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Wednesday, 26 November 2008

YouTube goes widescreen

Nikhil Pradhan

YouTube, Google's video-sharing website, will now show embedded video clips in 16:9 aspect ratio rather than the 4:3 ratio that was earlier used.

Monday, 24 November 2008

Pro Applications Update for all Final Cut Studio 2 users

Rick Young

Apple have released a Pro Applications Update for Final Cut Studio 2.0. This update includes Final Cut Pro 6.0.5, Compressor 3.0.5, Color 1.0.3 and Shake 4.1.1. The software addresses general performance issues and improves overall stability.

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Tour continues

Macworld staff

The free Adobe Creative Suite 4 Tour continues across the UK with events in Sheffield (today), Edinburgh (November 18th), Newcastle (November 20th), Bristol (November 25th) and Dublin (November 27th).

Thursday, 06 November 2008

Roxio updates Toast 9 and Streamer

Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com

Roxio has released updates for its popular imaging and burning software, Toast, as well as Streamer, the company's streaming video application.

Thursday, 30 October 2008

KavaMovies 1.0 for serious film lovers

Macworld staff

Remember the films you've seen, declare those you want to see and have instant access to extensive film-related information with new app from KavaSoft.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

MyVu video glasses make it to the iPhone

Macworld staff

MyVu confirms that for the cost of a cable users can now look forward to full-screen effect video viewing using its video headset and an iPhone.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Psystar beats Apple to Blu-ray on OS X computer

Jonny Evans

Apple and Psystar may be arguing in court, but this hasn't stopped the upstart manufacturer from offering OS X-compatible PCs equipped with Blu-ray drives and Nvidia 9800GT graphics cards.

Thursday, 23 October 2008

New Product: Mac-compatible quad-interface Blu-ray drive

Peter Cohen, Macworld US

Other World Computing (OWC) has introduced Mac-compatible Mercury Pro Blu-ray “Quad Interface” external drives. They’re priced starting at $499. UK prices and distribution is to be confirmed.

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Recession hits Blu-ray where it counts

Brennon Slattery, PC World.com

Blu-ray sales will experience a dramatic drop during the holiday season and beyond, delaying the adoption process and putting the serious hurt on sales.

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Special Event: MacVideo Live 25 Oct.

Rick Young

Bringing together the best the UK production industry has to offer, MacVideo Live is an entire day of nothing but digital video. Covering everything from post-production, encoding, content distribution and camera technology, MacVideo Live presents to you tips and tricks to speed up your editing workflow, a one hour lighting demonstration from one of the UK's top cinematographers, and a detailed overview of current camera technology. MacVideo Live is the digital video event of the year, not to be missed.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Adobe ships CS4 range

Jonny Evans

Six new versions are available: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium and Master Collection.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Apple and Blu-ray - painful, slow, needed?

Jonny Evans

While Apple is a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, the company probably hopes to avoid the $30 per Mac royalty that would be required should the company deploy players across its computers.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Hands on: MacBook and MacBook Pro

Jason Snell Macworld US

The new MacBook and MacBook Pro are here. No, not just “here” in the sense of “publicly acknowledged by Apple and being shipped to arrive in Apple Stores tomorrow.” Here in the sense of, in our office right now. So in advance of our full reviews and lab tests of these products, let us give you a quick tour of the products.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Apple publishes MacBook family launch video

Jonny Evans

Apple explains the complex engineering within the new MacBook family, detailing the production of the precision aluminium unibody used in the new machines

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Do Apple's new MacBooks signal a shift on strategy?

Jordan Golson, The Industry Standard

This new manufacturing technique is likely what the company referred to during the Q3 earnings call when it warned of a possible margin hit because of unintroduced products the company "couldn't talk about" at the time.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Apple - full details on new MacBook family

Jonny Evans

Covering all bases, some will not Apple has moved away from FireWire support in the majority of its new Macs, driving the Academy Award-winning standard firmly into the professional markets.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Apple unveils Cinema Display for MacBook range

Jonny Evans

Sophisticated display is perfect compliment for Mac users seeking better screen real estate for their laptops

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Photos: Thinnest-ever MacBook Pro takes lead from MacBook Air

Oliver Garnham

Apple has launched a new MacBook Pro laptop range, featuring an instant-on LED display, next generation graphics, and a multi-touch glass trackpad.

Thursday, 09 October 2008

YouTube clips get iTunes 'click-to-buy' links

Peter Cohen, Macworld US

YouTube is now embedding 'click-to-buy' links in videos to make it easier for people watching YouTube content to buy products that interest them.

Tuesday, 07 October 2008

Film industry forces suspension of RealDVD sales

Jonny Evans, Macworld UK

RealNetworks has been ordered to suspend sale of its RealDVD software, which is designed to allow users to copy and store films taken from a DVD to a hard drive.

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