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Google introduces "Save to Drive" button, allows users to easily save files to Drive instead of computer. Google is continuing to make it easier to use their cloud service Drive as your every day storage system. As a means to this end, Google has introduced a new website button called "Save to Drive. " This new button, when implemented on websites, allows a user to easily save a file to their Drive, rather than download it to their local system. Bigstock, Delta Dental, Fotolia, O'Reilly, Outbox, Zen Payroll, and Google Notes have already implemented the new button. It's rather easy to add to a website as it just requires a few lines of HTML code, though the advanced developer can certainly exert more control over the button though its JavaScript API.

Unfortunately, the button still relies on your local web connection. The file is first downloaded to your local system and then uploaded to Drive. A bionic prosthetic eye that speaks the language of your brain. On the grand scale of things, we know so very little about the brain. Our thick-headedness isn’t quite cosmological in scale — we really do know almost nothing about the universe beyond Earth — but, when it comes down to it, the brain is virtually a black box. We know that stimuli goes in, usually through one of our senses, and motor neurons come out, but that’s about it. One thing you can do with a black box, however, is derive some semblance of a working model through brute force testing.

Take prosthetic arms, for example: We don’t have a clue about the calculations that occur in the brain to trigger arm muscle motor neurons, but that doesn’t stop us from slapping some electrodes onto a subject’s bicep muscles and measuring the electric pulses that occur when you tell him to “think about moving your arm.” Nirenberg did this until she produced mathematical equations that, with startling accuracy, encode images into neuron pulses that can be understood by an animal brain. 50 User Interface Design Tools A Web Designer Must Have. The success of web applications and websites depends in how well designed the User Interface is. Designing a good user interface however is a very challenging process.

A designer’s concepts and design decisions always affect the end users of the web site, application or generally any user interface or service he has designed. That is why, the dream of every designer is to deliver high quality, enjoyable and valuable experiences for the users. To achieve this goal, it is necessary that a web designer have a collection of web user interface resources and building blocks in his arsenal. There is a variety of User Interface resources that allows you as designer to access, redefine, and create a well crafted User Interface. Let us explore these things and further our own craft.

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Read full article » Highlights from Making Sense of Snowden, Part II: What's Significant in the NSA Revelations Susan Landau gives an update and analysis on the impact of Edward Snowden's initial leak of documents. It summarizes what we know and also offers references that might prove useful in helping you come to your own conclusions about the leaks' import and impact. Podcast: Silver Bullet. All Plus. Schneier on Security. PC Overclocking, Modding and Building | Sharky Extreme. The Tech Report - PC Hardware Explored.

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