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Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. today introduced the FinePix 30i, a compact, 2.1 megapixel digital camera,to the U.S. market after enjoying successful sales in Europe and Asia. TheFinePix 30i features SmartMedia card support, picture voice annotation, anMP3 player, a multi-purpose remote control, digital audio recording andplayback, support for 20-second movie with sound recording, and support forvideoconferencing. The FinePix 30i will be available in April for US$399.

Course Technology has released a series of books geared towards students studying to become professional graphic designers. The books, which cover such applications as Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator, GoLive and LiveMotion, come bundled with project files, creative, hands-on projects and full-colored visuals.

A recent study by The Yankee Group found that 40 percent of respondents had no interest in networking digital devices, with 78 percent citing “no need” as the prime reason for their decision. The results suggest that companies pushing the “digital hub” concept, such as Apple, have to do a better job of showing consumers how additional devices can enrich and improve their lives, according to Internet news.com.

Accelerate Your Mac! has published a comparative review between the ATI RADEON 7500 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX — the two graphics cards currently available with new Power Mac G4 systems. The comprehensive write-up includes 2D and 3D performance, game framerates, and DVD playback image quality and performance. Both cards generally perform very similarly to each other.

Apple UK has posted a story regarding Amnesty International’s use of Macs and DVD Studio Pro to create a new educational DVD on human rights abuses around the world, as noted by Macworld UK. Project coordinator Derek Wheeler attended one of Apple’s DVD Authoring Simplified seminars to prepare for the undertaking.