A little while after I arrived home from work the other day, my wife asked me if I had ever heard of 'Animoto'. I gave her an odd look in response because on my commute home I repeatedly found myself behind a black car with the license plate 'ANIMATO' Fortunately, Animoto is a website that allows you to easily create dynamic slideshows from your pictures and video files and … [Read more...]
Hidden Easter Eggs in Software and The Security Implications
With Easter yesterday, it got me thinking about Easter Eggs. Are you aware that there could be hidden little gems in the software you use every day? Some applications, video games, DVDs, and others include little intentional tidbits of code that people might randomly stumble into that shows off some cool feature, display the credits, or are part of some inside joke by the … [Read more...]
Software GiveAways
Freeware is a great alternative to commercial software, sometimes it's even the better choice. Unfortunately there isn't always a freeware alternative. The only thing better than finding the freeware that you need is getting the commercial software that you want for free, legally. Check out these websites for free fully-licensed commercial software. Giveaway of the Day Giveaway … [Read more...]
Adobe’s CS5 Suite is Coming
Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and the rest of the CS Suite is coming out with version CS5, April 12th. To entice people to buy it, the Photoshop team has been releasing a few videos showing off the latest features. By now, you've probably seen the Content-Aware Fill video, but have you seen the Puppet Warp that was just released? Here's the Content-Aware Fill … [Read more...]
Chem4Word – Show Chemistry Notations Easily in Word
Thankfully, my days of using chemistry in school are well behind me but I easily recall the frustrations of trying to type up a chemical formula or draw a compound. Once again proving that later generations have it easier than I did, Microsoft Research in partnership with Cambridge University have released an add-in for Microsoft Word that specializes in displaying … [Read more...]