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Dell's pocket rocket puts most desktop workstations to shame
Dell has released a workstation-class notebook that's built like a truck, looks like a gleaming aircraft, is exceedingly fast and powerful, and comes packed with components that were once only available on desktop workstations. Is it suitable for digital video editing, high end presentations and 3D graphics work? There's only one way to answer that three-part query: Yes, yes and yes. Here's our review.
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Creating stamped and leafed effects with Photoshop's built-in tools
If you're looking for tutorials on creating metallic effects in Adobe Photoshop, there's certainly no shortage on the Web. This is one of the reasons I've avoided doing these sorts of pieces in the past. However, I haven't seen any such articles that you can use for turning an ordinary photographic image into something resembling foil, leafing, stamped metal or other similar effects, which you might use to create the appearance of a gold charm, a coin or maybe the silver leafing on a wedding invitation. And so....
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Tips to help avoid common conference call missteps
As telephone and web conferencing grows in popularity, more and more people are discovering there is a right way and a wrong way to conduct conference calls. Even seasoned veterans suffer from occasional lapses in conference etiquette. The results are often disconnections, Muzak, or broadcasts of otherwise private conversations. Ed Wadbrook, senior vice president of Boston-based conference technology developer, Sonexis Inc., offers the following tips to help avoid many common conference call missteps.
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Finding a place for CRT monitors as LCDs gain ground
Which is better—a CRT or LCD monitor? One thing is certain: CRT sales are declining, and LCD sales are rising, so it may be increasingly difficult to buy a CRT, even if it’s a better fit for your work. According to iSuppli/Stanford Resources, a research firm in San Jose, California, iSuppli predicts the CRT market share in North America will decline to less than 1 percent by 2007. Why buy a CRT if it’s on the way out? Buyers stay with a declining product for two reasons, says Rhoda Alexander, iSuppli’s director of monitor research. “They either stay because of price, or they stay because of quality.”
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Home Use Leading the Way
Mobile users continue to take advantage of wireless network capabilities, but more so in their personal lives than in their professional lives. According to a recent survey of more than 2,500 members of IDC's Mobile Advisory Council, 34% of respondents use a wireless 802.11 (Wi-Fi) LAN at home compared to 27% at work. These results confirm IDC's position that although Wi-Fi is being utilized more frequently by highly mobile individuals, business use of Wi-Fi, especially within the enterprise, is lagging behind home use.
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Canopus Corporation unveiled ProCoder 2.0, an update to the company's professional video transcoding software tool. New features in ProCoder 2.0 increase format compatibility and boost productivity by streamlining the transcoding process.
New versions of Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks available now
Macromedia has shipped its new lineup of graphic design tools in the MX 2004 family. These include two new versions of Flash, Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004; Dreamweaver MX 2004; and Fireworks MX 2004. The company has also introduced the new Studio MX 2004 suite, as well as Flash Player 7. All are available now for Mac OS X and Windows.
FMC's automated presentation software to help leading asset manager with client relationship management
Financial Models Company Inc. (FMC), a provider of technology and services to the investment world, has announced that TT International Investment Management, a manager of more than $7.5 billion in institutional assets and hedge funds, has chosen FMCPowerPages to automate the generation of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to support their client relationship management program.
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Has Three D-ILA Chips with Native 16:9 Aspect Ratio
JVC Professional Products Company today announced the availability of the DLA-HX1U projector. The latest JVC three-chip D-ILA projector delivers the highest resolution in its class (1400 x 788) with a native 16:9 aspect ratio for a true high definition (HD) home theater experience.
New Texas Instruments technology enables projectors to deliver higher contrast ratios, more brightness
Texas Instruments (TI) today announced at CEDIA 2003 availability of HD2+ DLP technology in products from a number of its customers. HD2+ DLP technology takes advantage of a new manufacturing process which enables projectors that feature it to deliver even higher contrast ratios. It also features dark video enhancement (DVE) made possible by changes to the color wheel to give even better video performance in dark scenes. Projectors featuring HD2+ will ship during the fourth quarter of 2003.
Brings new products to CEDIA Expo 2003
Panasonic appeared here today at the CEDIA Expo 2003 with an impact statement: consumers' and custom installers' need for innovation has been met with a series of technological firsts. Panasonic's HDTV displays, DVD recorders, home theater packages and other high-end products shown here today continue the company's tradition of bringing innovative digital electronics products to market.
PDS 9000 Provides Performance AV With an All-In-One System for Its Most Demanding Presentation Challenges
Pinnacle Systems, Inc. today announced that Performance AV, an internationally known Washington-based video staging and rental services company, is using Pinnacle PDS 9000 digital production switchers to deliver video shows to the audiences at this summer's biggest concert events, including the Bruce Springsteen "the Rising" and Metallica "Summer Sanitarium" tours.
LC-M3700 Is Sharp's First Large Format 16:9 LCD Monitor Designed for Information Displays
Sharp Electronics Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping the LC-M3700, a 37-inch professional LCD video monitor. The LC-M3700 is Sharp's first entry in a new line of professional LCD video/data monitors designed to capitalize on the rapidly growing market demand for bright, clear, long-lasting information displays.
Canon's Microportable LV-7215, LV-7210 and LV-5210 Models Project a 100" Image from A Very Short Throw Distance
Canon's new line of LCD projectors display presentations with punch...and throw that punch from a mere 8.2 feet away from a screen, a wall or virtually any other selected surface. Thanks to a powerful 1.6x Canon ultra-wide zoom lens, the LV-7215, LV-7210 and LV-5210 microportable LCD projectors produce theater-sized images, even in small office and classroom settings.
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