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Jobs to skip Macworld keynote as Apple backs out
News CEO Steve Jobs planning to skip his annual January keynote address, and the Mac maker is ending its relationship with IDG's Macworld Expo.
Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., Event, International Data Group, Framingham, Massachusetts, Boston, San Francisco, job, marketing
SanDisk fine-tunes SSDs for netbooks
News The flash memory firm has revealed two solid-state drives and a range of memory cards that are specifically tailored for use in small, cheap sub-notebooks.
Tags: Components, Hardware, Memory, Notebooks and tablets, Storage, Battery, SanDisk Corp., Storage, Ubuntu, removable storage
Sony open sources digital effects software
News Sony Pictures Imageworks releases five digital image-manipulation software tools under open source licenses, and says more may follow.
Tags: Business applications, Digital media, Open source, Sony Pictures, Animation, Tool, computer, animation company, Digital media, computer graphics
Report: BlackBerry app store to launch next week
News BusinessWeek reports that Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World mobile application store will be open for business next week during the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas.
Tags: Applications and tools, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Developer, CTIA, trade show, software, Apple iPhone
RIM names BlackBerry app store, gives pricing
News The Canadian phone maker has revealed the name of its on-device app store for BlackBerry smartphones and given pricing guidelines for third-party applications.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, PayPal, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., BlackBerry App World, trade show, payment, Google Android
Ubuntu version coming to mobile devices
News As expected, Canonical says a release of its Ubuntu Linux operating system called Ubuntu Netbook Remix is in the works for mobile Internet devices and mininotebooks.
Tags: Linux, Notebooks and tablets, Mobile, Mobile Device, Ubuntu, operating system, trade show, processor, mini-notebook, Mark Shuttleworth
Details emerge of desktop Asus Eee PC
News The desktop version of the popular low-cost subnotebook can be mounted onto the back of certain types of monitor, the company says.
Tags: Desktops, Product development and design, Notebook, trade show, ASUS, processor, flat panel, hard drive, Computex, Linux
Custom Windows Embedded to go for a test drive
News Microsoft will this week demo a GPS device running a tailored version of its mobile operating system.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Live Search, software company, operating system, customer experience, trade show, Bluetooth, software, Microsoft Windows
Xerox digital-printer ink works on almost anything
News Company offers a sneak peek at its still-in-research-phase ink, which it says could change the world of digital printing.
Tags: Peripherals, Innovation, Xerox Corp., Ink, Inkjet Printer, Gel, trade show, printer, Germany, program manager
Microsoft: Windows 7 on track
News Windows business head Bill Veghte says new operating system is still scheduled to ship within three years of Vista's January 2008 debut.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista, Software, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, trade show, focus group
Microsoft shows off 3D video-editing tool
News A research project called Unwrap Mosaic paves the way for adding features such as facial hair to the subject of a video that has already been filmed.
Tags: Software, Video, Personal applications, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Tool, 3D, Environment, trade show, photograph
The Google Android party has begun
News Two years after Google announced Android, phone manufacturers are launching new devices sporting the mobile operating system and mobile operators are lining up to sell them.
Tags: Google Android, Google Inc., Phone, Operating System, Motorola Inc., U.S., mobile, Google Android, Device, Wireless
3G wireless still holds promise
News Next generation of 4G wireless may get all the headlines, but advanced 3G technology will likely dominate services for next few years.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Speed, U.S., network, mobile, Wireless, HSPA, Clearwire Corp., 3G
Adobe offers CinemaDNG format for raw video
News Company releases a beta version of a file format for higher-end video. Also out is a beta of Adobe Story for writing scripts.
Tags: Business applications, Digital media, Adobe Systems Inc., Foundry Networks Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Video, SLR, Digital media, Adobe Premiere, digital-rights management
Mundie: The desktop of the future is a room
News While mobile devices will be important, the desktop isn't going away. Eventually your whole office will be a desktop PC, says Microsoft's top strategy officer Craig Mundie.
Tags: Business applications, Desktops, Hologram, computer, Microsoft Xbox 360, digital photograph, financial analyst, killer application, Microsoft Xbox, desktop
