Add timestamp to filename when taking screenshots

I take a lot of screenshots because I deal with DEV, QA, BAs, etc. as a PM. I would like to change the default location, naming mask, and format for screenshots that I take on OS X. E.g. when using Command + Shift + 4 + Space, the resulting image is automatically dumped on the Desktop with the filename "Picture n+1" where n = the highest number that already exists on the Desktop. (If you have Picture 1, Picture 2, etc. up to 8, the new file is named Picture 9) The format is always PNG.
Instead, I would like the files stored in my Pictures directory with file names similar to "Picture MMDDYY HHmmSS" and as JPG files.
Any thoughts on how to quickly and easily do this? I can't seem to find any simple configuration changes anywhere; e.g. maybe in a config file somewhere?

There are some ways to change format and default location through terminal, if you google (I don't know nothing 'bout using no command line ...). There's also a nice tool called Deeper (check versiontracker or macupdate) that puts a GUI wrapper on that and a mess of other tweakable OS X features.
I am not positive there's an easy way to do the naming. That may be something scriptable, though, or something Automator can do.

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