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Google Picasa 2.7 Comes with Web Album Upload and Download Support

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The new Picasa 2.7 is packed up with features like web album upload and download, localization in many languages, folder hierarchy views, better RAW support and more. Picasa for Linux is actually the Windows version, running through a modified version of Wine. Google contributed to Wine’s development, by contracting with CodeWeavers to improve Wine to run Picasa 2.2 in a proper way. Google also asked some interns to work on some areas of Wine, such as widl, msi, riched20, etc.

You can download and upload images from and respectively to Picasa Web Albums, in a simple and easy manner. When you want to share some photos, let’s say you took on a trip, you can post them online by using the new “Web Album” button. The albums can be downloaded directly into Picasa by using Firefox. The photo edits you do can be saved to disk, and you can revert to the original file, in case you do something wrong.

You can work with RAW files from cameras like Canon 30D, Nikon D200, with Adobe DNG files and much more. The photo import from a camera to Picasa is much faster now. Larger thumbnails, better caption editing, ability to configure the row of buttons, a special “Starred Photos” album are only a few of the new features and improvements of Picasa 2.7.

The Picasa package is made up of the Picasa application, Wine and the web page rendering engine Gecko. If you want to use Picasa, you must have the following Requirements
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• To download from Picasa Web Albums, you will need a Mozilla-based browser.
• Intel 386-compatible CPU
• glibc 2.3 or greater
• a Linux kernel >= 2.6.13 (this is necessary only if you want to be notified of file changes; if you have a newer kernel and HAL – Hardware Abstraction Layer – the new media you insert is automatically detected).
• Linux kernel >= 2.6.13, HAL >= 0.56, libgphoto2 and gnome-volume-manager or equivalent are required for camera detection and integration.
• Recent version of GNOME or KDE.
Download Picasa 2.7 right now from Softpedia.

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First Centrino Atom D4 ultramobile PC Coming in June

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The first portable computer D4 ultramobile PC, based on Intel’s Centrino Atom chip package is coming in June, although it will be bigger and more expensive than such devices were expected to be.

Sharp will manufacture the D4 ultramobile PC for Japanese mobile operator Willcom, which will sell it to new customers for ¥39,800 (US$395) with a two-year service plan costing ¥2,100 per month, taking the total cost to ¥90,200. The plan includes unlimited data. Willcom will not sell the D4 without the network service.

The D4 runs Windows Vista Home Premium, instead of a mobile version of Linux. It also comes with Microsoft Office Personal 2007 with PowerPoint 2007.
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The D4 is reasonably large. At 84 millimeters by 192 millimeters by 26 millimeters and weighing in at 470 grams, the D4 is easily portable but not pocketable.

The Willcom D4 ultramobile PC is manufactured by Sharp and will be priced at ¥90,200 (US$910) with a two-year data contract.

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LG T80 Touchscreen PMP Launches with DVB-T

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LG has taken a break from designing phones to launch T80. The web is buzzing with news of a new MP3 player launched by the company that appears to take design cues from their phone range.

Offering a 3-inch, 420 x 240 resolution screen, the T80 has the added bonus of a DVB-T (the mobile TV standard for Europe) tuner.

The player supports “numerous” multimedia formats, including AVI, WAV, MP3 and JPEG and also offers an FM tuner and microphone for voice recording.
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Memory capacity comes in at a fairly unimpressive 4GB while battery life is reported to be two hours when watching TV via the in-built tuner and 6 hours for all other features.

So far LG has only announced the Viewty-like T80 in Denmark, where the device costs around 300 euros, a rather steep £250.

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Microsoft Live Mesh Launch on April 24

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Earlier this year at Mix 08, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie vaguely referred to the Mesh concept as a way to use the Web through Microsoft products to connect devices, entertainment, businesses and development.

Now Microsoft plans to launch its Live Mesh offering next week at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco but so far is not revealing details of the service.

On Friday night, Microsoft sent out e-mail invitations to a “Mesh it up” event on April 24 featuring demos by Microsoft “experts.” The invitation includes a reference to the mesh.com Web site, which currently requires visitors to sign in with a Windows Live ID and then displays an error message.
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Microsoft declined to offer any more details about Live Mesh except to say that it will launch next week and further information will become available on Tuesday evening, April 22.

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Mitsubishi LaserVue World’s First Laser TV Released

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Mitsubishi Digital Electronics releases New 2008 product, highlights include thinner frame DLP models and Ultra Thin Frame LCD HDTVs with improved sound capabilities. Mitsubishi also has named its recently announced Laser TV, which will be branded as LaserVue and will be available to consumers in the 3rd Quarter of 2008. The new products include DLP Full HDTVs, at sizes upto 73 inches, Ultra Thin Frame 1080p LCD HDTV models ranging from 40″ to 52″, (seven in all) and the first-ever laser-powered television, LaserVue.

Mitsubishi’s entire line of LCD HDTVs feature Smooth 120Hz Film Motion, with dejudder for film originated content. In the conversion of film-to-video for display, 24Hz artifacts can be seen in slow panning scenes and Smooth 120Hz Film Motion eliminates this artifact for action content. The new LCD additions also will continue to leverage 10bit Panels, 6-Color Processor, x.v.Color and Deep Color.
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Today’s HDTVs display less than 40 percent of the color spectrum that the eye can see. But Mitsubishi claims that laser produces twice the color. Laser beams provide the widest range of rich, complex colors, along with the most clarity and depth of field.

