Adobe ships Photoshop Elements 3.0
Adobe announced today that it is now shipping Photoshop Elements 3.0, a major update to its digital imaging software aimed at consumers.
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Apple fires back at Microsoft over ‘closed’ comments
In its response to Microsoft calling iTunes and iPod a “closed system,” Apple said its technology remains the overwhelming favorite among consumers. “Ninety-two percent of customers buying hard-drive based music players are choosing iPods, and over 65 percent of customers buying any type of portable digital music player including flash-based players are choosing iPods,” Apple said in a statement.
Read MoreMicrosoft officially launches music service
Microsoft officially launched its MSN Music service Tuesday. The software giant said it has increased the amount of songs available for purchase to more than 1 million. “iTunes has done a great job of helping to elevate the [digital music] market,” said Christine Andrews, lead product manager of MSN. “We’re different because Apple is a closed system. If you want Apple, you have to use the iPod.
Read MoreiPod accounts for 92% of hard-drive players
Apple’s iPod is still king of the digital music world despite increasing competition, according to a new report from the NPD Group. The research company said in a report released today that various versions of the iPod account for 92.1 percent of the market for hard-drive based music players, up from 82.2 percent a year ago. NPD said Creative and Rio were a distant second and third, with 3.7 and 3.2 percent of the market, respectively.
Read MoreFontCard 1.2 update released
Unsanity today announced the release of FontCard 1.2, an update to its font menu management tool for Mac OS X. Version 1.2 includes corrupt font crash catching, new font type icons, better compatibility and more. FontCard is US$17 shareware.
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