Problems in Graphic Designing that Need to Be Avoided

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Graphic designing is a kind of visual communication that makes use of a word, symbol, or any visual item and designs it in a way to communicate the underlying message of the design to the public. Graphics designs might be created by grouping together visual images, texts, words, different sized shapes, color combinations, layouts, lines, and dot patterns. A graphic designer plays with these elements in a productive way so as to convey the philosophy and idea of its client effectively to the target population. A graphic designer actually gives life to a clients’ concept. He creates graphic designs that are truly reflective of the client’s product, brand or business.

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Windows Phone 8: common problems, bugs, and fixes

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform is chasing third place behind the ever popular Android and iOS. It is a decent option for anyone seeking an alternative to the big two, but it’s not without its flaws. In this roundup, we take a look at common WP8 issues that have been reported by users, and we try to find good workarounds or solutions. If you’ve encountered any of these Windows Phone 8 problems and you know of a good solution that hasn’t been mentioned, then please post a comment and we’ll add it just as soon as we can.

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Lock Screen Security Hole Found On Some Android-Powered Samsung Galaxy Phones

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Remember that nasty little iOS 6 lockscreen bug that let hackers access apps on any iPhone with a few smooth moves? Well, fresh on the heels of yesterday’s iOS update that squashed the problem, another security researcher has found a similar issue on Samsung’s Android smartphones.

Terence Eden claims to have found a flaw that lets hackers access a phone’s apps, dialer and widgets even if it’s been locked with a password, PIN, or other security measure.

Just like the iOS flaw, the Samsung security hole seems to involve the emergency dialer. For a brief moment after the emergency dialer is closed, there is a window of opportunity for a hacker to launch apps or place calls. Eden says that he discovered the flaw and contacted Samsung about it in February, but the company declined his offer to hold off publication until they had a fix.

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Here Are Some Of The Problems Google Is Having With Its Self-Driving Cars

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It's hard to tell which Google project the world is more excited about--Google Glass(es) or Google's self-driving cars--but this frequent car-driver, anyway, can't wait for the latter.

(The Glasses sound cool, too, don't get me wrong.)

Google is making great progress with these cars: The cars have now been driven more than 300,000 miles, and there have been no accidents with a car under the computer's control. (There was a widely publicized fender-bender in 2011, when one of the Google cars crunched into the car ahead of it, but the human driver was driving.)

One of the insights that people often quickly have when they ride in these cars, according to people who have ridden in them, is that it's obvious the computer can be a vastly better driver than a human ever could be. With lasers and radar for eyes, the computer can monitor an extraordinary number of inputs and react much more quickly to surprises than a human ever could.

I have always assumed that there would be much excitement around the self-driving cars right up until the time that one killed someone. At that point, I assumed, the years of litigation and liability arguments would make the technology so expensive as to be impractical for normal use....

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The Giant Security Hole That Facebook Doesn't Care About

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You probably assume hackers are using all sorts of devious viruses, obscure scripts, "exploits" (whatever that means, right?) and other complex means to break into accounts. But often the means of entry are stupid simple. Facebook has a huge one—and doesn't care about fixing it.

There's a basic premise here that isn't a Facebook problem, but really an internet problem: it's super easy to reset someone's password. The web is an ornate, lumbering thing built on tiny little stilt legs, its foundation unfit for what came after it. It's complex stuff standing on simpler stuff. New on old. And often the old can't cut it: just ask Giz alum Mat Honan, whose online life was savaged because of the stupid-simple processes standing between assholes and us online. You don't need to be a hacker—you can just talk your way in...

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Problems With The Pending Fiscal Cliff Deal

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Make no mistake; the timing of the fiscal cliff was no accident. The confluence of spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2013 was by design, carefully planned in an effort to force the government to address its rampant spending and borrowing.

Believe it or not, our government’s ability to borrow does have limits. When we last maxed out the ol’ credit card in August 2011, it caused a bit of a scramble, and Congress dealt with the problem as only this current Congress would: by increasing the limit and instructing a bipartisan super-committee to find a way to trim our deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade to reduce our reliance on borrowing. In the event the super-committee could not reach a resolution by November 2011, required spending cuts would take effect on January 1, 2013 to protect us from ourselves. The super-committee failed, resulting in the panicked debate that consumed Congress and dominated headlines for the past six weeks.

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3 Big Privacy Issues Of 2013 - And What You Can Do About Them

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On the surface, 2012 saw some major shifts in how privacy is treated online. The Federal Trade Commission's Do-Not-Track Online Act and the White House's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights prompted Facebook and Google to change allegedly deceptive practices for tracking users. And most Web browsers and even Twitter adopted the do-not-track functions in one form or another.

These were steps in the right direction, but in reality, they didn't solve the data insecurity problem. Facebook can still track users through its "Like" function. And Web surfers' online data can still be used by law enforcement and "market research" for the employment, credit, healthcare and insurance industries. And let's not even get into denial of service attacks and cybersecurity...

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12 Problems Solved by Tech in 2012

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Some of the hottest tech trends of 2012, like mobile apps and solar energy, are changing the world for the better. This year, we saw a variety of inspiring innovations tackle some of the world's greatest challenges.

We've seen iPods help dementia patients, Android phones monitor carbon offsets and mobile apps prevent texting while driving.

From homelessness to electricity access, government accountability to deforestation, there are few problems tech can't address.

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Autonomy Accounting Issue Is HP's Latest $8.8 Billion Disaster

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A year after Hewlett-Packard's head-scratching acquisition of semantic-search company Autonomy for $10.3 billion, the move seems to have blown up in HP's face. HP is admitting today "serious accounting improprieties" by Autonomy.

