Google Does It Again

Google will be launching a new product called The Google Drive or "Gdrive”. The Gdrive enables all users to have access to their personal computer via internet from virtually any connection. There are some risks involved with a good thing however, such access makes us just as vulnerable to others trying to gain possible control to our personal data.

The Google Drive will be stored on Google’s own servers verses the traditional desktop. This highly anticipated service will attract the likes of those who currently are using web-based services. For more info click here: Google Plans to Make PCs History

20 of The Best Ajax Effects

Nettuts.com has interesting, need to know Ajax effects in its tutorial section. These effects are sure to enhance your web design efforts. Nettuts.com list their top 20 Ajax effects that every web developer should know. Check out the Best Ajax effects here:
http://nettuts.com/web-roundups/20-excellent-ajax-effects-you-should-know/

One Stop for Fine Tuning

TweakGuides.com

Here is a great site for fine tuning your system. TweakGuides.com has tons of guides for optimizing games, browsers, and drivers. These site features aides in getting the maximum performance out of Windows XP.

Make scenery photos look like miniture models

Tilt-shift is a program that makes miniature style pics from the images that you upload. This nifty program takes real-life scenes and manipulates them to look like photographs of miniature models. The name "tilt-shift" comes from the type of camera lens that can give this effect.
This program allows you to alter digital images into tilt-shift miniatures. This effect appears to have been done with a bit of blur and sharpen effects.
For more check out:

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/tilt-shift-photo-gallery.php

Easy Rounded Image Corners

This is a simple javascript include that will create rounded corners on any image file. It works dynamically wihtout images so it will work on any background.

You can download it and see examples here.

Here are some of the features listed on the site:

• Free Easy to use JavaScript object
• Requires no images or image editing
• Full Anti-Aliasing support
• Anti-Aliasing over graphical backgrounds
• Fluid height/width support
• Solid border support, any colour/width with Anti-Aliasing
• User defined corner radiuses
  
  You can acheive rounded corners several ways, such as with a PHP library as demonstrated here:
  
  
  (From PHP GD Library)
  
  There are also some sites that will Generate the CSS code for you just by adding a few imputs. such as Rounded Corner
  
  If you want to learn how to make rounded corners yourself, this web site has compiled a list of tutorials on the web.
  
  Goodby 90 degree angles, hello smooth rounded curves!

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This site will post cool resources for webmasters such as tutorials, scripts, templates and lots more cool ideas and stuff to help make any website better.