
The Sonnet Thunderbolt adapter makes use of ExpressCard/34 technology to interface with existing devices. There are ExpressCards for FireWire 800, USB 2 and 3, eSATA, and even ones to quickly offload CompactFlash cards and other media.
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The Sonnet Thunderbolt adapter makes use of ExpressCard/34 technology to interface with existing devices. There are ExpressCards for FireWire 800, USB 2 and 3, eSATA, and even ones to quickly offload CompactFlash cards and other media.
Apparent’s award-winning portable scanner ready for OS X 10.7 “Lion”, adds cloud-based scan to e-mail, Yojimbo integration.
Thunderbolt is said to be the fastest way to get information in and out of your Mac and peripheral devices. At 10 Gb/sec, Intel’s Thunderbolt technology gives you high-speed data and display transfers upstream and downstream in full duplex — in each direction simultaneously. It uses a single cable to connect the Mac to a maximum of six devices. Most important of all, those Thunderbolt port(s) available on the recently released iMacs may soon turn the humble iMac into the most expandable Mac available.
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft finally released its webcam the Lifecam Cinema Studio in Europe. It has a threaded interface for tripod use, a ‘true’ 1080p and 720p video sensor, and a lens cap. Officially, it’s not supported on Macs, but we tried anyway.

Going by its name “Zebra Blu-Ray player/recorder”, Addonics has wrapped an LG 10x Blu-Ray burner in an aluminium enclosure. At 195.00 Euros, the Zebra must be one of the cheapest Blu-Ray burners you can find, and with an eSATA port it can easily cope with the higher throughput speeds required by 10x speed Blu-Ray burning.

Many computers lack an eSATA interface. Apple never adds eSATA to any of its models and a PCI-Express card can be quite expensive. Enter the Addonics Adapter USB 3.0 to eSATA, a small USB 3.0 device that will accept eSATA device connections and translate the eSATA data stream to USB 3.0, USB 2 or even USB 1.
FireWire 800 devices can be daisy-chained, meaning you can connect one device to another and they’ll all work. Sometimes, though, you’ll want two device connected to your Mac directly, and that where Lindy’s FireWire 800 hub comes into play.
Elgato must be the number one expert in digital terrestrial TV solutions. And now they released a network tuner, the Netstream DTT, which has ‘Dual’ in its name because two Macs can view different TV channels simultaneously.
Quietly introduced in a number of countries worldwide, Dymo's LabelWriter range just got upgraded from series 400 to series 450. Although Dymo remained faithful to the general design of its LabelWriter products, the new series 450 are better looking and a lot faster --again.We tested the Dymo LabelWriter Twin Turbo 450. This new LabelWriter model [...]
NEW IconFactory and Artis Software have just released their designer tool xScope 3. xScope 3 has become a power tool for everybody involved with graphic and web design. Except for the tools that have been supported since version 2, this new version comes with about 70 new or improved features. xScope has also become the tool of choice for mobile design.
Hand-coding HTML, CSS, PHP, and other code that is used on the web is a breeze with Espresso 2. The new version has been freed from its original quirks and gained a number of nice new features in the process.
NEW IconFactory and Artis Software have just released their designer tool xScope 3. xScope 3 has become a power tool for everybody involved with graphic and web design. Except for the tools that have been supported since version 2, this new version comes with about 70 new or improved features. xScope has also become the tool of choice for mobile design.

A map of a country in a paper atlas. That’s approximately how the 45+ of us imagine cartography, but in recent years maps have become more like visually rich compasses in a smartphone or a car GPS device. Maps were once designed by graphic designers. Today, they still are, but designers better make themselves familiar with GIS, polygon division, database linking, and other disciplines that have nothing to do with design.

Artlandia is offering SymmetryWorks and SymmetryShop with a 15% discount. We reviewed these Adobe Illustrator plug-ins before and found them to be great value.
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