Google Media Server for your PS3

Diego — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:31:07 +0000

Following our previous things to do with your PS3 using your PC, we introduce Google Media Server found on Google Desktop.

Google Media Server allows you to view the photos, videos, and music files found on your computer through Google Desktop. It also allows you to view your Picasa Web Albums as well as to view videos found on YouTube.

How to get Google Media Server running for your PS3

Simply download and install Google Desktop
Open Google Desktop
Download and install the Google Media Server.
Right click on the Google Media Server, to view its properties and configure it to your liking
Your media should be found under Pictures, Video, and Music on your PS3

Of course, you need to have Google Media Server open and running whenever you want to stream your media to your PS3.

Have you found other things you can do with your PS3 and your PC? Go ahead and tell us!

Picasa – Free Photo Editing and Photo Management

Diego — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:50:53 +0000

Picasa lets you organize all your photos in one neat application. It allows you to have simple edits, and even show sideshows of your albums.

Superb Photo Management System

Picasa is great if you have a large amount of photos on your computer. It allows you to search through your pictures, rename them with ease, organize them into albums, rate them to allow you to bring out the best of the best when you want it!

User Friendly Navigation

What more can you ask for? Folders that Picasa monitors are to the left, and your pictures on the right. You may even simply scroll on the mouse wheel to scroll through your pictures! The main interface allows you with a click of a button to make a web album on Google’s Picasa online service for free, e-mail pictures to your friends, print out pictures with ease, order prints online, blog your pictures, create a collage, and export your pictures as well!

Below are is a collage I created and how it looks in slideshow mode!

Simple but powerful editing tools

When viewing a simple image there is a lot of things still things yet to be discovered!

There are multiple ways of editing an image. I’ll post pictures with the specific tools below. As you’ll notice there is the usual cropping, red eye, color, light, and some neat little effects.

Overview

Picasa is one great piece of software that everyone should try out! It’s free so what you waiting for?

Have another great piece of software that you want to share with us? Go ahead!