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Adobe buys Nitobi and Typekit for web-design tools

The company has added more web-design strings to its bow with the purchase of Nitobi, which makes mobile development tool PhoneGap, and Typekit, which specialises in web typography Read more

4 October, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
Dreamweaver CS6

Dreamweaver CS6

Dreamweaver CS6 delivers enhanced HTML5 and CSS3 features, flexible design tools and better mobile support. It also integrates Adobe's Business Catalyst... Read more

23 April, 2012 by Simon Bisson
From RTL to Silicon: The Case for Automated Debug

From RTL to Silicon: The Case for Automated Debug

Computer-aided design tools are continuously improving their scalability and efficiency to mitigate the high... Read more

1 January, 2012
Advances in DSP Design Tool Flows for FPGAs

Advances in DSP Design Tool Flows for FPGAs

This paper highlights recent advances in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) design tools for Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), concentrating on model-based design... Read more

23 October, 2010
SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012 supports everything from departmental servers to large-scale enterprise clouds. With Hadoop integration imminent there's much to be said for upgrading — if only to prepare your datacentre for big-data private clouds. Just keep an eye out for the effect of per-core licensing on your costs. Read more

16 April, 2012 by Simon Bisson
Adobe Creative Suite 6

Adobe Creative Suite 6

...After Effects. Dreamweaver CS6Dreamweaver CS6 delivers enhanced HTML5 and CSS3 features, flexible design tools and better mobile support. It also integrates Adobe's Business Catalyst... Read more

23 April, 2012 by Staff

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Last week Microsoft ran a series of webcasts for the press, focusing on their virtualisation and cloud services (and the... Read more

2 February, 2011
ChequeSystem 2.9.6

ChequeSystem 2.9.6

...payee. You can download check templates from server or use built-in design tools to arrange check layout. ChequeSystem provides batch printing function and supports... Read more

22 May, 2012
Small Business Publisher 5.2

Small Business Publisher 5.2

...This print designer software comes with many design templates and cutting-edge design tools, supports all standard paper stocks including Avery papers. Use this program... Read more

3 May, 2012
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta 13.0

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta 13.0

...featuring dark UI options to make images pop. New and re-engineered design tools make creating designs faster and more efficient. Vector layers allow users... Read more

22 March, 2012
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6

...more. Offering increased speed, more accurate color control, and new and enhanced design tools, this must-have version helps you create extraordinary designs faster Read more

20 March, 2012

First Take: Tableau 6.1

...make the right business decision at the right time. Tableau's report design tools let you plot data on maps as well as on traditional... Read more

7 December, 2011
TurboCAD Mac Deluxe 6.0

TurboCAD Mac Deluxe 6.0

...quickly layout floorplans, diagrams and more with the complete set of 2D design tools. Use the 3D surface and solid modeling tools to build accurate... Read more

8 October, 2011

Adobe touches the cloud with Creative tools

...Adobe announced on Monday a suite of new touch-based design tools along with a set of subscription-based cloud services. Adobe has... Read more

4 October, 2011 by Simon Bisson
Selteco Photo Lab 4.1.2

Selteco Photo Lab 4.1.2

...streamlines image processing for the Web and provides all of the essential design tools in one handy application. Acquire images from scanners or digital cameras... Read more

30 August, 2011

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