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App store riches Flash in the pan?
News Adobe hopes Flash's multiple platform support will attract mobile developers eyeing app store monetization, but it's no foolproof plan, notes analyst.
Tags: Development/design, Software engineering/development, Adobe Systems Inc., Ovum, App, Smart Phone, Rich Media, Developer, analyst, Internet company
Opera: Web standards could eclipse Flash
News Chief executive Jon von Tetzchner says HTML 5 means Adobe's ubiquitous Flash platform will no longer be necessary for delivering rich media.
Tags: Web browsers, Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Media, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards, API, multimedia
Adobe: Time to step up security plate?
Insight From a security perspective, Adobe looks an awful lot like Microsoft did back when Windows was getting blasted by viruses and vulnerabilities and before Redmond beefed up its defenses.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, PC security, Data security, Business applications, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, patch management
M'sians love rich media but...
Blogs Malaysia's broadband penetration rate may only be 18 percent but that doesn't mean Malaysians are unsophisticated users ...
Adobe open sources Flash platforms
News Company on Tuesday makes two of its Flash player platforms open source, but its core technologies remain proprietary.
Tags: Business applications, Multimedia, Open source, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Media, Akamai Technologies Inc., Web Application, Microsoft .NET, Mono
Skyfire mobile browser comes out of beta
News The first full version of the browser, which can easily display Flash and Silverlight video, has been released for use on mobile phones.
Tags: Browser, Twitter, RSS, Mobile, Rich Media, Web Browser, Beta, Facebook, industry, Web
Microsoft aims for Silverlight at end of the tunnel
News Software maker concedes it has a long way to go to reach the ubiquity of Adobe's Flash, but notes it has come a long way in a little less than two years.
Tags: Software, Web services, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Media, Video, Internet Video, 1080p, Software, phone
Microsoft and Novell: Relationship 'exceeding expectations'
News Microsoft has sold US$220 million worth of subscription for Novell after just three years into the five-year deal, say companies' representatives.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., IP, Novell Inc., Sales, SuSE, SuSE Linux
Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish
News Deal for Internet ad agency includes agreement to buy display and search advertising from Microsoft for five years.
Tags: Search, Marketing communications, Razorfish, Publicis Groupe S.A., Acquisition, agency, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advertisement, Internet advertising
Report: Microsoft to cut Razorfish loose
News The tech titan is reportedly looking for a buyer for its Internet ad agency, which it acquired in 2007 as part of its US$6 billion Aquantive takeover.
Tags: Advertising, Advertisement, Financial Times, agency, aQuantive Inc., Advertising, Disney Corp.
HTML 5 drops open source video codec
News The next version of the Web-coding language will specify neither H.264 nor Ogg Theora as its native video codec, due to a lack of agreement between browser makers.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Web services, Vendor selection, Apple Inc., Patent, Google Inc., Video, font, video codec
Mobile marketing takes off in India
News The reach to more than 330 million mobile subscribers in the country makes the platform a significant means for targeted advertising there.
Tags: Advertising, Mobile/Wireless, Communications, Mobile, India, Telecommunications, Cell Phone, Mobile Advertising, Advertisement, phone
Opera: Single-minded about widget development
Insight newsmaker Browser company believes that a single standard for widgets will stop Web users from being locked into one product, according to chief executive Jon von Tetzchner.
Tags: Standards, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards
Intel rallies Thai broadband industry
News The chip giant urges IT industry operators, regulators and think-tanks in Thailand to make available five million broadband Internet ports in the country by 2010.
Tags: Personal broadband, Business broadband, Investments, Web sites, Intel Corp., Internet Access, Thailand, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, NTC
Net advertising: Bigger ads, bigger impact?
News New research by Microsoft and DoubleClick claims that as online advertisements grow bigger and more prominent, the more useful they become in conveying a marketing message.
