Tag: PICTURES

We at Switched know a lot about the pitfalls of trying to extract a clear image from grainy, wobbly or otherwise substandard video (i.e. every single one of our YouTube screencaps). Even as high definition cameras become more and more commonplace, pulling clear stills from those videos can prove difficult, but Microsoft may have a nifty solution. Microsoft researcher Neel Joshi showed off some ...

Working at a site that covers social networking, let's be honest: Mark Zuckerberg is a great target. The red-headed, aww-shucks demeanor of the young Facebook CEO, partnered with his scatterbrained (and often disastrous) Facebook face-lifts make him easy fodder -- and a Justin Timberlake-starring movie about his life just adds icing to the cake. After the debacle of the last major privacy change, ...

A photo is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, but your Facebook photo might be worth more. It is, after all, available to the entire world. Let's face it; we're all vain to varying degrees, and have some sort of self-image that we're constantly trying to project online. A newly released study aims to determine just what it means to project our avatar through the lens of social ...

One of the main benefits of the Apple iPod and the iTouch, besides the obvious video and music capabilities, is the availability of applications providing any number of services. If you're looking for recent sports scores or pictures, the latest celebrity news, or images from the Pope's Middle Eastern journey, as the frequent commercials say, there are apps for that. In fact, there's one app ...

We could tell from the press shot that this here laptop bag was far and away the most beautiful of the TSA-approved bunch, and a recent review over at Gadling confirms it. Put simply, the Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer is "fantastic," and even the reviewer found himself startled at just how much he dug it. The build quality was remarkable, the ease of use was commendable and the design itself was ...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (Sorry, but where else were we gonna use that line?) For those unaware, Esquire's October issue is on newsstands now, and 100,000 99,999 lucky souls out there will receive one with a flashing E Ink display. Just in case you aren't quite lucky enough to apprehend one of your own, however, The Dastardly Report's Ryan Joseph was kind enough to snap a few ...

Those of you who didn't stay up late last night and check out the new PlayStation Store on your own now have nowhere to go. Stuck inside your cube with no early lunch, no way to slip out at 3:00 -- nada. Thankfully, the crew over at PS3 Fanboy has the goods to satisfy your appetite until you get home. Tap the read link for a gallery of hands-on shots, and chime in below with your likes / ...

Today, Adobe launched a beta version of Photoshop Express. Aimed at anyone who wants to do quick edits of pictures, this new flash-based version of Photoshop is totally free and runs right in your Web browser -- perfect for anyone who doesn't want to clog up their computer with a full program installation or drop hundreds of dollars on the regular version of Photoshop. The service also allows ...

As we recently reported, sales and downloads of wallpaper images are on the decline due to the proliferation of people using camera phone photos to decorate their cell phone screens. Now, a new service called YoWgo is hoping to carve into those sales even further. Here's how it works: Lets say you want a photo of a cute little kitten for your cell phone screen and there are no cute little kittens ...