Apollo and General News

March 27, 2008 (Otto Symth)

According to reports the Long Beach DUI attorneys, Laguna Beach Police Department have reported that on Tuesday evening at approximately 11:00 pm at Laguna Beach police officers observed a black Hummer weaving in traffic. The Hummer was driven by Richie Sambora and also there was a woman and two girls in the vehicle at the time of the stop. One of these young girls was later identified as his daughter with ex-wife Heather Locklear.

In a statement by Stg. Jason Kravetz of the Laguna Beach Police Department after Sambora was stopped he was given field sobriety tests and arrested, he was cooperative and the arrest went without incident. Sambora was released from jail at approximately 4 am on Wednesday.

Sambora who is a member of the band Bon Jovi is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing on May 7th to answer to driving under the influence. However, it is thought that at that time he may also face a charge of endangering minors due to the underage girls who were present in the car at the time he was stopped by the Laguna Beach police.

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So far there has been no statements from any spokes people for Bon Jovi, Sambora and also for Locklear.When you are charged with a driving under the influence charge there are attorneys who specialize in this type of offense and they can be reached in at Los Angeles DUI attorneys, 888-400-9721

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In reports there may be changes on the way for iPod owners and those who plan to purchase iPods. Apple is in discussions about making the favorite download site iTunes partially free for iPod users. Rather than paying at iTunes, iPod users will be paying more for the model of iPod they choose to purchase.

   While this has not been decided for sure, Apple, EMI, Sony BMG and Warner Music would not make comments about this as late as Wednesday.

   In statements from David Pakman the CEO of eMusic who is a rival of the online music site iTunes commented that his concern lies with the fact that Apple may take advantage of the monopoly it has in the digital player market.

   IPods represent about 85% of the digital music market online today.  If this current plan that has been leaked in some competitors thoughts, if bundled with music from iTune downloads that would be considered anti-competitive according to David Pakman.

In other Apple/iPod news the world’s most expensive iPod that has been donated to a charity auction that was held in London, United Kingdom. It is being labeled the iDiamond iPod and it was designed by a Norwegian jeweler named Thomas Heterdahl, the iPod and earplugs have been designed of solid white and pink 18 karat gold, along with the coating of 430 diamonds that includes 118 diamonds on the earplugs. Hererdahl stated that he would not design another of this one of a kind iDiamond iPod and feels that it would be quite a different situation if it were to be produced commerically

March 16, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

The latest in celebrity DUI news relates that Scott Weiland who was arrested in 2007 for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs during a car crash pleaded innocent. Police stated that they observed that he appeared to be under the influence and at the time Weiland refused to submit to a blood or urine test and was arrested.

Weiland who did not appear in court entered a plea last week through his defense attorney in a California court, which could later sentence the singer to a maximum of one year in prison. The next court date that has been set for him to appear is April 4^th.

When Weiland was arrested he was released on $40,000 bail and according to a statement from the Los Angeles City Attorneys Office the reason he could face up to one year in prison is that this will be a second conviction for driving under the influence.

When you are involved in a DUI or DWI crash there are Orange County attorneys and Los Angeles DUI attorneys who are experienced in these types of cases and can be reached at 888-400-9721.

Licensing For Boating-Bill AB2110 

 March 16 (by Otto Symth)

According to reports by Los Angeles Boat Accident Lawyers, there has been a new bill that has been drafted by State Assemblyman Mike Duvall that will if passed have boaters of all kinds from the professional to the fisherman who has a motor on his boat.

   This bill is AB2110 if passed will require anyone operating a boat that is motorized to take classes that will include boating safety in the course, once this course is passed the boater will take a state approved test and will receive a card that will be good for life.

   One of the reasons that the State Assemblyman penned such a bill is due to the amount of boating accidents that have occurred in the state.

   While the statistics are not in for the 2007-year, from the year 2001 up to 2007 there have been approximately 845 boating accidents that have resulted each year in about 43 deaths and 464 injuries.

   It has been reported that according to Duvall boating should be treated the same as motorcycle riding and hunting and that the water while different than hunting is not all that different than riding a motorcycle and people using watercrafts need to be aware of this to be safe.

  Should you or a family member be involved in a boating accident there are experienced Orange County attorneys waiting to speak to you about your case that can be reached at 888-400-9721.

March 19, 2008 (Otto Smyth)

Tuesday afternoon on Highway 154 in the vicinity of Santa Ynez is where an accident took place between a car and motorcycle crash that ended with two fatalities.

According to the California Highway Patrol the accident occurred when a vehicle struck a motorcycle head on near the intersection of Alamo Pintado and Highway 154. The vehicle was known to have been traveling in the wrong direction and was driven by and 87 year old woman who passed away. Her identity has not been released pending notification of her next of kin.

The motorcyclist was identified as Larry Lovejoy aged 73 who was transported to the hospital and later died of injuries sustained during the accident.

