eMedia Music Corp. (http://www.emediamusic.com) has announced a new distribution agreement with Arobas Music to release Guitar Pro 6 in the US and Canada. New features in version 6 include an improved Real Sound Engine (RSE) with realistic playback of your scores using over 100 sounds sampled from instruments and over 50 real-time pedal effects such as overdrive, distortion, wah-wah, chorus, delay and more.
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Atlona Technologies (http://www.atlona.com) has introduced the AT-HD620, an HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Converter capable of up-converting incoming video signals to dual-link resolutions up to 2560×1440.
The US$279 converter — due to ship May 1 — solves compatibility issues that have been plaguing HDMI users looking to take advantage of the technologies offered in new Mini DisplayPort displays, such as the 27-inch iMac and the 24-inch Cinema Display, according to the folks at Atlona. The new AT-HD620 will scale any HDMI input to match native resolution of either display.
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Plugable Technologies (http://www.plugable.com) has launched two new USB graphics products enabling expandability of any laptop or desktop system with a spare USB port.
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WoodWing Software has announced the availability of the Smart Styles productivity plug-in for Adobe’s Creative Suite 5. In addition to the compatibility with Adobe CS5, the new version of Smart Styles also supports new interactive styling elements for media, buttons and animations, says WoodWing President Erik Schut.
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Apple — or at least CEO Steve Jobs — probably won’t be happy until we can control our Macs, iPhones, iPods and iPads complete by brain waves. A new patent (20200103116) is for a disappearing button or slider and shows Apple’s continued war to eliminate buttons on its devices.
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