The Rise of the Mega Data Center

The mega data centers running computing clouds are becoming more distinct from both their corporate cousins, which have to run multiple applications, and the high-performance computing systems that combine multiple CPUs with expensive networking equipment. In a webinar held Wednesday, Russ Daniels, CTO of Cloud Strategy Services at Hewlett-Packard, explained some of the differences to […]

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Razuna 1.1.4, new version

I just wanted you all to get a small update out of the upcomingRazuna 1.1.4 release. Our customers have been incredible helpful and are helping to shape the future ofRazuna (a truly open source Digital Asset Management)tremendously. Thought, Razuna 1.1.4 is only a small feature set release, it is a great stepping stone to Razuna […]

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Editing in Motion Part 2

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In Part 1, we looked at how Final Cut Pro users can perform some basic editing operations in Motion, including rough editing, trimming, and a sequential edit. All of these edits can be performed using just the mini-Timeline. But by opening up the full Timeline, you can perform additional edits, like insert, overwrite, and ripple […]

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Live Action Oscar Nominated Short Films on iTunes

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For all of us out there that love (and make) short films it’s especially pleasing when the presenter announces the winners of the short film categories on Oscar night. I always wonder what the winner is thinking and feeling as they make that long walk from the back of the room up to the stage […]

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Quicktip Day 19: Try the option and shift modifier keys under the Finder menus

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Quicktip #19 (February 19, 2009) Use the option key for more Finder options When working in the Mac OS Finder you can press the OPTION and/or the SHIFT key on the keyboard for other tasks and options from the Finder menus: In the above example of the SHIFT key pressed under the File menu in […]

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Compix Media Gets HD Ready With New Line of Character Generators, Eases Migration to HD

IRVINE, Calif. – Feb. 17, 2009 – Compix Media, a leading developer of professional-quality character generators (CGs), today announced that it is expanding its HD product offerings with a powerful new line of single- and dual-channel HD-ready CGs. Leveraging the performance and quality of Compix Media’s flagship resolution-independent software and SD-SDI hardware, the new HD-ready […]

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