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October 6, 2009 – Epson today announced that the PowerLite Presenter, introduced earlier this year to the education market, will now also be available in leading retail outlets for entrepreneurs and businesses looking for a multimedia, widescreen presentation solution with integrated projector, DVD player and speakers. Featuring WXGA resolution (16:10 aspect ratio) for widescreen presentations and 2,500 lumens color and white light output1 for vivid images, the PowerLite Presenter is an easy-to-use, portable solution for businesses integrating more audio and video into presentations.

"Business professionals are constantly looking for ways to enhance the way they deliver multimedia content to their audience. The PowerLite Presenter includes the features they need to bolster their presentations and improve their interaction with potential clients, customers and partners." said Jason Meyer, product manager, Epson America. "It offers the versatility, portability and affordability that businesses demand from today’s technology tools."Read more

October 6, 2009 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today introduced the Epson EX31, EX51 and EX71 multimedia projectors designed to provide entrepreneurs and businesses with convenience, advanced features and reliability at an affordable price. The Epson EX31, EX51 and EX71 offer added features and affordability over their predecessors, the EX30, EX50 and EX70 respectively, including a 30 percent decrease in size and 20 percent decrease in weight, and increased brightness with 2,500 lumens color light output and 2500 lumens white light output.

"With the introduction of these latest Epson EX projectors, we have taken our successful line of small business projectors and made them better, with added features that offer more bang for the continually shrinking business buck," said Jason Meyer, product manager, Epson America. "To meet a range of small business needs, the EX projectors offer a variety of features and price points with the ultimate ease of use in mind, making it simple for small businesses and mobile professionals to choose the projector that works best for them."Read more

Close to 50 Open Screen Project Participants Support New Browser Runtime for Multiple Platforms

October 5, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated today unveiled Adobe Flash Player 10.1 software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices, allowing content created using the Adobe Flash Platform to reach users wherever they are. A public developer beta of the browser-based runtime is expected to be available for Windows Mobile, Palm webOS and desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. Public betas for Google Android and Symbian OS are expected to be available in early 2010. In addition, Adobe and RIM announced a joint collaboration to bring Flash Player to Blackberry smartphones, and Google joined close to 50 other industry players in the Open Screen Project initiative.

Flash Player 10.1 is the first consistent runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and high definition (HD) videos across devices. Using the productive Web programming model of the Flash Platform, the browser-based runtime enables millions of designers and developers to reuse code and assets and reduce the cost of creating, testing and deploying content across different operating systems and browsers. Flash Player 10.1 is easily updateable across all supported platforms to ensure rapid adoption of new innovations that move the Web forward. Read more

New Quick Messaging and Touch Screen Phones from Pantech and Samsung to Arrive in Time for the Holidays

October 5, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T today announced four new mobile phones, two each from Pantech and Samsung that feature full Web browsers as well as physical and virtual keyboards. The Pantech Reveal and Impact will join the Samsung Mythic and Flight at the head of AT&T's quick messaging and touch screen phone portfolio heading into the holiday season.

The new phones are the first to come preloaded with AT&T's new richer and faster HTML mobile browser and att.net service, combining the best of full HTML browsing with unique features for personalizing favorite bookmarks and local searches. The new att.net mobile platform utilizes advanced data compression from Opera Software, allowing for much faster delivery of HTML Web pages.Read more

October 1, 2009 -- The world's largest dedicated security company, McAfee, Inc., today announced the availability of McAfee Online Backup, a new secure online service for consumers that stores and encrypts digital assets such as photos, videos, music, e-mails and other files.

