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Windows-based computers have a wide array of system enhancing utilities designed to improve a PC's overall performance, but the Mac OS X platform is a bit thin in that regard. Fortunately, Bitdefender looks to bolster the category's ranks with Mechanic, a free utility capable of optimizing system memory, deleting digital footprints, and offering sound advice to keep your machine in shape. Mechanic is a solid tool to have in your back pocket, but it's not a thorough system-scrubber like CCleaner for Mac.
A Defensive Stance
Unlike other OS X system-enhancing utilities like CCleaner, Mechanic has an interface that's particularly welcoming to novice users. Mechanic's easy-to-navigate four-category layout is designed to get you started quickly with the Free Memory, Privacy, Stability, and Advice sections. Let's break 'em down.
Free Memory is designed to clear cached data. Clicking it displays the amount of system RAM (and the amount that's active, inactive, and free). If your system needs a cleaning, the green "Free Memory" icon will be clickable; if not, you'll be unable to click it. Computer users who aren't keen on tinkering will appreciate this streamlined feature, but those who would rather dig in and clean as they please may frown at the inflexibility.
Privacy, designed to remove traces of your computing activity, offers more flexibility. You can delete Web browser information (last session, browsing history, cookies, etc.) as well as application information (such as QuickTime's recent items, Dropbox cache, etc.). Mechanic gives you the option to eliminate the items individually or in one fell swoop?I liked that I was able to delete my browser history with just a click without dipping into browser options.
Stability displays crash-prone apps so that you can look for drivers, updates, or patches (or, in extreme cases, simply uninstalling programs) once you identify the issue. If your apps are on the up-and-up, Mechanic won't display any problematic programs. In fact, the box will be blank?I'd prefer if it said "All clear" or some other positive affirmation rather than showing an empty box.
Advice gives you, well, advice. When I clicked the Advice icon, Mechanic suggested that I turn on my firewall "for increased security." I found this very useful as I didn't realize that my Mac's firewall was deactivated. If you have a Mac that's giving you lots of problems, you may want to access the Advice section before doing anything else.
Despite those positives, Mechanic has a handful of notable missing features. Unfortunately, Mechanic doesn't let you perform actions you'll find in full-fledged tune-up programs such as uninstalling applications, freeing up hard drive space, repairing permissions, or scheduling cleanings. Those are standard-issue features in the majority of computer tune-up programs. Mechanic is, instead, a very basic tool that lets you perform quick hits. You should check out CCleaner if you'd like an app that offers a deeper dive.
Tuning Up
Mechanic by Bitdefender may not possess the wide range of system-improving features found in the likes of CCleaner, but users who want a very quick system tweak will find it a useful tool. And, hey, it's free! Give it a download and give your Mac a booster shot.
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Terrell Davis (Denver Post file)
Terrell Davis continues to get two questions:
"Why aren't you in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?"
"Will you ever get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?"
Davis answers both in low-key, nonbitter style.
"I don't think I'll get into the Hall through the regular voting procedure. Too much time has passed since I left the game," he told me last week via telephone.
"But I do have a chance of making it by vote of the veterans committee. That would be quite an honor.
"I didn't start playing football to win awards. I played because I loved the game.
"Now I've got another career going strong ? and it still involves football."
Davis recently signed a two-year contract with the NFL Network as an analyst and reporter, a deal that will give him a much higher profile than he had during his previous time (2006-09) with the network.
He will be a major part of "Inside Training Camp Live" beginning Friday (8-11 a.m.) and will appear regularly on the prime-time show "NFL Total Access" (5-6 p.m.), also premiering this month.
A key date for Davis: Aug. 2, when he will report from Broncos training camp.
"I'm really looking forward to that visit," he said. "I fly into Denver regularly to see my mother, Kateree. But this will be the first time in a long time that I'll visit Broncos camp ? professionally. Come to think of it, John (Elway) is the only guy left (with the team) who I really know professionally. Time really does fly."
Davis' NFL season won't end with preseason coverage.
