Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/22/fl-studio-mobile-lands-on-ios-more-indie-rap-albums-to-be-produ/
FL Studio Mobile lands on iOS, more indie rap albums to be produced while commuting originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/22/g-technologys-g-connect-offers-500gb-of-wireless-storage-porta/
G-Technology's G-Connect offers 500GB of wireless storage, portable WiFi network to smartphone, tablet users originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Picasa's main strengths come in the form of organizational power and simplicity in editing. If you want an advanced photo editor, go somewhere else, but Picasa is perfect for the regular home user that just wants to organize their photos and make them look a little better without doing much work (or knowing a whole lot about photo editing). You can organize photos from all over your hard drive, sync them with Picasa's web albums, sort your photos by the people in them, and make all sorts of fancy slideshows to show your friends. You can also perform a few edits on things like lighting and color, most of which are automated by Picasa. You can perform a few manual edits, but not a lot—perfect for those that don't want to be overwhelmed.
Unfortunately, Picasa's biggest strengths are also its biggest weaknesses. Its organizational powers are great, but a little confusing at first. When you start up Picasa, it will search your entire hard drive for images and put them into your library. This is great for the disorganized, but will leave you with a huge amount of image (wallpapers, icons, and whatever else) that you certainly don't want in your photo editor. You can edit this from Picasa's Folder Manager, but it isn't obvious or easy to find, which can cause a lot of stress on new users.
Similarly, it gives you barely any control over editing your photos. For the most part, you either get the photo you took, or you get the photo you took that Picasa corrected for you. You have a few manual sliders available like highlights, shadows, and color temperature, but that's about it. That said, its auto-correct features do a really good job at correcting your photos, so you won't be disappointed unless maybe you're a photography nut.
Picasa also only syncs to Picasa Web Albums, which is annoying. If you want to upload to any other non-Google service, like Facebook or Flickr, you'll need a plugin or two to do so.
Most basic photo editors are pretty similar to Picasa. Windows Live Photo Gallery is a popular option that integrates well with Windows, allows uploading to SkyDrive, Facebook, and Flickr, and even has a handy panoramic stitch feature that Picasa is missing. It doesn't, however, have Picasa's video editing features, Picasa Web Albums support, nor is it quite as pretty or easy to use. Another thing people like about it, though is its ability to actually save changes—like names of people or geotag information—to the metadata of the file, which Picasa does not do (though that may be preferable to some). The free version of Zoner is a good option if you don't like Picasa or Windows Live Photo Gallery, and its $45 Home version or $65 Pro version are a nice step up to more intermediate and advanced editing features.
More seasoned photography buffs will want to check out Adobe Lightroom, which is going to give you many more advanced editing options.
Lastly, as Adam mentioned in his App Directory entry for the Mac, you can always just keep your photos in a series of folders on your hard drive. You don't have to deal with bloated organization programs with features you don't need, you can organize your photos however you want, and even sync them up to the web with Dropbox. It isn't for everyone, but if photo management apps just tend to get in your way, there's no shame in cultivating a very organized My Pictures folder.
Lifehacker's App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories. This week, we're focusing on photo management apps.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5814090/2d-glasses-3ds-reign-of-terror-is-over
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Even if you think 3D is bad, you have no idea how bad it really is. Not until you've alternated between 2D and 3D during the same movie. Every time I switched to 3D, I kept being reminded how fake everything was. It's the difference between Tex Avery and a Vermeer. 2D Glasses are a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser for your 3D-addled eyeballs. What once cartoonishly popped out at you, ripping your suspension of disbelief to shreds, now stays flush against the screen where it belongs. Sanctuary. Buy them.
Minuses
2D glasses look very much like 3D glasses, meaning they're pretty uggggs (but it's dark in that theater, so you'll live) and could stand to be a little more comfortable. And this isn't really a minus so much as a warning: these won't work on your active shutter 3DTV. Different technology.
$10 for two pair, including shipping.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/21/eizo-industrial-monitor-does-4k-resolution-at-36-inches-start-s/
Eizo industrial monitor does 4K resolution at 36-inches, start saving now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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