New Packaging for Windows Vista and 2007 Office System Announced
"With Windows Vista and 2007 Office system, we didn't just redesign the software packages themselves, but are also introducing new packaging for the two products... Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that’s designed to protect the software inside for life-long use."
These appear to still be renderings, and no specifics on dimensions or materials. I'll be interested to see this form factor in person.
But 23,000 readers isn't enough. We want millions of people to read the book. So today we introduce two new flavors that make the content even more accessible. And, in one case, completely free."
flashmagazine.com: "Robert Scoble has an interesting post on what he calls the 'Microsoft and Adobe developer/designer death match'. This is definetly an exaggeration but he is right to some degree. There will be a battle of some sorts and Microsoft just started it. Is Adobe well prepared?" 'nuff said, worth a read.
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As designers and illustrators, we are in a unique position in that we are involved at the start of the product design and advertising processes. We create ideas to make products sell better, to express our client's message, and we even create products themselves. We also carry our ideas through the production phase -- from paint on paper, to laying out the text in books, to designing the dies for packaging, to overseeing print runs. Our decisions at the production level often stick."
"Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online fraud and improving ease of use...
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"From CNET headquarters in San Francisco: Hear from Jensen Harris, lead program manager of the Office User Experience Team, about how Microsoft tested its users to come up with a perfected UI experience..."
