Question: Madoff to Manson: courtroom drawings of famous trials - in pictures
They are moments of drama in one of the few places where photographers and TV cameras cannot reach. The Library of Congress has acquired 96 original courtroom drawings that show high-profile trials from the past four decades. The images range from Mark Felt, before he was revealed as Watergate’s Deep Throat, to murderer Charles Manson. The library said it began collecting courtroom illustrations in 1965 and now has the most comprehensive collection in the US
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The Library of Congress in Washington has acquired 96 original courtroom drawings that show high-profile trials from the past four decades

Q: Adobe Edge marks pivot to HTML5

A screenshot of multimedia design program Adobe Edge as provided by Adobe Systems. (Adobe Systems)

Good morning, and happy Monday!

Adobe Systems released Edge — their HTML5 design tool — at midnight Monday. Edge is the most aggressive move yet by Adobe to establish a foothold among developers in the HTML5 arena.

Edge is a motion and interaction design tool for visual web and interactive designers who want to use web standards to create animated Web content in HTML, CSS and java script. Edge works natively with Web standards, rather than working with a proprietary format, allowing designers to bring in an existing design and enhance it.

Asked if Edge is a sign that Adobe is abandoning its multimedia platform, Flash, Adobe’s Web Segment Group Product Manager Devin Fernandez said that wasn’t the case, insisting the development of Edge is an addition to Adobe’s suite of multimedia design products — not a replacement. Fernandez cited Flash’s continued use in high-end video and data-driven applications saying, “Flash remains very relevant in those areas.”

Edge signals a move by Adobe to provide developers with an animation tool that can produce a finished product supported on Apple’s iOS platform. This is a critical move, considering Flash is not supported on iOS. This has prevented dynamic pages from being seen by users of Apple’s popular mobile products. Research In Motion’s (RIM) less popular tablet, the Blackberry PlayBook, supports Flash, however RIM has been struggling with falling profits, and announced last week that the company would be slashing 10 percent of its workforce.

Edge is available for download on the Adobe Labs Web site for free as part of the company’s newly-adopted “open development methodology.” The program is not yet in beta, but is being released in ”preview release one” — a development stage that is intended to give developers an opportunity to kick the tires and send Adobe feedback. “Now, with Adobe Edge, we’re taking our HTML5 tooling to a whole new level and look forward to getting some really useful feedback from the community over the next few months, as we refine the product,” Paul Gubbay, vice president of Design and Web Engineering at Adobe, said via a press release.

Edge incorporates a number of features from existing Adobe products, such as Dreamweaver, After Effects, Photoshop and Flash in hopes of creating a user experience that will make adoption by frequent users of those programs relatively smooth. The most original feature is the timeline’s playhead and marker workflow, which allows designers to sketch their animation without having to address individual keyframes. The program also gives users an opportunity to monitor changes to HTML tags in real time.

In a demonstration, Adobe Fellow Mark Anders showed how a static HTML Web page could be imported into Edge and transformed into a dynamic page in under 10 minutes. We took at look at the page’s source code after the animation was finished. Adjustments to the code were compartmentalized in the header field, preserving the vast majority the page’s original coding.

Adobe said they intend to build the industry standard for production environment worldwide. “We’re becoming much more transparent,” said Fernandez. Adobe is working with Apple and Google on standards, and did work a little more closely with Google in terms of having them in the loop. The company also talked to Mozilla and Microsoft, but the development was done primarily by crowd-sourcing the big creatives, including Disney.

“The tool chain for creative design is how Adobe makes its money and there is a great need for HTML5 tools right now,” IDC Program Director Al Hilwa wrote in an e-mail to the Post, “There are very few companies as in-tune with designer needs and sensibilities as Adobe.”

Edge is free for now, but it remains to be seen whether it will stay that way. When asked, Adobe did not provide a price tag for Edge, citing the fact that the program had not yet entered beta. But it appears likely that should it be well-received, it will become part of the Adobe’s design and development suite, which currently retails for as much as $2,599

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A: The company released their HTML5 design tool before it reached beta to give developers a chance to provide feedback.

Some women do pay more for car repair than men

Very few people walk into repair shops knowing exactly what's wrong with their vehicles. Some folks have hunches, though, and that can make all the difference when it comes to the price they're quoted -- especially if those folks are women.

That's the finding of a study conducted by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and AutoMD.com. Together, they recruited a group of men and women to make phone calls to various garages. During each call, participants asked for a quote on a radiator replacement for a 2003 Toyota Camry.

During their phone conversations, the callers either:

1. Said that they were well-informed about the cost of such repairs and that they expected the price to be around $365 (which is accurate).

2. Said that they were well-informed about the cost of such repairs and that they expected the price to be around $510 (which is inaccurate).

3. Said that they had no idea what the repair might cost.

4. Or said nothing about their own price expectations.

Here are the study's key findings:

According to Meghan Busse, a professor at the Kellogg School and one of the leaders on the study, "Our findings suggest that auto shops may assume men know the market price for a given repair, so they automatically grant it. However, they may not expect women to be knowledgeable in this area, so the perception is they can charge them more."

The good news is that women were considerably better at haggling than their male counterparts. When study participants attempted to negotiate a better price, 35 percent of women were successful in doing so, compared to 25 percent of men.

Bottom line: whether you're a man or woman, if you know what's wrong with your vehicle, do some research on repair costs before taking it in. Remember, Mr. Google is never more than a few keystrokes away. And unless you're wedded to one particular garage, get a few quotes over the phone. That's doubly important if you live in one of the more expensive states for auto repair.

On the other hand, if you don't know what's wrong with your car, you may just have to wing it, or invest in a system like Automatic. Our guess is that, like many things in life, appearing confident can help you get what you want -- even if you have no idea what you're talking about.

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Summary:
Answer: The more you know, the better the deal.