Wed, May 7, 2008 - Flash has plenty of enemies and obstacles, but it also enjoys wide deployment and familiarity. Two areas where Flash can offer real value is in displaying and packaging video on the web, and in serving as a Java replacement for developing applets. Here's a look at how Adobe is working to defend its strengths in the face of competition, and how its efforts to open the Flash specification in the Open Screen Project play into these efforts. ( 57 comments )
Tue, May 6, 2008 - While widely deployed as a web plugin and among the few web technologies that have become a household word, Adobe's Flash has more than a few substantial enemies that would like to see it replaced, cloned, or erased. ( 24 comments )
Mon, May 5, 2008 - Pitted against Microsoft's efforts to crush Flash using its own copycat Silverlight platform, open source projects seeking to duplicate Flash for free, and Apple's efforts to create a mobile platform wholly free of any trace of Flash, Adobe has scrambled to announce efforts to make Flash a public specification in the Open Screen Project. ( 67 comments )
Thu, May 1, 2008 - Apple Inc. saw its share of the Windows browser market triple immediately after it began encouraging users of the Microsoft operating system to download and install its Safari web browser through the widely deployed Apple Software Update mechanism, according to a new report. ( 56 comments )
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 - Exclusive Preview: With the deluge of data hitting users in the modern age, managing piles of information has become increasingly important but also more difficult. Evernote is on its way to both the Mac and the iPhone, and promises to simplify the effort needed to catalog, tag and organize web clippings, text and handwritten notes, photos, emails, audio clippings, and more, making it easy to search and review all those bits later without having to think too hard about how to do it. ( 24 comments )
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 - Apple has made changes to the latest version of its Software Update mechanism for Windows PCs after being lambasted for using the application as a trojan horse to gain an advantage in the battle for share of the web browser market. ( 52 comments )
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 - Apple on Wednesday afternoon released version 3.1.1 of its Safari web browser to address a handful of security issues, including one widely publicized vulnerability that allowed a MacBook Air to be compromised during a recent security conference. ( 20 comments )
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 - Apple on Thursday evening issued a firmware update for the MacBook Air and also released a significant update for its Pro applications focused on new camera support. ( 7 comments )
Tue, Apr 8, 2008 - Apple on Tuesday announced that Final Cut Server, its new software solution for media asset management and workflow automation announced last year, is finally shipping to customers. ( 18 comments )
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 - Adobe's plans to deliver 64-bit Photoshop support as part of the upcoming release of its Creative Suite 4.0 software bundle for Windows PCs, but Mac users will have to wait till version 5.0 to see the same treatment. ( 101 comments )
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 - Apple on Friday released Aperture 2.1, an update to its post-production photography workflow software that introduces an open plug-in architecture allowing photographers to more easily use specialized third party imaging software directly from within the application. ( 46 comments )
Thu, Mar 20, 2008 - In an apparent bid to rapidly gain share of the online browser market dominated by rival Microsoft, Apple is leveraging its vast iTunes install base to recommend that Windows users also download and install the latest version of its Safari web browser. ( 115 comments )
Thu, Mar 20, 2008 - Apple on Thursday released a small software update for users of its photo applications that adds RAW support for nearly a dozen new digital cameras. ( 4 comments )
Tue, Mar 18, 2008 - Apple on Tuesday announced the immediate availability of Safari 3.1, the latest version of what the company calls the "world's fastest web browser for Mac and Windows PCs." ( 125 comments )
Thu, Mar 13, 2008 - Apple Inc. said Thursday that its annual developers conference will run June 9 - 13 at the Moscone West convention center in downtown San Francisco, and should be a "landmark" for the company. ( 40 comments )
Tue, Mar 11, 2008 - Microsoft on Tuesday released the first update to Office 2008 for Mac in the form of a maintenance and security patch which the company is recommending for all users of the relatively new productivity suite. ( 68 comments )
Wed, Mar 5, 2008 - Microsoft on Wednesday previewed the next generation of Internet Explorer, promising greater interoperability with modern Web standards that have thus far eluded the Windows-based browser and plagued developers' attempts to author truly browser and platform independent web sites. ( 60 comments )
Tue, Mar 4, 2008 - Apple this month continues to plug away on a small but significant update to its fledgeling Safari web browser, most recently making improvements to the application's handling of web forms and faulty Javascripts. ( 92 comments )
Mon, Mar 3, 2008 - Apple on Monday afternoon release maintenance updates for its recently released Aperture 2.0 photography workflow application and its GarageBand 4.0 music creation software. ( 19 comments )
