Firefox PDF reader passes 'pixel-perfect' test

Mozilla's pdf.js software, which uses Web-based display technologies such as JavaScript and HTML5, now sports a multi-page scroll option on the left.
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Mozilla programmers have achieved a goal to build a PDF reader out of Web programming technology, the "pixel-perfect" rendering of a particular file.

The file, a research paper on fast execution of JavaScript (PDF), contains formatted text, graphics, tables, and graphical diagrams. With the

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Flames re-sign Anton Babchuk to two-year extension

The Calgary Flames re-signed defenceman Anton Babchuk to a two-year contract extension Monday worth US$5 million.
The 27-year-old played in 65 games with Calgary last season after coming over in a trade from Carolina along with Tom Kostopoulos.
Babchuk totalled 11 goals and 24 assists and was a team high plus-14 with the Flames. He added eight points (3-5) in 17 games with Carolina.
The deal will pay Babchuk $2.5 million a year.
“Anton Babchuk is a sound positional player on the back line and

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Sharks deal Heatley to Wild for Havlat

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose and Minnesota made their second major deal of the off-season with the Sharks sending Dany Heatley to the Wild on Sunday for Martin Havlat.
The move comes on the heels of the draft-day trade that sent all-star defenceman Brent Burns to San Jose for speedy forward Devin Setoguchi and two other players.
The acquisition of Burns filled San Jose's need for a topflight defenceman but created a new need for speed up front after

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Thousands return home after Los Alamos evacuation order lifted

Fire officials battling the Los Alamos wildfire say they determined that a tree falling onto power lines sparked the blaze.
The fire erupted June 26 and has since scorched 189 square miles, or about 121,000 acres, of land northwest of Santa Fe. It is 19 per cent contained.
Until Sunday, officials hadn’t released a cause of the fire, which initially caused alarm as it burned close to the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory.


Los Alamos and nearby communities were evacuated nearly a week ago, but

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Skype for Android Gets Updated, Video Calls Now Possible

Skype for Android has been updated to the relief of long-time Skype users, who can now make one-on-one video calls with fellow Skypers on both WiFi and 3G connections. Users can even make video...

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Jays tossed in emotional Doc return

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TORONTO – Jose Bautista was the first to take a strip off Alfonso Marquez when he didn’t like a called third strike in the first inning, but he certainly wasn’t the last.
By the time all was said and done, Saturday afternoon’s 5-3 win by the Philadelphia Phillies over the Toronto Blue Jays was just as memorable for manager John Farrell wrestling reliever Jon Rauch away from the home plate umpire as it was for Roy Halladay’s return

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In France, The Strauss-Kahn Uproar Gets Even Louder

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Brophy on NHL: Out of control spending

The increased salary cap floor has caused NHL teams to sign a large amount of outrageous deals.

Somehow I don't think this is what the NHL had in mind when it shut the league down for a year in an effort to get radical spending under control.With teams forced to spend money to reach the salary cap floor, which is $48.3 million next season, the NHL set a record for shockingly bad contracts on July 1, the opening of free agent season. It used to be the big spenders that were

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Wayne Bledsoe: Dolly Parton's guide to mental health

When Dolly Parton sets out to make an "uplifting" album she's not about to go halfway. Her new disc, "Better Day," is all about that upbeat and uplifting thing. She wants you to feel good and, chances are, if you're susceptible to suggestion at all, she'll help you get at least halfway there.

Parton is not only one of country's greatest artists and one of America's most recognizable icons, she's one of America's best songwriters. At the top of her game

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Strauss-Kahn Released Without Bail

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Forbidden Fashion Show roars into the Seattle Art Museum on Saturday, May 21, with sexy swimwear and lingerie strutting a runway designed like a roadway. The James Bond-themed show, titled “Live Another Night,” is in its fourth year, and it’s the only show of its kind in Seattle,
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