The latest developer release of the GNU Image Manipulation Program, better known as simply GIMP, features a redesigned interface and some exciting, long-awaited new features. GIMP is a free, open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. While GIMP has failed to make serious inroads among graphics professions — for whom Photoshop is less a program than [...]

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Six Apart, makers of Movable Type, Typepad and other popular blogging services, have launched a new Facebook application designed to broadcast your posts to just about any external source you’d like. Blog It allows you to compose and post updates within the Facebook interface and have them simultaneously appear on any one of the ten [...]

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Dear, wise readers: I’m looking for a Linux command-line tool that can convert ASCII plain text files to Rich Text Format. Sure, it’s a Microsoft-owned standard, but it’s pretty interoperable, and a good lightweight alternative to .doc. Unlike, say, .odt, old-school tech illiterates won’t freak out if you send them one. I’ve tried text2rtf, which [...]

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There’s a new beta version of Google Earth available which features revamped navigation controls and some slick new layers like 3-D photo-realistic buildings in major cities and time-lapse views of sunsets and sunrises. Also new in Google Earth 4.3 is access to the street view movies found in Google Maps. Just click on any of [...]

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