Mon, Mar 3, 2008 - Back in 2004, shortly before the release of Mac OS X Tiger, Delicious Library 1.0 arrived as a slick looking inventory cataloging application designed to manage listings of books, videos, albums and other media. This year, Delicious Library 2.0, currently in beta and scheduled for a March release, will deliver a major update by taking full advantage of features in the new Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Here's an exclusive preview. ( 85 comments )
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 - Lost in the (iPod) shuffle, Apple on Tuesday quietly retired its Xserve RAID storage unit in favor of third-party devices. Also, a new firmware update for Apple portables aims to cure unresponsive keyboards, Gameloft has hinted at games for the iPhone, and even Adobe spokespeople aren't sure if Flash will be available on the device. ( 45 comments )
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 - Alongside a refresh to its iPod shuffle music player line, Apple on Tuesday also introduced Xsan 2, the first major upgrade to its easy to use, high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for Mac OS X. ( 59 comments )
Tue, Feb 12, 2008 - Apple today introduced Aperture 2, the next major release of its photo editing and management software with over 100 new features aimed at making it faster, easier to use and more powerful. ( 88 comments )
Mon, Feb 11, 2008 - Apple's 2008-001 security fix for Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger tackles several networking issues, particularly malicious web addresses in Safari and Mail. Also, a WebObjects update has been released to patch several outstanding bugs for systems using Leopard. ( 9 comments )
Thu, Feb 7, 2008 - The ability to download and immediately render non-standard web fonts is just one of several advancements Apple Inc. has planned for Safari 3.1, a small but significant update to its share-gaining web browser for both the Mac and Windows PCs. ( 80 comments )
Wed, Feb 6, 2008 - Apple on Wednesday released QuickTime 7.4.1, a recommended security update for all users of QuickTime 7.0 running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.4.9 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Vista. ( 24 comments )
Tue, Feb 5, 2008 - Apple on Tuesday issued a handful of small software updates, including iPhoto 7.1.2, ProKit 4.5, and Braille Display Update 1.0. Late last week the company also released iWeb 2.0.3. ( 11 comments )
Tue, Jan 29, 2008 - Apple on Tuesday afternoon released software updates for all three components of its iWork '08 productivity suite -- Keynote, Pages and Numbers. ( 42 comments )
Wed, Jan 23, 2008 - A recently departed Apple senior software developer describes a corporate culture that largely overlooks social software and discourages even official blogging. ( 104 comments )
Thu, Jan 17, 2008 - MacSpeech at this week's Macworld Expo unveiled Dictate, its new speech recognition and voice command software currently in beta and slated for release mid February. The new product replaces and improves upon the existing iListen. ( 27 comments )
Thu, Jan 17, 2008 - Parallels, maker of the popular Parallels Workstation software that enables Intel Mac users to run Windows or Linux within a virtualized environment, introduced its new Parallels Server. The new product, intended to enter beta in the next couple months, is designed to virtualize and manage multiple server operating systems on any Intel-compatible hardware. ( 11 comments )
Wed, Jan 16, 2008 - Intuit in the far corner of its booth at this week's Macworld Expo is quietly previewing a major revamp of its personal finance software designed exclusively for users of Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system. ( 52 comments )
Tue, Jan 15, 2008 - Living up to its promise from its last-minute site update, Apple on Tuesday evening posted the streaming QuickTime feed of its Macworld San Francisco 2008 keynote speech by company chief Steve Jobs. ( 30 comments )
Tue, Jan 15, 2008 - To support iTunes movie rentals and other features, Apple has rolled out a bevy of new patches for its media playback tools. Also, the firm has slipped in an iMovie fix. ( 19 comments )
Fri, Jan 11, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. next week will begin shipping the first copies of its much-anticipated Office 2008 productivity suite for the Mac, meaning there are just over three days left to take advantage of the company's "Super Suite Deal" that offers savings of up to $370 on the software. ( 38 comments )
Thu, Jan 10, 2008 - Landing what may be one of the most significant blows yet against Apple's iTunes, Amazon on Thursday said it would carry Sony BMG's music -- providing the download service with unprotected music from all four major music labels while Apple claims only one. ( 73 comments )
Thu, Jan 10, 2008 - Apple's main processor supplier, Intel, is under investigation by New York state officials to determine whether it illegally excluded rivals. At the same time, a test release of Parallels Server is the first software ever to allow Mac OS X running in a virtual machine. ( 6 comments )
Thu, Jan 10, 2008 - Ahead of next week's Macworld Expo, Adobe announced that its long-awaited Photoshop Elements 6 software for the Mac is now available for pre-order through the company's website. ( 15 comments )
Wed, Jan 2, 2008 - Apple will present a product it has yet to announce at a Final Cut Pro user group event just a day after the Macworld keynote. Also, longtime digital music holdout Radiohead has officially released its first album through iTunes. ( 38 comments )
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it has wrapped up development of Office 2008 for Mac, the first overhaul to its productivity software suite for Apple's Mac users in nearly half a decade. ( 63 comments )
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