Serious indeed. HP's fourth-quarter earnings will reflect an $8.8 billion write-down related to the improprieties. Overall, HP is reporting a 4Q loss of $6.9 billion, a bad skid for a company that seems more out of control every day.

When the deal was initially brokered by HP's then-CEO Léo Apotheker in August 2011, there were a lot of "what the hell?" comments flying around. HP had just bought a UK business that did not seem to fit HP's business model.

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The Problem With Google's $8 Billion Mobile Business

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On Google's Q3 2012 earnings call yesterday, CEO Larry Page said the company had an $8 billion mobile revenue run rate, and CFO Patrick Pichette added, "Ads continue to be the bulk of [the $8 billion], the vast majority of it."

They declined to break that number down any further.

There's one major problem with this number...

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How To Troubleshoot Internet Connection Problems

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Internet connection problems can be frustrating. Rather than mashing F5 and desperately trying to reload your favorite website when you experience a problem, here are some ways you can troubleshoot the problem and identify the cause.

Ensure you check the physical connections before getting too involved with troubleshooting. Someone could have accidentally kicked the router or modem’s power cable or pulled an Ethernet cable out of a socket, causing the problem.

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Here's The Problem With Our Economy

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Several factors have come together to produce a frustratingly weak economy that has persisted in the U.S. for more than a decade:

"Globalization" has opened up a vast pool of billions of workers who work for much less than Americans. This, in turn, has resulted in companies shifting formerly middle-wage-paying jobs overseas.

Technology has continued to increase productivity, allowing companies to do more with fewer employees.

Average hourly earnings have been flat for ~50 years (after adjusting for inflation), as companies steer their wealth primarily to senior management and owners at the expense of average employees.

Tax policies have increasingly favored investors and high wage earners over middle-class and upper-middle-class wage-earners.

An obsession with "shareholder value" at the expense of other stakeholders (namely, customers and employees) has led companies to cut employee costs to the bone.

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Facebook's China problem

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg would like to reach the country's 513 million Internet users. Too bad local entrepreneurs have beaten him to the punch.

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Stop killing social networks by begging for likes and retweets

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Okay, so perhaps the title sounds a little negative and normally I don’t like going to the Darkside, unless there are jelly doughnuts. However, I feel as though social sites like Facebook, Twitter and now even Google+ have people making the sites feel negative, or perhaps it is just the way it makes me feel, but there has got to be others out there that feel somewhat like I do.

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7 tips on how to break through the most common creative barriers

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It is not uncommon for many of us to have thoughts and ideas rustling around in our heads with the inability to get them out onto paper. This is referred to as a creative barrier or block, which most of us have become all too familiar with at one time or another.

This graphic is filled with tips that will help you in getting out of your creative rut and back into the swing of things.

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The Problem with Ladies Armor in most RPGs

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Perhaps she needs to use her sword to help that blacksmith better understand her point of view…

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Teen Solves 350-Year-Old Math Problem

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A boy math whiz has shocked the world by solving a 350-year-old problem once posed by the great mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton.

Sixteen-year-old Shouryya Ray, a boy of Indian origin attending school in Germany, cracked two particle dynamics theories. Ray's novel solutions can now help scientists calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and predict how it will strike and bounce off a wall, according to the International Business Times.

Ray was told by professors during a school field trip to Dresden University that the problem could not be solved. That notion didn't sit right with the Calcutta-born student.

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4 Mistakes Your Credit Card Issuer Wants You to Make

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If I asked you to describe the profile of the riskiest (most likely to default) credit card borrower, what would you say? Would you say things like they pay their bills on time, revolve small balances, and never approach their credit limits? Or, would you describe them as maxing out their card, missing payments, and exceeding their credit limits? Clearly, the latter is going to be the riskiest profile.

Now, describe to me the profile of a credit card user who is going to be the most profitable to the issuer. Would you say things like they pay their bills on time, revolve small balances, and never approach the credit limits? Or, would you describe them as maxing out their card, missing payments and exceeding their credit limits? Again, the latter is going to be the most profitable to the issuer.

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Texting-While-Walking: A growing epidemic

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Do you often feel the sudden urge to text someone? Do you use texting as your means of communication as opposed to actually calling someone? Does the thought of leaving your phone at home and not being able to text someone frighten you?

If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then you might be addicted to texting.

According to lawmakers, texting is becoming a serious problem not only behind the wheel, but while walking. Many states have already passed laws banning texting while driving, but recently New Jersey passed a law making it illegal to text while walking. An $85 fine will be issued to anyone who is caught walking while texting. Apparently, texting seems to have similar effects to that of alcohol consumption.

According to New Jersey Police, there were 74 crashes last year involving pedestrians who were distracted by their own texting. In a study by Stony Brook University, people have a difficult time walking in a straight line while texting. This can be confirmed by examining the 117 violations and 3 deaths due to texting while walking. People could also end up in jail…for texting. If the fines are not paid, they don’t go to collection agencies; they become warrants for arrest. Imagine going to jail for texting on your cell phone.

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10 New Problems Technology Gave Us

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I love technology. I have always been an early adopter of anything that looks like it can make my life easier. Essentially, if something can correct my spelling with only 80 percent accuracy yet save me one minute per day, I’ll take it. But technology has its downfalls. I have come to the solemn realization that, while it has made my life immeasurably simpler, it has also greatly contributed to me becoming an ever greater and more impatient fool. Here are 10 technological “advancements” that have inadvertently created new problems in my life. And probably yours, too.

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