GoLive 6 and Live Motion 2 go live

The next two pieces in Adobe's network publishing and integrated workflow strategy - GoLive 6.0 and LiveMotion 2.0 - are unveiled today at MacWorld San Francisco. ...more

Fujifilm announces three cameras

Fujifilm has lined up the FinePix A205S, S5000 Zoom and S7000 Zoom cameras for an autumn launch. Opening with the A205S, Fujifilm is hoping to attract the novice photographer with a 3x optical zoom, a 2megapixel CCD, a video-out connection to pipe pictures straight to your telly and long battery life. Available in September, Fujifilm has yet to price the camera, although with 2megapixel cameras currently around the ?200 mark, expect a competitive figure. ...more

Creative adds Vision to the Zen player mix

Creative's Zen family of MP3 players has expanded to include a new member: the video-enabled Zen Vision:M. Sporting a colour screen and up to 30GB of storage, it is billed as a video player, photo viewer and MP3 player, and represents Creative's latest attempt to undermine Apple's iPod dominance. Creative claims that the rechargeable battery provides up to 15 hours of music playback and four hours of video playback, with video format supported including MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Simple Profile formats (such as Xvid), WMV, and MJPEG. ...more

The states split nine versus nine

It was a split decision when the states involved in the Microsoft anti-trust case had to declare their intentions. When Judge Kollar-Kotelly held her first meeting yesterday the 18 states were split three ways: six in favour of the DoJ-backed deal, 6 against and six undecided. She then extended the settlement deadline, to give a few hours more to the undeclared states. ...more

Infogrames acquires Hasbro Interactive

Publisher Infogrames has announced the completion of its acquisition of Hasbro Interactive after first announcing its buy-out intentions back in December 2000. The deal, which has been valued at around $100 million, means that the French publisher gains licence access to 600 Hasbro franchises, as well as over 250 new computer software titles. It also means that Infogrames gets exclusive rights to publish games that are based on current and future Hasbro properties. ...more