He will be a major part of "NFL AM," the network's live weekday morning show, starting in September. He will be a key contributor to the important Monday program, which will recap all Sunday NFL action.
"The show will be live at 6 a.m on the East Coast," Davis said. "I'll be working in the Los Angeles studio, which means I'll go on air at 3 a.m. Now that's a bit of a challenge.
"In
fact, this television broadcasting is a challenge."I don't look at it as an award for having a strong pro football career. I'm learning as I go along, just as I did on the football field.
"I'm working with and watching TV professionals. One of my mentors is Solomon Wilcots (of CBS Sports). I like the way he analyzes teams and reports on what's happening on the field," Davis said.
Broncos fans in particular are aware of Davis' spectacular career, highlighted by a Super Bowl MVP performance Jan. 25, 1998, when Denver beat the Green Bay Packers.
But ingrained in Davis' Broncos memory bank is the team's second preseason game in 1995, played against the San Francisco 49ers.
As a rookie sixth-round draft choice, Davis was almost forgotten on the Denver roster.
"I hadn't played during the first three quarters of that game," he recalled. "I was getting antsy.
"Running backs coach Bobby Turner put me on special teams during a kickoff situation in the fourth quarter. I made a jarring tackle. When we got the ball back, Turner let me play as a runner. That's how it all started."
By the time the regular season started, Davis was Denver's No. 1 running back. He eventually became the Broncos' all-time leading rusher with 7,607 yards. He rushed for 2,008 yards in the 1998 season.
While induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame has eluded him, Davis' Southern California home in Temecula is filled with a variety of plaques and honors.
Tamiko, his wife, appreciates them.
But two sons, Jaxon, 2, and Niles, 4 months, obviously aren't particularly interested in their dad's football accomplishments.
Only one distinctive award has been given away.
At the end of his career, Davis was honored with a Blue Baby Beanie Doll named Terrell.
"My nieces and nephews cherish it," Davis said.
Longtime Denver journalist Dusty Saunders writes about sports media each Monday in The Denver Post. Contact him at tvtime@comcast.net.
"The Press Box" makes move to TV
In baseball, a triple play is considered unusual.
In sports coverage, a quadruple play is unique.
"The Press Box," a weeknight 10 p.m. half-hour show on KCDO-TV (K3), is a graphic example of how local sports coverage can move into the multimedia digital age, utilizing TV, radio, newspaper and online resources.
The program, produced and taped in studios at The Denver Post, is similar in format to the sports talk show featuring Mark Kiszla and Peter Burns that airs weekdays 7-9 a.m. on Mile High Sports radio (1510 AM and 93.7 FM). Also featured on the TV show is Oren Lomena, a local sports media personality.
"The Press Box" has a logical connection with The Denver Post, because the programs can be viewed on the paper's website.
The often-controversial Kiszla has been lobbying for many years for The Post to move into the digital age.
Key executives in the project are Tim Rasmussen, The Post's assistant managing editor for photography and multimedia, and Greg Armstrong, a veteran TV executive now running K3.
Both say "The Press Box" project is the first of its kind in the country.
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"Certain senior executives of GSK China who know our systems well, appear to have acted outside of our processes and controls which breaches Chinese law," said Abbas Hussain, GSK President International Europe, Japan, Emerging Markets Asia Pacific in a statement Monday.
Hussain flew to China last week to deal with the crisis which has seen four of GSK's executives questioned and Steve Nechelput, the finance director of the GSK China unit, banned from leaving the country.
GSK acknowledged on Thursday that Nechelput has been subject to a travel ban since the end of June..
Hussain said he had had a very constructive meeting with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to discuss their investigation into GSK:
"We have had a very constructive meeting with the Ministry of Public Security, and we are very grateful for their time. GSK is taking this situation extremely seriously and that is why we are here.
"Certain senior executives of GSK China who know our systems well, appear to have acted outside of our processes and controls which breaches Chinese law. We have zero tolerance for any behaviour of this nature."
The acknowledgement comes as GSK says it is co-operating with a Chinese investigation into alleged bribing of doctors to prescribe the firm's drugs.
