FotoFlexer: web-based image editor

First web-based image editors began to appear about three or four years ago. They looked like experimental projects as powerful as Microsoft Paint. In other words, they were not so useful and it was too difficult task for them to compete with desktop-based editors. Newer web applications which have been launched more recently have all the features of desktop image-editing programs, and you can fully enjoy their functionality, simplicity and reliability in your browser.

Today you can find so many online editors for your image that sometimes it's difficult to decide which one to use. Dave Brushinski is one of the earliest web-based image editors' writers. His Splashup was one of the first online editing software. Now he thinks that there are too many players on the market of web-based image editors and that this industry now is overcrowded. If you ask him why you should use his software and not the other one his frank answer will be that people should try several of them and decide which one image editor fits them best. Read more here..

Google Earth 5 features

Google Earth is a software product that allows you to have a look at the Earth’s surfase while sittling at your PC screen. This applience uses satellite images and topologic information to convert this data into 3D model. The maps can be easily enhanced with additional features such as wiki entries, youtube moovies, and pictures. To learn more about the program’s features check Google’s online user guide. Read more here..

About a guy who's built a computer himself

When you think of doing something yourself there's a perfect example for you - Bruce Allen. He's the world known guy with his reputation of the best in "do-it-yourselfing". To monitor the results of gravitational-wave research he needed a supercomputer and he's built it himself with his friends.

That happened in 1998, and three more supercomputers had been built for about the same purpose since then.

Now you can find his most recent work, a cluster of 1,680 engines, in Germany (Hannover). Actually, it's a 6,720-core processor and in several months after it was launched it was counted number 58 in the world. Read more here..

How to succeed in business

One of IT leaders, CIO and executive vice president for customer operations of Direct Energy (Toronto) told us several interesting facts about his education, mentoring and career success.

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