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Learning the art of photography is exciting, especially because so many resources are available to beginner photographers online and off. Some of the best of these resources are blogs, and they highlight gear, techniques, inspiration, and more that can help you learn to be a better photographer. Read on to discover 100 of the best photography blogs out there. General For general interest photography, be sure to check out these blogs. All Day I Dream About Photography : This blog has great tips, featured photographers, and more. See the rest at Photography Colleges

Microsoft has been developing Windows 7 under a shroud of secrecy worthy of Apple, and it's led to a rash of rumours and unfounded expectations. The vision for Windows 7 doesn't sound like a snappy marketing slogan yet. Even Mike Nash, the Vice President for Windows Product Management, doesn't have one. He says: "The things you do today on Windows, Windows 7 makes easier; and the things you always dreamed of doing [are made] possible." This time, a key concern for Microsoft in terms of design is the Windows user experience. To make this happen, there's been a bit of a re-shuffle; Sinofsky isn't the only person to move from the Office team to Windows. Julie Larson-Green, the person responsible for introducing the ribbon interface to Office 2007, is now Corporate Vice President of Program Management for the Windows Experience. A handful of accessories (including WordPad, Movie Maker and Paint) will get a version of the ribbon, but it's not the look of Of...

Time to take out your camera: tonight's full moon in the Northern Hemisphere will be the biggest it's been in 15 years. Many people who try to photograph the moon fail because they set their cameras for a nighttime exposure. However, the moon is lit by sunlight, so the camera settings are the same as any photo taken in bright daylight. The following will help you in capturing the moon on film or digitally. More at eHow .

Instead of fretting about the old recovery CD you lost (or perhaps never got), why not take a few minutes and make one of your own? Ideally, a recovery disc should act as a safety net should anything disagreeable happen to your PC's hard drive or its data. (Think crash, virus, spyware attack, driver corruption, and so on.) A good recovery disc allows you to reinstall Windows to fix a minor problem or rebuild your PC from scratch to recover from a major one. Here's the problem: Once you upgrade your XP installation to Service Pack 3, Windows won't ever allow you to install an older version (including earlier editions of XP) without either wiping the hard drive clean or installing to a different drive. More from PC Mag

You've finally decided to move all your email online to Google's web-based service, Gmail. Great! But what about messages still going to your old email address(es)? You don't have to notify all your contacts that your email address has changed—again. Gmail is not only an email host, it's an email client, which can fetch mail from any number of external services and consolidate it all right there in your Gmail inbox. Here's how to move your email to Gmail without missing a single message from an existing account. More at Lifehacker

Many readers asked for more information on symptoms they should look for if they fear for their machines' security. Subscriber Leslie Kight asks the following question: "Great article. I'm curious, though: what makes Woody suspect his XP machine is infected by Mebroot? What symptoms did he see to raise that question?" Here's Woody's reply: "I kept getting weird virus warnings from AVG — viruses would appear, I would remove them, then they would reappear in different locations, or entirely different viruses would show up. AVG reported that the MBR [Master Boot Record] was being changed every time I rebooted, even when I did nothing. "I did a deep scan — first with AVG, then with NOD32 — to remove all the reported malware, but the viruses kept reappearing. Antirootkit scans turned up nothing. Then I couldn't connect to F-Secure's Web site, so I pulled the plug. "As I said in the article, I have no idea at all if it wa...

You don’t have to be filthy rich or a well known celebrity in order to turn your home into a more Earth friendly environment. No matter what your favorite room in the house is, you can transform each part of your home into a greener environment. From small things like the products you use and your daily lifestyle routine, you can easily teach your family how to maintain a home that works with the environment and not against it. You’d be surprised by how simple the process can be! CareFair.com