Panorama prompts war probe calls

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E-Mail Prompts Calls to Probe
Halliburton, Cheney

E-Mail Prompts Calls to Probe
Halliburton, Cheney 06/01/2004 07:02 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 1 2004 10:50PM GMT

Lost harvest prompts EU aid calls

Lost harvest prompts EU aid calls 08/27/2004 11:09 PM
Farmers are calling for the early release of EU subsidies to help them overcome damage to their harvests.

Microsoft case prompts e-mail deletion
probe

Microsoft case prompts e-mail deletion
probe 05/25/2004 10:18 AM
Computer Weekly May 25 2004 2:20PM GMT

Phishing scourge prompts calls for
change

Phishing scourge prompts calls for
change 05/20/2004 04:15 PM
The sentencing this week of a Texas man was a notable victory for the U.S. government in its fight against a form of online fraud known as "phishing." However, a recent surge in such scams highlights the need for more than customer education, with some computer security experts calling for major changes in the way sensitive information is exchanged online.

Surge in phishing attacks prompts calls
for change

Surge in phishing attacks prompts calls
for change 05/20/2004 05:34 PM
The successful prosecution of a Texas man convicted in a phishing scheme and sentenced this week was the first conviction of a phisher by the DOJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section.

HBOS calls for bank tie-up probe

HBOS calls for bank tie-up probe 08/23/2004 08:15 AM
HBOS asks the European Commission to look at Spanish bank BSCH's relationship with the Royal Bank of Scotland.

E-Mail Boosts Calls to Probe
Halliburton, Cheney

E-Mail Boosts Calls to Probe
Halliburton, Cheney 06/01/2004 07:02 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 1 2004 10:56PM GMT

E-Mail Boosts Calls to Probe
Halliburton, Cheney (Reuters)

E-Mail Boosts Calls to Probe
Halliburton, Cheney (Reuters) 06/01/2004 05:28 PM
Reuters - A newly unearthed Pentagon e-mail about Halliburton contracts in Iraq prompted fresh calls on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for probes into whether Vice President Dick Cheney helped his old firm get the deals.

Consumer Group Calls for Probe of
'Rip-Off' ITunes

Consumer Group Calls for Probe of
'Rip-Off' ITunes 09/15/2004 11:26 AM
Apple’s British iTunes customers are paying 17 percent more per song than other iTunes users. This is according to a statement made on Wednesday by a European consumer watch group - The Consumers’ Association. They want Apple to lower the prices and bring it into line with it's other global stores.

Not too long ago, Apple launched its successful iTunes music store overseas (in June), slowly expanding its online music stores market share. The pricing was setup to be very similar to that used in the United Sates - 99c / song. In Germany and France songs are 99 euro cents per track, and 79 pence per track in the UK. The Consumers’ Association claims that British iTunes customers are paying 17 percent more than other overseas countries (Germany, France), which they believe is unfair for British consumers to pay. Until sufficient evidence is produced that Apple is ripping off its British customers nothings going to happen.

What's odd about this story is that iTunes is in fact cheaper than a majority of its rivals online music store. When compared to Napster, iTunes is more than 20 percent cheaper. However, that said, Apple can't use the traditional argument / excuse for this - costs are specific to countries, and thus prices are; the operation is done online, and centrally. The argument doesn't hold for the "e-business" example. Until Apple starts making serious money on the store, it's unlikely to give in to any price pressure. That said, the EU might take interest in a similar manner to their investigations into car companies doing similar pricing schemes in the 90s.

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Consumer Group Calls for Probe of
'Rip-Off' ITunes (Reuters)

Consumer Group Calls for Probe of
'Rip-Off' ITunes (Reuters) 09/15/2004 09:15 AM
Reuters - Apple Computer Corp. is charging its British iTunes customers 17 percent more per download than its European customers, a consumer watchdog group said on Wednesday.

Panorama 0.18 now available

Panorama 0.18 now available 01/03/2003 12:49 AM
Panorama is a framework for 3D graphics production. This will include modeling, rendering, animating, post-processing, etc. Animation is not currently supported, but will be added soon. It is officially part of the GNU project. Panorama 0.18 is now available for download. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7862 Before I get a lot of questions, I'll state here why I jumped some numbers in the versions. The ultimate goal of this project is to eventually end up stable, with version 1.0. As such, I believe that there was enough added and fixed as to further the number more than 1 notch. There is another version being developed in CVS (0.19), which is another large leap, but I don't want to end up with numbers which are prematurely high. As a potential roadmap, here's how I see the versions stacking up: 0.25 -- Time added, so that objects, textures, lights, etc. can vary over time. 0.50 -- Plugin system rewritten and functional for both *nix and Win32 (possibly other OSs), most objects verified. 0.75 -- Multiple SDLs (scene description languages), with at least one compatible to POV (http://www.povray.org). 0.90 -- Partially functioning GUIs for X (GTK--), Win32, and possibly other windowing systems. These will have full modeling capabilities. 1.00 -- Stable. Objects verfied to work, GUIs perform nicely, animation working correctly. These numbers are not fixed, and the order of completed features may be rearranged. It is, indeed, a very lofty goal. At the rate things have been progressing for the past 2 years, it will probably take me another 8 years for panorama to become stable, unless I can find some help. Questions or comments are welcomed.