Industry research shows a strong market need for a secure, automated, and simple to use online backup solution:

• Every week 140,000 hard drives will crash in the United States (according to Google Labs)
• Every week 12,000 laptops are lost or stolen in U.S. airports (according to Dell & Ponemon Institute LLC)
• 70% of data losses are due to events beyond user control (according to a study by Pepperdine University)
• U.S. consumers own, on average, nearly 1,800 digital files each, yet more than half (52%) don't backup their data because they don't know how, believe it takes too much time or don't have the tools needed to backup (according to the Consumer Electronics Association)

Powerful Organizer and Smart Technology Take Photo and Video Editing to New Heights

Sept. 23, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 & Adobe Premiere Elements 8 for Windows, the highly anticipated new versions of the No. 1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing software*. Available as standalone products or as a single retail package, the bundle offers the most complete photo and video solution by seamlessly integrating two powerful, yet easy-to-use, products. With this landmark release, Adobe equips users with a completely enhanced Organizer, which serves as a feature-rich media hub for both photos and videos. From the Organizer, consumers can launch directly into Photoshop Elements 8 to create extraordinary photos or Premiere Elements 8 to effortlessly make incredible movies with new, automated features.

"We want our customers to feel confident that they can achieve professional results with their photos and videos, without having to do any of the heavy lifting," said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. "With this new release of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements we've incorporated smart tools with built-in intelligence that automatically analyze photos and recognize people, track motion in video for the easy addition of special effects and perform editing magic in just a few simple clicks. We pushed the limits of our software, so that anyone can create impressive digital memories and have fun in the process."Read more

New Automated Options Make Video Editing Effortless for Everyone

Sept. 23, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Premiere Elements 8 software for Windows, the newest version of the No. 1 selling consumer video-editing software.* This major release enables users to easily create incredible movies, offering automated "smart" options that take the work out of video editing, easy-to-apply professional-quality effects and a new Organizer to manage all media in one convenient location.

"It's become easier than ever to shoot video on the fly, but most people don't realize it's just as easy to take raw clips and turn them into a movie that will impress friends and family," said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. "We want to take the intimidation factor out of video editing and empower users to get creative and personalize their videos. With the new Organizer and automated technology available in Premiere Elements 8, we created a dashboard full of features that will drive video projects forward in just a few simple clicks."Read more

Intelligent Technology and Ease of Use Delivers the Power to Do More with Photos

Sept. 23, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 software available for Windows and Mac, providing automated and intelligent photo-editing technology across both platforms. With the newest version of the No. 1 selling consumer photo-editing software,* Adobe continues to make cutting-edge innovation accessible to users who want powerful yet easy-to-use tools to tell compelling stories with their photos.

"With nearly 20 years of Photoshop innovation under our belt, we are able to leverage industry-leading technology that the professionals use and make it accessible to our Elements customers," said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. "We've simplified the editing process, without taking away any of the power, and incorporated smart tools with built-in intelligence to bring once difficult tasks, within reach of everyone."Read more

Seagate Teams With Technology Leaders to Bring SATA 6Gbit/s Complete Solutions to Market

September 21, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seagate Technology today began global shipments of the world's fastest, largest-capacity mainstream desktop hard drive - Barracuda XT, a 7200RPM product featuring 2TB of storage capacity and a blazing fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface. The 3.5-inch desktop drive, the industry's first to feature a SATA 6Gb/s interface, meets the capacity demands of gaming, digital video-environments and other storage-hungry desktop computing applications while delivering the highest performance in its class.

The introduction of the Barracuda XT drive marks the shift to the next generation of desktop computing speed as Seagate doubles the storage bandwidth of current computers. Read more

Now available locally, unlimited calls to and from any U.S. wireless phone on any network are now included in Sprint Everything Data plans at no additional charge

September 21, 2009 -- Sprint is stepping past the idea of restrictive calling circles to provide Any Mobile, AnytimeSM – a new feature of Sprint Everything Data plans. With the new Any Mobile, Anytime, Sprint customers get unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling from the Sprint Network to ANY wireless phone on any U.S. wireless carrier network at any time.

"Simply Everything and Ready Now makes wireless simpler and more worry-free for our customers in southwest Michigan and northeast Indiana," said William Derrick, general manager at iPCS Wireless, the Sprint PCS affiliate in Michigan and Indiana. "The freedom to call anyone from the Sprint network, at anytime provides the simplicity and value our customers have come to expect." Read more