Apple offers ?211 cut on Adobe design suite

The UK Apple Store is offering a ?211 rebate on Adobe's Design Collection, comprising InDesign 2.0, Illustrator 10, Acrobat 5 and Photoshop 6.0. ...more

Scrambling of digital messages is go

Yesterday the US Government further relaxed control over the release of powerful encryption technology. Earlier this year, the US Commerce Department approved the sale of such systems to businesses in 23 nominated countries. Now, according to The New York Times, the technology can be sold to their local and national governments as well. ...more

Apache breaks open Cocoon 2.1

One from Java Today, the O'Reilly managed 'community news' on www.java.net. ...more

UK games chart: Lost Planet Extreme Condition topples World of Warcraft

Capcom's Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xb360) - where human pirates battle strange creatures in hostile ice-bound conditions - has recaptured the top spot in this week's ELSPA UK Games Chart. It has deposed World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG, which slips to number four. The old football war horses of FIFA 07 and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 continue to kick lumps out of each other to complete the top three. ...more

Macromedia premieres Flash 7 for Linux

Macromedia is taking Linux users to its own version of the movies, with the availability of its Flash 7 product for Linux. Flash adds dynamic, animated and interactive content to be included in websites, known as 'movies'. The new version adds Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) support to allow online applications embedded in websites to interact and exchange data in real time. ...more