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Acrobat Collaboration Add-in Vendor Expands Funding Adobe is reportedly gearing up its own online collaboration offering with the next version of Acrobat, while ISV Rosebud prepares to launch its own line document collaboration app. Adobe Announces Connect Pro Online Conference Tool After weeks of hints and leaks, Adobe announced Acrobat Connect Pro last week as a large-scale web conferencing tool. Sun to Change Licensing, Other Rules for Java Open-source community development has changed the way the software business works, and Sun is responding to that, according to Sun's Java Community Process chair. Microsoft Snags Key Adobe Photoshop Guru Competition between the two remains hot, as Microsoft poaches another key exec from the embattled Adobe. DreamWorks Boss Bummed by Dismal 3-D Video Uptake Movie theaters aren't moving quickly enough to add gear to show three-dimensional animated features, according to DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. Microsoft Silverlight Gets Democratic Convention Nod The Democratic National Party announced it will use Microsoft's Silverlight development tools to enhance its national convention coverage on TV and the Internet. Adobe Upgrade to Include Video Comments, Better Forms The upcoming Acrobat 9 will include a forms-tracking function as well as the ability to add comments in video format to Acrobat documents. New Acrobat Features Coming Into Focus Document sharing and collaboration to become part of Acrobat.com Adobe Preps Competitor to Silverlight for Internet Apps Readies a new specification to compete with Silverlight, possibly spark format war in online graphic-intensive application development. Is it Time for IT to Learn Mac? Long a fringe platform within corporate IT, Mac products are now starting to show up in more than just the core of desktop publishing departments. Is it time for IT to take notice? Adobe 9 Features Begin to Lead Before Summer `08 Ship Date Adobe 9, due this summer, will include a Mac and a Professional version and enhancements to the Standard edition that improve options for electronic forms as PDFs, other functions. ISVs Link App-Cloud Platforms From Google, Amazon Developers worked fast to build connections between the newly released Google App Engine and Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud, both of which let users build Web-hosted software using the Web as both platform and access method. WordPerfect Office X4 Adds Raft of PDF Features Corel sees plenty of room to compete around the borders of the Microsoft Office empire, despite incursions by Google Apps and OpenDoc. Beefs up desktop functions including redaction, PDF/A, OCR, password-protection of PDFs, other features. Adobe Launches New Digital Movie Standard Expanding into video and Web media, Adobe is announcing CinemaDNG, an open format for digital photography that comes hard on the heels of its new Media Player and Adobe TV. New Objections In Microsoft/ISO Approval Accusations of skulduggery as European organizations demand explanation of oddities like why Norway changed its vote. Adobe Builds Out Support for Linux Releases Linux version of runtime and announcing it has joined the Linux Foundation. Microsoft Wins International Approval for OpenXML After months of fighting and voting problems, the ISO has approved Microsoft's OpenXML as an industry standard. Sun Expands Beyond High End Hardware Commodity level hardware may expand range of servers, storage available to desktop publishers. Apple Update Covers Dozens of Mac OS X Vulnerabilities Apple ships critical security update hard on the heels of an upgrade to Safari browser. Tech Brings Out Detail on Map Mistake That Named America Scientists use advanced imaging techniques to reveal secrets of ancient documents.