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Thursday, September 9, 2010
 

Flash v Apple

Posted by steve On May - 19 - 2010 2 COMMENTS

The ongoing row between Adobe and Apple regarding the use of Flash doesn’t seem to be going away. Now Jonathan Gay, co-creator of Flash media software, has said that Flash still has a future even if Apple are trying to kill it off.

In recent weeks, Adobe Flash has been heavilly criticised by Apple boss Steve Jobs.

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Adobe against Apple

Posted by steve On May - 4 - 2010 1 COMMENT

During the past week the relationship between Adobe and Apple have hit the headlines.

On Friday 30th April, Steve Jobs wrote an open letter defending Apple’s decision not to allow Flash technology on many of their products.

He was making the point that Flash was made for an era of “PCs and mice” and performed poorly when translated to run on touchscreen smartphones and handheld devices.

Adobe then responded and now they have said that they wish to further themselves from Apples products.

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European police in pirate raids

European police in pirate raids

Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown ....

Broadband speed gets laser boost

Broadband speed gets laser boost

A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables. ....

Google's new web search changes

Google's new web search changes

Google revamps search system with launch of 'Instant' ....

Google unveils 'instant' searches

Google unveils 'instant' searches

Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries. ....