Panorama Ephemera

Panorama Ephemera 06/03/2004 01:50 PM

This week's featured content is Rick Prelinger's new film Panorama Ephemera, produced entirely with short government clips from the 1940s-1970s. For those in the Bay Area, it will be shown at the San Francisco Cinematheque on Sunday, June 13 at 7:30 pm. The clips range from the everyday normal to the absolutely bizarre and together form an amusing collage of how life used to be.

An Unusual Use for Panorama

An Unusual Use for Panorama 04/11/2005 08:22 PM
Adam C. Engst (~580 words)

I'm in the process of cleaning up some LetterRip Pro-based mailing lists in preparation for moving them to Web Crossing, and in doing so, I was faced with the age-old problem of determining which bouncing addresses to remove. After all, if an address bounces a few times, it's probably bad, but if it bounces only a single time, the problem is probably temporary. LetterRip Pro automatically generates lists of addresses that bounced after the last list message went out; the trick is figuring out which addresses appeared more than once. I pondered the problem briefly before realizing that ProVUE's Panorama database was just the ticket. (See "When You Need a Panoramic View" in TidBITS-770.) After all, what were these email addresses but records in a very simple database?

Beta: Panorama 4.9.7

Beta: Panorama 4.9.7 08/12/2004 11:27 AM
ProVUE Development released Panorama 4.9.7, the latest preview version of its upcoming Panorama V database software.

Panorama BackPacker a0.85

Panorama BackPacker a0.85 12/23/2003 04:29 PM
Made for people that loves to travel and see new places.

Review: Panorama V

Review: Panorama V 03/30/2005 05:43 PM
Panorama V is best suited to people who work mainly with flat-file or only moderately complicated relational databases, who want ready–made data analysis tools, and who occasionally need a powerful programming language.

Panorama special: Your views

Panorama special: Your views 01/22/2004 03:11 AM
With days to go before the Hutton Inquiry report into the death of Dr David Kelly is published, Panorama looked at the affair. What did you think of the programme?

Panorama BackPacker Released

Panorama BackPacker Released 12/30/2003 04:07 PM
dotmac.info member hansingehagen has released Panorama BackPacker, a browser for his excellent QuickTime VR panoramas. Panorama BackPacker is available for both Mac OS X and Windows XP and features keyword searching, full screen panoramas, zooming, music, and more. Panorama BackPacker is a free download.

Panorama V 4.9.6 Released (05-Apr-2004;
2K)

Panorama V 4.9.6 Released (05-Apr-2004;
2K) 04/09/2004 04:01 PM

A world wide panorama shoot.

A world wide panorama shoot. 04/15/2004 06:28 AM
A world wide panorama shoot. On Saturday, March 20, more than 170 photographers in 39 countries around the world celebrated the Equinox by creating VR panoramas. This site showcases the results of their efforts. (Quicktime needed)

The World Wide Panorama - VR Panoramas

The World Wide Panorama - VR Panoramas 04/16/2004 10:16 AM
A world wide panorama shoot on the vernal equinox (quicktime vr's)

geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp304/index.html
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Stitcher 4.0 to improve panorama
creation

Stitcher 4.0 to improve panorama
creation 12/02/2003 12:12 PM
Realviz, developer of image-based content creation tools, has released details of the newest version of their soon-to-be-released flagship product, Stitcher 4.0. Slated to ship in January, Stitcher 4.0 is a professional tool for the creation of high-quality panoramas for the Web, film, print and 3D.

'Terror' Panorama sparks protests

'Terror' Panorama sparks protests 05/17/2004 11:43 AM
The BBC receives more than 140 complaints about Panorama's "terror attack" dramatisation.

