AKVIS has released Magnifier v.3.0 for Windows and Macintosh, an efficient tool to resize digital images. Featuring advanced photo resizing algorithms, AKVIS Magnifier enlarges digital pictures to super-high resolution producing stunning enlargements and poster-size prints. The program is available as a plugin to a photo editor, as well as a standalone edition... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

U.S. auto sales are expected to end 2009 on a slight upswing in December, capping a year that saw General Motors and Chrysler collapse into bankruptcy and China overtake the United States as the biggest car market. The deepest U.S.

First of all a very Happy New Year to all our readers, it's been a great 2009 for dpreview and we've more new exciting stuff coming over the next few weeks (both in terms of new product and site features). Today our 'Challenge of Challenges 2009' ended and the winners have been calculated (from an unbelievable 113,000 votes). Congratulations to elroyie for his winning image 'Continuously', an amazing long exposure dusk landscape shot, runners up were gaston47 and luca moi. Everyone in the top ten will be getting a special reward which can be used with a new site feature we're planning to reveal within the next two weeks.

Next week, Kia Motors Corp. will become the first automaker to introduce a North American competitor to Ford Motor Co.'s voice-controlled Sync infotainment service. The Kia product will be called UVO.

Here's a free Photoshop tip from Photoshop Daily on using shadows and highlights: A common image-editing problem is loss of detail due to strong back-lighting. The camera exposes for the brightest part of an image, turning the foreground subject into a silhouette... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)