New & Noteworthy: Schiller at Seybold; PowerPC
Schiller at Seybold The Key3Media Group has announced its speaker line-up for the Seybold Seminars publishing conference, which will be held in San Francisco from September 9-12 at the Moscone Center. On the roster are Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, and Shantanu Nayaren, executive vice president of worldwide products at Adobe. Keynote presentations are free to all Seybold attendees. More.
PowerPC Assembly IBM software developer Hollis Blanchard has written an article detailing the basics of assembly programming for the PowerPC. The guide includes an introduction to the PowerPC architecture, real-world code examples, and pointers to other sources of information "This good-natured, common-sense approach to a tricky subject will give you a good grounding in what's considered by many to be an exotic and esoteric skill." More.
CorelDRAW 11 ships The CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 is now available on store shelves across North America. Priced at US $250 for an upgrade and $530 for a full version, the new product compilation consists of CorelDRAW 11, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 11 and Corel R.A.V.E. 2. Meanwhile, a ZDNN article notes that Corel is attempting to target Microsoft customers alienated by the company's new subscription licensing plan. More.
Notebook shipments up CNET reports that worldwide notebook shipments grew 6.1 percent in the quarter, compared with the same period last year. Overall PC shipments worldwide declined by nearly 1 percent in the same period, according to a new report by market researcher Gartner. Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard, which completed its merger with Compaq Computer in May, essentially tied for the No. 1 spot. More.