New Years Eve Times Square Panorama

New Years Eve Times Square Panorama 01/02/2004 03:40 AM

panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f1.html
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QTVR panorama: Tribute in light,
09/11/2001

QTVR panorama: Tribute in light,
09/11/2001 09/11/2004 02:31 PM
Xeni Jardin: From the BoingBoing archives -- this full-screen QTVR panorama of the light tribute to victims of 9/11, shot by Jook Leung. Link

NightSky Friday: Planet Panorama: See
Five Worlds at Once

NightSky Friday: Planet Panorama: See
Five Worlds at Once 03/08/2004 11:12 PM
Planet Panorama: See Five Worlds at Once .. view five planets simultaneously .. 5 worlds at one time .. skinny

space.com/spacewatch/planet_panorama_040305.html
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The World Wide Panorama - QuickTime VR
Panoramas

The World Wide Panorama - QuickTime VR
Panoramas 04/22/2004 06:30 AM
fotografias panormicas .. The World Wide Panorama .. 182 panoramas

geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp304
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Pasando revista al panorama de juegos
linuxeros

Pasando revista al panorama de juegos
linuxeros 06/12/2004 12:43 PM

"Absolutely amazing 360° panorama of
Times Square NYE 2004"

"Absolutely amazing 360° panorama of
Times Square NYE 2004" 01/03/2004 10:00 PM

News: PanoPreviewer simplifies panorama
work in Photoshop

News: PanoPreviewer simplifies panorama
work in Photoshop 04/11/2005 03:01 PM
Pangea Software has released PanoPreviewer, a free Photoshop plug-in designed for photographers who work with 360-degree Virtual Reality (VR) panoramas. The software lets you preview "equirectangular" panorama images in Photoshop directly, rather than having to use an intermediary application, and it uses OpenGL for maximum performance.

Macworld: REALVIZ releases Stitcher 4.0
panorama tool

Macworld: REALVIZ releases Stitcher 4.0
panorama tool 01/08/2004 07:28 PM
REALVIZ used their time at Macworld Conference & Expo to announce the release of Stitcher 4.0 for Mac OS X. This pro-level application enables you to create high-quality panoramas for film, print, 3D, and the Web. It's available now for US$499, with a $180 upgrade cost.

"Fullscreen QTVR Panorama ? ?Tribute in
Light? to honor the victims of 9/11"

"Fullscreen QTVR Panorama ? ?Tribute in
Light? to honor the victims of 9/11" 09/13/2004 08:43 AM

Tribute in Light to honor victim of 11
september - Fullscreen QTVR Panorama

Tribute in Light to honor victim of 11
september - Fullscreen QTVR Panorama 09/12/2004 03:26 AM
this panorama of the lights memorializing the WTC .. full-screen view of the Towers of Light memorial .. Impressionnantes photos panoramiques .. Tribute of Light at Ground Zero .. Panoramic photo niftiness!

panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen17.html
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Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?

Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
Last week we noted a new study saying that people get annoyed with others talking on mobile phones because they only hear one half of the conversation. At the time, I wrote that this made sense as periods of silence followed by talking are a lot more jarring to the passive listener. However, this BBC report claims that the reason for the annoyance is that it shows that we're more curious about what the other party is saying. I'm not sure I buy that. It seems much more likely that it's the variability in noise, from silent to noisy rather than any form of curiosity. When the conversation is at a constant hum (even when loud), it's much easier to tune it out. Still, the findings do go against the opinion many people have expressed that things like "push-to-talk" where the phone usually acts as a speaker phone would be more annoying since we get to hear both sides of the conversation. In fact, the researchers behind the study are even suggesting that mobile phone makers may want to explore adding speaker phones to more phones to make them less annoying. Of course, the study only set up two conditions: a conversation on a mobile phone and a face-to-face conversation. They didn't test the speaker phone situation to see how annoying that was. It's possible that the annoyance factor comes from the inability to make use of body language to express concepts as well, leading to a different tone of voice.

What to do when Word's prompts are in
German

What to do when Word's prompts are in
German 08/02/2004 06:42 AM
SiliconValley.com Aug 2 2004 10:52AM GMT

Net security bug prompts warnings

Net security bug prompts warnings 04/13/2005 06:44 AM
Microsoft has issued a bumper pack of patches for critical bugs in its software.

Net security bug prompts warning

Net security bug prompts warning 04/15/2005 05:11 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Apr 15, 04:09 am GMT

Wi-fi boom prompts hacking fears

Wi-fi boom prompts hacking fears 05/31/2004 11:15 AM

Italian Village's Dog Ban Prompts Howls
(AP)

Italian Village's Dog Ban Prompts Howls
(AP) 06/30/2004 12:43 PM
AP - Fed up with dog droppings, this northeastern Italian city has taken extreme measures: banning pooches from parts of the city center.
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