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  • NFC Championship Game Takes Future To The 'Next Level'
    Jan 22 2012 12:50 PM

    Future Honored To Perform 'Tony Montana' As 49ers Face The New York Giants
    By Nadeska Alexis


    Future
    Photo: Getty Images

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  • Neil Young Angered By 'Sound Of Music Today'
    Jan 22 2012 05:35 AM

    'We're in the 21st century and we have the worst sound that we've ever had,' Young tells MTV News at Sundance Film Festival.
    By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


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    Photo: MTV News

    PARK CITY, Utah — It's hard to argue about the digital age of music in terms of efficiency and portability. When it comes down to cycling through shelves upon shelves of old CDs versus taking one's entire library of music on the go in a single handheld device, the choice seems rather clear.

    But convenience aside, there is something missing in the digital translation of tunes — at least there is according to legendary folk rocker Neil Young, who spoke with MTV News in Park City (where he's promoting the Slamdance release of his new Jonathan Demme-helmed documentary "Neil Young Journeys") and expressed his concerns over the current state of "the sound of music."

    "I'm finding that I have a little bit of trouble with the quality of the sound of music today," Young said. "I don't like it. It just makes me angry. Not the quality of the music, but we're in the 21st century and we have the worst sound that we've ever had. It's worse than a 78 [rpm record]. Where are our geniuses? What happened?" Young argued that MP3s feature only 5 percent of the data from an original master file, which he sees as a major problem.

    "If you're an artist and you created something and you knew the master was 100 percent great, but the consumer got 5 percent, would you be feeling good?" he asked. "I like to point that out to artists. That's why people listen to music differently today. It's all about the bottom and the beat driving everything, and that's because in the resolution of the music, there's nothing else you can really hear. The warmth and the depth at the high end is gone."

    The singer-songwriter likened the current state of music to an equally present political movement: "It's like Occupy Music — the 5 percent, that's who we are now. We used to be the hundred percent!" Young isn't unilaterally dissatisfied with the modern era of music, however. He said he's pleased by the returning popularity of the folk genre, for instance, particularly in the hands of capable musicians like Mumford and Sons and My Morning Jacket.

    "Mumford and Sons and My Morning Jacket are great bands," Young said. "I love them both and I know them well. I feel good about saying that."

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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  • 'Arrested Development' To Shoot This Summer?
    Jan 22 2012 05:02 AM

    Michael Cera updates MTV News on progress of 'Arrested Development' movie and new TV episodes.
    By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


    Michael Cera
    Photo: MTV News

    PARK CITY, Utah — Bluth-family fans collectively "blue" themselves when it was announced that "Arrested Development" would be coming back in both film and television form. Netflix announced late last year that they would be backing new episodes of "Arrested" that would pave the way for an eventual feature film.

    Despite the good news, fans remain in the dark regarding when "Arrested Development" might actually go back into production. But according to Michael Cera, who spoke with MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival about his new movie "The End of Love," the Bluth reunion may be coming together sooner than expected.

    "I've heard summer," Cera told MTV News. "So hopefully that's going to happen."

    Still, like his "Arrested" costars, Cera is of the "I'll believe it when I see it" school of thought. "It's hard to be excited, because I don't feel any progress day to day," he said. "But I'm sure it's happening. I think it's just out of my realm of awareness. I'll be happy when we're on set doing it."

    Cera's fellow "Arrested" actor Alia Shawkat also spoke with MTV News at Sundance and expressed her enthusiasm about getting back into the Bluth household sooner than later.

    "It's been kind of following me around like a very attractive albatross," she said of her "Arrested Development" history. "But now it's hopefully going to happen. It would be very exciting."

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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  • Tom Cruise Sings 'Like An Opera Singer' In 'Rock Of Ages'
    Jan 22 2012 04:34 AM

    'He's Superman to me. He can do anything he sets his mind to,' co-star Malin Akerman says.
    By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


    Tom Cruise in "Rock of Ages"
    Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

    PARK CITY, Utah — He can run. He can climb cliff sides without harnesses. Heck, he can even scale the surface of the world's tallest building. And now, for his next trick, Tom Cruise will truly do the impossible: sing his heart out in front of moviegoers nationwide.

    The "Mission Impossible" actor will next be seen as fictional rock god Stacee Jaxx in "Rock of Ages," director Adam Shankman's adaptation of the Broadway musical. If you think it's bizarre casting, take it from Cruise's costar, Malin Akerman — according to her, there is literally nothing that Cruise can't do, carrying a tune included.

