Interesting things are happening at YouTube, now owned by Google. The cloud, cloud computing, is trying to be a big deal though it’s seems to start and stop. But this could be a shot in the cloud. Google says YouTube’s new editing tool allows users to manipulate video online, FREE.
Apparently there’s no complicated software download [...]
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YouTube offers cloud video editing FREE
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Wizard101 RPG – grandparents find cross generation family fun
Want to see something cool? Fire up your computer, even your five year-old computer or your netbook. Go over to Wizard101.com, an innovative, entertaining, family participation role play game. Known as an MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game), Wizard101 delights people from pre-readers to post-retirement and everything in between.
I know. I play it. So do my [...]
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10 Basic HTML 5 facts for regular people
If you follow tech news, you’ve heard a bucketful about the virtual war between Apple and Adobe (makers of FLASH) over web design. Apple supports adopting HTML5 and Adobe still says FLASH is the thang. What’s it all about? Money and sales, of course, but here are some facts about how HTML5 may relate to [...]
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Head into cloud computing with Google Docs
There’s a FREE online productivity suite that uses none of your system’s resources and requires no download. Google Docs is fun to explore and to play with. If you want to jump on the bandwagon and get some of the larger programs off your own harddrive, in other words, go for cloud computing, start with [...]
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Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premier hit the consumer mark
Adobe’s latest consumer photo and video editing software package combines PhotoShop Elements, the latest light version of PhotoShop with Premier Elements – a video editor perfect for hobby-level videographers.
This latest boxed set retails at $119 to $150, depending upon whether you upgrade or start new. That’s a 25% savings over the separate programs. This time, [...]
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Computing with voice recognition – Dragon
Computer fatigue, carpel tunnel, stiff neck, all can be alleviated or resolved, at least partially, if you switch to computing with voice recognition software. One of the best out there is Dragon, Naturally Speaking
Voice activated software – programs that type what you speak into a microphone, saved me from embarrassment. A strange thing happens when [...]
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Dump your paper files and go digital at home
Wouldn’t you love to turn all your paper files into digital or electronic files? Honestly, aren’t you personally challenged by the mound of paper, personal and business, avalanching through your mail box and across your desk or kitchen table? I don’t have a secretary. I spend hours each month shuffling. Filing. How ’bout you?
When I [...]
