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Creative of Singapore – remember those guys who got $100M from Apple? – they have released their Zen Vision W portable media player, featuring a 4.3-inch screen in a wide 16:9 format. Popular Mechanics magazine called it the “best screen we’ve seen on a PMP.” There’s a 30GB ($412) model and a 60GB ($475) version, …
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Twenty-five colleges and art schools all over the United States will participate in Adobe Systems Inc.’s Project: Photoshop and Lightroom road show beginning September 5th. The seminar seeks to educate students and teachers about the Photoshop CS2 imaging software and Adobe Lightroom, which is still in its public beta version. The Lightroom software offers photographers …
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Taiwan’s BenQ today announced its 10-megapixel C1000 digital camera, featuring a 3x optical zoom, 2.4-inch LCD screen, 24MB internal memory, and an extensive range of user-friendly modes. Among the shooting modes is what BenQ calls PASM (Program AE/Aperture Priority/Shutter Priority/Manual), which allows photographers to manually customize the aperture and shutter speed to one’s own preferences. …
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Photoshop author and trainer Jan Kabili has published his “Photoshop Online” website. Aside from news and information about Adobe’s Photoshop imaging software, his website also offers podcasts that feature his tips and tricks about digital photo enhancements. His podcasts are also available from Apple’s iTunes. Visit PhotoShop Online. [Via PhotoshopNews.com]
Memory card maker Pretec today announced its 8GB SD card, the highest capacity SD card available in the market today. The Pretec 8GB SD card has an access speed up to 20MB/sec, and is made under SD 2.0 (SDHC) specifications. Pretec said the 8GB SDHC is now available for key customer sampling at unit price …
The Sony guys expected just 10% of the global market for this year, but when the initial figures in Tokyo showed 21% in July and 19% in August, their optimism soared. Bloomberg has announced that Sony’s Alpha 100 DSLR, which debuted in Tokyo on July 21, had a 21.6 percent share in that month and …
It’s ruggedized too, just in case you want to venture out to the Amazon rainforest, the Sahara desert or the Himalayas and tumble as you shoot. The 8-megapixel Caplio 500SE W is waterproof, shockproof and dust-proof. You can wrestle Bigfoot with it and still take his picture. This is one of the first cameras to …
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Epson announced today its Stylus CX5000 and CX6000 “More-in-One” printers, touted to produce long-lasting prints with its DURABrite Ultra Ink. They can also copy, scan, and restore faded photos. Both models can print without a computer by using the PictBridge technology. “Offering more than just printing, copying and scanning, these products have aptly earned the …
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Olympus has announced the new Mju 725 SW compact digital camera. It’s waterproof to a depth of 5 meters (16 feet) and shockproof, it can withstand a 5-foot drop without damage; thus, the SW in its name. The Mju 725 SW retains some of the features of its predecessor the Mju 720 SW: an Olympus-branded …
The latest version of Ulead’s popular and well-received DVD authoring suite, Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 Plus, will begin shipping at the end of August. The Plus version adds additional templates, content to include in your custom DVDs, and expanded and multi-format disc copying support. Also noteworthy is Sony’s Blu-Ray disc format included out of the …