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Microsoft Windows 8 - The New OS Arrives Microsoft Corp. announced the global availability of its popular Windows operating system, Windows 8. Beginning Friday, Oct. 26, consumers and businesses worldwide will be able to experience all that Windows 8 has to offer, including a beautiful new user interface and a wide range of applications with the grand opening of the Windows Store. As a result of close work with hardware partners, more than 1,000 certified PCs and tablets, including Microsoft Surface, will be available for the launch of Windows 8 — making it the best lineup of PCs ever across the Windows 8 and Windows RT ecosystem... Continue reading: Microsoft Windows 8 Arrives along with the Grand Opening of the Windows Store in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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BRAVE on Blu-ray 3D and DVD Combo Pack Disney•Pixar will be releasing BRAVE, the year’s #1 animated movie and Pixar Animation Studio’s 13th consecutive hit, on November 13, 2012. An original and thrilling journey set in the ancient and magical Highlands of Scotland, BRAVE follows the heroic journey of the headstrong, young adventurer Merida. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida confronts tradition and defies an age-old custom that inadvertently unleashes chaos, and forces her to discover the true meaning of bravery. A breathtaking adventure that has entertained audiences of all ages, the stunning Blu-ray release of BRAVE includes hours of all-new bonus material... Continue reading: Disney-Pixar Announces BRAVE on Blu-ray 3D and DVD Combo Pack November 13th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Step Up Revolution on 3D Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Love and dance take center stage in Step Up Revolution, the latest film in the wildly popular Step Up franchise, arriving on 3-D Blu-ray (includes 3-D and standard version of the film plus Digital Copy plus UV), DVD (includes Digital Copy plus UV), On Demand and Pay-Per-View November 27 from Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE company. Step Up Revolution will also be available on EST November 13, two weeks prior to the Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand release. Featuring the hottest hip-hop soundtrack and jaw-dropping dance moves, Step Up Revolution stars up-and-coming performers... Continue reading: Step Up Revolution 'pop locks' its way on to 3D Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital November 27th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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World Without End on Blu-ray and DVD Ken Follett takes viewers back to his fictitious town of Kingsbridge, but 200 years later and with all new characters for fans to fall in love with. Experience the romance, tragedy and victory in the $46 million, eight-hour epic miniseries WORLD WITHOUT END, which aired on ReelzChannel on October 17th and debuts on 2-Disc Blu-ray™ and 2-Disc DVD December 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Best-selling Welsh author Ken Follett has sold more than 130 million copies of his books worldwide. Eye of the Needle, Key To Rebecca, On Wings of Eagles and The Pillars of the Earth are among his numerous, critically acclaimed suspense and historical novels that have been adapted into films and TV mini-series... Continue reading: World Without End on Blu-ray and DVD December 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 SSD Upgrade Kit Apricorn announced the latest addition and now the fastest of its popular Velocity Solo Desktop SSD Upgrade line, the Velocity Solo X2. It's the first PCIe 2.0 x2 lane card available that is capable of delivering speeds upwards of 550 MBs when used with a single super fast SATA III (6 Gb/s) 2.5" SSD. Taking advantage of two PCIe 2.0 lanes and using a Marvell 9182 chipset, the Velocity Solo X2 will enable desktop PCs and Macs to take advantage of the ever increasing speeds in the SSD market. Designed to fit into a PCIe 2.0 x2 slot or larger (typical installation will use a x4 slot), the Velocity Solo X2 enables users to easily add an SSD to their desktop system. Connection of the Velocity Solo PCIe 2.0 card to the SSD is via a super fast SATA III (6 Gb/s) connection. The Velocity Solo X2 also provides... Continue reading: Apricorn Debuts Velocity Solo X2 - Extreme Desktop SSD Upgrade Kit with PCIe Speeds of 550 MBs or More in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Kingston DataTraveler Workspace USB Flash Drive Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, announced it is shipping the Kingston® DataTraveler® Workspace USB Flash drive. DataTraveler Workspace is certified for Windows To Go, a key feature of Windows® 8 Enterprise. DataTraveler Workspace enables enterprises to provision a corporate desktop on an external USB drive, thus allowing users to boot and operate Windows 8 from portable devices. This new drive is a unique external USB 3.0 device that is capable of SSD-like performance. DataTraveler Workspace is made specifically for organizations that want to use the new Windows To Go feature found in Windows 8 Enterprise... Continue reading: Kingston Digital Ships New USB Drive Certified for Windows To Go - DataTraveler Workspace in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 