    "He's brilliant. You're going to be blown away," Akerman told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival, which she's attending as an ambassador for the Brita FilterForGood Music Project campaign. "His voice is ridiculous."

    Akerman should know. As reporter Constance Sack, she only has one musical number in "Rock of Ages" — a cover of "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner — which she sings opposite Cruise. "I auditioned with Cruise. We did our scene together and then I had to sing in the studio [for a musical audition]," she said of landing the role. "My role was actually one of the last ones cast, so I was the last onboard and had the least amount of prep [time]. It was nerve-wracking, to have to go in and sing in the audition."

    But Akerman says any anxiety was transformed into elation when performing opposite Cruise, a Hollywood icon she likens to an equally iconic superhero.

    "He's Superman to me. He can do anything he sets his mind to," she said, adding that on top of his talent as an actor and his ability to perform breathtaking stunts, Cruise can also "sing like an opera singer."

    "When you're with Tom, you give it your all," Akerman said. "It was really amazing and surreal."

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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  • Exclusive: Megaupload's CEO Is Not Swizz Beatz, But He's Still Interested
    Jan 22 2012 04:22 AM

    'He's not walking away from this,' a source close to Swizz tells MTV News.
    By Rob Markman


    Swizz Beatz
    Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images

    Swizz Beatz is not the CEO of Megaupload, the file-sharing website that was shut down by the federal government on January 19, as was previously reported. A source very familiar with Swizz's situation cleared the air for MTV News late Saturday night, but contends that the multi-platinum producer is still seriously involved with the company, though he wasn't named in the federal indictment against Megaupload and is no way connected to the crimes of which they are being accused. "He's not walking away from this," the source told MTV News.

    Before Megaupload was shut down, Swizz Beatz (nee Kasseem Dean) was listed on the company's "About Us" page as the CEO. The source, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed that while Beatz, husband to R&B star Alicia Keys, was in negotiations to run the company, the ink on the deal wasn't dry. So why was Swizz's name listed as CEO on Megaupload's site?

    "They put that up prematurely," our source said.

    On Thursday, the feds shut down the site and arrested several members of the company, hitting them with multiple racketeering and copyright infringement charges. A federal indictment alleges that the site, which allows users to transfer large files, has generated more than $175 million in criminal proceeds and cost copyright-holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated movies, albums and other materials. The company's founder, Kim Dotcom (a.k.a. Kim Schmitz), was among those arrested. However, the crimes that Megaupload is being accused of all pre-date Swizz's involvement, MTV News was told.

    Swizz, who has produced for DMX, Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige, to name a few, became involved with the company over the last several months. Beatz, as well as Kanye West, Diddy, will.i.am and other notable musicians, appeared in a series of video testimonies and even a music video that supported Megaupload's efforts. According to our source, Swizz and Megaupload were exploring "new ways of getting music to consumers," and we were told that the producer/rapper is still excited by the possibilities. After the legal matter is resolved, it is still possible that Swizz Beatz will officially join Megaupload as the company's CEO.

    What do you think of Swizz's involvement with Megaupload and it's shut-down by the feds? Tell us in the comments.

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  • Drake Takes Sundance By Storm
    Jan 22 2012 03:37 AM

    Toronto MC debuts new verses and first-time performances at Utah club during Sundance Film Festival.
    By Joel Hanek


    Drake performs during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday
    Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images

    PARK CITY, Utah — Underneath the blizzard-like conditions that blanketed Park City on Saturday night, the Bing Bar was packed with hundreds of people waiting for a chance to catch Drake give a rare stripped-down, intimate performance.

    The delay-inducing snowstorm coupled with an open bar made for a fickle audience. Comedian Aziz Ansari opened the show with material about relationships that would have normally served as a nice amuse-bouche to Drake's emotive content. But much to the chagrin of the "Parks and Recreation" star, the audience talked through most of the set. The most entertaining part of the 10-minute set came when an unprompted Cuba Gooding Jr. ran onstage to instruct the audience to "Shut the f--- up." An exasperated Ansari dismissively conceded that Gooding Jr. wasn't as funny as the movie "Boat Trip" before ending his set.

    After crowds waited nearly three hours for the rapper to hit the stage, a triumphant Drake emerged and immediately made up for lost time. He opened by hitting the crowd with "Up All Night" and instantly cut into his first verse on "Forever."

