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Filecrate Remote File Backup

The backup system you have working — in this case automatic, off-site file backup — is the system which will save your business some day. This one is very good.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8

A common organizer, auto-analyze, powerful JPG and RAW processing and wonderful video production make it a tough act to beat.

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Digital Photography Books to Kick Off 2010

Camera makers should dump their dense, boring user manuals in favor of Busch's guides. There's more including WordPress, photo tools, blogging.

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Rolling, Medium Size, Carry-On Camera Cases

Carrying too many bodies and lenses? Probably. Something sturdy, secure and carry-on compatible is needed.

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Uniblue DriverScanner 2009

When the latest Windows update mangles a video card or network card driver, think about how nice it would be to have a really good driver updater.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 35

Think Tank Photo seems bent on making itself the gold standard in pro camera bags. Is this shoulder bag one of the most versatile ever?

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Handy Folders v3.5

Productivity and organization fall flat when they run into the rather limited Windows file explorer. Fast access to regularly used folders is easier than you think.

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Think Tank Shape Shifter Photography Backpack

Medium size photo/laptop backpacks come and go. The best stay with us for years. This is one of the best we've seen.

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Think Tank Airport AirStream Rolling Camera Bag

If you travel with more than a shoulder bag full of gear, you need something that will protect the load and make it easy to go places.

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Think Tank Skin Set Modular Component Camera Gear Carry System

Pros know that if you don't get the shot, you're out of business. Tough, crowded, fast moving situations require special solutions.

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Crumpler Six Million Dollar Home Camera Shoulder Bag

Crumpler is a bag maker which insists on being different. Care and attention to detail help create wonderful photography products.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 40 Camera Bag

The mid-size entry in the Urban Disguise series provided us with enough incentive to physically beat it up and overstress it. The bag took it all.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 30 Camera Bag

There are camera bags and then there are Think Tank camera bags. Lots of competition means better products. Think Tank is at the top of its game.

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Nik Color Efex Pro 3

The best Photoshop plug-ins get better because the developers listen to end users. Nik Software listens. Digital photographers are demanding sophisticated processing effects.

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ION Slide2PC Scanner

If you've got boxes full of old 35mm slides and negatives, it's probably time to start scanning before everything falls apart, gets lost, or gets soaked in a flood.

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TetherBerry v1.0.7

Connect a laptop to the Internet, anywhere you've got cell phone service, through your BlackBerry's data connection and avoid some really crazy per-megabyte carrier charges

HTC Touch Diamond Smartphone

HTC has steadily grabbed more market share by regularly turning out superb smartphones offering slick designs wrapped around great features

The Ultimate HTML Reference

A concise desktop reference guide for all standard, W3C-compliant HTML, which uniquely also includes browser compatibility charts for each element

UpStrap Shoulder Strap for SLR & Prosumer Cameras

Superb quality, purpose-built SLR and prosumer camera shoulder strap that's made in the U.S. and made to last

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Apple Plagued By Problems With Leopard

Apple have been hit by a number of issues with their new OS, Leopard. The problems include issues with the firewall being disabled upon installation, an issue with finder deleting files during a move, and losing data under certain circumstances such as a power fluctuation. There are also many reports of system freezes or glitches which relate to the use of the graphics display system.

The final one is really ironic, as it concerns the appearance of the Dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) which so often plagued Windows. Yes, the BSOD is now appearing in OS X. Even more of concern is Apple's apparent censoring of discussion on their support forums of many of these issues. It appears that Apple either rushed this product to market, or didn't allow enough beta testing cycles. Either way, Mac OS X Leopard is not quite ready for prime time.

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Mac OS X Updated To 10.4.10

OS X 10.4.10 has officially been released for consumption. 10.4.10 addresses a number of issues which Apple officially listed as being in the following areas:


Bluetooth
Addresses an issue in which a Bluetooth headset may show up as an available device for sound output in the Sound preference pane after it had been removed from Bluetooth preferences.

Third-party
Adds RAW image decoding support for the following cameras: Panasonic DMC-LX1, Panasonic DMC-LX2, Leica M8, Leica D-LUX 2, Leica D-LUX 3, Fuji S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, and Canon EOS 1D Mk III. Also resolves an issue in which some DNG images may appear tinted or distorted.
Improves compatibility of Mathematica 6 with 64-bit Macs.

USB
Improves reliability when using the IR remote control after waking from sleep.
Improves reliability when mounting external USB hard drives.
Resolves an issue in which a TomTom GO 910 may not be recognized when connected via USB to an Intel-based Mac.

Other
Improves responsiveness when using the Control-Eject key combination to display a shutdown dialogue.
Addresses a specific issue in which users importing video from a DV camera may experience dropped frames.
Includes recent Apple security updates.
Addresses issues with calendar calculations in certain applications.
Addresses issues when rounding decimal numbers for display in certain applications.
For Motion, addresses an issue on Intel-based Macs in which some texture corruption could appear in Motion if VRAM is full.

This update comes ahead of the proposed release of Leopard. For more info visit the updates Info Page at Apple

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Apple Product Rumours

Engadget are reporting on a trio of rumours around Apple, which includes the possibility of discounted iPhones, A Nand drive based Sub-notebook and and early release of Leopard. Not sure how much faith I'm going to place in these rumours but all are quite possible. Visit this page for more info.

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