iPhone Film Festival, education sessions, products, and special events with Fred Armisen and the Independent Film Channel celebrate the next generation of film and television FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – IDG World Expo today announced a full agenda of film education and special events that showcase the evolution in movie making made possible by Apple [...]
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CUPERTINO, California―28 November 2012―Apple® today announced the all-new iMac® will be available on Friday, 30 November. Featuring a stunning design, brilliant display with reduced reflection, faster processors and an innovative new storage option called Fusion Drive, the new iMac is the most advanced desktop Apple has ever made. The 21.5-inch iMac will be available through the [...]
Byte Magazine Was One That Shaped An Industry
I was introduced to Byte magazine in 1978 by one of my tutors at university. It was a very core part of my life for the next 20 years. Byte was a magazine focused on microcomputers, though it did also cover other interesting developments in the world of computing. Its first issue was September 1975. [...]
New Retina Display MacBook Pro Looks Great For Photographers
The new MacBook Pro with the retina display looks to be a great device for photographers. With a screen resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels, plus up to 16GB of RAM, this seems an idea laptop for photographers. Seven hours of battery life, a fast processor and fast solid state disk space, plus two Thunderbolt [...]
Matrox Announces Thunderbolt(TM) Docking Station at $249
Matrox today introduced Matrox DS1, a Thunderbolt docking station that brings all the productivity benefits of a desktop computer to MacBook and Ultrabook users. From a single Thunderbolt connection, users can add multiple peripherals including a large DVI or HDMI® display, a full-size keyboard, and a mouse. A gigabit Ethernet port provides connectivity to a [...]
Remove Duplicate Fonts to Speed Up Your Mac and Photoshop
Here’s another speedup tip for Mac OS X users – get rid of duplicate fonts. I found my system was spending a lot of time running a process called fontd. Also Photoshop on startup would spend time dealing with fonts. Thankfully the fix is easy. Use the Font Book application to find and disable duplicate [...]
A Happy Mac Makes A Happy Owner
Well, so far my Flash free Mac is working great. I haven’t missed Flash at all. Since a web browser communicates back to a site what technology it supports, what I am finding is that sites that were really annoying with Flash enabled, like the local The Age newspaper and the News Ltd Australian site [...]
Adding More Memory to a MacBook is Easy
Since I was recently adding more memory to several MacBooks a friend has, and so had my anti-static mat out, I decided it was time to add some RAM to my MacBook Pro. Over the years I used various RAM in my computers but tend to prefer Micron (Crucial). They make life really easy on [...]
Going Flash Free
This morning I got pissed off at my Mac. I use a MacBook Pro 15″ for much of my work. It is a great machine that mixes suitable portability with a decent sized screen and can run a much larger screen when I’m in the office. Love it. But there are times when it gets [...]
What The Fuck Is Wrong With HP (and Everyone Else)
HP is a company I have always loved, whose products are well engineered and who have some of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley. So just what has got into HP and all the other computer makers, except Apple? The recent news that HP has dropped the TouchPad a month after the US release and [...]
New NEC SpectraView 241 & 271 monitors
Color Confidence announce a raised benchmark in colour accurate display with the new NEC SpectraView 241 & 271 monitors Best in class for colour critical work – ideal for photographers and designers Numerous new features for image quality and stability, together with superb usability Birmingham, UK, 24th August 2010 – Europe’s leading independent colour management [...]
Android Looking More Like a Good Platform to Develop For (or Has Apple Crossed to the Darkside)
An article from today on Fast Company presents some really interesting information about smart phone takeup rates and market penetration, so I recommend you go to the article and look it over. It has me thinking about many things to do with the iPhone and iPad. What it shows is that while smart phones are [...]
Starting an iPhone Application Business for Dummies Book Review
Starting an iPhone Application Business for Dummies is part of the brilliant for Dummies series that covers pretty much everything. The book covers what you need to get your head around to setup a proper iPhone business and get it right from the start. Starting an iPhone Application Business for Dummies By Aaron Nicholson, Joel [...]
Snow Leopard for Mac OS a Great Update for Photographers
I tend to be very conservative with software updates on my MacBook, as it is my main writing machine. But some software I wanted to run forced me to do the upgrade to the latest Mac OS X version. And a great update it is. Snow Leopard brings 64-bit computing to the Mac core applications [...]
Computational Photography Testbed Camera, the Frankencamera
Computational photography, as we have talked about it before, is a coming together of the camera and the computer to do more than the camera can do by itself. Things like HDR, increasing depth of field and much more are possible. To advance this work the Stanford University research group that has been pushing computational [...]
New Pioneer Blu-ray Disc Computer Writer Delivers Full Potential of HD Disc Format Combining High Speed Performance with Dual-layer Write Support
Advanced Software Bundle Ushers Consumers into New Era of HD Digital Scrapbooking To the delight of creative consumers and professional authoring providers, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today introduces its new BDR-2203 Blu-ray Disc®/DVD/CD internal computer writer. Delivering on the promise of a comprehensive solution for large file storage and high definition film functionality, the new [...]
Wacom Intuos4 Graphics Tablet Is Here
Next-generation Professional Pen Tablet Delivers New Proprietary Pen Technology and an Elegant, Ergonomic Design Loaded with New Features Wacom® today unveils the long anticipated Intuos®4, a revolutionary new professional pen tablet that delivers new features and unparalleled performance to photographers, designers and artists seeking optimal control and improved productivity. Inspired by members of Wacom’s professional [...]
Pixel Sunscreen 2.0 – See your laptop screen in bright light
Processing and transmitting photographs from remote locations can be hard enough without having to fight the sun, wind, and other natural elements. Think Tank Photo has solved this problem with the Pixel Sunscreen 2.0, a small, portable spring-loaded sunscreen that instantly pops open for quick access. This completely redesigned and reengineered version of Think Tank’s [...]
Apple Updates Consumer Desktop Line
Apple today announced updates to its iMac and Mac mini desktop lines, including faster processors and twice the memory for all iMacs and a new Mac mini with powerful new integrated graphics. The entire iMac line comes with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors up to 3.06 GHz, the latest graphics technology, double the memory [...]
Apple Introduces New Mac Pro
Features Intel “Nehalem” Xeon Processors & High-Performance Graphics Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next-generation system architecture to deliver up to twice the performance of the previous generation system.* The new Mac Pro starts at a recommended retail price (RRP) of A$4,499 inc GST (US pricing starts [...]
Adopt a Clean Slate with your Computer
A computer is a key part of our photography practice. It is worth keeping it healthy. We all rely on our computers, whether you are a photographer or a digital artist. Keeping it in a healthy state is critical. Over the years I have found that one of the keys to having an effective computer [...]
View Your Camera and Computer as Part of One System
Once images are in the digital domain there is an infinite field of possibility open to you that can move your photography to new levels. It is time to stop thinking of your camera gear and computer gear as separate things. Digital photography is as massive a paradigm shift in photography as the invention of [...]
