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Adobe bringing full-fledged Flash to phones
Inspired by a new generation of smartphones, Adobe Systems has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash technology to mobile devices. Read more »
Adobe to release Flex beta
Adobe is expected on Wednesday to release a beta edition of Flex 2.0 and make lisencing changes to encourage broad adoption of the Flash development tool set. Read more »
Microsoft to license Adobe's Flash Lite
Even though it has plans to release a competing technology, Microsoft has agreed to license Adobe's Flash Lite technology for its Windows Mobile operating system and browser. Read more »
Adobe plots its path on the Web
Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business. Read more »
Microsoft weaves new photo tool into Windows
Microsoft likes digital photography enthusiasts as customers, and plans to release a free new utility designed to keep them wedded to Windows. Read more »
'Dangerous' Flash exploit can infect by stealth
A Flash flaw discovered this month could change the face of Web security by allowing criminals to infect users of any browser or operating system with malware — without making their browser or application crash. Read more »
Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?
When Bill Gates showed off the new Metro document format in Longhorn at a hardware conference last week, some analysts were quick to call it a PDF killer. Read more »
Mac OS X gets Windows Media Photo
Microsoft, while trying to get its HD Photo image format standardised as "JPEG XR", also continues to work on spreading the technology by more conventional means -- such as building Photoshop and Mac OS X support. Read more »
Linux users say OS needs touch-up with Photoshop
Adobe Systems' Photoshop has been voted the most important application to port to Linux, according to the initial results of a survey carried out by software company Novell. Read more »
More than meets the eye in Microsoft plan
A little-known Microsoft project promises to bring advanced graphics to a broad range of devices and set up a potential showdown with Adobe Systems. Read more »
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Deciphering the term "rich Internet application"
Web 2.0 has become a cliched term when it comes to describing websites. A new term has popped up to cover online applications: RIA, or rich Internet application. Does it mean the same thing as Web 2.0? Read more »
Build an AIR application for your website
Adobe AIR brings web technologies to the desktop through the integration of the Webkit rendering engine in a Flash-style desktop-based runtime. AIR applications running on HTML, CSS and Javascript can interact with the local file system, manipulate local SQL databases and even use AJAX on any domain. Read more »
Different types of Dreamweaver CS3 layouts
At this year's WebDU conference, Stephanie Sullivan, founder and principal of W3Conversions and Adobe community expert gave a thorough presentation named "CSS Layouts & Dreamweaver CS3". Read more »
Adobe AIR brings the Web to the desktop
The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) lets developers build Web applications with a rich user interface that mimics desktop applications. Read more »
Desktop RSS with Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is currently in public beta; it allows developers to build dual platform applications for the desktop with existing Web 2.0 technologies including Flash and Ajax. Read more »
Metaliq flexes its creative expression
Metaliq build applications with Flex and Silverlight -- leaving them in the interesting position of playing two sides of the rich Internet application platform field. Read more »
Spry: Standards, Dreamweaver & the future
We caught up with Scott Fegette, technical product manager for Dreamweaver to discuss the ins and outs of the upcoming Spry release. Read more »
Spry Interrogation
Greg Rewis, Senior Evangelist for Web Tools at Adobe, discusses their designer centric Ajax framework Spry. Read more »
Tim Buntel and the Tale of Scorpio
Chatting about the upcoming release of ColdFusion 8 called Scorpio with Tim Buntel, Adobe's ColdFusion Marketing Manager. Read more »
The Mobile Future
The next battle for the hearts and minds of internet developers will be fought on the mobile phone. Read more »
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Six video podcasts to help you ace Photoshop
-- Mastering Photoshop and other image manipulation programs can be a handy addition to your toolbox of skills as an IT pro. Get started with these engaging (and free) video podcasts. Read more »
What to expect from Rich Internet Applications
-- I had a look this week at what the developers claim to be the world's largest Adobe Flex application. Read more »
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