diesel

Favorite COMEDIC STAR

* Adam Sandler
* Ben Stiller
* Jim Carrey
* Ryan Reynolds
* Vince Vaughn

Favorite BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTRESS

* Anna Kendrick
* Emily Osment
* Ginnifer Goodwin
* Miley Cyrus
* Zoe Saldana

Favorite BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTOR

* Chris Pine
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt
* Sam Worthington
* Taylor Lautner
* Zachary Quinto

Favorite ON-SCREEN TEAM

* Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince
* The Proposal
* Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen
* The Twilight Saga
* X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Favorite INDEPENDENT MOVIE

* (500) Days of Summer
* District 9
* Inglourious Basterds
* Paranormal Activity
* Tyler Perry’s
Madea Goes To Jail

Favorite COMEDY MOVIE

* 17 Again
* Bride Wars
* The Hangover
* He’s Just
Not That Into You
* The Proposal

Favorite MOVIE

* The Hangover
* Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince
* The Proposal
* Star Trek
* Twilight

Favorite TV DRAMA

* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
* Grey’s Anatomy
* House
* Lost
* NCIS

Favorite TV COMEDY

* The Big Bang Theory
* Desperate Housewives
* How I Met Your Mother
* The Office
* Two and a Half Men

Favorite TV DRAMA ACTOR

* Hugh Laurie
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Mark Harmon
* Matthew Fox
* Patrick Dempsey

Favorite TV DRAMA ACTRESS

* Anna Paquin
* Blake Lively
* Jennifer Love Hewitt
* Katherine Heigl
* Mariska Hargitay

Favorite TV COMEDY ACTOR

* Alec Baldwin
* Charlie Sheen
* Jim Parsons
* Neil Patrick Harris
* Steve Carell

Favorite TV COMEDY ACTRESS

* Alyson Hannigan
* America Ferrera
* Amy Poehler
* Eva Longoria Parker
* Tina Fey

Favorite TV OBSESSION

* Dexter
* Gossip Girl
* The Hills
* The Secret Life of the American Teenager
* True Blood

Favorite COMPETITION SHOW

* American Idol
* Dancing with the Stars
* Project Runway
* So You
Think You Can Dance
* Survivor: Samoa

Favorite MALE ARTIST

* Eminem
* Jason Mraz
* John Mayer
* Keith Urban
* Tim McGraw

Favorite FEMALE ARTIST

* Beyonce
* Britney Spears
* Carrie Underwood
* P!NK
* Taylor Swift

Favorite COUNTRY ARTIST

* Brad Paisley
* Carrie Underwood
* Keith Urban
* Rascal Flatts
* Taylor Swift

Favorite BREAKOUT MUSIC ARTIST

* Adam Lambert
* Demi Lovato
* Kris Allen
* Lady Gaga
* Susan Boyle

Favorite ROCK BAND

* Daughtry
* Green Day
* Kings of Leon
* Muse
* Paramore

Favorite MUSIC COLLABORATION

* Good Girls Go Bad
* I’m On a Boat
* Live Your Life
* Lucky
* Run This Town

Favorite R&B ARTIST

* Alicia Keys
* Beyonce
* Jennifer Hudson
* Mariah Carey
* Usher

Favorite POP ARTIST

* The Black Eyed Peas
* Britney Spears
* Katy Perry
* Lady Gaga
* Taylor Swift

Favorite NEW TV DRAMA

* Flash Forward
* The Good Wife
* NCIS: Los Angeles
* V
* The Vampire Diaries

Favorite NEW TV COMEDY

* Accidentally On Purpose
* The Cleveland Show
* Cougar Town
* Glee
* Modern Family

Favorite ANIMAL SHOW

* Animal Cops
* Dog Whisperer
* DOGTOWN
* It’s Me or the Dog
* Rescue Ink Unleashed

Favorite WEB CELEB

* Andy Samberg
* Ashton Kutcher
* Miley Cyrus
* P. Diddy
* Will Ferrell

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Here’s the Nexus One, all ripped up. They found a few interesting tidbits including the 1GHz Qualcomm processor and all of the GSM chips that power this little mother.

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The Department of Labor awarded $5 million today to the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership to boost worker skills in the energy and renewable energy industries. The money is aimed for agencies and schools in the Portland, Salem and Vancouver …

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Fed’s Duke sees low rates for “extended period” – David Lawder – The Federal Reserve sees a moderate economic recovery continuing in 2010, but needs to keep interest rates “exceptionally low” for an “extended period” to foster job growth, a Fed policymaker said on Monday.  Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke told an economic forum that slack in the economy was likely to remain above historical norms for some time, helping to keep inflation subdued. – Reuters
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I Know What Keeps Obama Awake at Night – Submitted by madhedgefundtrader – 
While Obama relaxes in Hawaii, sipping Mai Tai’s adorned with little umbrellas and hooking up with distant relatives, a potential nightmare is giving him sleepless nights. Let’s say we spend our $2 trillion in stimulus and get a couple of quarters of decent growth. The “V” is in. Then once the effects of record government spending wear off, we slip back into a deep recession, setting up a classic “W.” Unemployment never does stop climbing, reaching 15% by year end, and 25% when you throw in discouraged job seekers, jobless college graduates, and those with expired unemployment benefits. This afflicted Franklin D. Roosevelt in the thirties. … – Zero Hedge

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SS Trust Fund – 2009 Full Year Results – Ugh! – Submitted by Bruce Krasting – The 2009 calendar year numbers for the Social Security Trust Fund are in. These numbers confirm that the Fund is badly off track. Is there a fix to this systemic problem? – Zero Hedge 
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Did the Fed Buying MBS Make a Difference? – Posted by Mark A. Calabria – … According to a new study by Stanford University Economists Johannes Stroebel and John Taylor the Fed did not. More specificially, the professors “find that the MBS program has no significant effect.  Movements in prepayment risk and default risk explain virtually all of the movements in mortgage spreads.”   … – Cato @ Liberty

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished as Banks Seek Profits – PPIP punished?  articles implies that banks buy (not sell)  more yucky paper hoping to profit from PPIP. – not PPIP’s original intention (BC) – Bloomberg

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PPIP … Even Worse Than I Thought – By George Washington – PPIP [the Public-Private Investment Program] is a massive wealth transfer from taxpayers to investors and banks, and that Treasury funds are being used to sidestep Congress and their constituents – the American people. … – Washington’s Blog

However, the official website of People’s Choice Awards is offering live streaming on the Peoples Choice Awards 2010 red carpet which starts 7:30/6:30c.
Gearing up for what’s sure to be a big night, Carrie Underwood was spotted arriving at the annual People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Looking absolutely stunning, the country crooner showed up in a beautiful black and white dress with of course, her sparkling new engagement ring which was recently given to her by boyfriend, Mike Fisher.
In other news, it has been confirmed that the “Cowboy Casanova” singer will make her acting debut with a guest spot on the sitcom, “How I Met Your Mother.”

Ms Underwood will take on the role of a new love interest for Ted (Josh Radnor); the episode will air in March.
Favorite MOVIE ACTOR

* Brad Pitt
* Hugh Jackman
* Johnny Depp
* Robert Pattinson
* Ryan Reynolds

Favorite MOVIE ACTRESS

* Anne Hathaway
* Drew Barrymore
* Jennifer Aniston
* Kristen Stewart
* Sandra Bullock

Favorite ACTION STAR

* Christian Bale
* Gerard Butler
* Hugh Jackman
* Shia LaBeouf
* Vin Diesel

Favorite COMEDIC STAR

* Adam Sandler
* Ben Stiller
* Jim Carrey
* Ryan Reynolds
* Vince Vaughn

Favorite BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTRESS

* Anna Kendrick
* Emily Osment
* Ginnifer Goodwin
* Miley Cyrus
* Zoe Saldana

Favorite BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTOR

* Chris Pine
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt
* Sam Worthington
* Taylor Lautner
* Zachary Quinto

