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This article was written on March 01, 2007 by CyberNet.

Adobe recently announced their plans to release an online version of Photoshop, their popular image editing application.  It will be a “light version” made using Flex, and is expected in the next six months.

Because it is a “light” version, I’m assuming that it will be no different that some of the online photo editors already available.  People like Photoshop because of the range of editing options that it offers.  A lighter version certainly wouldn’t be able to handle all of the complex things that people turn to Photoshop to do.

Instead of aiming this product towards the people who already use the application, it’s aimed towards the home/casual user who wants to touch up a picture before uploading it to a social network, or sending it off via email to friends and family.

The online version will be free, and Adobe plans on supporting it with ads to make money.  This sends up a red flag to photo-editing startups. With everything going online nowadays, this is definitely a smart move for Adobe. While the daily, professional users will stick to the stand alone option, it will be opened to new users.

Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen says that while it’s a lighter, lower-end product, they still expect it to be of better quality than other free alternatives (Picasa?). They’re hoping that the brand they’ve already established will help them out. Chizen says:

“If we offered a host-based version of Photoshop that’s Photoshop-branded (and is) potentially better than Picasa, you’d probably go the Photoshop route because of your belief in the Photoshop brand and the quality associated with the brand,”

There’s certainly issues to think about with any online photo editing service like dealing with the download/upload speeds for high resolution photos.  Also, would you be able to keep your photos private? Access to the Internet is not always there, so there’d be no editing on the road.

With this announcement, I’m sure many companies and startups are feeling the pressure. Microsoft is probably one of them. Everybody around them is taking applications online, which makes me wonder if/when will Microsoft take some of their applications online?

Source: News.com

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This article was written on September 14, 2007 by CyberNet.

I just came across a Firefox extension that is one of the coolest I’ve seen in quite awhile. It’s called Tab Scope and it brings real-time tab previews to the Firefox browser. Well, it’s actually a step beyond just a preview because you can fully interact with the page (click links, scroll, etc…).

After using this for just 10-minutes I feel that it has made me more productive, and I now consider it to be a must-have extension. Here are the features that Tab Scope brings to the table:

• Real-time tab previews of the page contents — you can watch the page load right from the preview!
• Navigate (Back/Forward/Reload/Stop) directly through the tab preview
• Scroll pages or frames in preview with mouse wheel
• Use the magnifying glass to enlarge the tab preview for easier navigation
• Click links or buttons directly in preview

In the options you can configure things such as the size for the tab preview for both before and after you click the magnifying glass. Depending on the preview size that you choose this can drastically keep you from switching back and forth between tabs! Throw on the ReloadEvery extension and you’ve got a killer combination!

Tab Scope Homepage

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This article was written on August 12, 2006 by CyberNet.

Sierra has announced that they will be offering F.E.A.R. Combat as a free download on Thursday, August 17. This isn’t just going to be a small demo of the game either, they say that “F.E.A.R. Combat is the complete multiplayer component of F.E.A.R. and includes all the updates, additional official maps and additional official game modes all in one downloadable file.” So it looks like this is not just some gimmick to suck you in to buy the game. For those that are still in disbelief you can check out the features that F.E.A.R. Combat has:

• 10 Multiplayer Game modes.
• 19 Multiplayer Maps.
• 12 different weapons.
• Punkbuster support for anti cheat support.
• The capability to download user generated content.

You will have to register in order to get the download and you can do this on Thursday at www.joinfear.com. Once you complete your registration you will receive the necessary keycode that will unlock the game. Get ready to get your game on! Read a review of F.E.A.R. from IGN (I couldn’t find a review of F.E.A.R. Combat at this time)

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