In a remedial step, the pharmaceutical company said it would cut medicine prices for Chinese patients.
Chinese investigations have so far revealed that GSK executives had paid money to doctors and health officials to boost sales and raise prices of the drugs. The funds were fictitiously routed through a travel agency handling exotic holidays..
"I want to make it very clear that we share the desire of the Chinese authorities to root out corruption wherever it exists. We will continue to work together with the MPS and we will take all necessary actions required as this investigation progresses," said Hussain in a statement.
"We fully support the efforts of the Chinese authorities in their reforms of the medical sector and stand ready to work with them to make the changes for the benefit of patients in China. We will actively look at our business model to ensure we make a significant contribution to meeting the economic, healthcare and environmental needs of China and its citizens.."
The British company stated that the savings generated due to the proposed changes in GSK's operational model will be passed to the consumers through price reductions, "ensuring our medicines are more affordable to Chinese patients."
Hussain said the company would be working with the Chinese authorities to root out corruption wherever it exists
Last week, police in China said GSK had transferred 3billion yuan ($489million) to travel agencies and consultancies to facilitate bribes to doctors.
Chinese authorities have taken into custody four Chinese executives at GSK in connection with the allegations.
They have accused GSK of using travel agencies to bribe government officials, doctors and hospitals in order to boost sales and prices of their drugs. The investigation began at the end of June, police said.
One of the four executives, vice-president and operations manager Liang Hong admitted on state television (on 16 July) that he had funneled money through travel agencies for arranged conferences, some of which were never held.
GSK's general manager for China, Mark Reilly, is said to have left the country for Britain last month.
The Chinese authorities have said that similar transfers were made by other pharmaceutical multinationals, but without naming any.
Meanwhile, rival AstraZeneca said one of its staff was also being questioned.
In a statement, AstraZeneca said in a statement that it "can confirm that it was visited by the Shanghai Public Security Bureau - Huangpu Branch regarding a local police matter focused on a sales representative.
"We believe that this investigation relates to an individual case and while we have not yet received and update from the Public Security Bureau, we have no reason to believe it's related to any other investigations."
A British Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the detention of a British national in Shanghai. We are providing consular assistance to the family."
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Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- Sunday, July 21, 2013
The number of students who enroll at Howard University with support from a special federal grant for District residents has declined steeply in the past decade, a trend that suggests the school faces a recruiting challenge in its home city. Read full article >> ? ? ? ? ...
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BAGHDAD (AP) ? A coordinated wave of seven car bombs tore through bustling commercial streets Saturday night in Shiite areas of Baghdad, part of a relentless wave of violence that killed at least 46 inside and outside the capital.
The car bombs detonated after the iftar meal that breaks the daily fast of the holy month of Ramadan. Many people head out to shop or relax in coffee shops in the cooler evenings after fasting ends.
Bombings and other attacks have now killed more than 250 people since the start of Ramadan on July 10, according to an Associated Press count. The violence is a continuation of a surge of bloodshed that has rocked Iraq for months, reviving fears of a return to the widespread sectarian killings that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, coordinated bombings against Shiites are a favorite tactic of al-Qaida's Iraq branch.
Saturday's blasts began with an explosion in a busy shopping street that shook buildings in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada. Police say that attack killed nine and wounded 17, and left several shops and food stalls damaged.
"The evening is the busiest time of day when a lot of people pour into Karrada after iftar to shop or eat in restaurants," said clothes vendor Karim Sami, who was working just down the road from the site of the blast.
"We don't know who to blame for these security breaches, but we are sure of one thing: Our people are bleeding every day," he said.
Similar car bombs struck the northwestern Tobchi district, killing eight and wounding 29, and Baiyaa in western Baghdad, killing three and wounding 13, authorities said.
Another blast struck Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, killing six and wounding 15, officials said.
Two separate car bombs exploded in the New Baghdad neighborhood in the southeast, killing five people and wounding 17, authorities said.
Yet another car bomb exploded in a Shiite part of the religiously mixed western neighborhood of Shurta, killing four and wounding 12, authorities said.
