Visitors to Merriam-Webster OnLine Choose 'Truthiness' as 2006 Word of the Year

Merriam-Webster OnLine, the leading source for English language reference on the Web, has revealed the results of its first Word of the Year online survey. For the past few years, the site has tallied the millions of anonymous hits to its free online dictionary and thesaurus to come up with the most frequently looked up […]

StumbleUpon Launches Personalized Video Discovery Service

StumbleUpon, the best way to discover new sites on the Internet, today launched Stumble Video, the first and only way to discover and watch videos that automatically match individual interests and preferences. Each video available on Stumble Video has been selected from throughout the Internet by the fast growing StumbleUpon community of 1.6 million. Start […]

Human Software Shipping PhotoTessel Version 2.0

Adding to its line of filter plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop®, Corel PhotoPaint®,Human Software is now shipping PhotoTessel™ version 2.0. PhotoTessel™ comes as a filter plug-in compatible with applications supporting Adobe Photoshop® 7.0 and above — plug-in kind such as Adobe Element, Corel PhotoPaint or PaintShop. Basic Principles PhotoTessel™ is a very powerful plug-in is all […]

onOne Software Announces Spring 2007 Availability of Genuine Fractals 5

onOne Software, Inc., announces today the spring 2007 availability of Genuine Fractals 5. In addition, anyone who purchases Genuine Fractals 4.1 or Genuine Fractals Print Pro 4.1 on or after December 18, 2006 will receive a free upgrade to Genuine Fractals 5 once it becomes available. “We are pleased to announce before the holidays that […]

Send Those Crash Reports!

Recently, Zak Williamson of Adobe put out the call to InDesign users to please send in any crash reports. Zak is the Technical Director of the “Text Technology Team” (go, Text Technology Team, go! this is your year!) at Adobe Systems.

In his post to the InDesign Talk listserv, Zak said, “I’d like to encourage everyone to send this information if you encounter a crash. We do look at the logs. They are very helpful.” I’m thinking that perhaps now is the time when Zak and his teammates can make sure any bugs that may have caused the crash aren’t in the upcoming InDesign CS3, due out in spring of 2007.

Goodbye, Bruce Fraser

After battling lung cancer for several months, Bruce Fraser passed away on December 16, 2006. Many people benefitted from Bruce’s wisdom and dry wit. He spoke at events around the world, and he wrote numerous books. (Is there a copy of the Real World Adobe Photoshop series on your shelves? Then Bruce helped you.) He […]

Sony Launches Standalone Version of DVD Architect Studio Delivering Premier DVD Authoring Tools

Sony Media Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, announced today the availability of DVD Architect™ Studio, a standalone program that addresses the growing consumer demand for a single software application dedicated to DVD authoring for movies, song compilations and pictures slideshows. Previously only available bundled with Sony Vegas® Movie […]

Holiday Photos 101: Expert Tips for Improving Your Family Snapshots

Do you wish that you could take photos like the pros? With today’s digital cameras it’s not the fancy equipment that keeps us from taking great shots-it’s our technique. Get a crash course in better photography with Kirstin Radasch, award winning photographer, owner of ArtVisionsPortraiture.com and your holiday snapshots can be cherished memories today and […]

ImageWell Reloaded: Version 3 Just Released with More Than 50 New Enhancements Including Batch Processing & Improved User Interf

XtraLean Software is proud to announce the release of ImageWell V3 with more than 50 new and exciting features and an even more intuitive interface than ever before. V3 is a major upgrade offering users even better image editing and export capabilities, while adding many more useful features all contained within the new and improved […]