Year: 2004

Konica Minolta announces new digital cameras

Konica Minolta has announced two new digital cameras—the 3.2 megapixel DiMAGE Xg and the 4.0 megapixel DiMAGE Z2. The DiMAGE Xg has a 3x optical zoom lens that’s adjusted internally and a 4x digital zoom that lets you extend your shooting range to 12x zoom. In Movie mode, the DiMAGE Xg can record movie clips at resolutions of 160 x 120 (or 320 x 240 pixels) onto a SD memory card for as long as its capacity will allow. Added to the standard frame-rate of 15 frames per second is a 30 frames per second mode for smoother moving images.

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Apple could gain ground in server segment

Virginia Tech’s G5 “supercluster” and Apple’s Xgrid software (which makes it easier to pool the computing power of many machines) may open the doors for the company in the server market, according to an Investor’s Business Daily article. Unlike the personal computer arena—where Microsoft dominates—the server segment is wide open, with longtime leader Unix losing ground to Linux and Windows, “with the winner far from certain,” the article adds.

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Extensis announces Portfolio 7

Extensis today announced Portfolio 7, a major update to its digital asset management (DAM) solution for organizing digital photos, illustrations, page layouts and presentations. Portfolio 7 includes several new features, including NetPublish—an add-on module that automates the process of turning Portfolio catalogs into full-featured Web sites—with no knowledge of HTML or JavaScript required. Other enhancements include built-in CD burning, batch image conversion, and the ability to embed IPTC metadata.

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Wireless 19-inch digital picture frame launched

PhotoVu has launched the US$1,549 PhotoVu PV1900, a 19-inch wireless digital picture frame that displays digital images and wirelessly retrieves them from a computer’s hard drive for viewing. It sports an USB port for the option of a simple plug-and-play display and a choice of custom-made wood frame and matting. The PV1900 is compatible with Mac, Windows, Linux and Unix systems.

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