| New Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro offers anti-glare display option |
| Apple today has announced the latest iteration of its 17 inch MacBook Pro. It features a 1920 x 1280 pixel, LED-backlit display that comes in both standard glossy and optional, extra-cost anti-glare versions. The new laptop's enclosure uses the same extruded aluminum design as the 15 inch MacBook Pro and MacBook released in the fall, includes a non-removable battery with a charge life specified to be up to eight hours, plus three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port (the FireWire 400 port of the previous generation is gone), Mini DisplayPort, ExpressCard 34 slot and CD/DVD-writing SuperDrive. The new 17 inch MacBook Pro will accept and recognize up to 8GB of RAM. |
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| Apple unveils iLife '09 |
| During this morning's keynote presentation at Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, Apple痴 senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller, unveiled a new release of the company's iLife suite, iLife '09. Among the changes he highlighted were much-improved handling of audio, finer video editing controls and software image stabilization in iMovie '09 plus face detection and geotagging features in iPhoto '09. |
| January 6, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Version 4.6 of SeeFile digital asset management software announced |
| SeeFile Software today is rolling out v4.6 of its namesake digital asset management product for Mac, as well as taking the wraps off a new web-hosted version. Version 4.6 of SeeFile incorporates several changes, including a user interface that's promised to be both more intuitive and more compatible with current web browsers, an automated notifications feature, improved administrative controls and broadened file type support. |
| January 6, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon marks 50 years since the introduction of its first SLR camera |
| It has been 50 years since Canon introduced its first single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, and in that time it has shipped over 53 million units, says a Canon USA press release. The first SLR model from Canon, the Canonflex, was launched in May 1959. |
| January 6, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| ThinkPad W700ds now available for ordering from Lenovo website |
| The ThinkPad W700ds, a dual-screen version of Lenovo's performance laptop that was officially announced yesterday, is now available for ordering on the Lenovo website. The secondary 10.6 inch, 768 x 1280 pixel screen, adds US$420 to the price of the machine. |
| January 6, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Gallery shows the beauty of ice and snow |
| The Boston Globe's feature gallery The Big Picture has tackled the ice and snow theme with a very nice gallery of images called Icy days and nights. |
| January 6, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Nature Photographers pick 2008 awards |
| The 2008 Editor's Pick Awards have been posted on Nature Photographers Online Magazine. Every year members of Nature Photographers recommend a fellow photographer's work and this year's honour goes to Marsel van Oosten whose site features some outstanding image galleries. |
| January 6, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Phase One releases Capture One 4.6 in basic, PRO and DB versions |
| Phase One has released Capture One 4.6 in basic, PRO and DB versions. The latest release of the RAW converter and pro workflow application adds the ability to convert NEFs captured with the Nikon D3X, expands Canon EOS 5D Mark II CR2 support to include the sRaw1 and sRaw2 formats and adds several feature improvements including expanded camera remote control capabilities. |
| January 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters posts December's best |
| Reuters offers an image gallery of Pictures of the Month: December from its photographers from around the world. |
| January 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| The Big Picture offers a pair of strong image galleries |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features a fine gallery on the sport of ski jumping and another gallery on the stark reality of war in Israel and Gaza. |
| January 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Lenovo poised to update ThinkPad W700 with dual screen, 8GB RAM and new processor options |
| Next week, Lenovo will officially take the wraps off the first significant update of the ThinkPad W700 laptop since it was introduced in the fall of 2008. Leading the list of what's new is an optional slide-out second screen in a variant called the W700ds, but there are other noteworthy changes in both the single and dual screen versions of the company's photographer-friendly desktop replacement. These include a more affordable quad core processor option, the ability to order the machine with as much as 8GB of RAM (up from a maximum of 4GB previously) and the correcting of a problem that rendered the optional built-in CompactFlash slot unusably slow. |
| January 2, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Galleries bring in the New Year |
| Starting with Reuters' Welcome to 2009, there are several image galleries celebrating the New Year, including The Frame from the Sacramento Bee with a nice selection of New Year's images and The New York Times with a slideshow called New Year's Eve Around the World. |
| January 2, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| The Bee picks the best of 2008 |
| The Sacramento Bee's big-picture gallery called The Frame hosts three galleries of the best pictures from 2008 in feature, news, sports and U.S. election. The Frame also offers a strong gallery on the conflict in the Gaza. |
| December 30, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon D3X added to CF/SD Performance Database |
| The latest addition to this site's CF/SD Performance Database is the D3X. Over 110 memory cards from 22 different makers have been put through Nikon's highest-resolution digital SLR, to give you an idea of which CompactFlash (and SD/SDHC, in an adapter) can write this camera's large JPEG and even larger NEF files quickly enough to suit your needs. |
| December 29, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Bush photographer describes eight-year journey |
| Eric Draper describes his job as White House photographer covering the George Bush presidency for the past eight years in this Fox News video. |
| December 29, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Times presents the year in pictures |
| The New York Times presents 2008 - The Year in Pictures in a 160-image slideshow containing eight categories: The Election; The Nation; Iraq and Afghanistan; Sports; The Economy; The World; The Region; and Arts and Entertainment. |
| December 29, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters posts images from the Crisis in Gaza |
| Reuters has posted an image gallery from its photographers covering the Crisis in Gaza. |
| December 29, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Tribune photo essay touches on joy and sorrow of 2008 |
| The Chicago Tribune takes a slightly different look than most "best of" image galleries of 2008 with a multimedia presentation called Joy and sorrow in 2008. |
| December 24, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Weather's on everyone's mind |
| The weather often headlines the news these days and a pair of image galleries from Reuters called Cold front and Frigid Weather Continues from The New York Times reflect this trend. |
| December 23, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| National Public Radio features photojournalist Reza |
| With a story, radio interview and slideshow National Public Radio (npr) features the work of photojournalist Reza who has traveled the world for 30 years covering global events. |
| December 22, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Final addition to year's best posted |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe has selected the last part (part 3 of 3) of 2008, the year in pictures and it may be the best of the three. |
| December 22, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Sports Illustrated features 2008's best shots |
| Sports Illustrated features an online gallery of outstanding sports images in SI's Greatest Shots of '08. |
| December 19, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| The Frame captures the west's winter storm |
| The Frame from the Sacramento Bee has an excellent selection of inclement weather images in Winter storm slams the west. |
| December 19, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| The Big Picture posts part 2 of the best |
| The Boston Globe's feature gallery of large images called The Big Picture has posted part 2 of 3 in 2008 in photographs. |
| December 19, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon D3X available for purchase today |
| Today is the official first day of sales of the Nikon D3X worldwide, and we've now heard from several dozen shooters in the U.S., Canada, parts of Europe, Japan and elsewhere in Asia that the camera has landed at retailers where they are.*UPDATED* |
| December 19, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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