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Alien Skin announces Blow Up 2 Photoshop photo resizing plug-in

BlowUp2 Boxshot High Res 20080827 062238 Alien Skin announces Blow Up 2 Photoshop photo resizing plug inAlien Skin’s Blow Up 2 is a clever, if somewhat pricy, Photoshop plug-in that allows you to enlarge photos and still keep them clear and sharp using its sophisticated enlargement algorithm. The new version simplifies the process of preparing photos for printing by efficiently handling resizing, cropping, and sharpening.

Blow Up 2 sells for USD$249 with an upgrade price of USD$99 for registered users of Blow Up 1. Blow Up 2 requires either Adobe Photoshop CS2 9.0.2 or later, or Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 or later. You might also want to be using a PowerPC G5 or Intel processor and Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later and a monitor with 1024×768 resolution or greater.

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Apple updates the iMac line

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Apple today updated its iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors with 6MB L2 cache and a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line. Prices start at USD$1,199 and he 24-inch iMac now offers a 3.06 GHz Intel processor and the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as options.

The new iMac line is available immediately through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Full specs on the models now available after the “read more.”

The new 20-inch 2.4 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of USD$1,199, includes:

  • 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
  • 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
  • 1GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
  • 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  • a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);
  • ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
  • mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
  • built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
  • the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

The new 20-inch 2.66 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of USD$1,499, includes:

  • 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
  • 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
  • 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
  • 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  • a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);
  • ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
  • mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
  • built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
  • the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

The new 24-inch 2.8 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of USD$1,799, includes:
  • 24-inch widescreen LCD display;
  • 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
  • 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
  • 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  • a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);
  • ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
  • mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
  • built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
  • the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

Build-to-order options and accessories include: a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB of video memory and up to a 1TB Serial ATA hard drive on the 24-inch iMac; up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM and up to 750GB Serial ATA hard drive on the 2.66 GHz 20-inch iMac; and up to 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM and up to 500GB Serial ATA hard drive on the 2.4 GHz 20-inch iMac. Additional options include: Apple Wireless Keyboard and Wireless Mighty Mouse; AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme Base Station; the AppleCare Protection Plan; and pre-installed copies of iWork ’08, Logic Express 8, Final Cut Express 4 and Aperture 2.

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Runes of Avalon, a new puzzle game, released

skitched 20070416 191949 Runes of Avalon, a new puzzle game, releasedAnawiki Games has announced their latest game, Runes of Avalon. The game offers a combination of match-three and Tetris mechanics, over one hundred levels, three play modes, and an intriguing storyline. Runes includes high quality art and music as well as voice-acting for the storyline segments.

Lost somewhere in the mists of time, Avalon’s beauty and grace is threatened. The forests and vales whisper to you of a growing evil and Merlin, your master, has disappeared leaving Avalon unguarded. It is the ambitious and evil Morganna le Fay who is spreading a darkening corruption. Use the Rune Magic that Merlin taught you to rescue your master from Morganna’s Tower. Do you have what it takes to save Avalon from Morganna?

Runes of Avalon is a Universal Binary application which requires a Mac running OS X 10.3 or higher, a G4 or Intel processor, and 128 MB RAM. Licenses for Runes of Avalon cost USD$19.99.

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