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When it comes to photo viewers there are many alternatives to choose from. Picasa has always been a favorite here at Softonic, and this new version has made it our absolute top choice.

The all-new Google Picasa keeps the same interface structure of previous versions, but features new enriching options to manage, edit, and show off your photos in an even more comfortable way, both offline and online – thanks to the Picasa Web Album syncing tool.

Picasa displays all your indexed photos in a handy folder structure. You can let the program scan the whole drive in search for pictures or select specific directories. A double click on any image will display it in full screen and let you access to a handful of basic editing tools: cropping, straightening, adjusting color and light or fixing red eye, among others.

The latest version of Picasa includes a couple of exciting new features: facial recognition and geo-tagging. The first one means that Picasa can now scan your photo library, recognize and extract people's faces, and finally let you add a name to them. The process takes a while to get started – loads of faces to tag and names to write down – but if you go to the Unnamed tag under the People album, you'll be able to add new names and faces in batches and get the job done much quicker. As for the geo-tagging function, it's now easier to use thanks to the embedding of Google Maps in Picasa: simply select the photos you want to geotag, open Google Maps by clicking on the 'Places' button, navigate to the appropriate location and click OK.

We especially like Picasa's Photo Viewer, which you can configure to replace the original Windows default image viewer. It offers more tools and displays photos on a much nicer interface when viewing them directly in Windows Explorer, so when Picasa asks you if you want to use it, don't hesitate!

But Picasa is not only about viewing and fixing images. You can also give free rein to your imagination with its tools to create posters, collages, screensavers and even movies. The greatest thing about these tools is not only the fact that they give you the ability to create something unique and original with your photos; it's also that they're surprisingly easy to use, and don't require any tech abilities or photo editing skills at all.

The all-new Picasa has successfully completed what seemed a difficult task: improving a software app that was already very good.
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Batteries are laptops' Achilles' heels. Many mobile users have been let down by their battery meters, too, which can misjudge or misrepresent how much charge is actually left in your battery. The shortcomings of the built-in Windows meter lead to free tools like BatteryCare. It's a simple utility that displays your laptop battery's status and capacity and the time remaining in its discharge cycle. It monitors and displays CPU and HDD temperatures, too.

BatteryCare has a small but attractive interface that offers a lot more information than the built-in Windows tool, or many other battery meters we've seen, for that matter, with tabs for Basic and Detailed Information; the latter includes entries for battery model, designed capacity, wear level, and more. A system tray icon lets users display and hide the interface and access not only the program's options but also Power Settings and Power Plans. Hovering the cursor over the icon called up a semitransparent window showing battery status and charge but also the temperature of our CPU and primary hard disk drive. BatteryCare has a lot of settings for a simple tool, especially in the Notifications section, which includes not only full, low, and critical battery level warnings but also a configurable remaining time warning and a unique option to configure a warning to replace the battery after a certain number of discharge cycles, which can head off trouble before it catches up to you "in the field." The Power Plans section included selections for running on batteries and plugged in to AC power, as well as an automatic option. The Advanced section showed usage statistics as well as an option of particular interest to Vista users: the ability to run at startup in Administrator mode, which enables temperature monitoring and service pausing even when the bothersome User Account Control is active.

If you rely on your laptop's batteries, we highly recommend a good battery meter like BatteryCare. Even if your laptop stays tethered to a wall wart, though, it can help you ensure that your battery is ready to go, when and if you need it.

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We remember a time--not so long ago--when translating a text between two languages required a dictionary and a lot of patience. But now we have things like Tirgumit Right Click Free Dictionary. This handy utility makes translating between languages a breeze, whether you just need to know one word or want to translate an entire block of text.

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Change Windows 7's start, log-on, and desktop backgrounds

by Dennis O'Reilly
There's no reason why Windows 7 users have to settle for whatever interface Microsoft sets as the operating system's default. Customizing Windows 7's start, log-on, and desktop backgrounds isn't as easy as it might be, but it's eminently doable.

Deactivate the "Close Encounters" start-up animation
The animation that plays as Windows starts is irritating primarily because it never changes. If you're like me and would prefer to see nothing than to sit through that micro-advertisement for the umpteenth time, turn it off.

Press the Windows key, type system configuration, and press Enter to open the System Configuration utility. Click the Boot tab, choose your operating system (if necessary), check "No GUI boot" under Boot options, and select Apply and OK.

The next time Windows 7 starts, you'll see nothing until the log-on screen appears, which brings us to our next Win7 interface tweak.

Note that some programmers offer free replacement animations for the Windows 7 start screen, such as those available at Jeff Bush's Coder for Life, but the author warns that they are experimental and should be used at your own risk. That was sufficient warning to keep me from trying them. Besides, no animation at all works just fine for me.

Replace the log-on screen background via a Registry tweak
You can replace the built-in background image on the Windows log-on screen by tweaking the Registry or by downloading and installing a free third-party utility. Here's the manual approach in a nutshell. (Remember to back up the Registry by setting a restore point beforehand.)

Press the Windows key, type regedit, and press Enter to open the Registry Editor. Navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

In the right pane, select OEMBackground and change the Value data to 1. If there is no OEMBackground in the right pane, right-click in the pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, name the new entry OEMBackground, double-click the new entry, and set the Value data to 1.