A senior Iraqi intelligence official, who is not allowed to speak publically to journalists, said the coordinated nature of the car bombings strongly indicates al-Qaida is responsible.
Hours before the Baghdad blasts, gunmen in pickup trucks shot and killed the local leader of a local Sunni militia opposed to al-Qaida and two of his bodyguards near the city of Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the Iraqi capital, according to police. Baqouba is the provincial capital of Diyala, which was once the site of some of the fiercest fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents in Iraq.
The official, Bassem Mahmoud, headed a Sunni group known as Sahwa, which joined the fight against al-Qaida during the height of Iraq war. He was killed a day after a deadly bombing at a Sunni mosque in Diyala killed 22 people and wounded dozens.
Like the capital Baghdad, Diyala is religiously mixed and witnessed some of the worst atrocities as Shiite militias battled Sunni insurgents for control in the years after the invasion.
Another Sahwa member was killed along with four others when a bomb went off late Saturday near his house in Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad, officials said. Four people were wounded in that attack.
In the restive northern city of Mosul, authorities said a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military post, killing one woman and wounding 25 people, many of them soldiers.
Gunmen near the city also kidnapped three off-duty policemen and their driver, killing two of the men and seriously wounding the other two, authorities said. Mosul is 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad.
Police provided details of all of the attacks, while hospital officials confirmed the death tolls. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media.
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Associated Press writers Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/baghdad-car-bombs-other-iraq-attacks-kill-46-202906778.html
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CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's interim president selected a team of legal experts Saturday to rewrite controversial portions of the Islamist-drafted constitution, as the military-backed leadership moved quickly to try to capitalize on the coup that ousted the country's first freely elected leader.
While supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi still protest in the streets, Egypt's new prime minister called for consensus and participation of all political groups. But Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group officially has refused to negotiate with the new government, saying they are open for talks only after he is reinstated.
The persistent protest and clashes, however, continue to rock hope for stability in the country.
Moves to amend the constitution are the latest push by the country's new leadership to move ahead with a military-backed timetable for a return to democratic rule to Egypt. The drafting of Egypt's constitution was one of the most divisive issues that came to characterize Morsi's first and only year in office.
In his decree Saturday, interim President Adly Mansour appointed the 10-member committee of judges and law professors that will propose amendments to the constitution. They have 30 days to suggest amendments. A second committee, comprised of 50 public figures including politicians, unionists and religious figures, then will have 60 days to review those amendments.
After that, citizens will vote on the proposed amendments in a referendum, according to the military-backed timetable. Parliamentary elections are to follow.
In an interview with Egyptian state television aired Saturday night, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said it is vital that Islamists take part in the political process, though none of Morsi's supporters are in the new Cabinet he leads.
"We cannot write a constitution when the country is divided. The country needs consensus," he said. "It is important we return to a country of laws."
The Brotherhood say the only legitimate constitution is the one approved in a nationwide vote and ratified by Morsi in December. The military suspended the constitution after the July 3 coup.
El-Beblawi also denied that the country's army chief, Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, was pulling the strings from behind the scenes, saying he only spoke to the interim president regarding the formation of Cabinet.
Liberals twice walked out of committees drafting the constitution under Morsi, complaining that the Brotherhood and its allies dominated the process and stifled their suggestions.
Protests over the constitution and the direction of the country turned deadly after Morsi issued temporary decrees in late November that put himself and the drafting committee above judicial oversight. The charter was then finalized in a rushed overnight session and passed in a referendum.
Unlike the previous drafting committee under Morsi, at least 20 percent of the second committee is to be represented by young Egyptians who helped galvanize street movements and women.
Mohammed Abdel-Aziz, a leading figure in the Tamarod petition drive that mobilized the massive street protests that led to Morsi's ouster, said his group has launched a new initiative to collect suggestions from Egyptians on the constitution.
"We want to reach a constitution that is representative of the people's will," Abdel-Aziz told The Associated Press. He declined to comment on which articles the group wants amended.
