On this Day at Past- Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source

1839: With a French pension in hand, Louis Daguerre reveals the secrets of making daguerreotypes to a waiting world. The pioneering photographic process is an instant hit.

Using chemical reactions to make images with light was not quite new. Doing it fast was. Inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niepce created a rough image using silver salts and a camera obscura, or “dark box,” in 1816. The image faded away quickly.

Hub Health Tips- Prevent Insomnia

Is there any more painful experience than watching the numbers on your digital clock tick slowly by, as the Earth continues to rotate and you remain hopelessly, horribly awake?
While some of us boast of being able to pull all-nighters, or even function regularly on three or four hours of sleep, others desperately need our daily ZZZs.
With reason: People who are regularly sleep-deprived can suffer physical and emotional damage, maybe even culminating in mental disorders like anxiety and depression. Sound awful enough to you? Try a few of these tips to prevent the descent into clock-watching hell.

Hub Reviews- RIM BlackBerry Torch

 

BlackBerry Torch Is More Evolution Than Revolution for RIM

Research In Motion (and its iconic BlackBerrys) used to rule the smartphone roost. That was until Wunderkinder like the iPhone and an army of Android devices crashed the party and stole some of the Canadian smartphone maker's thunder.

But RIM isn't going down without a fight. It's set to unleash the full-featured Torch for AT&T.

After spending time with the device, it's clear the Torch represents a natural evolution of RIM's enterprise-centric hardware. It incorporates elements of touchscreen-heavy precursors like the Storm with the QWERTY-heavy workhouse chops of the Bold. The 4.37-inch chassis feels perfectly at home in-hand, and though the sliding design screams 2006, RIM's eye for aesthetics gives the Torch an apropos sleekness.

Hub Reviews- Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows

Microsoft's Newest Version of Office Dogpiles New Features, Fails to Rock Worlds

Three years have passed since the last version of Office was released, so naturally it's time for Microsoft to convince you that you need a new one.

Office 2010 arrives, heralding more than 100 new and improved features. The suite on the whole is compelling but, in typical Office fashion, has more software than any sane person could possibly need. It also boasts integration with Microsoft's much-ballyhooed Web Apps, a potential Google Docs competitor that lets you create and edit documents using a free web-based interface.

The overall look and feel of Office 2010 is similar to Office 2007,

Techie News-Facebook Launches ‘Check-In’ Service.

Facebook announced a new Places product Wednesday evening that will let users check-in from a mobile device, see who is around them, let friends or the public know where they are, and find interesting, new places.
The announcement extends, yet again, the reach of the immensely popular social network, in hopes that the new service will convince its 500 million users to feed more information as they move around in the physical world.
The product is not unlike the popular Foursquare location-based service, and lets you “check-in” at a place and send a notification to your friends who are nearby. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Places has been in testing for a few months, and will be available to U.S. Facebook users starting Thursday.

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