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2006/05/05

QuickTime News: May 5--Music, Movies, Technology News and More

Labels: Apple, Art, Audio, Books, Business, Christian, Developer, Local, Microsoft, Mobile, Movies, Music, News, Software, Technology

.................. QuickTime News May 5, 2006 Volume 8, Issue 9 ..................

In This Issue .............

1. The Story Behind the Stories 2. Tracks to Watch 3. QuickTime Showcase 4. Movie Trailers 5. iTunes Corner 6. Get Creative 7. The Buzz on H.264 8. Hot Tips

Read today's issue of QuickTime News online at:

http://www.apple.com/enews/currentqissue

1. The Story Behind the Stories ................................

Discover how the BBC leverages Final Cut Studio to concentrate on creativity. See how creative collective coreaudiovisual redefines artistry in advertising through Final Cut Studio. Hear how award-winning director and filmmaker Miranda July let her story steer production of "Me and You and Everyone We Know" using Final Cut Studio. Find out how director David Fincher drives his digital workflow with Final Cut Studio.

Watch these stories and more. And learn more about Final Cut Studio real-time video and audio production suite, featuring Final Cut Pro 5, Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro 4 and Compressor 2.

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/profiles/?profiles/apple_nab06_reel01_h640 http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/

2. Tracks to Watch ...................

The Chicks are back. Preview the new Dixie Chicks' long-awaited, pre-release single, "Not Ready to Make Nice." Download the single at the iTunes Music Store and receive a special digital booklet.

You can also pre-order the Chicks' new album, "Taking the Long Way," set for release on May 23, to receive an exclusive video interview and digital booklet, as well as the bonus track "Live Wire."

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=146971116&s=143441 http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=151592247&s=143441

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Will Young's new video, "Who I Am," is a nostalgic take on the British kids TV show of sticky back plastic and "look what I made earlier." Take a trip down memory lane as Young enjoys a foray into the retro world of Blue Peter.

If you'd like to hear some earlier work from Young, visit the iTunes Music Store.

http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunchnew.asp?vidref=will015 http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=13699428

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Check out the special video site for Feeder's upcoming best of album, "The Singles," featuring 17 tracks from the band's last five studio albums and three new tracks. Come back every week to see a new video and keep your eyes peeled for "The Singles" in stores May 15.

In the meantime, at the iTunes Music Store, you can download music from earlier Feeder albums.

http://www.video-c.co.uk/artistfeatures/feederthesingles http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=158574

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Phenomenon Nerina Pallot finds herself under attack--in a food fight, that is--at a grocery store in "Everybody's Gone To War." Will she retaliate or surrender? Find out now.

http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunchnew.asp?vidref=neri002

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Christian Scott, Taylor Eigsti and Erin Boheme have many things in common. Each is young and amazingly talented, equally adept at creating and composing music as they are at performing. Moreover, each has been described as among the brightest jazz stars to emerge on the scene in many years.

22-year old trumpeter Christian delivers smooth, grooved and plugged in tunes that are equal parts jazz and rock. Taylor, just 21-years old, dazzles on the piano keys with a rich rhythmic palette that embraces jazz, hip-hop and pop. And 19-year old singer/songwriter Erin has a magical ability to mix old school swing with modern pop.

Sit back and listen to the next generation of cool as Concord Records presents "The New Wave Of Jazz."

http://www.ontargetmediagroup.com/concord/qt/index.html http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=132683507 http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=132683560 http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=104009271

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On his past few outings, organist Joey DeFrancesco has revealed continued growth and maturity as a player, composer, arranger and producer. With "Organic Vibes" he takes another big step in that lifelong process of evolving as an artist.

Preview the new album on which DeFrancesco swings the B3 with vibes legend Bobby Hutcherson. Visit the iTunes Music Store to hear earlier work from Joey DeFrancesco.

http://www.joeydefrancesco.com http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=124091

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Sing-Sing's intriguing and addicting new release, "Sing-Sing and I," draws on many diverse influences such as alt-folk, '60s girl groups and avant-pop. Listen to the entire album, which you can download at the iTunes Music Store.

http://www.sing-sing.co.uk/ss-and-i/ http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=72309885

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24-year-old actress Laura Michelle Kelly is on the threshold of an exciting new phase in her career. Enjoy the video for her beautiful single "There Was a Time" from her recently-released debut album, "The Storm Inside."

http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunchnew.asp?vidref=lara001

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Enjoy mesmerizing music from Sol Seppy--part Mazzy Star, part Cocteau Twins. Watch her dream-like videos "Slo Fuzz" and "Wonderland." At the iTunes Music Store, you can download these songs and preview more tracks from "Bells of 1 2."

http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunchnew.asp?vidref=sols001 http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=118630813

3. QuickTime Showcase ......................

Emmy-winner Helen Mirren and Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons star in "Elizabeth I," a two-part HBO Films miniseries that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I (Mirren) in the latter half of her reign. The series offers a personal look at her allies, her enemies and her suitors as she struggled to survive in a male-dominated world.

Part 1 explores the middle-aged Elizabeth's tempestuous relationship with the Earl of Leicester (Irons) as it survives a French suitor, war, treason and illness. Part 2 follows Elizabeth through her later years, during which she had an equally passionate affair with the young, ambitious Earl of Essex (Hugh Dancy), who had been raised, ironically, by his stepfather Leicester.

Don't miss exclusive behind-the-scenes content on HBO's website: "The Two Worlds of Elizabeth I" takes you behind the scenes of this HBO miniseries event and lets you discover through images, video and audio commentary the intimate private side of England's most enigmatic Queen.

http://www.hbo.com/films/elizabeth/index.html

4. Movie Trailers ..................

When a rogue wave capsizes the luxury cruise ship Poseidon in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler John Dylan (Josh Lucas) ignores captain's (Andre Braugher) orders to wait below for possible rescue.

"Poseidon" opens in theaters May 12.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/poseidon/

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A young man named Roy Eberhardt (Logan Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls. Roy and two other middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians and clueless cops in the mystery adventure based on Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Honor-winning book.

You can catch "Hoot" in theaters today.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/hoot/

5. iTunes Corner ..................

