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Update (Tuesday, 9:05 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 75 people got right -- is the old one-room schoolhouse in San Simeon, Calif., that was once used by children of Hearst Castle ranchhands. Hearst Castle is visible at the top of the hill in the background. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for tomorrow's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting … Read more

Windows 8 offers a new twist on security by letting you log in with a picture password as an alternative to a text password or PIN.

For this process to work, you'll need to copy at least one image to your Windows 8 Pictures folder. After selecting your picture, you draw circles, lines, or taps on any three areas to set up your security. To log in, simply recreate the same gestures in the same order.

A picture password seems better suited for touch-screen tablet users, but PC users can also tap into the feature and use a mouse … Read more

Update (Monday, 7:45 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 133 people got right -- is the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Los Angeles. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Tuesday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at your disposal. Throughout … Read more

Update (Sunday, 8:05 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 184 people got right -- is London Bridge, in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Monday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at your disposal. Throughout … Read more

Update (Sunday, 1:08 a.m. PT): The answer to Saturday's challenge -- which 53 people got right -- is the Old Trails Arch Bridge, as well as other pipeline bridges that span the Colorado River (and the border between Arizona and California) between Needles, Calif. and Topock, Ariz. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Sunday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new … Read more

Update (Saturday, 12:43 a.m. PT): The answer to Friday's challenge -- which 152 people got right -- is Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Ariz. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Saturday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at your disposal. Throughout … Read more

Update (Friday, 12:46 a.m. PT): The answer to Thursday's challenge -- which 17 people got right -- is Abengoa Solar's Solana solar power plant, a 280-megawatt parabolic trough plant currently under construction in Gila Bend, Ariz., that may end up as the world's largest such facility.

Under normal circumstances, all I do is post the day's answer, but Thursday's responses merit a special note. Usually, a large majority of the people who respond to the Picture of the Day challenge get the answer right. But on Thursday, just 15 percent were correct -- … Read more

Update (Wednesday, 10:40 p.m. PT): The answer to today's challenge -- which 52 people got right -- is the Spreckles Sugar Plant in Brawley, Calif. Thanks to everyone who played, and to all, please come back for Thursday's challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to try to correctly identify it using any means at your disposal. Throughout … Read more

Photo editing can be an extremely tedious and time-consuming process. Fortunately, many editing tasks can be performed automatically using batch-processing programs. BatchPhoto Enterprise is an easy-to-use program that can correct, adjust, resize, crop, and otherwise edit groups of images. It's not perfect, but we don't think we've encountered many programs that are more versatile and intuitive than BatchPhoto Enterprise.

BatchPhoto Enterprise opens with a wizard that walks users through the process of getting acquainted with the program, and copious documentation is provided, including video tutorials. Once we started using BatchPhoto Enterprise we were surprised by exactly how … Read more