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Dec. 2, 2005 - Adobe Systems Inc. expects its acquisition of Macromedia Inc. to close on Saturday, the company said Thursday.

The deal was announced in April this year but required clearance from shareholders and regulators before it could reach completion. The relevant clearances either have been received or will be received to complete the deal on Saturday, the company said.

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By Victor Keegan, Mail & Guardian online

There are more photographs around than ever before and, thanks to the growth of digital photography and cameraphones, there may well be more photos taken this year than in the whole of history. But how many will still be there 50 years hence.

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By BEN DOBBIN, AP Business Writer

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Nov 10, 2005 — For the fourth straight quarter, Eastman Kodak Co. retained its lead over Japanese rivals Canon Inc. and Sony Corp. in the U.S. digital-camera market.

In the July-to-September period, digital camera shipments to domestic retailers rose nearly 13 percent to 5.6 million from 5 million a year earlier, research firm IDC of Framingham, Mass., reported Thursday.

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Young Kodak engineer said it seemed “a little bit revolutionary.”

By BEN DOBBIN, The Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Steven Sasson knew right away in December 1975 that his 8-pound, toaster-size contraption, which captured a blackand-white image on a digital cassette tape at a resolution of .01 megapixels, “was a little bit revolutionary.”

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PARIS (AFP) - US astronomers said they had pinpointed the moment and location when one of the most famous landscape pictures in photographic history was taken. “Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point,” taken by Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park, is a thrilling view of the American West, featuring a waxing Moon rising over dark, ice-tinged peaks.

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By BEN DOBBIN, AP Business Writer

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it is cutting as many as 10,000 more jobs as the company that turned picture-taking into a hobby for the masses navigates a tough transition from film to digital photography.

The lightning transition to a world without film is forcing an extreme makeover at the world’s biggest maker of the product and coincided with the disclosure of a second-quarter loss. The company’s shares dipped more than 2 percent.

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By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer

Among the more striking photos appearing online after Thursday’s coordinated London explosions was one of a double-decker bus, its front intact but its sides and top ripped open. The image, on the BBC’s Web site, came not from a staff photographer but from an amateur who happened on the scene with a digital camera.

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Photographer Joe Patronite has bagged shot after spectacular shot of the cycling star in victory after victory

By Doug Kreutz, ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Joe Patronite has the drill down pat: Fly to France and train a lens on a legend named Lance.

His photos of cycling superstar Lance Armstrong - churning to victory after victory in the Tour de France - have won lavish display in magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Outside. They’ve also been used in advertising for Trek bicycles, Subaru cars and other products.

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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer

Charlie Morgan says that if it weren’t for digital photography, he wouldn’t have a bustling business that specializes in publicity shots for musicians. That’s because Morgan - perhaps being a bit modest - says he’s not a very good photographer. He relies on Photoshop editing software to make his work look sharp.

But digital sometimes presents a puzzling problem.

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