Close the Registry Editor and open an Explorer window. Navigate to this folder:

C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds

(The path to your Windows\System32 folder may vary. Also, you will likely have to create the "info" folder inside the "oobe" folder and then the "backgrounds" folder inside the "info" folder.)

Paste into the "backgrounds" folder a JPEG image smaller than 256KB to use as your log-on screen background. Name the image "backgroundDefault.jpg." When you restart Windows, not only will the floating-spheres animation be missing, the image of your choice will greet you at the log-on screen.

If you would prefer the third-party approach to a new log-on background, check out Julien Manici's free, open-source Windows 7 Logon Background Changer. The How-To Geek explains how to use the program.

Turn your desktop background into a custom slideshow
Whenever I see a Windows desktop cluttered with icons, I cringe. I much prefer putting my desktop shortcuts on a menu that pops out of the taskbar. That way I enjoy an unobstructed view of the family-photo slideshow running on my desktop.

To clear the icons from the desktop, right-click anywhere on it, choose View, and deselect "Show desktop icons." Now right-click the taskbar, uncheck "Lock the taskbar," and choose Toolbars > Desktop. Drag the Desktop toolbar to the right--toward the notification area--until only the word "Desktop" and the double chevron are showing. To reach one of your desktop items, click the double chevron and select it from the menu that pops up.

Get your desktop slideshow going by right-clicking the desktop and choosing Personalize. Click Desktop Background at the bottom of the Personalization window. Choose My Pictures on the "Picture location" drop-down menu and click Browse. Navigate to the folder holding the images for your slideshow and click OK.

Select the images you want to appear in the slideshow, or click Select All to do just that. Choose one of the options on the "Picture position" drop-down menu; I prefer Fill, which extends the image across the desktop. Set the duration of each image on the "Change picture every" menu; options are from 10 seconds to 1 day. Check the Shuffle option, if you wish.

Once you're happy with the slideshow settings, click Save Changes to return to the Personalization window. To give your new theme a name, right-click it under My Themes, choose "Save theme," type in a name, and press Enter. When you're done, close the Personalization window.

To view your slideshow, click the "Show desktop" button at the end of the taskbar. Adjust the image lineup and slideshow frequency by returning to the Desktop Background dialog box and tweaking the settings to taste. To see the next image right away, simply right-click the desktop and choose "Next desktop background."

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Video will dominate mobile data traffic by 2015, forecast says

(CNN) -- According to a new Cisco forecast, in just four years two-thirds of the world's mobile data traffic will be video.

How will wireless carriers keep up with this demand? The major providers are pinning their hopes on 4G wireless networks, which they say will be able to handle greater data loads.

Will consumers end up paying much more for mobile video? Probably.

Smartphones, laptops, and tablets are expected to drive nearly 90% of mobile traffic by 2015. In particular, "mobile-connected tablets will generate more traffic in 2015 than the entire global mobile network in 2010."

Another factor that will contribute to this growth, which Cisco overlooked: More and more feature phones (non-smartphones) will be operating on faster wireless networks. The new LTE network from MetroPCS is already handling traffic from some feature phones, such as the Samsung Craft.

As I wrote earlier, feature phones are getting more sophisticated -- streaming video will be available on many models before long. This is important since feature phones are generally far more affordable (up front and in monthly bills) than smartphones or tablets.

What's driving this growth? Faster mobile access. According to Cisco, the average mobile network connection speed doubled from 2009 to 2010 -- and a tenfold increase is expected by 2015.

Cisco also predicts that within four years there will be a mobile device connected to a wireless network -- not counting Wi-Fi connections -- for nearly every person on the planet.

"Today, the average mobile connection generates 65 megabytes of traffic per month -- which is equivalent to about 15 MP3 music files," the forecast says. "By 2015, the average mobile connection is anticipated to generate more than 17 times that amount, to a total 1,118 megabytes of traffic per month -- equal to about 260 MP3 music files."

Doug Webster, Cisco's senior director of worldwide service-provider marketing, told Fierce Wireless, "The lines between fixed and mobile will converge, and the trends we're seeing on the fixed will be seen on mobile."

In the U.S., however, there will probably be one key difference between fixed and mobile internet access: consumer protections and costs.

The FCC's new "net neutrality" rules, passed in December, exempt wireless carriers from most requirements. This leaves the door open for U.S. wireless carriers to charge customers extra for access to certain kinds of content and services, such as YouTube, which are available for free over fixed connections.

Furthermore, as VentureBeat explains, the new rules mean that "wireless companies are free to stop some smartphone users from taking advantage of their data plans by throttling download and upload speeds."

This could be a key concern for consumers as wireless network congestion mounts in the coming years.

Already, two U.S. carriers (Metro PCS and Verizon) are suing the FCC over the requirements the new rules impose on them.

Digital Trends observes, "Humorously, it was Verizon and Google's net neutrality proposal that appears to have formed the basis for the recently passed FCC regulation."

According to Cisco, in 2010, total mobile data traffic, including video, grew by 159% -- more than three times faster than internet traffic traveling over wired ("fixed") communications. Earlier, Cisco predicted that growth would be 149%, so this trend is moving faster than expected.

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