Sanyo on Thursday introduced the Xacti HD1a, a compact digital media camera that records both still pictures and digital video. It does it all onto an SD flash memory card. The Xacti HD1a is coming in September for $699.99.

The 16:9 still image mode grabs 3.8 megapixel images in the same wide-screen format as the Xacti HD1's digital videos.

Adobe ships InDesign, After Effects, InCopy updates

Adobe today released several updates to its software applications for professionals, including After Effects, InDesign, and InCopy. The Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional software 8.0.2 update provides Panasonic P2 format support, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard compatibility fixes, Mac OpenGL support for supported video cards under Mac OS X v10.4.10 and v10.5, and other important fixes. The update for its professional video editing solution is 106.3MB and is available online. Adobe also noted that the Adobe InCopy CS3 5.02 update, for its provides key fixes in the areas of character alignment, undo and redo, text and fonts, dictionaries, import/export graphics, and others; the installer includes fixes from all previously released InCopy CS3 5.0.x updates (and previous InCopy CS3 5.0.x updates are no longer available separately.

Madonna set to tour Down Under, adopt another child

She was, however, happy to talk about her pride at her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next week. "It's 25 years of writing, producing and recording," she said. "That's a long time to do a job well, I might add. "So, yeah - it's a great sense of accomplishment." The Sunday Telegraph was given an exclusive preview of her new album - and it certainly signals a new hip-hop-driven direction for the singer. She collaborated with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams. The first single, Four Minutes (To Save The World) hits radio this month. "I'm very anxious and nervous and hopeful that people will like it," she said. She is also releasing a feature film (Filth And Wisdom) and a documentary (I Am Because We Are), which tells the story of her adoption of son David Banda from Malawi.

Aishwarya Rai's marriage mantra

Though she will act next in Sriram Raghavan's film with John Abraham, family is her top priority now. "I can't say I worked less because I got married. I completed Jodhaa Akbar, Sarkar Raj and The Pink Pather last year. That can't be said less," she says. .

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Stocks Fall on Bleak Corporate Forecasts

Shares of Airbus' parent company surged Monday after the French planemaker snatched a $40 billion U.S. Air Force contract from its American rival, the Boeing Co. European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and its U.S. partner, Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman, won the contract to build military refueling planes Friday, one of the biggest Pentagon contracts in decades. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) .

late night television

With most hit scripted series in reruns and “American Idol" still in the semifinals, late-night television has received more buzz than usual over the past two months. First there was the curiosity over the writer-less return of all but two late-night talkers, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. Then came Jon Stewart's Oscar hosting gig, Jimmy Kimmel's viral video standoff with girlfriend Sarah Silverman (“I'm F*%^ing Matt Damon") and, most recently, rumors that Jay Leno could be headed to Fox, ABC or syndication when his contract with NBC runs out next year. All the talk may be fueling increased viewership among young people. Although household ratings for most late-night television shows have remained about even to prestrike levels following a brief bump when they returned from a two-month hiatus in January, late-night TV usage among adults 18-34 has actually risen.