Hacker finds serious flaw in PDF
The hacker who discovered a recently patched QuickTime flaw affecting the Firefox browser says he has found an equally serious flaw in Adobe's PDF file format.
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Colour Confidence changes Profier software bundle
Colour Confidence has released a new version of its Colour Confidence Profiler. Initially launched in May as an affordable option for automated printer profiling, the new version includes an improved support package, with step by step, in-system help to guide users through the profiling process. Colour Confidence Profiler is also now fully Vista compatible.
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P22's going Underground
P22 Type Foundry has released Underground Pro, an extensive font set based on Edward Johnston's historical type design for London Transport's Underground Railway system.
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Eizo adds 24-inch high-end monitor
Eizo has launched a new addition to its ColorEdge series – the CG241W, which ofers both 12-bit hardware calibration and a 6ms grey-to-grey response time.
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Quark to add support for Pantone's Goe colour system
Quark has announced that it will support the new Pantone Goe System.
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D&AD announces events line up for autumn
A new season of inspirational design lectures and workshops organized by the D&AD kicks off in London and Manchester this September.
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Print photos without ink
Johannes Gutenberg might have judged the folks at Zink Imaging as heretics. After all, they have removed ink from the publishing process, eliminating what has been a fundamental element of printing since the first Bible rolled off the press in 1456. Instead, the scientists at the Waltham, Mass., firm focused their genius on the other key part of the printing paradigm -- paper.
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Adobe Design Achievement Awards winners revealed
Adobe has announced the winners of the seventh annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards – its design and film competition that honours the most talented student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, and computer artists from leading educational institutions around the world
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Quark releases QuarkXPress 7.3 update
Quark has released QuarkXPress 7.3, a maintenance update for the design software. The QuarkXPress 7.3 updater provides new localised user interfaces in European Portuguese, Finnish, Croatian, Hungarian, and Russian, increasing the number of languages supported by QuarkXPress 7 to 18. In addition, this regularly scheduled 90-day maintenance release addresses the most frequently reported issues identified by QuarkXPress 7 users.
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Logitech unveils Comfort Wave keyboard
Logitech on Thursday unveiled its new Comfort Wave keyboard for Mac and PC. It'll be available for US$49.99 for a corded version, $89.99 for a cordless version bundled with a mouse. UK pricing has yet to be announced.
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Royal Elastics is looking for Beaux Tech
Trainer-maker Royal Elastics has set-up a new media competition that offers participants a cash prize of $5,000.
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FIRST LOOK: MindManager brainstorming software
Version 7 of this brainstorming tool offers several new and helpful features, including options for exporting your mind maps in a number of useful formats.
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Google chief thinks you should ditch ties for t-shirts
In a statement that's bound to find broad agreement in the creative community -- who are well known for a dress code that ranges from stylish to slovenly -- Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, wants to see t-shirts replace the tie as standard business attire, saying the tie "constricts circulation to the brain."
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Q2ID 3 opens Quark 7 docs in InDesign CS3
Markzware has released Q2ID 3, the latest version of its tool for converting QuarkXPress documents into Adobe InDesign format.
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iStockphoto to raise prices from August 19
Popular online microstock library iStockphoto has announced that it will raise the prices of its images, artwork and video from August 19. The announcement was made as the company launched a series of competitions and initiatives aimed at contributing photographers, artists and videographers.
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Adobe Framemaker gains rich media tools
Adobe has debuted FrameMaker® 8, its enterprise-level publishing system.
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zCover offers InDesign keyboard skin
zCover on Friday announced the release of its InDesign Shortcut Program Keyboard cover. The skin costs $49.99. The silicone skin works with Apple Wireless Keyboards and Apple Keyboards -- the model included with G5 and Intel Macs (it doesn't work with the older Apple Pro Keyboard or Apple USB Keyboards).
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Cadmium launches microstock site
Online stock library Cadmium has teamed up with PantherMedia – a Munich-based photo agency – to launch a new microstock site called the Cadmium 120K+ collection.
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Quark lets students use XPress commercially
Quark on Tuesday announced that students who acquire their desktop publishing software QuarkXPress under educational licenses can continue to use the software commercially after they've graduated. The license change is worldwide.
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Logitech gets air time with new mouse
Logitech fused the old with the new on Thursday, launching a wireless laser mouse that doesn't need a surface to sit on, combining features of the traditional mouse and remote control.