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MacUpdate now gives away 9 Mac software:

1. Backblaze: backup data online. Free 3 months ($15)

2. Grappler ($20): download music and movie on Internet

3. Color Strokes ($3): photo editor with wonderful color mixing

4. LightFrame ($30): add frames to your photos

5. Photo Batch ($15): batch photo processing (auto contrast, rename, rotate, ...)

6. Video Rotate ($3): edit and rotate videos

7. Data Guardian ($20): 448-bit data encryption/decryption

8. MacCleanse ($20): clean your Mac

9. SnapNDrag ($6): screen capture utility with 1 key press

It takes less than 1min to register. First, go to https://deals.macupdate.com/freebundle/affil/8055, click "Create Account" and provide your basic information. Then, go back to previous page and choose "Add to Cart" to buy the free package. Finally, download software and serials.

Source: 9to5mac, MacUpdate

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Nandroid backup is a backup of a running ROM (OS, configurations, personal data, apps) of an Android device. Nandroid backup is very important for users who update ROM frequently.

Usually, to create a Nandroid backup, you need to use ClockWorkMod or TWRP Recovery. However, this approach is rather time consuming. Now with Orange Backup, you can create a Nandroid backup and save it to cloud storage easily.

This app only runs with rooted devices having busybox v1.2 or later installed. With this app you can create Nandroid backup on the fly and you don't need to restart you devices. The progress is simple with clear instructions. You can also set back-up schedule with this app. In addition to Nandroid backup, the app also provides some other features: uninstall or freeze apps and talk killer.



You can download Orange Backup for free on Play Store:

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Adobe introduces a special promotion event that you now can download the whole Creative Suite 2 for free without any requirements.

Creative Suite includes all necessary software for editing photo, video, web, ... CS2, which was released in April, 2005, contains Photoshop CSP (9.0), Audition 3.0, Acrobat 3D 1.0, Acrobat Pro 8.0, Illustrator CS, InCopy CS2, InDesign CS and Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0.

The free CS2 is compatible with Windows (XP or later) and Mac OS X (only v.10.2.8-v.10.3.8, PowerPC® G4 or G5 processor). Therefore, Mac users must run Snow Leopard or earlier and install Rosetta to run CS2.

Download Adobe CS2 (free)

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Following steps show a simple way to record calls with Gtalk or other chatting programs (Yahoo Messenger, Skype) without installing and using third-party software:

1) Plug headphone to your PC, right click on Volume icon and choose "Recording devices" from pop-up menu

2) The Sound dialog appears, choose "Stereo Mix" from the list. If you cannot find it,  right click on empty space of the list of devices and choose "Show Disabled Devices"


3) Right click on "Stereo Mix" and choose "Enable"


4) Click Properties in Playback tab of Sound Dialog to open "Speaker Properties" dialog


5) Go to Level tab, maximize the volume level and click OK


6) Open Sound Recorder program in Programs > Accessories > Entertainment. When you make a call with Gtalk or other chatting programs, click Start to record. Click Stop if you want to stop recording and finally save the file for later use.

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Ann Video Converter is a good software to convert video between formats. It supports all popular video formats (WMV, MPEG, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD, VCD, SVCD, MOV RM, MP4, RMVB...). You can also convert your video to a MP3 file with this software.

Ann Video Converter also supports some simple video editing functions (cut, crop, watermark, change brightness, add title, ...). It costs 39USD but now you can get it for free.

First, go to http://www.annvideo.com/promotion.htm and copy the Register Code:

Then, click "Get it Free" and "Download Now" in the next page. After installing the program, you can activate it with the Register Code above.

And enjoy

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Don’t miss a chance to download and use Xara Photo & Graphic Designer v5 for free now. This promotional program is available until Nov 24, 2011. Xara Photo & Graphic Designer is a professional software for designing and editing photos. It costs $89.99.

Producer: Magix
Price: Free (until Nov 24)
Size: 364.81Mb/Windows XP/Vista/7

To own a free version of this software, go to http://www.magix.com/?id=9192&L=52 and choose “Download now for free!”. After downloading and installing, you need to activate it within 7 days.

To activate Xara Photo & Graphic Designer, you need an internet connection. In the program’s interface, choose “Register Program (with internet)”

Then choose “I do not have a login and would like to register.”

Then input your information into the form

You will receive an email containing an activation code. Copy and paste this code (25 characters) into the program to complete.

Enjoy!

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Tablets using Android Honeycomb are more and more powerful. They usually are powered by dual-core processor and high-performance graphics chipsets. Why don’t we use Android tablets for editing daily photos with following apps.

1. PicSay Pro

PicSay Pro is a well-known photo editing app. It supports many tools for editing color and adding stuffs, such as dialogs and beautiful stickers, into your images. Its simple yet useful interface makes it easy to use. It costs about 5$ on Android Market.

After staring this app, a small dialog display for you to choose an image for editing. You can choose an image from library or from other apps. Since its interface is optimized for Android Honeycomb tablets, it is rather easy to use. PicSay Pro supports following features:

- New Title: add a title to your images with many different fonts. You can input the title in a small textbox. You can move the title by dragging it with your finger. You can delete it by touching it and choosing Delete in the context menu.

+ Word Balloon: You can add balloons into your images. There are several kinds of balloons. To add effects to the balloons, you can double click on the balloons and choose Effects in the context menu.

+ Sticker: You can add stickers to your images. This app provides many kinds of stickers. You can also change the size of the stickers.

+ Effects: the most important feature of this app. You can choose from more than 20 effects. You can draw on the images, add another image to the current one, add color effects, … And, of course, you can change the contrast, brightness, color space, and remove red eyes.

After editing, you can export the resulting images to share on Facebook or send via email or send to other apps. One of drawbacks of this app is the image resolution is reduced when exporting. For example, an original image with 2048x1536 will be reduced to 1067x800.

2. Vignette
Although Vignette is known as a camera capturing app, you can use the photo editing feature in Vignette to edit photos. To choose an image in library to edit, you can touch on Menu, choose Import and choose an image.

Then, you choose Menu > Effects to edit the image. This app doesn’t support preview when choosing effects. However, it supports many good effects such as creating bolder, creating black/white effect, filters, etc.

You may need sometime to be familiar with this app because the interface is rather difficult to use. One of good features of this app is you can save effects or borders to favorite that will be applied to other images. The image resolution isn’t changed when exporting.

3. BeFunky Pro
The interface of BeFunky Pro is easier to use than that of Vignette. In the main interface,  main features are placed on the top. BeFunky allows modifying images captured directly from camera or in library. This app is rather strange because it doesn’t support landscape interface mode.

Main features of BeFunky:

- Edit: edit the details of images. You can modify the brightness, change the contrast, or rotate or crop images, and sharpen images.  The Smart Sharpen feature of this app is rather good.

- Effects: BeFunky provides about 50 effects that are classified into: Instant, Old Photo, Basics, Pop Art, Cartoonish, Toycam, Pinhole, Grunge, B&W, Cyanotype, and ViewFinder.

BeFunky Pro also provides many frames for you.

After editing, you can upload and share with your friends on Facebook, Flickr, or the website of BeFunky.

 

4. Adobe Photoshop Express
This simple version of Photoshop contains most of basic photo editing functions. This app has a similar interface for both smartphones and tablets.

 

5. Photo Editor of Samsung TouchWiz UX
If you have a Samsung Android tablet with ROM TouchWiz UX, you can find and install the app named “Photo Editor”. This app is available with Samsung tablet and has most of basic functions for editing photos.

With this app, you can choose a specific image region that you want to edit.