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As a small and fast PDF viewer, Foxit Reader currently has over 50 million users all around the world. After keeping users waiting for almost two months, Foxit Reader 3.1 has been released and introduces many fascinating new features  including internet search and favorite toolbar settings.

Some Cool Feature of Foxit Reader.

•    Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is just a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size.
•    Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
•    Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.   

To learn more about this new release, please click here.

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Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures, you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, instantly share your images and albums, and even post pictures on your own blog.

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Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Google Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Don’t want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.

Google Chrome warns you if you’re about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.

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Another year, another version of Adobe Photoshop, the de facto must-have image-editing program for graphics professionals. Over the years, some Photoshop iterations have been revolutionary, altering the way we work. Others have been evolutionary, offering incremental changes. The new Photoshop CS4 is in the latter category, with some significant under-the-hood recoding that hints at interesting things to come. In the meantime, a handful of improved features and functionality offer enough of an advantage for frequent users that may make upgrading worthwhile. However, you may wind up having to buy a new computer in the process.

Steep Requirements

Okay, we all know that Photoshop (PS) is expensive; that’s simply the cost of doing business in professional graphics and photography. And, yes, it has always been a resource hog. But PS CS4 is an order of magnitude more power-hungry than any other version—so much so that you’ll probably want to buy a new system.

First of all, you’ll need a graphics board that supports OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0, and has at least 256MB of onboard RAM (512MB or 1GB works better). Choose your graphics board from the list of those Adobe has approved for working with PS CS4.

Secondly, Adobe’s official system requirements are unrealistically conservative. One gigabyte of RAM? Who are they kidding? You’ll want at least 4GB, though 8GB is preferable. That means a 64-bit Vista system if you’re running Windows.

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