YouTube’s IPL Cricket Streams Near 50 Million Views, Blow Away Internal Expectations

YouTube’s IPL Cricket Streams Near 50 Million Views, Blow Away Internal Expectations:

Last January, news broke that YouTube had signed its first international sports streaming deal, gaining multi-year rights to broadcast the Indian Premiere League’s 45-day cricket tournament worldwide. We’re now closing in on the conclusion of the tournament — the finals begin on Sunday morning — and YouTube has shared some initial stats.

Right now, YouTube’s IPL channel has over 49.5 million views. That far exceeds the company’s internal expectations: we’re told that their stretch goal was to get 10 million views over the course of the tournament. Viewers from 200 countries have watched the streams. Unsurprisingly, India has the most views overall; coming in second is the United States — YouTube had expected that spot to go to the UK or Australia, where cricket gets far more attention.

When the IPL deal was first signed it granted YouTube live streaming rights for every country except for the United States, where matches have been posted fifteen minutes after they ended. However, YouTube is streaming both the semi-finals and finals live (we’re told YouTube’s biz dev people worked “around the clock” to make that happen). All of which means the final view tally is going to be way more than 10 million.

Reuters Retracts Icelandic Volcano Photo

Reuters Retracts Icelandic Volcano Photo:



Last week when Reuters released photographs of the volcanic activity at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, one photograph stood out to Wade Laube, the photo editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.

After making a few calls, Reuters decided to investigate. Laube writes on his blog,

Reuters had made contact with the photographer, an Icelandic local, and sought access to the original. It transpired that before being acquired by the wire service, the photograph had been in the possession of an Icelandic newspaper and it was there that some fairly liberal digital dodging and burning took place. When a comparison was made with the original, it became obvious that post production had been applied to sufficient extent that it violated Reuters’ very firm position on digital enhancement. So they retracted the picture and supplied the original in its place, and we dropped that image into the Herald for later editions.

Looking at the before and after photographs shown above, you can see that post-processing was done in order to make the plume of ash look extremely dramatic.

What are your thoughts on how far post-processing can go before it becomes too much?

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Image credits: Photographs by Reuters

Is Handset Radiation Bad? COSMOS Will Tell You in 30 Years

Is Handset Radiation Bad? COSMOS Will Tell You in 30 Years:



The Cohort Study on Mobile Communications, potentially the largest research effort to understand the effects of radiation from cellular phone use, is now underway in five European nations. COSMOS, as it’s called, hopes to enlist more than 250,000 volunteers over for up to 30 years in Britain, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark.

Although prior studies have examined the effects of radiation from handsets, none have tracked data for as long as the COSMOS study plans to. A 21-year effort studying radiation and cancer instances in Danish handset owners wrapped up in 2006 and found no ill effects, while short-term proactive studies have failed to find any from wireless phones either. Countries often limit the radiation levels of approved devices, however. Here in the U.S., the FCC allows for a specific absorption rate of 1.6 watts per kilogram. European nations follow the higher International Electrotechnical Commission guideline of 2 watts per kilogram.

By researching over a long period of time, COSMOS can help identify radiation risks as they manifest themselves, not after, such as with handset radiation studies in which cancer patients are asked about their cell phone usage. Success of the COSMOS study is highly dependent on a large number of volunteers, so its organizers are working directly with carriers to help solicit consumers.

Air Force launches X-37B space plane

Air Force launches X-37B space plane: "The unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle heads into space on its first mission, as the Air Force scopes out how it might eventually serve 'warfighters' needs.'"

iPad Is First Computer 100-Year-Old Woman Bought [Ipad]

iPad Is First Computer 100-Year-Old Woman Bought [Ipad]:

The iPad is so easy to use, a cat can play with it. So can a dog! But what about a centenarian? Virginia of Oregon bought her first computer—an iPad—and as the video shows, she's a whizz. More »

YouTube Quietly Adds Movie and TV Show Rentals From 99 Cents [YouTube]

