Google is going to release a beta version of Picasa for Mac OS X, helping Apple fans catch up to Windows and Linux users already employing the free tool for editing, cataloging, and uploading photos. Picasa is a photo organizer, A photo editor, A web-savvy photo sharing and management system in just one small package.

Google previously offered both a standalone Picasa Web Albums uploader and an iPhoto plugin for Mac users, Picasa for Mac finally brings all of the advanced sharing and sync features of Picasa to the millions of Mac OS X users who use Picasa Web Albums. Not to mention the "it-slices-and-dices" feature list that covers everything from color balance to collages.

It is believed that mac version and features in Picasa 3 for windows are very much similar. Though google has been scrambling to include some secondary features such as geotagging and the ability to get photos printed, the core abilities of Picasa are still present.

With Picasa editing and printing photos, making collages and movies, adding labels is also possible. Along with this it is also possible to add star ratings and tags. If anybody wants to upload images to the Picasa on-line Web Albums site and hence make sharing possible then it can also be done with Picasa easily.

According to Google, in building Picasa for Mac, they have tried to make sure it plays well with iPhoto. Picasa takes a special read-only approach to editing photos stored in the iPhoto library, duplicating files as needed, so ones iPhoto library isn't ever affected when one use Picasa.

Every body wishes to get new things whether it is in accessories, clothings, jewelry trends or in technology. So let us discuss the expected things from technology this new year. All of us know Vista was a great failure in 2008 but Microsoft is working hard on its successor now, i.e,Windows 7. If the final thing in hand will be the beta version then it will be a great thing and the efforts will lead to good fruit. It will support native reading and writing Blu-ray discs. It will provide a new platform for interaction with removable devices and support virtual hard Drive images. Also it is expected to have better backup and restore mechanisms. New version will have Seamless audio transfers to Bluetooth 2.1 audio devices. Along with this, there will be inbuilt support for many GPS positioning sensors. It is also said that the new Windows 7 will be better in remote computing too which will facilitate in accessing your desktop from anywhere in the world. Windows 7 will have UAC with simpler, clearer and fewer messages. Despite of these it will also have faster booting and shutdown.

PC memory is such a thing which is always more in demand.. It has gone down the trend in cost last year but its expected that similar trend won't be there this year. According to the drift of last year it is likely to have 4GB memory by the end of 2009 as mainstream and the servers are expected to get 8GB modules or even higher than that. However, since 4GB is the limit for 32-bit versions of Windows, and applications have limitations for the maximum amount of memory they can use effectively, we would like to be cautious and refrain from speculating whether they will become popular or not. Because of the above fact, it will be a waste to run in dual or three channel configuration using larger modules when 32-bit OS cannot access it. Now a days CPUs have also started moving to DDR3 and DDR2 but it is likely to be phased out by the end of this year because the memory controller is on CPU. Previously this feature was with AMD but now Intel has jumped onto the movement along with Core i7. It is also said that the forthcoming AM3 from AMD will keep on supporting DDR2 memory along with DDR3 but in-spite of this it is expected that maximum market-share will belong to Intel. Actually chip-set never matters for any kind of memory to be supported. As the Core i7 supports three channel memory, so there will be memory kits with three matched memory sticks in the market in year 2009.

Processors is such a field in which there is always something to do new and it is the most important field for computing too. At the end of year 2008 Intel launched Core i7 previously named as Nehalem. As per Intel's “tick tock” model, Nehalem is a "tock", 2009 will be a "tick", this means that a new fabrication process will be used. The motive of this processor was to have high performance servers. Now in the second half of this new year it is expected that its desktops and laptop versions will be available. The biggest architectural advance Intel was Pentium4 made in 2000 and was known as Heralded. Its architecture is scalable from two to eight cores. It uses Hyper Threading technology. Right now it is only on few Pentium and Xeon processors, allowing two threads per core. It provide improved performance per clock speed with energy efficiency. It also provided better sleep facility with Turbo mode. Cores didn't consume any power in this mode and hence could be shut down completely while the predecessors used to consume power. So to avail improved and better performance for applications which do not support multi-threading, Core i7 boosts up the clock speed of the left out cores but retaining the chip within the design power consumption limits. On the failure of IDF 2007 it was observed that Tukwila wafer was based on 32 nm and in this coming year it will be introduced for desktop processors.

