Adobe gives Photoshop CS6 a new graphics-chip boost

February 3, 2012

Adobe uses a computer's GPU to accelerate the Liquify plug-in. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET) Adobe Systems has released a second sneak peak of Photoshop CS6 that shows new work to give a hardware boost to the image-editing software. The graphics processing unit (GPU) speeds the Liquify tool, which lets people smear images in a finger-painting way, according to a Zorana Gee, a Photoshop product manager.

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Reckless Racing 2 power-slides into the iTunes App Store

February 2, 2012

Reckless Racing 2 is here and it's got all the bells and whistles we were missing in the original.

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Rhapsody brings its music to Android tablets

February 2, 2012

(Credit: Rhapsody) Popular music subscription service Rhapsody today brings its library of tracks to Android tablets running Honeycomb. While Rhapsody has long been a fixture as a music player on many Android phones and the iPhone, today’s newly released app was specifically created for tablets.

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How to scan documents with Android devices

February 2, 2012

Whether you need to scan a document for signatures or you’re prepping for tax season, this app is extremely useful. There have been many attempts at document scanners on the

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How to scan documents with Android devices

February 2, 2012

Whether you need to scan a document for signatures or you’re prepping for tax season, this app is extremely useful. There have been many attempts at document scanners on the

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Cocoon now sheathes you in IE, too

February 2, 2012

Cocoon for IE looks and works like Cocoon for Firefox. (Credit: Cocoon) The

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Mac OS X 10.7.3 supports new crop of compact cameras

February 2, 2012

Olympus' PEN E-PM1 If there’s any doubt about the accelerating shift from traditional SLRs to more compact interchangeable-lens cameras, let the newly released Mac OS X 10.7.3 update put them to rest. Of the eleven cameras whose raw image formats Lion now supports , six of them are compact mirrorless models. They are the Nikon 1 J1 and V1 , the Olympus Pen E-PL1s, E-PM1 , and E-PM1 ; and the Sony Alpha NEX-5N

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How to sync iTunes with Android

February 2, 2012

Syncing your iTunes library to an Android device is easier than you may think. doubleTwist is a two-part application that can allow your

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BitTorrent Live attracts steady stream of interest

February 2, 2012

Demoing BitTorrent Live 1-2 of 4 Scroll Left Scroll Right What if you took the decentralized, distributed theory that powers torrent technology and applied it to live streaming? That question, or one similar to it, is what BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen must’ve asked himself a few years ago. The answer is BitTorrent Live , and it’s currently working its way through a series of weekly real-world tests at the BitTorrent headquarters in San Francisco

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Canon EOS utility updated to work in OS X Lion

February 1, 2012

If you’re a photographer who uses Canon equipment and has been unable to use the Canon EOS utility after installing OS X Lion, some good news: Canon has issued an update to the tool that allows it to run properly in Apple’s latest operating system.

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OS X 10.7.3 hits, promises to smash bugs, add new languages

February 1, 2012

(Credit: Screenshot by Josh Lowensohn/CNET) Apple released OS X 10.7.3 Lion today, the third such minor update to the operating system since it was launched last July. The update, which went out to Lion users earlier this afternoon, includes an update to Safari, bringing the built-in browser up to version 5.1.3. System-wide, the update promises to fix bugs and add new languages, including Greek, Hebrew, Thai and Catalan, among others

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Predict the weather with Android

February 1, 2012

(Credit: Weather Trends 360) Popular weather guidance site Weather Trends 360 has just brought its future-telling powers to the Android platform. Previously available only on iOS, the wt360 app can now help Android users plan events up to a year in advance. For instance, are you wondering if it could rain on your destination wedding next May?

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How to view files offline in Google Docs for Android

February 1, 2012

The new Google Docs update in the Android Market added offline viewing for Android phones and tablets. Offline access is essential when you’re not able to connect to the Internet, like on a plane or in a network dead zone.

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Pay what you want for this Android (and desktop!) game bundle

February 1, 2012

(Credit: Humble Bundle/Screenshot by Rick Broida) Humble Bundles are renowned for offering name-your-own price indie game collections. But mostly they’ve been computer games.

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Mac OS X gets ZFS after all–but not from Apple

February 1, 2012

Ten's Complement's Zevo Silver Edition brings ZFS to Mac OS X. (Credit: Tens' Complement) Apple may have given up on the idea of building Sun Microsystems’ ZFS file system into Mac OS X, but one of its engineers has picked up where Apple left off.

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