The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and IDG World Expo today announced the debut of the WOW Iron Chef of Web Design Competition at Macworld Conference & Expo in Boston this July. During the live competition, which takes place on the exhibit floor on Wednesday, July 14, attendees will get a first-hand look at what it takes to conceive and create a working Web site.
Read MoreSorenson Media today announced Sorenson Squeeze 4, a new line of video compression applications for digital video professionals and enthusiasts. The new Sorenson Squeeze 4 product family includes the Sorenson Squeeze 4 Compression Suite, Sorenson Squeeze 4 for Macromedia Flash MX, and Sorenson Squeeze 4 for MPEG-4 — all of which are available in Windows and Macintosh versions.
Read MoreAlias today announced that SketchBook Pro, its pen-driven sketching and annotation software, is now available for Mac OS X. “The Mac community can now benefit from the fast, reactive, pressure sensitive artistic tools and intuitive user interface that make the software unique in its class.
Read MoreApple was given the No. 3 spot on this year’s “Wired 40,” Wired magazine’s annual ranking of the 40 companies driving the global economy. Wired said that Apple, which made the list for the first time, “has created the kind of platform-and-content synergy that gadget makers dream of. Having sold 5 million iPods, Apple owns 55 percent of the music-player market.
Read MoreSanDisk Corporation today introduced what it says is the world’s first 6-in-1 PC Card Adapter. The new adapter requires no software and works with six different memory card formats: SD, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, xD-Picture Card, and SmartMedia. To read a card, users insert it into the adapter and then slide the adapter into any computer with a PC Card slot.
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