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1. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

   (Software/Software Features)

   Cheep, cheep cheep, yeah Adobe, Apple. IBM, Microsoft, and other "platform companies" go to great lengths to assure that application developers adhere to stringent user interface guidelines so that their ...

2. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... I'm still using AVG 8.5. I've had licenses for Norton, for McAfee and the rest, but I really do find this chummy little AV prog is the bee's bollocks, as we say in the UK. 6. Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. ...

3. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... advantages because the Microsoft team had no money left. Windows 7: A New Hope Windows 7 is coming out of the gate with only one known issue and that appears to be tied to problematic Flash update Adobe ...

4. Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

   (Security/Security Features)

   While bloggers tut-tut at Microsoft’s record 34 vulnerabilities, patched yesterday in 13 updates, Adobe has sneaked out fixes for a staggering 29 flaws in just two products. While bloggers tut-tut at ...

5. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

   ... Bill Dally Chief Scientist from Nvidia, Simon Hayhurst Senior Director of Product Management from Adobe, Steve Perlman Founder and CEO of OnLive, and Sean Vara CEO of MotionDSP. The one recurring theme ...

6. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... said it's clear a better developing environment is necessary. Intel is saying the Atom will be at the heart of a lot of other devices that Adobe and Microsoft will support. Netbooks will be followed by ...

7. Silicon Valley returns to glory days

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... joining start-ups. There have been a lot of buy outs in the hi-tech field too.  This includes the purchase of Mint.com by Intuit for $170m,  Adobe buying Omniture for $1.8bn the sale of Skype ...

8. Microsoft preps next-gen Windows Mobile 6.5 phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... a "new engine" and now offers native Adobe Flash Lite support. He added that the phone will include Outlook and Office mobile, along with two "new powerful mobile services."According to Peters, a number ...

9. ARM rules the smartphone roost

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... where we expect rapid growth in adoption through 2009/10," says Renowden. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) have also made little impact so far. Adobe’s Flash and Flash Lite have achieved the best penetration, ...

10. Microsoft takes on Adobe with Silverlight 3

    (Software/Software Features)

    In a challenge to Adobe Flash, Microsoft has released its new web multimedia player Silverlight 3, a browser plug-in enabling audio, vector graphics and animation. Redmond, WA - In a challenge ...

11. Inlet introduces live video streaming for the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Adobe Dynamic Streaming. Additional features include multi-encoder synchronization and numerous audio enhancements.  ...

12. That new Xbox for 2010 … real or fake news?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... statements made at an event. We were accused of the same made-up-story crap, excuse my choice of words here, by Adobe back then as were accused by Microsoft now. Back then, we were chastised by Adobe, ...

13. Adobe starts charging for online applications

    (Software/Software Features)

    Software firm Adobe said this morning that its acrobat.com web site is out of beta and will sell two subscription services aimed at business.Software firm Adobe said this morning that its acrobat.com web ...

14. Microsoft in European Antitrust hearing in June

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... participants. Among those who have joined are Google and Mozilla. Additionally, a trade group that represents companies such as Adobe, Oracle and IBM has also joined the case. Microsoft has stated that ...

15. iPhone OS 3.0: Top 10 user-centric features

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... of Apple's announcement, iPhone OS 3.0: A thousand new APIs for developers, and my opinion piece on Apple showing us just how big the iPhone is. 10. Lack of Adobe Flash Safari's non-existent support ...

16. Windows 7 allows users to uninstall Internet Explorer 8

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... or Outlook, or Adobe or any other application which installs in this way) and its rendering abilities, including direct access to Internet content, directly inside their own application. I further remember ...

17. The new Windows Mobile operating system

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... with the new OS, the browser will support Adobe Flash (and Flash video). This would deliver the utmost in browser capability in the mobile market. Reviewers do note the Flash performance is slow, but potentially ...

