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An Optimized GUI Based On Users' Abilities

Ostracus writes "Researchers at the University of Washington have recently developed a system, which, for the first time, offers an instantly customizable approach to user interfaces. Each participant in the program is placed through a brief skills test, and then a mathematically-based version of the user interface optimized for his or her vision and motor abilities is generated. The current off-the-shelf designs are especially discouraging for the disabled, the elderly and others who have trouble controlling a mouse, because most computer programs have standardized button sizes, fonts, and layouts, which are designed for typical users."

AVG Extends Availability of Free Security Software to Spanish-language Computer Users

AVG Extends Availability of Free Security Software to Spanish-language Computer Users Latin American and Spanish-speaking North American residents benefit from native-language AVG Free 8.0 AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- AVG, a global anti-virus and Internet security software provider with over 85 million users in 167 countries, today announced the availability of the first Spanish-language version of its popular AVG Free 8.0 security software. The free software will be available to Spanish-speaking computer users throughout North and South America beginning December 2nd, 2008. The launch of the new Spanish-language version is part of an ongoing effort by the company to make its free product widely accessible to computer users worldwide.

Amazon.com Rolls Out iPhone App, Photo Search Feature

Seattle-based Amazon.com said today that the firm has rolled out a new application on Apple's App Store, the online store for iPhone and iPod Touch applications, which also includes a feature to find products based on a photo. According to Amazon, its new Amazon application allows users to search and browse for products offered by the firm, purchase products, and access other features such as customer reviews. Amazon said the iPhone application will also include a new product matching feature, which will attempt to help users match photos of products taken with their iPhone to the same products, or similar products, on Amazon.com's site. The free application, which is available via iTunes, allows users to snap a photo with their iPhone; that photo is then used by Amazon.

Citysearch Launches iPhone App

West Hollywood-based Citysearch, which operates online guides to local areas, said Thursday afternoon that it has launched an application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new app, available in the Apple App Store, allows users to write reviews and access content from Citysearch. Citysearch said the new app uses the iPhone's location-based technology to identify local restaurants, hotels, shops, and other businesses near to users. The application is free for users. Citysearch is owned by IAC.

28TEL Breaks New Ground By Connecting Mobile Phone Users with Online Skype Users Thanks to Its Leading 'Mobile 2 Skype' Communications Technology

28TEL Breaks New Ground By Connecting Mobile Phone Users with Online Skype Users Thanks to Its Leading 'Mobile 2 Skype' Communications Technology

CombiMatrix Launches New Prostate Cancer Array-Based Diagnostic Test: ProScan Array is First Genome-Based Test to Introduce Genomic Pathology to Prost

CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX) today announced the introduction of the first prostate cancer array-based test. Known as the ProScan(tm) test, it complements the company's growing portfolio of array-based diagnostic tests.

28TEL Breaks New Ground By Connecting Mobile Phone Users with Online Skype Users Thanks to Its Leading 'Mobile 2 Skype' Communications Technology

PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Linkwell International (HK) Limited announced today that 28TEL, a mobile communications service brand, has broken the current limitations of communications technology by being the first to launch 'Mobile 2 Skype' services worldwide, allowing 28TEL users to call online Skype users directly through their mobile phones. According to Mr. Cola Cho, CEO of Linkwell International (HK) Limited, this service is of immense significance. It has broken through the limitations of national boundaries and communications medium. It will also profoundly change people's user habits, while promoting "mobile communications".

In pictures: PlayStation Home

PlayStation Home is Sony's recently launched community-based service for the PlayStation Network. PlayStation Home allows users to create an avatar for their PlayStation 3 (PS3) console. Once created, this avatar gets its own virtual apartment called a HomeSpace. PlayStation Home users can then interact and associate with other users. They can meet in places like the Home Square, and chose the decor and furnishings for their apartments. Using the Home service, PS3 users can invite their friends to play games, meet in a number of created environments, communicate via voice or text chat and share content such as music and videos. There are a number of virtual places in the Home world including houses, a shopping plaza, a bowling alley and a home theatre.

Europeans prefer iTunes 2-to-1

Stategy Analytics has announced the results of a European broadband users survey that shows digital music consumers over there are twice as likely to purchase music from iTunes than from any other service. Based on online interviews with 2,515 broadband users in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK, their report also notes that there is a significant difference between casual users and heavy users when it comes to preferred digital music retailers.

iPhone Recipe Apps Surge

Allrecipes.com recently introduced a new initiative that will be a boon to its users—and demonstrates yet another way publishers can make their content available using new technologies. The Dinner Spinner is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to search content from Allrecipes, access cooking instructions, see photos, and get ratings and reviews. The application is similar to Urbanspoon, a popular app that lets users find local restaurants, showing options in a slot-machine style that mixes and resets when users shake their iPhone up and down. The Dinner Spinner offers iPhone users thousands of recipes and is free.

