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  • Suite as it gets Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:52PMThere's a lot that goes into making "good" computer software, and the usual answer to the question of what is the best program is: "That depends." It depends on whether the program does what you want, and this is Number One. Otherwise it certainly isn't best or even good enough.
  • Bad flash drive caused worst U.S. military breach Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:47PMBreach in 2008 was wake-up call for Defense Department to create new cybersecurity strategy, says U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III.
  • Press Release - Amopic Puts Pro Photo Editing Tools On iPhone and iPad Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 6:27AMEmitte Digital Limited announces the release of Amopic for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Amopic offers users a complete suite of image manipulation tools that are easy to use and produce high quality, professional looking results.
  • News digest Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:38PMSEDGWICK — The Annual Sedgwick USD 439 Site Council Picnic will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the multi-purpose room at R.L. Wright Elementary School in Sedgwick.
  • DIY: Ebooks and e-readers: FAQ Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 1:23AME-readers are seeing a real boost in the Australian marketplace; however, many Australians are still wary to adopt this unfamiliar technology. Here we answer some common questions to help demystify the e-reading experience.
  • Show us your photos! Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:17PMA few months ago, we added a new feature to Courier-Tribune.com: a user photos gallery . If you are logged into the site as a registered user , you can upload your photos to our user photos gallery and show off your photos to the rest of our readers.
  • Smartphone camera shopping tips Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 7:52PMDeb Shinder discusses which features to look for in a smartphone camera and which phones are regarded as having the best cameras.
  • Macworld's IPhone 4 Cover a Self-portrait Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:06PMCreating a Macworld magazine cover is a complicated process. We editors have to come up with topics worthy of the cover, of course. But then it's up to our... IPhone - Macworld - Magazine - Handhelds - Smartphones
  • Inside Macworld's iPhone 4-created cover Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:54AMMacworld's September 2010 issue features a cover shot of an iPhone 4 taken and processed with another iPhone 4.
  • Macworld's iPhone 4 cover a self-portrait Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:45AMCreating a Macworld magazine cover is a complicated process. We editors have to come up with topics worthy of the cover, of course. But then it’s up to our creative team to get down to details, coming up with the right words and images to grab a potential reader’s eye.
  • Video Training Review: Painting For Photographers DVD: Volume 1 — Portraits by Karen Sperling Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:33AMFor photographers who want to learn to paint, and for painters who want to move to the digital world. Painting - Art - DVD - Photography - Visual Arts
  • Panasonic outs its first pocket camcorder, new light model Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:13PMPanasonic in a special evening launch trotted out two camcorders, one of which is a first for the entire company. The HM-TA1 is its venture into the Flip's home territory and immediately claims an edge with full-speed 1080p video. The camera is unique in the class as it supports Apple's iFrame encoding: it can output its video to iMovie at 540p without having to resize until the final export ...
  • Samsung Adds Versatility to DualView Family with Two New Models Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:30AMRIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.----Samsung Electronics. Co. Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technology, today unveiled the latest additions to its DualView camera portfolio, the 14.2 mega-pixel ST600 and ST100.
  • Reviews: iPhone 4 Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 12:17PMExternal design and build quality The iPhone 4 features a completely redesigned housing, with aluminosilicate glass chosen for the facade and back panel. The new form transitions away from the convex plastic body of previous generations, retaining rounded corners but flat on the backside. The device is arguably more attractive and modern than its predecessors, with fl ...... IPhone - Glass ...
  • Acer Aspire 8943G hits US retailers, less glorious laptops in tow Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:11AMHoping to get your hot little hands on those brushed metal keys and gorgeous LED touchpad? You're in luck, as the 18.4-inch Acer Aspire 8943G (aka Ethos ) has finally arrived stateside. $1,549 buys you a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM and 4GB of RAM, plus a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and Blu-ray drive to power that 1080p LED-backlit screen. If you'd rather not lug around a 10.1 pound desktop ...
  • Acer Aspire AS5745 and AS7745 media notebooks debut, bring Aspire value line along too Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:04AMAcer has announced two new sets of mainstream notebooks, with the Acer Aspire AS5745 and AS7745 offering up to Core i7 CPUs, discrete graphics and optional multitouch displays, while the new regular Aspire notebooks kick off from $429.99 and have a choice of Intel or AMD chips and integrated or discrete graphics. The AS5745 has a 15.6-inch display, Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M ...
  • New Acer Aspire AS5745 and AS7745 Notebooks Offer True HD Playback of Movies and Videos for Cinematic Entertainment On ... Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:00AMSAN JOSE, Calif.----Acer, the world’s second largest vendor of notebook PCs, today announced its new line of Aspire notebooks geared toward consumers looking for more than just essentials.
  • What's changed with iOS 4's Photos app Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 12:55PMInspired perhaps by the powerful new camera featured in the forthcoming iPhone 4, Apple has added some new features to iOS 4's Photos app. The biggest change will be familiar to iPad users: The addition of Events, Faces, and Places support. While you can't create new events or tag faces on the iPhone, you can sync existing collections from iPhoto or Aperture.
