Adobe acquires image management technology

Adobe has acquired digital photography management specialist Fotiva in an attempt to satisfy perceived high consumer demand for image management systems for organising and sharing digital photography. Adobe aims to combine Fotiva's focus on 'end-to-end' solutions with its own expertise in digital imaging and manipulation, layout and ePaper in order to improve on what it calls, 'Web-centric solutions and hobbyist orientated software.' Analyst Alexis Gerard of Future Image said that by simplifying the process of managing photos, emailing and printing them and sharing them on the Web, 'Adobe is in a position to simplify and improve consumers' digital photography experiences, develop new imaging technologies that will foster the growth of the imaging market and, ultimately, benefit all users. ...more

News roundup... 22/05/2002

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Microsoft lures AOL users Microsoft has released a suite of 'switching tools' to encourage users to switch from AOL to MSN. A three-step process enables consumers to automatically move their AOL Mailbox, AOL Address Book and AOL Calendar information into their MSN Internet Access account. ...more

Apple re-patches security patch

Apple has released a new version of its latest security update, after the original patch broke applications adapted to run natively on the 64-bit Power Mac G5s. Security Update 2005-007 v1.1 provides a combined 32- and 64-bit version of LibSystem to replace the 32-bit version that was delivered in v1. ...more

Intel unveils new chip brand

Intel has announced the brand for its upcoming processor range. Following the path of the Pentium brand, the next-gen Core chips will come under the Core 2 Duo banner. Processors formerly known as Conroe will make up the desktop range, launching as either 4000 Series or 6000 Series chips, while those built under the Merom branch will go into notebooks as 5000 Series or 7000 Series processors. ...more

NTL launches PS2 broadband package

NTL has launched a service for PS2 users who want to share a broadband connection between their computer and the gaming console. Online network gaming for the PS2 was introduced in the UK earlier this month - Interview: PS2 Online hits UK. The NTL service provides gamers with a 600K or 1Mbit cable broadband connection, all the necessary hardware and access to its Broadband Consoles support team, for ?29. ...more