Poladroid software is FREE and available for Mac and Windows. Notes: converted pictures will be saved under My Pictures in Windows and Pictures directory in Mac.

Features:

1. Easy to use : Drag & Drop
2. Generate High-resolution pictures (400 dpi), “ready-to-print” with a Polaroid design
3. Funny : only 10 treatments per session, like the content of a cartridge ; interactive (look at the demo below) ; random and realistic Polaroid-like colors variation…

Download:Poladroid

Embedded objects is a Firefox add-ons allow you to download any media files (mp3, flv, avi, wav, wmv, mov) from the web page content. The little green arrow icon will appear lower right corner of Firefox browser when it found media files. You just need to click on it and select the files from its Download dialog window.

If you don’t have any software in your machine to convert music files to another music file type like mp3 or wma, Media.io is for you. Media.io is an online tool that allows you to upload any music files and convert into mp3, ogg, wav and wma file format. You just need to upload your music file and once uploaded, it will let you choose music file type and bit rate you’re going to convert. Media.io allows up to 250MB file size for each file.

Smart GWT 2.1 has just been released. Like prior releases, this release has significant improvements and new features.

Smart GWT is a GWT based framework that allows you to not only utilize its comprehensive widget library for your application UI, but also tie these widgets in with your server-side for data management. Smart GWT is based on the powerful and mature SmartClient library.

Smart GWT is compatible with GWT 1.5.3 , GWT 1.6.4, GWT 1.7.x and GWT 2.0.x

Based on my knowledge, all the File Upload control which based on the RFC1867 ( Form-based File Upload in HTML. (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1867.txt) ) need a full postback, and cannot work in an UpdatePanel.

There are many way to make a “AJAX” file upload, please check:

http://www.muraton.net/post/2008/01/FileUpload-and-Ajax-UpdatePanel.aspx

http://mobiledeveloper.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/file-upload-with-aspnet-ajax-updatepanel/

http://forums.asp.net/t/1207035.aspx

http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh/archive/2008/04/01/file-upload-in-updatepanel-asp.net-ajax.aspx

http://www.muraton.net/post/2008/01/FileUpload-and-Ajax-UpdatePanel.aspx

http://mobiledeveloper.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/file-upload-with-aspnet-ajax-updatepanel/

http://aspalliance.com/1442_Building_AJAX_Enabled_File_Uploading_System_with_Progress_Bar_Using_ASPNET_20.all

http://geekswithblogs.net/rashid/archive/2007/08/01/Create-An-Ajax-Style-File-Upload.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2006/12/14/uploading-files-without-a-full-postback.aspx

http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/tony_lombardo/archive/2007/04/09/file-uploads-where-s-the-ajax.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/AJAXUpload.aspx

http://www.codeplex.com/fileuploadajax

http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh/archive/2008/04/01/file-upload-in-updatepanel-asp.net-ajax.aspx

Inbox2 a desktop client application for combining all your Emails and Social messaging in one place. It can fetch all the mails from Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, MS Exchange mail servers, IMAP and POP3 account as well. Not only that It can receive and update to your Facebook, Twitter, Yammer and LinkedIn updates and messages.

First thing impressed me is the simple interface and initial setup for social accounts. Setup for your social accounts is so easy, just simple clicks. Once you have setup, it will fetch all the last 50 messages, contacts and attachments from your chosen accounts in separated tabs. (There is an option to load all the message in Inbox2). For now, Inbox2 is Free application and available for Windows only.

Thanks, [mgthantzin]

BuddyPress 1.2, and it’s now ready for anyone with a WordPress installation!

There are so many new and improved features in this release it’s hard to keep this post short, but let me highlight just a few major ones for you.

Standard WordPress Support

BuddyPress is no longer limited to WordPress MU installations. It will now work with both WordPress and WordPress MU 2.9.1 and higher. You’ll get all the features of BuddyPress regardless of which WordPress version you use, the only difference being the tracking of blogs with WordPress MU.

Simplified Installation

We’ve worked hard to make BuddyPress 1.2 as simple to install as possible. Previous versions required manual installation steps, and a sometimes tough WordPress MU installation. With this version of BuddyPress you can be up and running in three simple steps that even my Mom would have no trouble with!

A Shiny New Default Theme

This version ships with a new default theme, offering out of the box support for all the new features in version 1.2. We’ve worked really hard to provide you with a theme that has great looks, great usability, and is really easy to extend. The feedback has been fantastic during the development stages, and we think you’re going to love what it has to offer.

Awesome Activity Streams

Activity streams in BuddyPress 1.2 have been completely transformed into something considerably more powerful. Activity streams form the focus of the new default theme and provide a really easy and intuitive way for users to interact.

Each activity item now has a permalink so it’s easy to bookmark or send direct links to any type of activity. Any user can also comment on activity across a site, with support for threading so your users can ignite their own individual discussions around a single activity.

There’s also direct update posting to the activity stream, so it’s easy to share your thoughts globally, or even within a particular group. Not only that, you can also mark activity items as a favorite, and send other users @username mentions.

Vanity Barcodes‘ goal is to help businesses take advantage of the little-known marketing potential of decorative — yet functional — UPC barcodes on their products. It’s a great way to add brand value and engage customers in a way that no other graphic design can!