    After taking a breather to introduce Toronto-based DJ Future the Prince, Drake apologized for the wait, which he explained was due to a six-hour plane delay, but the crowd didn't seem to mind. Announcing that he hadn't had a drink all night, Drake took long pulls from a bottle of vodka to catch up. Even without his normal backing band and spectacle light show, the newly fueled MC managed to bring an arena-size performance by going back in with the crowd-pleasing anthem "Show Me a Good Time" paired with his latest single, "Proud of You."

    Never forgetting to rep Young Money and his mentor Lil Wayne, Drake delivered his verse on "I'm On One" before showing some more Weezy love with "HYFR" and "The Motto."

    Earlier in the night, MTV caught up with Drake briefly on the red carpet. When asked about the upcoming mixtape with Rick Ross, Y.O.L.O., the rapper gave a knowing smile and simply replied, "You'll find out tonight," before doing the red carpet equivalent of a mic drop and moving on.

    Perhaps Drake was hinting at the only never-before-heard material of his Saturday-night set, a new version of "She Will," for which he told the crowd that he had a new verse. After crooning the chorus, the rapper spit a few bars of oscillating tempo about a wayward tryst that seemed to be a kindred lyrical spirit to "Marvin's Room."

    Drake finished his set by playing the up-tempo tracks from the first half of Take Care. Bringing it back to his Toronto pride, the DJ cued up the Weeknd-produced "Crew Love." Once the track finished, a glowing Drake revealed, "That was the first time I played that one live."

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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  • 'Dark Knight' Director Christopher Nolan Is 'Phenomenal,' Cillian Murphy Says
    Jan 22 2012 03:17 AM

    'Red Lights' star looks forward to Nolan's final Batman film, as well as a potential return to the 'Tron' universe.
    By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


    "The Dark Knight Rises" movie poster
    Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

    PARK CITY, Utah — Despite photo and video leaks from the set, two trailers, one prologue and plenty of interviews, there are still several unanswered questions surrounding "The Dark Knight Rises." Chief among them is the rumor that Cillian Murphy, who played the fear-mongering Scarecrow in "Batman Begins," will return once more to Gotham City when Christopher Nolan's final round with the Caped Crusader rolls in front of audiences in July.

    For his part, Murphy has kept his lips shut on any surprise "Rises" cameos — though given that his psychotic psychiatrist Jonathan Crane appeared very briefly at the beginning of "The Dark Knight," a return appearance for Nolan's final Batman movie seems likely. But even if he doesn't terrorize Bruce Wayne one last time, Murphy is very eager to see what Nolan has in store for the trilogy's conclusion.

    "I'm looking forward to it," the actor told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival, where he's promoting his paranormal thriller "Red Lights" from director Rodrigo Cortes. "Any film that Chris Nolan makes ... he's got a good track record. He makes amazing movies." "It's been a huge honor to work with him," Murphy added. "He's just phenomenal."

    One villainous turn Murphy was allowed to speak about a bit more freely was his all-too-brief appearance in "Tron Legacy." The Irish actor had a very small but potentially crucial role as Edward Dillinger Jr., son of original "Tron" villain Ed Dillinger Sr., and it seemed as though he might have a bigger and badder part to play in subsequent "Legacy" sequels.

    "Talk about being in a movie for a 'blink and you'll miss it' [role]," Murphy laughed when his "Tron" cameo was brought up. "I was just such a fan of the original, and they asked me if I wanted to be in it. I said, 'Absolutely. Anything you want.' "

    But as for whether or not he'll come back for more "Tron," Murphy remains unsure. "I don't know," he said. "It was just a buzz to be in that movie, even for [one scene]."

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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  • South Carolina Primary Goes To Newt Gingrich
    Jan 21 2012 07:55 AM

    Mitt Romney had a sizable lead going into the week only to fall short to the onetime House speaker.
    By Gil Kaufman


    Newt Gingrich during the South Carolina primary
    Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

    If it weren't clear before, the results of the South Carolina primary Saturday night (January 21) made it crystal that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is in for the fight of his political life in his quest to nab the Republican presidential nomination. After holding on to a double-digit lead as recently as Tuesday, Romney came up short in South Carolina, defeated by a surging Newt Gingrich. The finally tally surprised many experts, with Gingrich taking around 40 percent of the vote to Romney's 27 percent.

