Adobe Aims to Make Elements 12 Its Mobile-Optimized “Everyone” Software

Adobe Aims to Make Elements 12 Its Mobile-Optimized "Everyone" Software

When Adobe first launched Elements, it was the "amateur" version of its full Photoshop software. Now, with the release of Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12, the company is angling to make it the more nimble, mobile cousin of the full Creative Suite.

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Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12 now available, learn editing preferences

Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12 now available, learn editing preferences

Adobe’s Creative Cloud not your thing? Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12 have just arrived to please your subscription-averse (and beginner-level) nature. The latest version of the outfit’s photo suite features Content-Aware Move for shifting objects within a photo and having the resulting gaps filled in, the ability to correct flash reflections in animals’ eyes and 64-bit support for Macs. Elements Mobile Albums are new to this release as well, and they let users view, edit and share photos on mobile devices through the firm’s Revel solution. Premiere Elements boasts motion tracking to move graphics, text and effects with objects, upwards of 250 sound effects and more than 50 soundtracks that rearrange themselves to fit the length of footage. Both the video and photo editing packages sport Auto Smart Tone, which learns a user’s editing preferences and serves them up in a one-click option.

While both programs have picked up a healthy share of upgrades, the pricing model remains unchanged. Mac and Windows versions are now available online from Adobe for $100, or $150 when purchased in a bundle. Upgrades are set at $80 for each, or $120 when the pair are snapped up together. As for boxed copies of the software, they’ll be available soon form brick-and-mortar shops and online retailers.

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Apple TV 6.0 update rolls out again following buggy version

As we reported earlier today, Apple had to pull its Apple TV 6.0 software update following some bugs that, among other things, resulted in bricked devices, bringing about all sorts of anguished cries from the unfortunate ones who updated. The update is rolling out again, this time as an updated version that brings about the […]

EA’s free-to-play FIFA 14 arrives on iOS and Android

EA's freetoplay FIFA 14 arrives on iOS and Android

Whether you refer to it as fútbol, football or soccer, there’s no denying that the FIFA franchise is one of the sports’ best options for gaming across the various existing platforms. Now, following in the footsteps of its relative Madden 25, FIFA 14 is available for iOS as well as Android. As with its sporting game sibling, the renowned title’s latest mobile edition can be downloaded at no cost, with EA hoping to bring in revenue by way of in-app purchases — which includes anything from Ultimate Team points to the unlocking of additional game modes (such as Manager and Tournament). Be prepared to make some room for FIFA 14 on your device though, since the app’s size is a little more than 1GB in both the App Store and Google Play.

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CyanogenMod 10.1.3 arrives with remote find and wipe capabilities

Good news is now at hand for CyanogenMod fans who like a bit of stability in their lives, because the general release builds of CyanogenMod 10.1.3 are now hitting server mirrors. As a nice bonus, support for CM Account is baked into this release (previously available only in the 10.2 nightlies), which allows users to locate and remotely wipe their missing devices — a feature that’s awfully similar to Android Device Manager. If all goes according to plans, CyanogenMod 10.1.3 will be the last of the Android 4.2-based builds, as the team is now investing the bulk of its work on CyanogenMod 10.2, which is based on Android 4.3. Once you have the latest version, perhaps you’ll consider pairing it with the impressive Focal camera app.

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Microsoft’s Surface 2: New tablet, same problems

Microsoft Surface 2 Same Problems

What’s the definition of insanity? Trying the same thing several times and expecting a different outcome. While we wouldn’t suggest that Microsoft’s finest minds are in need of urgent medical care, it does seem as if the company’s executives have failed to heed the lessons doled out this summer. After all, it was only a few months ago that Microsoft had to admit that very few Surface RT tablets had been sold, and booked a $900 million loss on inventory that remains rotting in warehouses.

At today’s launch of Microsoft’s second Windows RT-running slate, Surface chief Panos Panay opened his remarks by saying that the “Surface 2 is not subtle, but is a revamp. It is not the simple changes that everybody wants, but it’s the changes people need.” Unfortunately, the changes that he then went on to describe involved making the device thinner, faster and giving it a full-HD display — criticisms that few had leveled at the first generation of the hardware. No, the problems that every critic had were the limitations of the Surface’s operating system: Windows RT. Not that you’d know it from today’s event. In fact, Microsoft went out of its way to downplay the fact that the Surface 2 runs RT, mentioning the ambitious Windows-on-ARM project only three times in an hour. But why was the star of the show reduced to such a bit-part role?

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CyberNotes: Map a FTP to a Drive in Windows

This article was written on September 27, 2007 by CyberNet.

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Tutorial Thursday

 

What was going on this week at CyberNet News and Learn Firefox? Here’s your chance to catch-up if you missed something!

I periodically receive inquiries from friends asking for the easiest way to access files and folders on a FTP server. They normally have their own FTP server setup at home, and they want to ensure fast access to their files without having to mess with third-party applications. Is it possible to quickly map a FTP to a drive? You bet!

The solution I’m about to show you doesn’t exactly assign a drive letter to the FTP server, but it will essentially serve the same purpose as a drive. Through Windows Explorer you’ll have one-click access to your files, and they will even be accessible through the standard Open/Save dialog boxes in apps such as Microsoft Word.

