On-premise vs. Cloud - the market is shifting By Keyon C. Thomas
I talk to VAR's/MSP's all day long. One of the things I am always shocked by is how many of them don't know how little money they make selling on-premise technology and how much more they can make selling all cloud solutions.
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Storyfarm uses G-Technology G-SPEED eS PRO to Cut Latest Doc Projects By Dean Mermell
Video editors working in high definition (HD) face increasing technical challenges on a daily basis. Their tools need to be sharp, fast and function well under deadline. The sheer size of video files that have to get pushed through today's postproduction workflows can slow a system down to a level where the creative process just isn't fun anymore.
...Read More »
Apple Intros iPad By John Virata
After years of hype, Apple, Inc. today introduced the iPad, a portable computing device that looks like a big iPhone. Introduced today by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the iPad features a touchscreen keypad, wireless capability, the capability to run all iPhone applications, all in a form factor that fits in between an iPhone and a MacBook. With the iPad, you can play movies, load maps, view photos, update your calendar, basically do the same things as on an iPhone, and more.
...Read More »
Heath McKnight's 2009 Holiday Shopping Guide By Heath McKnight
It's that time of year again: the turkey and dressing are resting in your belly, and thoughts turn to the holiday gift giving season. Which means it's time for the annual Holiday Shopping Guide from Digital Media Online, Inc. I'm going to spotlight the best gifts for the techie, creative, home theater, computer users in your life. I'm going to break it down by category and give some affordable options, as well.
...Read More »
An afternoon of fun, NFL football, and the Canon 7D DSLR By John Virata
This past weekend we were able to spend an afternoon with the Canon folks at the San Diego Chargers/Philadelphia Eagles NFL football game in beautiful San Diego California to attain some first impressions on the new Canon 7D DSLR. Canon invited several journalists to shoot with the Canon 7D and Digital Rebel T1i.
...Read More »
Kaspersky Lab's Peter Beardmore talks anti-virus and the Mac OS By John Virata
Kaspersky, developers of anti-virus and security software has just released a version of its anti-virus software for the Macintosh operating system. While the Mac OS is targeted by malware and virus writers significantly less than Microsoft's Windows OS, it still gets attacked, just on a much smaller scale. Digital Media Net spoke with Peter Beardmore, senior product marketing manager, Kaspersky Lab, about viruses, malware, and the Mac OS.
...Read More »
First day with Windows 7 By John Virata
Windows 7 is here and not a moment too soon. Microsoft's two-and-a-half year old operating system is a dog, and will hopefully be put to pasture. After many years of development, Windows 7 shipped October 22, and after a full day of using Windows 7 Professional, I have to admit I am really liking what I have seen so far.
...Read More »
Working on the Mac OS X Desktop By Paul McFedries
When you start your Mac and log on to your user account, the first thing you will see is the Mac OS X desktop, which takes up the entire screen as shown in Figure 1.1. The default desktop is fairly sparse with only the Dock at the bottom of the screen and the menu bar at the top.
...Read More »
Insider #129 -- The OS Wars By Miles Weston
It's usually so easy to knock Microsoft for this, that, darned near everything. But they finally seem to have all the troops marching in the same direction. Win 7 looks darn solid. They've got corporate and individual OS solutions and apps (ok so some Texan judge said no but...) Apple likes them a lot better than the guy from the cloud company. Microsoft and Apple think Chrome is a little overblown...totally eliminating malware? Naw!!!! And MS offers a tech support phone number. They know this is a battle they can not lose
...Read More »
Free Apps that make your Mac go Zing! By Matthew David
There is a lot of noise about the apps you can get for your iPhone. But what about the Mac, the system that got most Cocoa developers excited? Well, you are in luck. There are thousands of applications for the Macintosh. Some of the best are small and free. In this article you will get review the best of the free applications on the market.
...Read More »
Elemental Accelerator showcased at SIGGRAPH 2009
At SIGGRAPH 2009, the Elemental Accelerator 2.0 plug-in for NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards can be seen at PNY Booth #2017. It was also announced that Hewlett Packard's HP Z workstations have been outfitted with the CUDA based plug-in to enhance and speed up processes in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.
...Read More »
E3 gets bonus life By John Haley
"E3 is BACK!" Those are the spoken words from several of the people who were also visiting/reporting on the show. For me it was my very first Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and boy was it a high powered show! Thousands of people from all over came to check out the hottest new games and gadgets, also to get the first hands on experience while the game is still in the beta stages.
...Read More »
Verbatim CEO Randy Queen:The future of removable media By John Virata
Verbatim just celebrated its 40th year in the removable storage market and a lot has changed in those 40 years, even in the last 10 years. Verbatim CEO Randy Queen speaks on the future of removable storage, where he sees it going, and what to expect.
...Read More »
Google Street View Continues to Raise Privacy Concerns By Brian Cooper
Google Street View, a Google Maps feature that lets users see images of streets and the surrounding areas, continues to generate controversy. Since its launch in May 2007, the feature has prompted questions about whether it constitutes an invasion of privacy, complaints about inappropriate images, and even a lawsuit.
