Oct/090
Google Picasa 3.
Picasa, free software for managing and organizing photos is renewed reaching version 3.5 and taking dowry numerous innovations, the most important of which concern the introduction of technology "facial recognition " and integration with Google Maps, one the main services offered by Google, owner of the software since 2004. The new version makes it so the Picasa software even more attractive as it simplifies the job of managing the user through face recognition of faces. Once installed the update, in fact, the program performs a scan of the photos stored on your computer by combining them according to the faces in them. Within minutes you can get different album then divided according to the faces depicted in the photos with clear advantages in terms practical. As anticipated, another major novelty software integration with Google Maps making it easy geo-tagging photos or their placement in the exact spot of the map where the photo was taken. The update affects both the version for Mac and one for Windows, but is currently only available on the English (the Italian version will arrive in the coming weeks).
Sep/090
TG 11 September: Notebook and in the future of AMD's multi -
It is the new online edition of the TG Hardware Upgrade, TGtech, with important news, so as to delay by one day the public to meet embargoes AMD. 1 – Google has a project in mind for a micropayment business model to be applied to reality editorial work on the web 2 – Vision is the name of the new generation AMD mobile platforms, while Eyefinity is the first technology that will characterize future generations of video cards DirectX 11 3 – On October 6, will come the new Microsoft operating system Windows Mobile 6 . 5, but mostly there will come a plethora of new terminals Windows Phone that will shake up the market: HTC, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and LG have already disclosed their cards 4 – Leica 35mm to return to his Leica M9 adopting a full sensor -frame produced in collaboration with Kodak. Arrives on the market the Leica S2 medium format SLR system.
Sep/090
TGtech September 3, 2009: Canon EOS 7D and news in sight for Intel and ATI
It is the new online episode of TGtech, weekly appointment with the most important news appeared in the pages of Hardware Upgrade. In this episode we discussed the blackout for two hours that Gmail has created heavy disruptions on 1 September because of an incorrect estimate of system resources by the same Google. Are also expected next week, important novelties in the field of the CPU by Intel and in the field of video cards from ATI, in the words of Paolo Corsini's what's cooking. It was officially announced the sale of 65% of Skype to venture capital by eBay. A 'transaction cost 1.9 billion dollars by some accounts the total value of Skype and then wanders around $ 2.75 billion, a figure not much higher than $ 2.6 billion paid by the most famous auction service online. RIM retire the trackball, a tool much loved by its users, and with the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is debuting on the touch sensitive trackpad on a smartphone with a clear vocation consumer, even given the presence of direct keys on the management of multimedia resources . Canon sharpen their weapons and return to woo the audience of semi-defined hours Advanced Mid Range.
Sep/090
From the new Breeze System BreezeBrowserPro v.1.9.
The ability to view and organize images via thumbnail this is nothing new. L 'innovation is to introduce BreezeBrowser Pro delivers the power of vision and organization of a lightweight and robust browser, along with functionality to batch rename, rotate and resize files without exif data loss and image quality. The new view mode also allows the integration of GPS data and export to interface with Google Earth, to create maps for online presentations or start using the information of latitude and longitude or organized according to points of interest, directly to ' inside the browser. The new BreezeBrowser Pro lets you create presentations and web pages in html and run provinature in contact. The display mode "HQ mode " lets you view thumbnails clear from any JPEG, TIFF, RAW, also converting from RAW, TIFF to JPEG does not produce loss of EXIF data. Breeze Browser Pro v1.9.4 is available in trial version for 15 days all '' address of the parent, the purchase price is 69.95 dollars.
Sep/090
Barricades against the "Google Car " in Great Britain
TGDaily, but also a large number of other sources, reported the news of an event occurring in Broughton, a small town in the United Kingdom. A premise for a long time Google offers users the Street View service, which allows you to explore entire cities as if they were walking out in the streets, thanks to photos taken ad hoc. Google Car Service, initially available for some of the major cities the United States, has been a great success, as evidenced by l 'engagement in Google ' extend the service in other areas. How does Google take all these pictures so detailed? The service is made possible by a fleet of "Google Car " equipped with special systems to take pictures at 360 ° with l 'car in motion, however, forced to cover as much ground as possible, based on the detail you want to obtain . One of the Google Car, sighted in Broughton, found itself facing a real human chain, formed by citizens enraged by his presence. The common denominator is the danger of violation of their privacy, but this alone is not sufficient to justify a genuine popular uprising. The proof is that in the rest of the country and not only the Google car has certainly caused the same sensation. Broughton was the scene of several incidents of burglary during the 'last month and in the small town does not speak English d 'else. The thief, recently stopped by the police, he candidly admitted to plan their rounds looking Google Earth, an instrument that allowed him to study the area and possible escape routes. Here, then, explains the popular uprising that, in the wake of events still highly topical, has literally stormed the Google Car. That is why at Broughton, that's why the vehemence. Recall, however, that Google has all the permissions to do this job, as you can report online the desire to remove what was deemed too long.
Aug/090
Sony Ericsson focuses on young people, affordable price and photography
The meeting with the press before yesterday from Sony Ericsson was the opportunity to stress the arrival on the Italian market for some of the products launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to announce new products, coming later this year .
The presence of the brand manager of Ducati introduced the presentation of the Ducati Phone, a Sony Ericsson a shell as renewed and content, of which we have spoken at the world launch.
Jul/090
GPS Photo Finder: the geotagging is easy
The number of pictures taken, since digital cameras have flooded the market, is constantly increasing, and often arrives at the paradox of finding photos stored on memory cards without remembering where they were taken.
The metadata can help in telling the time of shooting, but is increasingly required by users on geotagging photos, namely the inclusion in the data accompanying the image of the location shooting.
Jul/090
Panoramic views from nearly a gigapixel with Gigapan
The photos are one of the challenges more interesting and fun for photographers, with some ‘expertise is often possible ricreari panoramas up to 360 ° with satisfactory results. The new digital cameras also offer dedicated tools, able to report at the time of shooting, the right portion of image to be superimposed, so that the result is as close to reality as possible.
Jul/090
Sony: aerial imagery for more than a gigapixel
Services like Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth Live experienced a wide success in the last period, also due to the resolution of the photos provided via web and means more and more powerful hardware, capable of supporting best showing this type of images.
Jul/090
I surf that is “chat”!
How many of you feel alone, perhaps in the grip of a sleepless night, to surf the Internet? Certainly, loneliness is one of the evils of the man-Pc, but when you’re on the network are not really almost never alone.
One of the best-known trend and that has opened the road to who was reluctant to use the Internet was an opportunity to chat, now entered the English verb with bullying in English thanks mainly to the spread of popolatissime room in which chat and Instant Messenging l ‘virtual sending instant messages has become a comfortable habit.