I have borrowed this from Jeffrey Friedl’s Blog showing the sequence of shutter movements when a photographer clicks the Camera Shutter on a Nikon D3 . Marianne Oelund took a series of images of the shutter leaves & these 70 images were then composed frame by frame on a time scale. This is a great photo tutorial for anyone trying to understand how the shutter works on a Nikon D3 . In fact, this is how most of the electronic shutters work on Nikons . To see the actual sequence of events, you need to slide the mouse over the image from left to right (that is the time axis).

Users download Spyware & Adware inadvertently while browsing websites. Adwares & Spywares are small software programs that watch every move you make online. They also transmit that information to the sites which dropped these adwares & spywares on your computer. Ad-Aware is one of the Best Free AntiSpyware AntiAdware software available. Anti-Spywares & Anti-adware are security programs that run on your computer & protect your personal information & browsing information to other sites.

Where I Stand is a Social Networking Site with the benefit of an online debating forum . Signing up for this online debate forum is free. Members express their opinions on all topics. And while each can agree or disagree to a topic, the member has to state the reason for either agreeing or disagreeing. Once you sign up on Where I Stand you can set up your social profile as well as set up your blogs as well.

Dan Morrill announced the launch of the Google Android Beta version 0.9. The SDK 0.9 Beta can be downloaded from the Google Android site. Commenting on the functionalities & the stability of the new SDK 0.9 Beta, Dan said "Since this is a beta release, applications developed with it may not quite be compatible with devices running the final Android 1.0. However, the APIs are now pretty stable and we don't expect any major changes." Google progressively is updating its GIT , which are instructions on how to manage code revisions.

Java has officially released the preview of the new JavaFX Software Development Kit. JavaFX was the highlight in Sun's latest announcement at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco. JavaFX will eventually enable developers to build applications that span the desktop , browser , mobile devices and even televisions , according to Sun's JavaFX roadmap . The JavaFX tm Platform is a rich client platform for cross-screen rich internet applications (RIA) and content. It consists of common elements like 2D graphics , Animation , Text and Media , and device specific elements for desktop , mobile and TV . With the new JavaFX you can build easy to use, rich multimedia, cross platform applications.

The Free Office Software Suite includes a free word document processor like MS Word, a free database like MS Access, a free presentation creator like MS ppt & a free worksheet for calculations like MS Excel. This is as good as free Microsoft Office Suite , except that it is free, extremely stable & completely portable. The Free Office Suite is released by Sun Microsystems & is a leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.

There are several free tools that can help you measure traffic data to your websites & blogs. Some of these tools can also give you comparative information you can use to understand competitors' traffic as well. Another part of many of these free tools is providing a small sample of keywords that lead traffic to the website that you are studying. Membership to many of these online statistics providers would give more elaborate results. However, these tools may not be effective if the websites have very low traffic volume or are extremely new.

This free imaging tool is designed by Intelligent Perception - an independent organization with research & property on computer vision . They provide an online tool where you could digitally change a picture to give it a watercolor effect . Similar effects can be done with other digital imaging softwares like Adobe Photoshop, Pinnacle or Corel too. But this tool is more than just a digital manipulation software! The softwares are based on the principle of computer vision - it focuses on low level computer vision, digital image analysis and applications. The software was created to illustrate and test how an elementary tool of algebraic topology, homology theory, can be used in computer vision.

Over & over again, we have seen that organizations that open up to the world user communities for help in creating & innovating, almost always wins the heart & the mind of future consumers. That said, Microsoft sponsored The Next-Gen Design Competition is designed to spotlight the developers of innovative PC industrial designs, as well as increase awareness among consumers and businesses about the importance of industrial design and the digital lifestyle in the development of PCs. Entrants were asked to design the next generation of Windows-based PCs from hardware to software to the out of box experience.

Tablefy, as the name indicates, creates tables! You can assimilate any data into a tabular format, run comparisons between similar (or dissimilar) items & even share & publish that comparison information. Ideally, if people keep adding data, then over a period of time, a system like Tablefy will have enough information for others to run sensible comparisons amongst different types of data.