Andreas Pfeiffer

Over the past decade, digital imaging has become an immensely complex field that reaches into publishing, Web design, graphics, video games and movie production, among others. And while there are multitudes of applications catering to this market, one program represents digital imaging more than any other: Adobe Photoshop. How many software programs have their own […]

Conventional wisdom in the technology sector has it that once a software application is in the enviable position of being a market standard, it is practically impossible to get users to move away from that tool, even if a competing product is significantly more powerful. The hardest thing to change is work habits: We use […]

Nokia and Microsoft made rumbles in the online music market this week with an agreement under which Nokia will integrate Windows Media Player 10 in future cell phones. Given the bitter rivalry between the two companies (which is by no means completely resolved by the announcement at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France) the […]

Digital imaging is currently topping the list of major preoccupations for IT decision-makers in design and publishing. Why? Simple: The problems involved with this technology are evolving significantly faster than the available solutions. Cameras continue to evolve very rapidly, and so have the usage patterns of consumers and professionals alike. For example, the average consumer, […]

It will be extremely interesting to see how the Mac mini will fare in the marketplace. Ever since Steve Jobs announced the latest addition to the Macintosh family, speculation has been rampant among analysts and pundits of every ilk as to the impact of the low-cost Mac. Many rightly point out that given the market […]

Bertrand Russell once said—and Im paraphrasing here—that genius is to present a problem in a way which allows a solution. And thats exactly what is needed in Apples current situation, which is both highly encouraging and somewhat preoccupying in terms of midterm perspective. Phenomenal as it may be, the success of the iPod will not […]

PARIS—Like most computer trade shows, Apple Expo is not as vast an affair today as it was five or 10 years ago, when the event could easily fill two floors of the vast CNIT convention center in the La Défense business district north of Paris. Nevertheless, the 2004 edition shows a stable market and an […]

PARIS—While one of the worlds great metropolitan centers, Paris may be known more for its bright lights than for technology introductions. But for the Mac market, the annual Apple Expo here is one of the few industry events where Apple Computer Inc. chooses to unveil its new product lines. This years launch was a refreshed […]

The publishing industry built atop Mac technology is bound for flux, as Apple Computer Inc., of Cupertino, Calif., and page-layout market leader Quark Inc., of Denver, both prepare to pull the plug on the classic Mac OS and focus exclusively on Mac OS X. While Apples September announcement that as of January, new Macs will […]