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The Morning Reboot:
- Adobe announced today that it will release the full Portable Document Format (PDF) specification in hopes that the format will be ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Perhaps not coincidentally, Microsoft Office 2007, which hits retail shelves tomorrow, includes a new file format XPS which aims to dethrone PDF as the de-facto standard.
- YouTube's Chad Hurley hints that YouTube will begin sharing advertising revenue with users (video) who contribute to the site. Speaking at the at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Hurley said the system would launch in a “couple of months.”
- Google's Sergey Brin recently admitted that agreeing to China's censorship was, “on a business level… a net negative.” Brin says the move has hurt Google's reputation in the U.S. and Europe. The half-hearted apology probably hasn't helped either since Brin implies that the problem isn't the censorship itself, but the reaction to it.
- Adobe has announced the official release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom which will arrive in stores on February 19th. Contrary to what the name might imply, Lightroom is not part of the Photoshop suite and will remain a standalone program. Lightroom 1.0 will be $300 though there is a introductory special of $200 if you purchase before April 30.
- Fake Finder is a new torrent search the lists fake torrents uploaded by the MPAA and RIAA. The torrents are supposedly used to entrap downloaders, but it's doubtful whether such tactics would actually hold up in a court of law. [via TorrentFreak]
