Launches

USB 3.0 is quickly becoming the standard for new computers and new components are constantly coming out that are capable of taking advantage of the new transfer technology.

MediaShow 6 is all about sharing and organizing your photos and videos with minimum hassle. Using FaceMe, you can pick out people by their faces for easy sorting of who is in them.

On April 13th, the Olympus 72-Hour Filmmaker Showdown will kick off in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

High school students can get themselves an incredibly cool prize if they take first in the National Geographic Student Photo Contest – a free trip to experience a London Photography Workshop, valued at around $6,500.

After a few months in public beta, Lightroom 4 is finally available. The program is designed as a complete workflow solution for digital photographers and boasts several improvements from previous versions.

MorePhotos has launched a new piece of software specifically designed folks with the desire to host a photography contest aimed at giving money to a good cause.

Tamron’s MyPhotoExhibits is a site that handles photo sharing and browsing in a unique and interesting way. Rather than just showing the photos flat on a page, your shots can be arranged in a gallery like virtual exhibit.

The folks over at Lensbaby have released their latest optic for the Optic Swap system. The Edge 80 is, as the name implies, an 80mm lens that’s compatible the Composer Pro, Composer, Muse, Scout and Control Freak systems.

The folks over at Tamron have launched a new photo contest that’s exclusively aimed at Tamron lens users.

USB 3.0 is the latest and greatest in terms of file transfers via USB, and it’s being rolled out across the industry – more slowly from some companies than others. Sony is the latest to make the leap to this extremely fast new standard with their brand new Micro Vault Mach.