The seasons are changing and warm weather is about to be a thing of the past for many of us in the northern regions. What better chilly fall activity than cuddling up with a blanket and playing around with the new Lightroom 3 beta? It's free!

Looks like Yahoo is making a grab at the market. This week the company launched a redesign that leaves some of us thinking: they're going to have to try a bit harder.

While no online site is impervious to the pitfalls of offering a free service without a clear plan for reimbursement, it appears that Twitter thinks they may have found the solution.

Well, big day today.  After a lot of work, we launched the all new Amvona site.  We hope you like it, it should be considerably faster, and much more intuitive to use - our focus has been simplicity.  You'll also notice that the social aspects of Amvona have been peeled away, and are now part of our sister site Flekt.com.  If you had profile information on the Amvona network, You'll find all your profile info. and images there, and a whole lot more, so check it out and let us know what you think.  Your userid and password are the same as before and work on both sites.