Apple set to upgrade App store

Apple is revamping its App store to coincide with the roll-out of the iPad, reports Digital Media.

In a job ad, Apple revealed it was looking for an editorial programmer to manage the content management system (CMS) as part of an upgrade to the App store.

With the number of applications on Apple's app store heading rapidly towards 200 000, application discovery is going to be increasingly important in driving application downloads and purchases.

Microsoft has signed a Joomla deal to build an open source content management system, says Open Source Magazine.

Microsoft's MySQL-based open source CMS will be used to create and manage Web sites that let add-ons be plugged in, including blogs, wikis, document management and image galleries.

The deal is expected to open up more opportunities for Joomla.

Channel Ten has completed a $65 million, three-year infrastructure programme to implement digital content and media asset management systems allowing easier file sharing and viewing of content, states ZDNet.

Virtz subsidiary Ardendo, a software vendor specialising in media content management, provided the software for Channel Ten, in a contract worth over $6 million.

Next for Channel Ten is a project that will allow digitised content to be transferred internationally from the US.