Software Industrial God Complex

Dear 800-pound-software-gorillas:The more engineering time you waste binding your products together into confusing suites/packages (adding questionable "value-added" features) & then "protecting" them with...

ACROBAT 7-9 READER ALERT - PASS IT ON

This affects both PC and Mac. Attackers Exploiting Unpatched Flaw In Adobe Reader, Acrobat Hackers are exploiting an unpatched security hole in current versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat to install malicious...

Mobile tech conference kicks off in Barcelona

Negative growth is the name of the game in Barcelona this week as the biggest mobile technology conference, held by the Mobile World Congress, begins Monday.Nonetheless, some big application developments, tech...

Is Adobe Air going to follow a pdf like trend or die like the vhs

Just recently I watched a talk from Francisco Tolmasky at FOWA in which he briefly compared some technologies such as Air to a dvd/vhs combo. With all the hype around cloud computing it was a fair comment and got me thinking a little further.I currently am just about to start...

Adobe, Intel to Extend Flash to TVs

Adobe and Intel will collaborate to develop the porting and optimizing of Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100.This move is expected to provide consumers with a more seamless Web-based and...

SocialVibe - The Revolution in Cause Marketing

How would you feel about sponsoring a worthy cause, like providing clean water to people in developing countries? What? You say you can’t spare a dime? That’s OK. I guess everybody is tightening the belt with...

Silverlight 2.0: is coming this week

On Monday October 13 is the day that Microsoft will announce the release of Silverlight 2. Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser pluginthat enables features such as animation, vector graphics...

Adobe Media Player

Free to download and available for both Windows and Mac. Cool ...

Adobe Photoshops License Agreement after User Complaints

A reviewer for CNET found a rather objectionable clause in the EULA (end-user license agreement) for the newly-released Photoshop Express. Another blogger contacted Adobe directly, and, as a result, Adobe is to...

Free Web version of Photoshop launches: WARNING

UPDATE: Warning! If you go the PhotoshopExpress site, it will tell you you need FLashPlayer 9. Don't download it from the Photoshop/Express site! All your flashplayers will disappear. You will not be able to view any flash on websites, etc.And to top that off, the Adobe site...

Ustream.tv negotiating $50 million sale to Microsoft

Lifestreaming is all the rage and Valleywag is reporting that one of the big players in the space is the target of a pretty hefty purchase offer."Sources tell Valleywag that lifecasting startup Ustream.tv is in...

Yahoo! to Embed Ads in PDF Files

Why Adobe and Yahoo! think that companies and individuals want their PDF documents to look like splogs is beyond me... I do not quite see Goldman Sachs or CitiGroup sending out a report peppered with clickable...

Myfortic Delayed Release Tablets Pregnancy Loss Risk FDA Warns

FDA -Warning for Women taking Myfortic Delayed- Release Tablets during pregnancy"Myfortic (mycophenolic acid) Delayed-Release Tablets [Posted 11/27/2007] Novartis and FDA informed healthcare professionals and patients that use of Myfortic Delayed- Release Tablets during...

Web 2.0: Microsoft Releases Beta of Popfly Mashup Tool

"Microsoft Corp.'s CEO Steve Ballmer announced the public beta availability of Popfly, the company's mashup creation tool for non-technical users introduced in alpha form in May. During Ballmer's appearance on...

Adobe challenges word on the web

"Adobe has joined a growing list of firms offering web-based alternatives to conventional office programs. The software developer has acquired the online word processor Buzzword, which allows users to create and share text documents on the web. Similar programs are already...

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