Most companies never allow you to see what’s going on behind the wizard’s curtain. Adobe isn’t one of those. Welcome to Adobe’s Advanced Technology Labs: your opportunity to learn what their R&D department has been up to:

Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 is hosting a series of live design events on Friday afternoons, titled "Layer Tennis". Two players compete by swapping a file back and forth in real-time for 15-minute "volleys", adding to and embellishing the work. After 10 volleys, the match is complete. Sign up to judge and help declare the winners.

Two years in the making, Creative Cloud now offers Adobe’s creative software for download to your desktop—the entire CS6 collection and more...