YouTube Quietly Adds Movie and TV Show Rentals From 99 Cents [YouTube]:

After tinkering with movie rentals in January, YouTube's added a bunch of movies and TV episodes you actually want to see. We're not just talking art-house Sundance Film Festival flicks—now, you can get a bit of anime too. More »

It's Happened: The First Full Face Transplant [Medicine]

It's Happened: The First Full Face Transplant [Medicine]:

Logins for sale: be wary of Facebook friends in need

Logins for sale: be wary of Facebook friends in need:


Facebook users may not consider their accounts to be worth anything on the black market, but a group of 1.5 million logins are currently being hawked by scammers. According to a new report from VeriSign's iDefense, a scammer going by the name of "Kirllos" claims to have gathered the login information for one out of every 300 Facebook users and is trying to sell the accounts to others. The incident is just a reminder that social networking users can't just ignore strangers anymore—they should be able to recognize a phishing attempt from a "friend" when they see it.

VeriSign says that Kirllos appears to have already sold some 700,000 Facebook accounts, asking for between $25 and $45 per thousand accounts (the higher amount is for users who have more friends). That means your account could go for almost five whole cents (don't let it all go to your head!). As noted by IDG, this is obviously quite low—bank account credentials can go for hundreds of dollars, while e-mail logins can go for up to $20 per account.

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FarmVille Could be Headed to iPhone, iPad and Android

FarmVille Could be Headed to iPhone, iPad and Android: "

Soon you’ll be able to play FarmVille on your mobile phone, not just your desktop web browser. Supported devices will probably include the iPhone, the iPad and Android smartphones, and some sort of text messaging-based play could be in the works too.

Speculation about this bubbled up when Tumblr blog Supererogatory discovered that the domain names farmvilleandroid.com, farmvilleipad.com, farmvilleiphone.com and farmvillesms.com were registered with DNStination Inc. DNStination is the third party that also holds farmville.com, the official website for Zynga’s very successful and popular online game.

We followed up with a spokesperson for Zynga, who said, “Zynga plans to expand to various mobile platforms. We cannot provide additional information at this time.”

That’s a confirmation that the company intends to offer mobile versions of the game, but those missing “additional details” include the platforms and the time frames. It’s also possible that some or all mobile versions could have only limited functionality compared to the Facebook and desktop web browser editions. We’ll have to wait to find out exactly how mobile virtual farming will work.

FarmVille has more than 80 million users, and it has achieved that primarily by becoming staple on Facebook. It’s so popular that non-players often search Google to find out how to block FarmVille updates from appearing in their news feeds.

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Facebook Turns Off Facebook Lite

Facebook Turns Off Facebook Lite: "

Facebook has stopped supporting its stripped-down Facebook Lite website. If you go to the old Facebook Lite address you’ll be redirected to the regular Facebook homepage.

The change was announced on Facebook’s own Fan Page. The company didn’t elaborate on why it decided to axe Lite. Its brief status update simply said, “We’re no longer supporting it, but learned a lot from the test of a slimmed-down site.”

Facebook was testing out the idea of a reduced home page to appeal to both minimalists who hate clutter and to users with limited bandwidth or processing power — particularly folks using the site from developing nations.

Were you using Facebook Lite and, if so, will you miss it? Let us know in the comments. In the meantime, here’s what Lite looked like.

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Stylish Fraunhofer Lab-in-a-Wristwatch Warns of Impending Medical Emergencies Before They Strikes

Stylish Fraunhofer Lab-in-a-Wristwatch Warns of Impending Medical Emergencies Before They Strikes: "

According to Megadeth there are 99 ways to die, but many of those -- blood clots, dehydration, heart attacks -- can be hard to detect except with a thorough medical examination. But since we can't spend all of our time under doctor's observation, a team of European researchers, including Fraunhofer Institute scientists, is developing a lab-on-a-chip wristwatch that monitors various bio-indicators of bodily disaster, warning wearers of impending doom before problems become life-threatening.

