Content aware scale

Hello,
I''m new to photoshop and i noticed the new version uses this great technique of content aware scale but i can't get to make it work on a picture i would like to use. I saw a couple of tutorials but the images they use seem a bit simple and i would love to learn how to use it on complex ones.
The image i want to scale is 1600x1093px and i would like to resize it to 960x379px for a banner but if i do it the white outlines of the circles get all messed up. I tried a couple of methods described on youtube but none of them seem to work!
Is there anyone who could teach me how to scale it the right way?
This is the picture:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/30prku
Thanks

The entire content of the image just won't fit under circumstances most people consider acceptable - i.e., with the original aspect ratio yielding reasonable looking results.
If you're willing to not maintain the aspect radio and make it somewhat "squashed looking", you could simply do Image - Image Size..., UNcheck [ ] Constrain Proportions and check [ ] Resample Image, and simply resample it to 960 x 379.
-Noel

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