Author: Raja Rajan

Corels new AfterShot Pro software runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux and offers a $99 package for managing photos includes RAW handling, image editing, and quick library management. Its a digital photography work flow app like Aperture and Lightroom. It features RAW workflow, flexible management, advanced non-destructing editing, robust metadata tools, batch processing, and integration with image editor. Its claiming breakthrough performance with software being fully multi-threaded and optimized for multi-Core and multi-CPU devices. The product costs you $99.99.

Microsoft introduces Picture Password, a good feature at CES. It is very simple, you start up to your device and lift the little veil common to metro devices, and you are presented with a picture. Your password is to touch and slide along certain parts of the picture, tap your dogs in a certain order, or slide your finger outside of your house, like that. Windows 8 have some design decisions, but it also has some new and interesting UI ideas. To unlock your device it take three steps, first one is wake button, second one is lift veil, third one picture password. It seems quite interesting using the new feature.

Lenovo hitting out another device in the CES now, it unveils A720 all-in-one PC is the thinnest we have ever seen, the 27-incher comes with display can be tilted between 5 to 90 degrees, the idea behind that is 10-point multi-touch panel will be easier to use if it is lying at a near flat angle. Specification wise, it will offers with various Intel Core i processors, discrete NVIDIA graphics, and up to 1TB HDD or 64 GB SSD. The device will be hitting in the first half of the year, and will starts at $1,299. For more details read the press release.

Lenovo just unveiled a quartet of stationary devices, includes two towers and a pair of all-in-ones. The IdeaCentre B340 and B540, has 21.5-inch screen and the latter expand to 23, both have 1080p displays, can be configured up to 8GB RAM, 2TB storage, an optional Blu-ray drive, and 3D technology. The only variation in spec is 21.5-inch version got a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 615M card, whereas 23-inch got 2GB of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. it also bundled with a finger-friendly IdeaTouch Software whose OneKey TV lets toggle between your desktop and TV mode using picture-in-a-picture. It will hit the market in June and starts at $699.

Lenovo just introduced the IdeaPad S200 and S206 the same 11.6-inch mini, essentially, except the S200 comes with Intel Atom N2800 Cedar Trail CPU, the S206 packs an AMD C60 dual-core chip. This 2.9-pounds laptop has 2GB RAM, USB 2.0 and 3.0, HDMI, an SD / MMC reader and a two-cell battery promises 4 hours of juice. Both can be configured by 500 GB hard drive with 7,200RPM, Intel model is particular also offered a 32GB SSD, it will hit the market in June, starts at $349. For more details read the press release.

Lenovo unveils six mainstream consumer laptops and even a desktop replacement. Starting with the high-end laptop, the Y480 and Y580 both devices with brushed metal lids and palm rests, JBL speakers, an optional Blu-ray burner, and Intels Wireless Display Technology. With either model, you can get up to 8GB RAM, Core i7 processor, though the two start to look different when you take screen resolution and graphics. The 14-inch Y480 has a 1366*768 panel and NVIDIA GeForce GT650M graphics, the 15.6-inch Y580 got 1080p pixel count and 2GB GTX 660M card with Directx11, these devices will hit the market by April, starts at $899.

Now it comes the time for 3D sound, LGs new home theatre systems have the 3D sound. Now it have four new home theatre systems on display at CES, but the first one showing off is BH9420PW, uses 3D sound zooming which can match positioning of 3D video being displayed on one of the LG TVs. It got four speaker added to the traditional 5.1 layout and algorithm that detects depth of effects being watched in 3D. LG makes it for a wider sweet spot than usual, for more details read the press release.

Vizio has now decided to get in, Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae revealed in an interview with Bloomberg that it will introduce two desktop all-in-ones and three notebooks at CES next week, the former which probably explain that sleek display it flashed during its 2012 Rose Bowl advertisement. The focus is values on pricing, as they promised they would arrive by June at prices dont seem possible. The desktops are expected to be 24 and 27-inch models, while the laptops are standard 15-incher along with 14-inch and 15-inch ultra-light models.

The Z-Drive R5 from OCZ sports a new `kilimanjaro controller platform, developed in cahoots with Marvell incorporated into each and every flash module that you are to add to the base card. The scalable controllers communicate directly with the host system, removing the need for an extra SSD RAID chip and promises greater speeds especially you pile on more modules. OCZ hinted that they are doubling the SandForce based R4s performance, so it can make 3 million IOP realm. The company also tackles the question of reliability on this new drive.

Lenovo announced a handful of laptops aimed at the small business set. Starting with the high-end, the 14-inch Edge S430 look like a part of traditional ThinkPad, though Lenovos sprinkled in metal accents and chassis to reasonably narrow 0.8-inches, it packs Thunderbolt technology, Dolby Home Theatre sound, and optional NVIDIA Optimus graphics up to 1TB in storage. Moving down to the 14-inch Edge E430 and 15-inch Edge E530 got Intel Core Processors and AMD Fusion APUs. These can be configured with discrete graphics and 1TB hard disk drive.

LG reveals its Ultrabooks, new laptop models and a new 3D-enabled all-in-one PC will be making the way to Vegas, with Z330 and Z430 Ultrabooks leads the way. The V300 steps in as a 23-inch all-in-one PC for those who still have not found solace in mobility. The Z330 comes with Core i7 processor, 13.3-inch HD display, an SSD and weighs 2.66 pounds. The Z430 comes with 14-inch screen in a 19.9mm chassis boasts a metallic cover. The P535 gets a Core i7 processor, 15.6-inch screen, GeForce GT630M and a wide angle display, A450 grabs GeForce GT555M and glasses free 3D display. The V300 got a 1080p Film Patterned Retarder 3D panel (FPR). The devices seems to be shipping in first quarter this year, for more details read the press release.