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One of the emerging trends in mobile marketplace has been the increasing adoption of smartphones. When we talk of smartphones, Symbian is the first word that comes to our mind since it has taken over 70% of the existing smartphone market. Symbian OS is an open operating system that powers the most popular and advanced smartphones from the world’s leading handset manufacturers. Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world’s leading handset manufacturer like for example Nokia and some other leading names such as Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Motorola, Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp and others.

Symbian has all those salient features that make it stand apart from other operating systems. It targets mass market by providing a wide range of products with wireless connectivity and offers an open platform for independent software developers. It has maintained a continuous focus on improved user experience, by keeping in mind the diverse individuality of different users. Other than this the phones with Symbian operating system include basic features such as calendars, contacts, messaging, push email and web browsing, but can also extend easily to any enterprise information system.

Looking at the sole success of Symbian phones it is found out that 20.4 million Symbian smartphones have been shipped in quarter 3 of 2007. Symbian is also the leading OS for smartphones in China with a market share of 60% in Q2 2007. The robustness, security and ease of customization of Symbian OS contributes greatly to the possibility of short development time for a wide variety of handsets making it over 30 million Symbian smartphones shipped in Japan up until the end of November 2007.

In the previous few months, we have been witnessing some major industry changes in which Google has launched a new operating system called as “Android”. Android is built from ground up with the goal of being the first open, complete and free platform. It has managed to gain a broad developer base and industry support from the leading companies such as T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and many others. Some leading mobile operating systems of mobile communication industry such as Symbian and Microsoft have still denied in becoming a part of it.

Nokia has remained a global market leader that uses Symbian OS. A recent rumour has been that Microsoft is trying to grab Symbian’s share by convincing Nokia to move to Windows mobile OS. Although Microsoft still has quite less chance of becoming successful since they share only meager part of smartphone market. But we have to consider the fact that if Nokia shifts towards Microsoft, how this will affect the dominance of Symbian OS. However for the moment, it is indeed pleasing to find that Symbian OS – based smartphones have gained immense amount of popularity in a very short time and they truly have a great beneficial and positive impact on the mobile industry.

Android spy phone software is a cell phone monitoring application which is used to monitor cell phones with Google’s Android OS. The Android spy app can be installed on any Android mobile that has an internet connection. Once installed, the spy software starts to record certain cell phone activities.

The way Android spy phone software works, is a person must download the Android spy app right into the Android mobile. This is done via the Android’s net browser. After the spy software is installed, the spy app becomes undetectable and straight away starts to silently record a range of information (call logs, text messages, GPS locations), and then anonymously uploads all of the information to an internet web account.

The person that installed the software, can now log into their account, and view all the events recorded on the Android cell phone.

Here is a list of cell activities that are recorded by this Android spy software app.

* GPS Tracking – With stealth GPS tracking, you can anonymously track the GPS coordinates of an Android user’s device. Coordinates are recorded and uploaded in fifteen minute intervals, giving you a detailed picture where your target is.

* Recover & Read deleted texts – All SMS messages that are received or sent from the Android cell are recorded. This means even if the SMS text messages are deleted straight after being read, the Android app will continue to be transmit a copy of each message, and give you the ability to read the whole contents of each SMS text message.

* Call History Logs – This cell phone spy will allow you to read all the inbound and outgoing call history logs of the mobile. As well as recording inbound and outbound call information, the name stored in the mobile’s contact list that is associated to the number in the call logs (and text messages messages) will be shown.

There are a variety of situations why somebody would want to use Android cell phone spy softare, they include any of the following :

* Monitor & Track Cheating Spouses: Probably one of the largest reasons why somebody purchases this type of software is to spy on their spouse or partner. Maybe they are concerned that their better half is not where they exclaimed they are, or they want to see what messages are being sent late in the evening when suddently “the chairperson calls” or similar sort of situation. With Android spy phone software, a troubled partner can right away see if their partner is indeed being faithful. Computer spy software has been about for a very long time, but now that communication is being shifted away from computers, and towards cell phones, there hasn’t been a way to secretly and quietly spy on your spouse’s cell phone, until now.

* Monitor Teen Cell Phone Use: For moms and dads who worry about their teen’s cell use, or need a way to track their teen in case they go missing, mobile is a perfect choice. Maybe they are worried about their teen is participating in a taboo activity or parents would like a way to track their children to ensure their teen is where they should be, with cell phone spy software, all of this is possible.

* Employee Monitoring: Android spy software may also be used to watch mobile use on company provided cell phones. In certain industries, more and more client communiction is occuring on cell phones thru texts. Not knowing what’s being said and / or not being able to have a record of the communication might be in violation of compliance rules and laws. Also, in the event of a potential legal action, not having historical records of particular customer communication may put the company in peril. With this type of software installed on company provided cell phones, companies can record notes of such activity.