1 The beauty of LEGO building is that you can make almost anything. But every builder needs a bit of inspiration from time to time. For those of us who need a little help, the first volume of The LEGO Adventure Book series promises to get those creative juices flowing. The LEGO Adventure Book by Megan Rothrock is an unofficial tour through the world of the best LEGO builders. Readers journey through time and place as their guide, Megs, introduces them to nearly 200 innovative models ranging from armor-plated dinosaurs to futuristic steampunk contraptions. And they'll find more than just pictures of models—Rothrock also includes 25 brick-by-brick breakdowns of some of the most interesting models... Continue reading: No Starch Press Publishes The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 1: Cars, Castles, Dinosaurs & More! in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Arista Warrior: A Real-World Guide Though Arista Networks is a relative newcomer in the data center and cloud networking markets, the company has already had considerable success. In Arista Warrior, renowned consultant and technical author Gary Donahue provides an in-depth, objective guide to Arista's lineup of hardware, and explains why its network switches and Extensible Operating System (EOS) are so effective. Anyone with a CCNA or equivalent knowledge will benefit from this book, especially entrenched administrators, engineers, or architects tasked with building an Arista network. Is Arista right for your data center? Pick up this guide and find out... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Arista Warrior: A Real-World guide to Understanding Arista Switches and EOS in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Juniper MX Series: A Comprehensive Guide Discover why routers in the Juniper MX Series, with their advanced feature sets and record breaking scale, are so popular among enterprises and network service providers. This authoritative book shows you step-by-step how to implement high-density, high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services, using Router Engine DDoS Protection, Multi-chassis LAG, Inline NAT, IPFIX/J-Flow, and many other Juniper MX features. Written by Juniper Network engineers, each chapter covers a specific Juniper MX vertical and includes review questions to help you test what you learn... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Juniper MX Series: A Comprehensive Guide to Trio Technologies on the MX in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Just Dance: Disney Party for Wii and Kinect for Xbox 360 Ubisoft®, in collaboration with Disney Interactive, launched “Just Dance®: Disney Party,” the latest installment of the world’s most popular dance game franchise. “Just Dance: Disney Party” is available for the Kinect™ for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Wii™ system from Nintendo. The game is rated “E (Everyone)” by the ESRB and will be available at both retail locations and online. The game features an array of classic and current songs, from a range of beloved Disney favorites, Disney Channel’s hottest shows and Disney theme parks. The choreography is sure to get the whole family up and dancing to tracks from movies such as... Continue reading: Ubisoft Launches Just Dance: Disney Party for Wii and Kinect for Xbox 360 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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WinZip 17 File Compression Software WinZip Computing, a Corel Company, introduces WinZip® 17, the industry's first single application that's designed to give users a better way to manage, protect and share files across all the ways we connect today - the cloud, social media and email. Cloud storage and social media give consumers and businesses new opportunities for collaboration and information sharing. With WinZip 17, the world's most popular file utility is building on its core strengths in compression and encryption to make it safer, easier and faster to share files on all of today's communications platforms. Experience the simplicity of an application that enables you to manage and access the files you've saved across your... Continue reading: Protect and Share Files on the Cloud and Social Media with WinZip 17 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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R in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition If you’re considering R for statistical computing and data visualization, this book provides a quick and practical guide to just about everything you can do with the open source R language and software environment. You’ll learn how to write R functions and use R packages to help you prepare, visualize, and analyze data. Author Joseph Adler illustrates each process with a wealth of examples from medicine, business, and sports. Updated for R 2.14 and 2.15, this second edition includes new and expanded chapters on R performance, the ggplot2 data visualization package, and parallel R computing with Hadoop... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes R in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Hadoop Operations: A Guide for Developers If you’ve been asked to maintain large and complex Hadoop clusters, this book is a must. Demand for operations-specific material has skyrocketed now that Hadoop is becoming the de facto standard for truly large-scale data processing in the data center. Eric Sammer, Principal Solution Architect at Cloudera, shows you the particulars of running Hadoop in production, from planning, installing, and configuring the system to providing ongoing maintenance. Rather than run through all possible scenarios, this pragmatic operations guide calls out what works, as demonstrated in critical deployments... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Hadoop Operations: A Guide for Developers and Administrators in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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KILL 'EM ALL on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital From Director Raimund Huber (Bangkok Adrenaline) comes the non-stop action story KILL ‘EM ALL, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital December 11th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Captured international assassins are locked up inside a high-tech bunker known as the Killing Chamber and to break out they must kill 'em all! The cast includes Johnny Messner (Bad Ass), Chia Hui Liu (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate), Joe Lewis (Bloodmoon), Tim Man (Bangkok Adrenaline), Ammara Siripong (Chocolate), Brahim Achabbakhe (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li), and Erik Markus Schuetz (Blood Ties). Synopsis: Welcome to the Killing Chamber - a high-tech bunker where captured international assassins are ready to do what they do best, just to survive... Continue reading: KILL 'EM ALL - Non-Stop Martial Arts Action Film Debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital December 11th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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New Epson WorkForce All-in-One Business Printers Epson America, Inc., a leading provider of superior performing printing solutions, bolsters its robust line of business printers with four new WorkForce® all-in-one printers – the Epson® WorkForce WF-3540, WorkForce WF-3520, WorkForce WF-2540 and WorkForce WF-2530. Building on the success of Epson's exclusive WorkForce line, the new models continue to deliver business printing at fast speeds and high-quality, professional-looking documents. In addition, these models offer features for increased productivity and affordability including an improved user interface, multiple paper trays, automatic duplex printing/copying/scanning/faxing, and ink savings up to 40 percent less than color laser... Continue reading: Epson Expands Line of High Performance Business Printing Solutions with New WorkForce All-in-Ones in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
X-Rite ColorMunki Smile Color Calibration Solution X-Rite, Incorporated, the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, announces a new addition to the ColorMunki family of color calibration solutions – the ColorMunki Smile. Ideal for photo hobbyists, design enthusiasts, gamers and anyone looking for the easiest way to color correct their computer monitors, ColorMunki Smile offers a simple and affordable option.ColorMunki Smile includes a color measurement device and very simple software. Thanks to a wizard-based user interface that uses graphics and video animation, users simply follow the on-screen instructions for a quick and easy calibration process. Users don’t need to know anything about color science to get good quality results with the ColorMunki Smile... Continue reading: X-Rite Announces ColorMunki Smile - New Entry-Level Color Calibration Solution in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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My Passport Edge USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drives WD® , a subsidiary of Western Digital Corp., introduced its newest version of My Passport® line of portable hard drives for PC and Mac with the debut of My Passport Edge™. The My Passport Edge and My Passport Edge for Mac® feature 500 GB of storage and a USB 3.0 interface for fast read/write speeds to help consumers effectively manage, share and enjoy digital content everywhere they go. Its sleek, ultra-slim design makes transport easy and convenient while a variety of security features protects the drive's content from unauthorized access. The My Passport Edge for Mac portable hard drive complements popular MacBook® computers and MacBook Air® computer designs with an all-aluminum exterior... Continue reading: WD Ships New Slim And Sleek Family Of Portable Hard Drives - My Passport Edge in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Programming Hive: Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem. This example-driven guide shows you how to set up and configure Hive in your environment, provides a detailed overview of Hadoop and MapReduce, and demonstrates how Hive works within the Hadoop ecosystem. You’ll also find real-world case studies that describe how companies have used Hive to solve unique problems involving petabytes of data... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Programming Hive: Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
