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Adobe has announced a shift in its business strategy, together with the loss of around 750 employees. So what is changing? Adobe says it will be focusing on digital media and digital marketing, while investing less in “certain enterprise solution product lines.” In line with this strategy, Adobe acquired video advertising company auditude last …continue reading Adobe “shifting its business model”: more publishing, less programming Amazon is offering Android developers $50 of AWS (Amazon Web Services) credit if they submit an app to the Amazon Android app store. Although the announcement refers to apps that actually make use of AWS, this does not seem to be a pre-condition: September 7 – November 15: Android developers who submit an app …continue reading Amazon entices Android developers with $50 incentive Microsoft announced today at CES in Las Vegas that the next version of Windows will run on ARM as well as Intel CPUs. But why? The reason is that ARM CPUs have huge momentum in mobile computing, thanks to their low power consumption. Microsoft wants Windows to support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures …continue reading Windows 8 will run on ARM processors – a natural home for Silverlight? It’s the time of year when hopeful gadget manufacturers lay out their shiny new wares in the hope of a bumper Christmas season; so this evening I attended a multi-vendor press event for that purpose. What I found both interesting and disappointing was the lack of innovation in what is on offer. There was …continue reading Gadgets, gadgets: 5.1 headphones, and a multitude of iPod docks and USB drives The most eye-opening demonstration at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference last week was from Adobe’s David Salesin (Sr. Principal Scientist) and Todor Georgiev (Sr Research Scientist), who showed their Plenoptic Lens along with software for processing the resulting images. There was a gasp of amazement from the audience when we saw what …continue reading Adobe’s plenoptic lens enables refocus magic Looking for a mini PC, maybe to plug into your TV without taking over the living room? I’ve just been looking at the range from Giada, here at the NVIDIA GPU Tech conference, and like their handy size, which makes my Toshiba netbook look distinctly bulky, and quiet running. The latest Giada …continue reading Giada introduces tiny multimedia PC NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsung Huang spoke to the press at the GPU Technology Conference and I took the opportunity to ask some questions. I asked for his views on the cloud as a supercomputer and whether that would impact the need for local supercomputers of the kind GPU computing enables. Although we expect more …continue reading NVIDIA CEO on the spot: explains Fermi delays, CUDA vs OpenCL, rise of the tablet Today was a significant event for the UK broadcasting industry: the announcement of YouView, formerly called Project Canvas, which is backed by partners including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and BT. It will provide broadcasts over IP, received by a set top box, include a catch-up service, and be capable of interactive …continue reading If Microsoft is serious about Silverlight, it needs to do Linux I found time over the long weekend to review the Logitech Squeezebox Touch. It’s a great gadget, which I like better the more I play with it, though it has flaws. I also suspect that Logitech’s marketing does not do it justice. Most people look to Apple’s iTunes when they make the transition from …continue reading Reviewing the Logitech Squeezebox Touch |
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