Macromedia completes MX product family with Dreamweaver and Fireworks

Macromedia has completed its MX product family with the launch of new versions of Dreamweaver and Fireworks. The company also announced ColdFusion MX, a new version of the server scripting technology it acquired when it merged with Allaire last year. The MX brand was launched with the release of Flash MX earlier this year, and is designed to integrate Macromedia's entire product family to enable the building of what the company calls 'Rich Internet Applications' ? that is Internet services with more complex user interfaces, two-way communication, and Web-based business applications. ...more

Nokia's 6340 allows true roaming

Nokia has announced its 6340 mobile phone that allows users to roam between GSM and TDMA networks. While tri-band GSM phones will work in the UK and elsewhere, you're still limited to GSM networks, limited though they are in, for instance, the US. The 6340 supports TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) networks, which are plentiful in the US as well as analogue networks. ...more

The weekly roundup - Friday 27 April

Keep abreast of the news with our weekly roundup of the week's main tech stories. A variety of stories this week. You could say they cover a wide ZX Spectrum, given that the machine that whetted our appetites for personal computers, and got developers developing, marked its 25th birthday this week. ...more

Hauppauge to set the Pace

Hauppauge has revealed to us it will launch a set-top box to take on the ?99.99 Pace box. Determined to get the box in the shops before the World Cup, Hauppauge's set-top box will also cost ?99. ...more

BPI calls on Apple to open up iTunes

The BPI has called on Apple to open its iTunes Music Store and make it compatible with portable players beyond its own iPod range. 'We would advocate that Apple opts for interoperability,' BPI chairman Peter Jamieson told the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media & Sport inquiry into New Media and the Creative Industries. Jamieson acknowledged the huge contribution that Apple has made to the development of the digital music business as well as the 'enormous appeal' of its integrated hardware and software. ...more