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Dealmac - How to go broke saving money

DealMac.com is a non-profit website that has a dedicated team to searching for fantastic deals on the net to post them on their site. Though they only advertise Mac computers they also go from digital cameras, external hardrives to 30" monitors. With personal experience I can't begin to tell you how incredible this site is. Let me give you a few brief examples on the anount of money you'll be saving:

New: Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 17" for $1,800 after rebate + free shipping
MacConnection offers the previous-generation Apple MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 17" Widescreen Notebook, model no. MA897LL/A, upgraded with 4GB of RAM for $1,949.95. This $150 mail-in rebate chops the net price to $1,799.95. With free shipping, that's nearly $350 under our July mention and the lowest total price we've seen for this system. It features an Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz dual-core processor, 17" 1680x1050 widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB video card, SuperDive, built-in iSight camera, Bluetooth, and more. Rebate expires November 30.

New: Sound Master 360 iPod Docking Music System for $20 + $6 s&h
drugstore.com offers the Sound Master 360 iPod Docking Music System for $19.99. (Add it to your cart to see this price.) With $5.99 for shipping, it's a $40 drop and the lowest total price we could find for this particular item. Compatible with most iPod models, this system includes a mini-jack audio input cable, AC adapter, built-in USB 2.0 port, and more. Deal ends October 16.

New: Secure Digital Card Roundup: A-DATA 8GB SDHC for $16 + free shipping, more
SupermediaStore.com offers the A-DATA 8GB Turbo 150x Class 6 Secure Digital High Capacity Card (pictured), model no. ME-001-1761, for $15.99 with free shipping ($2/GB). That's a buck under last week's mention and the lowest total price we've seen. Other Secure Digital card deals, all with free shipping:

ASUS PW201 20" Widescreen LCD Display with webcam for $160 after rebate + free shipping
newegg.com offers the ASUS PW201 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor with Built-in Webcam for $199.99. This $40 mail-in rebate drop it to $159.99. With free shipping, it's $2 under last week's mention and the lowest total price we could find by $88. It features a 1680x1050 resolution, 800:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m² brightness, 8ms response time, built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, speakers, and VGA and DVI inputs. Rebate expires October 31.

Their list of Merchandise is endless. The least you should do is check out their page. Maybe masturbate too it once or twice.

PSDTUTS Launches v4

"When PSDTUTS started a bit more than a year ago it was a plain jane HTML site with three tutorials on it, a brown background and a bizarre bowl of soup and spoon image. We've come along way since then and the site now has three sister sites, two plus programs, a manager, fifty thousand daily visitors and a heck of a reputation for tutorials! It's also grown a lot in content, we've bolted a lot of improvements and features, and there are more to come as the site evolves from a humble blog into a Photoshop hub.

So I'm super proud to launch a new WordPress theme that we've developed for the sites beginning with PSDTUTS today and onto NETTUTS, VECTORTUTS and AUDIOTUTS next week."

Read more for a complete list of whats been updated.

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Qtpfsgui is an open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging.


Supported HDR formats:
* OpenEXR (extension: exr)
* Radiance RGBE (extension: hdr)
* Tiff formats: 16bit, 32bit (float) and LogLuv (extension: tiff)
* Raw image formats (extension: various)
* PFS native format (extension: pfs)

Supported LDR formats:
* JPEG, PNG, PPM, PBM, TIFF(8 bit)

Supported features:
* Create an HDR file from a set of images (formats: JPEG, TIFF 8bit and 16bit, RAW) of the same scene taken at different exposure setting.
* Save and load HDR images.
* Rotate and resize HDR images.
* Tonemap HDR images.
* Copy exif data between sets of images.
* Supports internationalization.

                        Interview with David Fuhrer, AKA Microbot

"David Fuhrer is a self taught digital painter with a passion for making some of the most creative and vivid art around. David is an extremely talented and he explains how he creates some of his art by mixing 3D elements with painting. David also gives us a look into the type of tools he uses to create his lively artwork.



1. Welcome to PSDTUTS! Please introduce yourself, give us a brief bio, tell us where you're from, and how you got started in the field.

My name is David Fuhrer. I was born in 1985 in Switzerland. I'm a self taught Digital Artist who grew up in a beautiful place in Switzerland. Since a child I loved to be creative in any way. From building my own toys, to drawing.
I started with digital Art in 2003/2004 and created my Portfolio back in 2005. My work is based on my imagination and life. Most of the work is created over weeks or even months. Beside my illustrations, I work three days in an agency as an interactive designer. I do Flash and some Photoshop stuff there and also coding Action Scripts.

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Mozilla Minefield

"A colleague today showed me a cool, new browser that he's been using to browse the web at blisteringly fast speeds. The browser? Minefield. The author of the code?

Mozilla.

Yes, that same Mozilla that makes the Firefox browser. Minefield is, in fact, a way to glimpse into the future of Firefox, as it's a pre-release/alpha version of the Firefox browser.

After spending some time with Minefield, one thing is clear: the future of Firefox is fast. Lightning fast.

How fast? Some claim that it has the fastest javascript engine on the planet, which means it leaves Google's Chrome browser in the dust. In my own unscientific tests, I'd say that this assertion is correct. Ars Technica pegs Minefield as 10 percent faster than Chrome.

You can download the latest nightly build for Mac OS X, Linux, or Windows, but be warned: it's alpha code. While a quick scan of the Web shows few complaints as to stability, Minefield may not be for you. It doesn't support some of my favorite Firefox extensions (like Adblock Plus), but it actually has surprisingly good support for extensions, given that it's a fast-moving project.

Feeling brave? Or simply feeling like your browser is too slow? Give Minefield a try. It's a separate install so it won't affect an existing Firefox install. You have nothing to lose but your chains."

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Aviary is a suite of web-based multi-media applications currently in development from Worth1000, using the proprietary Adobe Flex platform. The individual tools are named after birds (or at least bird-themed). The scope of proposed tools has drawn comparisons to the Zoho Office Suite. Aviary recently exited their invitation only beta and announced subscription plans. There is an unlimited trial period, a green plan, and a blue plan. Only blue plan members can test current alpha releases ahead of time

Can watch video footage here.