Get the Cinco de Mayo party started today with "Cinco de Mayo" iTunes Essentials, featuring a wide range of tunes, new and old. Sombrero optional. For the day after, you'll definitely need to be prepared with "Latin Chill Out" iTunes Essentials, though.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMix?id=151500407&s=143441 http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMix?id=151510036&s=143441

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There's still a few days left to pre-order Red Hot Chili Peppers' new double album, "Stadium Arcadium," before it's released on May 9. Why pre-order? First of all, you'll receive the "Dani California" single immediately. And when the album is available on May 9, you'll get a bonus video about the making of the "Dani California" music video, audio commentary from the band, a digital booklet and the full album, of course.

There's more... Pre-ordering gets you access to a ticket pre-sale from Ticketmaster.com for the group's upcoming tour, four days before tickets go on sale to the public. Tour dates have just been announced--check for your local venue now.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=136933330&s=143441

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Download the iTunes Music Store free Single of the Week--"Steady, As She Goes" by the Raconteurs. Check back every Tuesday for a new free download.

Download iTunes 6 for Mac OS X or Windows. It's free.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=152027810 http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

6. Get Creative ................

Last week, Apple unveiled the new 17-inch MacBook Pro notebook computer featuring a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor and an all-new system architecture that delivers up to five times the performance of the PowerBook G4 and eight times the graphics bandwidth.

Featuring a stunning aluminum enclosure just one inch thin, the power-efficient 17-inch MacBook Pro weighs only 6.8 pounds. It also includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on the go.

For the ultimate mobile workstation, run the Universal version of Final Cut Studio 5.1 on this post-production powerhouse that features the same amount of screen area as a professional desktop system. Using Final Cut Pro, video pros will enjoy 2.5x the HDV rendering and encoding performance on the MacBook Pro compared to the Powerbook G4*.

Learn more about the 17-inch MacBook Pro now.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/

* For detailed information about HD rendering and encoding performance improvements, visit www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html.

7. The Buzz on H.264 .....................

Part of the Final Cut Studio professional software suite, Compressor 2--Apple's full-featured audio and video compression application--makes digital duplication and content delivery a breeze, giving editors a complete set of tools for generating pristine video for use on the iPod, the Internet, wireless devices and DVD.

Use it on a single workstation or across an entire network of Macs on Xsan for high-performance encoding. Whether you're working in SD or HD, Compressor offers encoding that combines stunning quality, leading-edge codecs and tremendous efficiency. Compressor can output QuickTime files in a variety of formats, frame-rates and sizes using codecs ranging from H.264 and MPEG-2 to MPEG-4, Sorenson and many more.

From broadcast to podcast, Compressor gives you total control of the quality of your video content no matter where it ends up. Take a Quick Tour of Compressor now.

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/compressor/ http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/quicktours/?quicktours/delivery/qt_comp_5_over

8. Hot Tips ............

Did you know that you can pause a QuickTime movie by simply pressing the Space bar? Yes, just one tap does the trick. And to resume playing, just press the Space bar again.

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We hope you enjoyed reading this issue of QuickTime News. Look for your next issue on May 19.

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OneWorld Daily Headlines

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> Cheering Residents Welcome Home Sudanese Refugees > America's Role in the World? Answer in a Flash > U.S. House Committee Cuts Missile Defense > Top Ten Failed States Includes Iraq, Afghanistan > Hundreds of U.S. Cities Get Proactive on Global Warming

> Nepal Maoists ready for peace talks > Doubts over Webcasting Treaty > Concern over candidates for new Human Rights Council > Nepal’s people phenomenon > Support for midwives would save 5 million lives, say agencies

> Every second child in India is malnourished: Unicef > Knowledge network of women in politics > Sri lanka opposition party urges govt to restore peace

> Lack of Cooperation with ICTY is a Slap in the Face for the Citizens > Osjecki Zeleni Protest Administrative Silence Applied by the District and the City of Osijek

> Watchdog Says U.S. Creating 'Climate of Torture'; UN Hearings Begin Friday

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CHEERING RESIDENTS WELCOME HOME SUDANESE REFUGEES -------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Twenty-nine families were greeted by cheers, dance, and song Wednesday as they returned from Uganda to their home villages in south Sudan. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132256/7263/78851 From: United Nations http://www.un.org/

AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD? ANSWER IN A FLASH ---------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Find out what young people think about America's role in the world. This year's Flash videos are edgy, creative, and insightful. Vote for your favorites today! http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132253/7263/78851 From: Citizens for Global Solutions http://www.globalsolutions.org

U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE CUTS MISSILE DEFENSE ----------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) A bipartisan Congressional committee downsized the Bush administration's request for national missile defense and space weapons research this week. Analysts were critical of Bush's funding requests, citing more practical and immediate military needs and the dangerous implications of weaponizing space. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132255/7263/78851 From: Council for a Livable World http://www.clw.org

TOP TEN FAILED STATES INCLUDES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN ------------------------------------------------ (5 may 2006) Iraq and Afghanistan rank among the world's weakest states, according to an annual index based on a dozen social, economic, and political indicators. Venezuela made the greatest progress towards stability in the past year. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132254/7263/78851 From: Inter Press Service (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net

HUNDREDS OF U.S. CITIES GET PROACTIVE ON GLOBAL WARMING ------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Citing a "vacuum of leadership" from the federal government on climate change issues, some 227 U.S. city mayors have taken measures into their own hands. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132165/7263/78851 From: Earth Policy Institute http://www.earth-policy.org

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NEPAL MAOISTS READY FOR PEACE TALKS ----------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Maoist insurgents who have been waging an armed rebellion in Nepal for 10 years announced Thursday that they were ready for peace talks with the newly-formed democratic government. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132291/7468/78851 From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network http://www.irinnews.org

DOUBTS OVER WEBCASTING TREATY ----------------------------- (5 may 2006) Use of copyright laws is restricting access to knowledge, Consumers International told a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation this week, and also raised concerns about the proposed WIPO Treaty on Webcasting. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132288/7468/78851 From: Consumers International http://www.consumersinternational.org/

