Apple Aperture 3 Now Available In Singapore

February 9, 2010— Apple today introduced Aperture 3, the next release of its 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 large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.

Faces uses face detection and recognition to find and organize your photos by the people in them. You can view faces across your entire photo library or view just the faces that appear in selected projects. In a new view that speeds up the organization process, Aperture 3 displays faces that have been detected but haven’t yet been named. Places lets you explore your photos based on where they were taken, and like in iPhoto, Places automatically reverse geocodes GPS data into user-friendly locations. In Aperture 3, you can assign locations by dragging-and-dropping photos onto a map or by using location information from GPS enabled cameras, tracking devices or your iPhone photos.

The new Brushes feature allows you to add professional touches to your photos by simply painting effects onto the image. Aperture 3 includes 15 Quick Brushes that perform the most popular tasks like Dodge, Burn, Polarize and Blur, without the complexity of layers or masks. Brushes can automatically detect edges in your images to let you apply or remove effects exactly where you want them. Aperture 3 includes dozens of Adjustment Presets that apply a specific style or look to the entire image with just a click.

Aperture 3 makes it easy to share your work with stunning slideshows that weave together photos, audio, text and HD video. You can select one of six Apple designed themes or choose your own transitions, background, borders and titles, and even add your own soundtrack. You can export your slideshows directly to iTunes to take with you on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Pricing & Availability
Aperture 3 is available through the Apple Store (http://www.apple.com/), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of S$298and existing Aperture users can upgrade for a suggested retail price of S$148. A downloadable 30-day trial version is available at www.apple.com/aperture/trial. Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Full system requirements, online tutorials and more information on Aperture 3 can be found at www.apple.com/aperture.

Arctic Cooling released two new VGA coolers

Arctic Cooling, the well known manufacturer from Switzerland, today released two new VGA coolers aiming at different segments of the market. The first cooler, baptized "Accelero Twin Turbo 6990", is a very powerful dual fan cooler designed especially for the AMD Radeon HD 6990. The second product, the "Accelero S1 PLUS" is a universal, passive cooler.

The company claims that their new Accelero Twin Turbo 6990 is the most powerful VGA cooler ever. With two 120mm PWM controlled quiet fans and a cooling capacity of 400W it certainly seems to be a very impressive product.

This cooler has been designed as a unique solution for the newest AMD Radeon HD 6990 VGA card, obviously aiming towards both hardcore overclockers and users who found the stock cooling solution too loud. Finally, Arctic Cooling also designed the most expensive VGA cooler in history, with the Accelero Twin Turbo 6990 retailing for 149.95$ USD.

On the other hand, the Accelero S1 PLUS is an entirely passive VGA cooler designed for maximum compatibility and absolute silence. Of course the latter is obvious, since there are no fans or any moving parts at all, while Arctic Cooling claims that this cooler can be mounted on over 80 different models of midrange to high-end cards. The cooler appears to be a good value at 49.95$ USD.

Source : AC

Dishonored dévoile son premier trailer

Ubisoft n'est pas le seul développeur français à faire notre fierté. Moins connu mais tout aussi méritant, Arkane Studios nous a gratifié il y a de cela quelques années d'excellents jeux tels que Arx Fatalis ou encore Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Si vous vous tenez informé de l'actualité de la scène vidéoludique, vous n'êtes pas sans vous impatienter d'en apprendre plus sur Dishonored, actuellement en gestation dans les studios de développement français. Après une attente longue de plusieurs mois, Arkane Studios et Bethesda sont fiers de nous présenter la première bande-annonce de Dishonored.



Cette cinématique de toute beauté est également l'occasion d'en apprendre un peu plus sur le scénario du jeu. On y incarne l'ancien garde du corps de la grande Impératrice. A la mort de cette dernière, notre héros est montré du doigt comme un assassin et condamné à mort. Un destin bien triste qui se verra modifié par un étrange personnage venu nous libérer et nous offrir des pouvoirs très spéciaux (comme arrêter le temps si l'on en croit le trailer). Le FPS devrait alors nous permettre de mener une vendetta silencieuse dans laquelle il faudra jouer de nos talents d'assassin tout en mettant la main sur différentes armes mortelles. Il devrait également être possible de mener le combat de front pour les amateurs de castagne pure et dure. Dishonored est prévu pour la rentrée prochaine sur PC, Xbox 360 et PS3.

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ASUS Launched EAH3650 OC Editions

ASUS, producer of top quality graphic solutions has today introduced theworld’s first overclocking version of the latest generation of AMD GPUs – theATI Radeon™ HD 3650 chipset, with the ASUS EAH3650 TOP. This powerful graphicscard lets users enjoy an outstanding 10% improvement in gaming experiences;while both the ASUS EAH3650 TOP/HTDI/256M and the EAH3650/HTDI/256M are designedto provide feature-rich DirectX 10.1 gaming and the best multimedia playbackwhile consuming less power with the new power efficient 55nm processors.Furthermore, the equipped Glaciator Fansink will keep the GPU 12ºC cooler thanreference designed fansinks.

