Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade will cost £25
Microsoft will let users of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 PCs upgrade to the new Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 (around £25) later this year.
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Survey finds 80% of people pressured to be more productive than creative
If you're feeling under pressure to work harder rather than more creatively, you're not alone – according to a survey conducted by Adobe.
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Illustrator Simon Wild builds a Tiny Universe for creative kids
Simon Wild, the illustrator behind Fantastical Flying Machines, has launched Tiny Universe – a new site offering creative materials for children.
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Plastic Logic demos display tech that could lead to thinner, lighter iPad with massive battery life
Plastic electronics company demos video animation on an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) electronic paper display.
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Avid sells consumer business: video to Corel, audio to inMusic – cuts workforce by 20%
Avid is to concentrate on the professional products it's best known for.
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IBM developing augmented reality app that identifies products without QR codes
Users point their phones at items in shops and see more information and offers, while retailers gain insights into customers.
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Find success as a professional illustrator with advice from Gemma Correll, Dan Mumford, Sneaky Raccoon & more
This Saturday, Digital Arts is hosting the second Secrets to Success panel discussion at the New Designers graduate exhibition in Islington, London.
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Twitter turns off 'tweet' tap to LinkedIn
Twitter messages will go down a one-way street on LinkedIn after Twitter shuts off its flow of data to the professional networking site on Friday.
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Google releases Chrome browser for Android and iOS
Google's Chrome browser now claims 310 million active users, the company announced at its I/O developer's conference this week, nearly doubling the number it had at this time last year.
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Adobe says no Flash Player for Android 4.1, plans to withdraw app on Aug. 15
Adobe won't allow new installations of the Flash Player from Google's Play store to devices with older versions of Android after Aug. 15
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Red Giant Magic Bullet PhotoLooks 2 offers advanced colour correction for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture
Features added to the Looks tool for changing the colour look of video footage have now been added to the photography tool,
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Apple offers Retina display Q&A to confused users
Apple’s offering detailed information on its support website for those who are confused about what display settings they should be using for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
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A mesmeric iPad-controlled LED wall installation
Greg Friedland decorated his wall with a giant, iPad-controlled moving art installation, called the Aurora LED.
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Updated: D&AD Student Awards 2012 Yellow Pencils announced across design, illustration, digital & self-promotion
62 Yellow Pencils were awarded, though none in Branding, Photography or Typography.
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Facebook hires Apple design expert
Chris Weeldreyer is now Product Design Manager at Facebook, he left Apple, where he was UI Design Manager, this February, according to Cnet.
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Apple releases Safari 6 Developer Preview 2
Apple has released a second preview build of Safari 6, fixing a bug that made the previous build of the pre-release web browsing software crash.
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Google Play app store developers allowed to reply to comments
Google is adding the ability for developers to respond to reviews and comments posted about their apps on the Play app store.
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Drobo embraces Thunderbolt, releases Drobo Mini
Drobo has announced its first portable unit, the Drobo Mini, and a larger array with Thunderbolt
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See rejected work by Rob Ryan, Sagmeister, Marion Deuchars and more
Students put on exhibition celebrating work unwanted by clients or abandoned by its creators.
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Advertorial: 25% print from PC, smartphones or tablet at home
Despite cloud and mobile printing, 62% of people still print only from PC following our survey into whether people are using cloud services to print out documents wirelessly.