Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 20, 2005 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that it will hold a Special Meeting of Stockholders at 3:00 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, August 24, 2005, to vote on the Company’s previously announced merger with Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR).

Shareholders to vote Aug. 24 on proposed Adobe merger.

Source: MarketWatch
Written By Michael Paige

I’ve updated the The Evolution of the Photoshop Splash Screen PhotoshopNews feature story to include all of the shipping dates for all Mac versions of Photoshop since version 1.0.

The update was prompted by visiting Andrei Michael Herasimchuk’s web site Design by Fire and Andrei’s Photoshop Quiz answers from last year. I’m working on getting the shipping dates for the Windows versions to add to the list.

At the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and South Almaden Boulevard stand three rather tall buildings-by San Jose, California standards. They are the Adobe Towers, the buildings that PostScript and Photoshop built. On 10 West (10th floor, West Tower), the majority of the Photoshop engineers work and play.

Source: eWeek via Reuters
Written By Franklin Paul, Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters)—Eastman Kodak Co. on Wednesday posted its third quarterly net loss in a row and said it would cut up to 10,000 more jobs as it struggles to cope with the collapsing traditional film market.

Source: New York Times
Written By Randy Kennedy

In 1999 two proud powerhouses of photography – the George Eastman House in Rochester and the International Center of Photography in Midtown – began to acknowledge that they needed each other.