...Read More »
Verbatim wireless mouse By Ko Maruyama
While you may be enjoying the new frustration of the recently released MacBook and MacBook Pro track pads, you may want to reach for a fullsized mouse instead. The new wireless notebook laser mouse from Verbatim offers a comfortable alternative to scratching and clicking at your new Mac laptop.
...Read More »
The Great After Effects Mac/Windows Smackdown: CS4 Edition By Kevin Schmitt
Last summer I got curious. With the advent of Intel Macs, Boot Camp, and Universal builds of After Effects, for the first time it was possible to forget about all the Intel vs. PowerPC benchmarks that had been run to that point and effectively remove hardware from the equation, focusing solely on the OS and how well AE was tuned to it. XP took the prize back then, but I'm curious again, and with Mac OS X Leopard, 64-bit Vista, and After Effects CS4 at my disposal, it's time to find out where things stand today.
...Read More »
How the iPhone is Cloud Computing's Killer App By Matthew David
The iPhone has changed how the mobile phone market is viewed. More importantly, the iPhone applications are changing how customers interact with their data, documents and files. In this article, you will see how the iPhone is the tool that is exposing the potential of Cloud Computing to the masses and is converting this new technology to a mainstream solution.
...Read More »
File sharing for Creative Developers: Top 5 issues By Daniel Frank
The move to digital photography has created both opportunities and challenges for photographers. While there is now the possibility to present clients with greater choice and selection due to the reduced cost of shooting digital, photographers must grapple with how to deliver and manage ever increasing numbers of large files. This article gives a quick overview of the key issues that photographers need to address when deciding how best to share files online with their clients.
...Read More »
SIGGRAPH 2008 Wrap-up: 3D Apps get updates By Jon Carroll
SIGGRAPH 2008 occupied most of the main convention center floor of the Los Angeles convention center, with 230 companies exhibiting and a reported 28,400 attendees. Covering everything, even with an army of writers, is still difficult- but here's a summary of select vendors at SIGGRAPH.
...Read More »
Content Insider #107 - The Perfect Storm By Miles Weston
The Internet, Web 2.0 and our relentless need to express ourselves has created a growing volume of content. The challenge is where do we store it? Why should we store it? Does anyone really care about it?
...Read More »
NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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In this clip, lynda.com host Mark Abdelnour takes a look at proxy bidding. He discusses the strategy and how it works. He also discusses the maximum bid, and when to use Proxy bidding.
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The blood, gore, adrenalin challenges that were unveiled at E3 and enjoyed at ComicCon are fun to look at, easy to hold but are they really the games people want to plunk down their credit cards to own or rent time with? Seems as though the investors, the players who control the controllers have a different idea of a "good" game than the kids who develop them. While mobs of people play educational, informational, stimulating games our kid huddles in his room and mumbles "The Few, The Proud, The Gamers."
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On-premise vs. Cloud - the market is shifting
I talk to VAR's/MSP's all day long. One of the things I am always shocked by is how many of them don't know how little money they make selling on-premise technology and how much more they can make selling all cloud solutions.
...Read More »
Storyfarm uses G-Technology G-SPEED eS PRO to Cut Latest Doc Projects
Video editors working in high definition (HD) face increasing technical challenges on a daily basis. Their tools need to be sharp, fast and function well under deadline. The sheer size of video files that have to get pushed through today's postproduction workflows can slow a system down to a level where the creative process just isn't fun anymore.
...Read More »
Apple Intros iPad
After years of hype, Apple, Inc. today introduced the iPad, a portable computing device that looks like a big iPhone. Introduced today by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the iPad features a touchscreen keypad, wireless capability, the capability to run all iPhone applications, all in a form factor that fits in between an iPhone and a MacBook. With the iPad, you can play movies, load maps, view photos, update your calendar, basically do the same things as on an iPhone, and more.
...Read More »
Heath McKnight's 2009 Holiday Shopping Guide
It's that time of year again: the turkey and dressing are resting in your belly, and thoughts turn to the holiday gift giving season. Which means it's time for the annual Holiday Shopping Guide from Digital Media Online, Inc. I'm going to spotlight the best gifts for the techie, creative, home theater, computer users in your life. I'm going to break it down by category and give some affordable options, as well.
...Read More »
An afternoon of fun, NFL football, and the Canon 7D DSLR
This past weekend we were able to spend an afternoon with the Canon folks at the San Diego Chargers/Philadelphia Eagles NFL football game in beautiful San Diego California to attain some first impressions on the new Canon 7D DSLR. Canon invited several journalists to shoot with the Canon 7D and Digital Rebel T1i.
...Read More »
Kaspersky Lab's Peter Beardmore talks anti-virus and the Mac OS
Kaspersky, developers of anti-virus and security software has just released a version of its anti-virus software for the Macintosh operating system. While the Mac OS is targeted by malware and virus writers significantly less than Microsoft's Windows OS, it still gets attacked, just on a much smaller scale. Digital Media Net spoke with Peter Beardmore, senior product marketing manager, Kaspersky Lab, about viruses, malware, and the Mac OS.
