The ECCE TERRAM Internet Services company will go to Las Vegas to present its Photo2lab Software Suite on the main photo trade fair PMA, which will take place from 31 January to 2 February 2008. Integrated into the Photo2lab Software Suite is the HDX4 Photo Manager of HDX4 GmbH. This is a HDX4 Photo SDK for professional picture optimisation.

Dortmund. Jan 21st, 2008. - HDX4 GmbH has specialised in the development of software all about the topics of burning and multimedia. A suitable tool for digital photography is the SDK HDX4 Photo Manager, which other companies can license to upgrade their own software with new functions. SDK includes the two modules HDX4 Natural Enhancement and HDX4 Upscaling, both proprietary developments from the technology laboratories of HDX4 GmbH.

A distinctive feature of the HDX4-modules is that they can help to turn any snapshot into a really professional photograph – it only takes a mouse click. So far, photographers rather used trial and error to adjust brightness, contrast and colours; now the software can detect imperfections of pictures and corrects them without need for further user intervention. Frank Simon of ECCE TERRAM: "Thanks to the HDX4-functions, dark pictures with low contrast and matt colours are definitely a thing of the past. Suddenly, the sky prints perfectly blue and details, which were in the shade become visible again."

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The project, Ethanol & Orphans, is looking for celebrities who think it is a good idea and who will endorse the project.  The project sponsor is the not-for-profit charity, Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. 

The Ethanol & Orphans project is currently underway in Vietnam where we will be building a cellulose ethanol refinery and using the profits to build:
 - a Self-sustaining, high-tech, green Community for street orphans where they will be raised in families with surrogate parents and grandparents, given care, skills (job, computer, familiy/life) and supplemental education.
 - a Medical clinic supported by the profits from the refinery so those who cannot afford it can still receive treatment.
 - more care for disabled children (who are still today being born with birth defects from Agent Orange which was used in the war in the 60's and 70's) so they can learn to be self-sufficient even with disabilities.

We are looking for people who care about:
 - improving the environment
 - using less petrochemical fuels
 - helping developing / third world countries to improve
 - street children living barely surviving
 - disabled children who need assistance
 - providing medical/dental care for those who cannot afford it
 - protecting food sources (we will use sugarcane for the refiery, NOT grains)
 - providing education for children, the future leaders of their country
 - and more humanitarian projects

The celebrities will be asked to speak about our project when they can, and to allow us to use thier comments/picture/name in our website and promotion materials.

For complete details about the project, see: http://www.orphancommunities.org
For questions, write to us at: info@orphancommunities.org
 
Please forward this to others who you know will be interested in supporting this project.

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Swiss security software specialist Langmeier launches Backup 3.2. 
Small and practical like a Swiss Army knife, this application will run backups reliably in the background.

Pfäffikon SZ. August 3rd, 2006 – Our daily lives and routines increasingly depend on information stored on computer our hard drives: Contracts and contacts, appointments, e-mails, spread sheets, presentations and digital photos. A total or partial loss of such information is equivalent to a major disaster for business users and increasingly, for home users too. The simple reason why such catastrophes happen is the lack of backups and if backups have been made they can be out of date or faulty. The Swiss data security developer Langmeier said: “The launch of Backup 3.2 puts special emphasis on making routine backups easier and avoiding backup errors”.
 
In cases of theft, fire or flooding insurance money will cover in most cases the purchase of replacement equipment, though usually not the cost associated with recovering the data. It is an often overlooked fact, that the data is much more valuable than the PC or hard drive. A virus or a defect on the hard disk can quickly cause havoc. In that case, recent versions of files may have been affected and earlier backup versions are required. That is why it is so important to run backups on a regular basis with history and version tracking. According to “Langmeier Backup” the software was developed with the objective to overcome barriers to running backups by making the routine simpler and automatic, running in the background and avoiding interruptions in the work routine on the PC or network. The backups can also be stored to any location on the computer, the network which Windows can recognize as a drive or to an ftp server over the internet, where the application can also apply 256Bit encryption. The backup data can be accessed at these locations at any time, using a file path resembling the original, which makes the backup files usable.

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Photo service Software Developer announced to publish ‘Transfer Ordering Network’ Protocol during Photokina 

Setting up a digital photo processing service in store or online is becoming easier with ready made software solutions. Large central labs offer these to tie in their customers, while specialist developers like ECCE TERRAM sell software components that increase the services independence and negotiation power.

Oldenburg. 26 July 2006 – Today the vast majority of photographs taken are digital. Online photo services converting digital images into traditional photographic paper prints in familiar 6×4" (10x15cm), prints are increasingly profitable. Compared to home inkjet prints, pictures on photographic paper tend to look much 'richer', and are vastly more durable with regard to handling by sweaty fingers, humid environments, and fading in daylight. Such services cater for business with new photographic gift items and product ideas. The specialist internet software developer ECCE TERRAM will be presenting the latest off the shelf, modular software solutions for online photo services, web portals, photo labs and purchasing associations at the international Photokina exhibition in Cologne in September 2006, including releases currently being prepared. As a Photokina highlight, the company will also publish its complete ‘Transfer Ordering Network’ protocol for free usage.