CONCERN OVER CANDIDATES FOR NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ---------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Concern about the candidate countries for the new UN Human Rights Council - which include Cuba, China, Iran, Russia, Tunisia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia - has been voiced by an international media watchdog, joining other groups, such as the Asian Human Rights Commission, that have already expressed anxiety. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132284/7468/78851

NEPAL’S PEOPLE PHENOMENON ------------------------- (5 may 2006) Nepal needs to go back to being a country where the people smile, where villagers on the trail look at you in the eye and brightly inquire into your personal history, rather than fearfully looking away. Already, during the People’s Movement, the twinkle had returned to the Nepali eye, says Kanak Mani Dixit. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132281/7468/78851

SUPPORT FOR MIDWIVES WOULD SAVE 5 MILLION LIVES, SAY AGENCIES ------------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Urgent support to midwives would save the lives of 5 million women and prevent 80 million illnesses from pregnancy or childbirth by 2015, say the International Confederation of Midwives and UN Population Fund, in a statement marking International Day of the Midwife, 5 May. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132279/7468/78851

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EVERY SECOND CHILD IN INDIA IS MALNOURISHED: UNICEF --------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The darker side of Incredible India is that a whopping 57 million children in India are undernourished, making its rate of malnutrition the same as that of Ethiopia (47 per cent). http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132296/1893/78851

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK OF WOMEN IN POLITICS -------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) have announced a new partnership to create an International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics called "iKNOW Politics." http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132267/1893/78851

SRI LANKA OPPOSITION PARTY URGES GOVT TO RESTORE PEACE -------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The main opposition UNP told the press that the country’s stability in law and order were fast deteriorating and urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to arrest the dangerous trend http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132266/1893/78851

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LACK OF COOPERATION WITH ICTY IS A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR THE CITIZENS -------------------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) The European Movement in Serbia condemned the lack of adequate cooperation of the Government of Serbia with the International Tribunal in the Hague, which resulted in a suspension of negotiations on the Stabilization and Association Agreement and the proces of EU integration. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132283/3260/78851

OSJECKI ZELENI PROTEST ADMINISTRATIVE SILENCE APPLIED BY THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF OSIJEK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5 may 2006) Osjecki Zeleni environmental association sent an open letter to the Administration of the Osijek-Baranja District and the City of Osijek, and accused them of refusal to implement the Law on Access to Information and that apply the principle of “adminstrative silence” to violate the basic right of the citizens to participate in decision-making on issues related to environmental policies and activities for improved quality of living on local, regional and national level. http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132280/3260/78851 From: Osjecki zeleni www.zeleni.hr

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WATCHDOG SAYS U.S. CREATING 'CLIMATE OF TORTURE'; UN HEARINGS BEGIN FRIDAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4 may 2006) UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration's efforts to plead innocence to charges of using torture before a key United Nations committee have been complicated by a new report from an influential human rights group suggesting otherwise. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132257/4536/78851 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net

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2006/05/04

Apple eNews: May 4, 2006

Labels: Apple, Art, Audio, Books, Business, Developer, Entertainment, Local, Love, Microsoft, Movies, Music, News, Software, Technology, Television, Video Games

....................... Apple eNews May 4, 2006 Volume 9, Issue 9 ....................... In This Issue: ..............

1. Get a Mac. It Just Works. 2. 17-inch MacBook Pro. The Art of More. 3. What's the Story? 4. It's Only the Best for Mercedes-Benz 5. A Resounding Audio Success. iMovie HD 6. 6. Protecting the Environment 7. A Bundle of Joy 8. What's New?

Read today's issue online at:

http://www.apple.com/enews/currenteissue/

1. Get a Mac. It Just Works. ............................

You know the Mac. No one has to tell you how much you can do with iLife. How much fun--or effortless--it is to create an iPhoto book or publish your own iWeb blog. Complete with video podcasts, no less. You jump from iLife to Word to Keynote and to Excel without thinking. Connect peripherals without giving it a second thought. In fact, you probably show people all the time what "drag-and-drop easy" really means.

But because not everyone has the experience you have with a Mac, we recently began airing a series of ads that help us playfully articulate the difference between Macs and PCs. You can see them all on our new getamac website.

Better yet. You should send friends who might benefit from bringing Macs into their lives as well. They can watch the ads. And find out how they might come to love their Macs as much as you do.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/

2. 17-inch MacBook Pro. The Art of More. ........................................

Designed for pros on the go, the 17-inch MacBook Pro with its 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor offers performance up to 5x faster than the Power Book G4, delivering the speed and screen area of a professional desktop system in the world's best notebook design. In fact, when using the Universal version of Final Cut Studio, video pros will realize more than twice the HDV rendering and encoding performance.*

Just one-inch thin and weighting just 6.8 pounds, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a built-in iSight video camera for instant, on-the-go video conferencing* and lets you showcase your latest creations--on location, in you client's studio, or back at the office--using Front Row and an Apple Remote.

Shipping now and starting at just $2,799, the 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a 36% brighter display and an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card with 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 graphics memory to power pro apps.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/02hg.html

* For detailed information about speed testing on 15- and 17-inch models of the MacBook Pro, visit <www.apple.com/macbookpro/>. For detailed information about HD rendering and encoding performance improvements, visit <www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html>.

You'll need broadband Internet access for video conferencing; fees may apply.

3. What's the Story? ....................

Talk to multiple award-winning director and filmmaker Miranda July, and she'll tell you.

In her new film, "Me and You and Everyone We Know," it's to make a movie that feels the way life feels to her. "Sad and dark and confusing and more than hopeful. Like something totally incredible can happen at any moment with no explanation."

So far as she's concerned, making a feature film shouldn't "feel like you're flying an airplane or doing something you wouldn't normally do." Rather, it "should feel like it's a living, breathing part of how you experience life."

To create such an experience, July enjoys working in an environment that allows her to express herself without the technical process of making a movie getting in the way. It's an environment made possible by Final Cut Studio, the story behind her stories.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/03hg.html

4. It's Only the Best for Mercedes-Benz .......................................

Each time the company gets set to roll out a new member of its world-beating, market leading, S-Class fleet, the in-house production staff at Mercedes-Benz USA goes into high gear. Their job? To produce high-definition video for dealer events, auto shows, and television as compelling as the vehicle itself.

