Friday, June 22, 2012

How to create GIF animations online from your photos or webcam for free

We will be discussing on how to GIF animations online from your webcam or photos free. Here is a free tool that will allow you to do this task. Most of us know that for creating some good GIF animations we have depend on various photo editing software's, Video editing software and some creative mind.


So here is the solution for that, a web based application called the Gifpal will do the job for you. With the help of the Gifpal you can easily create amazing art from your photos for free.

There is no need of any special software driver all you need is webcam if you want to shoot and convert your own images to GIF simply capture your shots one by one and adjust the timing and convert thats it or you can upload the images that you have taken with your camera and do the same and covert it to GIF. The web based application free to use. There is no registration needed on this site.



With Gifpal you can not only make GIF animations online using your webcam and images but also you can draw, paint, type and add effects and even download the created file to your computer or even save online and share in the gallery.

A Movie on Steve Jobs Biography

It is officially announced that the bio of Apples co-founder 'Steve Jobs' by Walter Isaacson's is becoming a movie, The screenplay for the movie will be written by the Academy Award-winning writer Aaron Sorkin who had written "The Social Network".

Sony announced that the screenwriter has accepted the job. “Steve Jobs story is a very unique one and not only that he was one of the most influential and revolutionary men of all time," Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal said in a statement. 
"There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen than Aaron Sorkin; in his hands, we're confident that the film will be everything that Jobs himself was: captivating, entertaining, and polarizing."
Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs
In the Technology World Aaron Sorkin is best writer known for his Academy Award-winning "The Social Network," The story is based on Mark Zuckerberg who built up the Facebook Empire and he also wrote screenplays for several films, plays, and TV shows, such as "The West Wing," "Moneyball," and "A Few Good Men".
George Clooney, Steve Jobs & Noah Wyle
After the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died from a rare form of pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 ,Sony grabbed the rights to Walter Isaacson's best-selling bio "Steve Jobs". Sony signed the deal for $1 million according to the Web site Film. There are rumors that Sony was looking for George Clooney or Noah Wyle to play the role of Steve Jobs.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon - world's thinnest Ultrabook from Lenovo

Lenovo announced world's thinnest Ultrabook which is set to run Intel's brand new third-generation Ivy Bridge processors the brand new 14-inch ultrabook, the ThinkPad X1 carbon. The Ultrabook is very light weight at just three pounds (1.8kg) and just 18.8 millimetres thick.




"We crafted the ThinkPad X1 Carbon with premium carbon fiber material in order to make it incredibly thin and light, yet durable," said Lu Yan, senior vice president at Lenovo Think Product Group, when speaking to Maximum PC. "Our new ThinkPad laptop portfolio embodies much of the innovative thinking exemplified in the X1 Carbon, such as a backlit keyboard, super-bright high definition display, Dolby Home Theater, and rich communications features that balance business performance with personal use."




The keyboard has changed from the traditional style to newer backlit chiclet-type keyboard.  The ultrabook is equipped, with two USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports, a Mini DisplayPort, headphone port, SD card slot, 720p HD webcam with face tracking and a fingerprint reader. The 14-inch display comes with a resolution of 1600x900 pixels, offering 300 nits of brightness with wide viewing angle.


There are other features like the "Lenovo's rapid charge" allows the battery to charge around 80% in just 30 minutes. For cellular connectivity it has an integrated 3G solution. The price of this Ultrabook is still not declared 

iPad 2 Receives Battery Update

The memory of the public is pretty weak and that is evident each time a new device with all the new technology incorporation is released in the market. The seem to forget the predecessor almost instantaneously, no matter how long they have been fans of the same. It just becomes an obsolete piece of junk for them. Well, the creators of these devices still treasure them and they do try their best to do something for the once glorified devices that they had created, but are now being treated as old and incompetent. A clear example of this is the Apple iPad 2 that has been in the limelight till it was shown the door by its own successor, that is the New iPad, which is the third generation of the iPad. The iPad2 receives battery update and no one is really talking about it, because they are busy cheering the New iPad.



