Tuesday, December 28, 2004

It's Been a Day-to-Day Battle With Intruders...: "It's Been a Day-to-Day Battle With Intruders. With viruses, worms, spyware, spam and phishing, running a computer this year -- especially one with Windows -- has often been a colossal headache. ... Windows users did gain one decent remedy this year -- switching from Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to Mozilla Firefox, released in November as a free download for Windows as well as Mac OS X and Linux (www.mozilla.org). Firefox is safer to use because it lacks IE's support for ActiveX Web programs (commonly used to hijack browsers) while adding defenses against "phishing" identity-theft scams." (Via Wash Post.) 7:10:14 AM

Kodak's new image: "Ten years ago, Kodak manufactured the first digital camera aimed for sale to retail consumers, the $749 QuickTake 100, sold by Apple Computer. . But by 2000, Sony had muscled in as the leading digital camera maker and Kodak was hovering near 5 percent of the market, a dire position, while the film business - which it had dominated for a decade - was starting to collapse. " (Via By Saul Hansell of the The New York Times.) 6:59:58 AM

Photoshop Curves: Stepping Up From Levels: "We've spent a few weeks now getting our feet wet adjusting image brightness and contrast in Photoshop using Levels. It's time this week to wade in a bit further and start taking a look at Curves. You won't need to hold your breath just yet though. This week, just the basics, along with what the adjustments we've already done in Levels look like in Curves...." (Via Earthbound Light Photography Tips.) 6:46:47 AM

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