Tools to reduce size and weight of image

The image quality provided by today's cameras have a drawback: attach to an email or uploading to a social network can be slow... or impossible.

Keep in mind that the reduction means a loss of image information.

There are free programs on operating systems like Mac OS X and Windows.

Web services are also very easy to use.

Today, the digital cameras and mobile art are capable of giving high quality images and large users.

The main problem comes when you want to manage these photos via Internet. Its weight can cause problems when trying to attach in an email or upload to a social network , for example. Web services and social networks often have limitations on the maximum sizes of images and attachments, so that the operation to attach or upload can sometimes be impossible.

There are some solutions to overcome this problem and reduce the weight and size of these images, as indicated from Consumer . Keep in mind that the reduction involves a loss of information of the image.

In Windows you can use Paint, very basic but can help those less initiated in digital retouching. Account in the 'image' with the option to collapse and expand an image by introducing horizontal and vertical values. With a value of 50% horizontal and vertical, the image is reduced to a quarter. Other free applications for this operating system are Light Image Resizer and Fotosizer

In Mac OS X , when you open any image with the application 'Preview' from the 'Tools> Adjust Size' is possible to indicate the new dimensions of the image. This application also automatically calculates the new output file size, resizing and optimizing the selected image. In the case of decreasing the weight of a batch of images, one option is to create a workflow tool for Mac OS X. Automator

Picasa from Google account, among other features, with the option to optimize the size of the images. Flickr is not the case, which resizes images uploaded to a maximum and then makes replicas in different sizes, so that later propose several formats for each picture.

Other options include web gear. Services to reduce the size of images without having to install any application on your computer:

Reduction of photos.

Resize Your Image.

Resize2email.

Image Optimizer.

Shrink Pictures.

Keep in mind that in some cases these services only perform the function of optimizing the size of the image , but without affecting its original size. That is, only made the option to compress an image by using proprietary algorithms, in order to provide a optimized compression that some desktop applications. This is the case of web services like those provided by Image Optimization or Jpegmini. The latter is a free service that can be used without registration, promises a five times lower in reducing the file size without losing image quality minimum. For registered users, has other features like the option to temporarily gain for optimization albums and share images on platforms such as Picasa and Flickr.

Google and Microsoft to buy Yahoo

Rumors are fired on the sale of Yahoo after the fall of 26% of its profits in the third quarter of 2011.

Microsoft had made a bid for Yahoo in 2008.

Google is aware that a purchase transaction would involve a federal government investigation for possible harm to competition.

Yahoo has a market value of 20,000 million dollars.

The computer giants Google and Microsoft are among the possible candidates to buy Yahoo , after the poor performance of the popular web portal, according to the newspaper reported Saturday Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft, already made a bid for Yahoo in 2008 by 47,500 million dollars, would be in talks with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board through a mixture of preferred shares and bonds , although the transaction price has not transpired.

Bill Gates's company currently has an agreement with Yahoo to develop a search engine set.

Google comes in.

At the same time, the financial newspaper indicates that Google would have analyzed the acquisition of Yahoo , also through private equity firms.

However, Google executives are aware that one such operation would cause a more than possible investigation by the federal government for possible harm to competition and monopoly.

The rumors about the sale of Yahoo have soared this week after the results of the popular Web site that showed a profit drop of 26% in the third quarter of this year, for the same period in 2010.

In addition, the surprise dismissal of the CEO , Carol Bartz, in September and had shown the nervousness and uncertainty within Yahoo at the inability to adapt to market changes.

Currently, Yahoo has a market value of approximately 20,000 million dollars (about 14,400 million euros).

Biography of Steve Jobs

The first part of the biography of the founder of Apple has been translated into fourteen languages and leave this Monday for sale in eighteen countries.

It is hoped that this first edition is exhausted in a short time, so that the publisher Kodansha already preparing two editions of 50,000 copies each.

With over 25,000 copies reserved in advance , the first part of the authorized biography of the late Steve Jobs , written by Walter Isaacson, arrived Monday at Japanese bookstores in an edition of 100.0000 units.

It is hoped that this first edition is exhausted in a short time, so that the publisher Kodansha, responsible for the publication, and preparing two editions of 50,000 copies each , explained a company spokesman. The first part of the biography of the founder of Apple has been translated into fourteen languages and leave this Monday for sale in eighteen countries.

