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I have been using Tweetdeck on and off for about a month and like it on most occasions - I am more curious where it will go next….. here is yet another update to add more features. I like seeing new developers with constant updates rolling out if is refreshing to see people actually jazzed about a new development base.

“Well I wasn’t planning a v0.16.1 but a few things came together at the last moment and the level of new functionality warranted a new point release. So here it is.

First off the most obvious new feature is the introduction of system chrome in place of the nice Adobe AIR chromeless window. This is obviously not a style choice but letting the OS handle the window functions (resize, maximize, minimize etc) makes the window more stable, seems to solve a lot of window issues people are having especially on Vista and having transparency turned off has significantly reduced RAM usage.”

More info here:
http://iain.posterous.com/tweetdeck-v0161b-details

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Paul over at the Supersite put up a great little tidbit of info about the latest Live Mesh update and its a good bit of info and a great additional feature to the Mesh Service…..

Check in out here:

Earlier this month, Microsoft made some changes to Live Mesh, including very low level support for P2P (peer to peer) folder sharing. The problem was (at the time) that you couldn’t configure this explicitly in the UI. So if you wanted to exclude the Live Desktop from a folder share (and not exceed the Web desktop’s 5 GB storage limit) there was no real way to do so. Instead, what you could do was simply share over 5 GB of data, and exceed that limit. Everything over 5 GB would be P2P only (that is, shared only between PCs in your Mesh). It wasn’t elegant but it did work: I was sharing out my 25 GB music library this way, for example.

Read the entire article and get the instructions on how to use it by clicking here

Thanks for the better incite into the latest update Paul…..

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I have been using Live Mesh for about 3 weeks now with no issues and I have to say I am truly impressed with it so far. Basically I have not had to carry a thumb drive for the last three weeks because it is working so well..

I await Live Mesh updates in the future that might support even more and more interesting features like bookmark syncing across multiple devices and Outlook email syncing possibilities?

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Live Mesh

Service update: new build coming today (0.9.3103.9)

- We are pleased to announce the release of our next update, which will be is now available later today . We’re making Live Mesh available to even more people, and removing the limit on the number of i

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Service update: new build coming today (0.9.3103.9)

from Live Mesh by Live Mesh Team

We are pleased to announce the release of our next update, which will be is now available later today. We’re making Live Mesh available to even more people, and removing the limit on the number of invites that you have. We’ve also greatly streamlined the sign-up process. And of course we’ve made a number of general performance improvements as well. There are more details below. By default your Live Mesh client will automatically update itself within 24 hours of the new build being posted, but you can always right-click the Notifier icon in the system tray and choose to force an immediate update.

What’s new

• More capacity: We’ve again raised the limit on the total number of customers we’ll allow to access the Live Mesh Tech Preview. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
• Expanded availability: If your country/region is the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand you can sign up for Live Mesh directly, with no waiting list, by visiting www.mesh.com. We’re limiting the Tech Preview to these countries/regions for now because we want to make sure that all customers have a great experience with Live Mesh, and we’re still in the process of testing the experience for other countries/regions.
• More invites: There is no longer any limit on the number of invitations that Live Mesh customers have for inviting others to the Tech Preview. Invite as many people as you like! (as long as they’re in one of the countries/regions mentioned above, of course.)
• Simplified waiting list: Though we’re not quite ready to accept customers into the Tech Preview from countries/regions other than the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, we have greatly simplified the waiting list process for everyone else. You no longer need to sign up through Microsoft Connect. Instead, simply sign in with your Live ID on www.mesh.com, click Sign Up, and you’ll automatically be notified once Live Mesh is available in your country/region.
• Performance tuning: We’ve continued making a number of back-end performance enhancements, including tuning the P2P synchronization channel.

Windows Vista User Account Control (UAC) reminder

While we no longer require that UAC be enabled when running Live Mesh on Vista SP1, if you initially installed Live Mesh with UAC enabled, and then disabled it, you might have some issues upgrading. Please see the “NOTICE: Updating Lie Mesh and User Account Control (UAC)” Announcement on the Live Mesh forums for further information.