Favorite ON-SCREEN TEAM

* Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince
* The Proposal
* Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen
* The Twilight Saga
* X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Favorite INDEPENDENT MOVIE

* (500) Days of Summer
* District 9
* Inglourious Basterds
* Paranormal Activity
* Tyler Perry’s
Madea Goes To Jail

Favorite COMEDY MOVIE

* 17 Again
* Bride Wars
* The Hangover
* He’s Just
Not That Into You
* The Proposal

Favorite MOVIE

* The Hangover
* Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince
* The Proposal
* Star Trek
* Twilight

Favorite TV DRAMA

* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
* Grey’s Anatomy
* House
* Lost
* NCIS

Favorite TV COMEDY

* The Big Bang Theory
* Desperate Housewives
* How I Met Your Mother
* The Office
* Two and a Half Men

Favorite TV DRAMA ACTOR

* Hugh Laurie
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Mark Harmon
* Matthew Fox
* Patrick Dempsey

Favorite TV DRAMA ACTRESS

* Anna Paquin
* Blake Lively
* Jennifer Love Hewitt
* Katherine Heigl
* Mariska Hargitay

Favorite TV COMEDY ACTOR

* Alec Baldwin
* Charlie Sheen
* Jim Parsons
* Neil Patrick Harris
* Steve Carell

Favorite TV COMEDY ACTRESS

* Alyson Hannigan
* America Ferrera
* Amy Poehler
* Eva Longoria Parker
* Tina Fey

Favorite TV OBSESSION

* Dexter
* Gossip Girl
* The Hills
* The Secret Life of the American Teenager
* True Blood

Favorite COMPETITION SHOW

* American Idol
* Dancing with the Stars
* Project Runway
* So You
Think You Can Dance
* Survivor: Samoa

Favorite MALE ARTIST

* Eminem
* Jason Mraz
* John Mayer
* Keith Urban
* Tim McGraw

Favorite FEMALE ARTIST

* Beyonce
* Britney Spears
* Carrie Underwood
* P!NK
* Taylor Swift

Favorite COUNTRY ARTIST

* Brad Paisley
* Carrie Underwood
* Keith Urban
* Rascal Flatts
* Taylor Swift

Favorite BREAKOUT MUSIC ARTIST

* Adam Lambert
* Demi Lovato
* Kris Allen
* Lady Gaga
* Susan Boyle

Favorite ROCK BAND

* Daughtry
* Green Day
* Kings of Leon
* Muse
* Paramore

Favorite MUSIC COLLABORATION

* Good Girls Go Bad
* I’m On a Boat
* Live Your Life
* Lucky
* Run This Town

Favorite R&B ARTIST

* Alicia Keys
* Beyonce
* Jennifer Hudson
* Mariah Carey
* Usher

Favorite POP ARTIST

* The Black Eyed Peas
* Britney Spears
* Katy Perry
* Lady Gaga
* Taylor Swift

Favorite NEW TV DRAMA

* Flash Forward
* The Good Wife
* NCIS: Los Angeles
* V
* The Vampire Diaries

Favorite NEW TV COMEDY

* Accidentally On Purpose
* The Cleveland Show
* Cougar Town
* Glee
* Modern Family

Favorite ANIMAL SHOW

* Animal Cops
* Dog Whisperer
* DOGTOWN
* It’s Me or the Dog
* Rescue Ink Unleashed

Favorite WEB CELEB

* Andy Samberg
* Ashton Kutcher
* Miley Cyrus
* P. Diddy
* Will Ferrell

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Or for that matter, great leaders? Steven Farr visited a large number of teachers to find out:

Right away, certain patterns emerged. First, great teachers tended to set big goals for their students. They were also perpetually looking for ways to improve their effectiveness. For example, when Farr called up teachers who were making remarkable gains and asked to visit their classrooms, he noticed he’d get a similar response from all of them: “They’d say, ‘You’re welcome to come, but I have to warn you—I am in the middle of just blowing up my classroom structure and changing my reading workshop because I think it’s not working as well as it could.’ When you hear that over and over, and you don’t hear that from other teachers, you start to form a hypothesis.” Great teachers, he concluded, constantly reevaluate what they are doing.