Also as there will be improvement in Intel processor this year similarly there is an expected improvement scope in AMD processors. It has been specified that there will be soon a change in 45nm technology. AMD is going to be shifted on Socket AM3 (45 nm)which was expected to be released in December 2008 but will be released this year in January 2009 because of the scheduled release of socket AM2+ processors in the first week of this month. It will be having two pins less than AM2 i.e there will be 938 pins in total. Because of this change in socket older processors become incompatible with the new socket. It has also been declared by AMD that AM3 processors feature memory controller supporting both DDR2 and DDR3. Also AMD will take along six-core processors so as to join its triple-core and quad-core phenomena parts. Contrasting Intel, they refuse to go along rating and promoting processors according to clock speeds.

The first thing that comes in notice is how the interface is when one uses an application. And this is the most noticeable thing in the latest version of Wordpress 2.7. This Wordpress 2.7 is much faster than the other previous versions. It is available in two formats and is also known as “Coltrane”. In it every screen is customizable.

In WordPress 2.7 small layout changes are bit by bit applied. Some elements like multiple dashboards are directly implemented to wordpress.com or wordpress.org so there is nothing to worry if the changes are not deflected/reflected the same time you apply them. All the amendments made in the 2.7 version are as a result of the combined effect of the usability testing performed on the 2.5 version and Crazyhorse

After implementing latest version 2.7, it will be possible to drag and drop or show and hide many UI elements. So this Coltrane offers a good interface flexibility. WordPress Version 2.7 consisted of bugfixes, feature enhancements, and security fixes. Moreover it also provides with the facility of automatic up-gradation.

Features of Wordpress 2.7

1. Dashboard Redesign. The new design is based on usability eye-tracking tests.
2. Sticky posts. Enables to keep a post pinned to the top of home page.
3. Single Insert Media button. This media button automatically figures out what type of media is being uploaded.
4. Quick In-line Editing. It is done with the help of AJAX Technology to edit posts without fully refreshing the page.
5. Comments API. It updates and moderates the comments from mobile device.
6. Dashboard comment replies. It replies to comments directly from the Dashboard.
7. Threaded comments. It allow users to thread their comments. Threading helps in understanding the conversation.
8. Keyboard Shortcuts. It is similar to the abundance of shortcuts in Google Reader.
9. Automatic plug-in install in browser. It facilitates to install new plug-ins directly from within your blog, rather than using FTP.
   

More features that can be added in Wordpress 2.7

1. Automatic upgrades.
2. Web host updating.
3. Security.
4. Media.
5. WordPress as Hub.
6. BackPress.
7. Fashion + Tattoos.
8. Year of Themes.
9. Screencasts.
10. WordPress TV.

At A1 Technology we will add QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and the facility to reply to comments from your dashboard, the facility to install any plug-in directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts etc. Our team promises you to meet all the standards of art publishing and deliver you the best.

Here it comes the first SaaS platform which permits to organize multiple content-centric applications across different enterprise workgroups. SpringCM has also released Accounts Payable Automation Solution in integration with Intacct’s on-demand financial management and accounting applications which promises to improve productivity and reduction in overheads by making paper work outmoded in all accounting and financial industries.

It actually combines SpringCM’s content management capabilities and Intacct’s financial expertise. This will also support CPA firms. All the printed documents use instead electronic processes complete with audit trails and version control. To bring the two finance department and the accounting profession one step nearer to the real document management in the enterprise, this “first-ever combination of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) financial applications and document management” is helpful.

Till date it was very difficult for organizations to integrate and customize off-the-shelf ECM systems with additional third-party technologies for each departmental application. Also it used to led the expenses to approximately two to five times higher than the cost of the initial licenses. The new SpringCM platform allows applications to be developed once and deployed many times with all the SaaS advantages of low cost, rapid user adoption, and full integration with other systems via Web services.

The SpringCM 5.0 platform enables unique openings like :

1. It helps in reducing the time and capital investment by allowing Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to create an on-demand version of their offering.
2. SpringCM platform is also used by Consulting organizations that understand key business processes for creating repeatable sources of revenue and new services without the cost and interference of developing and managing technology.
3. Manufacturers of scanners, printers, fax and copy machines can develop applications that link these devices to SaaS-based document management to deliver repeatable applications, and create higher-level value propositions and market differentiation, while increasing user retention.
4. Document services organizations such as Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs) and scanning bureaus have gained the benefit that now they can make value-add applications which can help in reduction of cost of delivering and tying services to process automation.
5. It also helps in integration with third-party systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).