    Buoyed by two solid debate appearances this week, former House Speaker Gingrich managed to turn the tide in the first contest in the South, proving once again that the party faithful are not yet willing to fall into lockstep and give Romney a smooth ride to the nomination. Gingrich pulled off the upset victory despite a potentially crushing distraction Thursday in the form of an ABC News interview with his second ex-wife. In it, Marianne Gingrich claimed the ex-congressman had asked her to agree to an open marriage so he could carry on an affair with his now-third wife.

    Romney started the week with a solid lead, but the distance between him and Gingrich shrunk in the days before the primary. In addition, on Thursday, the race was scrambled thanks to a trio of unforeseen events that further muddied the waters.

    First, Republican leaders in Iowa announced that the final count in that state's caucus revealed that Romney's eight-point win over Rick Santorum was actually a 34-point loss, which handed the former Pennsylvania senator a pyrrhic victory in that first-in-the-nation contest. A short time later, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced he was suspending his campaign and would be throwing his support behind Gingrich, which could solidify the former House leader's draw to the all-important bloc of Evangelical Christian voters. The third shoe to drop was the ABC interview.

    By Friday night, a Romney adviser told CNN the race was "real tight," even as a Gingrich staffer predicted a victory after the candidate came in fourth place in the two previous primaries. Santorum finished well behind at 17 percent while Libertarian candidate Congressman Ron Paul pulled 13 percent of the vote. Before results were announced, CNN reported that exit polls show the most important quality for Republican voters is that a candidate can beat President Obama.

    Experts told MTV News that if Romney landed his second win in a row, he might take the wind out of Gingrich's sails and get one step closer to a virtual lock on the nomination should he win the next test, the January 31 primary in Florida. A further black cloud over the Gingrich win for Romney: The winner of the S.C. primary has gone on to secure the Republican nomination in every election since 1980.

    Long considered the front-runner and likely nominee, Romney has gone from looking like he would win an unprecedented three primaries in a row to start the season to just one victory and continuing questions about his appeal to the party's conservative base. Though his campaign continues to be far ahead of the rest of the field in fundraising, even if Romney can pull it out, the constant battering of his image and résumé by his rivals for the nomination could leave him deeply scarred by the time the general election rolls around.

    According to Fox News, the bigger problems for Romney, though, based on some early exit polls from South Carolina, are that voters are concerned about his moderate stance on some issues and his Mormon faith. Romney is vying to be the first Mormon Republican presidential candidate.

    With another close loss behind him, Romney turns his attention to Florida, a state that has proved pivotal in the last three elections and one that is now a virtual must-win in order to keep his campaign steaming forward.

    For the second time in this election, Gingrich has stampeded back into the game and political experts said that his effort is, even if it goes no further, one of the finest examples of political savvy in memory.

    Check back for up-to-the-minute coverage on the primary races and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the 2012 presidential election season.

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  • Daniel Radcliffe Is 'Phenomenal,' Elizabeth Olsen Raves
    Jan 21 2012 07:44 AM

    'Martha Marcy May Marlene' actress is getting ready to star opposite Radcliffe in the thriller 'Kill Your Darlings.'
    By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


    Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen
    Photo: MTV News

    PARK CITY, Utah — Daniel Radcliffe is no longer just the Boy Who Lived — at this stage, he's the Man Who Flourished.

    Indeed, Radcliffe has kept his post-"Potter" career very interesting, what with a turn as a horror lead in next month's "Woman in Black," a lengthy run on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and even a hosting stint on "Saturday Night Live" earlier this year.

    He's set to keep his fans guessing even further with his next confirmed movie, "Kill Your Darlings," which tells the tale of how Beat Generation icons Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr first met — and how that meeting eventually led to murder.

    Radcliffe plays Ginsberg in the film, and starring opposite him is up-and-coming actress Elizabeth Olsen. The brilliant young star of "Martha Marcy May Marlene" spoke with MTV News about joining the cast of "Kill Your Darlings," making her admiration for the "Harry Potter" star very well-known.

    "He is so phenomenal," Olsen said at the Sundance Film Festival, where she's repping the paranormal thriller "Red Lights." "He's an incredible person. He's so funny and smart and fun. He's such a good guy."

    Olsen is just one small cog in the greater machine of "Kill Your Darlings," according to the actress. She said she only appears in "three scenes of that movie" as Edie Parker, girlfriend of Jack Kerouac.

    "Edie Parker is the one who introduced Ginsberg to Lucien Carr and Jack Kerouac," she explained of her role. "She's kind of the glue between them. I'm just there for a few scenes to explain that part of the story. But her personal life is really, really incredible."