Superstar teachers had four other tendencies in common: they avidly recruited students and their families into the process; they maintained focus, ensuring that everything they did contributed to student learning; they planned exhaustively and purposefully—for the next day or the year ahead—by working backward from the desired outcome; and they worked relentlessly, refusing to surrender to the combined menaces of poverty, bureaucracy, and budgetary shortfalls.

So,

1. Big goals
2. Continuous improvement & reinvention; seen another way, relentless self-editing
3. Alliance building, relationship management
4. Focus
5. Planning, using the reverse sequencing method
6. Grit, determination

And one more:

But when Farr took his findings to teachers, they wanted more. “They’d say, ‘Yeah, yeah. Give me the concrete actions. What does this mean for a lesson plan?’” So Farr and his colleagues made lists of specific teacher actions that fell under the high-level principles they had identified. For example, one way that great teachers ensure that kids are learning is to frequently check for understanding: Are the kids—all of the kids—following what you are saying? Asking “Does anyone have any questions?” does not work, and it’s a classic rookie mistake. Students are not always the best judges of their own learning.

7. Good tactics make for good strategy.

(via mr)

However, the official website of People’s Choice Awards is offering live streaming on the Peoples Choice Awards 2010 red carpet which starts 7:30/6:30c.
Gearing up for what’s sure to be a big night, Carrie Underwood was spotted arriving at the annual People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Looking absolutely stunning, the country crooner showed up in a beautiful black and white dress with of course, her sparkling new engagement ring which was recently given to her by boyfriend, Mike Fisher.
In other news, it has been confirmed that the “Cowboy Casanova” singer will make her acting debut with a guest spot on the sitcom, “How I Met Your Mother.”

Ms Underwood will take on the role of a new love interest for Ted (Josh Radnor); the episode will air in March.

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Luke Timmerman wrote:

Halosource, the Bothell, WA-based company with a cheap and simple technology for purifying water in developing countries, has raised another $10 million in a venture financing that could be worth as much as $15 million, Xconomy has learned.

The investment is being led by Prime Partners Asia Merchant Capital of Singapore, according to Halosource’s chief financial officer, James Thompson. The financing, a Series D round, includes existing investors, although a majority of the money is coming from new investors, Thompson says. Halosource has a long list of investors that includes Credit Suisse, Siemens, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and a few notable Seattle investors—Alexander Hutton Venture Partners, Buerk Dale Victor, and WRF Capital. The company has now raised about $30 million since 2007.

Roughly 1 billion people around the world lack access to clean drinking water, and this is the root cause of a variety of illnesses that kill an estimated 2.2 million people a year, according to the United Nations. But as more people emerge from poverty, businesses like Halosource have discovered they are demanding consumer products to provide them with clean water. The market is worth an estimated $18 billion worldwide, and growing at a clip of 19 percent annually, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Halosource has been a pioneer in this emerging market over the past couple years, with a product it calls Halopure. The technology is now being used to purify water for about 4 million people in India. That’s about twice as many people as who were using it a year earlier, Thompson says. Halosource is privately held and doesn’t disclose its sales figures, although Thompson said the company recently recorded its first profitable month, and that it is aiming to reach sustainable profitability in the near future. The company has about 100 employees now, and will look to hire a few more with this new shot of cash.

“This is capital that will continue to fuel our growth globally,” Thompson says. “We want to build a great company around a significant need in the marketplace.”

I wrote about a big break Halosource got back in March, when it was certified as safe and effective by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It’s not really that strategically important for Halosource in the U.S., where we take clean water for granted, but it was a key …Next Page »

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We spent a few minutes with the just-announce Backflip and, well, it’s a Moto Cliq with weird swivel keyboard. Really, everything about the device feels the same as the Cliq. Even the love-it-or-hate-it MotoBlur interface is still in place. But depending on the price and carrier, it could be a popular product.

