News November 15, 2005 Ipod video software, Brocali deit, Googleblog.blogspot.com and Finance issues..
November 15 2005 News
Foods the Fight Cancer, Garlic, Brocoli and Cabbage.
A compound called sulforaphane protects cells from injury. It also happens to kill H. pylori. As it turns out, there is a natural source bursting with sulforaphane: broccoli sprouts. Yes, the compound can be found in small amounts in regular, mature broccoli. But broccoli sprouts are by far the best source, says Akinori Yanaka, MD, PhD, of the
Then they studied 50 people with H. pylori infection. Half ate about 3.5 ounces of broccoli sprouts every day for two months. The other half ate alfalfa sprouts, which have almost exactly the same nutrients but totally lack sulforaphane.
"Only the broccoli-sprout group had significantly decreased H. pylori activity," Yanaka said at the news conference. "Only those who ate broccoli sprouts showed decreased gastritis. We concluded that eating broccoli sprouts offers a rich source of sulforaphane, which may be useful as a chemoprotection against gastric cancer."
Broccoli Sprouts: Rub Them on Your Skin
Broccoli sprouts aren't just good for your insides. They're good for your outside, too, reports Johns Hopkins researcher Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova, PhD.
Dinkova-Kostova and colleagues found that an extract made from broccoli sprouts protects the skin of hairless mice exposed to cancer-causing ultraviolet light.
The skin rub isn't a sunscreen. Treated mice got just as much UV light as untreated mice. But while all the untreated mice got cancer from the simulated sun exposure, half the mice rubbed with broccoli-sprout extract remained cancer free. Those that did get cancer had half as many tumors as untreated mice.
"Broccoli-sprout extract could possibly be used as a preventive treatment for skin cancer after exposure to UV light," Dinkova-Kostova said at the news conference.
Credit Report..
How to get your report
The reports will not automatically be sent out. Consumers must request their reports in one of these three ways:
· Go to www.annualcreditreport.com, which is the only authorized source for consumers to access their annual credit report online for free.
· Call toll free 877-322-8228.
· Complete the form on the back of the "Annual Credit Report Request" brochure, available from the FTC, and mail it to: Annual Credit Report Request Service,
You'll be able to order all three credit reports at one time, or you may order at different times throughout the year. It's your choice. Be sure to order from the centralized agency. If you go directly to the credit reporting agencies, you will be charged a fee unless you fit another criteria for a free report. And beware of ordering your free credit reports from fraudulent, deceptive and misspelled domains that will charge for the very same service you can get free.
The new ruling doesn't replace the other ways to receive a free credit report. You're still entitled to a free credit report if: you've been denied a loan, insurance policy or job based on your credit report; you're applying for unemployment or receive public assistance; or you currently reside in a state that already offers one or more annual free credit reports.
A credit report contains a consumer's history of loan payments, including those for mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. It is used by lenders to judge whether to grant additional credit to consumers, and at what rate. It is not the same as a credit score, which takes the information contained in a credit report and distills it into a three-number score. Credit scores are not included in the credit report, and must be purchased from the credit bureaus.
These payment tips and strategies from Bankrate.com will show you how to steer clear of those monster late fees.
New Wall Street Guy..
Economists surveyed by Briefing.com forecast that retail sales fell 0.7 percent in October on weak auto sales following a 0.2 percent rise in September. Excluding autos, retail sales are forecast to have risen 0.3 percent after higher gasoline prices drove purchases on that basis up 1.1 percent in September.
Official Googel blog.. http://www.googleblog.blogspot.com
Googler insights into product and technology news and our culture.
The circle of analytics
“Analytics” is a sturdy business catchword, and of course “web analytics” has become its own buzz-phrase in recent years. The tools and services of the web analytics world give businesses precise information on what customers want, so that they can improve their online marketing and website content. These services help provide answers to questions like: Which keywords attract the most visitors? Which email campaigns create more customers? And how to design web page content that holds people’s attention?
We think every online business can benefit from knowing the answers, so today we’re launching Google Analytics. The same service (which used to be called Urchin from Google) used by dozens of Fortune 500 companies is now available to every business on the web. We’ve integrated it with AdWords, it’s easier to use –- and it’s free. We hope that Google Analytics will help improve the overall web –- one site at a time.
IPOD Video Software support
Our intrepid tech columnist Andy Ihnatko recently sung the praises of HandBrake, a dream of a free program that helps Mac users move their video files from their computers to their iPods. Download it at handbrake.m0k. org/download.php.
