Author: Nick

How to create custom PDF compression filters in OS X

Posted by | May 21, 2013 | |

Apple’s Preview program is the default PDF viewer in OS X, and has a number of options for annotating and otherwise managing PDF files. One of its features is support for Quartz filters, which can be applied to PDFs and image files to convert them, for example into sepia, black-and-white, or gray scale. A Quartz filter can be used to reduce the PDF’s file size, but while it’s effective at doing so, you may find images in the resulting PDF too grainy to use.

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Samsung Galaxy Tablet may run on Intel chip

Posted by | May 21, 2013 | |

A first for Samsung: an Intel chip in one of its Android tablets. (Credit: Samsung) Samsung may do something it has never done: Put an Intel chip in a Galaxy Tab. The Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Android tablet is expected to sport a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom CloverTrail+ chip, industry sources familiar with the product told CNET

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Google Checkout to check out

Posted by | May 21, 2013 | |

Google plans to shut down Google Checkout, its service for online payment processing, in six months, the company announced in a blog post Monday. Even though Checkout was replaced by Wallet in 2011, it still has been an option for those merchants who are adamant about using the old service in their operations. But on November 20, that will come to an end.

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