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Free Photoshop for Teachers and Students Online

https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
Adobe has just released a great tool for basic editing of photos.  The best part about it is that it is free and does not require installation.  Photoshop Express is a free online application that lets you do a variety of things to photos, including: Cropping, Rotating, adding effects, correcting blemishes and more.  This is […]

Using Older Computers (Part 2)

In our last post on this subject we talked about possible operating systems, and security issues. In this article we will discuss software for your older PCs. When the machines were developed they ran existing software very well. The trouble came when we upgraded software that put more demand on the machines […]

Adobe CS 3 Brings together Adobe’s Assets

Website: http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/Grade: ? PendingPrice: $489.95-$995.95 depending on version (Academic Pricing)
Later this month Adobe is scheduled to release it’s CS 3 suites of creativity software. Adobe has made many acquisitions over the last few years including Macromedia with the most used web development software Dreamweaver and Premiere the popular Video Editing software. With […]

Program: Stellarium Website: http://www.stellarium…

Program: StellariumWebsite: http://www.stellarium.org/Grade: ACost: Free
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. This application is available for Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux. A useful guide is also […]

Computer Maintenance "Free Solutions"

I have received a significant amount of response from my consumer alert regarding System Mechanic 7 Professional. Many others have had great challenges and problems with System Mechanic. The challenge we are faced with is how do we keep our XP systems running efficiently. I am currently looking at the other […]

Consumer Alert: System Mechanic Professional 7

I recently purchased System Mechanic 7 Professional because I had some slowing of my machine and my Anti-Virus subscription ran out so I thought I would give it a shot. I made the mistake of purchasing the program without using the 30 day trial, and it turned out to be a big mistake. […]