John MacKenna

Newspaper and magazine publishers, besieged by rising costs, tumbling circulation and the frustration of giving their content away on Web sites, are gradually turning to downloadable electronic editions as an alternative to print. Although the technology is in place and vendors are in the marketplace offering to convert print publications to digital facsimiles, experts agree […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has made a second request to Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. for information and documentation regarding Adobes pending acquisition of Macromedia. According to the companies, the request is limited to information and documentation pertaining to the companies products in the area of Web authoring and design and vector graphics […]

Adobe Systems on Tuesday warned users of its Adobe Reader 5.0 for Linux and Unix that a security vulnerability could leave their systems open to remote hijacking. The buffer overflow vulnerability is present in Versions 5.0.9 or 5.0.10 for Linux, Solaris, IBM-AIX and HP-UX, according to the companys security alert. The Denmark-based security analyst company […]

Quark Inc., the maker of Quark XPress page layout software, has parted ways with CEO Kamar Aulakh, the company announced Wednesday night. Linda Chase, senior vice president of commerce product development, has been appointed by the Board of Directors as acting president of the company on an interim basis. The company said it will now […]

NEW YORK—New features in Adobe Creative Suite 2 will enable graphic design teams to manage their workflows more effectively with less time spent outside the Adobe design environment, according to panelists at this weeks Ideas conference here, sponsored by Adobe. Adobe Systems Inc. announced at the show that Creative Suite 2 will ship next month. […]

NEW YORK—A first look at the new Adobe Bridge feature in Adobe Systems forthcoming Creative Suite 2 got people talking at Mondays Adobe Ideas Conference here. Adobe Systems Inc. officially announced the new suite, which includes new CS2 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and GoLive, at the conference. Sponsored by the company, the Adobe Ideas […]