Inconveniently, this prototype wristwatch doesn't tell the time, but it will tell an athlete if his or her perspiration shows signs of dehydration, or whether a person wearing a pacemaker is wandering too close to a dangerous electromagnetic field. It can help an elderly person ensure his or her body temperature doesn't climb too high, and someday might even help diabetics monitor their blood sugar levels around the clock.

The watch itself is actually a mash-up of several lab-on-a-chip technologies, and could be customized for patients based on those conditions for which they are most at risk. Technologically speaking, new ultra-small biomarker sensors emerge all the time, like saliva tests that can instantly diagnose a heart attack, or single-drop, disposable blood tests that can rapidly scan the blood for indicators of impending thromboses. By stacking them in a single sensory device, the research team hopes to provide a means of catching potentially fatal medical incidents before they get into full swing.

Some of these systems are in their infancy and not necessarily suited for integration into a wristwatch device. The blood clot test, for instance, requires a prick with a needle and is generally only necessary in certain situations wherein the risk of blood clots is elevated, like when a patient is traveling by air (it's also designed for one-time use).

But advances in both polymer electronics and conventional sensors have made these lab-on-a-chip biosensors increasingly small and affordable, meaning in the very near future patients at risk for a battery of illness could wear a diagnostic watch at all times, providing them with a constant stream of biofeedback. And who knows, maybe they'll even integrate a clock into it.

[Science Daily]

Want Porn? Buy an Android Phone, Steve Jobs Says

Want Porn? Buy an Android Phone, Steve Jobs Says: "

The rules about what types of content can and can’t be in Apple’s App Store are still fuzzy, but one thing’s certain: Steve Jobs doesn’t want to sell porn.

Despite yesterday’s iPhone debacle, Jobs was still in a chatty enough mood to respond to a concerned customer’s e-mail questioning Apple’s role as “moral police” of its App Store. The customer, Matthew Browing, was referring to the App Store’s initial rejection of an app containing Mark Fiore’s Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoon, as well as the company’s recent porn ban.

In his reply, Jobs admitted rejecting Fiore’s app was a mistake, and he wasn’t shy about advertising his biggest competitor’s product as a phone for porn lovers:

Fiore’s app will be in the store shortly. That was a mistake. However, we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.

TechCrunch’s MG Siegler, who originally reported the e-mail exchange, noted the “and” typo in Jobs’ response, but he said he verified the sender by checking the e-mail’s IP headers.

Jobs’ purported e-mail response is believable, as it comes in line with a statement the CEO made during a question-and-answer session at Apple’s iPhone OS 4 event earlier this month. A journalist asked whether Apple would consider allowing customers to load apps through alternative means other than the App Store, and Jobs again noted Android as an option for porn fans.

“You know, there’s a porn store for Android,” Jobs said. “You can download nothing but porn. You can download porn, your kids can download porn. That’s a place we don’t want to go, so we’re not going to go there.”

Jobs’ opposition to porn is loud and clear, but Apple’s crackdown on sex-tinged apps can be described as a “semi-ban” at best. The Playboy app remains in the App Store, as does the Sports Illustrated app, because they come from “more reputable companies,” according to Apple’s vice president of marketing Phil Schiller.

See Also:

• Apple App Store Bans Pulitzer-Winning Satirist for Satire …


• Apple Adds and Removes ‘Explicit’ Category from App Store


• Apple Explains Semi-Ban of Sex Apps


• Apple Imposes NDA For App Store Rejections


• Developer: Apple Denied Health Care App for Political Reasons …

Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

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Google Maps Navigation 4.1.1 Beta now working on UK Androids

Google Maps Navigation 4.1.1 Beta now working on UK Androids: "

Talk about random gifts from the ether. British Android device owners are waking up this morning to discover their robot-themed operating system has gone and upgraded itself overnight. We've confirmed for ourselves that Google Maps Navigation -- yes, the free turn-by-turn stuff with voice instructions -- has made its fully functional way across the Atlantic. This is the 4.1.1 Beta released on April 6 to US customers, but as we say, it's now functional over in Blighty as well. We've tested it out on a Desire and Nexus One from HTC, with the latter offering the extra-cool option to aurally instruct your Google search bar to 'navigate to' your destination. Stay tuned for a gallery of screenshots.