Here’s how you can set it up:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and choose the “Map Network Drive” option.
    Vista location: Along the top toolbar
    XP location: Tools Menu
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 1
  2. Choose the option at the bottom that reads:
    Vista: “Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures”
    XP: “Sign up for online storage or connect to a network server”
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 2
  3. Click “Choose a custom network location”:
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 3
  4. Enter in the FTP address for the site:
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 4
  5. Enter the username for the FTP server (you will be prompted for the password when you connect):
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 5
  6. Enter a name:
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 6
  7. Finish up the wizard, and then you’ll be ready to connect! You’ll be prompted for the password the first time that you try and connect, but you can have the password saved after that if you wish.
    Map FTP to Drive - Step 7

That process will take less than 30-seconds to complete after you become familiar with doing it. There is a way to assign a drive letter to a FTP server, but it does take some addition work. I’ve found three sources that try to make it a little easier:

  1. Tutorial – This is a relatively quick process and would be my first choice out of the three mentioned here. It requires no third-party apps to make it work, and it truly lets you map a FTP server to a drive. It does require using the command line.
  2. NetDrive – This is a free program offered by Novell that has a GUI interface for setting up FTP servers as drives on your computer.
  3. FTP Drive – This is a small free program that also brings a GUI interface to the configuration, but the program always has to be running if you want the mapped drive to work.

While those solutions make it possible to assign a drive letter to the FTP, I don’t see an added advantage by doing so. The steps that I walked you through in this article will give nearly every program access to your FTP, and it is super easy to setup. I’m sure there is some reason that you would want a drive letter though…I just haven’t found them. 🙂

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Valve announces SteamOS, a new platform for playing PC games on TVs

PC game service operator and game development studio Valve announced SteamOS this afternoon, finally formalizing a PC gaming hardware project known as “Steambox” we’ve heard dribs and drabs about over the past few years. The OS will function on “any living room machine,” and it also streams games from your Mac and PC, as well as offering media playback functionality. The OS seems to be multifunctional in this aspect, both acting as an operating system for living room-based machines directly connected to televisions, and offering streaming capability from computers outside the living room. “Just turn on your existing computer and run Steam as you always have – then your SteamOS machine can stream those games over your home network straight to your TV,” the announcement page says. The OS is free and built on Linux; it will be available “soon.”

Valve says it’s “achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing, and we’re now targeting audio performance and reductions in input latency at the operating system level,” with regards to streaming capability. “Game developers are already taking advantage of these gains as they target SteamOS for their new releases.” No specific developers are named, but a job posting from Crytek points at one suspect.

The project is intended to compete with traditional game consoles, and it seemingly evolves Steam’s “Big Picture Mode” to that end (which isn’t to say that service is going away). Valve specifically lists four new features as the pillars of SteamOS: in-home streaming, family sharing, music / TV / movies, and family options. Let’s dive into those after the break.

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Photo Collage Screensaver for Windows

This article was written on March 22, 2012 by CyberNet.

Photo collage screensaver

I don’t know very many people anymore that use screensavers on their computers, but displaying a nice photo collage might be worthwhile if you still enjoy having something flashy on the screen when your computer is sitting idle. I came across a pretty nice one that was started a few months ago, and I’d say offers the right amount of options without being overkill.

Photo Collage Screensaver is free, and after being installed you’ll find it tucked in the screensaver properties for Windows. Don’t go looking for anything in the Start Menu because you won’t find it there. There are some options you’ll be able to configure after it is selected as your default screensaver:

  • Directory on your PC where your photos are located.
  • Number of photos on the screen at a time, which can be between 5 and 30. Once that maximum number has been hit the oldest photos will start fading off the screen. This is a much nicer solution than just wiping out all of the photos on the screen once the limit is hit.
  • Speed at which new photos should appear.
  • Whether you want the photos randomized.

The only thing I think this is missing is an option to set how large you want the images to appear, but the size it uses seems to work pretty well.

Photo Collage Screensaver (Windows only; Freeware)

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Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 buyers get 200GB SkyDrive storage for two years, free international Skype calls for one year (updated)

Need another reason to pick up Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Surface tablet, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2? How’s 200GB of free SkyDrive storage for the first two years, plus what Microsoft’s calling “the best of Skype” (free international calling and WiFi hotspot access) for the first year? Because that’s exactly what you’ll get when you plunk down the $450 / $900 for the new Windows tablet line later this year.

Both of Microsoft’s services — SkyDrive for cloud file saving and Skype for online phone / text / video chat — are part of the purchase price apparently, though that comes with a limited time plan. But is it enough to entice consumers who were already burned once by the first Surface line? That’s a question that only time can answer, but we sure don’t mind the bonus stuff!

Update: Microsoft’s official PR says the deal applies to both versions of the new Surface (RT and Pro) and we’ve updated our post accordingly. Additionally, that free Skype international calling works for “calling to landlines in more than 60 countries,” and the Skype WiFi deal offers unlimited access for that first year.

Update 2: Oh, and should you decide you want to keep that capacious storage in the cloud past two years, or don’t want to buy a Surface to get it in the first place, Microsoft’s announced that users can add 200GB to their SkyDrives for just $100 a year.

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