Sorenson Media releases Squeeze 7

Sorenson Mediahas launched Sorenson Squeeze 7 , an upgrade of the party ’s video encryption program . The new version feature a triple of key newfangled functions : GPU acceleration , adaptive bitrate encryption , and new input and output formats . “ Sorenson Squeeze 7 hire the botheration and drudgery out of the encryption process with advanced graphics processing unit ( GPU ) acceleration and automation of all aspects of adaptive bit rate encryption , ” said Peter Csathy , chief operating officer of Sorenson Media ....

January 24, 2011 · 4 min · 640 words · Kara Robinson

Motorola Cliq 2: Ready for business and fun

Our Verdict When the Cliq do out right smart back in fall of 2009 , I was pretty impressed with it . It was the third Android phone to debut in the United States and the first from Motorola . What I liked best about it , though , was how much view Motorola put into its design . The low-cost Cliq 2 ( $ 100 with a two yr contract bridge from T - Mobile ; price as of 1/18/10 ) makes the first Cliq feel like a child ’s toy ....

January 23, 2011 · 7 min · 1397 words · Joseph Salas

Printing primer: Know your options in Adobe InCopy

Large - scale publications that rely on Adobe InDesign often partner off the app with its companion word process appurtenant , InCopy , to tolerate for a collaborative production environment between designers and editor program . That ’s what we do here atMacworld . Using InDesign and InCopy together has serve us become an almost paperless operation as we produce the mark magazine each month . But we do need to print out our work sometimes , and those times call for a trip to InCopy ’s Print dialog box ....

January 23, 2011 · 11 min · 2205 words · Timothy Peterson

Google copied Java in Android, expert says

An rational property expert hasuncovered 43 instanceswhere it appears that Google copied Java codification without license in the most late versions of the Android operating system . The discovery could challenge Google ’s defense in adispute with Oracle over Java letters patent and copyright material in Android . “ The discovery operation could be very fruitful for Oracle , and may become dreadful for Google , ” wrote Florian Mueller , who has been close following the font and founded the NoSoftwarePatents military campaign , in a web log post ....

January 21, 2011 · 3 min · 461 words · Michael Perry

My backup plan: Dan Frakes

We ’ve published many articles over the year about style to back up your data . ( It ca n’t be said enough : If you do n’t have asolid backup strategy , get one . If you have one , make trusted it ’s working in good order by regularly testing your backups . ) But readers often ask how we , in person , back up . I ca n’t speak forallMacworld editors , but I can narrate you the steps and procedure I utilize ....

January 20, 2011 · 9 min · 1818 words · Charlotte Wood

Verizon files lawsuit over FCC net neutrality order

Broadband supplier Verizon Communications has filed a suit take exception the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ’s authority to implement net neutrality rules . Verizon filed the lawsuit Thursday in Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit , the company said . The FCC voted Dec. 21 to veto broadband providers from selectively barricade or slowing Web content and applications . Court challenges to the FCC ’s vote were wide expected ....

January 20, 2011 · 3 min · 564 words · Timothy Crawford

Samsung hints at next-gen Galaxy S smartphone

A Samsung Mobile website is promising the arrival of “ something big ” on Feb. 13 , which also show an obscured image of the upcoming gimmick next to the Samsung Galaxy S. Samsung ’s teaser image Besides the date and the promise of a teaser to be made uncommitted on Feb. 1,the sitedoesn’t provide any technical details . Samsung’s teaser image However , products launch at CES give an approximation of what Samsung may have up its sleeves for the Samsung Galaxy S successor ....

January 19, 2011 · 3 min · 546 words · Loretta Henson

Charges filed against iPad e-mail ‘hackers’

Cast your head back to the summertime of 2010 : the Verizon iPhone was a glimmering in rumourmonger ’ eyes , that 24-hour interval we would never forget was still month aside , anda bug in AT&T ’s Website allowed a “ security ” firm to acquire a huge list of iPad users ’ due east - chain mail addresses . Now New Jersey territorial dominion attorney Paul Fishman hasfiled charges against the two men creditworthy for the plug ....

January 18, 2011 · 2 min · 305 words · Linda Chandler

Verizon to offer iPhone credit for returned phones

If you or a fellow Verizon Wireless customer are go through some post - holiday mobile earphone buyer ’s remorse , the iPhone ’s new carrier will offer a gift batting order if you trade in your headphone and buy an iPhone 4 for full price . as luck would have it , though , you might not have to drop all that money if you bring back your sound under Verizon ’s existing return insurance ....

January 18, 2011 · 3 min · 560 words · James Walker

With Tim Cook, Apple turns to a familiar face

With the news program thatSteve Jobs will take another aesculapian leave of absence of absencefrom the company he helped found more than 30 years ago , Apple will miss its most recognizable public expression . But the man tasked with filling in for Jobs ’s day - to - daylight tariff should be a familiar fount to most Apple watchers . Chief operating ship’s officer Tim Cook hold up the reigns from Jobs during the CEO ’s medical parting ....

January 18, 2011 · 6 min · 1174 words · Scott Wilcox

Coming soon: A new way to hack into your smartphone

More than three year after the iPhone was first hacked , calculator security expert call back they ’ve found a whole new way to break into mobile earphone — one that could become a big worry for Apple , or for smartphone makers using Google ’s Android software . In apresentation set for next workweek ’s Black Hat conference in Washington D.C. , University of Luxembourg research companion Ralf - Philipp Weinmann say he project to show his new technique on an iPhone and an Android gadget , showing how they could be converted into undercover spying systems ....

January 17, 2011 · 5 min · 879 words · Leonard Cantu

Evoke Flow radio

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict I ’m old enough to have fond memories of portable radios . These were n’t the large - succus - box - sized transistor radios that accompanied kids during the World Series but rather the feeler - bearing thick - hardback - sized radios your parents rent to the beach to listen to the rough AM rock ‘ n ’ roll station of the fourth dimension ....

January 16, 2011 · 7 min · 1280 words · Brittany Lindsey

Is the time right for FaceTime over 3G?

The Verizon version of the iPhone 4 — due to go far early next calendar month — will let in a personal hotspot feature film that will rent users share their headphone ’s 3 G connecter with up to five other devices . Pending mail carrier approval , the hotspot feature could eventually make its way into every twist — possibly as soon as thenow - in - beta iOS 4....

January 16, 2011 · 5 min · 865 words · David Duncan