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Adobe have just released a significant update for the their Presenter 7 software moving it up to version 7.0.5. It is the third update to Presenter 7. This update addresses a number of issues, and provides a number of enhancements across the entire product. Some of the areas this update addresses include: PowerPoint conversion, audio editing, inserting flash and video content, and quizzing, just to name a few.

If you own Presenter 7 software, we highly recommend that you upgrade your software as there are about 50 resolved issues and more than 10 enhancements. Updating is really easy, all you need to do is go into the Presenter software and go to the automatic product update system (Adobe Presenter help-> updates). Otherwise you can visit the Adobe Presenter product update page, which has a file ready for download and installation – its only 4.4MB so you will have it in no time.

A full list of resolved issues and enhancements are available online.

A packed venue with plenty of attendees, and IT companies both big and small,  is what greeted the webqem team when they turned up to the Online Retailer Expo and Conference 2009. Huge companies such as IBM & eBay stood next door to our webqem stand, but failed to scare the brilliant webqem team! Almost 3000 people attended, making the Online Retailer the second largest eCommerce retailing event IN THE WORLD, second only to the giant Internet Retailer event held annually in the US.

The webqem stand was constantly swamped with attendees that were attracted by the allure of a spinning ski boot! Attendees showed high interest in all of webqem’s services – web design & development, software, training, and Connect Pro. One service, in particular, stood out from the bunch, the  new single source imaging engine – Maxoom. webqem is likely to exhibit at next years event as the two days were very successful and most enjoyable.

For all the photographers out there, there are some great eSeminars coming up for September.There are a wide range of topics for the beginners and the advanced. All of Adobe’s photography software are covered: Photoshop, Lightroom & Photoshop Elements. Best of all they’re free! All you need to do is register. If you still need more training, there is always webqem‘s Photoshop training course.

Septemeber eSeminar Photography topics:

• Introducing LightRoom & ‘The Five Rules’. 7th Sept
• Lightroom’s Powerful Digital Asset Management Features. 14 Sept
• Fast Raw Workflow Techniques – PART 2. 21st Sept
• Professional photo galleries with Photoshop, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements. 28th Sept

It has been more than 2 years now since Adobe ColdFusion 8 was released. Now, it seems like ColdFusion 9 is just around the corner, as Adobe has made a download of the Beta available for download for the public.

ColdFusion 9 will allow developers to utilize a whole heap of better tools; from greater integration with the Adobe® Flash® Platform, to a complete system of integrated tools, frameworks, to content and video that runs consistently across operating systems and devices. As a result of these great new features, developers and IT professionals have an easier path for creating rich user interfaces for their enterprise applications and to integrate across their existing technologies – which is pretty cool!

The webqem team is very excited to finally get their hands on the beta. Click here for the full report from Adobe (the download is at the bottom of the article).

For the August ACUGA meeting, we were joined by Terry Shane – the President and founder of Refined Data Solutions. Terry showed us the synchronization and automation that can occur between two completely different systems: Adobe Connect Pro and Moodle. Terry’s company has developed a level of integration between the two systems that is “unmatched”. It is so well integrated, that students would never see the Connect system, only the Moodle interface.

The two systems work so well together, it must be magic! No, its just a great piece of technology that has enabled the two systems to work together. For more details check out the recording, or click on the image.

Building studies and virtual classrooms? You would not think they go together. However, a keen teacher from Armidale TAFE in NSW, has managed to successfully put the two together with the use of Adobe’s Connect Pro. Graeme Wilton regularly uses Connect Pro to teach his teach his Certificate IV in Building Studies course to a range of distance education students in North-West NSW. His students “absolutely love it”.  He says that “It’s added an enthusiasm that I haven’t seen for a while, but I must say that part of that would come from me because I’m a little ‘g-ed’ up about the whole thing too,” he laughs.

This is another Connect Pro success story that the webqem team was instrumental in – Good work team! You can read the full report here.

webqem has launched the new LUMIX Life website, the latest competition from Panasonic Australia.

The purpose of the site is to bring together the worldwide LUMIX community, in a celebration of photography, culminating in 50 of the best online exhibitions being selected to appear at Global Gallery in Paddington, Sydney, Australia.

The new site was custom built using Flash, ColdFusion and SlideShowPro with kudos to the design team for coming up with a stunning new logo and colour scheme.

Check out the best in amateur and celebrity photography from LUMIX at www.lumixlife.com.au and, if your’e passionate, consider joining the Panasonic Australia LUMIX Flickr group.

webqem has launched the new aimbooks online bookstore, providing a comprehensive online shopping experience for business and management books.

The new site is a customised X-Cart shopping cart written in PHP, replacing an old ASP site. The online payment processing is provided by PayCorp, including MasterCard and Visacard.

The site currently has over 500 books available online, organised by multiple levels of categories, including Best Sellers, New Releases and Essential Reading.

The home page features the Book of the Month, and other promotions, all easily maintained through the menu-driven backend administration system.

Australian Institute of Management (AIM) NSW & ACT members receive a 10% discount off the listed price.

The Adobe Flex 4 framework is currently in a Public Beta stage and is a fairly significant reworking of how a lot of the layout / component bits work. The August 2009 issue of the Adobe Edge newsletter features a great article summarising the custom component changes and is worth a read if you want to develop your understanding of what’s new.

Acrobat.com Tables is the latest addition to the feature-packed acrobat.com website. Tables provides a better way to work with others on data and information — such as task lists, schedules, contacts, sales numbers, etc. — that are typically created and shared in spreadsheets or simple databases.

Built on the Adobe® Flash® Platform, Acrobat.com Tables looks and behaves like a desktop application but operates inside your web browser. It is easy enough to use, as the user interface looks very familiar – anyone who has used Microsoft Excel (almost everyone has) will feel at home. Best of all, its free to use! So check it out as well as the other cool applications that Acrobat.com provides.