Today, Google updated its Picasa Web Albums service. There is a whole host of new and improved features, that sound so good it has tempted me to take a look over the next few days. This new release includes the ability to search community photos, an upgrade to the amount of free storage to 1GB with the ability to upgrade, plus it is now easier to link to an album in email, or perhaps into an existing web page.
Good news for users of Blogger, is that all photos uploaded through Blogger now appear in My Photos. The titles of these Blogger web albums match the titles of their respective blog posts. Full details of the update can be found here.
New NVIDIA Linux Display Drivers Released
Today the latest Version 1.0-9755, of NVIDIA graphic drivers for linux was released. Highlights inlcude: * Added support for Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 and * Added initial support for NVIDIA SLI with GeForce 8800, Quadro FX 4600, and Quadro FX 5600.
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Samsung Q2 Ultra Mobile PC Revealed
At last - a UMPC that looks like it isn't going to suck. The new Samsung UMPC, labelled the Q2 sports a nice high resolution 1024x600 display, plenty of RAM and an Intel processor. It's also got WiBro and a QWERTY keyboard. Pictures included!
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Apple iTunes now works with Vista
Apple Inc today made available version 7.1 of iTunes for PC users. It addresses the issues that users of Microsofts Vista operating system caused with the software and many peoples iPods. There are still a few remaining issues that Apple is working on, but most have been resolved. You can find full details here.
Nintendo Wii Release Schedule
I love my Nintendo Wii. Yes, I own an XBox 360 too and play a lot of games on it, but the Wii is brilliant fun. One thing it has done for me, is stopped me pre-ordering a PS3, which is the first time that I can remember not buying a console at launch, so Nintendo must have really captured my imagination. Anyway, here is the latest release schedule for Wii games from a Nintendo press release;
- April 9 - Super Paper Mario - Nintendo
- April - Prince of Persia Rival Swords - Ubisoft
- April - Bust-A-Move Bash - Majesco
- April - Bioncle Heroes - Eidos
- May 15 - Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - Midway
- May 29 - Mario Party 8 - Nintendo
- May - Tamagotchi Party On - Namco Bandai
- May - Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Disney Interactive
- May - Escape from Bug Island - Eidos
- May - Spider-Man The Movie 3 - Activision
- June 11 - Big Brain Academy - Nintendo
- June 25 - Pokemon Battle Revolution - Nintendo
- June - Cosmic Family - Ubisoft
- Spring - Heatseeker - Codemasters
- Q2 - Legend of the Dragon - American Game Factory
- Summer - Shrek the Third - Activision
- Summer - Transformers the Game - Activision
Camino Version 1.4 Browser Launched
Today Camino launched version 1.4 of its browser for Mac OS X. Next to Firefox, I rate Camino as one of the sweetest and most stable browsers around, plus it is really really fast. In this new version there has been fixes to security and stability issues, an upgraded Java plugin, improved ad-blocking, and support for iCab 3 bookmarks. One of the most welcome features is that your bookmarks are automatically restored, should they become unreadable.
Nintendo DS does geopositioning with WiFi
A highly reliable source just sent in this image of a Nintendo DS using WiFi -- rather than GPS -- for geopositioning data
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Real Picture of the Optimus Keyboard?
Today, this picture was posted on the Optimus weblog which appears to be an actual working (maybe) model. For the past year and a half we have seen the same old 3d renderings and this one looks a bit different, a little real.
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Game developers give the Mac another look
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is not historically known as a hotbed for Macintosh game or game development information. The event draws computer and video game developers from around the world, and like the game industry, many of the seminars, conference sessions and publicity surrounding GDC is focused on consoles...
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Mediafour Launch MacDrive 7
Mediafour today launched version 7 of its MacDrive software which allows PC users to access Macintosh hard drives and disks just as though they were PC volumes. This new version add Vista compatibility, plus the ability to analyze and repair Mac disks. You can even create Mac CDs, DVDs and even format hard drives. Another nice feature is that when viewing a Mac volume on your PC the files get the correct icon, but also display a small apple icon to let you know where the files are stored. This sounds very impressive and I really hope to be able to bring you a review of MacDrive 7 soon.
Top 10 Funniest Gadgets
Here you’ll find an amusing list of gadgets. They are pretty useless, but if you to have a smile and brighten up your day, take a look.
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Top 10 Most Beautiful Blog Designs
"Design matters - as much as people argue against the face, it does. Blog design is no different. A poorly designed blog with amazing content will not receive as many readers as a beautifully designed blog with equal content." - 10 of the most well designed blogs on the Interweb.
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