18. Why you will upgrade to OS X Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... crunching could be boosted by orders of magnitude, like video encoding and decoding, image processing, etc. Adobe's latest Photoshop first showcased what can be achieved when image computations are re-routed ...

19. Nvidia CEO says Intel's Atom could hurt the hardware and software industries

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... an installed base that doesn't run modern applications. It doesn't run anything well from Electronic Arts, it doesn't run anything well from Adobe, it doesn't run anything well from Microsoft. I just mentioned ...

20. Analysis: Chrome growth slows to a crawl, new features needed

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... run in Chrome, can now safely remove the switch with this release. Besides Javascript and Adobe Reader plugin security updates marked with "high" severity, this release also includes several fixes for ...

21. Mozilla building free web video format to challenge Apple, Microsoft and Adobe

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... controlled by companies which own them privately - like Apple's QuickTime, Adobe's Flash, Microsoft's media player formats and Real Networks. These companies charge a licensing fee to the content creators ...

22. Glassdoor.com’s best and worst CEOs of 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Sachs, Eric Schmidt of Google, A. G. Lafley of Procter and Gamble, Ian Davis of McKinsey & Company, Ken Chenault of American Express, Jen-Hsun Huang of Nvidia, Shantanu Narayen of Adobe and Dan Warmenhoven ...

23. Stockwatch: Chip makers hit hard by pessimistic 2009 forecast

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ...  Adobe -54% 11.5 Symantec -51% 9.4 Microsoft -50% 164.1 Novell -50% ...

24. Oracle remains best performing tech stock in declining economy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ...  Adobe -52% 11.6 Cisco -45% 97.3 Microsoft -45% 180.6 Novell -45% 1.4 HP -41% 76.3  ...

25. Microsoft considers WebKit transplant for Internet Explorer

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... powered by Gecko, while WebKit runs inside Google's Chrome and the Android web browser, desktop and mobile version of Apple's Safari, Adobe's AIR platform, Nokia's Series 60 browser and less used browsers ...

26. Study finds major computer virus threat

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... there exists a functioning, virus-free program published by Microsoft, Adobe, or other company. Now, it's obvious that each program contains a particular set of functions internally, and they are executed ...

27. Windows 7: Will it be good enough?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... GUIs. Software like CorelDraw X4 suffers from bloated menus and firms such as Adobe are actively trying to provide users with options to customize their menus. Windows Vista is running on my quad-core ...

28. Microsoft market cap drops below $200 billion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ...  Microsoft -43% 196.6   Adobe -42% 13.5   Novell -41% 1.6   Symantec ...

29. Apple cashes in on iPhone, leaves ‘junk’ to others

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... when Sun has a current market cap of $3.6 billion, Nvidia $4.0 billion and AMD $2.4 billion. Adobe could also be an enticing idea at $14.7 billion.  ...

30. Tech mergers ahead?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ...  -56% 103.4 Cisco -50% 101.4 Novell -45% 1.5 Intel -44% 87.7 Adobe -42% 14.9 ...

31. Financial crisis slams Silicon Valley

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... Sun Microsystems: -76% 3. AMD: -68% 4. Ebay: -59% 5. Yahoo: -57% 6. Apple: -56% 7. Dell: -56% 8. Google: -54% 9. Cisco: -45% 10. Intel: -42% 11. Adobe: -40% 12. Microsoft: -31% 13. Oracle: -28% 14. IBM: ...

32. Adobe Configurator 1.0: Creating a custom Photoshop CS4

    (Software/Software Features)

      First Look – Adobe will soon release an experimental software called Configurator, which will allow users to create their custom panels that house often accessed menu items and advanced features. ...

33. Browser makers race for speed and your desktop is the prize

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... and Adobe AIR. Its lightweight and flexible code base make it a natural fit for mobile devices. Safari for iPhone, Android and Nokia's Series S60 browser are all WebKit-based. WebKit consists of a layout ...

34. Adobe pushes deeper in SaaS space with new Photoshop.com service

    (Software/Software Features)

      Adobe today launched Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7 for Windows as two new more affordable ways to edit pictures and videos with a touch of Photoshop and Premiere. But the real news ...

35. Apple matches Google’s market capitalization

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... the combined market value of Sony, Amazon, Yahoo!, Adobe, Motorola, Real Networks, Palm and Napster is less than that of Apple or Google. Microsoft and IBM are ahead of the two with market caps of $256 ...

36. iPhone 2.1 firmware update looms, delivers missing features?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Flash support is one of most sought after features. Adobe confirmed in March it will bring Flash to the iPhone but software maker hit unexpected hurdles and is currently working with Apple to come up with ...

37. Greener than an Apple: Cherrypal’s $250 PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... it needs to serve its purpose – to be an easy to use cloud computing device. All you really need for cloud computing Cloud computing is the buzzword of these days. Microsoft, Adobe, Google and others ...

38. Firefox 3 and Safari 4 in browser speed race

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... with Adobe's JavaScript engine called Tamarin, included in Flash 9, which has a so-called "tracing" feature designed to enable faster code execution. However, the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark claims ...

39. Adobe Acrobat 9: PDF gets movie support, goes SaaS

    (Software/Software Features)

      Adobe today released a new version of its document management software Acrobat. Flash movies are now natively supported and can be embedded into PDF documents and viewed through a new version ...

40. Is Microsoft gambling away its Windows empire?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... using this technology for improved voice recognition (by combining audio recognition with monitoring lip movements) and Adobe has a working version of GPGPU accelerated image editing. Current advances ...

41. Microsoft, Silverlight and Widevine

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Microsoft has an uphill climb with Silverlight, the browser plug-in technology it's developing to compete with Adobe's ubiquitous Flash technology. To boost its chances, it's taking a distinctly un-Microsoftian ...

42. Adobe launches Media Player

    (Software/Software Features)

      Adobe is making its entry into what is widely called a “next-generation” TV era on the Internet. Built on the company’s AIR platform, the Media Player 1.0 launched late yesterday with an initial set ...

43. Adobe working on 64-bit Photoshop for Vista

    (Software/Software Features)

    Adobe Photoshop CS4 has been in the works for a while, and the software maker today announced that it will also bring forth for the first time a 64-bit version of the photo editing program, reports Macworld.  ...

44. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of different versions of popular software such as Adobe’s Flash for different versions of cellphones, smartphones and PDAs. This is not just a pain in the you know what for developers but it limits the ...

45. The joys of finding high-speed Internet

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... automatic update, Virus definition updates, security updates, Adobe updater and others programs were made with high-speed access in mind.  The multi-megabyte files they download are just a minor inconvenience ...

46. Microsoft licenses Flash Lite, Reader LE

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Adobe announced late Sunday that Microsoft has licensed its Flash Player runtime for the Internet Explorer Mobile browser as well as Reader LE to display PDF documents on Windows Mobile-based ...

47. What if Google did video games?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... are Adobe AIR  and Microsoft Silverlight. Both owe their roots to disruptive technology called Chrome, which almost changed the world a decade ago.    Wrapping up:  Will centralized ...

48. First Look CorelDraw X4: Still the one to beat

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... basically delivers a professional vector graphics software that is comparable to Adobe’s Illustrator and comes with basic desktop publishing (DTP) capabilities as well as a consumer-oriented bitmap editing ...

49. Corel releases CorelDraw X4 graphics suite

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Corel has updated its CorelDraw package, which remains one of the few alternatives to Adobe’s Illustrator (and neighboring applications) for graphics enthusiasts. Version X4, the 14th generation ...

50. Prism hopes to refract Silverlight and AIR

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... View (CA) - Mozilla has decided to throw its rainbow colored hat into the ring.  In an attempt to offer an open-source alternative to Microsoft's Silverlight and Adobe's AIR, Prism will ...