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The Dark Knight Viral Campaign Unveils Trailer To Select Few!

The viral campaigns for The Dark Knight rock! [Read More]

Posted at 08:19PM Apr 28, 2008 by Heath McKnight in Entertain  |  Comments[1]

Guinness World Records Eyeing Potential Record Breaking GTA IV Launch

Grand Theft Auto IV is going to be HUGE - everyone knows that. Now it's just a matter of seeing how huge. Guinness will be watching.

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Posted at 05:48PM Apr 28, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Inform  |  Comments[0]

24-inch 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo

Yes, the new iMac is out there with all of the crazy new specs... crazy.

It's really amazing how far the iMacs have come.   Sure, even the Mac minis are really little muscle bots, but the 24" iMac is nothing short of fantastic.

The 24" iMac is setup with a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo.... dang.  That's faster than my secondary machine.  (2.5 Dual PPC).  For $2,199, you get the whole rig - monitor + keyboard, 2G RAM - with the ability to put a Terrabyte of storage inside the thing.

If you're a pro user, you might have external drives set up, but the iMac is for the home Mac user.  A Terrabyte of storage??

Why would you need so much storage at home?

Well, consider all of the new HD footage that your consumer video camera can take.  Consider all of those high resolution digital pictures you can take with your still camera. 

Think about all of those iTunes movies that you might want to download....

... a single Terrabyte starts to fill up pretty quickly.

Unfortunately, there are no upgrades for the video card on the Apple website, but the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB will do pretty well.


Posted at 03:13PM Apr 28, 2008 by ko maruyama in Prestige  |  Comments[0]

Show off your virtual playoff beard!

Gillette is going to help you do it with Beard-o-Matic!


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Posted at 01:29PM Apr 28, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Entertain  |  Comments[0]

Apple Clone Delivered To First Customer

Is it real or what? [Read More]

Posted at 12:53PM Apr 28, 2008 by Heath McKnight in Inform  |  Comments[0]

Photoshop guru leaves Adobe for Microsoft

Very, very surprising! [Read More]

Posted at 12:27PM Apr 28, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Inform  |  Comments[1]

New iMacs!

All new! [Read More]

Posted at 10:58AM Apr 28, 2008 by Heath McKnight in Inform  |  Comments[0]

retro wrist: it's time

Light Emitting Diodes.  LEDs.  The tiny little lightbulbs that used to glow when you pressed the right button to display the time - - big in the 80s (on watches calculators and even some hand-held video games) - now they're back.


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Posted at 09:14AM Apr 28, 2008 by ko maruyama in Inform  |  Comments[0]

Faster for Slower: High speed camera used at Artbeats

At the recent NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Convention in Las Vegas, I saw some footage from the Phantom cameras for the first time.  The VisionResearch Phantom can shoot at 1,000 frames per second in HD and even GREATER fps rates at lower resolutions....

If you want some footage, but aren't looking for a rental or purchase investment of.... well, call for a quote....

You can check out tons of great footage at ARTBEATS.  Some of the Artbeats footage was used during the presentation for the camera... it's worth checking out just to appreciate the camera's abilities.  Artbeats also has tons of HD footage at realtime speeds that you can use in your edits...




The world's first CMOS-based high-speed camera capable of taking 1,000,000 pictures-per-second.

  • 6242 frames-per-second at full 1280x800 "widescreen" resolution
  • 1,000,000 pictures-per-second at reduced resolution
  • Unsurpassed light sensitivity
  • Sub-microsecond exposure, down to 300ns
  • CineMag(tm) compatible for long record time and non-volatile storage
Phantom HD

The v12's combination of advanced features, resolution, image storage options, and pricing, make this new Phantom camera the ultimate choice for high speed digital video motion analysis for wide range of applications requiring great image quality and extreme recording speeds.

Multi-Standard Compliant Output

The HD has allocated formats for standard HD 16:9 (1920 X 1080 pixels) and 35mm mopic at 1.85:1 using an active pixel area of 25.6mm x 13.85mm (2048 X 1108 pixels) making this camera fully compatible with all 35mm equipment as well. The HD can be configured for "live" broadcast or studio production and has a continuous video output that includes HD (720p, 1080p, 1080i) standards. Multiple triggering and recording modes can also be tailored to your application. Pick your viewing option, the Phantom HD is compatible with any +12vdc YPrPb viewfinder or monitor making shooting any subject clear and precise. The camera can also be controlled and image files downloaded using a Gigabit Ethernet to PC connection, and files can be converted TIFF stacks, MOV, or AVI formats using the included Phantom software package.


Posted at 12:00AM Apr 28, 2008 by ko maruyama in Prestige  |  Comments[0]