Press Release: Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo – Tampa, FL – Jun. 21-23, 2005

Tampa, FL – June 13, 2005 – The Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo, the summers hottest event for Designers, Digital Photographers, Illustrators and Video Editors, is opening it’s Tech Expo to the public for one day only on Wednesday, June 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Source: TechWeb
Written By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out 10 security bulletins that covered 12 vulnerabilities, and for the first time, offered up its monthly patch batch using the revamped update services and tools for both individuals and enterprises.

On Friday, June 10th, 2005, Microsoft unveiled a graphics application code named “Acrylic”. In their own words: About Acrylic “Acrylic” is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive media. Industry pundits immediately labeled it as an Adobe rival (see CNET article). Some even went so far as to attribute Adobe’s stock decline on Friday to increasing competition by Microsoft (see this Bloomberg News item). PhotoshopNews felt compelled to look into Acrylic and see if indeed it might be considered a viable competitor to Photoshop.

Source: CNNMoney
Written By Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money senior writer

The stock’s down on concerns about the Macromedia deal and competition from MSFT. It’s time to buy.

Extensis has updates available that address issues with Photoshop CS2 and for Mac users, Tiger (10.4.x).