Posts under ‘Technology’

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – AUGUST 2, 2010 – Unified Color Technologies, the experts in high dynamic range imaging (HDR), today announced the launch of 32 Float, the industry’s first HDR-specific plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop®that brings 32-bit color controls and editing tools to Photoshop users. With 32 Float, photographers have complete control over images in the full 32-bit color [...]

All quiet at the Apple Store… Originally uploaded by Carlos Echenique Today, June 15, 2010, marked the pre-order launch of the iPhone 4. The demand for the latest smartphone from the Cupertino technology giant was such that both the online Apple Store and AT&T’s 3G wireless networks were brought to their digital knees. However, in [...]

The Newport Guitar Festival returns to South Florida once again as master guitar-makers (luthiers) show off their finest works.

Arca Swiss (who still does not have a web presence) announced today their new technical camera, the RL3d. Sporting a new electronic viewfinder, this high-precision camera can accept 4×5 film backs as well as medium format digital backs. It is unknown whether this camera is compatible with Betterlight large format scanning backs. “A universal system [...]

Cupertino, California – February 22, 2010 – The CompactFlash Association (CFA) announces availability of the recently approved CF5.0 Specification. The CF5.0 work group was formed in November, 2008 to add key features to the already popular CF4.1 specification based on the PATA (Parallel ATA) interface. The new CF5.0 specification adds the following key features/benefits to [...]

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize [...]

Fifteen months after it was announced, Bibble Labs has released its namesake Bibble 5 Pro. Bibble 5 Pro is the 5th generation of RAW conversion software from Bibble Labs. This version sports many new features including layers, digital asset management (DAM), and a whole new plug-in structure. versions are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. [...]

From an email that appeared in my inbox yesterday: Dear Carlos, We are excited to share with you the availability of Leaf Capture Remote – an application that extends Leaf Capture 11 workflow software, transforming an Apple iPhone™, or iPod® Touch into a remote image viewer. The Leaf Capture Remote application allows you to view, [...]

San Jose, California – December 3, 2009 – Super Talent, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, proudly released a brand new compact digital storage product line, CFastTM storage cards. Just like the traditional SD card and its enhanced version, SDHC, the CFast storage card, with SATA interface, has improved, unmatched [...]

OpenACircle is an online collaboration and social networking site aimed at providing home-based and small-to-medium businesses with an affordable means to collaborate over the web. I was asked by them to review their service offerings. I am being compensated (slightly) for my efforts. Using the concept of circles, OpenACircle seeks to combine social networking, desktop [...]