http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/updates.support.new.cameras.from.canon.nikon.etc/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/nikond3s.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe has announced several release candidates for updates to its RAW and DNG file utilities, Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6. The updates extend file support to 19 new camera models including Canon's EOS 7D, Powershot G11 and S90; the Nikon D3s, Olympus E-P2, Pentax K-x, Sigma DP1s, Sony's A500/550/850, and several others.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/updates.support.new.cameras.from.canon.nikon.etc/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/wired.ready.for.apple.tablet.next.year/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/appletablet-mockup.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Magazine publisher Condé Nast today revealed that it's taking the unusual step of optimizing its publications with Apple's rumored tablet in mind. The agency doesn't claim to MediaMemo that it's privy to Apple's design but expects Wired, and later its 17 other magazines, to be ready in a format that works with the device by mid-2010. It will allow both actual-size and optimized formats and shoul... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/wired.ready.for.apple.tablet.next.year/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/supports.h264.and.vp6.codecs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/adobetemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe has announced an update to its live audio and video capturing utility, Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1. The app is designed as a media encoder that streams both audio and video in real time to Flash Media Server software or the Flash Video Streaming Service. Users can perform up to three simultaneous encodes and save data to a local file during encoding. The upgrade provides support for Mac OS ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/supports.h264.and.vp6.codecs/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/adobeflash.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe today fulfilled earlier promises and provided betas for both Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2. Both are the first from Adobe to have a Flash layer that supports multi-touch input, including gestures such as pinching to zoom the window. Flash Player specifically gets H.264 hardware decoding through newer video chipsets and, initially for Windows PCs, can significantly reduce the workload on the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/some.crash.dock.issues.eliminated/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/photoshopcs4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Yesterday's Mac OS X 10.6.2 update has also solved some problems related to Photoshop, says Adobe product manager John Nack. The fixes are noted to have been tested with help from Apple, and target problems such as application crashes when opening or saving files. Similarly, crashes and program errors should no longer occur when using the Menlo font, in Premiere as well as in Photoshop.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/some.crash.dock.issues.eliminated/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/blackberry.gets.opengl.es.micropay.more/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/blackberrytour-reviewsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RIM opened up the BlackBerry Developers Conference by revealing the first modern 3D support for its smartphones. Those using a new Java SDK for BlackBerry OS 5.0 can now use OpenGL ES graphics and produce games or other 3D apps with contemporary effects. The SDK is currently in beta but should be available today.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/blackberry.gets.opengl.es.micropay.more/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/mykain.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Myka has moved on from producing media hubs by releasing its Myka ION nettop as a full-fledged home theater PC. As the name implies, the PC packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and 2GB of RAM, along with an NVIDIA Ion graphics platform to supply HD (non-Flash) video. It runs on Ubuntu Linux and includes Boxee and XBMC media center software as well as support for standard-definition Adobe Flash and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/adds.noise.reduction.watermarking.options/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/lightroom3beta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe has posted a free beta of Lightroom 3, the next version of the company's photo workflow software. Mainly intended for professionals, the software handles the import, export and organization of various filetypes, as well as some limited image editing tasks like exposure, colors and curves. Version 3 is said to be a major revision of the software, rebuilt with a new import dialog, new archit... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/adds.noise.reduction.watermarking.options/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/21/cortex.a5.nearly.ready.for.phones.pmps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/armcortex-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ARM used its presence at TechCon3 today to unveil a new processor architecture built to speed up lower-cost handhelds. The Cortex-A5 is about twice as power-efficient as older budget designs but shares many of the same foundations as fast processors like the Cortex-A8 found in the iPhone 3GS, including the NEON vector instructions that boost media and some other tasks. It can work either as a ve... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/21/cortex.a5.nearly.ready.for.phones.pmps/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/useful.app.still.limited/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/Ppsmobile-topstory-09.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MacNN has reviewed Photoshop.com Mobile, a free Adobe application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app ties into the company's Photoshop.com website, but lets users make a variety of offline edits. These include the addition of filters, and adjustments to elements like hue, exposure and saturation.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/useful.app.still.limited/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:00 GMT