Content Aware Image resizing allows the user to resize or expand an image to whatever size they want without a loss in quality or structure. This can be useful for when you have an image that is much too large for your monitor so instead of scrolling back and forth to look at the image you can resize it and it will look just the same.

“Content Aware Image Resizing’ (CAIR) takes a completely different tack. If we scale our image width down by 1 pixel, rather than removing a random vertical column of pixels, the CAIR process determines an often winding ‘path of least information’ from top to bottom which it then removes from display. Visually important areas that are dense with detail — like people, faces and text — are left virtually untouched while ‘low data density areas’ like clear skies, grass and concrete are carefully trimmed away.”

An early version of this technology can be found here.

Forgotten a password? Got a website that logs you in automatically but you forgot what that password is?

SIW (System Information for Windows) can help retrieve passwords its got a nice feature which will scan all the programs which require a password and give you a list of all the login names passwords and website that they belong too.

All you have to do is fire up the application then click on “Secrets” in the side bar it will then start searching through your programs to find all of the passwords that you have stored.

You can find the application here.

If you have got an NVIDIA card then head on over to steams site where Valve is offering for a limited time Portal: First Slice which is an extended demo of the full game.

You can also can also download Peggle Extreme, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, and the Half-Life 2 tech demonstration level The Lost Coast free of charge from that same offer.

All you need is an NVIDIA card and the latest version of Steam on your computer and your ready to go.

The offer can be found >> HERE <<

The Skype service which will be released with the nest firmware update later this month will enable the user to make VoIP calls.

“Call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system.” http://www.sony.com/ces/index.html

Unfortunately this will only be available for the PSP slim and light, so that means people who own the first generation of PSP’s wont be able to use this feature, not for a while anyway.

It would appear that sales for the Ps3 are finally starting to pick up with more people buying the console.

“The figure covers the period between 23 November and 31 December and accounts for about two thirds of last year’s sales, research firm NPD Group said.”

And now that Warner have backed Sony with the Blu-Ray format it seems that we could see a steady increase of sales for the PS3 in the coming months as more titles are made available in Blu-Ray format.

More can be found out about Warner’s backing here.

And the Ps3’s sales figures here.