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Flash Wars: Adobe Fights for AIR with the Open Screen Project [Part 3 of 3]

Flash has plenty of enemies and obstacles, but it also enjoys wide deployment and familiarity. Two areas where Flash can offer real value is in displaying and packaging video on the web, and in serving as a Java replacement for developing applets. Here's a look at how Adobe is working to defend its strengths in the face of competition, and how its efforts to open the Flash specification in the Open Screen Project play into these efforts.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

Flash Wars: The Many Enemies and Obstacles of Flash [Part 2 of 3]

While widely deployed as a web plugin and among the few web technologies that have become a household word, Adobe's Flash has more than a few substantial enemies that would like to see it replaced, cloned, or erased.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

Flash Wars: Adobe in the History and Future of Flash [Part 1 of 3]

Pitted against Microsoft's efforts to crush Flash using its own copycat Silverlight platform, open source projects seeking to duplicate Flash for free, and Apple's efforts to create a mobile platform wholly free of any trace of Flash, Adobe has scrambled to announce efforts to make Flash a public specification in the Open Screen Project.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

Adobe: 64-bit Mac Creative Suite apps won't happen till v5.0

Adobe's plans to deliver 64-bit Photoshop support as part of the upcoming release of its Creative Suite 4.0 software bundle for Windows PCs, but Mac users will have to wait till version 5.0 to see the same treatment.

Slash Lane | 16 years ago

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Piper on iPhone shortage as update sign; Acrobat 9 for Mac soon

An investment note by Piper Jaffray calls the new iPhone shortage a sign of an impending new model. Also, Adobe will soon announce the next major version of Acrobat with new features, Sprint and Samsung have unleashed a direct iPhone rival, and a new report says Hon Hai will produce 10 million new iPhones.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

Dutch, Mexican iPhone rumors; Mac hacked in contest; more

Two independent reports claim to know when the iPhone will be available in Mexico and the Netherlands. Also, a report says Cirrus Logic has likely been tapped for the audio in future iPods, an inside job at an Apple store briefly stole 332 iPhones, Adobe released Photoshop Express, and a MacBook Air was first to fall in a major hacking contest.

Katie Marsal | 16 years ago

Adobe begins work on Flash player for iPhone

Adobe has started development of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhone, company chief executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

Steve Jobs pans Flash on the iPhone

Over the last year, many observers have wondered when Apple would deliver Adobe Flash support on the iPhone. At the company's shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Steve Jobs made comments that indicate that support isn't coming anytime soon, thanks to architectural limitations in Flash itself. A full explanation of those limitations follow.

Prince McLean | 16 years ago

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Adobe unveils Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac

Ahead of next week's Macworld Expo, Adobe announced that its long-awaited Photoshop Elements 6 software for the Mac is now available for pre-order through the company's website.

AppleInsider Staff | 16 years ago

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German court re-locks iPhone; Adobe's Flash 9 with H.264 support

A German court on Tuesday overturned a temporary injunction against T-Mobile which had order the wireless carrier to offer Apple's iPhone to customers unlocked and without a service contract. Meanwhile, Adobe has released a new version of Flash 9 that includes H.264 high-definition video support.

AppleInsider Staff | 17 years ago