Finally, all you graphically-inclined art buffs can rest easy (hey! that's me included!). The release date of not just Photoshop CS3, but the entire Creative Suite 3 has now been confirmed. A few weeks ago, it was mere speculation. Today though, AppleInsider fleshes out the details of the CS3 launch.

Adobe will have a global launch of their graphics package on March 27 at an event in New York, and it will be webcast live at 8:30 p.m., UK time. The software company has even mentioned that this special event will be "the largest software release in Adobe's 25-year history."

Upon release, Adobe will be offering a whole line of distinct bundles that will include various combinations of the specific software in their CS3 package. And, with Adobe's acquiring of Macromedia back in 2005, what we can expect in this third-gen CS is the replacement of GoLive and Image Ready by Dreamweaver CS3 and Fireworks CS3, respectively.

We've read it. And we can't believe it. There's a 28-page proposal to solve the problems posed by DRM and its limiting features, and even revenue and security solutions for the music rights holders. It was submitted by a New York intellectual property rights lawyer Bennett Lincoff to RIAA Chairman Mitch Bainwol and Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

In an open letter to Bainwol and Jobs, Lincoff honored Jobs for his views over the inefficiency of DRM to provide what the customers need. The technology only sorts what the record publishers would ask from it. People, who were enraged or dissatisfied at what DRM did do well, were quick to circumvent (or find circumventions) to rid themselves of the DRM limitations.

Lincoff suggested a whole new approach to the licensing issues. As he described it, the Internet just cannot accommodate "the music industry's traditional sales-based revenue model." Without an alternative business model, Bainwol cannot even begin to think about eliminating DRM anytime soon.

The proposal outlines a totally new approach to licensing music, and this time, it is a fair distribution of royalties. We mean fair, as in only those who actually contributed to the creation and publishing of the music actually get paid.

The entire system revolves around the current system established for public performance licensing. It's the system that allows or disallows certain musical performances from being played in certain territories. Should an artist decide to hold a concert in a certain country, any performance identical to those that will be done in the concert by the real artist will be prohibited.

It's a rather simple idea, but we found many complexities and difficulties in implementing it. Of course, if the music industry is really concerned in intellectual property rights and the satisfaction of their customers, the solution isn't far from reachable. Unfortunately, because the approach is new, it isn't tried and tested. Just like record companies DRM experiments, there is a possibility it could seriously fail.

Click the "Read" link below to hop over to the open letter. A link is provided there to see the proposal.

State Senator Carl Kreuger, a Democrat representing New York's 27th district in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn, has recently announced his plan to introduce legislation that would ban the use of electronic devices (iPods, BlackBerrys, cellphones, DS Lites, PSPs) while crossing streets in major cities.

Sen. Kreuger has claimed that the phenomenon of "iPod oblivion" has led to a number of fatal accidents on urban streets. While he did not cite any statistical studies that have indicated a rise in such incidents, he did refer to the January death of a 23-year-old Brooklyn man who, while tuned into his iPod headphones, walked into the path of a city bus.

The bill would basically make it illegal to use any kind of handheld device while crossing the street in major cities like New York, Albany, and Buffalo. Offenders would end up with a US$ 100 fine and a criminal court summons.

Joggers and other exercise buffs who like to pass the time listening to tunes while burning calories would have to limit their iPod use to city areas in which no street crossing would be involved.

While this proposed bill may infuriate handheld gamers, music loving exercise buffs, and Wall-Street BlackBerry addicts, Kreuger stands fully behind this bill, saying that tuning in and tuning out is a fatal combination on the streets of New York. CNET News reports that Kreuger said this in a statement:

You can't be fully aware of your surroundings if you're fiddling with a BlackBerry, dialing a phone number, playing Super Mario Brothers on a Game Boy, or listening to music on an iPod

We here at QJ would like recall George Carlin's view on children and "dangerous toys" and prefer to think of this "iPod oblivion" phenomenon as a passive form of eugenics: If you're too dumb to play your PSP while crossing a traffic-heavy street, then you're probably just too dumb.

Apple, the leader of providing consumer-designed technology to the industry, might want to rethink their future should co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs decide to step down. The news about Steve Jobs could have been responsible for the recent faked backdated options, which forced a 5.8% percent drop in Apple's stock. Apple director and former U. S. Vice President Al Gore stepped up to clear Steve Jobs of the allegations and brought back a miraculous 4.9% rise in stock.

His creativity, his closeness to the prospects and directions of the company and stockholder confidence in his leadership strengthens Apple's progress. Charlie Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Company Inc. in New York, believes that Apple's value might fall as much as a third of its current value if Jobs were to just suddenly leave.

The creativity Jobs possesses is unquestionable, as he has turned himself into a fashionista icon of technology over the past five years with the iPod and further solidifying his position with a new Apple mobile phone (no, not an "iPhone", sorry) that plays movies and music. He is also able to transform a conservative product introductions into high-profile media events, with celebrities such as U2's Bono and Kanye West.