* Personal Back Up : With enhanced functionality of mobile phones, data storage is quickly becoming a concern. During the past, there wasn’t any straightforward way to backup your call logs or SMS text messages. Using this kind of software can do all these things without requiring you to remember to perform a “back up” of your data. Android spy phone software will back up all of your texts & call logs, so you never need to worry about not having an important text message or look for a n important number that was accidently deleted.

In summary, Android spy phone software is a monitoring application that is used for a variety of reasons to spy on an Android cell phone user. Although a number of them won’t be seen as “appropriate” in everybody’s eyes, it’s up to the person that purchases the software to choose the best use of the spy software based on their particular situation.

Thought I would mention that I just caught his show at Sonar in Barcelona on 18th of June. This also tails in with RayV’s post back in March via VJ Forums regarding the iPhone app. I was skeptical about his visuals after seeing a less then exciting performance in London at Field Day 2008.

Well 2 years later and as Plastikman he has really raised the bar. I went with my friend who demanded we go. This was my friends second, he caught Plastikman LIVE in Detroit at DEMF a few weeks ago. He mentioned the iPhone app SYNK but I didn’t pay much attention to it. It wasnt until the show started that I truely understood what was going on. We were camped right up front and had a great view of the curved LED screen that surrounded Mr. Hawtin which occasionaly highlighted him and projected his shadow on the LED screen. To me it looked like he was a mad scientist in his lab busily working away with thunderous bass and electrical strobe storms going on all around.

I was a little upset that I didn’t bring my proper Canon camera. All the videos and photos were shot with my Sony Ericson c905 mobile phone. I must admit the images and videos are not all that bad.

YouTube- Plastikman LIVE @ Sonar,Barcelona 2010.MP4

Richie starts his show with a nice intro that builds into well produced audio visual experience all the way to the very end and just when you think it’s over he comes out with a hammering encore that leaves you wanting more. During his show iPhone users who have the application SYNK installed can interact via Wi-FI with his performance by monitoring track information, bpm, effects and elements. But what I found cool was when Plastikman allowed users to trigger wordsamples in realtime. FTW, that’s pretty badass in my opinion. For more info visit http://www.plastikman.com/

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An ASCAP Political Action Committee fundraising letter that seeks to vilify advocacy positions of organizations like Creative Commons has been circulating the Web. As I noted in a separate story, it’s not exactly news that ASCAP has taken issue with the licenses Creative Commons advocates. Now, however, ASCAP’s legislative advocacy arm also argues in the letter that the advocacy organization Electronic Frontier Foundation is also an enemy of artists getting paid. The EFF hasn’t made a public statement about the issue, but in a response to CDM, an EFF spokeperson says the letter “mischaracterizes” her organization.

“They imply in that letter that the EFF don’t want artists to get paid for their work,” says Rebecca Jeschke, EFF spokesperson. “For years, we’ve had a proposal for Voluntary Collective Licensing,” she says, a scheme by which users of file sharing services could contribute to funds for artists. She says the EFF has been working on the issue since 2003. “We’re interested in making sure that there’s a balance, that copyright respects the rights of the creators but also innovators and speakers, and that [the doctrine of] fair use rights [a provision of US Copyright Law] are respected.”

For more on EFF’s proposals on voluntary collective licensing, see the organization’s 2008 white paper. Ironically, the proposal explicitly cites ASCAP and similar organizations as their model for how file sharing collections could work:
A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing

The Precedent: Broadcast Radio
It has been done before.

By voluntarily creating collecting societies like ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, songwriters brought broadcast radio in from the copyright cold in the first half of the 20th century.

What would cause ASCAP to lash out at EFF in the first place? While the EFF advocates on a number of issues unrelated to ASCAP, including privacy, government transparency, and free speech, it conflicts with some ASCAP positions in some of its recent intellectual property work. For instance, in regards to the case of United States of America versus ASCAP, EFF has criticized ASCAP in court battles over whether mobile phone ringtones should be licensed as performances, and thus subject to performing royalty collections. In legal analysis on EFF’s website last year, intellectual property lawyer Fred von Lohmann described ASCAP in harsh terms:

ASCAP (the same folks who went after Girl Scouts for singing around a campfire) appears to believe that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you’re violating copyright law by “publicly performing” it without a license. This will doubtless come as a shock to the millions of Americans who have legitimately purchased musical ringtones, contributing millions to the music industry’s bottom line. Are we each liable for statutory damages (say, $80,000) if we forget to silence our phones in a restaurant?

ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings [EFF Deeplinks]

There’s no evidence I could find that any EFF position is advocating that music “should be free,” and ASCAP isn’t clear in the letter about either what EFF policies it opposes, or even what the legislative agenda ASCAP themselves are advocating – and for which they want money. ASCAP’s legislative site is also vague, with a link to a legislative timeline that’s now 12 years out of date, before the popularity of MP3s, Napster, iTunes, iPods, and so on. Legislative recommendations made in March to the US government range from the finer points of international trade policy and enforcement in countries of China to ASCAP talking about their anti-piracy mascot for 10-17-year-old kids, skateboard-wielding “Donny the Downloader.”

ASCAP had not yet responded to CDM’s request for comment; I will follow up with them. ASCAP does, however, have a record of a advocating tougher intellectual property enforcement, including harsher penalties and monitoring.

EFF policy is clearer, however: mandatory monitoring and penalties for Internet Service Providers and mass lawsuits don’t work, says Jeschke. And, she says, that means they also don’t work for artists. “The way, for example, the RIAA has [litigated] in the name of protecting copyright hasn’t really gotten anybody paid. They gave up their lawsuit scheme. The lawsuit campaign just kept going but file sharing continued unabated.”

The EFF is arguing Wednesday in federal court against mass lawsuits. Despite the fact that the music industry dropped the approach, filmmakers of movies like “The Hurt Locker” are now going the same route:
EFF Argues Against Mass Copyright Infringement Lawsuits in Wednesday Hearing: Predatory Suits Improperly Lump Thousands of Defendants Together

Monitoring ISPs and blocking peer-to-peer file sharing, as a recent call from a number of advocacy organizations including ASCAP advocates, is also problematic, she says. When it comes to ISP monitoring, “There are clearly privacy implications for lots of people, in addition to price implications, if ISPs need to step up their enforcement.” Even worse, she says, are policies that would take away users’ Internet access if they are deemed guilty of infringement. “Most of these three strikes policies are three accusations — not three trials where you’re found guilty of infringement. People get caught in that dragnet all the time. Taking away someone’s internet access is a really big thing, and it shouldn’t happen based on three strikes.”

Since even Jeschke acknowledges that music file sharing continues, though, what about artist income? If enforcement isn’t the answer, what is? Voluntary collective licensing is still the EFF’s prescription, says Jeschke. “There will always be some new technology,” she says. “Instead of trying to put fingers in the dam and styming innovation, we need to find ways of getting artists paid.”

In doing so, though, so long as ASCAP sees the EFF as “Copyleft” advocates who only want “free music,” and EFF analysts see ASCAP as the organization confronting Girl Scouts, it’s hard to see these two organizations collaborating on solutions any time soon.

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PALM OS

Posted: 16 Feb 2008 09:59 PM CST

As i used a term of PALM OS in my previous posting of working of an operating system. lets have some basic information on palm OS and little technical specifications.

Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is an embedded operating system( these operating system are used in embedded computer systems and are designed to be very compact and efficient, forsaking many functions that non-embedded computer(like personal computer) operating systems provide) initially developed by U.S ROBOTICS owned PALM COMPUTING for personal PDA”s(Personal digital assistant).

PALM OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen- based graphical user interface. PALM OS is currently used to power mobile devices. Since of its development it has been implemented on a wide array of mobile devices, including SMARTPHONES, WRIST WATCHES, BARCODE READERS AND GPS DEVICES.

The key features of the current Palm OS (Garnet 5.4) are:

* Simple, single-tasking environment to allow launching of full screen applications with a basic, common GUI set.

* Monochrome or color screens with resolutions up to 480×320

* Handwriting recognition input system called Graffiti 2

* HotSync technology for synchronization with desk top computers

* Sound playback and record capabilities

* Simple security model: Device can be locked by password, arbitrary application records can be made private

* TCP/IP network access

* Serial port/USB, Infrared, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections

* Expansion memory card support

* Defined standard data format for personal information management applications to store calender, address, task and note entries, accessible by third-party applications.

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The most advanced operating system from Mac has finally arrived!

It’s here. It’s available. And it’s more advanced than anything else!

Also known as the Mac OS X version 10.6, the Snow Leopard is the seventh operating system for desktops and servers that has been released by Apple. Designed to improve power and performance, the Mac OS X Snow Leopard is an efficient upgrade of the Leopard or the Mac OS X v10.5. While it doesn’t focus on new end-user features, it actually aims to reduce the overall memory footprint or the amount of memory used or referenced by a program while running.

What Mac OS X Snow Leopard Offers?

It’s better than before, better than anything else. Snow Leopard gives you a more enhanced Mac experience that you’ve never seen or heard before. It’s faster, easier, and more reliable – built to meet the most challenging of all computing demands. While it has been further refined and simplified, its efficiency has been enhanced and made fine-tuned.