While the iPad is fading out of the minds of the people, the creators of this little wonder are doing their bit and they have actually updated this device with a new and improved battery which has clearly enhanced the efficiency of this tablet PC.
The company has slashed the prices of this tablet, in the recent past, and that was a clear indication, that there was something new that was ready to be launched.
What people did not really know was that the company had made certain amendments with respect to the hardware of the iPad2 and it is now functioning better than ever. The best part is that this little enhancement may actually make the iPad2 a much better choice that its own successor.
People have been invading shops in a bit a bid to lay their hands on the New iPad and there have been long lines of people just waiting for shops to open, the day the New iPad was made available in the markets. Also, as the prices of the iPad2 have been slashed and the WiFi version of the same with a memory capacity of 16GB is now available for Rs.24,500. In case you go in for the WiFi and 3G version of the iPad2 then you will have to dish out a sum of Rs.32900 for the 16GB model.
The iPad2 with the lower prices have been given a new epithet, not by Apple but by the online stores that are selling them and they are now called the iPad2.4 as these ones are different from the ones that were first introduced by the company and their rates have been slashed, as well.
Here is a list of the features and specification of the iPad 2.4, as it is being called by some online retail stores.
A 32nm LP Soc has replaced the 45nm SoC that the iPad2 had when it was first launched. This may sound like Greek to you in case you are not a hardware professional. Well, in plain terms it just means that the battery of the  iPad2.4 provides the user with 2 hours extra as compared to the previous version and that surely is a lot. When the performance of the iPad 2.4 was compared with that of the New iPad, the iPad 2.4’s efficiency outmatched it.
Other features remain the same, and that is good enough. You can only imagine what these 2 extra hours of power back up mean and that too for a tablet that has had its rates slashed.
Now, the question arises about the identification of this iPad 2.4. Does it look any different from the original iPad2? The answer is, no. Both the tablets have an identical appearance. In such a case, how will you differentiate between the two? Well, you will get to know that, when you actually use the tablet.
The original iPad2 is running on the iOS 5 and that is the latest operating system from the house of Apple. Well, not anymore as the iPad 2.4 actually runs on the iOS 5.1 which means that there are certain changes and enhancements, which are miniscule that have been made to the iOS. So the only way to get to know which iPad you are holding is by actually using it.
The New iPad has created waves, like all the other Apple products, and that was expected. But, what remains to be seen is whether the iPad2.4 turns out to be a better monarch than it’s younger brother. The iPad receives battery update is a clear indication that Apple will not let its products be lost in the light of the new ones that have been launched by them.

X11 - World's Lightest Notebook from Gigabyte

Taiwan based computer hardware manufacturer Gigabyte Technology best known for its motherboards recently announced three brand new powerful notebooks that is "X11" the Ultra Lightweight 11.6-inch notebook, "U2422" 14-inch notebook and "U2440" 14-inch notebook. 
 
Gigabyte - X11
The "X11" is a Ultra Lightweight 11.6-inch and 2.15 pounds notebook made of carbon fibre. This light and durable notebook is 0.3 cm thin and 1.65 cm thick. The notebook comes with Windows 7 operating system, 128 GB Solid state drive, single USB 3.0 port, Bluetooth v4.0 and LED backlit display. The company plans to launch the product in July and it will cost around $1,299.
 
Gigabyte - U2422
The "U2422" is a 14-inch notebook weighs around 3.46 pounds and it has a 3rd generation Intel Core processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M graphics card. This notebook comes with LED backlit keyboard, 1600 x 900 screen resolution and THX TruStudio Pro sound technology. The company plans to make the lauch on June and this notebook comes in the price tag of around $999-$1,299.
 
Gigabyte - U2440
The last one is the "U2440". It is a 14-inch display notebook with 3rd generation Intel Core processor and NVIDIA GeForce 630M graphics card. The notebook comes with  1 TB hard drive, THX audio, USB 3.0, HDMI 1.4 out, and Bluetooth and this price of the notebook is around $699 and it will launch in June.