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Geek Tip: Take Cleaner Screenshots

GeekSugar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:32:18 -0800

Being able to take screenshots is useful for many reasons, but no matter how practical your reasons, your shots can still be clean and aesthetically pleasing.

If you're a Mac OS X Leopard or Tiger user, you probably know to take screenshots with Shift + Command + 4, which gives you a little cross hair icon to select the area to take a screenshot of. Take that further and press that combo, and then hit the space bar. Instead of a cross hair icon, you'll get a little camera icon.

This enables you to take a perfect shot of one single application (even if it's buried under layers of windows). The resulting screenshot, like the one pictured here, gives you perfect edges, that cool shadow effect, and zero messiness.

Geek Tip: Easily Take Screenshots With Your iPhone

GeekSugar — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:59 -0700

Taking screenshots on the old iPhone was a difficult task, requiring you to perform a preference hack then do some tricky moves with buttons just to get a screen grab. But thankfully on your iPhone 3G (and if you've updated to the 2.0 firmware update for an older iPhone), it's so much easier and doesn't require any hacking into your new, pristine toy.

To take a screenshot on an iPhone 2.0 (that's "two dot oh" to you, ma'am), all you have to do is hold down the Home button while pressing the Sleep/Wake button. Your screen will flash and presto, you have a screenshot. You can find your shot in your iPhone's photo app for easy download to iPhoto or Windows photo program. Simple. Like the iPhone itself, no?

Yes, You Can Take Screenshots on Your BlackBerry

GeekSugar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:05:33 -0800

You already know that you can easily take screenshots on your iPhone with just a few clicks, but taking a screenshot on your BlackBerry may prove to be a little more difficult . . . without an app that is. With Screenshot (pretty easy to remember, right?) you can take screenshots on your BlackBerry to back up messages, phone numbers, texts, or whatever you may need.

Screenshot is simple to use since you can assign a key to act as your own personal shutter switch to capture whatever is on your screen. Although the iPhone screenshot tip was free and came as a built in feature for the iPhone, the app is not as wallet friendly as free: it comes in at $3.

iTunes 9 Could Have Twitter and Facebook Integration

GeekSugar — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:33:20 -0700

I don't usually get too excited about an iTunes update, but Boy Genius Report has some possible screenshots of iTunes 9, and they imply Facebook and Twitter integration.

Social networking integration and built-in Last FM were already rumored features, and the questionable shots show a "Social" tab.

What could a social networking aspect mean for iTunes? It could mean a way to combine your different social networks, or share music socially. I would love for them to expand on the Shared Playlist aspect, already something I enjoy and use now.

What do you think it could mean?

Daily Tech: iPhone 2.2 Screenshots Leaked and Lookin' Good

GeekSugar — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:03:29 -0800

Screenshots of the new iPhone 2.2 operating system upgrade have come all the way from European territory and shown off the ability to download 10MB of podcasts over the 3G network. - CrunchGear
Some scientists are starting to say that the Nintendo Wii could help children lose weight. - Telegraph UK
Talk about a stellar Halloween costume! Check out a father and son dressed up as Eve and Wall-E. . . Amazing! - Boing Boing
On a less-than-enjoyable date and wish you can have someone call your phone and rescue you? With the iPhone application Magic Tap, you can pretend to get calls from your mother, Steve Jobs, whoever, all for 99 cents. - PC World
From Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, the entire world celebrated Barack Obama's win in different ways online. - USA Today

Beauty Factory Screenshots

GeekSugar — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:42:04 -0700

Beauty Factory Screenshots

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Summer Is Coming Early With Summer Sports: Paradise Island

GeekSugar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:05:20 -0800

I'm going to bet on the fact that if you have a Wii, you love playing Wii Sports. Well the game that has certainly been a hit with everyone from seniors to professionals in the medical field has now got another partner in crime-Summer Sports: Paradise Island! Summer Sports: Paradise Island takes you to a sunny island resort where you can play seven warm weather games including volleyball, lawn darts, croquet, horseshoes and mini golf.

Set for a release in March, I'm super stoked to play some Summer games during this long winter season, as I can almost feel the virtual sun on my face now! Get an early look at the first screenshots of Summer Games: Paradise Island thanks to GameSpy in the gallery below.

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Name That Video Game Super Quiz

GeekSugar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:47:43 -0700

It's time to play Name That Video Game! In this special super quiz, identify the game from its screenshot. If you're a video game fan be sure to cast your vote for the Best Video Game Ever, it's Super Mario Bros. 3 Vs. Tetris! Ready. Set. Go!

Question 1 of 5

What video game is this?

Star Trek: D-A-C Screenshots

GeekSugar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:23:00 -0700

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Resident Evil 5 Screenshots

GeekSugar — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:30:13 -0700

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