The Lens: A Practical Guide for the Creative Photographer The Lens: A Practical Guide for the Creative Photographer is a momentous handbook that demystifies optical technology, decodes arcane terminology, and provides practical tips for both amateur and professional photographers to help them make smart purchasing decisions and build the perfect lens collection."Choosing the right lens...is one of the most important photographic decisions you can make," says author NK Guy, "...nothing affects the quality of a photo more than the lens. It's no longer just about the megapixels—it's the glass that makes all the difference." And yet, many buyers of interchangeable lens cameras don't venture past the basic lens included in the camera box... Continue reading: Rocky Nook Publishes The Lens: A Practical Guide for the Creative Photographer in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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The Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection The Astonishing X-Men 2-Disc Blu-ray Collection is the perfect gift for the ultimate Marvel fan. This collection is available in stores nationwide November 13, 2012 from Shout! Factory, in association with Marvel Knights Animation. The 2-Disc Blu-ray collection boasts all four Astonishing X-Men adventures from Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind the massive hit film Marvel’s The Avengers, and award-winning artist John Cassaday. As one of the most important X-Men stories of all-time, it features over 5 hours of engaging animation combined with non-stop action, as well as all-new cover art illustration by Cassaday. The ASTONISHING X-MEN BLU RAY COLLECTION is priced to own at... Continue reading: The Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection from Shout! Factory on November 13th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters on DVD This holiday season, kids and families are invited on a wondrous journey into the imaginative world of KAIJUDO: RISE OF THE DUEL MASTERS™, a current animated hit series produced by Hasbro Studios and Wizards of the Coast. Featuring the voice talent of popular actors Scott Wolf, Freddy Rodriguez, John DiMaggio,Oded Fehr, Phil LaMarr, David Sobolov, Kari Wahlgren and Jason Marsden, this popular action-fantasy series offers an inspiring story about a young hero,Ray, who possesses the rare ability to befriend and duel alongside fantastical creatures from a parallel dimension. It’s up to Ray to master the ancient art of KAIJUDO in order to protect both worlds. Moreover, this adventure-filledseries highlights the tales of friendship, loyalty and determination, and further addresses the show’s central theme of anti-bullying... Continue reading: Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters - Creatures Unleashed on DVD December 4th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide, 2nd Edition When it comes to LEGO building, the possibilities are nearly endless. That's an exciting prospect but also a daunting one. Where do you start? How do you build? To help LEGO fans of all ages make the leap from following canned instructions to freestyle building, author Allan Bedford explains the essentials of design and construction in this four-color edition of The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide. The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide explains fundamental building practices that apply to any model, no matter the size or complexity. The book's tone is friendly, light-hearted, and geared toward helping builders of all ages get the most fun out of the popular pastime. Readers will find coverage of the nitty-gritty details of connecting bricks to create sturdy and attractive combinations as well as helpful advice for mastering those early stages of the creative process, from coming up with design ideas to translating them into... Continue reading: No Starch Press Publishes The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide, 2nd Edition in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion Think your Mac is powerful now? Author Dave Taylor shows you how to get much more from your system by tapping into Unix, the robust operating system concealed beneath OS X's beautiful user interface. Mountain Lion puts more than a thousand Unix commands at your fingertips. Learn how to gain real control over your Mac. Get your Mac to do exactly what you want, when you want. Make changes to your Mac's filesystem and directories. Use Unix's find, locate, and grep commands to locate files containing specific information... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7: The Missing Manual Want to create animated graphics for iPhone, iPad, and the Web, using familiar Adobe features? You've come to the right guide. Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 graphics with Adobe visual tools. No programming experience? No problem. Adobe Edge Animate writes all the code for you. With this book, you'll be designing great-looking web elements in no time. The important stuff you need to know: Get to know the workspace. Learn how Adobe Edge Animate performs its magic. Create and import graphics. Make drawings with Animate's tools, or use art you've designed in other programs... