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Archive for April, 2007
Introducing Final Cut Studio 2
Final Cut Studio 2 helps take you beyond mere editing. Discover the intuitive power of new creative tools designed expressly for Final Cut Pro editors. Rapidly move through editing to motion graphics, audio editing and mixing, color grading, and delivery — all as a natural extension of the work you already do.
Final Cut Studio 2 [...]
Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion
Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion in cash, the companies announced, an amount that was almost double the $1.65 billion in stock that Google paid for YouTube late last year.
The sale offers Google access to DoubleClick’s advertisement software and, more importantly, [...]
Routers in space…
A programme to kick-start the use of internet communications in space has been announced by the US government.
The Department of Defense’s Iris project will put an internet router in space by the start of 2009.
It will allow voice, video and data communications for US troops using standards developed for the internet.
Eventually Iris could extend the [...]
Apple’s Leopard delay may signal deeper problems
Apple’s ambition may be starting to get ahead of the company’s ability to achieve it.
Renowned in recent years for its operational excellence, Apple in the last two months has delayed two high-profile products, the Apple TV set-top box and now, it said Thursday, Leopard, the upcoming update to its OS X operating system. The company [...]
CentOS 5 Released
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5 for
the i386 and x86_64 Architectures.
CentOS-5 is based on the upstream release 5, and includes packages from
all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have
been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with.
And the option to further enable external repositories [...]
Apple Delays Leopard Until October Due to iPhone
Apple on Thursday released a statement noting that Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard” won’t be released until October. The cause of the delay? The iPhone.
“iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) [...]
iTunes, monthly subscriptions?
Since Apple (AAPL) launched its wildly successful iTunes music store back in 2003, CEO Steve Jobs has adamantly refused to offer a monthly subscription service. If you want to buy music from iTunes, you do it either by the single or the album, that’s it. But that could soon change.
Les Ottolenghi, CEO of INTENT MediaWorks, [...]
Microsoft brings instant messaging to Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live users will soon be able to access Windows Live Messenger. The feature will be added free through an Xbox 360 Dashboard update – to be released on 7 May – and means that Xbox owners will be able to conduct conversations PC users.
The move means the 6m Xbox Live [...]
100 Million iPods Sold
CUPERTINO, California—April 9, 2007—Apple® today announced that the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, [...]
