Google Chrome More Than Just A Browser
Google has launched its Google Chrome browser, and competitors are quite worried. They are worried not because Google has entered the browser war which was expected for some time but because Chrome is more than just a browser. Google wants to take over the Internet world, more or less, by providing a browser which is more or less a standalone Internet-oriented operating system, because it runs complicated web applications across different operating systems, which eventually can become obsolete.
Picasa Gets A Google Upgrade – Picasa 3
With Google’s new nifty browser Chrome getting all the press, they’ve quietly put out Picasa 3. Picasa is Google’s photo sharing service and it just got a whole lot of attention with some very exciting upgrades. And like most of Google’s products, its free and striving to be as simple as possible. Read more
Adobe CS4 Will Launch Sept. 23
An Adobe spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed that the company will launch its CS4 suite on September 23. According to our preview, Creative Suite 4 will include new versions of Dreamweaver,Fireworks, and Soundbooth.
No other details were provided, but at least we know the date. We’ll have more details on the actual day of the launch.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Browser A Threat To Online Ads
Microsoft’s latest version of its dominant Internet Explorer web browser could threaten the rise of online targeted-advertising because it allows users to access websites in private, reports James Quinn. Read more
Internet Explorer 8 ‘IE8″ To Include ‘Stealth’ Privacy Mode
Microsoft has confirmed that it will add several new privacy features to its forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser that will allow users to cover their digital tracks while surfing the Web. Read more
Photoshop Elements 7 and Premier Elements 7
Adobe has announced new versions of Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements bringing both applications to version 7. Read more
PhotoSynth 3-D Photo Stitching Service Released By Microsoft
It’ll cost a pretty penny for that plane ticket to Italy, lodging and other expenditures required to step into a gondola on the Grand Canal in Venice, look around, and have the gondolier take you closer to points of interest along the canal. But with Microsoft’s new PhotoSynth software and Web site, you can now take a free digital tour that consists not of video, but of an array of photos stitched together to recreate the scene in three dimensions. Read more
A Peek at Microsoft’s Next Windows
Microsoft Windows 7 may be due to come out a far year and a half from now, but the brouhaha that manifests the curiosity and excitement among concerned sectors – or just about anyone – is all around, this early.
Backup Platinum Review
Backup Platinum is a software that backups your data on many types of storage media, easily. It supports hard drives, USB drives, CDs, DVDs or Blu-Ray and can also send the data to a FTP server or through a Local Area Network. It is very easy to use and your data will be secure, due to the 128-bit encryption with Blowfish the software provides, along with the ZIP compression, so the backups will be smaller and easier to transfer.
It really is a powerful software and can even erase a rewritable CD or DVD to backup the data on it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work on Linux or Mac, but supports all versions of Windows, from 95 to Vista. If you don’t have the time or forget to start the backups manually, you can simply schedule it to automatically start. Also, you don’t even to be logged in the OS, because it can work in service mode.
Another advantage is that it can even backup the files that are in use and also makes detailed logs of everything it does. In my opinion, Backup Platinum is a really good software, with a medium price of $67. Fortunately, they do offer a 30-day trial version, so you can be aware of what you are buying.
Fedora 9 Sulphur Released And Available For Download
The Fedora 9 Sulphur was finally released and we heard that its the best ever. This new version of the OS features a better KDE Desktop 4.0.3, improved Bluetooth support, FreeIPA support, revised Anaconda system installer and persistent USB key support. I think that it’s available on all torrents. Hurry up and tell us what it’s like.
Direct Note Access Set To Revolutionize The Music
Now, everybody can be a singer. How? With the help of a music recording software called Direct Note Access, you can manipulate groups of musical notes, individually. It was created by Peter Neubäcker, programmer and erstwhile guitar at his German-based company, Celemony.
The software will be used as a plug-in for the Melodyne voice and instrument tuning software. Before this software, this was possible only for single notes and from now on, the engineers will create new music from already existing recordings. Check out the video below and see what Direct Note Access can do.
3D Browser From AT&T
AT&T are entering the browsers market with Pogo, a new concept from Vizible. AT&T are investing in Vizible, a company based in Toronto that wants to apply its 3D rendering engine to Pogo to make it look very different from a regular browser.
Anthony Gallo, the company’s founder and its current CTO, says that their vision is not to change the browser, but to extend its possibilities. Pogo is based on Mozilla and will be available for Windows machines, for the beginning.
Instead of tabs, it has a strip at the bottom with thumbnail images of the sites visited during the current session. The rectangular cells of your favorite sites can be viewed in a variety of Coverflow-like animations. Bookmarks are treated as collections and you can drag website images into collections or assign tags to any collection. Then any page you tag will go into the collections with the same tag.
It surely looks more visually attractive, but I don’t know how helpful it would be for those who want to find websites faster or to simply read articles on a few websites. I don’t even want to think about the PC resources something like this would use compared to Firefox, for instance. I also think the regular Internet user likes to keep things simple and to navigate through the web fast. So far, from this point of view, Firefox has been doing a great job for me.
Scan And Solve To Detect Future Cracks In Statues
A new software called Scan and Solve is about to give a new perspective to scientists on how and where buildings, different structures and even bones are most likely to crack. The program works by analyzing photos of the items and by calculating the effects that outside forces like gravity may cause from interaction.
It is developed by the researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Florida International University and as an example, they used the David statue of Michelangelo to point out its vulnerable zones. The statue already had problems in those areas, so Scan and Solve ‘predicted’ correctly.
By using this method, engineers, sculptors and many others will have an excellent idea of what areas of their structures need improvements or which of the current ones should be renovated. The software can also be useful to a great range of biomedical applications, as it is able to analyze the weaker areas of bones and to foretell where they are more likely to fracture first.
Microsoft Releases Vista Service Pack 1
Not many were very satisfied with what Windows Vista offered. There was just about the time to release an update and Microsoft has officially made available the Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The SP1 Five Language Standalone is available for download on Microsoft’s website and we will let you get it, test it and criticize it.
Microsoft Windows 7 Coming In 2010
It was about time that Microsoft confirms another operating system as the successor of Vista and they announced that Windows 7 will be released at the end of 2009 or the beginning of 2010. The Redmond company made it official that the development of the Windows 7 would take about three years time, but until now nobody knew what’s the starting point of those three years. A few days ago they made it very clear for us – Windows 7 will be delivered after three years of Windows Vista. It’s a long way to go until 2010 and until then we wil have to enjoy the Vista features.