This is an International release, and will be available beginning in April in US.

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SDK Beta 3 Leads iPhone into the next-gen iPhone?

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Apple has released the latest version of the software development (SDK) kit for the iPhone and iPod touch with the release of the beta 3 version that comes with a new tutorial and has various bug fixes and “support for the latest iPhone OS”.

The new firmware for the device has unveiled references to a future 3G chip, as discovered by Zibri, maker of the ZiPhone iPhone tool.

The chipset is the SGOLD3, which follows up the current S-GOLD2 in today’s iPhone and provides supports for HSDPA category 8 (7.2Mbps), cameras of up to 5-megapixels, MPEG4/H.263 hardware acceleration and “video telephony, streaming, recording and playback”.
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Apple didnt say any thing about all, We can say “this leads iPhone into the next-gen iPhone”,

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Adobe Launches Free Online Video Resource Adobe TV

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Adobe today launched a new free online video resource Adobe TV. Adobe TV has four different channels targeting different audiences.

These are aimed at Photographers, Designers, Video Professionals, and Developers. More than 200 videos are currently available on Adobe TV, with programming that mixes how-to information, case studies, personality-driven shows, and workflow deep-dives.

The first set of videos offers secrets about Photoshop software, podcasts and design tips for Creative Suite, techniques for Photoshop Lightroom, tips on Adobe Flash Professional software for beginners, approaches to taming the Web, and information about video and audio production.

Experts delivering advice will include designers, photographers, video professionals, and developers.
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The videos on Adobe TV can be sorted by Most Recent, Most Popular and Top Rated to see what others in the community are watching. Also viewers can share their favourite programs with others by posting them to their blogs or websites, or emailing links to friends.

Adobe TV is live now.

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G108 GSM handset Watch Launches

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The G108 is a GSM handset in a clamshell slash watch design weighing 65 grams, feel strangely drawn to this version from Chinese manufacturer

specifications:
– GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
– GPRS
– measures 51x51x20 mm (the phone unit)
– main 1.5 inch 256k color 128 x 160 pixel display
– secondary LED display
– weighs 65 grams
– 1.3 mega pixel camera
– media player
– Bluetooth
– 0.5 MB of built in memory
– microSD support
– SMS / MMS
– USB
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No word on either pricing or availablity

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Yahoo Replacing Its Search Add System With Google Add?

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Yahoo will be displaying Google search ads in a small number in its search engine queries, a move likely to be interpreted as the latest in a series of Yahoo maneuvers to resist Microsoft’s acquisition attempt.

The test, expected for two weeks and be limited to up to 3 percent of Yahoo search queries in the U.S., is specifically for Google’s AdSense for Search service. In other words, Yahoo would be acting as one of the Web publishers that carry pay-per-click text ads from Google. The ads will appear only in Yahoo.com.

The announcement was first reported Wednesday afternoon by The Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources. A broader agreement to outsource its search ads to Google could let Yahoo increase its cash flow, because Google ads generate more revenue per search, the Journal reported, referring to a consensus belief among financial analysts and Yahoo investors.
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Yahoo noted that “the testing does not necessarily mean that Yahoo will join the AdSense for Search program or that any further commercial relationship with Google will result.” Yahoo will not comment on the nature or timing of any potential relationship with Google.

Microsoft, whose acquisition offer was rejected by Yahoo’s board in February, on Saturday said it will launch a proxy fight to attempt a hostile takeover if Yahoo doesn’t agree to the acquisition in the next three weeks.

On Wednesday, Microsoft blasted the Google-Yahoo announcement, saying that a broad outsourcing deal would inevitably run into regulatory trouble because it would give Google more than 90 percent of the search advertising market.

“This would make the market far less competitive, in sharp contrast to our own proposal to acquire Yahoo. We will assess closely all of our options,” said Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, in a statement.

“Is this real? Is Yahoo seriously considering replacing its search ad system with Google’s?” Weide said. “Or is Yahoo doing this merely to annoy Microsoft and drive Microsoft away from its acquisition attempt? It’s not clear.”

Should Yahoo enter into this deal with Google, it would be an acknowledgement that it has failed to attain its goals in search advertising, despite numerous efforts, including a significant upgrade of its system called Panama.

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Patches for Critical Bugs in Windows ActiveX System Released

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Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows. One of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates.

Microsoft released a total of five critical patches in its April security bulletin. Two of them fix bugs in Windows, two fix bugs in Windows and Internet Explorer (IE), and one fixes a vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The critical rating means an attacker could potentially exploit the flaws to hack into a victim’s computer.
The other patches fix vulnerabilities in Windows and Office and were rated “important.” Microsoft releases patches on the second Tuesday of every month, which has become known in the industry as “Patch Tuesday.”

* MS08-018, fixes for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

* MS08-021 fixes two vulnerabilities in Windows’ graphics device interface (GDI)

* MS08-022 patches vulnerability in VBScript and JScript scripting engines

* MS08-024 patches a vulnerability found in all versions of IE

* MS08-023 fixes an ActiveX vulnerability that affects both Windows and Internet Explorer.
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In Sarwate’s opinion, MS08-021, MS08-022 and MS08-023 are especially important for users because they affect all versions of Windows, even if no other software is installed on the machine.