Update: Blog posting will continue at My Digital Life from June 2008.

My Digital Life wishes to announce that updates for My Digital Life blog will be moved to Tip and Trick (www.tipandtrick.net). The main reason of the move is the decision by Google AdSense to remove uninstrusive ads from the site for running counter to AdSense program policies. Google AdSense ads is main advertising network that My Digital Life uses to reward co-authors of the blog based on revenue sharing modal (if you’re interested to contribute to the blog, contact us), besides paying for high cost of web hosting and bandwidth.

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Adobe has released the latest version of its Photoshop Lightroom 1.4. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a powerful application for professional photographers to manage, adjust and present large quantity of digital photographs without consuming much time. After having unveiled its 1.4 update for a couple of days, Adobe then temporary removed the update download from its official site. It was reported that Adobe has discovered at least three errors in the version 1.4 release.

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Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace has announced its new MHZ2 BJ series of 2.5″ hard disk drives that feature a rotational speed of 7200 RPM and capacities up to 320GB, double the capacity of previous models. Besides, it also supports Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface for high-speed data transfers and requires only 2.3 W of power for read and write operations, ranking it among the most power-efficient drives in its class.

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The DLL files responsible for Windows Genuine Advantage Validation and Notifications has been updated to version 1.7.69.1, or 1.7.0069.1 on 21st March 2008, after a long dormant period not updating on the WGA programs. As usual, Team ETH0 has released a corresponding crack for v1.7.69.1 of WGA files. Withthe crack, Windows users can ensure that when there won’t be any genuine or legality problem when accessing Windows Update or Microsoft Update and Microsoft Download Center.

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Every digital photographer has taken pictures not intended for public viewing. These pictures were perhaps taken for some personal or private reasons. Anyway, keeping these private photos in your computer without a proper security protection might not be a good idea. These photos can have the possibility of leaking out via various ways, e.g. computer hacked by hacker, somebody copying out the photos when you send your computer for servicing, etc. If you can still recall the recent hot sex photo scandal issue which involved Hong Kong actor, Edison Chen Kwoon-Hei and numerous actresses such as Gillian Chung, Cecilia Cheung, Mandy Chen, Bobo Chan, Vincy Yeung, Maggie Q, etc, it is a classic example of how unprotected photos in a computer can cause irreversible damage. To protect your private photos better, you don’t necessary require a safe box to lock them up. All you need is a useful and powerful tool or application. If you don’t have any in mind, perhaps you can try this simple but useful application, Hide Photos.

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The well-known video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has announced the launch (later March) of the next system software update (Version 2.20) for PS3 (PLAYSTATION 3), which will add Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 or BD-LIVE to the gaming console, aiming to enable PS3 owners to experience interactive features including downloadable video content, ringtones, games and more.

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Feeling that your notebook or laptop computer running for shorter time on battery after upgrading to Windows Vista from Windows XP? Or now Vista PC requires more frequent recharge? If you feel so, indeed you’re not the only one. Many users have reported that notebook computer running on Vista operating system consumes more power and shorten battery life faster comparing on mobile system that uses Windows XP, despite some claims that Vista may save electricity bill.

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Robots in the future may be able to transform themselves into the right shapes and units to suit a job at hand. Researchers at the University of the West of England in Bristol are working on hordes of cube-sized electronic units which can communicate and assemble themselves into larger machines.

The tiny units can transmit information to one another electronically to come out with the best response in a particular situation or the solution to a problem. If the circumstances call for speed and movement, the machine might transform itself into a fast rolling ball. In a rubble-filled environment, the robot will convert itself into a four-legged creature which can clamber and crawl. The individual units can also detect temperature change or thermal signature from bodies. In addition, the machine can even learn from mistakes: it will test out various strategies, analyse their effectiveness and then adopt the best.

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