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Screenium 3 lets you record your screen at 60 fps

Synium Software (www.screeniumsoftware.com) has announced Screenium 3, an update to the screen recording tool for Mac OS X.

The utility now lets you record at 60 fps, offering optimum performance for tutorials, gameplay recordings or any other screen content. Screenium’s video editor in version 3.0 comes with a more comprehensive tool kit.

Screenium 3.0 is available for 50% (US$24.99) off until Aug. 31. It requires Mac OS X Yosemite or higher.

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Kool Tools: ClearGuard for the MacBook

Moshi’s US$24.95 ClearGuard (http://tinyurl.com/pxtc39g), an ultra-thin keyboard protector, is now available in a version to protect the new 12-inch MacBook from spills and stains.

At one fifth the thickness of most keyboard protectors, it’s transparent and provides virtually invisible protection for the MacBook keyboard — while allowing the backlit keys to shine clearly through. Created from engineering-grade, non-toxic thermoplastic urethane, ClearGuard is durable, washable and reusable.

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Office 2016 for the Mac has been released

Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is now available in 139 countries and 16 languages.
The new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote “provide the best of both worlds for Mac users—the familiar Office experience paired with the best of Mac,” says Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office Client Applications and Services team at Microsoft.

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IBM Research Alliance produces industry’s first 7nm node test chips

An alliance led by IBM Research (www.ibm.com) says it has made working versions of ultradense computer chips, with roughly four times the capacity of today’s most powerful chips.

The industry’s first 7nm (nanometer) node test chips with functioning transistors was accomplished in partnership with Global Foundries and Samsung at SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The development could result in the ability to place more than 20 billion tiny switches — transistors — on the fingernail-sized chips that power everything from smartphones to spacecraft.

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