Next week is the big show: the National Association of Broadcasters' annual exhibition and conference in Las Vegas kicks off April 14, and every video software and hardware company will be on hand, eager to meet customers new and old. Just in time to land on laptops before everyone packs up for their flights, Apple has updated the Final Cut Pro X suite. The three apps of the FCP X family (Final Cut Pro, Compressor and Motion) are all revved, with plenty of changes: Motion -- v5.0.3 update improves overall stability and performance, including improved loading time for projects, text editing in the Canvas and other fixes Compressor -- v4.0.3 update adds functionality and improves overall performance, including allowing the app to run as an encoding node on a headless (no monitor) Mac, exporting when logged in as an Open Directory user, improved encoding of mp4 and AVI files, and other fixes Final Cut Pro -- v10.0.4 improves stability, performance and compatibility including better image quality and responsiveness of broadcast monitoring using PCIe and Thunderbolt devices, improved performance of multicam syncing and editing, and more

Barnes & Noble’s previous-generation Nook slate is getting an update beginning today that will add a number of features from the new Nook Tablet to the device. “Among the new features, NOOK Color v1.4.1 now offers access to streaming popular movies and TV shows through Netflix, comics and graphic novels, new PagePerfect NOOK Books, reading NOOK Books in portrait and landscape modes, and many other enhancements through-out the device,” Barnes & Noble said.