Amazing 10% Performance Upgrade

With the EAH3650 TOP, gamers can expect core and memory clock performance boostsfrom 725MHz up to 800MHz, and from 800MHz up to 900MHz respectively. Suchcutting-edge performance upgrades help raise the EAH3650 TOP’s 3DMark06 scorefrom 4889 to 5382 – an amazing 10% improvement in speed when compared to anyother reference designed board*. Gamers can now feel the rush of superb gamingperformance only with the ASUS EAH3650 TOP/HTDI/256M.

12ºC Cooler with Exclusive Glaciator Fansink

The ASUS EAH3650 Series utilizes the new specially designed Glaciator Fansinkthat effectively dissipates heat away from the graphics card. Much like aglacial storm, the Glaciator Fansink can quickly transfer heat away from the GPUand lower the temperature by a whopping 12ºC in comparison to reference designfansinks**. On top of this unprecedented cooling capacity, the Glaciator Fansinkis also very quiet with operating levels of only 25dB – almost unperceivable ina quiet room; and catering to users who require maximum cooling withoutexcessive fan rotation noise.

Unprecedented Rock Solid Quality from ASUS

Keeping in line with ASUS’ Rock Solid promise for quality, the EAH3650 Serieswill come with several solutions to provide top quality graphic performances.With the EMI shield, 3~10dB EMI Interference can be reduced for more stablesignals. The DIP Spring Chokes can also lower temperatures by 5~10oC incomparison with traditional Toroidal Coil Chokes. Additionally, the Japan madepolymer capacitors can lower power loss for more stable operations. Therefore,users will be able to enjoy extreme performance and have peace of mind only withASUS EAH3650 Series.

True HD Enjoyment with Break-through Efficiency

The ASUS EAH3650 Series is equipped with the new 55nm design that allows systemsto deliver high-end graphical performances while running more efficiently andquietly than ever before. Support for realistic and life-like graphics from thelatest Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games will produce eye-popping and stunning 3Dgraphics and shading effects; while PCI Express and PCI Express 2.0 supportwill allow up to twice the throughput of current AMD PCI Express cards –providing users with the most enjoyable gaming experience.

Exclusive ASUS GamerOSD for Versatile Graphics Usage

The ASUS EAH3650 Series also comes with the exclusive ASUS GamerOSD thatunleashes the true power of ASUS’ VGA cards. This feature is able to deliver GPUoverclocking from onscreen displays during gameplay – allowing users real-timeperformance upgrades when they require it. Additionally, it also provides userswith the option to record live gaming action or live broadcasting over theInternet with ease.

Specifications

ASRock launches Atom D2700 and D2500 mini-ITX motherboards

The ASRock related news arent over quite yet, as alongside its high-end boards, the company has also unveiled three new entry level Atom mini-ITX motherboards, all with Intels new D2x00-series of Atom processors. One of the new models sports the 1.86GHz Atom D2500, while the other two comes with the 2.13GHz Atom D2700.

Starting at the bottom we have the AD2500B-ITX which is a rather plain, almost dull looking board with a large passive heatsink covering the CPU and a really tiny one covering the NM10 chipset. The board has, rather unusually a pair of SO-DIMM slots, although as the new Atoms can accept up to 4GB of RAM, albeit in single channel mode, the two slots are at least somewhat useful.

Theres also a pair of SATA 3Gbps ports, a single PCI slot and a pair of headers for four USB 2.0 ports. The rear I/O consists of a range or ports that feel more like 1991 than 2011 with two PS/2 ports, a serial port, a parallel port, a D-sub connector, four USB 2.0 ports, a 10/100Mbit Ethernet port and 5.1-channel audio via three jacks. Overall not the most impressive board weve seen recently.

Moving up we have the AD2700B-ITX which swaps in the Atom D2700 over the D2500, but its not the only change. Although the board layout remains identical to the AD2500B-ITX, the AD2700B-ITX was upgraded with both Gigabit Ethernet and a pair of USB 3.0 ports making it an interesting board for a home server.

The third and final board is the most interesting of the three and its called the AD2700-ITX, a confusing similar name, but an entirely different board in many ways. Although youd be forgiven for thinking its yet more of the same if you take a quick glance at the top down view of the board, ASRock has overhauled the rear I/O entirely.

Here were looking at a single PS/2 port, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1-channel audio with optical S/PDIF out and a D-sub, DVI and HDMI port. The general board layout is otherwise mostly the same, although theres a pin-header for a parallel port and a serial port not present on the first two models, but thats the only difference we can spot. We checked the manual quickly as we wanted to find out about the display connectivity and the good news is that both the DVI and HDMI port can be used simultaneously. The manual also suggested that there might be a version with the Atom D2500 of this board, although without USB 3.0 and with slower 10/100Mbit Ethernet.

One funny thing in ASRocks specifications is with regards to the GPU which ASRock lists as “Built-in IntelPowerVR SGX545” which isnt entirely true as the GPU is by Imagination Technologies and Intel calls it the GMA 3650 or GMA 3600 depending on which processors were talking about. If nothing else, ASRock has at least triple confirmed things for us. Once again we dont have any word on availability and pricing, but wed expect these boards to be out shortly.

Source: ASRock