PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 3.0 and PREMIERE ELEMENTS, published by Adobe; about $189 each or $279 for a boxed set (excluding GST): Everyone’s heard of Adobe’s popular Photoshop, accepted as the industry standard for working with photos. Photoshop Elements (for Windows and Mac) is a pared down version with an equally pared down price that is perfect […]
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Every time the internet is mentioned in the news these days it seems to be bad news but take heart, there’s more to the net than spammers, scammers and paedophiles. If you’re connected to the net, you have the ultimate reference library at your fingertips.
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Click here for Toothpaste for Dinner (This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Valentine’s Day might be over but the net is still littered with reminders of the sappy event. For any single women out there who truly believe they are missing something in their lives, I’ve found a virtual husband to
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(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Valentine’s Day is just around the corner but since it’s one of those crass, retailer-invented events that falls into the same category as Halloween, I’m going to ignore it and all the mushy, gooey commercialism it brings. The St Valentine’s Day massacre is a little
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(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) It’s hard work being on holiday. Right now I’m about halfway through a little post-Christmas break and I’m wondering how I usually manage to find time to work. You might think I’d be pretty chuffed with the big yellow thing in the sky putting in
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(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) Last week’s column generated a few questions about online scams and how they work, so it’s time to check out the information superhighway’s hall of shame. The granddaddy of all the online hoaxes is the Nigerian scam. Back in the 1920s this was called the
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(This is the Online column written for The Southland Times) As the death toll from the Boxing Day tsunami continues to rise, the depths to which scammers, thieves and fraudsters will sink to also appears to be increasing. The first scams began appearing online within hours of the devastating wall of water hitting land but
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Welcome to the annual Southland Times internet awards. I’m not Billy Crystal and no one’s going home with a gold-plated GI Joe. Now, on with the awards. The Do You Know Your Arts From Your Elbow Award? Modesty Panel’s little online quiz (update: the site,
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