[Thanks, Tes]

Google Maps Navigation 4.1.1 Beta now working on UK Androids originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Insanely Cool Cassette Tape Art [PIC]

Insanely Cool Cassette Tape Art [PIC]: "

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Honda CBX Custom: ‘Wide Boy’

Honda CBX Custom: ‘Wide Boy’: "


I don’t know about you, but I find most ’show bikes’ less inspiring than a good garage build. The shows occasionally do throw up something truly original though, and this bike is a case in point. ‘Wide Boy’ appeared at the recent London Ace Cafe Motorcycle & Custom Show, and was built by Larry Houghton. It didn’t win—it came third in the Freestyle class—but it deserves a closer look. Larry comes from the ‘extreme engineering’ school of custom bike building, and unlike most extreme customs, his bike holds together visually. It’s based on a late model 1983 6-cylinder CBX, although little remains of the Honda donor. The new frame, for example, is crafted from one-inch thick aluminum sheet that Larry cut, bent and twisted into a multitude of angles—as if it were a paper origami sculpture. He designed a front end similar to BMW’s radical Telelever system, and installed a single-sided Ducati 916 swingarm at the back. Wheels are 17” Marchesinis from a Ducati 996. The sinuous, six-into-six exhaust system is a highlight: it took Maf Welch of Expressive Engineering three weeks to build, and required seven meters of stainless steel tubing. It’s tempting to overcook a bike like this, so the paintjob is thankfully low-key: a gunmetal black base is overlaid with dusted silver, and finished with orange pinstriping. (A color scheme coincidentally close to the colors of the original, unmolested CBX.) If I was a show judge, I’d say the result is edgy and provocative—and a welcome departure from the usual ‘Hot Wheels’ show bike look. What do you think? [Thanks to Peter Leonard.]





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See also:

1. Benjie’s Café Honda CB350
2. 1980 Honda CBX custom

Holga Medium-Format 3D Stereo Camera

Holga Medium-Format 3D Stereo Camera:


The Holga 120 3D Stereo Camera is a plastic, medium-format camera that captures two slightly offset images at the same time on 120 film. The resulting images are then viewable in stereo 3D using the special Holga 120 3D Slide Viewer. The camera itself costs $100, but for $150 you also get the 3D viewer, some 120 film, and a set of slide mounts.

If you’d prefer doing 3D photography digitally, Fujifilm’s FinePix REAL 3D W1 can do the trick, though, with an MSRP of $600, it costs nearly six times as much.

(via Gizmodo)

Want Porn? Buy an Android Phone, Steve Jobs Says

Want Porn? Buy an Android Phone, Steve Jobs Says: "

The rules about what types of content can and can’t be in Apple’s App Store are still fuzzy, but one thing’s certain: Steve Jobs doesn’t want to sell porn.
Despite yesterday’s iPhone debacle, Jobs was still in a chatty enough mood to respond to a concerned customer’s e-mail questioning Apple’s role as “moral police” of its App Store. The customer, Matthew Browing, was referring to the App Store’s initial rejection of an app containing Mark Fiore’s Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoon, as well as the company’s recent porn ban.
In his reply, Jobs admitted rejecting Fiore’s app was a mistake, and he wasn’t shy about advertising his biggest competitor’s product as a phone for porn lovers:

Fiore’s app will be in the store shortly. That was a mistake. However, we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.

