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Date registered: February 25, 2009
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  1. Windows 8 Consumer Preview — February 26, 2012
  2. 5 Scientific Discoveries We Have the Irish to Thank For — January 18, 2012
  3. 11 Must-Know Tips and Tricks in Microsoft Access 2010 — January 14, 2012
  4. Microsoft System Center 2012 – New Features — January 10, 2012
  5. A Preview of Windows 7 from SoftwareMedia.com — October 9, 2009

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  1. First Contest Submission — 2 comments
  2. How to Create Animated GIFs in Photoshop CS4 — 2 comments
  3. Our Freeware Recommendations (Graphics Editor, Audio Recorder, Screen Capture, and Others) — 2 comments
  4. Could Windows 7 Be Microsoft’s Last Chance? — 2 comments
  5. The New Google-Possesed Internet Explorer — 1 comment

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Sep 30

How to Create Animated GIFs in Photoshop CS4

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For this video tutorial, I show you how I created an animated GIF in PhotoShop CS4. The GIF animation is of the twitter bird, who flaps around around a bit and then shows a little banner that asks you to follow him. In the video below, I walk you through the whole process, from importing …

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Sep 29

First Contest Submission

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I just wanted to post the first contest submission here, to get all our creative juices flowing. The author is Jordan Konkel of Boston, and the photo is entitled, This Way to the Cafeteria Sir. It is a composite of two pictures, with himself as the subject in the picture, then photoshopped into a picture …

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Sep 28

Amusing Easter Eggs on Your Computer

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Easter eggs are amusing features or displays in an application, left behind by the developers for users to find. They are sometimes as simple as a funny message, or as elaborate as an entire flight simulator game, such as could be played way back in Excel ’97. Here are some of my favorite recent Easter …

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Sep 25

The New Google-Possesed Internet Explorer

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A friend of mine said to me recently that IE is the worst thing to happen to us since the Great Depression. “Really?” I asked. “Unemployment? Homelessness? Starvation?” “Well, in terms of the computer world, yes.” He answered. Google has apparently heard his cry, and answered with Google Chrome Frame, a new plug-in for IE …

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Sep 24

Autumn Photoshop Contest – $50 Gift Card

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Sep 21

New Adobe Program Makes Flash Apps Shareable

Adobe’s new Flash Platform Services, unveiled Monday, assists in making Flash applications easier to share, and specifically targets social networking sites and mobile devices.  The new program will allow users to share Flash apps and games, instead of having to point to a link.  Advertisers will benefit most from the new platform, which will greatly …

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Sep 21

Our Freeware Recommendations (Graphics Editor, Audio Recorder, Screen Capture, and Others)

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Seriously.  Who owns, personally owns, all the software they need?Nevermind want. No one does. No one I know at least.  Adobe, Microsoft, Corel all rock. Of course.  They’re great.  But they might as well be Pretty Pony  Design Software, as far as my home computer endeavors are concerned. Thank god for freeware. There is some pretty …

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Sep 17

Microsoft, Yahoo’s Search Engine Matrimony Under Scrutiny

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Yahoo and Microsoft will couple against alpha-male search engine Google. After several years of negotiations, offers, withdrawals, and hesitations, the companies finally worked out a 10-year deal in July of this year. Google was required to pay no upfront dowry, and eventually have full access to Yahoo’s search power for use in new search engine …

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Sep 17

Adobe Picks Up Utah-based Omniture for 1.8 Billion

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Adobe System Inc., the worlds’s largest creator of graphic design software, agreed to buy Omniture Inc. for $1.8 billion. Omniture, an online marketing and web analytics company based in Orem, Utah, is Adobe’s second biggest acquisition to date, after it’s $3.4 billion deal with Macromedia. The purchase came after months of steady decline in Adobe …

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Sep 17

2009 Halloween Photoshop Contest at SoftwareNewsDaily.com

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SoftwareNewsDaily is hosting an 2009 amateur Autumn Photoshop contest! The prize will be a $50 gift certificate to BestBuy.com. The contest is sponsored by SoftwareMedia.com. The theme is Halloween. Submissions will be judged primarily on aesthetic sense, originality, and innovation, so anything remotely related to the tone of Halloween, such as harvest, autumn, or the …

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