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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  • Nicholas Hoult Is 'Beautiful' In 'Warm Bodies'
    Jan 21 2012 03:36 AM

    Teresa Palmer gushed to MTV News about her co-star's zombie performance.
    By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


    Teresa Palmer and Joel Edgerton
    Photo: MTV News

    If Hollywood can turn vampires and werewolves into sex icons, what's keeping zombies from entering that same sexy stratosphere? Well, there's the whole feasting-on-human-flesh thing to consider, we suppose, not to mention the endless groaning and decaying to boot.

    Despite their brain-craving reputation, the walking dead are about to undergo a serious makeover in "Warm Bodies," director Jonathan Levine's adaptation of the Isaac Marion novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where a zombie named R (played by "X-Men: First Class" actor Nicholas Hoult) inexplicably falls in love with Julie Grigio, whose father is a general in the dwindling human resistance.

    Teresa Palmer, who plays Julie, spoke with MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival about her work on "Warm Bodies" and why she can't wait to fall in love with a zombie on the big screen.

    "I'm just excited to see how Nicholas Hoult comes across on the screen," said Palmer, who's attending Sundance to support her drama "Wish You Were Here." "He was so beautiful to work with. He does such an incredible performance. He's playing a zombie, so he can't say much, but he's very expressive with his eyes."

    It's not just Hoult's "beautiful" zombie performance that Palmer fell in love with, but the "Warm Zombies" universe as a whole.

    "The world that Jonathan Levine has set up is so epic and so interesting," she said. "It's always very cool when Jonathan Levine does something. I'm really excited to see it."

    Are you excited to see zombie love story "Warm Bodies"? Let us know in the comments.

    The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is officially under way, and the MTV Movies team is on the ground reporting on the hottest stars and the movies everyone will be talking about in the year to come. Keep it locked with MTV Movies for everything there is to know about Sundance.

