April 25, 2024

Travel Tech: Six Reasons to Embrace the Cloud

New to the cloud? Been using it for eons? Either way, there are endless reasons for travelers to embrace it, like leaving the laptop at home and sending large files from anywhere in the world. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!

ATTN: VARs, Technology Solution Providers, Resellers - As we speed through our days keeping an eye on the progress in the industry, we notice one thing: change is inevitable. The IT landscape continues to change at a faster pace than ever. If we want to stay in the race we need to change the way we do business. The Zenith-hosted Accelerate events … [Read more...]

A First Look At Wachowski’s “Cloud Atlas”

One of the most secretive films of the year is about to make itself known to the world. The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer’s ambitious ensemble adaptation of David Mitchell's acclaimed novel "Cloud Atlas" is set for its world premiere in Toronto in September ahead of a release in cinemas late October. Until this week there'd been no material from the … [Read more...]

“Cloud Atlas” To Hit October 26th

Warner Bros. Pictures has officially set its sci-fi epic "Cloud Atlas" for a U.S. domestic release on October 26th ahead of an international release in early 2013. In a statement announcing the release, WB's Dan Fellman says “Audiences who have seen an early screening of ‘Cloud Atlas’ have been elated by its powerful and inspiring story, as well … [Read more...]

Adobe Creative Suite 6 now available, Creative Cloud floating into action May 11th

Eager to get your fancy new mask on? Open up the wallet. Adobe's freshly announced Creative Suite (we're up to CS6, for those keeping count) is now available, with Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Professional and more up for grabs. As for that subscription-based Creative Cloud option? Folks looking … [Read more...]

“Cloud Atlas,” “Paranoia,” “Sin City 2” Dates

Thompson on Hollywood reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has spent a cool $ 20 million picking up distribution rights to the Wachowski siblings and Tom Twyker‘s highly ambitious adaptation of "Cloud Atlas". The film, which currently has a fairly epic runtime of 164 minutes, is currently targeting a U.S. domestic release on December 6th this year. … [Read more...]

Adobe unveils CS6 and subscription-based Creative Cloud service, up for pre-order now (video)

Adobe's biggest day of 2012? Go ahead, don't be afraid to call it what it (probably) is. For starters, the outfit is introducing Creative Suite 6 to the world in formal fashion, with 14 applications either unveiled or refreshed. Photoshop CS6 is graduating from beta -- seeing an update that'll provide "near instant results" thanks to the Mercury … [Read more...]

HP appoints Bill Veghte as chief strategy officer, will lead ‘cloud and webOS open source initiatives’

Bill Veghte was already having his checks cut by HP (after cutting ties with Microsoft), but now he'll be filling a slightly different corner office. The company today announced that he has been appointed chief strategy officer, but somehow, he'll also have enough time to hold onto his current role as executive vice president of HP Software. We're … [Read more...]

Funnel cloud spotted near YVR

A strange sight near the airport this afternoon – a funnel cloud. Meteorologist Mark Madryga says they're a rare sight in this area, especially at this time of year. "When a funnel cloud is observed, obviously there's significant turbulence in the air, and significant vertical motion or upward lift of the air, so while we'd be hard-pressed … [Read more...]

Jolicloud heads to the actual cloud, Joli OS gets open-sourced

Mum's been the word from the Jolicloud camp over the past few months -- summer vacation, we get it -- but the company has apparently been working quite diligently on what's next: the "new Jolicloud platform." According to a mildly vague blog post from the outfit, the next edition of the OS will introduce "the personal cloud," enabling users to … [Read more...]