When a loved one is involved in an accident that involves a fatality there are personal injury attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange County that are experienced in wrongful death and can be reached at 888-400-9721.

March 19, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

According to Los Angeles car accident attorneys, in early morning traffic yesterday, there was a multi-vehicle accident in the southbound lanes that created a SigAlert that lasted approximately 45 minutes.

The accident occurred on Interstate 5 in the vicinity of Brookhurst Street two lanes were involved including the carpool lane, which was blocked for nearly an hour that included five vehicles and a motorcycle.

One car was overturned on its side and blocked the two lanes according to a dispatcher from the California Highway Patrol and the accident had been reported at approximately 7:30 am.

In reports a supervisor from MetroNet had stated that two of the accident victims were transported to the hospital, although it is known if there were any other injuries it was unknown at the time of the reports. The lanes were cleared at approximately 8:14 am, it was known that there was a motorcycle, a van and a red pickup truck involved in the accident.

When you are involved in an auto accident there are experienced Orange County attorneys who are waiting for your call at 888-400-9721.

In Adobe Photoshop news of interest,

The company XChange International has recently released a new plug-in that is called Xfile 2, in this new plug-in for Photoshop there are some new and exciting capabilities that enhance the Photoshop program. These new functions allow features that have not been easily done in the past or ones that could not be done in the past using Photoshop.

   In the Xfile 2 plug-in users will find the ability to do image resizing, this includes any and every image in a photo. As well as seam carving abilities, this allows resizing while keeping the proper ratio. There is also the ability to remove or add to a photo and with Xfiles 2 there are two protect and erase functions.

   This plug-in also has utilities that allows the users to upsize and enlarge photos or down size including making images smaller. Each of these changes can be viewed at every step to ensure the photo has the changes that are desired.

   This program has in its program mathematical algorithms that give Xfile 2 the ability to perform these functions and do them properly and this new program is formatted to work with the Photoshop programs from Photoshop 7 through Photoshop CS3.  I have to admit, this is a pretty cool program. I think that even Adobe has outdone itself with this one. I can certainly recommend it.

   Some of the appliances that are included in Adobe Air are things like Ajax, which is a application that can be used in building some of the exciting websites that are seen today and can be used on the desktop or as a browser based rich Internet application.

   There is also flex applications that can be used in building web browser based rich Internet and desktop, along with flash applications all in one program, along with other features.

   The Adobe site has development centers for all three of these applications that are included in the Adobe Air software that will help with tips, tricks and education of what this program can do to aid in building both web based and offline desktop. The help and tips can have any user of this software using it with all of its features in little time and the use of Adobe Air can enhance any project

The program filled with appliances that has been known in the past as Adobe Apollo and now known as Adobe Air. This software can be used on line and offline giving the user more options and is made in a format for use with Windows and Mac computers.

   Some of the appliances that are included in Adobe Air are things like Ajax, which is a apps that can be used in building some of the exciting websites that are seen today and can be used on the desktop or as a browser based rich Internet application.

The Adobe site has development centers for all 3 of these apps that are included in the Adobe Air software that will help with tips, tricks and education of what this program can do to aid in building both web based and offline desktop. The help and tips can have any user of this software using it with all of its features in little time and the use of Adobe Air can enhance any project…

Adobe Systems has officicially announced that it will come in a platform later in 2008 for use with Linux. CEO Kevin Lynch has announced this big news at the companies Engage Event that took place in San Francisco of what this programs next platform will be after more testing. The firm is quite excited to bring Adobe Air into other formats, the annoucement stated..

   This program that is a runtime and allows varied web applications is at this time a windows only based program. Apparently the corporation looking for Linux users to test the Linux version that is in an alpha format prior to placing it on the market. Along with this they are striving to have Air on mobile devices in the near future.

 The big question appears to be whether or not this particular App will be available on iPhones anytime soon. On this question Lynch passed the ball on to the Apple Corporation, but the goal is to Air everywhere it would appear based on the official statement, although this is not confirmed.

Speaking of the Apple Corporation, there have been  some fascinating reports coming out lately  about a panel which has formed to discuss a rise in crime (or in this case iCrime) in the past few years, these crimes are robberies, for the most part.

 This all comes from the remote attacks that were associated with Firefox vulnerabilities, much of the concern lies with the local access by the Air applications.

   Adobe’s reply to this is that they have implemented a sandbox background, however there is evidence that there is less security with this and that could give some developers a false sense of security when using this program.

   One of the features of these program apps is that the have to be digitally signed as this can be completed by anyone. It basically leaves individuals vulnerable in the situation that they are apt to run un-trusted apps. Without heeding these warnings, leaving them open to remote attackers.

   To explore and inform users in security when using these particular apps Adobe has links to a few articles, however for users to protect themselves and to be aware of this situation they need to know the articles are there for them to protect themselves from the predators.