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（2006 年6月6日，加利福尼亚，卡布其诺）苹果电脑公司®今天推出了新款iPod U2特别版，该产品被看作是苹果电脑公司、U2乐队以及环球唱片公司(UMG)合作延续的一部分。新款U2 iPod是基于第五代30GB的iPod设计的，可容纳7,500首歌曲，25,000张照片或超过75小时长的视频文件。新款U2 iPod拥有独特的全黑不锈钢外壳及红色的点击式转盘，背面还刻有U2乐队成员签名。新款U2 iPod即日面市，其售价为人民币3200元。

“我们非常荣幸能够继续与世界上最伟大的乐队之一合作，为广大U2歌迷带来世界上最好的数字音乐播放器iPod U2特别版。”苹果电脑公司全球iPod产品市场副总裁Greg Joswiak说，“拥有了包括全黑不锈钢外壳在内的独特的全新设计，U2 iPod无疑将成为被追捧的热点。”

新款U2 iPod能够与iTunes数字音乐播放器无缝集成，利用苹果电脑公司正在申请专利的自动同步（Auto-Sync）技术，可以自动把用户的数字音乐收 藏、播客、照片、音频文件、家庭电影、音乐录影带（MV）及热播的电视剧下载到iPod 之中，并能在用户使用USB 2.0把iPod插入Mac®或Windows电脑时随时进行更新。新款U2 iPod可提供高达14小时音乐播放。*

价格和上市时间
新款30GB U2 iPod即日上市，其建议零售价为人民币3200元。用户可以通过苹果电脑公司授权经销商购买。新款U2 iPod包括耳塞式耳机、一根USB 2.0线缆、护套以及一个嵌入式基座。

iPod 需要配有USB 2.0端口和Mac OS® X版本10.3.9（或更高版本）以及iTunes 6的Mac电脑；或配有USB 2.0端口和Windows 2000、XP 家庭版或专业版（SP2）以及iTunes 6 的Windows PC。

* 电池寿命及充电周期因使用方式及设置的不同而异。 如欲获得更多详情，请登陆以下网址：www.apple.com/batteries。歌曲容量根据每首歌平均长度为四分钟并以128-Kbps AAC 编码压缩的歌曲计算。 视频容量根据H.264 750-Kbps配合128-Kbps音频进行计算；照片容量根据由iTunes传送至iPod的可用图像规格计算。

苹 果电脑公司在二十世纪七十年代通过Apple II引发了个人电脑革命，二十世纪八十年代Macintosh的推出又彻底改造了个人计算机。通过其创新的和屡获大奖的台式机、笔记本电脑、Mac OS X操作系统、iLife数字生活方式软件以及专业应用软件，苹果电脑已经被用户广为认知。此外，苹果还以其领先市场的iPod系列便携式数字音乐播放器和 iTunes在线音乐商店引发了数字音乐的革命。

环球唱片是世界首屈一指的音乐公司，在全球75个国家拥有唱片独立经营许可。 环球唱片旗下的环球唱片发行公司，是全球音乐行业中最大的音乐发行商之一。环球唱片隶属于斐凡迪环球 (Vivendi Universal) 集团，该集团是一个全球性的媒体通讯集团。

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2006 年1月11日，北京――Google 公司今天宣布将Google学术搜索（Google Scholar）扩展至中文学术文献领域。Google学术搜索是一项免费服务，可以帮助快速寻找学术资料，如专家评审文献、论文、书籍、预印本、摘要以 及技术报告。作为此次扩展的一部分，Google学术搜索在索引中涵盖了来自多方面的信息，信息来源包括万方数据资源系统，维普资讯，主要大学发表的学术 期刊、公开的学术期刊、中国大学的论文以及网上可以搜索到的各类文章。Google Scholar同时提供了中文版界面（http://scholar.google.com），供中国用户更方便地搜索全球的学术科研信息。

“我 们相信全球范围的信息搜索对于学术研究至关重要。研究者可以学习世界其它地方的研究成果，并在此基础上进行改进。”Google公司杰出工程师 Anurag Acharya说：“我们不知道下一个重要的突破会来自哪里，但我们相信，通过使各地的研究者更轻松地了解在全球范围内已取得的研究成果，我们可以对他们 有所帮助。”

例如，一名正在写有关信息技术论文的学生，只需要在Google Scholar搜索框中输入“信息技术”就可以获得与信息技术相关的原始研究文献、文章以及书籍的列表。

Google学术搜索的主要优点包括：

1. 相关性：与Google网页搜索一样，Google学术搜索根据相关性对搜索结果进行排序，最相关的信息显示在页面上方。这一排序同时考虑到每篇文章的全文内容、作者、发表该文章的刊物，以及该文章被其它学术著作引用的次数等要素。
2. 全文搜索：在可能的情况下，Google会搜索全文，而不仅仅只是摘要部分， 给予用户对学术内容最为全面深入的搜索， 与此同时也加强了搜索结果的相关性。
3. 非在线文章搜索：Google学术搜索涵盖了各方面的学术著作，包括还没有在线发布的学术研究结果。比如爱因斯坦的很多著作并未在线发布，但却被众多学者引用。Google学术搜索通过提供这些引用信息使搜索者了解到重要的未在线论文和书籍。

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VSO Software announces the release of Image Resizer, freeware that resizes and converts images between different formats. This handy application is a useful tool for anyone who wants to store digital pictures on a PC and wants to email them, move them easily from one folder to another or to free up space on the hard drive.

Toulouse. April 28th, 2006 -- In one click, Image Resizer by VSO Software resizes pictures or changes their format as desired: the reduced file size enables faster loading, improved pictures management and saves storage space. Image files which are smaller in size are more easily sent by email, something difficult to do with the original file size. It is also the perfect tool for webmasters or people wanting to publish images on the internet.

Image Resizer handles images in all popular formats: bmp, jpeg, gif, png and can converts them at the preferred resolution (from 320x200 to 1600x1200, including even Ipod photo and video, Sony PSPS, HDTV and DVD). The images will adjust automatically to the size of the desktop or to the source used to display them.

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