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Nokia today released Qt 4.7, the latest version of the cross-platform application and UI (user interface) framework. It’s available for download now for all of Qt¹s supported platforms, with upgrades for Nokia and customer solutions expected over the coming months.

A key feature of Qt 4.7 is QML (Qt Meta-Object-Language), a declarative language that describes the interface of a program and how it behaves. The new version also includes performance improvements that make applications and user interfaces run faster and smoother.

EastWest has followed up their Hollywood Strings Diamond Edition virtual instrument with the US$795 Hollywood Strings Gold Edition (http://www.soundsonline.com/hollywood-strings). Designed for film, television, and video game scoring, it provides all of the sounds from the Diamond Edition in 16-bit resolution and includes a single, mid-tree mic position, all articulations with the exception of bow-change legato, and does not include Divisi mics.

The PandaWare Company (http://www.pandaware.com) has updated TimeCache — its time and expense billing app for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and higher — to version 8.0.10. The update offers improvements to reports, invoices and analysis charts, and several bug fixes.

In addition, it provides support for several new features in TimeCache Manager, a companion application for workgroups that allows managers to consolidate billing information.

Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) has reported strong financial results for its third quarter fiscal year 2010 that ended Sept. 3.

In the third quarter of fiscal 2010, Adobe achieved record revenue of US$990.3 million, compared to $697.5 million reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and $943.0 million reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2010. This represents 42% year-over-year revenue growth. Adobe’s third quarter revenue target range was $950 million to $1 billion.