Report: Complaints trigger rewrite of Photoshop Express terms

It appears Adobe is quickly responding to concerns about a surprising clause in its terms of service for Photoshop Express, the free Web-based software launched Wednesday that has otherwise been well-received.

Users were taken aback by a clause that basically gives Adobe the right to do anything it wants with their photos. As CNET's Lori Grunin first pointed out in herreview on Webware, the clause in question goes like this:

"Adobe does not claim ownership of Your Content. However, with respect to Your Content that you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Services, you grant Adobe a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration from, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content and to incorporate such Content into other Materials or works in any format or medium now known or later developed."

Grunin's response: "I'm going to give Adobe the benefit of the doubt and assume someone forgot to put the choke collar on the lawyers, letting something this undesirable slip through." And she was right on the money, at least according to a report from Adobe blogger John Nack, who contacted Adobe with concerns about the terms of service.

Nack wrote that he got a note back from the Photoshop Express team Friday stating that it agrees that the clause "implies things we would never do with content," and therefore the legal team is making it a priority to post revised terms.

Via CNET News.com

Fancy a Wi-Fi-enabled picture frame?

Sure, there are digital picture frames out that boasting high resolution and touchscreen functions, but how many can actually download images off the Web without a computer?

Well, Kodak's EX811 digital photo frame may just be the answer. Besides sporting an 8-inch LCD display with its proprietary Color Science technology, the gizmo is Wi-Fi-enabled, too. This feature allows you to send and receive pictures from other Kodak Wireless Photo Frame users over a Wi-Fi network. Sadly, you cannot browse the Web on this device.

The border of the frame is touch-sensitive, so organizing images just takes a few strokes of your finger. If you don't want to leave fingerprint smudges on the surface, you can always use the remote control to scroll through the pictures. It accepts the most commonly used flash memory cards like SD/SDHC/MMC, CompactFlash, Memory Stick and xD-Picture Card.

If wireless is your way of life, give the US$199.95 EX811 a closer consideration for your next digital picture frame.

Rock your camera

If rock music and photography are your passion, then you will like this camera strap.

The X-Stitch Studded camera strap will complement any hardcore rocker's image (assuming they like to take pictures) and is useful for keeping pesky groupies at bay after a concert. Made of dyed leather, the strap is adjustable to different lengths for comfortable slinging. And, when you decide to chuck the camera, you can always use the metal-studded strap as a collar for your dog.

At US$140 from Red Monkey Designs , this strap doesn't come cheap. But hey, you get to feel like a rockstar!

Adobe brings Photoshop Express to the Web

Adobe has just launched its latest addition to the Photoshop family--Photoshop Express. See our photo gallery of screen shots.

Photoshop Express is an online application based on Flash 9 technology that allows users to edit their photos from within a Web browser, or run it at full-screen mode. I tried it on my 20-inch widescreen LCD monitor and I must say it looks great.

Getting everything up and running was a breeze. First we'll need to sign up for a free account which entitles us to 2GB of online storage. During the registration, it will ask us to state where we are from, but the only option available was the US. So, we lied, like everyone else.
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S$9,999 for a film camera?

If you have just too much dough to blow, why not consider getting a customized Leica M rangefinder? The creme de la creme of all cameras, it was revered by photojournalists for its stealthy and unobtrusive characteristics. Renowned street photographer Henri Cartier Bresson stood by his, even when the world was swamped by digital cameras.

Now, for a hefty price starting from S$7,650 (US$5,625), you can build your own camera from Leica. On its Web site, there is a page which will bring you through nine different configuration options. You start off with choosing which camera body you want the unit to be based on, and the rest of the options let you decide the color, type of rewind crank, engraving (if any) and even the material covering the unit. Note that certain options come at a price and these will add on to the cost. After placing your orders, a technician from the German company will assemble together some 1,300 parts.

I tinkered around with the options, and there you have it. A manual, film-based camera that cost S$9,999 (US$7,352.21). Mind you, this is just for the camera body. An additional lens from Leica would burn another hole in my already threadbare wallet.

Now excuse me while I join the queue to buy lottery tickets.

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