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Corel Corporation and Wilcom International today announced the immediate availability of Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5,a powerful graphics and embroidery software that enables users to easily produce multi-decoration pieces using screen, embroidery, laser etching, rhinestone, laser cutting, and other techniques

Ottawa – Corel Corporation, and Wilcom International of Sydney, AU today announced the immediate availability of Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5, a powerful graphics and embroidery software that enables users to easily produce multi-decoration pieces using screen, embroidery, laser etching, rhinestone, laser cutting, and other techniques.

Combining CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 with Wilcom’s innovative stitch processor, lettering, monogramming and appliqué tools, Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 enables users to effortlessly combine embroidery and print, moving seamlessly between vector art and embroidery elements while keeping everything in one file for production purposes. Read the rest of this entry »

Experience the business behind the magic as The Disney Institute and Mount Royal Continuing Education offer a one-day seminar highlighting the importance of innovation and creativity in the workplace

Calgary – Mount Royal College Continuing Education invites you to discover for yourself how organizational creativity can give you the competitive edge in today’s changing business world. As The Disney Institute brings its world-renowned brand of professional development to the Faculty of Continuing Education & Extension. Learn how to create a climate of creativity and everyday innovation through Team Creativity – Disney Style. This one-day, 6-hour programme takes place on Feb. 18, 2009 with a registration fee of $399.00 +GST. Visit the Mount Royal site to register for this programme.

Through Disney Institute you will discover how to:

* Foster a collaborative environment that draws on the creative resources of your entire organization

* Establish systems that help your leaders make decisions about new ideas

* Focus your employees’ creativity on the goals of your organization

* Improve productivity by implementing new ideas generated in the creative process

Corridor for Advancing Canadian Digital Media’ will be Canada’s largest concentration of digital media R&D and commercialization expertise

Waterloo ON – Communitech and the Stratford Institute of the University of Waterloo have been awarded $10.7 million from the Minister of State (Science and Technology) to establish the Corridor for Advancing Canadian Digital Media (CACDM), which will focus on commercialization and research.

The digital media sector is one of the fastest growing industries in the knowledge economy, expected to reach US$2.2 trillion worldwide in the next five years. Digital media is created by using visual images and video, as well as sound and user interaction software, to communicate and use information from large data sources.

The CACDM, which will provide a common space for the corporate and academic communities to come together around digital media, will have hubs in Kitchener and Stratford, ON:
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