New looks for Media 100 and After Effects

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Data Translation's Media 100 nonlinear editing system and Adobe's After Effects video effects package both add a degree of professionalism to Macintosh video editing. Media 100 is available as a single PCI card, and offers more real-time effects and new software. The After Effects package offers streamlined compositing features, and supports Illustrator files. A new production bundle is included for professionals. The Vincent PCI board, included with Media 100, offers S-video or component video capture with image quality of up to 150KB per frame, and real-time mixing of up to eight tracks. The new real-time audio mixing software eliminates the need for rendering, and several new accelerated affects are included. After Effects is now available in two different versions, including an entry-level system for those who do not require the higher-end film and video features.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Product information, Software single product review, Adobe Systems Inc., ADBE, Hardware single product review, Video processing equipment, Video capture boards, Desktop video software, Data Translation Inc., After Effects (Desktop video software), DATX, Data Translation Media 100 (Video processing equipment)

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Name game: changing the rules of the domain

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was established in Oct 1998 with an international board to take over from the US government-backed Network Solutions (NSI) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) the task of managing Internet domain names. Under the new organization, NSI will no longer have a monopoly on Internet name registration services. IANA/ICANN and NSI are required to choose several new companies that will handle domain name registration, in addition to NSI. The breakup of the NSI monopoly on this service will lead to better service and lower registration prices. Both IANA and NSI will stay out of the thorny trademark ownership issue, however. Furthermore, since Internet business is global, there is a need for a central mechanism to maintain order in the area of assigning domains worldwide.

Telegraph & other communications, Specialized Telecom Services, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Editorial, Services, Internet services, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Domain names, Internet/Web technology, Network Solutions Inc. (Herndon, Virginia), NSOL, Internet address/domain name

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The demise of the sneaker net

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Video and multimedia applications continually outstrip available throughput and storage capacity, forcing harried knowledge-workers to shuttle removable drives back and forth by hand. At long last, major storage-vendors are developing products tailored for the multimedia markets. While Fibre Channel products appear to be in the lead, serial storage architecture (SSA) has an able champion in Pathlight Technology. Both standards offer high throughput and long cabling distances. While Fibre Channel supports 100MBps half-duplex and 200MBps full-duplex links, SSA networks typically support 40MBps or 80MBps bandwidth. However, the number of SSA nodes multiples the total throughput. SSA costs about $1,800 per seat while Fibre Channel costs about $3,000 per seat; however, those prices are expected to plummet in 1998.

Column, Technology overview, Local area networks, LAN, Communications protocols, Transmission speed

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