The ECCE TERRAM Internet Services company will go to Las Vegas to present its Photo2lab Software Suite on the main photo trade fair PMA, which will take place from 31 January to 2 February 2008. Integrated into the Photo2lab Software Suite is the HDX4 Photo Manager of HDX4 GmbH. This is a HDX4 Photo SDK for professional picture optimisation.

Dortmund. Jan 21st, 2008. - HDX4 GmbH has specialised in the development of software all about the topics of burning and multimedia. A suitable tool for digital photography is the SDK HDX4 Photo Manager, which other companies can license to upgrade their own software with new functions. SDK includes the two modules HDX4 Natural Enhancement and HDX4 Upscaling, both proprietary developments from the technology laboratories of HDX4 GmbH.

A distinctive feature of the HDX4-modules is that they can help to turn any snapshot into a really professional photograph – it only takes a mouse click. So far, photographers rather used trial and error to adjust brightness, contrast and colours; now the software can detect imperfections of pictures and corrects them without need for further user intervention. Frank Simon of ECCE TERRAM: "Thanks to the HDX4-functions, dark pictures with low contrast and matt colours are definitely a thing of the past. Suddenly, the sky prints perfectly blue and details, which were in the shade become visible again."

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The project, Ethanol & Orphans, is looking for celebrities who think it is a good idea and who will endorse the project.  The project sponsor is the not-for-profit charity, Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. 

The Ethanol & Orphans project is currently underway in Vietnam where we will be building a cellulose ethanol refinery and using the profits to build:
 - a Self-sustaining, high-tech, green Community for street orphans where they will be raised in families with surrogate parents and grandparents, given care, skills (job, computer, familiy/life) and supplemental education.
 - a Medical clinic supported by the profits from the refinery so those who cannot afford it can still receive treatment.
 - more care for disabled children (who are still today being born with birth defects from Agent Orange which was used in the war in the 60's and 70's) so they can learn to be self-sufficient even with disabilities.

We are looking for people who care about:
 - improving the environment
 - using less petrochemical fuels
 - helping developing / third world countries to improve
 - street children living barely surviving
 - disabled children who need assistance
 - providing medical/dental care for those who cannot afford it
 - protecting food sources (we will use sugarcane for the refiery, NOT grains)
 - providing education for children, the future leaders of their country
 - and more humanitarian projects

The celebrities will be asked to speak about our project when they can, and to allow us to use thier comments/picture/name in our website and promotion materials.

For complete details about the project, see: http://www.orphancommunities.org
For questions, write to us at: info@orphancommunities.org
 
Please forward this to others who you know will be interested in supporting this project.

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Photo service Software Developer announced to publish ‘Transfer Ordering Network’ Protocol during Photokina 

Setting up a digital photo processing service in store or online is becoming easier with ready made software solutions. Large central labs offer these to tie in their customers, while specialist developers like ECCE TERRAM sell software components that increase the services independence and negotiation power.

Oldenburg. 26 July 2006 – Today the vast majority of photographs taken are digital. Online photo services converting digital images into traditional photographic paper prints in familiar 6×4" (10x15cm), prints are increasingly profitable. Compared to home inkjet prints, pictures on photographic paper tend to look much 'richer', and are vastly more durable with regard to handling by sweaty fingers, humid environments, and fading in daylight. Such services cater for business with new photographic gift items and product ideas. The specialist internet software developer ECCE TERRAM will be presenting the latest off the shelf, modular software solutions for online photo services, web portals, photo labs and purchasing associations at the international Photokina exhibition in Cologne in September 2006, including releases currently being prepared. As a Photokina highlight, the company will also publish its complete ‘Transfer Ordering Network’ protocol for free usage.

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La Copa Mundial es el mayor evento masivo del mundo. Es fascinante ver como la Copa Mundial de Fútbol apasiona a la gente. Según datos aportados por la Agencia Federal de Trabajo en Núremberg Alemania, el Mundial de Fútbol 2006 creó unos 50000 empleos adicionales en el país anfitrión. Pero también en otros países la copa es una bendición para el comercio, las agencias de viajes y restaurantes. Toda una gama de productos, mucho más allá de la camiseta en los colores del equipo favorito, son lanzados al mercado. Por ejemplo una empresa de Internet especializada en álbumes impresos de fotos propias vende en Alemania un libro de la copa mundial que imprime por pedido combinando fotos y textos de la FIFA con fotos propias de quien lo ordena. 

Viajé la semana pasada desde Inglaterra a Alemania a visitar un partido de la Copa Mundial. Fue una experiencia única en muchos aspectos. Como en ninguno de mis viajes anteriores aproveché los avances de la segunda generación de la Web como parte de la vida cotidiana. Primeramente, al buscar el vuelo me encontré con la nueva meta-búsqueda de viajes operada por Mobissimo. Esto de ninguna forma se compara a una agencia de viajes. Hace una búsqueda combinada de los 160 sitios de información de viaje más relevantes, presentando ésta en una lista clara e interactiva, de donde se pueden efectuar las reservas. Sobresale por el concepto de búsqueda por actividad llamada “activity search”, donde se puede buscar un viaje por lo que se desea hacer, por ejemplo “ir a esquiar desde Londres con cuatro persona de tal fecha a tal fecha”… y el “TravelConcierge” encontrará las opciones más atractivas. Yo sólo necesitaba ir de Londres a Leipzig y Mobissimo me encontró la conexión más conveniente y económica, ya que incluye también las principales línea aéreas económicas.

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La copa mundial vista a través de los aficionados

Los aficionados del fútbol alrededor del mundo están invitados a mostrar sus mejores fotografías de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol en la comunidad Web de http://www.fotoalbumdefutbol.com. El objetivo de los organizadores es crear desde ahora y hasta el final del mundial el "Mayor Álbum de Fotos de Aficionados de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol” en la Web. Los organizadores son amantes del fútbol y miembros de la nueva comunidad de Internet llamada miaplaza, donde la afición global puede intercambiar en un ambiente amigable: chats, fotos y mensajes libres de spam.

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VSO Software announces the release of Image Resizer, freeware that resizes and converts images between different formats. This handy application is a useful tool for anyone who wants to store digital pictures on a PC and wants to email them, move them easily from one folder to another or to free up space on the hard drive.

Toulouse. April 28th, 2006 -- In one click, Image Resizer by VSO Software resizes pictures or changes their format as desired: the reduced file size enables faster loading, improved pictures management and saves storage space. Image files which are smaller in size are more easily sent by email, something difficult to do with the original file size. It is also the perfect tool for webmasters or people wanting to publish images on the internet.

Image Resizer handles images in all popular formats: bmp, jpeg, gif, png and can converts them at the preferred resolution (from 320x200 to 1600x1200, including even Ipod photo and video, Sony PSPS, HDTV and DVD). The images will adjust automatically to the size of the desktop or to the source used to display them.

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