Helmut Granda

KeepMeOut is a site with an interesting concept. Basically the site allows you to block yoursef from sites you specify for short periods of time.
PROS:

Gate keeper for short periods of time
Time tracker

CONS

You have to create a bookmark for every site you want to “block”
If you use multiple browsers you have to manually sync your bookmarks [...]

The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIRâ„¢ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices, including phones, mobile internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes.
Adobe [...]

Bill Gates offers some insight on their rationale behind trying to acquire Yahoo… and everyone is talking about that. What i found more interesting is their approach to provide their software for free to students. Now that is a move that I believe it is going to help them greatly. If you are a student [...]

New stage rendering core in Flash 10
* Live video playing in author time (meaning you don’t have to compile your movie to see how your video will be displayed)
* New timeline, similar to After Effects (or Director as some people have pointed this out)
* No more keyframes
* Transfer objects between Tweens.
* Bones
* Runtime Inverse Kinematics
* [...]

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From Ryko:

After I had a little chat with Darron Schall a few days back, I’ve
been working on bringing the Screenweaver 3 code base up to date: I’ve
decided to release it open source.
Under the same licence (GNU GPL) I will also release a new development
effort called Screenweaver Core. Read more about it here.
I’ll need about one [...]

Photoshop CS2 Coming out…
Adobe is exploring offering two versions of Photoshop CS3, a Standard version and a Premium version. According to one plan under consideration, some principle new features, such as Camera Raw 4, would be available to both versions, while other functionality, such as Vanishing Point 2, would be available with more advanced options [...]

2 of the major coorporations in the design world have joined forces. Personally I dont like the idea but there must be a good reason why this was done.
Find out more:
News from Times Online
News From Adobe – Macromedia