Adobe preannounces Creative Suite 5

I have to admit–I’m in complete awe at the capability of Adobe’s PR machine to instigate and maintain a steady buzz about a product months before it’s even official without ever having to lie, pretend to leak, or have a well-known evangelist equipped with a reality distortion field. For a product like Adobe’s Creative Suite, home to popular applications like Photoshop and Flash, there’s never a doubt that a new version will arrive,  and it’s on a pretty regular timetable of every 18 to 24 months. That means Adobe can’t rely on the will-they-or-won’t-they school of generating buzz that works so well for Apple. Instead, months in advance, Adobe starts touring and posting short technology demos of features that may–or may not–be in the next new version, wowing watchers and priming them to loosen their purse strings, along with dropping tiny feature tidbits like breadcrumbs leading you to the announcement.

In its latest move, Adobe has announced that the CS5 launch will take place on April 12, and that it wants you to tune in at 8 a.m. PT (11 a.m. ET) to watch online; you’ll need to register first to be able to watch. But as long as the existence of CS5 is no longer “secret,” then I’ll take the opportunity to tell you to check back here at the same time for our reviews and previews of at least the major applications in the suite. There’s my breadcrumb.

Via : http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20001043-1.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody

UNO MOTORBIKE LEANS INTO ACTION

For travel, many of us opt for a motorbike, whist very few of us have the time tolearn to ride the more comical unicycle. Well, an 18 year-old scientist by the name of Ben J. Poss Gulak, has decided to merge both modes of transport, and develop what he has termed, ‘Uno’. The bike caught the attention of many attendees to the 2008 National Motorcycle Show in Toronto, either because they thought it was cool or to determine what it actually was. The common wheel set-up, of one at the back and one at the front has been revolutionised into two wheels sitting side by side. The Uno also utilises rear footpegs and a considerably smaller chassis.

Amazingly, the Uno weighs only 120lbs and has no controls, except for a simple on/off switch. In order to move, you lean your body in the direction, so leaning back kicks the Uno into reverse. The Uno’s speed id controlled by how far you lean forward or back and is completely controlled by an ECU (electronic control unit) which is attached to the motor. The Uno is currently a one-off, but looks and sounds very cool indeed!