  • Multiple computers? Configure that router Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 2:13PMQ: I don't understand how the Internet connection works. I bought a Dell Studio computer and, after installing a 5-Port Netgear (GS605) Ethernet Router, the new computer connects to the Internet pretty much on its own.
  • Embellish your scrapbook pages Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 11:54AMIn the Dr. Seuss book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, young Marco sees a simple horse-drawn wagon on his way home from school. As he thinks of a story to tell his dad about his day, he quickly weaves that single image into an epic adventure that includes an elephant, the mayor, a brass band, and an airplane dumping confetti all over the landscape. Talk about embellishment!
  • Embellish Your Scrapbook Pages Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 11:05AMIn the Dr. Seuss book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, young Marco sees a simple horse-drawn wagon on his way home from school. As he thinks of a... Dr. Seuss - To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street - Shopping - Arts - Green Eggs and Ham
  • Embellish your scrapbook pages Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 8:54AMNo matter what story you are telling with your digital scrapbooking page, there are always ways you can embellish the central image. Katherine Murray provides some tips on how to visualize your narrative.
  • Online Photo Editor Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 5:47PMEveryone is talking about the cloud - applications that are available and be used online which are often times free.
  • First Look: Lightroom 3 Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 12:54PMTake a closer look at Lightroom 3's improvements and completely new features.
  • First Look: Lightroom 3 Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 12:38PMLightroom 3âreleased last week after a public betaâis the latest version of Adobeâs popular photo management software.
  • MyPunchbowl Reshapes Fine Stationery Market with Unveiling of Digital Invitation Studio Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 9:00AMMyPunchbowl Digital Invitation Studio offers a beautiful collection of customizable digital invitations, envelopes, postage, and decorative embellishments for events and celebrations
  • Motorola Launches FlipOut with Enhanced MOTOBLUR Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 3:50PMMotorola is hoping smartphone consumers will flip out over its latest wireless handset. The company's newest device in its Android-powered comeback is the FlipOut.
  • Motorola Flipout Is The Microsoft Kin of Androids [Android] Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 5:12AM# android As per the usual chain of events, spy-shots lead to real products—in this case, the Motorola Flipout . Running Android 2.1 , it comes in a quirky little swivel-design similar to the Kin One. More »
  • QWERTY-spinning Motorola FLIPOUT official; due this month [Video] Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 5:00AMMotorola have finally taken the official wraps off of their latest Android smartphone, the distinctively-square Motorola FLIPOUT with MOTOBLUR . Based on Android 2.1 and bringing a new, mildly tweaked version of the company’s social networking aggregation system, the FLIPOUT has dualband 3G UMTS, a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen and a rotating QWERTY keyboard. There’s also a 3-megapixel fixed-focus ...
  • Motorola Flipout official: Android 2.1 and enhanced Motoblur coming to Europe in Q2 2010 (video) Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 4:48AMMotorola's quirky square-shaped Android 2.1 creation has just become official, courtesy of the company's YouTube channel.The Flipout brings a 2.8-inch, 320 x 240 screen ( Kin killer!), a 3 megapixel camera with "one-touch" uploads to Facebook, MySpace and photo-hosting sites, and a refreshed implementation of Motoblur, which now includes resizable widgets, feed filters, and push corporate email ...
  • Gateway brings ZX4300 and ZX6900 all-in-one touchscreen PCs into a world of fingers Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 9:13AMWe've still yet to find a great reason to eschew our tried-and-true mouse / keyboard tandem in favor of using our desktop with just our fingers, but if you know better, Gateway has a new duo it'd sure love for you to check out. The ZX4300 line, which is the lower-end of the two, gets served AMD's Athlon II X2 CPU, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), a 20-inch touchpanel (1,600 x 900 resolution ...
  • Gateway ZX4300-01e & ZX6900-01e Refresh Series of All-in-One Touchscreens Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 1:46PMGateway doesn’t want to be left in the wind when it comes to news today, and they’ve managed to work up quite a good bit of press about their ZX Series of All-in-One PCs. This time around, the series is getting a bit of a refreshing addition, in the fact that two new models are being introduced. Please welcome the Gateway ZX4300-01e and ZX6900-01e. The names have a ring to them, don’t they? Just ...
  • Gateway Refreshes Its Stylish All-in-One Touch-Screen ZX Series PCs, Bringing More Value Than Ever to Students ... Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 1:14PMIRVINE, Calif.----Today Gateway introduced new models in its line of sleek, modern touch-screen all-in-one ZX Series desktop computers. The ZX4300 line sees the addition of AMD Athlon II X2 processors and other powerful desktop components, making it one of the best performing all-in-ones in its price range.