Meanwhile Saturday, a security official said unidentified assailants threw a bomb at a police station in the governorate of Ismailiya, between Cairo and the volatile northern region of the Sinai Peninsula. Part of the building and a police vehicle were damaged, but no injuries were reported, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists.
Clashes between protesters and security forces have erupted into violence several times since Morsi's ouster, killing more than 60 people. The most recent incident occurred Friday night in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when unidentified assailants opened fire at a Brotherhood-led march, sparking a melee that killed three female protesters, authorities said.
The Brotherhood said two were killed by gunshot and one died after suffocating on tear gas. Medical officials said the protesters' bodies were examined Saturday.
The prime minister and Vice President Mohammed ElBaradei condemned the incident in separate posts on Twitter.
The Brotherhood said the killings "shed light on the bloody nature of dictatorship and the police state under a military coup."
Authorities are clamping down on the group, with eight top Islamist figures are under arrest. Prosecutors issued another arrest warrant Saturday for the Brotherhood's top figure, Mohammed Badie, and four others. The latest warrants accused them of inciting violence with police that led to the deaths of seven pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo this week.
Morsi has been held incommunicado at an undisclosed military facility since his ouster. He has not been charged with any crime.
The Brotherhood's television channel and others sympathetic to the group have been taken off the air. On Saturday, security officials said that police raided the Iranian Alalam TV station and arrested its manager. Authorities said the station did not have the proper permits to operate in Egypt. An employee at the station told BBC Arabic that they had applied for permits, but, as has happened with other stations in the past, authorities delayed issuing them licenses to operate.
Rights groups have criticized the clampdown and Morsi's detention, as well as the deaths of dozens of protesters in recent weeks.
In another sign of the interim government's drive to move on with the transition, Jordan's King Abdullah met with the country's president, army chief and other top figures Saturday in the first visit by a head of state to Cairo since the coup. The king's visit highlighted his support of the coup that ousted the Brotherhood from power.
Additionally, Egypt's new foreign minister Nabil Fahmy said Egypt continues to support the Syrian uprising but has no intention of supporting a jihad ? or holy war ? in the nation. Fahmy said that "everything will be re-evaluated" regarding the country's stance toward Syria. Morsi had severed diplomatic ties with Damascus just weeks before his ouster.
Fahmy also said Cairo is also "seriously assessing" its relations with the Syrian regime's key regional backer Iran. Morsi moved to improve diplomatic ties with Tehran.
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Associated Press writers Maamoun Youssef and Mariam Rizk contributed to this report.
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Yesterday saw the official unveiling of the HTC One Mini — the manufacturer's miniaturized, lower-priced version of its current flagship. And we've published a full hands-on preview, walking through the device's features and comparing it to the full-sized One, as well as Samsung's rival Galaxy S4 Mini.
Over the past day we've started to see the first signs of when and where UK buyers will be able to pick up the device. Network operators O2 and Vodafone have confirmed on Twitter that they'll be offering the One Mini for sale — O2 says it's "coming soon," while Voda promises an August launch. Meanwhile an EE spokesperson confirmed to Android Central that it'll be offering the HTC One Mini on its 4G network, but didn't offer any pricing or release date.
On the SIM-free side, Handtec is the first British retailer to post a pre-order price for the device — £379.99 inc. VAT, or £316.66 exc. VAT. Pre-order prices can be subject to change, but Handtec's price falls roughly in line with with the official line from HTC, that the Mini will sell at "two price points below" the full-sized One.
HTC's press release says the Mini will hit "selected markets" from August, and we're hearing on the grapevine that for the UK, early August is more likely than late. Elsewhere, a global roll-out is scheduled for September. Finally, there's been no official announcement on U.S. availability for the One Mini just yet, despite rumors that it's bound for AT&T.
Will you be picking up an HTC One Mini in the next month or so? Hit the comments and share your thoughts.
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Source: www.cnet.com --- Thursday, July 18, 2013
There are small ones, fat ones, and large ones, but which Galaxy S4 model is right for you? Watch our video to find out. Originally posted at Android Atlas ...
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