The device is different and that’s important these day. The Backflip’s claim to fame is that there is touchpad on the backside of the screen. It allows users to interact with the phone without their fat fingers getting in the way. Controlling the phone this way wasn’t exactly instantly intuitive during our hands-on, but it was certainly.

But the interface is somewhat clunky and laggy just like the Cliq. It doesn’t have the power or the grace of the Droid — or the keyboard or the solid feel or the 5MP camera.

The Backflip isn’t anything that will change the Android landscape like the Droid or Nexus One. It’s just a solid entry-level Android device that tweens and geeks on a budget will probably dig.

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You Thought The Savings Rate Was Going Up? Well Check Out This Chart – Joe Weisenthal – Money Game at Business Insider

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this is good – Byron Wien’s ten surprises for 2010 – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – … Reviewing Wien’s 2009 list, he was very accurate with the direction of most of his predictions. (has list) … He believes his ten surprises have at least a 50% chance of occurring at some point during the year. Although this is not a very high probability, his predictions nevertheless make for stimulating reading. His list for 2010 follows below. (has list) – Investment Postcards from Cape Town

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Personal Bankruptcy Filings Rising Fast – By SARA MURRAY and CONOR DOUGHERTY – “Ms. Moran’s clients in 2008 typically were people who earned between $40,000 and $80,000. That changed last year when a rash of people who earned $100,000 to $300,000 began filing as well, she said.” – hattip NDP – Wall Street Journal Economy

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Bill Bonner’s New Trade of the Decade – Bill Bonner talks about the performance of his past trade of the decade and gives his new one. – a good read – Daily Reckoning

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read this – Global Bear Rally Of 2009 Will End With Japan – By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – … Once the dam breaks, debt service costs will tear the budget to pieces. The Bank of Japan will pull the emergency lever on QE. The country will flip from deflation to incipient hyperinflation. The yen will fall out of bed, outdoing China’s yuan in the beggar-thy-neighbour race to the bottom. By then China too will be in a quandary.  … – John Mauldin’s Outside the Box E-Letter
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Dr. Copper says the patient has recovered – Scott Grannis – Calafia Beach Pundit

However, the official website of People’s Choice Awards is offering live streaming on the Peoples Choice Awards 2010 red carpet which starts 7:30/6:30c.
Gearing up for what’s sure to be a big night, Carrie Underwood was spotted arriving at the annual People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Looking absolutely stunning, the country crooner showed up in a beautiful black and white dress with of course, her sparkling new engagement ring which was recently given to her by boyfriend, Mike Fisher.
In other news, it has been confirmed that the “Cowboy Casanova” singer will make her acting debut with a guest spot on the sitcom, “How I Met Your Mother.”

Ms Underwood will take on the role of a new love interest for Ted (Josh Radnor); the episode will air in March.

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Welcome back to a new year of Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we’ve got questions about cheap scanners, encrypting backups, recovering deleted files, troubleshooting new hardware, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you’re using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we’ll assume you’re running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don’t specify), or if it’s an iPhone-related question, which iPhone version and OS version you have.

FunFred asks

I am looking for a scanner similar to a ScanSnap or NeatReceipts for my dorm. I get a lot of handouts from classes (among other things), and keeping track of them all is a hassle (and makes studying more difficult). However, ScanSnap and NeatReceipts mobile scanners run along the lines of $200… perhaps you know of a cheaper alternative, or a place to get them for less?

It hasn’t been released yet, but there’s been some buzz around the net for the Doxie Scanner at $129. Now you’d have to ask yourself if you could really stand the pink hearts, but it does seem like it might work out for you. That said, I recently picked up a ScanSnap 300M on eBay for $150 and love it (it works great with Evernote), so you might also be able to score one that way.

Matthijs asks

Is it possible to make an encrypted backup using Time Machine? I am worried that if I make a backup on an external drive and lose the drive (or it gets stolen), all my data will be accessible. I would really like to make use of Time Machine.

