Adobe plans bundles with Macromedia Flash
Adobe completed its £1.96bn takeover of Macromedia last week,
which could result in some software packages being dropped.
However, as part of the initial integration of product portfolios,
Adobe said it would sell three new product bundles. These will
combine elements of Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Adobe video tools
with the recently-released Macromedia Flash Professional 8 and
Macromedia Studio 8 applications. Adobe said it would continue to
back PDF and Macromedia Flash technologies.
IBM Workplace support for open doc standard
Following Microsoft's announcement that it will support an open
document standard in the forthcoming Office 12, IBM has said its
upcoming version of the IBM Workplace Managed Client will support
the newly ratified Open Document Format for Office Applications
standard. IBM said the move would help users protect their
investment in corporate data by ensuring consistency, reliability
and accessibility of their documents.
Intel unveils new faster transistor design
Intel and UK-based Qinetiq revealed a new transistor prototype
last week that could cut power consumption by 10 times while at the
same time boosting processing levels by 50%. The new transistor
system is similar in design to existing transistors but is deployed
on chips using indium antimonide, made from indium and antimony,
rather than silicon. Intel said chips featuring the new material
probably would not be ready for commercial production until
2015.
Apache server upgrade will handle larger
files
The Apache Software Foundation has released a major upgrade to
the open source Apache web server. New features of Apache 2.2.0
include support for large files and improved caching. The server
can now support large files of more than 2Gbytes on 32-bit Unix
systems.