That's why Rick Thomas, the firm's Digital Media manager, relies so heavily on Final Cut Studio, Xsan, and his fleet of Macintosh computers. "Mercedes-Benz is seen as a technology leader," he says. "Our customers expect it in our vehicles, and they look for it in our communications as well. So we do a tremendous amount of high-def video. And we always get a great reaction."

For the newest member of the S-Class family, the S550, that even meant producing iPod-based video tours of the car's new high-tech features.

http://www.apple.com/pro/video/mbusa/

5. A Resounding Audio Success. iMovie HD 6. ...........................................

Whoever coined the term "gone with the wind" obviously never used a camcorder. If they had, they'd know that thanks to the built-in microphone on most camcorders, the wind--once recorded--seems anchored to your video clips for good. Same's true for the mechanical noises generated by your camcorder itself. Proximity makes it all but impossible for your mic to miss it.

Sound familiar?

Then do yourself a big favor and get yourself a copy of the new version of iMovie HD. Part of iLife '06, iMovie HD comes with new, built-in audio enhancing tools you can use to virtually eliminate intrusive and distracting ambient sounds. In a snap. Or you can use the graphics equalizer to sweeten sounds or add reverb. Want your iMovie projects to sound as good as they look? Now they can.

http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/features/audio.html

6. Protecting the Environment .............................

Beginning in June, when you purchase any new Mac from the online or retail Apple Store, we'll take care of the computer you're retiring. As part of a new computer take-back program available in the US, we'll send you a box, pay for the shipping, and recycle your old equipment in an environmentally friendly way and without shipping any hazardous material overseas.

Long committed to conserving natural resources and protecting the health of the only planet we have, Apple was recently named a "Forward Green Leader" by the Sierra Club and its investment advisor, Forward Management. That distinction puts Apple on the short list: as one of the top 10 environmentally progressive companies.

What have we done to deserve this status? Visit our website, and take a look at our environmental record of achievement.

http://www.apple.com/environment/

7. A Bundle of Joy ..................

Doctor Robert James Gallo has delivered over 4,000 babies to date. It says so right on his website, on the pages he created himself using iWeb.

Don't know many web-authoring OB-GYNs? Then you'll want to meet Hackensack's Dr. Gallo, an unassuming father of 12 who "runs his solo practice--meeting the complex demands of HMOs, HIPAA regulations, medical labs, insurance companies, and more--with the help of just three loyal employees" and a network of Macs that, you guessed it, he manages himself.

"I've never once had to consult an IT person for a computer malfunction or a network snafu. That's why there are no PCs in this office--nor will there ever be." For this doctor, the Mac really delivers.

http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/gallo/

8. What's New? ..............

Discovery Channel. MTV Networks. Kulture Machine. coreaudiovisual. Mekanism. Hoytyboy Pictures. Televisa. Elastic Creative. Trailer Park. Fast Forward. IFC Films. Compound. Verb!, Syn Entertainment. Outpost Digital. The BBC. The most creative broadcasters, agencies, studios, and designers in the world tell engaging stories with stunning visuals and perfect sound. All made possible with Final Cut Studio.

http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2006/09/08hg.html

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At last week's NAB show in Las Vegas, Gallery, which markets a variety of audio and video post-production products exclusively for the Mac, announced a new Sienna plug-in that integrates Final Cut Pro with ENPS, the news production system created by the Associated Press.

http://www.gallery.co.uk/indexsienna.html

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2006/05/03

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----------------------- 70-270 QUESTION 1 -----------------------

You want to run a script from your Windows XP Professional workstation every 30 minutes that queries your Windows 2003 file server and then provides a list that it appends to the text file in the d:\logs\serveraccess.txt directory on your Windows XP workstation.

You're logged on to your Windows 2003 domain, and your account has full domain administrator access. You want to query a file server called oksana.odlt.com and add a time stamp in front of each entry in serveraccess.txt. To do so, you need to complete two tasks: Write a batch file called getinfo.bat and put it in the c:\scripts directory, then correctly schedule getinfo.bat to execute every 30 minutes.

Which of the following would you need to do to complete this task? (Select two; some lines wrap.)

A. Execute the following command at the command prompt:

schtasks /create /tn getinfo.bat /tr c:\scripts\srvacs.bat /sc minute /mo 30

B. Create batch file

c:\scripts\getinfo.bat

Have the following two lines in the batch file

time /t >> d:\logs\serveraccess.txt

openfiles /query /s oksana.odlt.com >> d:\logs\serveraccess.txt

C. Create batch file

c:\scripts\getinfo.bat

Have the following two lines in the batch file

time /t > d:\logs\serveraccess.txt openfiles /query /s oksana.odlt.com > d:\logs\serveraccess.txt

D. Execute the following command at the command prompt:

addjobs /create /tn srvacs /tr c:\scripts\getinfo.bat /sc minute /mo 30

E. Create batch file

c:\scripts\info.bat

Have the following two lines in the batch file

time /t >> d:\logs\serveraccess.txt

openfiles /query /s oksana.odlt.com >> d:\logs\serveraccess.txt

F. Execute the following command at the command prompt:

schtasks /create /tn srvacs /tr c:\scripts\getinfo.bat /sc minute /mo 30

----------------------- 70-270 QUESTION 2 -----------------------

Your organization has recently purchased five high-end workstations that run Windows XP 64-bit edition, one of which has a problem in its startup cycle. Something appears to be wrong with the registry information and hardware abstraction layer (HAL) loads.

Which of the following correctly contains the names of the files that load the kernel, the HAL, and the registry information on each platform? (Select the best answer.)