PC owners with video iPods can find something to watch on their 2-1/2-inch LCDs, if they are willing to pay for the software -- and are very, very patient.
Using the software, I successfully converted home movies, TV shows and commercial DVDs to iPod-friendly MP4 files that can be copied to iTunes and synced with the iPod.
I checked out iPod Media Studio from Makayama Interactive, a mobile media and software company in
PQ-DVD for iPod Video goes for $34.95 from a
Both programs were easy to use, though I had a bit more success with the Makayama product. I burned "The Daily Show" and a PBS tribute to Bob Newhart to DVDs on the Sony DVDDirect, and easily converted them for the iPod. Likewise, some 20-year-old home movies I had on DVD traveled well to the iPod.
And, amazingly, the software converted copy-protected commercial DVDs that I owned. I have them primed and ready on my iPod, with loads of room to spare.
Let me stress again that I bought those DVDs. As I understand it, I have a "fair use" right to duplicate material for which I paid. The motion picture industry prosecutes people who copy films they don't own, and especially those who sell those films in large quantities.
A spokesman for Makayama said: "It's legal to make personal copies, it is not legal to circumvent the encryption in a DVD or TiVo file. Our software does not touch the encryption keys on DVD, but captures video, displayed on screen by an authorized software DVD player such as PowerDVD or WinDVD, from the screen buffer to a file."
Be warned that the conversion of DVDs into iPod fodder can burn up a lot of time and might require some baby-sitting to keep the process going. My five-year-old, somewhat decrepit PC took two minutes to record each minute of video. A souped-up computer could record videos in real time.
There are a couple of other programs to consider if you want to fill up your iPod with video.
On the high end, is the $79.95 InterVideo DVD Copy 4 Platinum. This product takes a Swiss-knife approach, enabling you to make copies of videos not only for the iPod, but also your cell phone, PDA and PlayStation. This program won't copy DVDs, but it will convert commercial films if they happen to be on your hard drive. Downloads are sold at www.intervideo.com/jsp/InterVideoDVDCopy_Profile.jsp. This product will be available soon at CompUSA and Best Buy.
You might also check out Videora 2.0, a program to download videos from RSS feeds and peer sharing. Videora just added an iPod converter. I used this to snarf up a music video. A complete version goes for $29.95. Go to www.videora.com.
All these vendors offer free trial versions.
If video iPods and similar devices catch on, no doubt there will be more video choices available. Maybe they'll start selling MP-4 versions of movies at iTunes, Amazon and elsewhere on the Net.
And before I forget ... my new iPod, which my wife purchased as a birthday present, does a great job of playing music.
For portable video, PocketDish offers bigger alternative to iPod
November 15, 2005
BY RIC MANNING
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
Apple made a big splash when it extended its popular iPod music players into the realm of video. The device is cute and compact, and Apple's iTunes will sell you music videos and some TV shows to download to the player.
But should you have to pay $1.99 for a portable version of the same episode of "Desperate Housewives" you can watch or record at home for free?
And do you really want to watch it on a 2.5-inch screen?
The Dish satellite network may have a better idea. At about the same time that Apple was rolling out the new iPods, Dish was introducing its own portable media players.
Like the video iPod, the PocketDish devices (www.pocketdish.com) can store music, video and digital photos. Two of the three models have larger screens than the iPod, and all of them can store and play any movie, TV show or sporting event that has been saved on a Dish receiver with recording capability.
The Dish portables connect directly to the receiver, and all of the control takes place on the TV screen. You don't have to connect to a computer to get the video content, and you don't need a high-speed Internet connection.
The devices are manufactured by Archos, a French company.
The high-end PocketDish AV700E has a 7-inch movie-format screen and a 40-gigabyte hard drive that can store up to 40 hours of Dish network video, 20,000 songs in MP3 or WMA format or 400,000 digital photos.
The AV500E has a 30GB drive and a 4-inch-wide-format screen, and the AV402E has a 20GB drive and a 2.2-inch-square-format screen.
The two larger units each come with a remote control, a docking station and the ability to record video from a source other than the Dish receiver, such as a camcorder or VCR. The devices have blocking technology that prevents them from making a recording from most prerecorded DVDs.
Content is transferred from the Dish receiver to the portable player over a fast USB cable. Connect the two devices, and the Dish receiver instantly recognizes the portable and offers to transfer any of the video programs stored on its hard drive.
It took about 10 minutes to transfer a one-hour episode of HBO's "
The PocketDish units are more expensive than iPods -- $599 for the high-end AV700E -- but they are a much more attractive option if you want to watch more than a two-minute video.
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