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» Monday Informational Newsbits

Mondays can be pretty rough on you when you think back on the weekend and how short it actually was and how much you have got to do this week! Hopefully there are some good news today that might get the mood up a bit.

• I bet you too have been faced with the scenario that you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of music tracks from iTunes but still have them on your iPod/iPhone. However, after wondering a while, you realize there is seemingly no way of getting them back. That’s what Senuti is for. Senuti is basically a free little cool application that allows you to transfer songs and playlists from your iPod/iPhone back onto your computer. You can browse what you have on your iPod before chosing what to bring back as well.
   
• Attention Photoshop 7 Users! If anyone of you reading this are using PS7 (or know someone who does) be sure to note that this is the absolute last chance to be eligible for the upgrade pricing on Photoshop. With the release of CS3, Adobe instituted a "3 version back" upgrade policy which basically now means that you can upgrade your version of PS7 to CS3 now, or be faced with buying a full new license for Photoshop CS4, should you want it come release. The deadline is by October 15!
   
• On a photography related note, the Canon G10 is now in-stock over at B&H Photo for $500 plus shipping and handling, so if you’ve been waiting on it, now is the time to be able to lay your hands on one! Also note that B&H is observing the Jewish holidays and will be closed for an extensive period now come mid October. Go to their site to read up on that and when to order to get it shipped before their closings.
   
• Finally a service tip of the day: Kuler. Kuler is a sharing site—created by Adobe—that lets you download, share and create colours swatches in a community. If you’ve ever been stuck for a colour scheme in a project; just download a swatch from the site, import into the application you want to use it in (Adobe application) and start using!

» Easy Going Tuesday

 For me at least today is a really easy going Tuesday with loads of free time to work on so here is a Tuesday news post, filled with some cool goodies!

• Rumors were apparently true yesterday! Today marks the official release of Windows Vista SP1 and it should be available in the Windows Updater for you all using Vista.
   
• Justin Seeley had a pretty cool blog post today about the Social Network Wars that are going on right now, where they are definately in war for us visitors. It’s a very interesting read. PS: I should also mention that Justin is back on blogging now so check is totally revamped blog out, it’s pretty cool.
   
• Apple has today released a new version of Safari bringing it up to version 3.1. They promise it to be even faster now, and I’d say it runs smoothly, so no reason not to upgrade.
   
• I just gotto rave on a bit about B&H Photo! I’m on the lookout for some new lighting gear to add (mainly things that Scott Kelby suggested in his first lighting week day, things that do suit my budget) to my set-up, and the thing is I need some extension cable and with the whole world of cables out there, I had no idea what to get. So I go to the B&H Photo site and fire up the live chat. Immidiately I get a person assigned and get a great answer and product numbers for what I need, from the cables to the adapters. Really great service!
   
• I also want to finally pass on a congratulations to a friend of mine, Elizabeth Gast on the NAPP Forums (or there known as Firgs), who have got herself a job as a Photoshop teacher! Congrats!!