Chris Pirillo

Gnomie Donna writes:
Hi, Chris!
I am writing to you for help! I have been searching the Internet for months and months, looking at a million different reviews, trying to compare, and trying to understand something I don’t really understand that well at all.
Can you help me?
I am desperately trying to find the best digital camera for […]

A picture’s worth a thousand words… but there are hundreds of digital cameras out there, and you need only one - how do you decide which one is best for you? DigitalCameraInfo.com announced this week the availability of their website, which features free, fun, and unbiased reviews to help people decide which digital camera […]

With the October 8th release of Are You All That?, an innovative, stand-alone DVD-Video trivia game, over 62 million households can multitask their DVD players and use them as interactive video game consoles to enjoy nearly 300 hours of party fun and family entertainment. Developed by California-based DVD Interactive (DVDi®) and published by Digital Leisure […]

The Player provides faster access to top activities, such as ripping, burning, and syncing. You can also fine-tune the layout, choose from a range of online music and video stores and services, and much more. The menu bar is hidden by default in Windows Media Player 10. You can access the menus or show the […]

“A vulnerability has been reported in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system. The problem is caused due to insufficient restrictions on Winamp skin zip files (.wsz). This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious website using a specially crafted Winamp skin to place and execute arbitrary programs. With […]

“The first part of this book focuses on mastering core tools: layers, selections, masks, and colorspaces. The second part builds on the first by presenting an in-depth treatment of touchup, enhancement, compositing, rendering, and image creation for the web. The following gives a synopsis of what you will find in each chapter.”
Chapter 1 reviews the […]

“As digital photography continues to grow, more photographers are getting serious about sharing their images with the widest possible audience. But creating polished, professional work across very different mediums - print, the Web, digital slideshows, et al. - is no simple task. In PHOTO FINISH, digital-imaging experts Jon Canfield and Tim Grey combine practical know-how […]

“On Tuesday, August 24, AOL Music will feature the exclusive world premieres of two new singles from Queen Latifah - a cover of The Mamas & The Papas classic ‘California Dreamin” and a version of the Dinah Washington hit, ‘Baby Get Lost.’ The songs are highlights from the artist’s first full-length album as a […]

“Usually after installing a video capture device, like web-camera, dv-camera, TV-tuner, or a TV-IN video card, you can only connect to it from one Windows application. If you start another application and try to use the same video source you’ll get an error message complaining about the device being already in use. In this case […]

“Macromedia today announced the immediate availability of the Macromedia Web Publishing System, Macromedia Contribute 3, and Macromedia FlashPaper 2. The Web Publishing System (WPS) enables tens, hundreds, or thousands of content contributors to publish websites for internal and external communications using market-leading Macromedia Studio MX 2004, Contribute 3, FlashPaper 2, and Contribute Publishing Services. Macromedia […]

“PictoColor Corporation has released iCorrect EditLab Pro, a high speed and easy to use color correction and color management software that enables photographers and photo labs to accurately color correct images with speed and precision. Based on an enhanced version of the award-winning and highly-acclaimed iCorrect ‘point-and-click’ color technology licensed from Pictographics International Corporation, […]

“On Monday, August 16, AOL Music will feature the exclusive world premiere of the new single ‘Answer In The Sky’ by music legend Elton John. This premiere is part of AOL Music’s popular First Listen program, which regularly debuts hotly anticipated new songs before they air anywhere else, including radio. ‘Answer In The Sky’ is […]

“Installing this extension to the Windows shell allows you to view thumbnail images of your Nikon Electronic Image Format (NEF) files automatically within windows. Thumbnail image capability for common image formats are built in to Windows, but not for NEF files, created by many Nikon cameras like the D70, D100, D1 and D2. NEFView adds […]

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“A lot of people stumble upon my blog due to a variety of reasons - one of them being the search engine query regarding the Windows Media Player’s wmp.dll, which gets confused as to which version number of the program it is actually running. The error message is the following and is encountered […]