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E-forms standard finalised

The main standards body for the Web released the final specification this week for XForms, a standard that will compete in the growing market for electronic forms. Read more »

Microsoft pauses work on Adobe rival

Microsoft has temporarily halted development work on some aspects of its upcoming professional graphics application as it tries to bring companion tools and its next-generation Windows Vista operating system to market. Read more »

Adobe brings Flash to LiveCycle Enterprise Suite

Adobe on Monday released an early version of LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, a revamped version of its document management and work-flow server. Read more »

It's Adobe's game to lose, CEO says

Bruce Chizen discusses open source, the importance of video and increasing competition from the likes of Google. Read more »

Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows

Adobe Systems released this week the first Windows beta version of Lightroom, software geared for enthusiasts and professionals who need to edit, catalog and view digital photos. Read more »

Adobe cracks down on alleged pirates

Adobe Systems has stepped up efforts to curb software piracy in the Asia-Pacific including corporate misuse of its enterprise software licenses. 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 »

Adobe dipping toes into desktop Linux

Adobe Systems, maker of major desktop software products such as Photoshop and Acrobat Reader, has begun a quiet effort to become more involved with desktop Linux. Read more »

Adobe server adds smarts to PDFs

Looking to garner more sales to business customers, Adobe has beefed up its server software for handling the flow of business forms based on the PDF format. Read more »

Adobe opens up Flash, ditches licensing fees

Adobe is aiming for greater use of its Flash Player multimedia Web software within mobile and other non-PC devices by launching its Open Screen Project — an industry alliance it hopes will garner the support of large vendors in the embedded multimedia space. Read more »

Features (13)

Flex: The new face of design and development

Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »

Ian Griffiths talks Windows Presentation Foundation (Part 2)

In the second part of our interview with WPF expert Ian Griffiths, we discuss the Rich Internet Application platform battle, the future of the desktop and whether now is the right time to switch to WPF. Read more »

Starting with Spry

Spry is intended to be a way of easily implementing Ajax; designers with entry level HTML, CSS and JavaScript experience should find Spry an easy way to integrate content. 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 »

Graphics Wars: which vendors are winning?

While the tide of technological delivery continues to shift, four graphics software vendors struggle for supremacy. ZDNet Australia profiles the leading combatants. Read more »

Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world

Benoit Schillings is chief technologist for Qt Software (originally Trolltech). Based in the Bay Area around San Francisco, he sets the direction of the company's cross-platform application deployment product. Read more »

Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor

A quick overview of what you'll find in the latest version of Silverlight. Read more »

Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Q&A -- Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft. Read more »

Create rich interfaces with Microsoft Silverlight

Recognising an area of technology without a presence, Microsoft has thrown its considerable weight behind an initiative to make inroads in the area now dominated by Flash with its Silverlight product. Read more »

Dreamweaver MX 2004

If you need the latest and greatest in Web site development, Dreamweaver is the best investment; but it's overkill for casual users. Read more »

Blog (1)

Vegas: Elvis, Blue Men and the world's biggest Flash enabled

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- I'm in Las Vegas this week for MAX, Adobe's annual user conference, and this morning's opening keynote went off with a bang. And a loud one at that! Read more »

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