TechCrunch’s MG Siegler, who originally reported the e-mail exchange, noted the “and” typo in Jobs’ response, but he said he verified the sender by checking the e-mail’s IP headers.
Jobs’ purported e-mail response is believable, as it comes in line with a statement the CEO made during a question-and-answer session at Apple’s iPhone OS 4 event earlier this month. A journalist asked whether Apple would consider allowing customers to load apps through alternative means other than the App Store, and Jobs again noted Android as an option for porn fans.
“You know, there’s a porn store for Android,” Jobs said. “You can download nothing but porn. You can download porn, your kids can download porn. That’s a place we don’t want to go, so we’re not going to go there.”
Jobs’ opposition to porn is loud and clear, but Apple’s crackdown on sex-tinged apps can be described as a “semi-ban” at best. The Playboy app remains in the App Store, as does the Sports Illustrated app, because they come from “more reputable companies,” according to Apple’s vice president of marketing Phil Schiller.
See Also:

• Apple App Store Bans Pulitzer-Winning Satirist for Satire …
• Apple Adds and Removes ‘Explicit’ Category from App Store
• Apple Explains Semi-Ban of Sex Apps
• Apple Imposes NDA For App Store Rejections
• Developer: Apple Denied Health Care App for Political Reasons …

Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

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iPad user case: Pro blogger

iPad user case: Pro blogger: "

Filed under: iPad

Over the past few weeks, we've heard many people say, 'The iPad is cool, but what would I do with it?' This new series aims to answer that question. We'll examine one user case per post, from couch surfer to mobile professional, and describe just how that person uses his or her iPad.



As a professional blogger, there are 5 things I need to do my job:

• A comfortable, reliable keyboard


• A text editor


• RSS feeds


• Web access


• A reference tool for compiling research

The iPad lets me get nearly all of that accomplished. Let's start with what works.



The keyboard



The iPad's software keyboard is more usable that I expected. It's forced me to develop a hybrid typing method that's part hunt-and-peck and part touch typing. Years ago, I learned to keep my fingers in the home position, lightly touching the keys. On the iPad, 'lightly touching' means 'pressing,' so now I hover just above the keys.



The landscape keyboard is just a bit smaller than a standard keyboard, so I can't keep my hands in the true home position. However, knowing each key's location without having to look is tremendously helpful. With a bit of practice, my muscle memory has adapted to the smaller keyboard. The real key, as with the iPhone, is to be fearless and type. The iPad will correct the vast majority of your mistakes.



That being said, I don't want to write more than a few hundred words with it. Even with the above accommodations, I still make more errors than I do with a physical keyboard. Therefore, Apple's Bluetooth keyboard is essential. It's a breeze to set up, fits squarely in a bag and is barely wider than the iPad itself. With the iPad docked and the keyboard in place, I'm ready to write.

TUAWiPad user case: Pro blogger originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mozilla Disables Insecure Java Plugin

Mozilla Disables Insecure Java Plugin: "

Hats off to Brian Krebs for reporting that Mozilla has disabled vulnerable versions of a Java plugin for Firefox through their blocklist service.

Oracle had issued a Java update to fix the bug last week, but Mozilla developers were concerned that the update does not necessarily remove old, vulnerable versions. Leaving old, vulnerable code on a system is a long-standing issue with Java, albeit one which they have begun to address.

The information came from discussions on Bugzilla, where Mozilla developers and administrators decided to issue the flag.. Mozilla hasn't made any announcement on the matter. Note that the vulnerable plugin is the 'Java Deployment Toolkit' versions prior to 6.0.200.2. Look carefully, as there are quite a few add-in programs in Firefox with the 'Java' name in them.

Changes to the blocklist are issued through Firefox's update mechanism. Some details of how this is done are discussed on the Bugzilla page. A few users complained about the change, offended that Mozilla would shut off software on their system without asking. This complaint seems irrational; only users who are subscribed to Mozilla's automatic updating mechanism receive the change, and they receive substantial software changes from Mozilla all the time. Minor version updates are applied automatically with no user confirmation. Furthermore, such users are free, and well-advised, to apply the Oracle update to Java and they should notice no change in functionality.

