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Adobe Photoshop iPhone App Avaiable For Free

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Adobe Photoshop iPhone App Avaiable For Free Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review I would rather see Adobe offering a Flash player for the iPhone than a Photoshop App for the iPhone, but that is all we get for now.
Photoshop.com Mobile provides you with editing features including edit photos, apply effects and share images instantly. The App works seamlessly with a Photoshop.com account, which enables photo sharing and data back-up. Read more

Posted on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe and NVIDIA Deliver Rich Web on Netbooks and Mobiles

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Adobe and NVIDIA Deliver Rich Web on Netbooks and Mobiles Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review NVIDIA and Adobe have announced that they are bringing rich web experiences to netbooks and mobile devices built using NVIDIA GPUs. Both of the companies have been working with the Open Screen Project to optimize and improve the new Flash Player 10.1 software to use GPU and graphics acceleration on a range of mobile internet devices.

NVIDIA customers like HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, and more will be able to use Adobe 10.1 player on their machines. Adobe says that the use of a NVIDIA GPU and its 10.1 software will let users enjoy rich web applications and interactive content like HD video. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Motorola Sholes/Tao To Have New Name+Adobe Flash

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Motorola Sholes/Tao To Have New Name+Adobe Flash Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review

First it was the Motorola Sholes. Then it was the Motorola Tao. Now, if Boy Genius's tipsters are correct, it's going to be called the Motorola Droid when it launches on the Verizon Wireless carrier.

There's more cool news too, as well as some bad stuff. It's been confirmed now that the Droid will be the first Google Experience phone with built-in Adobe Flash support. For every smartphone owner who's spent the last few years waiting for mobile Flash support, this is incredibly exciting. Unfortunately, it's also been confirmed that the sweet MotoBlur UI will not run on the Motorola Droid.

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Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:22:06 CDT | by Robert Evans

Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8 Bundle

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Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8 Bundle Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Adobe has rolled out the latest versions of its consumer level photo and video editing applications. The new versions include Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8. The applications are available in both individually and in a boxed set.

The new software includes an advanced organizer to allow the management of all content from one location. Photoshop Elements 8 (PSE8) has new features like Photomerge Exposure to create a perfectly lit photos showing details by combining multiple shots of the same scene. Quick Fix previews a series of images that are automatically adjusted to allow the user to select their favorite. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Adobe Strobe Media Player Flash Framework unveiled

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Adobe Strobe Media Player Flash Framework unveiled Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Adobe announced a new software framework for building media players that extends the capabilities of the Adobe Flash Platform at the NAB 2009 dubbed Adobe Strobe.
The Adobe Strobe framework aims to establish an open industry standard for media players and offer production-ready software components to streamline the development of custom media players, reducing the time content publishers spend creating their own playback technologies. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:38:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Takes Credit for Fast & Furious Box Office Success

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Adobe Takes Credit for Fast & Furious Box Office Success Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review

Adobe claimed today that its online campaign for the film Fast & Furious helped drive ticket sales, propelling the action racer to a $70.9 million dollar opening and top position at the box office.

Specifically, Adobe credited its Creative Suite 4 software for simplifying the creation of website video, motion graphics, and 3-D that “appealed to hard-core fans, as well as those new to the franchise,” according to the release.

The site now features rich-media advertisements, a downloadable widget, and is complimented by an iPhone version, all made with time to spare via Adobe Creative Suite applications – including Flash CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4.

While Adobe released no numbers, Universal Pictures did acknowledge the site’s high traffic as significantly contributing to ticket sales.

JP Richards, Universal Pictures VP of digital marketing claimed, “Our goal on Fast & Furious was to develop the most compelling creative content and Adobe Creative Suite 4 delivered way beyond my expectations, while doing it in half the development time.”

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Posted on Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:00:00 CDT | by James Douglas

Adobe and Nokia announce USD 10 million Open Screen Project fund

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Adobe and Nokia announce USD 10 million Open Screen Project fund Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today Adobe and Nokia announced a $10 million Open Screen Project fund designed to help developers create applications and services for mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash Platform.
Adobe launched the Open Screen Project back in May of last year.
The Open Screen Project is designed to enable a consistent runtime environment across screens. The initiative is dedicated to enable web content, standalone applications and full web browsing across televisions, set-top boxes, mobile devices and other consumer electronics that take advantage of Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Platform capabilities. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:06:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel brings Adobe Flash into TV Sets

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Intel brings Adobe Flash into TV Sets Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Adobe and Intel Corporation today announced plans to collaborate on the development to port and optimize Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100.
This effort is expected to bring Flash UI and improved video viewing to cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail connected AV devices.

The high-definition capabilities of the Adobe Flash Platform, together with the Intel Media Processor CE 3100, the first in a new family of purpose-built Intel System on Chips (SoCs) for CE devices, creates a powerful entertainment hub capable of delivering rich Web content and Adobe Flash based applications to an array of Internet-connected CE devices. Intel and Adobe are working together to optimize both the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Lite for the CE3100. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Jan 2009 02:40:34 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hot Sale on Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 7

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Hot Sale on Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 7 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Amazon offers Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7 for only $69.99 after a $30 mail-in rebate.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 & Adobe Premiere Elements 7 software are the latest release from Adobe. The two powerful yet easy-to-use products let you work on your photos and videos. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:49:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

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

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Video of Adobe Flash 10 running on Android T-Mobile G1 Google Phone Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

Adobe Releases Public Beta of Cocomo

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Adobe Releases Public Beta of Cocomo Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 7 and Premier Elements 7

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Adobe Launches Photoshop Elements 7 and Premier Elements 7 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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Adobe Launches Photoshop Lightroom 2 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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Adobe releases Photoshop Lightroom 2 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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Google crawls Text in Adobe Flash now Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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How to Get Adobe Flash working on 64-bit Browsers Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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New Adobe Acrobat 9 supports Flash Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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New Betas of Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks and Adobe Soundbooth released Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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Adobe Flash Player 10 Public Beta started Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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Adobe announces the Open Screen Project Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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

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Adobe Media Player 1.0 released Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review 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