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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's Macromedia takeover clears final hurdle

Adobe Systems' multibillion-dollar takeover of rival software developer Macromedia received regulatory clearance last week. Read more »

Adobe's Macromedia deal to be probed

US antitrust regulators will take a closer look at the two graphics firms before deciding whether or not to allow their proposed merger to go ahead 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 »

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 and Adobe to square off?

After two decades of successfully steering clear of Microsoft, Adobe Systems is edging closer to the software giant's crosshairs. 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 »

Rich media Web delivery patented

A patent for the design and creation of rich media services over the Internet, potentially covering Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax and XAML has been granted to America's Balthaser. Read more »

Microsoft moves first elements of Office online

Microsoft will soon release a beta of Office Live Workspace, a free tool for viewing, sharing and storing, but not editing, Office documents online. Read more »

Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. 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 »

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 »

Developer skills outlook 2007: What's hot for employers?

What skills will developers need to remain in a job in 2007? In the first of a two-part series, Angus Kidman speaks to employers and industry watchers to identify the key technologies and soft skills that are currently in demand. Read more »

Crystal Vision Server: BI for mid-market

The new Crystal Vision product line combines technology from Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and Business Object's Live Office -- aimed at the mid-market segment in Australia. Read more »

XML--Rodney, are we there yet?

After initially creating a lot of buzz in the late days of the dot-com boom, XML seemed in danger of becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of the technology world. Now, it appears that XML might finally be getting the respect it deserves in the marketplace. Read more »

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Sun's JavaFX RIA platform MIA?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Adobe and Microsoft have taken the early lead in the RIA market but Sun is still waiting to get out of the starting blocks with JavaFX. Is Sun too late to the party? Read more »

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    In this week's Roundup we show you a preview of Windows 7 beta, cover news from the annual Macworld and more. Read more »

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    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

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