Nikon launches 12.3mp D90 digital SLR
Thursday 28 Aug 2008 - 09:59
The Nikon D90, which replaces Nikon's current D80, provides similar functionality to the D300 but at a lower price (£595 plus VAT/US$1,000 for the body only).
Alien Skin releases Blow Up 2 Photoshop plug-in
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 14:08
Alien Skin Software has released Blow Up 2, the new version of its photo resizing plug-in for Photoshop. The company says that Blow Up 2 takes the complexity out of preparing photos for printing with a user interface that intelligently handles resizing, cropping, and sharpening.
Getty teams up with blinkx video search engine
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 10:02
blinkx, which describes itself as 'the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine', today announced a partnership with stock image and footage library Getty Images.
Smoke & Mirrors NY creates retro VFX spots for Lenovo
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 09:55
Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) has created a two retro VFX-laden 30-second spots highlighting the Thinkpad and Ideapad of Lenovo’s line of products.
Mammoth posts new HD footage showreel
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 09:50
Stock footage library Mammoth HD has posted a showreel online showing its latest collections of HD royalty-free and rights-managed collections, as well as single clips.
Apple quadruples share of enterprise market
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 09:11
Even without a strategy to push its computers into corporations, Apple has managed to nearly quadruple its share of the corporate business market in the last 19 months, an analyst said Tuesday.
FIRST LOOK: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 software
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 09:08
Adobe obviously pays attention to what's hot these days. And online photo sharing is more popular than ever, with sites like Flickr and Facebook and programs like Apple iPhoto keeping people connected through photos, blogs, and blurbs. With Photoshop Elements 7 ($100, or $150 when bundled with Photoshop Premiere Elements 7 video-editing software; in private beta, due in October), Adobe provides ties to its forthcoming online service, Photoshop.com, and adds enough new features to the desktop app itself to make version 7 a worthy upgrade.
Gluon releases ProPack 8 for QuarkXPress
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 09:07
Gluon has updated its bundle of QuarkXPress XTensions, which are now compatible with QuarkXPress 8.
Nvidia claims 10 hours of HD video on Tegra chip
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 09:04
Nvidia's Tegra system-on-chip will allow portable devices to play high-definition video for more than 10 hours, an engineer from the company told the Hot Chips conference on Monday.
Mac clone maker sues Apple, plays antitrust card
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008 - 08:59
The Mac clone maker sued by Apple Inc. last month fired back today with a countersuit charging Apple with restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law.
LG to launch consumer, SOHO NAS system at IFA
Tuesday 26 Aug 2008 - 16:05
LG is targeting home and small-office/home-office (SOHO) users with a network-attached storage (NAS) server that it plans to introduce at this week's IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Nokia launches N85, N79 and N96 for the US
Tuesday 26 Aug 2008 - 16:03
Nokia has expanded its N series of smart phones with two new models: the N85 and the N79. The company will also start selling an Americanized version of the upcoming N96, it announced on Tuesday.
Olympus intros five cameras for autumn
Tuesday 26 Aug 2008 - 15:57
Olympus unveiled five new digital cameras Monday that will start rolling out in the US this month until well into the autumn.
Consumer electronics expo kicks off in Berlin
Tuesday 26 Aug 2008 - 15:55
Europe's biggest consumer-electronics show, the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA), kicks off in Berlin this week
Peppermelon discusses its 80s sci-fi TV pastiche, Love at First Byte
Tuesday 26 Aug 2008 - 12:01
Love at First Byte is an episode of E.L.A., a homage to the fantasy and sci-fi shows of the 1980s. We spoke to Fernando Sarmiento about the project