A. Windows XP 64-bit: ntdetect.com Windows XP Pro: ntdetect.com B. Windows XP 64-bit: ia64ldr.efi Windows XP Pro: ia64ldr.efi C. Windows XP 64-bit: ia64ldr.efi Windows XP Pro: ntdetect.com D. Windows XP 64-bit: ntoskrnl.exe Windows XP Pro: ntdetect.com E. Windows XP 64-bit: ia64ldr.efi Windows XP Pro: ntoskrnl.exe

----------------------- 70-270 QUESTION 3 ----------------------- You have been asked to help a senior manager disable a particularly annoying application that activates every time he logs in. Unfortunately, the application is corrupt and locks up the system, so the manager can't delete the application by removing it from the startup folder. When you arrive at his office, the system has already booted to the point where the logon banner displays. You want to deal with this problem as expeditiously as possible, which means you don't have the option of rebooting back into safe mode.

Which of the following should you do? (Select the best answer.)

A. Log in using CTRL+ALT+DEL. When the system accepts the login, hold down the SHIFT key to disable all startup programs from running.

B. Log in using CTRL+ALT+DEL. When the system accepts the login, hold down the BREAK key to disable all startup programs from running.

C. Log in using CTRL+ALT+DEL. When the system accepts the login, hold down the SPACEBAR to disable all startup programs from running.

D. Log on using CTRL+ALT+DEL. When the system accepts the logon, hold down the Alt key to disable all startup programs from running.

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---------------------- 70-290 QUESTION 1 -----------------------

Beradio is monitoring an old Windows Server 2003 system that was upgraded from a Windows 2000 System 18 months ago. The Server has been performing poorly and Beradio is trying to determine if a particular hardware component is causing a bottleneck. Beradio gathers the following data from the Systems Monitor Utility:

% Processor Time (Average): 67%

Processor Queue Length (Average): 1

Pages /sec (Average): 4

Average Disk sec/Transfer: 0.8

Disk Queue Length (Average): 9

Given this information, which of the following components is the most likely bottleneck?

A. Network Adapter is the bottleneck.

B. The Physical Disk is the bottleneck.

C. The Processor is the bottleneck.

D. The RAM is the bottleneck.

----------------------- 70-290 QUESTION 2 -----------------------

Parsons, Bouillon and Beradio all have user accounts within a Windows Server 2003 Domain. They all use a shared folder on the 2003 Member Server DEMOSTHENES named LOCKE. Parsons is a member of three groups that have been assigned permissions to this share. Bouillon is a member of two groups that have been assigned permissions to this share. Beradio is a member of two groups that have been assigned permissions to this share. There are four groups in total that have been assigned permissions to this share - they are ENGINEERING, MARKETING, MANAGERS and ACCOUNTANTS. Bouillon and Beradio are not members of the same groups. Parsons is a member of Beradio's groups. Bouillon and Parsons are members of the Managers group. Beradio is not a member of the Accountants group. The share permissions for LOCKE are as follows.

Parsons - Full Control (ALLOW) Bouillon - Full Control (ALLOW) Beradio - Full Control (ALLOW) Managers - Full Control (DENY) Accountants - Full Control (DENY) Engineering - Read (ALLOW) Marketing - Read (ALLOW)

NTFS permissions for the folder hosting the LOCKE share and its subfolders are:

Parsons - Full Control (ALLOW) Bouillon - Full Control (ALLOW) Beradio - Full Control (ALLOW) Managers - Full Control (ALLOW) Accountants - Full Control (DENY) Engineering - Read (ALLOW) Marketing - Read (DENY)

What will Bouillon's effective permissions be to files on the LOCKE share if he is attempting to access it from a workstation on the network?

A. Full Control

B. No Access

C. Read

D. Change (Read, Write, Execute and Delete)

----------------------- 70-290 QUESTION 3 -----------------------

There are six files that have compression status as outlined in the table below hosted on a Windows Server 2003 DC named BLOGGER.

ALPHA.TXT = COMPRESSED BETA.TXT = UNCOMPRESSED GAMMA.TXT = UNCOMPRESSED DELTA.TXT = UNCOMPRESSED EPSILON.TXT = COMPRESSED OMEGA.TXT = COMPRESSED.

All of the files are located in a folder on the ROME volume called COMPTEST. Elsewhere on the ROME volume there are the following folders with the following compression stats:

ATLAS = COMPRESSED AWESOME = UNCOMPRESSED

On the MILAN volume, formatted with NTFS, there are the following folders.

WARHAMMER = UNCOMPRESSED RIFLEMAN = COMPRESSED

The following actions are performed:

ALPHA.TXT is moved to WARHAMMER. BETA.TXT is copied to RIFLEMAN. GAMMA.TXT is moved to ATLAS. DELTA.TXT is copied to AWESOME. EPSILON.TXT is copied to WARHAMMER. OMEGA.TXT is moved to AWESOME.

Which files will now be compressed after performing the actions listed above? Choose all that apply.

A. BETA.TXT

B. DELTA.TXT

C. EPSILON.TXT

D. ALPHA.TXT

E. OMEGA.TXT

F. GAMMA.TXT

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----------------------- 70-291 QUESTION 1 -----------------------

Your network contains two routed subnets: Subnet A and Subnet B. Subnet B contains a Windows Server 2003 system configured as a DHCP server. This server has scopes created for both Subnet A and Subnet B. Subnet A does not contain a DHCP server.

The clients on Subnet A are not receiving IP addresses from the DHCP server. What can you do to enable clients in Subnet A to receive dynamically assigned IP addresses? Choose all that apply.

A. Configure an RFC 1560-compliant router to pass all UDP traffic on ports 2151, 2152, 2153 and 2154.

B. Configure an RFC 1542-compliant router to forward BOOTP messaging between subnets.

C. Install and configure a DHCP server on Subnet A.

D. Configure the clients on Subnet A to use H-node NetBIOS name resolution.

E. Create a superscope on the DHCP server in Subnet B which contains both the scope for Subnet A and the scope for Subnet B.

F. Configure a DHCP relay agent on Subnet A to forward DHCP messages to Subnet B.

----------------------- 70-291 QUESTION 2 -----------------------

Rooska is setting up dial-up connections for a group of users on the network that he administers. He would like to configure the dial-up connection to require data encryption for all connections. Which of the following protocols support data encryption? Choose all that apply.

