(Half Moon Bay, California–May 14, 2012) GoPro, maker of the world’s most versatile HD cameras, today announced the launch of the Dive Housing.The new GoPro Dive Housing features a large, flat glass lens that allows for maximum photo and video sharpness underwater in all resolutions. Waterproof to 197ft / 60m, the Dive Housing is ideal for diving, snorkeling and any underwater filming scenario.
The Dive Housing is compatible with all HD HERO cameras, GoPro mounts and accessories. Included items: waterproof Dive Housing, protective lens cap, tether string and assorted mounting hardware. This new accessory adds to the HD HERO’s reputation as the most versatile camera in the world. It is now available for order at the GoPro Online Store, specialty retailers around the world, Sport Chalet and Best Buy for MSRP US$49.99.
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Published April 25th, 2012
in Apple and Technology News.
Record March Quarter Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs
Net Profit Increases 94% Year-over-Year
CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $24.7 billion and net profit of $6.0 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 47.4 percent compared to 41.4 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 64 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
The Company sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, a 151 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4 million Macs during the quarter, a 7 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 7.7 million iPods, a 15 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
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While there were no shortage of product announcements this year at NAB, I found the most exciting to be the introduction of the T-TAP from AJA. This little Thunderbolt device is an inexpensive, but high quality monitor for your Thunderbolt enabled Mac. Thunderbolt on one and and HD-SDI and HDMI on the other, oh and bus powered.
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Published April 14th, 2012
in Apple and Technology News.
Apple has posted a flashback malware removal tool. It will clean infections from OS X Lion systems without Java installed. For more information read the info from Apples Knowledge Base below or click here to go the Apples Knowledge Base and download the tool.
The most serious method of attack for Flashback exploits a security hole in Java that Apple has now patched, various versions of the malware have also used social engineering and other tricks in attempting to gain access to users’ systems.
OS X Lion does not have Java installed by default, users of Apple’s latest operating system who have found themselves infected through other means and do not have Java installed can use the new tool to clean their systems without needing to install Java.
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Today Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.0.4. This update adds a variety of bug fixes and improvements, but adds no major new features. Apple also pushed updates for Motion and Compressor to version 5.0.3. These updates are available through the Apple App Store.
Details of the update can be found below or on the Apple Knowledge Base.
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Published April 10th, 2012
in Apple and Technology News.
It’s a sad day in the land of OS X, the Flashback malware has infected an estimated 600,000 Macs.
Flashback began life last year as a trojan and has morphed into a drive-by download taking advantage of a vulnerability in Java that Apple did not patch until last week, despite Oracle having released patches for other systems back in February.
If you are afraid that your Mac might be infected try running the FlashbackChecker available from Github.
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It’s just about safe to say tape is dead. Lets face it, tape had it’s benefits. It was relatively cheap and we always had a back up of our footage. It was a pain to capture everything in realtime though! However, even though digital media is fast and convenient for ingestion, we are left with some difficulties when it comes to back up and archival. They key it to formulate and implement a back up and archival plan that you will use. You can also use this handy Disk image technique to easily create Disk image files that preserve original media structure and format to use in your archival scheme.
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(Grass Valley, California–April 5, 2012) AJA Video Systems announced immediate availability of UDC, a broadcast quality Up/Down/Cross-Conversion Mini-Converter that can convert between SD, HD and 3G video formats.
Leveraging AJA’s industry-leading conversion technology, the UDC provides very high quality conversions in a small and cost effective package. Formats supported include 3G/HD/SD-SDI input and output, HDMI output and two-channel RCA style audio output. The UDC also supports eight-channel embedded audio. The Mini-Converter can be configured through built-in dipswitches or AJA’s MiniConfig software for the Mac or PC via the UDC’s USB connection.
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Published April 2nd, 2012
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Every year hundreds of thousands of film, video and broadcast geeks descend toward Las Vegas for the annual NAB show. There you will find all of the latest gear, trends and technology related to the broadcast industry. Each year seems to have it’s own flavor, unique to the trends in the industry. What will 2012 bring?
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Published March 9th, 2012
in Apple and Mac Tips & Tricks.
From time to time you might need to use an application’s icon for various reasons. Use this tip to quickly save a PNG File of the application icon. Saving the image as a PNG allows you to preserve the alpha channel so you can keep the icon’s transparency for use in various graphic application.
Watch the video and follow the instructions below to get started.
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