http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code

A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" is derived from "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type of two dimensional codes.

With QR Codes the hardlink between the offline, physcial world and online, virtual world is established, so emily chang about mobile tagging...

for reading QR codes on the iPhone, you can use NeoReader

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Qtpfsgui is an open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging.

Qtpfsgui
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Microsoft's Photosynth software is designed to craft a browsable 3D model by stitching together and analyzing multiple photographs....

Photosynth installs two programs on your computer: a Web browser plug-in for viewing synths, and an application (called "Photosynth") for creating them....

Photosynth was born of a collaboration between Microsoft and the University of Washington...

http://labs.live.com/
http://livelabs.com/blog/

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TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology. Given an image to search for, TinEye tells you where and how that image appears all over the web—even if it has been modified.

http://ideeinc.com/

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Check out Cyclo.ps

Cyclo.ps is in simple terms..."Google for stock photos sites." It allows users to enter their search term once and get results from stock photo sites in one easy to use interface. The current sites include, iStockphoto, Fotolia, Shutterstock, BigStockPhoto, and Photos.com.

http://cyclo.ps
http://cyclo.ps/blog/

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Google Updates Picasa and Picasa Web Albums this week.
as rww reported,

the desktop application now lets you create collages, retouch photos, add text to your images, and upload your videos to YouTube.
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You can now easily sync albums between your desktop and Picasa's online albums. Any change you make on the desktop will be reflected online.

Picasa 3 Download
Picasa Web Album

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...which is closer to Photoshop than web-based Adobe’s Photoshop Express.

Pixlr is a free online image editor, jump in and start edit, adjust, filter. It's just what you imagine!

http://pixlr.blogspot.com/
http://www.pixlr.com/

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The Google Chart API is an extremely simple tool that lets you easily create a chart from some data and embed it in a webpage. You embed the data and formatting parameters in an HTTP request, and Google returns a PNG image of the chart. Many types of chart are supported, and by making the request into an image tag you can simply include the chart in a webpage.

Currently kind of line, bar, and pie charts, as well as venn diagrams and scatter plots are supported.

http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

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After all, there's already Picnik, Adobe Photoshop Express, FotoFlexer, and dozens of others. One of our favorites is Splashup, which has a very desktop application-like feel. And for the life of us, we can't decide if Sumopaint is just a simple Splashup clone or just an incredibly similar web app. [continue]

http://www.sumopaint.com

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MagToo lets you create great panoramic shots to share with others.

MagToo is an image widget application, which allows users to create slide shows with a unique magnifier tool, and immersive 360 degree panorama style shows....and more

http://www.magtoo.com

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Pixeloo is a digital art project among the community of artists in California.
This art of image editing is called untooning, when cartoons get human textures.

Untooning Jessica Rabbit Youtube Video

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Influenced from/ Based on russian developer GrAnd,

CHDK is an open source software project that can be loaded on cameras using Canon's DIGIC II or DIGIC III firmware platforms. It unleashes new features including RAW file format, live histogram display, a battery readout, and the ability to run scripted actions on a camera.

The Software Kit does not replace your original firmware, so you can every time uninstall/undo it.

The Kit (only 3 files: 'DISKBOOT.BIN', 'PS.FIR' and a language pack 'english.lng') will be stored on the root of your sd card.


I pimped my Canon IXUS 70/SD1000 with allbest-ixus70_sd1000-101b-49.zip and got a lot of new features.

allbest firmware update list can be load from http://malbe.nm.ru/chdk/.
for detailed information and how to install read a howto article from wired.com. very easy to understand...thx.


What camera models are supported by the CHDK program?

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Last year we posted about the public viewing of an online version of Photoshop. Now it is in beta and public for us.

The Photoshop web based application requires the Flash Player 9 and offers gallery and editing functions.
Before you start, you must load your picutre on an Adobe server. After registering Adobe will each user offer up to 2 GBytes of storage space. You can also export your picutre to facebook.

Sure, now there are many image processing web application around us, but have a look at adobe's step to their web based solution.



url Adobe Photoshop Express

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