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ShutterSphere Publishes Amateurs’ Photos in Print and on the Web

January 24th, 2008

Photographers may upload their work directly to the ShutterSphere Web site, where submissions are rated and commented on by other visitors. Submissions are then selected for publication in print.

ShutterSphere’s format revolves around photographic themes. The themes for the first issue will be Environment, Winter, Alternative Angles, and Odds & Ends.

Founder Jack Prominski takes some of his inspiration from JPG Magazine, but looks to provide a showcase that is more accessible to amateurs.

“Right now, at least, ShutterSphere is mainly about the ease of getting the average hobbyist’s work published, something that is very difficult to do in JPG.”

Competition for a spot in more popular publications such as JPG is extremely tough.

As ShutterSphere goes through its infancy, it hopes to include most, if not all of the current submissions in its first issue. If the rate of submission grows beyond the capacity of one issue, Prominski may devise a system that takes the community’s input into account in order to choose which photos are published.

ShutterSphere will be accepting pre-orders for issue 1 within the coming days. Although the final price has not been set, those who wish to order a copy can expect to pay between $5 and $10. ShutterSphere is currently seeking advertising and funding in order to offset production costs for future issues.

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Tentative Deal Reached on Stimulus Plan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: January 24, 2008

Filed at 10:27 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders reached a tentative deal Thursday on tax rebates of $300 to $1,200 per family and business tax cuts to jolt the slumping economy.

Congressional officials close to the negotiations said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio reached agreement in principle in a telephone call Thursday morning.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the two wanted key members of their parties to sign off on the accord before any announcement.

The movement came as the White House said agreement seemed imminent. ”Our understanding is there is no final deal yet but they are making progress,” presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said early Thursday.

Pelosi, D-Calif., agreed to drop increases in food stamp and unemployment benefits during a Wednesday meeting in exchange for gaining rebates of at least $300 for almost everyone earning a paycheck, including low-income earners who make too little to pay income taxes.

Families with children would receive an additional $300 per child, subject to an overall cap of perhaps $1,200, according to a senior House aide who outlined the deal on condition of anonymity in advance of formal adoption of the whole package. Rebates would go to people earning below a certain income cap, likely individuals earning $75,000 or less and couples with incomes of $150,000 or less.

People would have to have earned at least $3,000 in 2007 to receive the rebates, the officials said.

Pelosi, answering questions from reporters Thursday after addressing Families USA at a Washington hotel, said, ”I am not confirming anything,” but added she would have something to say later.

Another element of the plan is a package of tax breaks for businesses that could cost as $70 billion, far more than had been expected, said a senior House aide and a Democratic lobbyist said.

The business tax portion would give businesses incentives to invest in plants and equipment, give small businesses more generous expensing rules and allow businesses suffering losses now to reclaim taxes previously paid.

After a key Wednesday night meeting in which the parameters of an agreement were reached, Pelosi and Boehner spoke again Thursday to cement the accord.

In the talks, Pelosi pressed to make sure tax relief would find its way into the hands of lower-income earners while Boehner pushed to include upper middle-class couples, according to congressional aides.

The emerging package was already drawing fire from liberal activists and labor unions upset that proposals to extend unemployment insurance and boost food stamps had been dropped. They said those ideas could pump money into the economy more quickly than tax rebate checks that won’t be delivered until June.

Conservative Republicans were likely to be restless over tax rebates going to those without income tax liability.

Democratic aides said greater GOP flexibility over giving relief to poor families with children — who would not have been eligible under President Bush’s original tax rebate proposal — was the catalyst that moved the talks forward.

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I hate AT&T with a passion. But we just moved, so my choices were Time Warner and AT&T. AT&T had the fastest speed (and TW customer service sucks), so AT&T it is.

However, if this gets implemented, I will be moving on in a hurry. I’d give anything to have my old provider back, but they do not offer service in our new area.

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AT&T considering spying on its users

Posted by Martin in P2p, The Web Tags: att, internet, internet filter, P2p, traffic

AT&T are currently evaluating if they should implement a system that would in effect monitor all traffic coming through their lines in an effort to stop sharing of copyrighted material on the Internet using P2P networks. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson came up with a weak analogy to prove his point: “It’s like being in a store and watching someone steal a DVD. Do you act?”

Dear AT&T, dear Mr. Stephenson, are you aware that you can’t compare the theft of a DVD in store with downloading a DVD on the Internet. The theft of the DVD takes something away from someone while the second does not. It is not the same. But that’s not my main point of criticism, not at all.

AT&T is an Internet Service Provider which means that they provide the necessary infrastructure so that their customers can access the Internet. Let me ask you a question. What qualifies you to monitor or classify Internet traffic as copyright infringement ? Are you the police or a federal agency ? No you are not.

I’m not an expert in American law but I suppose that it is not allowed to spy on users that easily and even block traffic that has been analyzed before. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

What you are basically saying is that telephone companies should also eavesdrop on every call made because someone could plan or commit a crime over phone. What you are saying is that every letter and package send by mail should be opened and examined because someone could send copyright infringing material.

I’m sick of companies that side with the industry against their company. If you are a AT&T customer consider switching to another provider and LET THEM NOW that what you will do if they follow this shady pass.

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Now this is TEH SEXEH in terms of laptops………….*whew*! Courtesy of engadget.

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Sony’s 17-inch VAIO AR with Blu-ray meets Penryn

Posted Jan 24th 2008 4:14AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: HDTV, Laptops

Check it Blu-ray on-the-go fans. Sony just gave the Penryn bump to their VAIO AR
series of media laptops. Sweet, powerful, 2.5GHz of cool running, long
lasting, Core 2 Duo T9300 processing and 512MB of NVIDIA GeForce Go
8600M GT graphics now at the heart of this 17-inch, 1,920 x 1,200
resolution lappie. Your $3,300 pre-order should be greeted by a Jan
29th ship date if you’re lucky.

[Thanks, Zainuddin Z.]

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