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Adobe’s cloud-based photo storage and editing app has been enjoying its new name since it hopped off the Carousel, and now it’s appreciating a feature bump too. Version 1.5 has just hit the virtual shelves of the Mac and iTunes stores, complete with a new UI and the option to log in using Facebook or Google accounts. Functionality wise, the update adds text captioning for your snaps and the ability to create albums which auto-sync across your devices and can be shared with others via the web. Alright, so the update isn’t revolutionizing the service, but we’re sure those that currently subscribe are reveling in it.

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The other day we reported on alleged leaked photos of the upcoming Sony NEX-5R. While the photo itself looks pretty convincing, what we are lacking at the moment is a proper release date. Well thanks to the folks at Sony Alpha Rumors, it seems that photographers who are looking forward to additional Sony mirrorless cameras, the NEX-5R is rumored for an official announcement on the 29^th of August. Assuming those dates are to be believed, we can look forward to seeing official photos and official specs after all the rumors. For those who have not been keeping up with the rumors, word has it that the Sony NEX-5R will sport a brand new 16MP image sensor and WiFi connectivity. As for its NEX-6 sibling, word has it that it will be announced in September instead. We’ll take this with a grain of salt for now, but given that we’re only a week away from the 29^th of August, we guess we won’t have to wait too long to find out if the rumors are true!

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Sony NEX-5R and NEX-6 rumored to come with smartphone compatibility, Additional Sony NEX-5R images leaked,

Earlier this morning I talked a bit about the Star Wars Wampa ice scraper. That is certainly the coolest way to get ice off your windshield during the winter I’ve ever seen. ThinkGeek also has some other new Star Wars theme gadgets that geeks will appreciate. I think a couple of these might spawn some new memes.

Behold the power of my fully functional tea infuser. Our resident Brit will appreciate the Death Star Tea Infuser that will sell for $19.99 when it comes in stock later this month. The tea infuser is a perfect stainless steel likeness of the Death Star with a little Tie Fighter on a chain so you can dip it into your glass of hot water to make your preferred tea.

One of my favorites is the Star Wars Lightsaber Ice Pop Makers. The kit comes with four light up lightsaber hilts. Two of the hilts look like Luke’s saber and two look like Vader’s saber hilt. You put whatever liquid you want into the saber molds and then freeze them to make your own popsicles. You can even press a button and make your frosty treats glow. These are expected to be in stock in November for $34.99.

The final product is for the Star Wars geek professionals out there. It’s called the Han Solo in Carbonite Business Card Case. You can pretty much figure out what this is from the name alone. It’s able to hold about a dozen business cards depending on how thick the card stock is. It’s estimated to be available in one to three weeks at $24.99.

ThinkGeek unveils new Star Wars gear is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Soon, Kodak will cease to be a film company. After spending almost a decade swirling the pot and the past eight months going directly down the drain, Kodak has decided to sell its traditional film businesses (and some other camera businesses) to become a fully commercial-focused businesses, with printers at center stage.

Technically, the other businesses Kodak wants to sell are called “personalized imaging” and “document imaging,” which includes those kiosks you find in stores to develop digital photos and a business that takes pictures of people riding roller coasters and such in theme parks.

The WSJ reports that this comes on the heels of a disappointing run to sell the company’s trove of 1,100 patents, which Kodak originally believed would be worth $2.2 billion – $2.6 billion. Unfortunately for the 100-year-old-plus company, the auction didn’t necessarily foster competition between the prospective buyers, with Apple, Google, and others wishing to form a consortium that would jointly purchase the patents.

In short, that would mean that those companies couldn’t use Kodak’s patents against one another in court, yet could pull freely from the technologies for their own products. It’s a win for everyone but Kodak, as the joint purchase has brought the price down. According to WSJ sources, bids have come in around $250 million.

In January, Kodak filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection as it struggled to generate a positive cash flow during the digital camera boom. Considering Kodak actually invented the first digital camera, the company was incredibly late to that game, and it may have cost them the business.

Our Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy and as special as it is, it’s certainly not the only galaxy of its kind in the universe. Astronomers have announced the discovery of two galaxies that are nearly a perfect match for the Milky Way. According to astronomers, spiral galaxies are common, but these newfound twin galaxies share other key features of our Milky Way.

Key features shared with these newly discovered galaxies, and the Milky Way include the fact that the twin galaxies both have their own satellite galaxies. Astronomers say that those satellite galaxies are very similar to our neighboring large and small Magellanic Clouds. The scientists report that only about 3% of the galaxies in the universe that are similar to the Milky Way also have companion galaxies.

That means that spiral galaxies having companion galaxies similar to the Magellanic Clouds are very rare. According to the scientists, only 14 galaxies similar to the Milky Way have been discovered with only these two being nearly identical to our home galaxy. Scientists involved in the project used data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey that maps out about 340,000 galaxies local to the Milky Way in the grand scale of the universe to make the discovery.

Interestingly, the researchers say that the Magellanic Clouds won’t be around forever. One researcher says our two cloud galaxy companions will only be around for a few billion years more. On a human scale of time, that might as well be forever.

[via Space.com]

Astronomers discover twins to our Milky Way galaxy is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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