U.S. music industry ends mass piracy lawsuits

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Recording Industry Association of America said on Friday it had abandoned mass lawsuits against Internet users who steal music, and instead would work with Internet service providers to discourage piracy. The RIAA, which represents major U.S. record labels, will have the ISPs send warning notices to users who illegally download music files. Since 2003, the music industry has sued about 35,000 Internet users for music piracy. 'We think this is going to be a different form of stick, but we absolutely think this will be a meaningful alternative approach that will have a significant impact,' said Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the RIAA. Other measures will be taken against Internet users who ignore their first warning notice to stop illegally downloading music, and if those users cont

MindTouch Adds iPhone Interface and Grows Mashup Ecosystem

MindTouch, creators of Deki, an open source enterprise collaboration platform, announced numerous new application and Web service extensions, tools, and features, largely contributed by the MindTouch open source developer community. These new extensions and tools make it easier for users to extend MindTouch Deki by enabling users to create and build mashups. MindTouch also introduces DekiMobile, a new iPhone interface that allows iPhone users to remotely access MindTouch Deki for access and sharing of data. MindTouch Deki allows users to connect teams, business applications, enterprise systems, Web services and Web 2.0 applications. Users can create mashups and integrate popular applications by connecting internal and external applications using existing extensions and DekiScript apps created by MindTouch and its developer community.

Welcome Windows Users - Adapt or Die!?

"New users coming in with preconceived notions and hard wired habits from their Windows life will inevitably desire the Linux and FOSS world to fit into their narrow little mold rather than sliding comfortably into ours. We, the users of Open Source, have learned to be flexible, and are willing to adapt to meet a particular model, method, or mold as needed. But what Windows users, and some companies, demand of us many times is untenable.

VideoEgg Extends Engagement-Based Solution to Mobile

for mobile, a performance-based ad offering that enables advertisers to distribute invitation-based, expandable video or rich media ads to iPhone users. Nikon is among the first brands to leverage AdFrames’ mobile distribution as a measurable way to promote its CoolPix and D90 cameras and reach highly engaged consumers.

Growing Demand for Location-based Services (LBS) in Advanced Mobile Markets

SINGAPORE-- Location-based services (LBS) in Asia-Pacific are expected to see strong growth in the next five years, with wider adoption in the more advanced and saturated mobile and mobile data markets. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ( www.wireless.frost.com), Asia Pacific Location-based Services Highlights, finds that the mobile LBS market covering 13 Asia-Pac countries earned revenues of US$383.6 million in 2007 and expects this to reach US$2.8 billion by end-2013, at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 39.3 percent (2007-2013). If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides service providers, vendors/manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants with an overview of the Asia-Pacific LBS market, then send an e-mail to Sarah Lourdes at sarah.

Anti-virus tool companies seek help of 'reputed' internet users

US-based Symantec Corporation's Norton products have blocked more than 30 lakh web-based virus attacks over the last three months; Tokyo-headquartered Trend Micro is scanning almost 50 million URLs and programmes across its userbase on a daily basis; Another US-based internet security provider McAfee is writing more than 10 lakh virus signatures on a monthly basis.

7Seas in pact with US firm for ad-based mobile games

7Seas Technologies Limited, a Hyderabad-based independent IP-based games development company, has entered into a partnership with US-based advertisement-supported mobile games and application distributor Greystripe. The deal envisages distribution of free ad-supported mobile games to players worldwide.

Coffee Buzz App Now Available for iPhone users

A new app for iPhone users, the Coffee Buzz App, helps users find and share the "coffee buzz" everyday. The app uses Google Maps to help you find coffee in nearby cafés, and tells you who's having a coffee nearby. It also integrates seamlessly with Twitter, helping Twitter users add their location and thoughts to that timeless tweet "having a coffee."

PS3 Home Secrets: PlayStation 3 users tell all

So many Sony Home PlayStation 3 users have been searching for what people are calling “Home Secrets.” Users have now had a chance to do a little exploring and have been sharing them with other Home users all over the Internet.

Dear Microsoft: Bribing Users Faster Still Probably Won't Help Much

We noted last month that Microsoft was stepping up its program to bribe users to use its search engine, and that process continues with the announcement that Microsoft is adjusting the program to provide the cashback award immediately, rather than making users wait for it. Yet, as PC World notes, this whole effort to bribe users has done nothing to improve Microsoft's marketshare in search. In fact, its marketshare has decreased, as both Yahoo's and Google's marketshare has increased. Perhaps it's time to try a different strategy.

5 Best Linux Distros to Convert Windows Users

"Perhaps the single biggest difference between this distribution and others designed for new Linux users is that the developers are actually paying attention to what users are asking for. Unlike the alternatives, Linux Mint's latest features are often reflective of users speaking up and asking for a specific type of functionality. Other goodies include a lot of stuff that many people felt like should have been included with Ubuntu, at least as a discoverable option.

Google using Gmail to convert IE users to Firefox, Chrome

Beyond pushing Chrome on google.com and planning to roll it out with OEMs, Google has found a new way to tell users about its browser. This time, the search giant is targeting IE users who use Gmail. With a simple "Get faster Gmail" message (which only appears in IE, and not in Safari, Firefox, or Chrome), Google is luring users of its e-mail service to a support page which explains that IE is slow at running Gmail:

JP Morgan Sees Long-Term Dominance For Performance-based Ads; Online Video Loses Luster

It’s not surprising that during a downturn, the clear metrics and ROI offered by performance based ads are looking more attractive. But in his wide-ranging ‘09 outlook, JP Morgan analyst Imran Khans expects marketers to treasure performance-based ads even when the larger economy begins to grow again. So the market share gains performance ad have achieved over the CPM-based look pretty durable and mean continued struggles for display ads.

Adobe Floats AIR 1.5 Into Linux

Linux users take note: Adobe wants you to have the same desktop experiences that Windows and Mac users get with Adobe AIR. However, Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) still isn't ready to give Linux users all the same applications that it makes available to Windows and Mac users.

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