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HDR does to photography what Thomas Kinkade did to painting. The majority of what you see is over-saturated, poor examples of people not knowing how to use their equipment. I mean, c’mon, grass is NOT supposed to look like that. Don’t get me wrong, there are some really good HDR images. I think knowing how…
...Read MoreSo if you’re like me you probably use iGoogle as your home page but did you know you can customize the header (image behind the words google) with your own pictures or graphics? Here’s a cool tutorial from the gang at Google on how to make your own. Not really that hard at all. Google…
...Read MoreIn one of those things that make you say “HOLY CRAP!”, Microsoft has offered to buy the ailing Yahoo! for $44.6 billion. BBC: “The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday. Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it would have to…
...Read MorePirate Bay isn’t shut down but took a major hit today as 4 people were indicted for copyright infringement. The Local – Four indicted in Pirate Bay case: “Hans Fredrik Neij, Per Svartholm Warg, Peter Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundström, are suspected of organising and running The Pirate Bay, and thus “promoting other people’s infringements of…
...Read MoreHere’s an article I found (age unknown) that has some pretty interesting insight into an adults IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and their employability. Definition of IQ: “Generally, one’s mental age stops rising rapidly when one reaches the latter teens–e. g., 16. Consequently, on some IQ tests, ’16’ was taken as the chronological-age divisor in an IQ…
...Read MoreBritney Spears has once again been rushed to the hospital this time amidst rumors of an attempted suicide. ABC News:: “A phalanx of motorcycles, a pair of police cruisers and two helicopters descended on her Studio City home around 1 a.m. The Los Angeles Times reported the 26-year-old was removed from her home and placed…
...Read MoreScientists got a little surprise this week when they began analyzing photos and data sent back by the Messenger spacecraft who made a pass of Mercury earlier this month. Turns out Mercury isn’t quite what they expected. Messenger’s Pictures From Mercury Surprise Scientists – washingtonpost.com: “The Messenger spacecraft that sped past Mercury on Jan. 14…
...Read MoreFollowing on the heels of Facebook who opened the door for developers to begin making widgets and programs to work on the Facebook platform last October, MySpace has announced their own developer platform will go live next week letting potentially thousands of developers begin writing code people will be able to use on their Myspace…
...Read MoreIn one of the biggest downsizings since the dot.com bust Yahoo has announced plans to lay off about 1000 of it’s 14,300 employees. Columbian.com: “The Sunnyvale-based company disclosed the upcoming 7 percent reduction in its 14,300-employee work force Tuesday while reviewing a 23 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit and a cautious 2008 outlook. The bad…
...Read MoreAn out of control spy satellite that was reported as “crashing to earth” has experts assuring people that the chance you might actually be hit by the pieces of the satellite as “very slim”. BBC: “In reality, a spy satellite heading uncontrollably towards Earth is not an uncommon event, says Dr Ruediger Jehn, a space…
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