“The biggest launch in Adobe’s 25 year history”, the launch of Creative Suite 3, took place this week with a webcast audience of over 10,000 people. The creative suite line is a revolutionary offering of tightly integrated design and development tools for every medium. The latest release not only unites the best of Adobe and Macromedia (which it acquired in 2005) products, but it is also set to run on PowerPC and Intel-base Macs, as well as on Windows Vista. CS3 will have three basic editions depending on your focus: Design, Web and Production. A Master Collection will also be available for those who design across all media. The CS3 line will ship in mid-April, along with the individual application releases, which include Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended Edition, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Indesign CS3 and more. SoftwareMedia is your source for Adobe CS3 software. Check back for availability!

Windows Vista is of to a fast start, selling more than 20 million copies since its January 30th release. Comparatively, Windows XP sold 17 million in its first two months. Says corporate VP Bill Veghte: “We are setting a foundation for Windows Vista to become the fastest-adopted version of Windows ever.” These figures include boxed copy sales and sales of new PC’s with Vista installed. And customers are purchasing with the future in mind, trying to get the most full-featured version possible. High-end versions of the operating system, such as Windows Vista Ultimate, have seen the most sales.

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Expanding its presence in the digital media software market, Corel’s acquisition of Ulead and InterVideo is now complete. InterVideo is a leader in digital media authoring and playback software, with a focus on high-definition video and DVD. Ulead leads in development of video imaging and DVD authoring software. Combined, they make up the broadest offering of digital media software from any manufacturer – ranging from photo sharing, image editing, advanced digital imaging, video editing, high-definition DVD creation and playback software.

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Microsoft’s new Web site design and development tool, Expression Web, is more grown up than it’s predecessor FrontPage. It places CSS and XML at the core of its design strategy, and makes them as approachable as possible. So, while non-coders may have to go through more training than with FrontPage, the resulting sites will meet all current Web design standards. The program is more user friendly than others in its field, shielding much of the code from the user and offering templates and IntelliSense functions. Expression Web is Microsoft’s first release in the Expression line for creative professionals, which they hope will give rival Adobe some competition.

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