A. MS-CHAP v2

B. MS-CHAP

C. PAP

D. SPAP

E. EAP/TLS

F. CHAP

----------------------- 70-291 QUESTION 3 -----------------------

Oksana has configured a Windows XP Professional machine in a small branch office to have a dial-up 56K connection to the Internet. She would like to make that connection available to the other users in the branch office through the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) feature in Windows XP. How can she enable ICS on a network connection?

A. Reconifigure the TCP/IP properties for the internal network interface. Set the IP address to an address in the 192.168.x.y range. Configure a DHCP scope on the machine and assign it IP addresses from the same range. Exclude the statically-assigned IP address from the previous step.

B. Open Network and Dial-up Connections, right-click the connection that you want to share, choose properties and select the "Enable Internet connection sharing for this connection" check box from the sharing tab.

C. Open Routing and Remote Access, click ICS, right- click ICS and add a New Interface.

D. In Control Panel, double-click ICS. Configure ICS through the Internet Connection Sharing Setup wizard.

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----------------------- 70-294 QUESTION 1 -----------------------

You installed Active Directory on a machine running Windows 2003 Server several months ago. When you did this you put the SYSVOL and the Active Directory log files on a separate hard disk (Disk1) from the one that you installed the operating system files and the Active Directory database to (Disk0). Now you would like to remove Disk1 from the Server and use it in a different machine. You would like to move the Active Directory log files and SYSVOL to Disk0. Can this be accomplished and if so how can you do it?

A. No, this cannot be accomplished. You must remove and reinstall Active Directory if you wish to change the location of SYSVOL.

B. Yes, this can be accomplished. You must enter Directory Services Restore Mode and use the ntdsutil utility to move the Active Directory log files and SYSVOL.

C. Yes, this can be accomplished. You must boot into Safe Mode and use the ntdsutil utility to move the Active Directory log files and SYSVOL.

D. Yes, this can be accomplished. Both SYSVOL and the Active Directory log files can be moved using Windows Explorer.

----------------------- 70-294 QUESTION 2 -----------------------

To provide consistency on your network and decrease the amount of configuration necessary, you have decided to control many settings through the use of security templates. While researching the use of security templates, you discover that not all settings can be configured through security templates. You decide to make a list of the settings that can be configured through templates. Which of the following should you include on your list?

Choose all that apply.

A. Local Policies

B. Public Key Policies

C. Account Policies

D. File System

E. Restricted Groups

F. Registry

G. System Services

H. IP Security Policies

----------------------- 70-294 QUESTION 3 -----------------------

To aid with troubleshooting, you need to provide the ability for some of the other administrators in your company to perform reverse lookups on several of your servers. They need to be able to enter the IP address of the server and receive the host name of the machine in return. However, some of these machines have been configured to dynamically update their records with the DNS server and therefore you will have to enter these records manually. What type of records must you create to support reverse lookup queries?

A. Host (A)

B. Reverse Query (RQ)

C. Name Server (NS)

D. Reverse Lookup (RL)

E. Service (SRV)

F. Pointer (PTR)

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PRESS PRESSURE IN ETHIOPIA -------------------------- (2 may 2006) In Ethiopia's toxic political climate, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government sweeps up journalists and shuts down newspapers, reports Julia Crawford. * See also OneWorld UK Guide to Ethiopia http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132036/7468/78332

GM AGREEMENT: A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY? ---------------------------------------- (2 may 2006) When Arnoldo Ventura, science advisor to the prime minister of Jamaica, argued that a UN agreement intended to protect biodiversity from the potential threats posed by genetically modified organisms was wasteful and unnecessary, he sparked a lively debate. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132033/7468/78332 From: SciDev.Net http://www.scidev.net

LONG-TERM RECOVERY 'SIDELINED' IN EAST AFRICA FOOD CRISIS --------------------------------------------------------- (2 may 2006) Lack of funding means sustainable solutions to East Africa's food crisis are being put at risk by the diversion of funds to short-term relief, an international aid agency has warned. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132032/7468/78332 From: Oxfam International http://www.oxfaminternational.org

ETHIOPIAN TREASON TRIAL OPENS ----------------------------- (2 may 2006) The Ethiopian government has been urged to release several opposition MPs-elect, human rights defenders and journalists whose treason trial begins today, because they are "prisoners of conscience who have not used or advocated violence." http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132030/7468/78332 From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat http://www.amnesty.org/

PAKISTAN SHUTS WEBSITES TO SUPPRESS NEWS ON BALUCHISTAN ------------------------------------------------------- (2 may 2006) The Pakistan government has shut down four websites offering information on Baluchistan, saying that they were spreading misinformation about military operations in the province. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132028/7468/78332 From: Asian Human Rights Commission http://www.ahrchk.net/

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PAKISTAN: WOMAN FLEES ‘ABUSIVE FAMILY’ --------------------------------------- (2 may 2006) Saima Batool, 25, a resident of Chakwal in Pakistan, had sought protection from the local union councillors who, after failing to make the family mend its ways, took her to the non- governmental Pattan Development Organisation active in the area. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132056/1893/78332

PROJECT TO SENSITISE TRIBAL CHILDREN ON HIV/AIDS ------------------------------------------------ (2 may 2006) An innovative project has been launched to educate tribal adolescent children on HIV/AIDS in the agency areas of the Visakhapatnam district with funding from Save the Children of UK. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132039/1893/78332

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MAY DAY - CELEBRATION OR LAMENTATION FOR AFRICA'S WORKERS? ---------------------------------------------------------- (2 may 2006) May Day is traditionally recognised as a day of celebrations for workers. But do workers in Africa have much to celebrate? http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132014/610/78332

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LIVE FROM IRAQ -------------- (2 may 2006) The 4th25, or the last quarter, is the collective name of a group of American combat troops whose stories are collected on the rap album Live From Iraq. The album is a confused, angry affair. This is a diary from the battlefield by the men not only dying, but also doing the killing. The group is led by Sergeant Neal Saunders (Big Neal) who talks here bluntly and honestly about the reality of the frontline soldier. Big Neal is a soldier doing what American soldiers do best, protecting America’s interests. For him it is not about Iraq, it is about America serving itself. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132035/6891/78332 From: SixDegrees magazine http://www.6d.fi

