Year: 2010

Stylus Pro 3880 hard to beat in its category

Stylus Pro 3880 hard to beat in its category

Posted by | Oct 4, 2010 | , |

By Steve Baczewski

After nearly three years, Epson (http://www.epson.com) is replacing the popular A2-size Stylus Pro 3800 with the impressive Stylus Pro 3880 (US$1,295).

The 3880 now incorporates features used by the other 80-series Epson Stylus Pro printers, including the UltraChrome K3 pigment-based inks with vivid magenta, and an ink-repellent print head to diminish clogged nozzles. In addition, the 3880 uses a new screening technology Epson calls AccuPhoto HD2, which improves precision placement of variable-size ink droplets as small as 3.5 picoliters.

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Greg’s bite: hands on with the Apple TV

Greg’s bite: hands on with the Apple TV

Posted by | Oct 4, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

FedEx delivered my Apple TV device Friday. It was such a small package it sort of surprised me.  When when the packaging came off it was even smaller than I had even first thought. Slickly packaged in the typical Apple retail box, the cord, remote controller and instructions were artfully packed.  

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AddMovie for Mac OS X premieres version 1.9

Posted by | Oct 4, 2010 | , |

Limit Point Software has updated AddMovie (http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities/AddMovie.html), a tool for combining multiple movies or images into a single movie and batch exporting movies to any format supported by QuickTime, to version 1.9. It combines multiple movies into a single movie and batch exporting movies to any format supported by QuickTime.

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NetMarketShare: Mac, Safari, iOS gain market share

NetMarketShare: Mac, Safari, iOS gain market share

Posted by | Oct 3, 2010 | , |

Safari and iOS market share for Internet usage rose from August to September, while the Mac OS X percentage dipped slightly, according to the latest market share survey from NetMarketShare (http://www.netmarketshare.com).

According to the report, among operating systems, Mac OS X had 5.03% of the global market share in September, compared to 5% in June (that’s global market share; in the US it’s almost 10%). Windows remains dominant with 91.08% as of September. That’s up from from 91.34% in August. Apple’s highest percentage previously was 5.27% in October 2009.

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