It presents next-generation technologies. From the Dock and the Finder to Safari 4, iChat, iCal, iTunes, and more, the Snow Leopard comes with the new core technologies and modern innovations to meet the seemingly endless needs of Mac users. Whatever you need the Mac for, the Snow Leopard could provide it to you!

It has more accessibility than ever. The innovative and assistive features of both the Mac and Snow Leopard provide advanced accessibility for users with disabilities.

Upgrading Your Mac OS with the Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard was officially released on August 28, 2009, almost 1 year and 3 months after Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced about its demonstration and operation on June 08, 2008. Available at Apple stores and authorized resellers, the Mac OS X Snow Leopard is designed to upgrade the operating system of Mac computers running Leopard. As an upgrade, the Snow Leopard for single user costs $29, while the Snow Leopard family pack – which is good for up to 5 computers – costs $49 at Apple stores. For Mac computers bought after June 8, 2009, the OS is only priced at $10.

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An ASCAP fundraising letter revealed last week that the American performing rights organization is invoking fears of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and Creative Commons in order to raise money. ASCAP appears to be repeating, now in the more heated language of fundraising, arguments it has had with the Creative Commons license in the past. For its part, Creative Commons insists most of its licenses don’t preclude performing rights bodies like ASCAP from collecting funds.

In the letter, sent on behalf of their Legislative Fund for the Arts, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) argues to its members that that these organizations undermine the value of music:

Many forces including Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and technology companies with deep pockets are mobilizing to promote “Copyleft” in order to undermine our “Copyright.” They say they are advocates of consumer rights, but the truth in these groups simply do not want to pay for the use of our music. Their mission is to spread the word that our music should be free.

This is why your help now is vital. We fear that our opponents are influencing Congress against the interests of music creators. If their views are allowed to gain strength, music creators will find it harder and harder to make a living as traditional media shifts to online and wireless services. We all know what will happen next: the music will dry up, and the ultimate loser will be the music consumer.

Attacks on Creative Commons by ASCAP are nothing new. The organization argued in a 2007 essay (and subsequent report) that elements of the license, which is applied to copyrighted works, meant “artists should give up all or some of their rights.” As noted in a rebuttal by Creative Commons’ Laurence Lessig, some of those claims were incorrect. Among other items, ASCAP said that the “licenses ask creators to waive the ability to collect royalties,” which isn’t true of the non-commercial CC licenses.

The claims in the fundraising letter were more bluntly inaccurate. Creative Commons’ licenses are all built on copyright, and as non-exclusive licenses, they do not in any way prevent artists from being paid for music. They don’t even, as the organization observed three years ago, preclude ASCAP license collection – at least not on works licensed with the non-commercial provision.

Creative Commons licenses do reserve fewer rights for the creator, by definition. All the licenses currently in use include provisions to allow works to be freely distributed via peer-to-peer file services, and depending on the license chosen, may open up other possibilities for use and remixing. But nowhere does the letter acknowledge that an artist must choose to license their work; unlike Copyright, CC licenses are not automatic, nor is the CC organization advocating that they should be. Creative Commons spokespeople have previously told CDM that they aren’t even suggesting that CC licenses are the right choice for everyone in every circumstance. As advocates of their own license, on the other hand, they have explicitly said that their hope is that the license will help artists make money, not that all music “should be free.”

The blog ZeroPaid covered the initial controversy and criticized ASCAP’s take on Creative Commons as an attack on creator choice:

Creative Commons is a middle-of-the-road approach when it comes to copyright and enables creators to tell consumers, in plain language, what they can and cannot do with their content. In short, it’s an option for artists. Any attack on Creative Commons is an attack on an artists right to choose what they feel is appropriate for their chosen distribution channel.

ASCAP Declares War on Free Culture

Creative Commons responded on the same site:
Creative Commons Responds to ASCAP

Additional coverage:
ASCAP Claiming That Creative Commons Must Be Stopped; Apparently They Don’t Actually Believe In Artist Freedom [Techdirt]

ArtsJournal blog Mind the Gap observes that the fictional characters on Glee are in conflict with current US Copyright Law, and expresses surprise that the black-and-white claims of ASCAP’s fundraising letter would target the EFF, Creative Commons, and Public Knowledge. He asks if any card-carrying, royalty check-cashing ASCAP members would share how they feel, and they do – largely to express frustration with ASCAP.
The Right Balance on Copying [Mind the Gap]

ASCAP membership dues can go toward advocacy; only the ASCAP Foundation is a 501c3 charitable organization; the latter supports education and talent development. I’m curious, then, what royalty-check cashing ASCAP members think of these issues, as well.

Thanks to Jason Phoenix for the tip, and incidentally to my friend Mike Rugnetta, whom I was surprised to see pop up in the stories. (Internet: population, one dozen?)

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