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CES 2008

CES 2008 – the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 has long replaced Demo, COMDEX (sigh ….RIP)and other IT shows. CES is the place to be just after Christmas to see what will be the popular electronic gadgets for Christmas 2008. The market does need the lead time even in the frenetic electronics gadget market place. If […]

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Resizing Software

onOne Software has one of the best tools for resizing images I have found, Genuine Fractals: Now onOne has bought Liguid Resizing technology which will bring a revolutions not just to downsizing and upsizing software but also advanced retouching/editing as well. See here for a astonishing video demo of the technology. onOne will have a

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Graphic Learning Curve

In an article on GUI Clumsiness, I argue that OS desktop vendors like Apple and Microsoft could learn not a few tricks from the world of graphics software where GUI innovation has really made photo finishing and 3D drawing much more approachable. One only has to see a movie almos inevitably digitally enchanced these days.

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Memjet Printer as UFO

Want to get photo enthusiasts worked up into lather – try mentioning the Australian printing technology called Memjet. This technology, which uses page wide 70,400 nozzle printheads using picoliter (one trillionth of a liter – you can’t see it with the naked eye) that promises three things: 1)Unbelievably fast printing of color images – true

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GUI Clumsiness

Can you believe that Apple Inc, the self-appointed Deans of Great GUI Design – have still come up lame on basic GUI operations . This is even true with Apple’s new Leopard. True with Spaces, Apple finally sees the Linux Light and brings a capability that every design program worth its salt (think diversely of

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