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Starting today, no more MSN Web Messenger

Adrian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:04:56 +0000

Bad news for MSN Web Messenger users. Starting today, Microsoft will discontinue the service. If you still want to use the web based messenger, you must login from your Windows Live Hotmail account. MSN Web Messenger was released in August 2004 and now it will be integrated into Windows Live People.

The press release from Microsoft says that: “On June 30, MSN Web Messenger will close; however, customers will continue to have the opportunity to connect with each other using Windows Live Hotmail’s web-based IM, a version of Windows Live Messenger which is accessible through your Windows Live Hotmail account. We made the decision to retire MSN Web Messenger as part of our overall investment in updating and re-aligning our online services under the Windows Live brand. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause our customers.”

One of the advantages of the new service is that Web Messenger allows you to be logged in from different locations at the same time. Another advantage of the integration with your Hotmail account is that you can see when your Messenger friends are online while reading an e-mail and immediately start a chat to clarify something in your friend’s e-mail message.

It looks like June 30 is the cleaning day for Microsoft. Microsoft Money, Microsoft Encarta, and Windows Live OneCare will also be discontinued. On October 31, 2009, MSN Encarta Web sites worldwide will be dropped with the exception of Encarta Japan, which will be suspended on December 31, 2009.

Photoinstrument 2.6 Retouches Photos in Minutes

Sierra Monica B. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:41:35 +0000

Photoinstrument 2.6 is the latest version of what seems to be a powerful tool for retouching your photos in a matter of minutes.
It provides several easy to use tools that allow you to make different adjustments to images and make them look perfect for storing in a digital photo album. Among these you have options for beautifying skin, make-up drawing, playing with contrast, colors and luminosity, modifying people’s body types, remove wrinkles and spots, and one of the most fun things – remove objects from photos, without leaving traces.

As it’s a software designed for beginners in photo editing, Photoinstrument uses smileys for instrument representation in the user interface which, along with the large colored icons, enhance the user experience.
The tool set brought by the latest version of the software include Liquify, Clone, Smudge, Skin Cleaner, Glamour Skin, Dodge/Burn, Brush, Blur, Sharpen, Colorize, Rotate/Scale, Red Eye Removal, Brightness-Contrast, Adjust Color Levels, Glow, Healing Brush, Denoise and Object Removal.

Photoinstrument 2.6 supports 15 languages and can be installed on any computer running Windows NT4/2000/XP and Vista.
After the trial period you can go for the Home License, which can be purchased for $69.90, or for the Business License requiring you to spend $119.90.

RemShutdown 2.5 Shuts Down Your Computers Remotely

Sierra Monica B. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:48:40 +0000

If you are one of the administrators of a computer network which you use to control remotely, the RemShutdown software provides an easy solution to control when each computer shuts down.

From what we read on the official page of the software we learned that it’s pretty easy to use, without requiring advanced knowledge of computer programs.
All you need to do is add as many computers from the network as you need, select the ones you plan to shut down and press the Shutdown button in the user interface.

To add the computers in the list you can select them by IP range, or add separate IP addresses and host names in a classic text file. Also, to make things even simpler, RemShutdown offers you the possibility to resolve host names according to the available IPs. This method lasts longer but you’ll be able to save the entire computer list and use it again at a later time.

Other features you may use include setting of a user name and password or a shutdown delay, the Prevent button for stopping the shutdown process, the system reboot after shutdown, and forcing applications to close.

RemShutdown allows experienced users to perform multiple tasks right from the command line.
At the moment it is supported by Windows operating systems up to Vista.

These being said, all you need to do is test the software for 15 days, and if it’s what you need you can purchase the latest version, which at this moment is 2.5, for $14.50 from the official website of NSAUDITOR.