Newsbytes: Sony xQD faster than CF, Corel eats some Avid, etc, etc

No new camera announcements today so far, but it wasn't a completely quiet day either! Here are some of today's newsy happenings:

+ Sony announces new 168MB/sec XQD S memory cards than claim to beat the fastest Compact Flash - via Galbraith and ephotozine and dpnow and Sony.eu

+ Corel continues the buying spree, they have now purchased AVID's consumer video editing products including AVID Studio and Pinnacle Stdio - via Photography Blog

+ Pentax will distribute Ricoh cameras in the UK as well - via Photography Blog

+ new Thumbs Up accessory for the Fuji X-Pro1 via Sans Miroir

+ Adobe posted hardware recommendations for CS6 in 1-page PDF via Galbraith