Picasa Web gets secure with HTTPS support

Most of Google's Web apps already supported SSL-encrypted connections. One which didn't was Picasa Web, though that has now changed -- you can now connect to Google's photo sharing site via https://www.picasaweb.com.

As with many other sites, though, not everything displayed on Picasa Web is encrypted. While the home page and upload form are fully encrypted, gallery pages report as being only partially encrypted. Blogger Alex Chitu reports that the culprit is, in fact, an iframe used for displaying ads on the site. That means Internet Explorer users will see mixed content warnings pop up every time they visit a gallery page via HTTPS -- other browsers are a bit more subtle with their alerts.

Picasa Web gets secure with HTTPS support originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Deal of the Day ? Asus K501J-RBR7 15.6? Dual Core T4500 2.3GHz Laptop

Today?s LogicBUY deal is the Asus K501J-RBR7 Dual Core T4500 2.3GHz laptop with Intel GMA X4500HD, 4GB of memory, and a 320GB hard drive.� The 15.6? laptop has an HD LED screen, DVDRW, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). The lowest price LogicBUY has found: $599.99 – $200 savings = $399.99, plus shipping charges. [...]

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VLC for iOS now available from Cydia

If you've been keeping up with the VLC for iOS saga, the cross platform media player saw its brief stint in the App Store come to an end yesterday. While VLC's outspoken frontman Remi Denis-Courmant seemed pretty convinced that this would happen as far back as October 2010, some on the VLC mailing lists figured that distribution via Cydia would be an option -- since it would allow for a fully GPL-compliant release.

Developer Ryan Petrich announced on Twitter that he was doing what he could to help ensure users had access to VLC for iOS -- by making it available via Cydia. If you've got a jailbroken iOS device, you just need to add his beta repository (http://rpetri.ch/repo) to your sources and you're good to go.

VLC for iOS now available from Cydia originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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#LessAmbitiousMovies Got Over 364K Tweets, Reaching Over 27M Twitter Users

If you've been on Twitter at all lately you're probably at least vaguely familiar with #LessAmbitiousMovies, which is a hashtag that dominated Monday night in what we thought was record time, judging by the fact that it seemed like our entire Twitter stream was at some point saturated with not so ambitious film titles.

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"Outrageous Trick" Results In Largest Synthetic Molecule Created by Man [Molecules]

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Adobe revels in first ever billion-dollar quarter

Adobe, the software giant behind the monstrously-successful Creative Suite, Reader and Flash, has just racked up its first billion-dollar quarter. Up from $757 million in the same period last year, this represents a 33% year-over-year revenue growth, which is pretty damn massive. Over the entire year, Adobe enjoyed a total revenue of $3.8 billion, up from $2.9 billion in 2009.

With all of the negative press over Flash, people often fail to realize just how big Adobe is. If you take a quick look at the Forbes 2010 list of the world's largest software companies, Adobe would place just outside the top 10, with revenues just behind Yahoo! and CA Technologies. This year's excellent performance, whether you like it or not, is almost certainly because of Flash's continued dominance -- and the excellent Creative Suite 5, of course!

Adobe revels in first ever billion-dollar quarter originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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FotoSketcher 2 adds new effects, improves performance

FotoSketcher 2 is here, and a lot has changed since Erez first wrote about the photo stylizing app. For starters, there are new filters like sepia, vignette and "old photo texture," and four new frame effects have also been added. FotoSketcher 2 now even offers real-time brushstroke previews.

The new version can also perform lossless 90-degree rotations and one-touch contrast adjustments, and overall performance has been improved. If you're looking for a free, standalone Windows app to add some nice effects to your photos, FotoSketcher 2 is well worth checking out. There's even a portable version for on-the-go use from your USB flash drive.

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FotoSketcher 2 adds new effects, improves performance originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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