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It also improved integration with other Adobe applications including Adobe Flex, Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), and Adobe LiveCycle, improved PDF creation, enhanced the ability to extract content from PDF documents, and more. ColdFusion 8 Standard, which is geared towards small and mid-sized businesses, is priced at US$1,300. The Enterprise version is designed to handle multiple…

Steve Jobs has been on a war against buttons for a long time. The original Macintosh had no cursor keys. Appleis Cube had a touch sensitive area instead of a power switch. The Apple remote control has only six buttons. Appleis mice of old clung to one button. So itis not surprising that the iPhoneis…

Chip makers are racing to add cores to their microprocessors, and they create some buzz with the technology. Software developers, however, are being hard pressed to exploit these multi-core CPUs, and if they donit learn how to do it routinely, fast, and soon, there could be trouble in the industry, according to Jordan Robertson of…

Creating a list of keywords that makes sense to you doesnit have to be a complex project. You might, for example, use “client projects” for documents and folders that relate to the businesses you work with, and another called “family events” for holidays and other get togethers with your family. The trick is to add…

The NewerTech Guardian MAXimus Drive, distributed by Other World Computing, is a desktop RAID Level 1 storage system suitable for home and small business. It is available in several sizes from 150 GB to 1 TB. I found it to be extremely well engineered, fast, and well worth the price as a high reliability backup…

Vista could mark a turning point for Microsoft. It could be the Microsoftis first OS that suffers on the sales side because its predecessor works so well, according to RedmondMag. Keith Ward noted that even though Microsoft has touted Vistais success, “lately, evidence has begun to mount that Vista isnit selling like hotcakes, and itis…

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Parallels has posted a minor update to their Desktop 3 virtualization software, build 4560. The update features faster and smoother Boot Camp partition use, smoother full screen transitions and more. The new build has a number of features and improvements, according to Ben Rudolph, Director of Corporate Communications at Parallels. Better customizability of SmartSelect for…

The current version of RDC, version 1.0.3, will run on Intel-based Macs, but along with poor performance, it canit print documents from Windows applications to Mac printers — a feature that does work on PowerPC-based Macs. It does, however, support accessing Windows desktops, copy and paste, and running Windows applications remotely from Appleis latest Macs.…

With the iPhone in customeris hands, analysts are now looking to see what Apple has up its sleeve next. Many analysts, including Piper Jaffrayis Gene Munster are expecting to see new iMac models before fall. “Based on Appleis product road map and the fact that the iMac has not been updated in 309 days (versus…

“The vast majority of Appleis NAND flash buying is through multi-quarter contracts and is not impacted by changes in spot pricing,” he said. “Apple has likely locked into contract pricing on NAND flash with Samsung for the next several quarters and, therefore, would be insulated from the recent changes.” Appleis deals with memory manufacturers also…

You might think that there couldnit be a lot to talk about when discussing camera bags, they are just?bags after all. Iim reminded of a scene in the movie, Love Actually, where Alan Rickmanis character, Harry, is secretly shopping for a gift for a woman other than his wife. He spies a necklace and asks…

After the research firm iSuppli said in a report on Tuesday that Appleis profit margin on the iPhone is more than 55%, Apple stock shot up nearly US$6, according to Reuters. iSuppli said that the estimated manufacturing cost of an 8 GB iPhone is US$265.83, only 45 percent of the retail price. However, the cost…

Apple has embraced Web 2.0 as the core of its new iPhone technologies. However, some in the Enterprise are fearful of the open, collaborative Web 2.0, according to Linux World. “Few technological shifts in recent memory have challenged corporate America the way Web 2.0 is doing right now,” wrote Diann Daniel. “What if any role…

Square Box Systems announced on Monday the immediate availability of CatDV 6.0, a major upgrade to its video logging and media asset software for Mac OS X and Windows. The emphasis in CatDV 6 has been to simplify the user experience with these enhancements: The new tree-based navigator provides a unified and intuitive interface to…

“We believe iPhone+iTunes will prove to be a key competitive differentiator and believe the offsite activation will ease the crush that is expected at AT&T and Apple stores,” he said. “With over 500 million downloads, iTunes is one of the worldis most widely used applications, which we believe will help make iPhone familiar and easy…

Bitcartel announced on Wednesday that their audio recording software, iRecordMusic has been updated to version 1.6. The new version adds streaming of audio to Airport Express and improves Safari 3.x compatibility. Version 1.6 also fixes a problem that prevented Apple lossless recordings from being streamed. iRecordMusic, which has been described as a radio-TiVo, allows the…

In the old days, we had to deal with way too many software protection dongles, and I still remember mailing a floppy disk to register my copy of QuarkXPress 3. Thankfully, most companies now rely on serial numbers to unlock applications. Also thankfully, Outer Level created LicenseKeeper to track and organize all those numbers and…

Microsoft, in its desire to dominate every technological market, started a war with Google, an enemy it didnit know how to fight. Meanwhile, Apple is partnering with Google in a long term video war that Microsoft will be hard pressed to survive, according to an editorial from the Joost Team. Observing how Apple and Google…