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S teve Jobs has just posted a long open letter on Flash , listing all the reasons why Apple has decided not to support it on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The letter is a clear, sober, in-depth view in all of Flash’s defects from Apple’s point of view, and while we’re sure it will be dissected over and over in the upcoming days (especially the part about Flash not being open), you have to admire its frankness. In short, Steve Jobs claims Flash drains the battery of mobile devices; it’s not very good for multi-touch operation, and its performance, reliability and security are all shoddy. It’s also a proprietary system, and while Jobs admits that their mobile OS is also proprietary, he claims that web standards should be open, like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Most importantly Apple doesn’t want “a third party layer of software (to) come between the platform and the developer.” Finally, Jobs concludes, Flash is a relic. “Flash was created during the PC era –- for PCs and mice,” he says,...

P hoto Manipulations are always very interesting to watch because because they give a realistic view of an unreal picture. And one Swedish artist has turned the world on its head by taking photos of everyday life and distorting them into mind-boggling pieces of art. Erik Johansson, a 23-year-old computer engineering student, from Sweden has a sense for good ideas for manipulations. While most people try to hide when they use Photoshop to brush up their pictures, Erik Johansson quite obviously distorts images but does it so cleverly that we almost start believing in the amazing illusions he creates. In one shot (see the photo above,) a man appears to pick up a tarmac road and drag it behind him like a sheet; in another a young man seems to be ironing his own two-dimensional body (see the photo below.) Unlike digital artists who find random pictures they can build upon, Johansson’s work is his own, 100 per cent. He comes up with an idea for a new image, sets out to take the pictures and ...

F acebook now displays detailed invite history to all their users. 1. If you would like to know who all have joined Facebook because of you, go here . 2. If you would like to see a list of all people whom you have invited to join Facebook but they are yet to accept your invitation, go here . 3. If you like to know who in your friends circle has brought the maximum number of people to Facebook so far, go to facebook.com/impact . The Facebook Invites history page also gives an option to send email reminders to friends who are yet to join the social site incase your previous invites went unnoticed or if they landed in the junk folder.

S etting up a wireless home network is pretty simple now. Get a wireless router, connect the Internet port of the router to your broadband modem and then connect any of the numbered LAN ports to the desktop computer through an Ethernet cable. Wireless G (or 802.11g) routers offer fairly good Wi-Fi signal strength but if you plan to transfer large files or stream videos around the house, you may well consider switching to a slightly more expensive Wireless N (or 802.11n) router – these offer better signal strength and higher data transfer speeds than Wireless G routers. There’s however one problem with Wi-Fi signals emanating from your wireless router – they only have a limited range. The wireless signal strength will degrade as the distance between the router and your laptop increases and it will further weaken if you have too many brick walls in the house or if your computer is located on a different floor than the router. Ways to Boost the WiFi Signal Strength If you too have a probl...

A dobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software. Its main purpose is for film and video post-production. With Adobe After Effects it’s possible to create so great looking visual effects as in “Hollywood style” movies. Adobe After Effects is mainly used to create visual effects for commercials and movies but you can also create image slide-shows, some small videos, transition effects for websites and stuff like that. It is not difficult to learn by your own. You only need to find some good tutorials and you are ready to start. There are a lot of good tutorials these days, just try to search for them on the Internet. Here is a massive collection of Adobe After Effects tutorials which, in our opinion, are very useful for learning After Effects. They are categorized in these following section for your learning convenience: Beginners , Intermediate users and Advanced users . Enjoy the beauty of Adobe After Effects! For beginners Introduction to Adobe After Effect...