Steve Jobs wanted the renowned Japanese designer created uniforms for Issei Miyake Apple employees

In this volume, the Japanese version has 432 pages and priced at 1995 yen (19 euros), will follow a sequel in Japan will be released on November 1 with an initial printing of 100,000 copies and a second edition of 50,000.

Nippon press ahead some anecdotes of the biography , as the fact that Steve Jobs wanted the renowned Japanese designer Issei Miyake created uniforms for the employees of Apple. When California entrepreneur came up with this idea after visiting Sony factories where workers were dressed by the designer, but eventually the initiative did not come forward before the opposition of Apple's own employees.

The book, according to media Nipponese, also ensures that the high-necked black jersey that became a hallmark of Steve Jobs was inspired by the designs of Issei Miyake , who would have sent a hundred of these garments.

It was expected that the biography of Steve Jobs went on sale on November 21 , but his death on October 5 made its publication be brought forward one month.

Walter Isaacson, former editor of the magazine Time , has written in the past biographies of other famous people as the German physicist Albert Einstein, former U.S. President Benjamin Franklin and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Mozilla Launch Firefox 7

Firefox reaches 7 in order to consume less memory

Excessive consumption of memory was one of the greatest cons of the browser.

The browsers are being updated with increasing frequency.

The companies work mainly on improving performance and product safety, cost improvements seen with the naked eye.

Companies struggling to lead the field of browsers, especially Microsoft, Google, Mozilla and Apple, have been proposed to provide users with constant improvements in its products. The result of this strategy are becoming more frequent updates and new versions of browsers. The companies are working primarily on improving performance and safety of their products, making the users find it hard to see at a glance the news between versions. However, the fact is that there are, though they are in the structure of the browser.

Mozilla has announced the launch of the final version of the latest update of your web browser : Firefox 7. The company stands out as the main feature to reduce memory consumption by the browser, one of the main cons of the previous versions. Mozilla also has said that improvements have been made to speed up performance in Windows and have fixed several bugs and security problems of stability.

Mozilla has also introduced improvements in the process of loading pages

So far, the versions of Firefox had as much against the system was consuming more memory as used by the user. While it is true that computers are becoming equipped with more memory, excessive use of Firefox has always been one of the criticisms of users. Mozilla Firefox notes and 7 ensures that managed to reduce consumption of system memory . The company explained that the improvement in consumption is "drastic", but have not quantified its outcome.

The company has also introduced improvements in the process of loading pages. The company has explained that they have used a new system in Windows that will render the pages and upload content more quickly, which will reduce the time that load.

7 Firefox also improves aspects focused on the use of your browser. Thinking about users accessing from mobile devices or other terminals, the company has improved the system of bookmarks and passwords synchronization can be achieved with the use of Firefox Sync. Furthermore, it has followed the footsteps of Chrome and Firefox 7 has made the URL prefix 'http://' is hidden by default.

As for technical improvements, Mozilla has focused on the browser support the latest versions of protocols such as WebSocket or MarthML, and also highlighted the correction of safety problems and failures of stability and features of the new version of Firefox.

Sony launches two tablets

Tablet S model has a screen resolution of 9.4 inches high.

The Sony Tablet weighs 372 grams P has and has two 5.5-inch screens.

Both tablets are dual core and Honeycomb Android.

Sony enters the market of the tablets with the launch in Spain of its first two models, Tablet Tablet S and P , with dual core and Honeycomb Android. The first is more similar to typical design of such products, although with a very convenient feature for easy use on surfaces.

The P is the most peculiar, with two screens and a clamshell design . Although Samsung's strength in this field, the Japanese company provides leading the Android tablets segment 2012.

The CEO of Sony Iberia, Rafael Vieyra, has been commissioned to present in society, these two devices on the Sony Style store in Madrid. The manager explained that the rise of these devices due to the increased use of Internet has encouraged the company to enter the field of tablets . 57% of Spanish households have broadband at home, there are 22 million Internet users and there is already an installed base of 600,000 tablets in our country (that this Christmas could soar to 1.5 million devices).

According to studies by the company, users use these gadgets at home or traveling. As for home use, have perceived that activities are combined with "more relaxed" and places than before, "had nothing to do with digital" and connectivity. This is the case of bed or while watching TV. And all such uses are those that claim to offer the Sony Tablet S and P, two models that offer different benefits.

