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Vimeo gets Creative Commons, global settings

Video host Vimeo on Tuesday is rolling out a new feature that will users apply Creative Commons (CC) licenses to their uploaded videos.

In short, when a user applies one of the six standard licenses, which range from "attribution" to "attribution with noncommercial and no derivatives," it gives those who intend to use the video elsewhere a specific set of rules for what they can do with it--all without having to first contact the creator for explicit permission.

Creative Commons licensing has been available for some time on a growing number of video- and photo-sharing sites, … Read more

Creative's D200 plays big for a small Bluetooth speaker

Creative is hitching its wagon to Bluetooth in its bid to differentiate itself in this crowded speaker accessory category and is in the process of releasing several Bluetooth-enabled iPod speaker options, including the D200 ($130).

There really isn't a whole lot to this speaker. It's rather compact, measuring 3.9 inches high by 15.9 inches wide by 3.7 inches deep, and has a nice heft to it, weighing in at 3.6 pounds. Unlike the wraparound speaker grille of its step-up sibling, the $300 ZiiSound D5, this model only has cloth on the front of the … Read more

Compact with a kick: Creative's ZiiSound D5 Bluetooth speaker

As the iPhone-iPod audio docking systems move into a more mature phase, Creative is hitching its wagon to Bluetooth in a bid to differentiate itself in this crowded category. Bluetooth compatibility allows the wide range of A2DP devices--which includes iPhones, iPads, recent iPod Touch models, most recent smartphones, and many PCs--to stream audio wirelessly to the speaker. On the PC speaker side, Creative has the $130 Inspire S2 Bluetooth system, and now the company has bulked up its audio line with several Bluetooth-enabled iPod speaker options, including the ZiiSound D5, a higher-end model that retails for $300.

The nice thing … Read more

Adobe rides strong Creative Suite 5 sales

Adobe Systems, which is betting on a strong upgrade cycle for its Creative Suite, delivered solid second-quarter earnings and an upbeat outlook. The company added that sales of its latest Creative Suite should be strong through 2010 and into 2011 as large customers upgrade.

The company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $148.6 million, or 28 cents a share, on revenue of $943 million, up 34 percent from $704.7 million a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings were 44 cents a share. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 42 cents a share on revenue of $905 million.

In a statement, Adobe … Read more

Updated: Adobe CS5 Updater freezes Snow Leopard menu bar

After coming across this issue just the other day, it happened again. I opened my MacBook Pro running the newly installed CS5 and the Adobe Application Manager program had just run another update. It seems as though when a new update is found, a process within the status notification icon on the Snow Leopard menu bar freezes the rest of the icons on the bar. While logging out of the user or restarting still fixes this, it is not a permanent solution. Read past the break to see how to turn off the Adobe Application Manager menu bar notification icon.… Read more

Adobe issues Photoshop CS4 patch, urges users to update

Adobe's Photoshop Creative Suite 4 image-editing software has critical vulnerabilities that could let  hackers take control of Macs with the suite installed. Graham Cluley, a security researcher, said the security risk lies in infected ASL, ABR, and GRD files that can cause you to surrender control of your Mac to a remote hacker.… Read more

IBM Study: CEOs Say Creativity and Managing Complexity Are Vital Today

IBM has just released its fourth annual survey based on 1500 face-to-face interviews with global CEOs. Past studies have been rich sources of understanding the trends that company leaders are seeing shaping their businesses. The opening statement by IBM's own CEO, Samuel J. Palmisano, sets the stage for this year's study:

"[E]vents, threats and opportunities aren’t just coming at us faster or with less predictability; they are converging and influencing each other to create entirely unique situations. These firsts-of-their-kind developments require unprecedented degrees of creativity — which has become a more important leadership quality than attributes … Read more