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DON’T MISS ADOBE MAX 2009

4-7 October, Los Angeles, California

In the middle of a technology revolution fuelled by social computing, cloud computing and the explosion in rich content experiences, designing is becoming far more complex. For four unforgettable days this October, MAX 2009 will bring together thousands of designers, developers and decision makers to shape the future and help you learn how you can participate in creating these next-generation experiences.

Join the industry’s leading developers, designers and decision-makers at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE for MAX networking events – and choose from more than 200 sessions and 100 labs. Explore the latest trends, techniques and technologies in the Adobe Flash Platform, as well as your favourite tools from Adobe Creative Suite for design, web and video. It’s an event not to be missed!

Benefits for designers
At MAX 2009, you will:
• Dive into the art and science of creating expressive content and applications that run consistently across screens
• Learn new ways to adapt your skills to a changing world of design and content delivery
• Network with other designers who are already pushing the boundaries of what’s possible
• Improve your skills on the latest tools available, plus get sneak peeks of upcoming products that will help make your work more efficient and productive
• Learn how to get to market faster through workflows that help you collaborate with your clients and developer counterparts

Special pricing for European attendees
Register now for the best chance to secure your seat in popular sessions and labs. What’s more, as a European attendee you can get US$400 off the regular price of a full conference pass if you secure your place before 5pm PDT on October 7, 2009. Enter promotion code EMA931 to ensure your discount.*

Use the online catalog to browse the full list of sessions and labs.

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“Max is a great place for designers to ignite their creative fires, bump up productivity and network with the best and the brightest.”
(Russell Brown, Sr. creative director at Adobe)

*The US$400 discount applies to an Adobe MAX full conference pass fee of US$1,495 only for Adobe international attendees and expires at 5pm PDT on October 7, 2009. This offer is not transferable and is valid only for the intended e-mail recipient. This offer is void where prohibited and cannot be combined with any other offer, including but not limited to the government, education, and nonprofit discounts. Please visit http://max.adobe.com/registration/fees

THE NEW TIMES READER 2.0.

Welcome to the future. Your newspaper is here.

It’s beautiful. It’s simple. And it delivers the entire day’s Times in seconds. Now you can carry the most insightful journalism with you wherever you go – without needing an Internet connection.

The New York Times Reader application also works offline.You can store up to 7 issues of the New York Times on your machine and read them anytime you want. For example, you can download the application now and start reading yesterday’s issue of the paper.The crossword puzzle also works offline and remembers your progress.

The application utilises the new Text Layout Framework available in Flash Player 10 and AIR 1.5, so it can do much cleaner text display than a regular web page. The page is dynamically formatted specifically for your screen size.If you have a large screen, you get more columns and larger pictures.If you have a smaller screen, it compensates very nicely with fewer columns and smaller images. Download it and view some news and re-size the page a few times. You’ll be amazed.

TimesReader is built on Adobe AIR so it is compatible with Mac OS, Windows or Linux. It is portable. And it’s ready to deliver you the best journalism in the world.

And one last thing. Don’t forget to check out the crossword puzzle – that has some truly interesting features of its own.

Download your copy of Times Reader 2.0 today and play the demo.