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GENOCIDE FEATURE: STOPPING GENOCIDE - TAKING THE LEAD OR MUDDLING THROUGH? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1 may 2006) Governments have a lot of options at their disposal to stop mass atrocities, so why don't they always use them? http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/132001/4536/78332 From: OneWorld US http://us.oneworld.net

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Microsoft in Government Worldwide Edition - Public Safety and Security

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Microsoft in Government - Worldwide Edition Issue 5 : May 2, 2006

Welcome to the Microsoft in Government e-newsletter, a great way for you to stay up-to-date on case studies, solutions, news, and more. This month's edition focuses on Public Safety and Security. If you are receiving this from a colleague, we invite you to subscribe and have a copy delivered directly to your inbox. Don't miss out on your copy, filled with product and technology news and information. Sign up for your FREE subscription! <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865158>

Public Safety and Security:Making integrated, mission-critical information more accessibleMeeting the responsibility of public safety today requires unprecedented collaboration between relevant organisations at all levels. The lack of interoperability between information systems had become a serious barrier to the information sharing required to prevent crime and acts of terrorism and to respond quickly to natural disasters and other emergencies. For many governments it is now a top priority to adopt and develop interoperability frameworks and strategies to better integrate the communications systems of all agencies involved in providing public safety and security. More... <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865159>

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Computing will accelerate a new era of scientific discovery, say Microsoft Research Cambridge and top scientists <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865148> Microsoft Research Cambridge, in association with 34 distinguished scientists, have published a set of new findings that indicate advances in computing are set to radically transform science and play a critical role in tackling key global challenges, from the environment and energy to medicine and health. The report 'Towards 2020 Science,' is the first to comprehensively analyse the potential of computer science to transform the way science is conducted to the year 2020 and beyond. 'Towards 2020 Science' calls upon the science and computer science communities as well as policy-makers and education leaders to support this revolutionary shift.

Bill Gates shares vision for new generation business solutions that power the people-ready business <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865149> At Convergence 2006, Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft, described how Microsoft helps customers improve results with bridging business processes and practices. The convergence of systems with personal productivity software tailored for specific employee roles will enable people-ready business. Gates observed that digitization of the global economy, evolution in the way people work, and breakthroughs in software development are among the trends driving this opportunity for Microsoft, its partners, and its customers.

Microsoft targets cyber-criminals with launch of Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865150> At a technology debate in Brussels, hosted by the European Internet Services Providers Association, and co-sponsored by Interpol, Neil Holloway, President, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), unveiled a global law enforcement campaign that will the target cyber-criminals behind phishing attacks. Microsoft Corp. announced that by the end of June 2006 it will have initiated legal actions on more than 100 cases in EMEA against individuals suspected of committing online fraud.

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Paris firefighters build emergency management solution and slash alarm response times <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865151> Responding to almost 1,200 emergency calls a day, the fire-fighters of Paris must respond as quickly as possible, and communicate and work with the utmost efficiency. Committed to using the best available technology, fire-fighters are creating SYNTIA 2, an integrated response management solution, using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development system, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and other Microsoft products and technologies. The integration between Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 allows developers to work with high productivity, delivering results rapidly. With the life-critical application, SYNTIA 2 can achieve record-low response times of less than one minute from call pickup to dispatch, integrate all critical information and communication systems, and fire-fighters can use their resources for best impact in delivering high quality services.

Smart Beat pilot significantly increases the efficiency of police officers <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865152> Modern police forces have a range of information tools available, but they can rarely be accessed directly when on the beat. To increase the time that its police spend on the beat, rather than on their radios communicating back to base, or in the office filling in forms, Thames Valley Police is piloting a mobile system based on Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC. The Smart Beat system is already delivering significant time savings to the force, with each user making an estimated 60 per cent more vehicle and people checks. Instead of the three minutes it took previously, each check now takes about 20 seconds.

Central Scotland Police cuts maintenance costs 30 per cent by replacing Linux desktop <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865153> With many new policing challenges ahead, Central Scotland Police reviewed its IT infrastructure based on Linux and StarOffice. After the review, the force signed a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement to migrate to Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The migration will save up to 30 per cent of the maintenance budget and 25 percent of staff time. By using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the force will avoid spending £100,000 (U.S.D $191,000) on Freedom of Information Act compliance. The solution will support the police modernisation agenda, help introduce more flexible working by front-line officers, and permit them to better engage with its criminal justice partners.

Lausanne Police gain 99.999 per cent uptime with new command and control solution <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865154> The Municipal Police of Lausanne, Switzerland needed a system to improve its handling of operational information, including command and control, communication, and management support. Getronics, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Enterprise Systems, supplied its computer aided dispatch and integrated communication (CADIC) system running on Microsoft Windows and achieved a higher availability of 99.999 per cent. CADIC helps the police respond in real time to emergencies, and achieve faster response times for the public which helps saves lives.

Ministry improves file replication, and cuts two days of worker downtime per month <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865155> The Austrian Ministry of the Interior provides law enforcement and security services, manages police and border control, and coordinates response to problems such as drug trafficking and terrorism. After pruning its countrywide server computer holdings from 1,500 to 500 and upgrading the servers to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, the ministry was poised to take advantage of the file replication efficiencies of Windows Server 2003 R2. With this solution the ministry has improved the reliability of routine software updates between central and branch office servers, and restored at least two days per month of productivity to IT staff and police officers.

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Microsoft Partner Spotlight Motorola <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865160> is a global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In the home, car, workplace and everything else, seamless mobility means you can access the people, things and information you need while on the go. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and allows for smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. In 2005, Microsoft and Motorola announced an alliance to provide marketing and development support to deliver next-generation software applications to law enforcement, first responder and criminal justice customers.

Hicom Business Solutions <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865161> was formed with the specific purpose of providing high quality, professional risk management and crime reduction software solutions. Microsoft Certified Partner, Hicom has many years of relevant expertise in the field of crime reduction gained from academic research, the police and the retail fraud prevention services. Hicom supply 'off-the-shelf' and tailored software solutions, that are flexible, scalable and supported by a network of experienced consultants using the latest technologies who can help implement enhanced risk management practices, policies and procedures.

