[H]ardNews 3rd Edition - Odds & Ends Edition

Sneak Peek Weekend:

Yes that right registered members of [H]ard|Forum can view the main subscription forum this weekend, the infamous General Mayhem. Posting still requires subscription but the mysterious, bizarre, and off topic is just a click or two away.

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Its All In the Wrist:

PC World covers the Holy Grail of monitors for digital artists, or is it tablets? Well actually it both the Cintiq 21UX a 21" Touchscreen from Wacom with a street price around $2500.

Testing my shipping unit with Photoshop was a real treat. I found myself working almost exclusively with the program's brush palette, switching out different tips and making little digital paintings and drawings. The monitor had me using Photoshop in a totally different way, and it allowed me to spend more time following my creative fancy.

9 Megapixel Fujifilm:

PhotoReview Australia exposes Fujifilms announcement Thursday that the to of the FinePix line will have a 5th Generation Super CCD (Charge Coupled Device) HR (High Resolution)Image sensor capable of a 9 MegaPixels. Something new for a consumer level camera.

For still shots, photographers can select between JPEG and RAW, with the top image file size being 3,488-by-2,616 recorded pixels. Movie clips can be recorded with VGA-quality at 30 fps. The LCD and electronic viewfinder have frame rates of 30 frames-per-second or 60 frames-per-second for smoother viewing. A dual media slot accepts xD Picture card and CompactFlash/Microdrive'

Ive Never Trusted That Printer:

The Electronic Freedom Foundation is hunting spys and needs your help. They would like test sheets from folks printers in an effort to determine which printers are government spys and which aren't.

Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer -- and potentially, the person who used it. Sounds like something from an episode of "Alias," right? Unfortunately, the scenario isn't fictional.