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Google has updated my favorite photo organization software, Picasa. Along with the new version and your Google account, you'll get 250MB of web space to upload your files. You can then arrange them into albums, add labels, etc.
Picasa itself gets some new features as well. You can now view by the folder hierarchy on your hard disk. Just like the web function,  Album collections can now be created. This version is only available to Web Albums users.
On the web, in the settings, you can select whether you want the RSS feed to your public photos to show (on by default) and whether you want people to be able to download your photos via Picasa (also on by default).
People will have to decide whether to use Flickr or Picasa Albums. It really depends on what you want to do. For the casual Flickr user like me, the Picasa albums are exciting because you can create albums. The free version of Flickr only lets you create 3 sets which is a drag but I understand it. Flickr limits your uploads per month with no end in sight whereas Google says 250MB and that's it. $25US per year will get you 6GB if you want it.
If you want to see how it in action, I threw together a quick album of pictures from a recent excursion to Universal Studios Hollywood: My Universal Studios Picasa Album
Tags: google, picasa, flickr, photography
[via:InsideGoogle]