...Read More »
First day with Windows 7
Windows 7 is here and not a moment too soon. Microsoft's two-and-a-half year old operating system is a dog, and will hopefully be put to pasture. After many years of development, Windows 7 shipped October 22, and after a full day of using Windows 7 Professional, I have to admit I am really liking what I have seen so far.
...Read More »
Working on the Mac OS X Desktop
When you start your Mac and log on to your user account, the first thing you will see is the Mac OS X desktop, which takes up the entire screen as shown in Figure 1.1. The default desktop is fairly sparse with only the Dock at the bottom of the screen and the menu bar at the top.
...Read More »
Insider #129 -- The OS Wars
It's usually so easy to knock Microsoft for this, that, darned near everything. But they finally seem to have all the troops marching in the same direction. Win 7 looks darn solid. They've got corporate and individual OS solutions and apps (ok so some Texan judge said no but...) Apple likes them a lot better than the guy from the cloud company. Microsoft and Apple think Chrome is a little overblown...totally eliminating malware? Naw!!!! And MS offers a tech support phone number. They know this is a battle they can not lose
...Read More »
Free Apps that make your Mac go Zing!
There is a lot of noise about the apps you can get for your iPhone. But what about the Mac, the system that got most Cocoa developers excited? Well, you are in luck. There are thousands of applications for the Macintosh. Some of the best are small and free. In this article you will get review the best of the free applications on the market.
...Read More »
Elemental Accelerator showcased at SIGGRAPH 2009
At SIGGRAPH 2009, the Elemental Accelerator 2.0 plug-in for NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards can be seen at PNY Booth #2017. It was also announced that Hewlett Packard's HP Z workstations have been outfitted with the CUDA based plug-in to enhance and speed up processes in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.
...Read More »
E3 gets bonus life
"E3 is BACK!" Those are the spoken words from several of the people who were also visiting/reporting on the show. For me it was my very first Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and boy was it a high powered show! Thousands of people from all over came to check out the hottest new games and gadgets, also to get the first hands on experience while the game is still in the beta stages.
...Read More »
Verbatim CEO Randy Queen:The future of removable media
Verbatim just celebrated its 40th year in the removable storage market and a lot has changed in those 40 years, even in the last 10 years. Verbatim CEO Randy Queen speaks on the future of removable storage, where he sees it going, and what to expect.
...Read More »
Google Street View Continues to Raise Privacy Concerns
Google Street View, a Google Maps feature that lets users see images of streets and the surrounding areas, continues to generate controversy. Since its launch in May 2007, the feature has prompted questions about whether it constitutes an invasion of privacy, complaints about inappropriate images, and even a lawsuit.
...Read More »
Verbatim wireless mouse
While you may be enjoying the new frustration of the recently released MacBook and MacBook Pro track pads, you may want to reach for a fullsized mouse instead. The new wireless notebook laser mouse from Verbatim offers a comfortable alternative to scratching and clicking at your new Mac laptop.
...Read More »
The Great After Effects Mac/Windows Smackdown: CS4 Edition
Last summer I got curious. With the advent of Intel Macs, Boot Camp, and Universal builds of After Effects, for the first time it was possible to forget about all the Intel vs. PowerPC benchmarks that had been run to that point and effectively remove hardware from the equation, focusing solely on the OS and how well AE was tuned to it. XP took the prize back then, but I'm curious again, and with Mac OS X Leopard, 64-bit Vista, and After Effects CS4 at my disposal, it's time to find out where things stand today.
...Read More »
How the iPhone is Cloud Computing's Killer App
The iPhone has changed how the mobile phone market is viewed. More importantly, the iPhone applications are changing how customers interact with their data, documents and files. In this article, you will see how the iPhone is the tool that is exposing the potential of Cloud Computing to the masses and is converting this new technology to a mainstream solution.
...Read More »
File sharing for Creative Developers: Top 5 issues
The move to digital photography has created both opportunities and challenges for photographers. While there is now the possibility to present clients with greater choice and selection due to the reduced cost of shooting digital, photographers must grapple with how to deliver and manage ever increasing numbers of large files. This article gives a quick overview of the key issues that photographers need to address when deciding how best to share files online with their clients.
...Read More »
SIGGRAPH 2008 Wrap-up: 3D Apps get updates
SIGGRAPH 2008 occupied most of the main convention center floor of the Los Angeles convention center, with 230 companies exhibiting and a reported 28,400 attendees. Covering everything, even with an army of writers, is still difficult- but here's a summary of select vendors at SIGGRAPH.
...Read More »
Content Insider #107 - The Perfect Storm
The Internet, Web 2.0 and our relentless need to express ourselves has created a growing volume of content. The challenge is where do we store it? Why should we store it? Does anyone really care about it?
...Read More »
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