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Adobe Maps Future of Flash, Flex, AIR
At the Flashforward conference Kevin Lynch, Adobe's chief software architect, shed light on the ongoing development events around some of the company's core technologies, including Flash, Flex and the Adobe Integrated Runtime for developers and designers.
"We're really focused on video technology and helping you create
experiences," Lynch said. Adobe intents on helping developers
and designers plan, acquire, produce, manage, publish, deliver and play
back video content.
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Adobe CS3 apps not fully tested on new Mac OS
The Register warned that Adobe`s Creative Suite 3 programs may not be fully compatible with the next version of Mac OS X. Adobe has not received a final copy of the new OS to test its software. Read MoreAdobe
Adobe's James Ward on Upcoming Flex 3 Enhancements and Silverlight
Adobe’s James Ward talks about the upcoming release of Adobe Flex 3.0 which is scheduled for early 2008. James discusses the additions and updates of the Flex 3 SDK and Flex Builder 3. He also comments on Silverlight, Microsoft's entry in the RIA market.Read More
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IBM in challenge to Microsoft with a free office software
IBM announced IBM Lotus Symphony, a free alternative to Microsoft's mainstay Office programs - Word, Excel and PowerPoint. According to The Register IBM plans to achieve world dominance of personal computer software, by offering free programs for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
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Photoshopgets a new logo
The Photoshop family of products now has its own logo and tagline: See What's Possible.
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jQuery UI released
The jQuery team has announced the release of their new UI & effects library, jQuery UI.
jQuery UI is a set of themable widgets and interactions, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, which you can use to build highly interactive web applications.
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Google calls for international privacy standards
Google called for new international standards on the collection and use of consumer data. According to Google fragmentary international privacy laws burden companies and don't protect consumers.
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Taking your Web Development skills to the desktop Using AIR
Kevin Hoyt from Adobe showed a great presentation of how you can take your web development skills to the desktop using the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). The talk was designed for the Ajax developers and focuses on building AIR applications. Read MoreAdobe
Adobe Announced Audition 3
Adobe announced a major new release of Adobe Audition 3 software. Adobe Audition 3 is a flexible production toolkit for recording, mixing, editing, and mastering audio which is aimed at sound designers, recording and mastering engineers, and musicians.
“In addition to concentrating on delivering new creative capabilities
and unmatched editing tools, we’ve turbo-charged performance and
ensured time-saving features are integrated into the product," said Hart Shafer, senior product manager at Adobe.