As always, we are continuing to improve Live Mesh with all the great feedback we’ve been receiving from our customers. Keep it coming!

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Well I have now upgraded to Lightroom 2.0. Hopefully this weekend I will have time to put a review together based ok how I need to use the application. Sometimes those types of reviews are more real world for similiar users to myself……. Now it’s time to figure out what new features I will actually want to incorporate into the revised workflow.

We shall see…..

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A very good Intro post from Fred from Adobe located here:

http://frederickvan.com/blog/2008/07/28/introducing-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-2/

I need to ask what happens to current Beta users and those who did help develop the product, are we out of luck will it continue to work?

Special Deal to Beta users and contributors?

I guess we will find out….

Excerpt of the release below….

Pricing is in the Adobe store:

299.99 Full - 99.00 Upgrade

Major Software Upgrade Further Simplifies Photography Workflows

Full Press release here - Click

SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 29, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish. As Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel® processors and Microsoft® Windows® Vista® 64-bit operating systems, Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images.

“A worldwide community of photographers provided valuable insight and feedback, as part of the Lightroom 2 public beta program, ultimately helping us deliver a better product,” said Tom Hogarty, senior product manager for Lightroom and Camera Raw at Adobe. “We’ve considered their requests which helped us develop useful features that make it easier than ever for our customers to quickly refine, enhance and present brilliant photographs.”

Photoshop Lightroom 2: Smarter, Faster and More Accurate

The enhanced Library module in Lightroom 2 helps streamline and accelerate photographers’ workflows. With the ability to visually organize images across multiple hard drives, Lightroom 2 and its powerful Library Filter Bar makes it easy for users to quickly find the images they need. The Suggested Keywords feature helps photographers keyword their images by making intelligent suggestions based on their own previous efforts. New dual-monitor support allows users to expand their workspace, giving them flexibility to edit and organize images in a way that maximizes an additional display.

In the Develop module, the new Local Adjustment Brush lets photographers fine-tune specific areas of an image to precisely adjust color, exposure and tonal range without affecting other areas of the image. The new Graduated Filter expands the toolbox in Lightroom, allowing for edits to larger areas by applying gradually diminishing or increasing adjustment effects such as exposure, clarity, and saturation, alone, or in any combination. Lightroom 2 also helps photographers print more efficiently by quickly arranging photos of multiple sizes on one or many pages with flexible and customizable templates to maximize paper and ink. Intelligent algorithms automatically determine optimal sharpening for screen or print, producing crisper images faster. Developers can further extend the Lightroom workflow with Web, Export and Metadata Software Development Kits available at the Adobe Developer Connection, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/ .

Ground-Breaking Innovation in Raw Technology

New raw technology gives photographers access to flexible camera profiles. Camera profiles are the visual starting point for the raw processing workflow, but image preferences vary for every photographer. To minimize surprises, Adobe is supplying default camera profiles that closely emulate the visual looks that photographers are used to seeing from their favorite camera, while also providing the ability to create highly customized profiles to suit different tastes. Camera profiles are available for immediate download on Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com ) for use with Lightroom 2 and Camera Raw 4.5, along with the DNG Profile Editor for the community to test and create their own profiles.

The Adobe Camera Raw 4.5 plug-in and DNG Converter 4.5 are also now available on Adobe.com and support over 190 camera models including the Olympus E 420 and E 520 models.

“One of the big reasons why Lightroom has become such a phenomenon among serious photographers is that Adobe built it with the input of a very vocal user community,” said Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). “Adobe really listens to the issues and challenges today’s photographers face and they’ve built a complete solution that not only meets the needs of photographers; it really feels like it was made just for us. The enhancements to Lightroom 2, combined with the power of Photoshop, give photographers the ultimate freedom to produce professional images quickly.”

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Well with the introduction of wordpress for the iPod touch I guess we will see even more blog posts. Well as long as we have wi-fi and small thumbs.

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