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From BBC News: About one-third of digital camera users in the UK are not backing up their photographs, reveals research. But at the same time, the survey of 2,227 consumers revealed 89% of those quizzed now own a digital camera or camera-phone. And just under half are taking more than 10 snaps each month.
I read about this on the Google Operating System blog… Apparently RealNetworks has a simple version of RealPlayer that business can install. But the thing that makes it appear to businesses, will probably make it appeal to consumers as well: RealPlayer Enterprise gives you the best of RealPlayer you know and use at home, but …
From the New York Times: Like many amateur photographers, Joe Dejesus posts his photos online and compares them to the work of others on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At some point last year, a number of landscape photos caught his eye with their vibrant tones and colors. Their secret was a software technology known as …
I have been active with computers for many years, and much of that I was also active in photography. Organization of my personal space, work space and life are all pretty haphazard, but my photography has always been very organized. I started in photography many years ago, and soon after began developing my own 35mm …
Last week I discussed practicing using a single focal length to get a better understanding of how a given focal length can affect you photographs. This week, I discuss a few tips for improving your travel photography. If you have ever had to sit through a slide show of someone’s travel photographs, you are well …
I remember hearing about this when it first came out, but I never tried it until yesterday. Google has a neat service called Google Notebook. They describe it this way: Google Notebook makes web research of all kinds – from planning a vacation to researching a school paper to buying a car – easier and …
The old adage about practice makes perfect applies to photography as well. Very few cameras today have fixed focal length lenses but they are still available. Quality in zoom lenses has become much better with the passing of time and now super zooms (in the 10 and 12x range) allow consumers to get in even …
Adobe has released 3 betas for their new Lightroom product that is set to compete with Apple Aperture. I have been eagerly awaiting for them to release the windows beta. I just received the press release; Adobe Lightroom for Windows Beta 1.0 is now available for download. I will keep everyone up to date on …
Regular reader Pat sent along this article from Small Business Pipeline: Throw away your long-distance telephone bills and computer headsets. Well, almost. I’ve looked at computer telephony services in recent years, and the just-released update from upstart JAJAH is my personal choice. It’s incredibly easy to use: enter phone numbers for you and your destination, …
I received this email today from VMware: Try out virtualization with VMware Server! VMware Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers with enterprise-class support. It enables companies to partition a physical server into multiple virtual machines and to start experiencing the benefits of virtualization. Also, by deploying VMware VirtualCenter, administrators gain …