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    o CHANGED: Bots and spiders are no longer included in demographic reports.
    o CHANGED: Charts are now enabled by default in email reports.
    o CHANGED: Data mining report columns were refactored to be more useful.
    o CHANGED: Every report item in a custom report now has separately configurable date ranges and other properties.
    o CHANGED: Folder browse dialogs are now much easier to use.
    o CHANGED: Free edition is now limited to a single SEO campaign instead of 10 SEO keywords.
    o CHANGED: Improved the algorithm used to render geographic map reports so that color ranges display better and labels automatically scale.
    o CHANGED: Items on pie charts that are less than 3% of the total pie area are grouped together as "other items."
    o CHANGED: Items under MRS\Temp have been moved to use MRS\App_Data\Temp, resulting in less permissions that need to be defined when moving to IIS.
    o CHANGED: Keyword and competitor suggestions are now accessible when creating or editing a campaign.
    o CHANGED: MRS Not Authorized messages have been renamed to "Secure Link Broken."
    o CHANGED: Pages relating to servers and server status are now located in the settings section.
    o CHANGED: Phrase sources and keyword sources reports now include a search engine column to be more consistent with other reports.
    o CHANGED: Recent visitor reports no longer include spiders.
    o CHANGED: Renamed mobile device reports to "Devices" due to the amount of cross-over devices on the market.
    o CHANGED: Reorganized all settings pages for system administrators.
    o CHANGED: Reports that had variants like daily, weekly, monthly, etc. have been consolidated to trend reports that contain a group by option.
    o CHANGED: Scheduled email reports are now managed from the settings section.
    o CHANGED: SEO configuration settings have been moved to the settings section
    o CHANGED: SEO reports have been renamed for consistency.
    o CHANGED: Simplified email settings.
    o CHANGED: Site administrators can now export log files that cover more than 30 days.
    o CHANGED: Site management has been redesigned to improve usability.
    o CHANGED: Standard reports are now automatically created as custom reports, allowing users to modify or delete them as necessary.
    o CHANGED: Support for multiple include-only items in the same filter set.
    o CHANGED: The Bandwidth by IP Address data mining report is now named Visitor Bandwidth.
    o CHANGED: The debug level in Server Settings is now a list with friendly names to improve usability.
    o CHANGED: The default report settings have been updated. It is recommended that customers upgrading from a previous version of SmarterStats implement the new defaults by clicking the Load Defaults button on the Report Settings page.
    o CHANGED: The Generate Report button has been moved to the content pane toolbar.
    o CHANGED: The report options bar has been redesigned to improve usability.
    o CHANGED: The site ID of "admin" is now optional when logging in as the system administrator.
    o CHANGED: Total footer rows no longer include items excluded by filter sets.
    o CHANGED: Updated the geolocation database for better accuracy.
    o CHANGED: Users are no longer required to provide the current password when changing their password if they are currently logged in.
    o CHANGED: Various edit operations are now performed in popup windows, so multiple items can now be edited simultaneously.
    o CHANGED: Views per visit report no longer includes sessions that hit no pages during their visit.
    o CHANGED: Visit length is now formatted as a time span instead of a total number of seconds.
    o EFFICIENCY: Faster application shutdown when using IIS.
    o EFFICIENCY: Implemented various CPU and memory enhancements that can substantially reduce the amount of memory the SmarterStats service uses to analyze and generate reports.
    o EFFICIENCY: Implemented various interface optimizations to improve performance and usability on mobile devices like iPads, tablet computers and smartphones.
    o FIXED: Changing a site name now properly takes effect on the Sites page.
    o FIXED: Custom report items now pull from the correct report list.
    o FIXED: Deleting a site and then adding a new site with the same ID without stopping the SmarterStats service no longer copies the SEO properties of the old site to the new site.
    o FIXED: Email report delivery thread no longer stops occasionally when IIS recycles the application pool.
    o FIXED: Group by will no longer show up in the summary area of reports when the option is not selected.
    o FIXED: If a geographic report has less than four colors rendered, the other colors in the legend now hide properly.
    o FIXED: Page utilization reports now calculate the score correctly.
    o FIXED: Passwords pasted into the login screen from Excel now function as expected.
    o FIXED: Pie charts now display page aliases when applicable.
    o FIXED: Plain text parts of scheduled email reports sent as HTML+TEXT are now properly filled with data.
    o FIXED: Printing a report in Chrome no longer causes the browser to crash.
    o FIXED: Resolved various minor bugs and usability issues.
    o FIXED: SEO campaign importing no longer fails if there is no log file analysis data for the current month.
    o FIXED: SEO reports that do not require keywords now generate properly when keywords do not exist.
    o FIXED: The Bandwidth by IP Address data mining report now displays the correct results. Note that this report is now named Visitor Bandwidth.
    o FIXED: The competitor and keyword suggestion tools now only use the search engine(s) selected on the site and will default to Google if no search engine is selected.
    o FIXED: The operating systems report now functions properly in custom reports.
    o FIXED: The referrers and referring sites data mining reports now properly refer to the same data set.
    o FIXED: The referring sites data mining report now properly displays referring sites rather than referring URLs.
    o FIXED: The return visits report item is now sorted correctly.
    o FIXED: Visits column now displays footer information in site activity reports.
    o FIXED: When a Secure Link Broken (MRS Not Authorized) exception occurs when saving a new site, the system will now allow the save to complete before warning the administrator.
    o REMOVED: Max Standard Report Days setting is no longer used and was removed.
    o REMOVED: Overview reports have been removed. Users will now start in a default report for each section.
    o REMOVED: Removed obsolete Web services functions in Services/Bandwidth.asmx. These have been replaced by Services/Statistics.asmx.
    o REMOVED: The "Engine for Overviews" option has been removed from SEO settings.
    o REMOVED: The average summary row has been removed from reports.
    o REMOVED: The favorite report functionality has been removed in favor of custom reports.
    o REMOVED: The filtered items footer has been removed from report items because it was causing confusion.
    o REMOVED: The search volume field has been removed from SEO keywords.
    o REMOVED: The site name has been removed from report titles to avoid confusion.
    o REMOVED: To reduce confusion, the ability to lock date range and filter set options for custom reports has been removed.

    Our blog entry at http://forums.hiphop...specifications/ is now updated with the latest version of SmarterMail and SmarterStats. Enjoy!

  • Sitemap at our main domain is now fixed!
    Jan 18 2012 08:48 PM Sitemap at our main domain is now fixed as it did stop working back on december 17 due to open basedir issue. The problem got solved by resetting the path on this board to what our main domain have with a / being added at the end at both sites. Also a master value for open basedir feature of our whole server is now set. Enjoy!

  • RSS Feeds Update & IP Content Fixes
    Jan 17 2012 05:33 PM Sometime ago the RSS feeds stopped coming in somehow and it should be working again. It is under investigation to stop this from happening again.

    Our homepage welcome block was set a minute to recache each time a member visit that page showing what you are logged in as and I had that set was because my homepage used to take forever to load but it appears that it is not a issue anymore. Hopefully it is all fixed now. Enjoy!

    o Update Announcement on 01-18-12 @ 15:28 EST: Indiefeed Downloads - Music Share feed is now updated to their new address.