I read the Bugzilla thread as indicating that there is still some confusion over who is vulnerable and that the proof-of-concept attack provided by the researcher who reported the bug was not necessarily running on all vulnerable systems. But even so you're clearly better-off with the new version on and old versions off.

Not enough attention is being paid to the fact that Oracle (and, before that, Sun) installs several add-ins of various types to Firefox and Internet Explorer when you install the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). If they inform the user that they are doing this during the installation, it's a subtle notification. When it came to light that Microsoft had installed a Firefox plugin for .NET and that plugin had a vulnerability Microsoft was widely criticized for installing it without asking permission. But such installations are common, as shown by Oracle's actions.

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Quantum Broadband Network is So Secure It's Unbreakable (in Theory)

Quantum Broadband Network is So Secure It's Unbreakable (in Theory): "

In the world of IT, it really doesn't matter how much data you can transmit if you can't send it safely and securely. Now, Toshiba researchers in the UK have created the first high-speed network connection that is theoretically impossible to hack, tapping the quantum properties of photons encrypt data that was beamed through more than 30 miles of optical cable.

Quantum encryption involves one party sending a 'key' to another party that is embedded in the quantum properties of a photon string. The laws of quantum mechanics protect this data, ensuring that if any third party messes with the quantum key, the key will be altered and the foul play will become evident.

While this concept isn't new, it wasn't previously feasible. The most efficient way to pass encoded quantum strings back and forth was through the air, but even the best attempts at that could only transmit the key several hundred meters. Toshiba was seeking a way to integrate quantum broadband into existing infrastructure that would allow photon transmission across greater distances.

Of course, sending photons through existing optical fiber isn't new either, but Toshiba's breakthrough came on the back of a new photon detector that can actually pick up individual photons at the hard-to-detect wavelengths required for long-distance data transmission. The transfer rates are nothing to scoff at either; the1 megabit-per-second data speeds the team achieved are fast enough to stream video.

[New Scientist]

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A Mind-tripping journey into Heaven and Hell

A Mind-tripping journey into Heaven and Hell: "

These are two animation loops: 1) “1925” (a.k.a. Heaven) and 2) “1923” (a.k.a. Hell) directed by Max Hattler. The films are inspired by Augustin Lesage’s paintings of “A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World” from 1923 and 1925.

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Recommended Tools to remove Security Tool

Some of the recommended tools and websites which can help you to get rid of the virus free of cost are:
Tools:
Malwarebytes, Trojan Remover, Glare Utilities & Ccleaner for removing left overs, Hijackthis and try spybot(Only if MBAM is not working and you do not want to run combofix).Also use Trojan Remover Utilities to Reset Host files and explorer policies...If nothing works then its Combofix(Not recommended for a basic user).

Sites:

* http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/
* http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/rogue.aspx

There are many more sites you can follow but too much information will mess it up.So just follow one of these and it'll be removed.
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Massive Malware Attack by Security Tool since yesterday

Since yesterday there has been a tremendous increase in Security Tool rogue infections mostly in the US,Canada and surrounding regions. Its the same breed of security tool malware and not always very tough to remove in its initial stage. The ways they are entering the computers by fooling the users is scary. It is spreading through emails,Youtube and could be any social networking way. The security tool if installed alone is not very difficult to remove.Just follow the removal steps using google or go to bleepingcomputer.com. The problem arises only if it has entered the computer through MyWebsearch (Another well known backdoor creator). If the sysem is infected by MyWebsearch then most like there are different variants of malware in the computer which make it difficult for a normal user to remove because it'll not allow you to run the powerful removal tools like Malwarebytes, Trojan Remover..etc. Follow the steps in bleeping computer when unable to install MBAM. In one of my experience non of the tricks worked and had to go for soemthing more powerful like combofix (not recommended for a basic user). If any of you face any trouble removing it let me know, i'll send the steps how to make it run and remove it.