Stories by Cameron Crouch

Updated Photoshop Embraces the Web

Photoshop 6.0, which Adobe Systems Inc. is announcing Monday, builds off version 5.5, which bundled the image editor with Adobe's Web graphics tool, Image Ready 2. Available in September priced at US$609 ($199 for an upgrade), Photoshop 6.0 goes a step further. It adds Web graphics features such as vector shape object tools, image slicing, and Web-focused compression techniques. For more advanced Web graphics, Photoshop 6.0 also bundles Image Ready 3.0 but still maintains it as a separate application, making for a memory-intensive duo.

Three Minutes with Dennis Lee

From personal digital assistants to pagers and Internet-enabled phones that support the wireless application protocol, you'll find a plethora of wireless devices to access Internet sites and services. Despite the benefits of anytime, anywhere access, the wireless Internet also raises new questions of personal security. We recently spoke to Dennis Lee, director of training and research at information security consulting firm, IFSec, about privacy in a world where personal information travels over the airwaves.

Buddy, Can You Spare a Palm?

Popular Palm Inc. handhelds and Compaq Computer Corp. iPaq Pocket PCs are hard to come by these days, and it may be the fault of those darn mobile phones.

Compaq Expands IPaq Family

Known for desktops and notebooks, Compaq Computer Corp. is breaking out of the PC shell with the introduction of consumer devices and Internet appliances bearing its IPaq brand.

RealPlayer Takes Subscriptions

Despite the monthly bill, cable television offers better quality TV than what those old rabbit ears brought you. With its new subscription service, RealNetworks Inc. hopes to become the cable network for digital multimedia on your PC.

Adobe Sues Macromedia

Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. may support each other's file formats and share space on the desktops of graphics professionals, but they're now adversaries in court.

Shockwave Player Goes 3D

The movie A Perfect Storm features 200-foot waves created with 3D graphics software. Imagine those waves streamed over the Internet to your PC.

Updated Flash Is Easier on Newbies

Web design novices, relax: Flash is approachable. Macromedia Inc.'s newest version of the Web animation tool adds helpful drawing tools and a new look with control panels you can find.

Will Windows Media Eclipse MP3?

Microsoft Corp.'s audio format Windows Media Audio gets a double boost this week with the release of Windows Media Player 7 and the availability of tunes from EMI Music in the Windows Media format.

Pocket PCs Go Wireless with Parts

Despite bundled Pocket Outlook and Pocket Internet Explorer, Pocket PCs don't have built-in wireless capability. But you can add it.

Trade On: Blue-Chip Brokers Add Wireless Services

Online brokerage firms make trading stocks on a PC cheap and easy. Now, wireless services make it mobile, too. E-Trade Group Inc. and Charles Schwab & Co. (and soon Merrill Lynch as well) are the latest brokers to let you manage accounts via wireless Palm and Windows CE devices, two-way pagers, or Web-enabled phones.

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