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25Mar/1018

Steve Jobs Transplant & His Secret Life

Steve Jobs Transplant & His Secret Life

People from other parts of the world have perceived Silicon Valley as a hub of computer geeks, no pun intended. This southern component of San Franscisco has been pretty much the center of everything high tech for the past decades.  But lately, the media at this part of the planet has leaned towards news about Steve Jobs and his health…and why not?

To start with, there’s not much tabloid-ish phenomena going on at Silicon Valley that’s worth the feasting of media.  Okay, so there’s the animated Cha Cha dance of Apple co-founder, Mr. Steve Wozniak on Dancing with the Stars. Still, other magnates of the IT industry prefer to be away from public eye. Even the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, who’s supposed to get ahead of  “social networking”, is not that media-prevalent as well. And, when was the last time you heard news about Google execs?

Sure, there are few news-worthy personalities. But generally, people in the IT industry have always been low-key, concentrating more on out-of-the box technological advancements, rather than brewing up some shaking news about themselves.

Like the other big names in the industry, Steve Jobs also steers clear of unnecessary media attention and wants to keep his life as private as possible. He’s not a big fan of interviews. Digging up information about his colorful past, as well as his future plans, is up to the ingenuity of the press. The only times he’s eager to go public are during his stage appearances on Apple events, when it’s all about informing the public on the freshest gadgets and most recent upgrades.

21Mar/1018

How to Optimize DVD Movie on Mac Os X (include Leopard)

How to Optimize DVD Movie on Mac Os X (include Leopard)

Watching self-made DVDs can be very enjoyable. But the final quality may not be as good as we thought it would be due that the process of making your own DVD might not be very professional. So here comes the question of how to edit a half-prepared DVD movie, say a DVD taken by DVD camcorder, to a high quality DVD. In fact, this is not complicated. All you need to do is the following two steps: 1. Re-edit your DVD movie on your computer. 2. Burn the optimized DVD movie to a new DVD disc. My OS is Mac, so everything below is based on Mac OS.

Step 1. Re-edit Your DVD

The moving editing tool that I am using is Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac. This software is actually for converting DVD to many players such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, mobile phones etc…, but it also has very useful DVD editing functions including adjusting video brightness, contrast and saturation, and choosing to apply a special video effect and so forth. Follow the procedures below to edit your DVD movie:

A. Install and Launch Program