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15th December 2006

Swivel

“We built Swivel because we wanted a Web site for data. Like many business folks, we had spent a bunch of time editing spreadsheets, reading other people’s spreadsheets and emailing spreadsheets back and forth. We had learned a bunch of macros, shortcuts and tricks for editing data. However, when it came time to share data with other people — so they could explore the data themselves — it was … less good. We, unfortunately, had to freeze the data in the form of a document or presentation because only other power users could really go nuts exploring the data.”

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15th December 2006

Adobe Releases Beta Version of Photoshop CS3

“Adobe Systems Incorporated will introduce a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging, on Friday, December 15th. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apple’s new Intel-based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista computers. The final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 is planned for Spring 2007.”

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