Two tablets with unique design

Tablet S model is the tablet more tablet of Sony launches two models, with a high resolution display of 9.4 inches (1.280x800 pixels). However, its center of gravity is shifted to notice lighter when held in hands and bend slightly when supported on a surface. With its 600 grams weight, the result is a very handy device.

Both tablets can be converted into a universal digital control art

S Tablet with Android 3.1 and is available in three models: only 16 Wi-Fi (479 euros) and 32 GB (579 euros) and Wi-Fi with 3G 16 GB (599 euros).

Meanwhile, the Tablet P model is the only market with dual-touchscreen design, which offers new possibilities to deliver content. For example, a video game control or keyboard to emails on the bottom screen and the image at the top. But the best part is that greatly reduces its size when folded for easy transport. This model is more focused on users who want to use the device constantly away from home.

The Sony P Tablet weighs 372 grams and only two screens of 5.5 inches each (1.240x480 pixels). Its interior is shiny black, very elegant, while the outside is white and matte. In this case, use version 3.2 of Android.

Both devices have a Nvidia Tegra CPU 2 Mobile Processor 1 GHz, interior and exterior cameras , tickets microUSB, helmets input, Bluetooth and DLNA for streaming content such as music or video to other devices such as televisions or sound chains.

One of the interesting features of these devices is that thanks to infrared technology, can become a universal digital control art for all home electronic devices such as TV, air conditioning, lighting or Blu-ray Disc. Applications built on the tablets are compatible with many different brands and models not only with Sony.

Netflix and Amazon on movies

Netflix has announced a deal with Dreamworks and Amazon, another Fox

The online video store industry leader in premiere will begin offering the DreamWorks animated films in 2013 after being shown in theaters.

Amazon will Fox series The X-Files, 24 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer .

Netflix and Amazon have announced agreements with DreamWorks and Fox, respectively , for the distribution of content belonging to these Hollywood studios through their viewing platforms in streaming . The online video store industry leader, Netflix will begin offering to scoop the DreamWorks Animation films starting in 2013 after being shown in theaters, a year in which the creators of Shrek have scheduled three premieres: The Croods, Turbo and Peabody and Sherman .

Titles like Kung Fu Panda and Megamind will become part of the Netflix catalog later. The agreement with DreamWorks comes just days after Netflix TV strengthen its menu with new Discovery Channel program that Dish Network and presented his plan to turn the Blockbuster video rental chain in a new competitor in the market for movie streaming . The e-commerce giant Amazon, meanwhile, has strengthened its video service for customers of their package Amazon Prime , who pay an annual fee of $ 79 with 2,000 productions of the Fox studios Among the contents that will be available at no extra cost to include Amazon Prime Instant Video X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24 and Arrested Development , which also can be viewed on Netflix, but will include other exclusive as The Wonder Years .

All these moves come at a time when both companies prepare their development in Spain: Amazon and landed a few weeks ago and Netflix will be expected in early 2012 .

October 4 ceremony of Apple iPhone

 Apple confirms the October 4 held a ceremony related to the iPhone

In the invitation sent to the media can read the phrase "Let's talk iPhone."

It is not known whether the event will discuss the iPhone 5 or on a possible announcement of the much rumored new version of the iPhone 4.

The technology giant Apple has confirmed that the Oct. 4 held a ceremony at its headquarters in Cupertino (California) related to the iPhone , but has not specified if he will present the next generation of its popular phone, as expected.

In the invitation sent to the media to read the phrase "Let's talk iPhone" ("let's talk about iPhone"), but does not mention the iPhone 5 or even hints on the possible announcement of a new iPhone version 4, a options that were considered by many websites.

Analysts speculate that the next iPhone will have a larger screen size and will be lighter and thinner

Several specialized blogs have recently reported that the new device will be released in less than a fortnight and will be sold a few weeks after the announcement.

So far the California company had put on the street a new smart phone model every year , usually in the month of June, since the device debuted in 2007, and this year has not yet produced the expected product update.

Analysts speculate that the next iPhone will have a larger screen size will be lighter and thinner, incorporate 8-megapixel camera and equipped with the same processor that is installed on the iPhone 2.

The event symbolizes the beginning of the stage without Steve Jobs at the helm of the company , and therefore expected the first major public appearance as CEO Tim Cook Apple.