FIRST LOOK: Microsoft Expression Studio
he company's new Expression Studio suite brings together four programs that stake out some new territories for Microsoft and strengthen the company's presence in existing ones.
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Spike's Guys Choice Awards get Primal
Animation and broadcast design company Primal Screen recently created several promos for US TV channel Spike TV's first ever Guys Choice Awards, which is shown on Wednesday June 13th. The event is a slugfest of mano-a-mano bouts in such categories as Best Ass-Kicker, Ballsiest Band and Funniest M.F. Viewers vote to determine the champ in each match. Competition takes place throughout the month of May, with winners announced at the June 13th showdown. The event's spirit of bare-knuckled competition comes to life graphically in an homage to mid-century boxing posters. Here, the bold palette, high contrast and weathered printing find a new home in a local bar where the regulars forever argue about their favourite . . . well, anything.
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ConceptDraw 7 updated for Intel Macs
CS Odessa on Thursday announced the general availability of ConceptDraw 7, a major new upgrade to its vector drawing and diagramming software package. ConceptDraw 7 costs $299 (£150); an upgrade from previous versions is $99 (£50). A free trial demo version is available for download.
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PlayStation 3 update adds upscaling
Sony on Wednesday announced the forthcoming release of a new software update for its PlayStation 3 video game console, expected to be releasedon Thursday, May 24. New features in the new release include video upscaling capabilities and more PSP Remote Play functionality.
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Markzware sues Enfocus
Markzware has announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court in Los Angeles against Enfocus Software, and Belgian companies Artwork Systems Group and Artwork System.
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Adobe Vista driver helps Office users
Adobe will release a new print driver in July that enables users of mainstream applications such as Microsoft's Office on Windows Vista to output to PostScript printers at a higher-quality than they can currently, according to the company.
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AMD set to launch 'Phenom' desktop chip
Advanced Micro Devices will make a quad-core chip for desktop PCs, replacing its venerable Athlon processor with the new "Phenom" design in an attempt to compete better with Intel.
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Xerox makes colour matching simple
Xerox scientists are developing a new technology to make adjusting colours in a document as easy as simply describing the colour. Users can type "make the sky a deeper blue" or give a voice command "make the background carnation pink" and the software does the work.
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FlightCheck 6 supports Quark 7, CS3
Markzware on Monday announced the releae of FlightCheck Professional v6, a new version of its quality control software for the print and publishing industries. It costs US$499; upgrades start at $199.
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FIRST LOOK: Adobe Photoshop CS3
It's simple, really: if digital imaging is an important part of your creative life, you'll want Adobe Photoshop CS3. The new version provides so many improvements...
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Lexmark unveils wireless inkjets
Lexmark International on Tuesday announced the addition of new models to its line of low-cost inkjet printers. They're all Mac and PC-compatible and some even feature wireless networking capabilities.
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Pantone adds 56 spot colours to collections
Pantone has released Pantone Color Inspiration/2007, a limited edition guide of the latest trend colours, featuring 56 new spot colours for graphic designers and printers. Pantone Color Inspiration/2007 is available free with Pantone's Formula Guide or Pantone Essentails collections. Pantone Color Inspiration/2007 is based on Pantone’s annual forecast for the home furnishings industry, Pantone View Home 2007. The 56 new spot colours were specially formulated for offset printing and are divided into eight distinct colour palettes of seven colours each. Ink mixing formulas and RGB data for repurposing on the Web are provided for each colour.
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Apple Airport Extreme offers storage options
Apple's new Airport Extreme base station, which offers wireless connections using the still unofficial 802.11n standard, promises greater transfer speeds and better signal range than its 802.11g predecessors and -- for the first time -- wireless storage.
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HP to acquire Web software developer Tabblo
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has reached an agreement to acquire privately-owned Tabblo Inc., a U.S. developer of Web-based software
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XChange Int'l makes XTensions Universal
XChange International has released seven of its popular XTensions as Universal Binary software for XPress 7.1.
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HP tops Dell's laptop sales
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Zink and Dave push cool tech further
At the annual DEMO show, breakthrough technology ideas (along with some wannabes) go public: Two of the coolest hardware ideas from this year's show have unlikely names: Zink and Dave. Zink lets you print without ink, and Dave puts 10- to 20GB in your pocket for storing music and photos.
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Fujitsu offers flash-based notebooks
Fujitsu is fortifying two models in its notebook line by offering the option of solid state drives for rugged applications, the company said Monday.
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CEBIT: IT industry wants less 'net regulation
The German IT industry wants lawmakers to focus on copyright and fair competition, but not to regulate other aspects of the Internet.
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New entry to camera market: GE
Perhaps the oddest announcement made at PMA last week in Las Vegas was that of new cameras from GE. General Electric, the maker of appliances and lightbulbs and telephones, now has its ubiquitous logo stamped on a line of digital cameras. The actual maker of the cameras is General Imaging, which has licensed the brand name.