  • For your information about data loss!
    Jan 17 2012 03:22 AM Almost twenty four hours ago I have rolled back a day and half from our latest snapshot after Parallels Support Team have made a mistake messing up of how this site was loaded due to open basedir issue on our server. I must have forgotton to backup this site database first prior the roll back then restore but it did not happen so there are some data loss for like a day and half including a statement that SmarterStats was upgraded to 7.0.4394 with what was changed, fixed, improvement and/or removed.

  • SmarterMail was just upgraded!
    Jan 14 2012 04:44 PM I have been working for almost twenty days to get active sync working since our license was upgraded to enterprise with active sync addon. The problem was that Plesk software on our server was intercepting the traffic for Active Sync addon. SmarterMail have been moved to other operating system where Plesk software is not installed and is upgraded to 9.0.4394 from 8.4.4359. The additional changes and fixed features log are listed below.

    o ADDED: A Getting Started webpage that opens in the user's browser after installing SmarterMail using the automated installer.
    o ADDED: A new event condition for day of the week.
    o ADDED: A new event to notify system administrators that their upgrade protection coverage is about to expire.
    o ADDED: A new items icon in webmail so users can quickly create new messages, contacts, appointments, tasks and notes.
    o ADDED: A new Web services function to support the retrieval of user login times.
    o ADDED: A per domain setting to remove the client's IP address from the received header on messages recieved through SMTP.
    o ADDED: A reserved domain name list to prevent domain administrators from adding specific domains, such as gmail.com or yahoo.com, into SmarterMail.
    o ADDED: Added checks to ensure migration will not surpass mailbox size limits.
    o ADDED: Added delete context menu item for auto complete grid.
    o ADDED: Administrative logging to track system and domain administrator activity and all webmail logins.
    o ADDED: An event action to display toast notifications in webmail when the event is triggered.
    o ADDED: An option to not append received lines to messages received via SMTP when authenticated.
    o ADDED: An user-level option to exclude an x-originating-IP header to messages composed in webmail.
    o ADDED: Appointment colors are now synced correctly when using WebDAV for calendars.
    o ADDED: Domain administrators now have the option to include alias and mailing list addresses in the Global Address List.
    o ADDED: New Web services to automate mailbox migrations.
    o ADDED: Reminder pop up items now include a link to the referenced item.
    o ADDED: SmarterMail now automatically checks for scheduling conflicts when creating or editing calendar appointments.
    o ADDED: Synchronization of messages, contacts, calendars and tasks via Exchange Web Services. (Add-on)
    o ADDED: The ability to block a sender using the options that display when hovering over an email address in webmail (such as in a message header).
    o ADDED: The ability to chat with other users on the domain via the SmarterMail Web interface or any XMPP-compatible chat client.
    o ADDED: The ability to open an item currently being viewed in the preview pane in a new popup window.
    o ADDED: The ability to quarantine messages blocked from delivery due to outgoing spam or virus checks for a maximum of 30 days.
    o ADDED: The ability to toggle the follow-up flag on/off when viewing a message in a popup window.
    o ADDED: The option to require that the from address matches the authenticated address when messages are sent through SMTP with authentication.
    o CHANGED: Appointment invitations are also formatted in HTML to improve their appearance in third-party email clients.
    o CHANGED: Domains have been moved from the manage section to their own section of the web interface.
    o CHANGED: Grids in the content pane now display the count with a generic "X item(s)" instead of the specific type of item, with the exception of the messages grid.
    o CHANGED: Mailing lists now use the domain name instead of the server hostname in the x-Mailing-List, List-ID and Message-ID header fields.
    o CHANGED: Multilpe mailing list subscribers can now be added at once when managing mailing lists through webmail.
    o CHANGED: SMTP, Delivery and Administrative logs are now set to detailed by default.
    o CHANGED: System level trusted senders now bypass greylisting.
    o CHANGED: The ability to hide and unhide the navigation pane in webmail.
    o CHANGED: The attachments view no longer includes messages in the Junk Email folder.
    o CHANGED: The default size for a domain on a new installation has been increased from 500 Megabytes to 2 Gigabytes.
    o CHANGED: The list of contact fields available through LDAP has been expanded to include all contact fields displayed in webmail.
    o CHANGED: The login page now warns users if their browser does not support JavaScript or cookies.
