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1. Some have called Seesmic "YouTube meets Facebook." It's a social networking site with mega video capability. What if news sites allowed people to post comments via video rather than just text?

2. Blogger.com is better than ever now that you can post vertical photos. And Google Docs has upgraded its feature that enables you to embed a presentation in your blog.

3. As ABC's John Stossel explained, "Intrade is set up like a commodities market where buying and selling goes on 24 hours a day. Instead of betting on the price of copper or oil, you can bet on politics, economics, the weather, pop culture, etc."

4. Msnbc.com's NewsWare site includes games, widgets and tons of other stuff.

5. iCue is a new NBC News site that uses archived news and political video in educational ways.

6. See how much the airlines will ding you for an extra bag or overweight luggage.

7. I have been a big fan of Snapz Pro X as a screen and video capture device, but I may be falling in love with ScreenFlow.

8. My 300 or so favorite online resources and news ideas for journalists.

9. Virtual Gumshoe offers investigative links to help you find people, search criminal records and more.

10. RetailMeNot delivers more than 13,000 discount coupons to online sites. Do not buy ANYTHING online without checking this site first to see if you can get a discount.

11. Finally, a way to get those camera lights off your video cameras so you are not blasting the subject with light. The Xtender looks xcellent.

12. A Final Cut editing tutorial.

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Adobe Launches Free Web-based Photoshop
This morning, Adobe announced a free, online version of Photoshop:

You shot it -- now do something to it. Make it pop. Make it impossible to ignore. Upload, sort, polish, and store up to 2GB of photos. All for free. Resize, tint, distort, and more -- add your mark to all your images. Then show them off on Adobe® Photoshop® Express or your Facebook page.

C/net News reports:

Adobe Systems opened up Photoshop Express on Thursday, its long-anticipated Web-based image editor aimed at the millions of consumers that want a simple way to touch up, share, and store photos.

Photoshop Express, available for free with 2 gigabytes of storage at www.photoshop.com/express, is a significant departure from Adobe's desktop software business and a big bet that it can make money offering Web services directly to consumers.

The application, which needs Flash Player 9 to run, pushes the limits of browser-based applications and will likely ratchet up the competition on the dozens of free and online photo-editing products available now (see our full review of Photoshop Express and gallery of screen shots of the application).

C/net says Photoshop Express is designed to be used by anyone who uses a point-and-shoot digital camera. People can organize photos by dragging them into albums or by creating galleries to share images. The service also lets people e-mail links to images stored online and download their photos or embed them in a Web page.

Photoshop Express could offer a solution for school labs or anyone who does not have the storage space for zillions of photos -- just move them to the Adobe servers instead.

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