5 Pen Tricks from Japan — Uh oh…

The Japanese, Taiwanese, and Koreans — none of them can hold pens still for a second. Now you won’t be able to either.

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iFuntastic v3 Released: You now have permission to go nuts

The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived. iFuntastic version 3 is here, and chock full of new features: PowerPC compatibility, application installation, image editing, downloading/uploading, multiple-home screens and icon re-arrangement, ringtones from iTunes and much more!

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Removing Backgrounds Quickly in Photoshop

A tutorial on using the Extract filter for quick and dirty background removal.

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Smooth Mac-like Backgrounds in Photoshop

This tutorial is about making a “mac” style background. You can use these in all sorts of situations, including the obvious – your desktop as well as part of your designs or for corporate work (powerpoint presentations, flash work etc).

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'Holy Smokes' Hurricane Dean from Space

The crewmembers aboard the space station took a short break Saturday to get a look at the storm from their vantage point. Even from space, the storm expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 21 and gain strength as a potential Cat 5 storm, impresses the crew with its size.

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Probably the most incredible photograph you'll see today

By a guy called Maciek Duczynski in Norway. It's a composite. It might probably be subtle HDR. Please don't scream Photoshop whenever you see a great picture. Give the benefit of the doubt to the artist.

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Lifehacker's Top 10 PDF Tricks

Chances are you've already got a free PDF reader installed on your computer, but you can do a lot more with your PDF files than you might think. Hit the link for our top 10 list of techniques for converting, exchanging,sharing, managing and editing PDF documents

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Online Storage 2.0: Six Sites Reviewed

"Services like box.net, openomy, and eSnips are more than just places to access your files from the web. Some include media organization tools, Windows shell integration, drag-and-drop uploading, tagging, and social content sharing. ExtremeTech has a review up of six online storage services with Web 2.0 twists."

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Virgin America Airlines : AWESOME!!

This looks like the greatest airline, ever. In-flight WiFi, games, topic-based chatrooms, all in a touchscreen right in front of you. Now that's pretty shweet.

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Minneapolis Bridge Hero Offered Photo Op With President Bush, Says "Nope"

Mr. Hernandez was not available to comment on the offer; Ms. Schwartz said he left town for northern Minnesota late on Friday, overwhelmed by the attention and concerned that his co-workers were being overlooked. He spent the weekend fishing. When President Bush’s staff contacted him to request a photo opportunity, “He was just, like, ‘Nope,’"

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The 11 Best Movie-Effect Photoshop Tutorials

11 of the best tutorials that make your photos look like the movies. From Scarface to Pirates of the Carribean to '300' to A Scanner Darkly. It's all here.

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