TimesOnline.Uk informs us that:
Apple has revamped its flagship home computer with a recyclable aluminum casing and software that lets users do spreadsheets…Out is the white, plastic casing that characterised iMacs past, and in its place is a thinner, brushed aluminium shell which is reminscient of the MacBook Pro line, and an “even thinner” keyboard.
Accompanying the [...]

From PdnOnline:
“The future owners of Dennis Publishing’s men’s titles plan to fold Stuff as a standalone magazine in the fall and make it a section in flagship Maxim, a source told Mediaweek. No word on the fate of Stuff’s staffers. John Lumpkin, publisher of Stuff, said a change in Stuff’s publishing schedule is news to [...]

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Dpreview informs us that:
“Pentax US has today announced the opening of PentaxPhotoGallery.com a stylish and sophisticated online photo gallery dedicated to photographs taken with Pentax equipment. With a frankly beautiful Flash interface Pentax Photo Gallery allows you to browse images in collections, categories, artists and even by camera or lens. The entire site is available [...]

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From Fast Company:
“Branding consists of a range of different but strongly interconnected activities that are all geared towards creating a lasting, positive impression in the minds of consumers that will ultimately be good for business. Branding experts like Richard Bates, Senior Partner and Executive Creative Director of the Brand Integration Group (BIG) at Ogilvy & [...]

PhotographyBLOG reports:
“Nikon have announced a new, improved version of Capture NX, its main image editing application. Nikon Capture NX 1.2 includes a large number of improvements and bug fixes, including a speed improvement when opening images. There’s a full list of fixes after the jump.”

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“The numbers for the cellphone market in Q2 are in: Nokia is leading the industry with shipments of more than 1.1 million phones per day, Motorola continues to struggle and apple has not made a visible dent in the market yet, according to  a report released by IDC today.”
From TGDaily