Sun's Major Java Update
This week Sun finally anounced the Java Platform Edition 6 Update 10, after nearly two-months delay. It offers an improved startup for applications and applets and drag-and-drop capabilities for applets.
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Microsoft
Office 14 To Be Released Next Week
At the Professional Developers' Conference, Microsoft will offer the attendees to take a look at its last Office suite. The potential release date of Office 14 is late 2009 or early 2010. It has already appeared as a part of a Powerpoint presentation leaked onto the internet.Read More
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DMXzones 3D PhotoWall Featured in Layers Magazine
DMXzone's 3D Photo Wall is featured in Layer Magazine. Check out the free tutorial on their website and read the article about creating an online sideshows in the printed edition of the magazine. Layers Magazine a praises the extension for its high coolness factor.
Benefit from the special price and get 3D Photo Wall for just €85 until October
29th.
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Firefox 3.1 Beta vs. IE
After testing Firefox 3.1 beta on a Vista desktop with 2 GB RAM and Pentium dual-core at 1.80 GHz, the results of the comparison with IE7 were astonishing.
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Apple's Fourth Quarter Report
After the economic chaos all over the world, Apple's fourth quarter has survived. Despite some product problems than usual, it's been business as usual at Apple during the past three months. The Strong Mac growth and steady iPod sales, with the added bonus of
soaring iPhone sales help the company to find itself in a much better
economic environment than last time Apple held an earning conference
call in July.
Adobe
Adobe Begins Shipping Creative Suite 4
Adobe Systems announced that it has begun shipping Creative Suite 4, the latest edition of its bundle of professional graphics and media applications.
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Opera Promises New Browser for Faster Browsing
Opera Software is promising users a faster surfing experience, an improved email client, and better browser -synchronisation capabilities in an effort to succeed in the battle for market share with Google’s Chrome.
Microsoft
Microsoft Sneaks Vista SP2 Out to Manufacturers
Microsoft hopes that will be able to release SP2 for Vista and Server 2008 before it releases a Windows 7 beta later this year. Several hardware manufacturers have already received advance copies of the software, expected to include Hyper-V and several security fixes.
Adobe
Adobe Flash Player 10 Released
Adobe Systems Inc. announced the release of Adobe Flash Player 10 software. Interactive designers and developers can leverage the new expressive features and visual performance improvements in Flash Player 10 for unprecedented creative control to deliver the most compelling Web applications, interactive content and high quality video to users across multiple browsers and all major operating systems.
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Microsoft Announces Silverlight 2
Microsoft announced that the final version of its Silverlight 2 Media Player has been finished. Silverlight 2 is already available for download on Microsoft's web site. Among the new features are support for digital rights management technology, improved cross-platform support and deep zoom technology.
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