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You know who’s likely to buy the MacBook Pro with Retina Display? Creative professionals (obviously). So you know what programs should really be optimized for that 2,880 x 1,800 screen? Try Photoshop, or Lightroom. Adobe hears your frustration, and apparently empathizes mightily: the company just posted a blog post promising Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4 and Photoshop Touch will support HiDPI, including the MacBook Pro’s Retina Display, within the “coming months.” (No, this near-term update does not include Photoshop Elements, unfortunately.) While that timetable is on the vague side, the outfit says having a Creative Cloud membership will ensure you get that update sooner. Until then, your frankengadget renders will still look a little blurry, sorry.

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Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 will support HiDPI, MacBook Pro Retina Display in ‘the coming months’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Every week, it seems, a new bag company is out to court the crowded world of products for camera-wielding creative types. Brenthaven has been making laptop bags and luggage since the 1980s, but the name might not be extremely familiar in the realm of camera gear. We gave its BX2 backpack two weeks to show how well it can haul some gear. More »

The Curiosity rover has finally left its landing site on the surface of Mars, beginning a journey for science. The trek that lies ahead of the rover will last for weeks, and will eventually end at Glenelg, the first major spot NASA scientists want Curiosity to explore. Curiosity has already completely the first part of this 400 meter trip, driving 52 feet before stopping to look around.

That stop only lasted for about a day, but it isn’t the only stop NASA has planned before Curiosity reaches Glenelg. In about a week, the rover will make another stop at a still-undetermined location, and it will be staying there longer to test out its robotic arm and some of the other instruments it has on board. Once it reaches Glenelg, the rover will be buckling down for awhile, and it’s there that scientists will put Curiosity’s drill to work for the first time.

Glenelg is of interest to NASA because it’s there that three different types of terrain meet. NASA stands to learn a lot from what Curiosity finds there, and even though NASA is planning to have the rover spend a significant amount of time Glenelg, that isn’t the rover’s intended final destination. The rover’s goal is to eventually make it the base of Mount Sharp, where it will study minerals to see if they were ever exposed to liquid water. The journey to Mount Sharp is going to be quite the trek, as Curiosity’s target lies 6 miles away from its landing zone.

For now, however, Curiosity is taking baby steps. That 52-foot drive completed earlier this week is the longest distance Curiosity has driven since landing on Mars, but it has a whole lot of land to cover between now and when it eventually gets to Mount Sharp. With Curiosity now on its way to Glenelg, we should have more updates for you in the coming weeks, so keep it tuned here to SlashGear for more details!

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Curiosity rover leaves Mars landing site for first time is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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There’s something going on in Berlin that’s left us with an array of upcoming laptops to look forward to, but believe it or not, there are still others looking for the spotlight in the portable department. And, well, such is the case with CyberPowerPC and its recently unveiled Zeus-M Ultrabook series. For starters, the 14.1-inch (1366 x 768) M unit alone starts off at a mere $679, which will get you a third-gen Core i5-3317U CPU paired with decent HD 4000 graphics, USB 3.0, a 60GB SSD and 4GB of RAM — or, there’s an option to make it 8GB for only 20 more bucks. Meanwhile, the pricier, better-specced M2 is $799 and boasts the same Intel processor as its M brethren, but does come standard with 16GB of RAM and a 120GB solid-state drive. Both M Ultrabooks are available now, with CyberPowerPC saying they’ll be ready to ship within 5 to 10 business days.

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CyberPowerPC intros Zeus-M Ultrabook series, prices start at $679 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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