Posts Tagged ‘Software’

Posted on September 9, 2009 - by admin

Corel Digital Studio 2010

Corel has today introduced its all-new photo and video product, Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010. Now it is simple, fast and fun for everyone to enjoy and share their favorite photos and videos all within one integrated and engaging environment. Offering an elegant design and intuitive tools, Corel Digital Studio inspires creativity and confidence by making it easy for anyone to create beautiful photo and video projects – no previous experience required!

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Posted on August 21, 2009 - by admin

Adobe Camera Raw 5.5 plug-in and DNG Converter 5.5

Adobe today released the Photoshop Camera Raw 5.5 plug-in and DNG Converter 5.5 Release Candidates available immediately for download at http://labs.adobe.com. The update extends raw file support to four of the latest popular camera model releases, including the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1 and Panasonic DMC-FZ35. The Release Candidate also includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms in the raw conversion process for Bayer sensor cameras with unequal green response.

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Posted on August 19, 2009 - by admin

Android grows too large for G1

Even though T-Mobile continues to deny it, the Android community has resigned to the fact that the T-Mobile G1 (also known as the HTC Dream) will not receive any significant upgrades beyond “Cupcake,” the Android software update from last April.

The simple fact is that there is not enough memory on the G1 to support a much bigger OS, and even equipping the device with Cupcake was reportedly problematic. “We knew that internal flash space was going to be very tight on the G1 and we kept the system partition tight on purpose,” Jean-Baptiste Queru, a software engineer at Google said on Twitter last week.

Read the full story at Betanews

Posted on August 18, 2009 - by admin

The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of The Year (So Far)

This guest post was written by Alex Ahlund, founder of AppVee.

We are just past of a year since the App Store launched and there are more than 60,000 applications released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. When we wrote our 2008 year-end app wrap-up, we had just surpassed the 10,000 app milestone. In early June 2009, the store reached 50,000 apps. At present, we are looking at a staggering 300 new applications being released every single day. How does the average iPhone user find the gems in this deluge?

Read the full story at The Washington Post

Posted on August 17, 2009 - by admin

Qik: Yet another brilliant service crippled on iPhone

Mobile video streaming site Qik, which was introduced last year is leading the charge into the next generation of the Web. Think of it as a real-time YouTube where a user’s mobile phone is paired with an online channel that broadcasts live video streamed from his handset camera over 3G. The service’s value for citizen journalism is undeniable.

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Posted on June 16, 2009 - by admin

iPhone app tracks trams in real-time

Yarra Trams has launched an iPhone version of its popular tramTRACKER program, allowing patrons to automatically find arrival information for trams in Melbourne.

The free iPhone application provides real-time information about the location of each tram on the network, using the phone’s inbuilt GPS system.

Yarra Trams chief executive Dennis Cliche said travellers had used the existing tramTRACKER phone and online service 1.8 million times since its launch in 2006.

Read the full story at SMH

Posted on May 23, 2009 - by admin

Winzip 12.1 Standard and Pro versions now available – impressive compression

WinZip Computing has released WinZip 12.1 featuring the new Zipx format – offering WinZip’s most efficient archives to-date. WinZip 12.1 also makes it faster and easier for users to resize images before sending them via ‘Zip and E-Mail’.

Read the full story at the GadgetGuy

Posted on May 12, 2009 - by admin

Mobile software Monday: Evernote comes to the BlackBerry platform

One of my favorite mobile apps/services is Evernote because it works across multiple mobile devices with native clients (iPhone and Windows Mobile) and via email while also working on PC and Mac computers. The folks at Evernote have stated they are working on clients for more mobile platforms and the next version is now ready for RIM BlackBerry owners. I’ve spent a few days using the latest BlackBerry client and you can check out some screenshots of it in action in my image gallery.

Read the full story at znet

Posted on May 9, 2009 - by admin

Nik Software releases Sharpener Pro 3.0 for Lightroom

Nik Software has announced a version of its Sharpener Pro 3.0 sharpening plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. The plug-in is compatible with Lightroom v2.3 and higher and is available for immediate download for $199.95 or free to existing users.

Press Release:

Nik Software Announces Sharpener Pro™ 3.0 Update for
Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2

San Diego, CA (May, 2009) – Nik Software announces today that Sharpener Pro 3.0, its popular digital photographic plug-in offering the most advanced and powerful sharpening solution for photographers, is now available for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and higher. Sharpener Pro 3.0 eliminates the guesswork typically required for achieving superior and consistent selective sharpening results. The update is available now as a free download to current owners at www.niksoftware.com/lightroom.

Read the full story at Dpreview

Posted on April 30, 2009 - by admin

Phase One releases Capture One 4.8

Phase One has announced version 2.8 of Capture One 4, PRO and DB RAW workflow software. The latest update provides support for the P40+ and Olympus E-620. It also provides improved camera support for the P65+, Leica D-Lux 4 and Olympus E-30 digital cameras.

Click here to download from Dpreview