RE:Vision Effects (http://www.revisionfx.com) has announced that FxPlug versions of FieldsKit and ReelSmart Motion Blur are now available, and that new FxPlug versions of Twixtor and DE:Noise have been released. The Effections bundle for Final Cut Pro has also been updated.
Read MoreIf you’ve ordered one of Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Pro models with build-to-order options you may mind that your shipment has been delayed, notes “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com).
Several who ordered new MacBook Pros the day they were released were originally quoted ship dates within a few weeks. Now, those customers have told “AppleInsider” that those orders have been pushed back to early May.
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Apple’s iPhone shipments to Japan more than doubled in the past year, capturing 72%of the country’s smartphone market, reports “Bloomberg” (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-23/apple-iphone-captures-72-of-japan-smartphone-market-update3-.html).
Shipments of the iPhone, which began selling in Japan in July 2008, climbed to 1.69 million units in the year ended March 31, per Tokyo-based MM Research Institute Ltd. said in a report yesterday. That raised the total to 2.3 million, Hideaki Yokota, an analyst at the research firm, told “Bloomberg.”
Read MoreHulu, an online site for watching television shows, plans to begin testing a subscription service as soon as May 24, people “with knowledge of the plans” told the “Los Angeles Times” (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/04/hulu-pushes-forward-with-995-subscription-service.html).
Read MoreAmuse has released My Living Desktop 4.71 (http://www.mylivingdesktop.com/) for Mac OS X, a new version of their video desktop and screen saver utility. The app replaces the standard still desktop with a video desktop that plays high-definition movies of the user’s choice. The new version.
Version 4.71 sports various under-the-hood improvements, as well as customer requested features. for example, there’s now the ability to hide desktop icons, showing only the video that My Living Desktop is currently playing. Users can also now choose what displays on multiple screens.
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