    o CHANGED: The Send vCards option for contacts is now a subitem under the Actions menu in the navigation pane toolbar.
    o CHANGED: The Spam button is now a subitem under the Mark menu when viewing a message in a new window.
    o CHANGED: The Tasks tab in a message no longer displays a counter.
    o CHANGED: The TLS feature can now be enabled or disabled per domain.
    o CHANGED: Web interface logs are now automatically deleted per the log deletion settings.
    o CHANGED: Web interface logs are now saved to a logs subfolder of the MRS\App_Data folder.
    o EFFICIENCY: Implemented various interface optimizations to improve performance and usability on mobile devices like iPads, tablet computers and smartphones.
    o EFFICIENCY: Implemented various optimizations and enhancements to improve webmail loading.
    o FIXED: Accepting an invite on an iOS device when using ActiveSync no longer removes the description text.
    o FIXED: Added callback handling to update the task grid on scrolling.
    o FIXED: Advanced searches now have a context menu.
    o FIXED: An extra attachments icon no longer displays when viewing messages without a preview pane or with a horizontal preview pane in webmail.
    o FIXED: Auto deletion of log files is now enabled and set to 14 days by default.
    o FIXED: Cache issue with auto complete with the GAL.
    o FIXED: Changing a recurring appointment to a non-recurring appointment now saves correctly.
    o FIXED: Clicking the Manage button when a domain is not selected no longer opens an empty window.
    o FIXED: CPU statistics now take into account multi-core processors.
    o FIXED: Deleting addresses from the auto-complete list now functions as expected.
    o FIXED: Enabling weekend days on weekly and monthly calendar views now functions as expected.
    o FIXED: Exporting mailing list subscribers to a CSV file will no longer result in an empty file on certain SmarterMail installs.
    o FIXED: Fixed a case in which exporting a contact to a vCard in certain languages did not include the birth date.
    o FIXED: Fixed an issue when adding calendar appointments in webmail that could cause the start time to default to the next day.
    o FIXED: Fixed an issue where an empty categories tag would prevent Windows phone 7 devices from syncing contacts using ActiveSync.
    o FIXED: Folder Auto-Clean buttons to add, edit and delete auto-clean rules are now hidden when not displaying the Folders tab.
    o FIXED: Moving a folder in Apple Mail using IMAP no longer displays an error.
    o FIXED: Multilpe mailing list subscribers can now be added at once when managing mailing lists through webmail.
    o FIXED: Now correctly reads the setting to load more than one IP access list for additional administrators.
    o FIXED: Removed the extra Back button that displayed when impersonating a user and editing content filters.
    o FIXED: SmarterMail now handles IMAP subfolder queries of the form "%/%.../%" correctly.
    o FIXED: Spam Filtering configuration tabs are disabled for users and domain admins that select to use default settings from the Options tab.
    o FIXED: The "new version available" event now works as expected.
    o FIXED: The ability to hide and unhide the navigation pane in webmail.
    o FIXED: The attachments view no longer includes messages in the Junk Email folder.
    o FIXED: The calendar's daily view now displays hours in a 24-hour clock (military time) when the browser language specifies that.
    o FIXED: The Folders tab of Folder Auto-Clean is now disabled when users select to use default settings from the Options tab.
    o FIXED: The list of contact fields available through LDAP has been expanded to include all contact fields displayed in webmail.
    o FIXED: The login page now warns users if their browser does not support JavaScript or cookies.
    o FIXED: The number of events displayed in the content pane is no longer limited.
    o FIXED: The TLS feature can now be enabled or disabled per domain.
    o FIXED: When using SmarterMail as an incoming gateway, it will now refresh its list of users every 10 minutes.
    o REMOVED: Mailbox migration removed from users getting started wizard but is still available in user settings.
    o REMOVED: Removed the option to automatically display the first message of the selected folder in webmail.
    o REMOVED: Rename domain button removed from edit domain as this should be done manually with the SmarterMail service turned off.
    o REMOVED: The Synchronization Center has been removed from webmail. Users can now view synchronized devices in the Settings section of the interface.

    Then later on today it is upgraded to 9.0.4395 from 9.0.4394. The additional changes and fixed features log are listed below.

    o FIXED: Javascript alert statements used for debugging purposes affecting mobile devices were removed.
    o FIXED: The application install notification that appears in webmail for mobile devices now displays above the actions menu.

    Our blog entry at http://forums.hiphop...specifications/ is now updated with the latest version of SmarterMail. Enjoy!



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