Ah, possible is one of those tricky words. I have found a tutorial for creating an encrypted Time Machine sparsebundle, however it’s frankly quite a bit of a hack. My suggestion is a bit different. Do you really need your whole backup (music, videos, etc.) to be encrypted? For most people I would think that there are actually only a few things you’d need encrypted (e.g. financial documents, etc.). In that case, what I would do is create an encrypted disk image to store the sensitive stuff and then just let Time Machine do its normal thing. Keep in mind that any change to the contents of the encrypted disk image means that the whole thing will get backed up again, so don’t make it any bigger than you need it.

If you happen to have a hard drive that does encryption in hardware (like this one), then you don’t need to worry; your Time Machine backups will be uncrackable along with any other data on the drive.

khirbat asks

I have an early 2009 Mac mini that I use as my regular computer and and also as an HTPC. I have a 17″ 1280×1024 LCD on my desk connected via a mini-DVI-to-DVI adapter. My 720p (1368×768) TV is connected via a DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter. I am considering getting a bigger monitor for my desk. What would be the maximum resolution I could go that will allow me to continue to use my TV the way I am using it right now?

Another reader helpfully pointed to this Apple Tech Spec for the mini which reveals that the mini “simultaneously supports up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on a DVI or VGA display; up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on a dual-link DVI display using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter.” In other words, you can pretty much get any monitor you want to replace the 17″ up to and including a huge 30″ dual-link. Now I wouldn’t expect much 3D performance out of it, but it should get the job done for normal usage.

phillpafford asks

I accidentally delete my video files on my external hard drive, how do I recover these? Running two machines, one with Snow Leopard and the other Leopard. Any solution that’s FREE?

In a case like this the first thing to do is stop using the drive immediately. There is a free command line tool that you could try first: Photorec. It may be a bit tricky to use, but the price is right. Traditionally the go-to application for data recovery on the Mac is Data Rescue III from Tech-Pro ($99). They do have a demo that should at least tell you if it’ll work for you before you buy.

Steve asks

Santa brought me a new 500GB HDD and 4GB of RAM from OWC for my black MacBook 2.4 running Snow Leopard. I used SuperDuper! to clone the drive and I noticed when I was done the original drive had 224.49GB on it while the new cloned drive had 221.49. I contacted the folks at SuperDuper about the 3GB lose and they said it was normal to loose files so I went ahead and installed the new drive and RAM and it booted just fine but now Safari, iTunes, Handbrake and others crash constantly. I can’t have multiple applications open without crashes. Syncing an iPhone will cause iTunes to crash. I get notices of plug-ins missing like Flash for Safari, etc. I don’t know if the problem is with the HDD, the new RAM (which seems slower than the 2GB I removed) or with the cloned made with SuperDuper!. Any thoughts before I reinstall everything to original and return the gifts?

Here’s what I would do: I doubt it’s the RAM, but it should be easy enough to switch your old RAM back in and see if you’ve still got the problem. If so, what I would do is get a cheap USB to SATA adapter (like this one) and try booting from you old drive to see if you still have the problems (or just get a cheap USB or FireWire case and then you can use the old drive for backups). If the old drive still works as the boot disk, you could try cloning that drive to the new drive one more time, perhaps this time with Carbon Copy Cloner, just to see if it might help.

George asks

When I got my new MBP 17″ I used Time Machine to move my apps and files over from my old MBP 15″. Since then, I have upgraded to snow leopard, and cut the cords and went all Intel apps, and didn’t install rosetta. This has been fine for months, but all of a sudden, I am getting the message “To open Microsoft Sync Services, you need to install Rosetta. Would you like to install it now?” I don’t know what application/service is prompting me for this, but I would like it to stop!

It’s almost certainly Microsoft Entourage that’s causing the problem. Are you trying to use Office 2004 perhaps? If not, perhaps there’s some crud (technical term) from an older upgrade of Microsoft Office? If that’s the case it might be helpful to re-install Office 2008 to get rid of the problem.

