NEW APPLE THEMES REALESED

With the release of firmware 2.0 for the Playstaion 3 last week, amongst pretty much useless features (I am looking at you news ticker), PS3 owners can now custom their UI with themes. Why this was not available at launch is beyond me. The Xbox 360 has had it for years. Before fanboys get to excited the Sony’s theme system is way better than Microsoft’s, plus Sony doesn’t microrape you by making you pay for them. At least not yet.

Any who I’ve gathered a list of themes below which might interest you. Along with the specs and info for creating your own custom themes. Props to GAF users m0dus and Dot50Cal for most of the themes and info below.

SPECS FOR IMAGES

Wallpapers:
HD – 1920×1080 JPEG
SD – 640×480 JPEG

Theme Preview Img:
480×270 24bit PNG

Author Icon:
64×64 32bit PNG

Icon (for the theme):
64×64 32bit PNG

Icon (for xmb):
128×128 32bit PNG
exceptions: icon_photo_default, icon_photo_album_default (170×128 32bit PNG)
exceptions: icon_video_default, icon_video_album_default (228×128 32bit PNG)

Pointers:
48×48 32bit PNG

Notification Pop-up Img:
64×64 32bit PNG

TOOLS

PS3 Theme Compiler Tool
English
http://au.playstation.com/support/ps…eme_v101-E.zip
Japanese
http://www.jp.playstation.com/ps3/dl…tool_eula.html

To compile the sample, type the following from a command prompt:

p3tcompiler.exe sample1\sample.xml

METHODS OF INSTALL

A) Download directly from the PS3 Web Browser
B) Download on your PC and place it on a flash card or USB device under the directory /PS3/THEME/





If you wanna see more themes I would suggest following this thread and the official Playstation forums check the usual art sites like Deviant Art. One more thing, if you need detailed instructions creating your own themes check out Gunlager’s Blog here.

Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)
Create your own PSP themes!
Create Custom Themes Online

data:post.body

Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0.8064)

Windows Live Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay connected to the people you care about.
Favorites and groups - Put the people you chat with most at the top of your contacts, so you easily see when they're online. Want to chat with several people in one window? Just set up a group.
Share photos - Look at photos together, right in the conversation window. And Messenger tells you when people you know post new photos on Windows Live.
Customize - Show off your personal style with custom scenes, animated display pictures, and signature sounds.
Mobile and web - Using a public computer without Messenger? No problem! You can chat on the web from Windows Live Hotmail. Or, use Messenger on your mobile phone.

Get Messenger and stay in touch.

Download MSN Messenger from FileHippo.com


Technical description;
Title: Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0.8064)
Filename: wlsetup-custom.exe
File size: 1.09MB (1,144,168 bytes)
Requirements: Windows XP/Vista/Vista64
License: Freeware
Date added: February 14, 2009
Author: Microsoft Corporation
www.microsoft.com

data:post.body

How to Add a Digg It Button to Your Blog or Web Page

Instructions

Things You'll Need:
An account at Digg.com
A blog or web page you want to have Dugg
A basic knowledge of HTML (just enough to copy and paste some code in the right place)
Get a Digg Script
Step
1

Log in to Digg.com.
Step
2
Click this icon to learn how to add Digg to your site.

Go to the Digg tools page. Look for the button inviting you to Integrate Digging in Your Site
Step
3
This is all you need to put a digg button on a web page.

The Integrate Digg page offers several code choices. You copy the code and add it to the HTML of your web page where you want the button to appear.

If you have a web page with just one article on it (in other words, not a blog) use the simplest option, which is just a small script link like the code you see in the image.

Only copy and paste the script part.
Step
4
Modify the script show to include your own URL.

If you have a blog, you want to add the Digg It button to each blog post. Unless you know in advance what the individual blog post URL will be, you may have go through this process:

A. Publish the post.
B. Click through to the individual post URL and copy it.
C. Edit the original post by adding the script shown in the image (only copy and paste the script part).
D. Republish the post.
Step
5

The Digg page providing this code to you offers a couple of other options as well. You can use them to modify the button slightly, but it isn't necessary to getting Dugg. Either of the two small bits of script code mentioned above will do that for you.

data:post.body