Voxiva <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4865162> is a global provider of practical information solutions to enhance public safety, strengthen health care, and improve government service delivery. Its clients work in diverse environments, often beyond the reach of the Internet, so Voxiva's solutions leverage the world's 2 billion mobile phones as well as fixed-line phones, PCs, PDAs and other technologies to cast a much broader reach than Internet-only solutions. The Voxiva Citizen Net solution provides local governments with a powerful tool to engage directly with citizens to track and respond to crime and emergency situations more effectively.

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Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Services

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1. Commentary - Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Services

2. Jump Start - Using the Query Editor

3. Check It Out - Visual Studio Express is Free

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Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Services by Michael Otey, mikeo@teca.com

The recently released SQL Server 2005 Express with Advanced Services might cause a dilemma for existing SQL Server 2005 Express users. The new upgrade is a superset of SQL Server Express that provides new functionality. SQL Server Express with Advanced Services and SQL Server Express share the same database engine and client components and tools, such as SQL Server Configuration Manager and SQL Server Surface Area Configuration tools. However, SQL Server Express with Advanced Services adds Reporting Services, full-text search, and SQL Server Management Studio for Express--the new graphical management tool. So how do you decide whether you want to download the upgrade with Advanced Services? If you're using SQL Server Express as a simple back-end database for a single user application, you probably don't need the new features in the advanced services release. However, if you're using SQL Server Express as a database back end for a multiuser database application and you want to add Web-based reporting or the ability to perform full- text search, then you'll want to download SQL Server Express with Advanced Services. Before jumping right into the upgrade process, you need to either uninstall the existing SQL Server Express installation or delete all the template database files from the SQL Server Template Data directory and then perform an in-place upgrade. If you've been using SQL Server Express as a production database, you'll probably want to delete your existing template database files because that technique is quicker than uninstalling SQL Server Express. In addition, all of your databases will automatically be attached at the end of the upgrade process. If you first uninstall SQL Server Express and then install SQL Server Express with Advanced Services, you'll have to manually attach all your user databases. For those of you upgrading production systems to advanced service, you might wonder if you need to delete the Template Data directory. The Template Data directory contains the templates for all of the SQL Server system databases--by default, the directory path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Template Data. As a safety measure, Microsoft recommends that you back up the template files before you delete them. Probably the best way to do so is to use Windows Explorer, then navigate to the Template Data directory, and select all 10 of the files in the directory. Right-click and select "Send To, Compressed (zipped) folder," to create a zipped file named tempdb.zip that contains all the old .mdf and .ldf files. Copy the tempdb.zip file to another directory and delete all the files in the Template Data directory. To perform the in-place upgrade first download SQL Server Express with Advanced Services from http://lists.sqlmag.com/t?ctl=28B51:610454 . Then run the SQLEXPR_ADV.EXE setup program to install SQL Server Express with Advanced Services. After accepting the End User License Agreement (ELUA) the installation will copy the native SQL Server Client along with the prerequisite setup files to your system. Next, a system configuration check will run. If your system passed this check when you installed SQL Server Express, it should pass again. Click Next to display the Registration Information window and uncheck the "Hide advanced configuration options" box. Then, click Next. To make sure you get all the new SQL Server Express with Advanced Services features, select Client Components and choose the "Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive" option. In the Installed Instances dialog box, select the instance to upgrade--by default this is the SQLEXPRESS named instance. Click Next and on the Existing Components screen, check the SQL Server Database Services and Workstation components and development tools boxes. Click through the remaining dialog boxes to start the upgrade process. Depending on the speed of your PC, the upgrade should take 10 minutes or less and there's no need to reboot your PC.

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Using the Query Editor By Michael Otey

If you've been following some of my previous Jump Start columns, you'll know that we've covered the basics of creating databases, tables, and columns by using the various SQL Server 2005 Express data types. In the process, I've shown you some of the T-SQL code required to create these databases and database objects. In the next issue, I'll continue to expand on our example of building up a media collection database. But, in this issue, let's take a short detour and discuss how to create and execute a T-SQL script. The short answer is Query Editor. Query Editor is included with SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE). You could also use the text-oriented SQLCMD tools, but if you're like me, you'll prefer the graphical editing environment that SSMSE and Query Editor offer. Although SSMSE was a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for quite some time, you can download the recently released finished version as a part of SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Services or as a standalone tool. You can find both at http://lists.sqlmag.com/t?ctl=28B51:610454 . However, if you happen to be running SQL Server Express on an x64 OS (like I am), for some inexplicable reason, SSMSE won't install on the x64 OS even though SQL Server Express can be running in the WOW64 layer. Once you've downloaded and installed SSMSE, you can start Query Editor by using the Start, All Programs, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Server Management Studio Express option. When the program starts, enter your database connection information. To begin running the T-SQL code, click the New Query button to start Query Editor. Enter the T-SQL code in the blank editing window, then click Execute or press F5 to run the code. Be aware that the current database is displayed in a drop-down menu in the left part of the toolbar. You can change the current database by using that drop-down menu or entering and running the USE <database> command. To use T-SQL change to the AdventureWorks database, use the following command:

USE adventureworks

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Visual Studio Express is Free By Michael Otey

On April 19, 2006, Microsoft announced that all Visual Studio Express products would be free. Originally, Microsoft announced that this product line would be free for a limited introductory period that was originally scheduled to end November 2006. This news probably isn't a tremendous surprise considering the effect that free, open-source tools are having on the market, but it's still a cool bonus for beginner and hobbyist developers. Don't be fooled by the free price tag--Visual Studio Express products are powerful development systems. More than 5 million copies of the Visual Studio Express products have been downloaded from the Microsoft site. Check out the free Visual Studio Express products at: http://lists.sqlmag.com/t?ctl=28B53:610454

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The Essential Guide to Infrastructure Consolidation Learn the essentials of how consolidation and selected technology updates build an infrastructure that can handle change effectively. http://lists.sqlmag.com/t?ctl=28B48:610454

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Manage Your Entire Database With One Tool by Blake Eno

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