In any event, it’s fine to go ahead and install Rosetta automatically — it won’t slow you down.

lewis asks

I was wondering if there is a program out there for organization that would be a kind of mind mapping meets Spotlight (for documents, images, keywords, whatever) meets Voodoo Pad meets Tinderbox. I would love to be able to jot notes down and have a program organize it based on other information it had in live updating, whether it’s other notes or information I’ve linked to it. Is there anything out there like that? The best would be if it gave it in a visual medium much like a mind map, but linked through multiple bubbles.

It’s not a visual mapper, but I would point you toward DEVONthink Pro. It features some automatic sorting and filing technologies that sound somewhat similar to what you’re trying to do. That said, it doesn’t display these relationships in a visual way like Tinderbox.

I’ll enlist the help of our resident mindmap maven and see if there are any other suggestions to add.

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Steve Ballmer is delivering his annual state-of-Microsoft address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tonight — the second he’s given since taking over duties for former CEO Bill Gates. If it’s anything like last year’s, it will offer a broad overview of Microsoft’s (MSFT) consumer strategy for the year, touching on everything from the company’s hardware-software ecosystem to its home entertainment offerings. Likely to figure prominently in tonight’s address, Windows 7 and the new touch-enabled PC form factors it has evidently inspired, Bing and Natal, Microsoft’s controllerless game control system which will launch in time for the 2010 holidays.

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Crossover, GM, GMC

“Efficient. Compact. Fashionable.”

That’s how General Motors sums up its teaser of the GMC Urban Utility Concept before it’s official reveal next week at the Detroit Auto Show. Although GM Labs doesn’t divulge much about the concept, the second teaser and few lines from the site provide a clear indication of what GMC is attempting to produce: a Kia Soul, Nissan Cube and Scion xB competitor.

Like its boxy brethren, GMC is pitching the Urban Utility Concept as the mobile home-away-from-home for the modern youth, calling it “a new breed of truck that’s as efficient as it is chic, innovative as it is functional.” The popularity of the aforementioned four-wheeled refrigerator boxes notwithstanding, does a compact trucklet really fit in with GMC’s “Professional Grade” image? Let us know in the comments below.

[Source: GM Labs]

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With the auto industry seeing the second straight monthly gain in auto sales, it’s the perfect time for Pioneer Electronics, a manufacturer of car audio systems, and Pandora, the popular web based radio service, to announce a partnership  that could shake up how we listen to music while we’re on the go.

Pioneer will be making a device that will not only automatically detect Pandora settings on either an iPhone or iPod touch and display them on the navigation screen, but also host navigation and other entertainment features.

The device isn’t cheap at $1,200, but Pioneer isn’t worried because it targets some 42 million Pandora users who might be willing to pay for a complete Pandora experience both on and off the web. That large user base is partly why no cash has been exchanged in this deal as Pioneer is now able to reach a large new target market, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This isn’t the first time an internet radio advancement has been unveiled at CES. Last year, Blaupunkt, a car stereo maker, and miRoamer, the web-based radio service, announced the launch of two stereo head units for consumers to play internet radio in their vehicles. Thanks to a plug and play SIM, the device runs on a 3G network similar to a cell phone. There hasn’t been much follow up since the announcement, but both devices are available on the Blaupunkt web site.

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Wired got a hands on with the mysterious Saygus Vphone, that popped up over at the FCC back in November. They say the Android phone is capable of making video calls—even over EDGE.

Saygus CEO Chad Sayers told Wired that the company developed a proprietary video algorithm for the CDMA handset that allows them to transfer video data at 18-22 frames per second over EDGE and up to 30 fps over 3G. Sayers also said that 10,000 minutes of video conferencing would only take up 5 gigabytes of bandwidth.

As for specs, the Vphone has a 3.5-inch screen, a 624 MHz Marvell processor, and a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash. Wired says the phone looks and feels like the droid, but with a better keyboard. And apparently the Vphone is in carrier testing (possibly Verizon?). [Wired]