Piper Jaffray's Munster said, "The biggest risk to Apple is not competition or markets or products. It's probably the reality that at some point Steve Jobs is going to leave. That's just the wild card that investors have to deal with."

Apple will then have to make a selection among the jeans-wearing executives who also imitate Job's words "cool," "awesome" and "revolutionary." But in our opinion, because the void that would be left behind would be quite vast to fill, the only way Apple could survive is if the one filling it equals or exceeds Jobs' qualities.

Now where can you find someone like that?

When the iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs in the concluded Macworld Conference and Expo, you might recall that Mr. Jobs took a call on the iPhone during his Keynote. The ringtone was one unique sound - something that could make you forget about the iPhone's price tag and its inability to use iTunes songs as your ringtone. It was unique and angelic, and a lot of people are clamoring for it.

Gizmodo reports that New York City musician, Andy Neesley has transcribed the ringtone so musically inclined people could play it on a piano or could even come up with a symphonic version of it. Cool idea...for now. But this ringtone is just going to be ordinary once people begin sporting their iPhones come June.

When will they ever learn that crime doesn't pay - not even for these robbers who managed to steal 39 iPods and several PS2 games in 15 second?

The amazing criminal act committed at a Target store in Utah baffled law enforcers with its world-record speed but was caught on tape by the store's surveillance cam. The incriminating video footage showed one of the suspects stuffing 39 iPods down his over-sized pair of pants before walking out of the store undetected.

Target's security department immediately sent out pictures of the three suspects, all from New York, to other stores including their Centerville branch where the suspects happened to be on the brink of another iPod heist. Unfortunately for the robbers, the iPod case at Centerfield proved to be too much of a challenge and the suspects were able to flee before the police arrived. But not before the store's security wrote down their license plate.

When the long arm of the law finally caught up with them, the trunk of their getaway car contained a bag full of iPods (worth about US$ 7,000) and PS2 games (about a few hundred dollars) and the oversized pair of pants (available free wherever reformed fashion victims throw out their out-of-fad clothes).

Had the police not caught up with the robbers, the group had plans of raiding every Target store in Utah, Nevada and possibly Arizona.

Wal-Mart says it wants to play nice with others. According to the New York Post, Wal-Mart warned Hollywood movie studios that it would fight against distribution of movies on iTunes, worried that Wal-Mart DVD sales would decline as a result. Earlier this year, an insider suggested that many of the "big box" stores, including Wal-Mart, had expressed deep concern when Disney started selling TV shows on iTunes.

Wal-Mart, however, says otherwise. They submitted a recent report saying that they were not trying to stop movie studios from using other forms of distribution, such as Apple iTunes. According to an insider who wished not to be identified, Wal-Mart has discovered that the demographics differ on consumers who download movies--typically single young males--versus buyers of DVDs, and as a result now see no threat to their in-store DVD sales.

Downloads of movies from iTunes has produced $1 million in revenue in their first week of sales, according to Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger. iTunes, according to Iger, has not lowered TV viewership or DVD retail sales.

After all, they both went through the same "humble beginnings."

Here's an evangelist who's so hell-bent (pardon the pun) on getting Apple computer founder Steve Jobs to "need" Jesus, and eventually accept him. How fixated is this man? Well, he even distributed this evangelical tract to help Jobs realize he should be humble enough to accept Jesus.

The image you see is the tract that has been circulating all over New York's subway system, which is relatively close to Steve Jobs' home in California. The author of this one is Rich Robinson from Jews for Jesus. And yeah, he's really going all-out to convert the iPod guy to a believer.

Let's see how far Robinson gets.

Is there an MS iPod Killer or isn't there? That's the question. Recently Reuters cited deep throats close to MS claiming the company has plans of selling its antidote to the iPod epidemic by Christmas. Well, Microsoft said reports of its mysterious MP3 music and video player are based on "speculation and rumours." This despite unnamed music industry execs squealed to the New York Times that they have received briefings about the product.

If such a product exist, the iPod rival is said to have wireless internet capabilities for downloading music without a PC. Why does MS need an iPod Killer in the first place? Nate Elliott, a digital home analyst at Jupiter Research, said it was out of  frustration because "Microsoft... have made no significant headway into Apple's dominance of the market." Elliot added that if MS wants its software to be the dominant music platform it needs to get a product out in the market ASAP. "Microsoft is not a hardware company but they have shown that when they really want to make a success of something they are willing to do it themselves...example is the Xbox."

Elliott also said Microsoft would have a challenge breaking Apple's hold on the market.

Apple has recently added a brand new section to their site called Pro. Pro, gives us a glimpse on how movers and shakers in the fields of design, photography, music, film, motion and graphics are using Apple products to break away from conventions and ultimately redefine the way that they create.

Featured on the website are three videos from UK-based Universal Everything and Airside with 2x4 in New York. Get to know people who have made it and paved the way for young bloods in the industry of design.

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