Video of Adobe Flash 10 running on Android T-Mobile G1 Google Phone

Topic:

Adobe showed at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer conference Flash 10 running on Android. See a video of full flash running on the T-Mobile G1 below.
The Apple iPhone might never get Adobe Flash because it would impact Apple's software control over the iPhone. See this new Wired article about this topic. This is a real disadvantage for the iPhone as Flash is very popular on the web especially for video playback and online games. Read more

Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:32:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ARM, Adobe collaborate on mobile Web browsing

Topic:

LONDON (Reuters) - Software maker Adobe Systems and chip designer ARM Holdings will collaborate to bring better Web services to ARM-powered devices including cellphones from most of the world's biggest handset makers.
U.S.-based Adobe, which makes tools for the Internet's most popular video software and made possible the rise of sites such as Google's YouTube, will optimise its Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR for mobile phones based on ARM processors.
Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:47:53 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Releases Public Beta of Cocomo

Topic:

Today Adobe introduced a new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), codenamed Cocomo, that can let developers easily add real-time social capabilities into Web applications via cloud computing. Using Cocomo and Adobe Flex, developers can include collaboration features like real-time audio/video and chat in their existing applications, or build entirely new ones such as multi-player games or social media applications that run cross-platform using Adobe Flash Player or Adobe AIR. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:21:42 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Full Encryption stops Amazon Web Video Leak: Adobe

Topic:

By Daisuke Wakabayashi
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems Inc's encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said on Monday.
Last week, Amazon.com said it fixed a temporary problem that allowed people to record and copy from the online retailer's video streaming service without paying.
Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:52:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 7 and Premier Elements 7

Topic:

Adobe has announced new versions of Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements bringing both applications to version 7. The products can be purchased as standalone items or as a bundle pack. The applications allow for photo and video editing when used together.

Adobe announced a new Photoshop.com service that can be purchased along with the software that provides templates and creative tutorials to help users get the most out of the software. Other features include online backup, access to photos and video anywhere, and interactive options. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:35:44 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Adobe Launches Photoshop Lightroom 2

Topic:

Adobe announced today that Photoshop Lightroom 2 is now available. The application is a toolbox for photographers that make managing, adjusting, and presenting lots of digital images easier to do. The new version of Lightroom adds support for dual monitors, streamlined search, and non-destructive image enhancement.

Lightroom 2 is the first Adobe application to support 64-bit Mac OS X 10.5 and 64-bit Windows. The application can organize images across multiple hard drives. Images can have keywords associated with them and helps make intelligent suggestions for keywords to make searching easier. Lightroom 2 is available now for $299 or $99 for users upgrading from the original version. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:59:02 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Adobe releases Photoshop Lightroom 2

Topic:

Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software, the photographer's essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs.

With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish. As Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel processors and Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit operating systems, Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:48:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google crawls Text in Adobe Flash now

Topic:

Google announces that the Google crawlers can now "look inside" Adobe Flash files and index the textual content.

Now that Google has launched the Flash indexing algorithm, web designers can expect improved visibility of their published Flash content, and you can expect to see better search results and snippets. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:19:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How to Get Adobe Flash working on 64-bit Browsers

Topic:

OCModshop tackles to problem that Adobe does not deliver Flash players for 64-bit Windows Vista.

Quote: "Adobe must really want their users to start using Microsoft's new Silverlight technology (a rich media technology similar to Flash). Adobe has recently released a new version of Flash, and yet there is no version for 64-bit browsers. That means that the person using Vista x64 either has to miss out on the latest websites, or they have to use a 32-bit version of Firefox. Trying to install Adobe onto Internet Explorer (32-bit or 64-bit) seems to work, but users are still met with the infamous "you need to install flash" message. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:34:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Adobe Acrobat 9 supports Flash

Topic:

Today Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced Adobe Acrobat 9 software.

Acrobat 9 delivers native support for Adobe Flash technology, the ability to unify a wide range of content in rich PDF Portfolios, and access to real-time capabilities for co-navigating a PDF document with colleagues. Read more

Posted on Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:39:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Betas of Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks and Adobe Soundbooth released

Topic:

Adobe Systems released today public beta of new versions of Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks and Adobe Soundbooth as free downloads on Adobe labs.

The new versions give a sneak peek at the next release of Adobe Creative Suite.
You only have a short period of time to test the upcoming Adobe releases. Once downloaded and launched, the betas will be active for 48 hours after which time only Creative Suite 3 customers will have an extended ability to use the betas until the next release of Creative Suite becomes available. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 May 2008 00:01:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Flash Player 10 Public Beta started

Topic:

Adobe today announced that the pre-release version of Adobe Flash Player 10 software is now available in beta on Adobe Labs.

Adobe Flash Player 10 beta, code named Astro, comes with new support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, extensible rich text layout and GPU hardware acceleration. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe announces the Open Screen Project

Topic:

Adobe today announced the Open Screen Project, supported by a group of industry leaders, which aims to drive consistent rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics.

The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment -- taking advantage of Adobe Flash Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR, that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and devices, including phones, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes.
The Open Screen Project will address potential technology fragmentation by enabling the runtime technology to be updated seamlessly over the air on mobile devices. The consistent runtime environment is intended to provide optimal performance across a variety of operating systems and devices, and ultimately provide the best experience to consumers. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 May 2008 01:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Media Player 1.0 released

Topic:

Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Media Player 1.0 software.

Adobe Media Player can provide high-quality playback of streamed, downloaded or locally-stored video in the Adobe Flash format.
For the first time, you can download video outside the browser in the Adobe Flash format, which can be viewed in 1080p, 720p or 480i video display resolutions with the most advanced audio quality. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Air for Linux Alpha released

Topic:

Adobe announces the availability of the alpha release of Air for Linux.

Adobe introduced AIR in June of 2007. Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system application runtime that allows developers to use HTML/CSS, Ajax, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex to extend rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:28:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Flash on iPhone not possible with current iPhone SDK

Topic:

Comments made by Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen on Wednesday suggested that Adobe would be bringing Flash to the iPhone with the SDK that is currently available.

Now Adobe has clarified that the iPhone SDK is too limited to bring Adobe Flash to the iPhone just now.
It looks like the whole thing is a big misunderstanding. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:53:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft licenses Adobe Flash Lite and Reader LE

Topic:

Adobe announces that Microsoft licensed Adobe Flash Lite, Adobe’s Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices and Adobe Reader LE software for viewing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents including email attachments and web content.

Both Adobe products will be made available to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, who license Windows Mobile software. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:32:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe RIA Technologies to change the Internet

Topic:

Adobe announced that the first applications based on the Adobe Air and Adobe Flex software have been deployed by brand-name companies like eBay and Yahoo.

The Adobe technology platform for rich Internet applications (RIAs) enables companies to create new types of engaging experiences for their customers, partners, and employees. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:19:22 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe and Yahoo test running Ads inside PDF Documents

Topic:

By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc and Internet company Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday they will offer a service to let publishers run advertisements in Adobe's popular document-reading format. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe sees full Shift to Web coming in next Decade

Topic:

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc. is working to deliver all of its software via the Web as a service rather than a packaged product, but the transition to earn money from subscriptions or advertising could take a decade. Read more

Posted on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:57:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe says Acrobat, Reader vulnerable to Hacks

Topic:

By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc , whose software is used by millions of people to read documents sent over the Internet, said on Wednesday some of its programs contain yet-to-be-fixed flaws that make computers vulnerable to attack. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:00:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr