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Adobe released their beta version of the Photoshop CS3 software last Friday and the reviews and screenshots are already starting to trickle in. The CS3 beta includes support for Apple’s Intel-based systems in addition to PCs. Photoshop CS3 beta also includes a pre-release version of a major upgrade to Adobe Bridge, as well as a preview release of the all-new Adobe Device Central. Photoshop customers can use Adobe Device Central to design, preview, and test compelling mobile content created specifically for smaller screens. This new tool, integrated in the Photoshop CS3 beta, simplifies and accelerates the creation of mobile content through a preview environment and built-in device profiles.

For Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta, recommended system requirements are as follows. For Macintosh: Mac OSX 10.4.8 or 10.5, 1 GHz PowerPC G4 or G5 processor, Intel based Macintosh. For Windows: Intel Xeon , Xeon Dual, Centrino or Pentium 4 processor, Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher, Microsoft Windows Vista. Both platforms require 512 MB RAM and a 1024x769 resolution screen.

Photoshop CS3 beta will expire soon after the launch of Photoshop CS3 in Spring 2007. Details on final pricing, system requirements
and availability have yet to be determined. The software can be downloaded at: http://labs.adobe.com

Check out more pics and see the roundup [Wired]

If you’re planning on getting a Zune this holiday season and have an Apple computer, you best be thinking again.  Microsoft’s new Zune player and Zune Marketplace will not be compatible with the Mac at launch-time - but expect it to be in the near future.  This is no news to get worked up over (unless you have a Mac) since Microsoft has already announced their strategy is to get Zunes in the hands of MP3 player-less people, and lets be honest - most Mac-heads are already equipped with an iPod anyway.

Read [Gizmodo]

Running out of storage on your computer can get annoying.  Having way too much storage on your computer is fantastic.  That’s why Granite Digital, a manufacturer of SATA, FireWire, and SCSI storage solutions has announced that they’ve begun shipping a SATA Dual Drive Internal Mounting Kit for the G5 Mac.  If you’re looking to pack on the gigs, the kit is capable of handling 1.5 Terabytes of storage (JBOD, RAID 1, or RAID 0 configurations).  The old and new model G5s are both compatible with the device using the two different kits that are being offered.  The will set you back $99 and is available via the company’s website.

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Read [Press Release]