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Adobe is planning to launch Creative Suite 3 shortly which will feature better integration of Macromedia web design software which was purchased by Adobe. Creative Suite 3, which focuses on print designers, multimedia editors and Web designers, was two years in development. CS3 comes in six editions. People can also purchase its individual applications, such as Photoshop, Illustrator or Flash. The estimated price for Creative Suite 3 Design Standard is $1,199 and for the Premium version, $1,799. The Web editions of the Adobe applications are $999 or $1,599. The Creative Suite 3 Production Premium is $1,699. And the Master Collection, the most comprehensive package, is $2,499.
The makers of the Optimus Keyboard have hit a financial snag. The Optimus keyboard has been a long, long time coming, and unfortunately for everyone with the $1,200 $1,490 ready and waiting, you might have to test your patience still. While release date rumors have come in all over the place, the dashing keyboards were slated to ship sometime near the end of this year barring any major production problems, but alas, it looks like the dreaded manufacturing hiccup has reared its ugly head. Apparently, the OLED producer that the Optimus creators were relying on have encountered some "serious financial difficulties" and won't be delivering the displays at all.
Jimmy Wales is defending criticism of Wikipedia which is scrambling to find a long term fix for vandalism problems. The online encyclopedia - to which anyone with an internet connection can anonymously contribute - now boasts more than 1.7 million articles in English alone. But Wikipedia's spectacular growth has been accompanied by regular incidents of vandalism and errors, which threaten to undermine users' trust permanently. In a telephone interview conducted ahead of his visit to Australia next month for the education.au conference, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said upcoming versions would include new features to make it easier for the community to detect inaccuracies and verify whether articles were written by a credible source.
James has sent in news about a new version of Linux MCE, an open source Linux based media centre software. LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Ubuntu including a 10' UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills. Linux MCE is being discussed here.
Beyond3D has taken a look at Nvidia G80 performance. It's been over four months since NVIDIA introducted their G80 graphics processor, powering first two, and now three, GeForce 8-series products. Aimed squarely at the upper end of the performance and price segment of the consumer graphics card market, our initial G80 analysis took in the architecture before we followed up with image quality not long after.
Damn Interesting have posted a new article about The Farewell Dossier and the story of sabotaged software which was stolen by the USSR which resulted in explosive consequences. In 1982, operatives from the USSR's Committee for State Security– known internationally as the KGB– celebrated the procurement of a very elusive bit of Western technology. The Soviets were developing a highly lucrative pipeline to carry natural gas across the expanse of Siberia, but they lacked the software to manage the complex array of pumps, valves, turbines, and storage facilities that the system would require. The United States possessed such software, but the US government had predictably turned down their Cold War opponent's request to purchase the product.
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