Software: The First Version of Photoshop

An interesting look back at Photoshop 1.0. Photoshop's developers, Thomas and John Knoll began development on Photoshop in 1987. Version 1 was released by Adobe in 1990. The program was intended from the start as a tool for manipulating images that were digitized by a scanner, which was a rare and expensive device in those days.

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Video:Dane Cook Insomniac Tour

24 minutes of Dane Cook's Live show from the Insomniac Tour. (NSFW)

Resource: Veerle's Link

Great web design resource on a great site.
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Software: 10 Free Plug-ins to Enhance Photoshop

Take the world's best image-editing program and make it better with these free plug-ins that let you spruce up your images like the professionals.

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Design: Open Source Web Templates - Amazing Designs

Is the new level of designs going to put designers out of work?

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Software: Sound Dogs: Original Online Sound Effects Library

Founded almost ten years ago by veteran Hollywood sound editors, Sound Dogs is the original online sound effects library. The site boasts over 400,000 downloadable sounds including award-winning effects from big-budget films and world-class music. The virtual library of sounds lists everything you can imagine.

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Software: Majority of Web Users use 1024x768 Resolution

The screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels has signficantly decreased since July 2005. More and more internet users choose for screen resolution 1024 x 768 or higher. The finding has important implications for web site designers because most web sites are designed for a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. 1280x1024 is #2 in the world.

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Software: Cars Movie - 17 hrs per Frame using 3,000 computers.

The average time to render a single frame of film for "Cars" was 17 hours. Even with a sophisticated network of 3000 computers, and state-of-the-art lightning fast processors that operate up to four times faster than they did on "The Incredibles," it still took many days to render a single second of finished film.

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Hardware: DIY 4 GHZ Dual Core Gaming Rig for $720

Who needs a mere 4-GHz of processing power these days? Why not double it up, with a dual-core device while you're at it? Our do it yourself (DIY) project shows how you can build a dual-core CPU PC by buying parts from your friendly neighborhood or online PC component vendor.

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Software: Vista Beta 2 Now available to download

Microsoft has just opened up beta 2 for public download but as of 10:00am thursday morning there website seems to be out of bandwidth...

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Software: Adobe to phase out Freehand, GoLive

Adobe said that it will discontinue Macromedia Freehand illustration and and its own GoLive web design product, as the company simplifies its product line following the recent purchase and aquisition of Macromedia.

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Deal: Free P & PG Movies this Summer!

A bunch of the major theatres are offering free G and PG movies this summer. Most are during the day, but it's not bad for free.

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Software: A Tour of Windows Vista Beta 2

Ars Technica gives a wonderfully indepth visual tour of Windows Vista Beta 2, with an eye to what it can offer you.

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