  • XSane Brings Sanity to the Mad, Mad World of Linux Scanning Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 7:04AMUsing a scanner in Linux is somewhat different than using that same scanner hardware in Windows. This week's Linux Picks focuses on how the XSane scanner app handles that process. In the Windows world, scanner hardware is TWAIN-compatible through manufacturer-developed scanning software. By comparison, Linux Land relies on an application programming interface scanning driver called "SANE."
  • Fun Photo Tools: One-Trick Ponies Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:02AMToday's a special day for me--if I was a kid, I probably would be wishing for a pony. That's right, it's my birthday. And in honor of my birthday, I got all of you a gift: A roundup of four (mostly) free photo editing toys. These are all one-trick ponies (see, birthday ponies!) designed to do only one thing--but they do those one things pretty well. These programs will go nicely with the free ...
  • Christie Medical Holdings Unveils VeinViewer® Vision Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 7:00AMMEMPHIS, Tenn.----Christie Medical Holdings, Inc., formerly Luminetx® Corporation, has announced the launch of VeinViewer® Vision, the third generation of VeinViewer technology. Like its predecessor, Vision uses near-infrared light and other patented technologies to project a digital image of patient vasculature directly onto the surface of the skin in real time.
  • What the iPad means for business Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 11:30PMiPad is the latest innovation from Apple, surely you've heard of it?For those that haven't it's (visually at least) a stretched iPhone. A lot bigger but smaller than a laptop... just short of an a4 page.However it's way beyond...
  • Backstage: A Little Early Good News on Apple’s iPad Camera Connection Kit Friday, April 23, 2010 @ 2:25PMThe iPad Camera Connection Kit started to show up in mailboxes yesterday, and ahead of our review, we have a few preliminary details that should be of interest to photographers interested in using the iPad to share their pictures. * Resolution: If you’re worried that you’ll be capped to sending out low-quality photos from your iPad, there’s some mostly good news to share. Rather than chopping ...
  • WinZip(R) 14.5 Defines Power and Simplicity for Zip Software Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 11:10PMSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - 04/14/10) - WinZip Computing, a Corel Company, today announced the release of WinZip 14.5, a new update to its industry-leading file compression software . Optimized for Microsoft Windows 7 and featuring an Office 2010-style ribbon user interface (UI), this latest WinZip release unveils numerous key features and offers a more enjoyable, intuitive and streamlined ...
  • WinZip® 14.5 Defines Power and Simplicity for Zip Software Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 1:25PMMANSFIELD, Conn.----WinZip Computing, a Corel Company, today announced the release of WinZip® 14.5, a new update to its industry-leading file compression software. Optimized for Microsoft® Windows® 7 and featuring an Office 2010-style ribbon user interface , this latest WinZip release unveils numerous key features and offers a more enjoyable, intuitive and streamlined user experience.
  • WinZip® 14.5 Defines Power and Simplicity for Zip Software Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 9:30AMWorld's most popular zip utility delivers an entirely new user experience, setting the standard for file compression and security.
  • Avs Image Converter 1.2 Launches With Image-to-pdf Conversion Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 9:20AMOnline Media Technologies Ltd releases new version (1.2) of its AVS Image Converter software with support for converting most standard image forma ...
  • AVS Image Converter 1.2 Launches with Image-to-PDF conversion Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 2:00AMIn these days of increasingly bloated and bulky software products, many users appreciate handy applications that do a specific job simply and well.
  • Lenovo Rethinks Design and Price of the ThinkPad Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 8:12PMLenovo is rethinking the ThinkPad. For years, the iconic laptop brand, originally created by IBM, has been known for solid construction and great keyboards, but with a boxy black design and relatively high prices.
  • Goochland High School students contribute to Google Earth Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:26AMNow Google Earth viewers can also see an enhanced version of the Goochland Courthouse area
  • Dr. Mac: Some of the best things for Macs are free Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:13AMHere are four free, and useful, software offerings for Macs.
  • Kwaku Alston Adapts His Site for iPhones Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:38PMRecently, we spoke with two photographers who are using iPhone apps to market their work: Monte Isom hired a developer to customize his app (PDN February, http://bit.ly/9kCtyY ). Caesar Lima used a standardized template he found online to show his work on iPhones and incorporate links to his social media networks ( http://bit.ly/bOH5QT ). Now ...
  • 10 Best Ways To Use Your PC While You’re Sleeping Or At Work Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 2:41PMThere’s only so much a processor can handle at once.That’s why we keep our home PC powered on while we’re at sleep or at the office. Forget about energy savings – a powerful PC is meant to be utilised! (more…)
  • 10 Best Ways to Use Your PC While You're Sleeping or At Work [Useful] Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 8:49AMThere's only so much a processor can handle at once. That's why we keep our home PC powered on while we're at sleep or at the office. Forget about energy savings—a powerful PC is meant to be...
  • Is it a coffee table, or a computer? Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 12:37AMCurtin University embraces Microsoft's $21,000 touchscreen device.