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7: The Missing Manual in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Skylanders Giants for Wii, 3DS, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 Portal Masters everywhere will once again face the evil Portal Master Kaos in a brand new adventure in Skylanders Giants, which is poised to prove that bigger really is better when the game hits store shelves in North America on October 21, 2012 for Nintendo's Wii™ system, Nintendo 3DS™, the Xbox 360™ game and entertainment system, and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The sequel to the best-selling kids title in 2011 and best-selling game of 2012 year to date, Skylanders Giants, from Activision Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. [Nasdaq: ATVI], has already received endorsements from the Toys"R"Us® Holiday Hot Toy List, the Toy Insider "Hot 20 Toys for the Holidays" and Time To Play's "Holiday 2012 Most Wanted List"... Continue reading: Bigger Really is Better when Skylanders Giants hits Store Shelves on October 21st in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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DOOMSDAY BOOK on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Internationally-renowned Directors Kim Ji-woon (I Saw the Devil, The Good, The Bad, the Weird) and Yim Pil-sung (Hansel & Gretel) present three interpretations on an apocalyptic theme in the anthology film DOOMSDAY BOOK, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital December 11th from Well Go USA Entertainment. In the first film, Director Yim Pil-Sung opens with Brave New World, starring Ryoo Seung-bum (The Servant) as a young man trying to survive in a world infected by biological toxins. The centerpiece of the film, Heavily Creature, directed by Kim Ji-woon, stars Kim Kang-woo (A Better Tomorrow), Kim Gyu-ri (Portrait of a Beauty) and Park Hae-il (War of the Arrows) as citizens of Seoul who must deal with the innovations of the high-tech modern world where a religion-practicing robot achieves enlightenment and must escape the evil manufacturer who wants to destroy it... Continue reading: DOOMSDAY BOOK Debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital December 11th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Sweet Home Alabama on Blu-ray On November 6th, celebrate the release of SWEET HOME ALABAMA: 10th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray™ for the first time. Bonus features include 8 deleted scenes, alternate ending with introduction and more. Synopsis... Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancée of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, her husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides... Continue reading: Sweet Home Alabama - Coming Home for the First Time on Blu-ray November 6th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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BEACHES with Bette Midler on Blu-ray For the First Time on Blu-ray, Get This Classic Comedic Drama Starring Better Midler and Barbara Hershey. On November 6th, relive the lifelong friendship of CC Bloom and Hillary Whitney in BEACHES on Blu-ray™ for the first time. Bonus features include "Mayim Blalik Remembers," Barbara Hershey screen test and more. Synopsis... A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years. When the irrepressible C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) first meet under the boardwalk at the beach, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship... Continue reading: BEACHES Debuting on Blu-ray November 6, 2012 With New Digital Restoration in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Transformers Prime: Season Two on Blu-ray and DVD With UNICRON defeated by OPTIMUS PRIME, what was thought to be the end of AUTOBOTS’ darkest hour is actually proving to be just the beginning. The dynamic second season of Hasbro Studios’ acclaimed animated hit series TRANSFORMERS PRIME digs deeper into TRANSFORMERS mythology as both the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS uncover clues relating to secret artifacts of Iacon, CYBERTRON’s capital city. Their discoveries could not only change the balance of power in the war, but also potentially revive their dead home planet. Fans of all ages can relive the thrilling adventures of TRANSFORMERS PRIME when the complete SEASON TWO debuts on home entertainment shelves nationwide in the U.S on DVD November 20, 2012 and on Blu-ray November 27, 2012 from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios... Continue reading: Transformers Prime: Season Two on Blu-ray and DVD November 27th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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DOOM 3 BFG Edition Video Game Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, announced that the DOOM® 3 BFG Edition is now available at retail stores across North America. The DOOM 3 BFG Edition features enhanced, re-mastered versions of both DOOM® 3 and the Resurrection of Evil® add-on pack, as well as hours of new content, including eight new levels entitled ‘The Lost Mission.’ DOOM 3 BFG Edition is now available in North America on PC for $29.99 and on Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system for $39.99. In addition to the terrifying horror found in DOOM 3, players will also experience an unreleased single-player story, ‘The Lost Mission,’ featuring eight heart-pounding single-player levels that once again bring players to the edge of their seats... Continue reading: Bethesda Softworks and ID Software Release DOOM 3 BFG Edition Video Game in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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