Thursday, October 07, 2010
Microsoft, Adobe CEOs meet to discuss Apple A Microsoft acquisition of Adobe may be on the table as the two companies could pair up in the fight against common rival Apple, reports say
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Best hold off on HTML5 in Web sites, warns W3C Despite all the hype, the HTML5 specification isn't yet ready due to interoperability issues, a W3C official warns
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Help Wanted: Waterloo needs an IT director The regional municipality home to some of Canada's biggest tech startups needs someone to lead its own technology transformation. Plus: Four more hot opportunities on Jobs.ITWorldCanada.com
Monday, September 20, 2010
Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 9 Adobe on Monday announced the latest version of Photoshop Elements 9, the company's consumer-level photo editing application, for both Mac and Windows. The new features for Mac users
Monday, September 13, 2010
Microsoft helps Adobe block PDF zero-day exploit The malware, which uses a dynamic link library, can reportedly be mitigated by turning on Address Space Layout Randomization and Data Execution Prevention. Microsoft Corp. says its enhanced migration experience toolkit will turn on these functions
Friday, September 10, 2010
'Here you have' e-mail worm spreads quickly If you get a message from a colleague with “here you have” in the subject line it is probably a worm. A Symantec Corp. IT security expert said it appears to affect Microsoft Corp. Outlook users
Friday, September 10, 2010
Adobe replies to Apple opening store to Flash apps Adobe issues a statement after Apple’s decision to lift restrictions on licensing terms regarding development of apps in its iTunes App Store
Friday, September 03, 2010
Silverlight capabilities exceed HTML5, says Microsoft The Redmond software mogul claims Silverlight will offer a richer Web experience than HTML5, and besides, the HTML5 spec isn't even stable yet
Friday, August 27, 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio users get Flash capabilities SapphireSteel positions its technology, Amethyst, as enabling an alternative to Microsoft's Silverlight rich internet application development platform
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Adobe buys Day Software for US$240M Day Software makes Web software, including content management, digital asset management and social collaboration. Adobe strengthens its enterprise software offerings
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Carleton University offers video on demand Nearly 3,000 students at Ottawa’s Carleton University are paying a surcharge of $50 per half credit to view lectures using video on demand. The school uses an Adobe Flash environment and Internap’s content deliver network
Friday, July 02, 2010
Adobe Flex to gain mobile app capabilities A separate mobile branch of framework had been pondered, called Hero, but device performance increases made branching unnecessary
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Adobe patches PDF bugs hackers already exploiting Software company fixes 17 flaws in Reader and Acrobat, and in the process gets kudos for the rush job
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
HTML5 vs. Flash: The case for Flash Seven reasons Web designers won’t defect to HTML5 any time soon
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
JavaScript library lets iPad read Flash ads Flash advertisements are converted in a Web browser to JavaScript and HTML5 so iPad users can enjoy Flash advertisements
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Adobe-Apple spat over Flash heats up Adobe issues a letter touting itself as a leader in “open markets.” But one analyst argues the company fails to make its case
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Apple’s behavior a throwback to 1984: Adobe CTO Adobe's CTO paints Apple as the "Big Brother" from its famous Mac ad for taking away freedom of choice on the Web. Why it’s more than just HTML versus Flash
Monday, May 03, 2010
U.S. may launch inquiry into Apple's Flash stance The iPad and iPhone maker could find itself facing an antitrust inquiry, according to a report in The New York Post. Find out the latest development in the Apple-Adobe saga
Monday, May 03, 2010
Windows needs built-in PDF viewer, says researcher A simple viewer from Microsoft would protect users from some Adobe Reader exploits, according to a security advisor from V-Secure. Currently, Office and Windows 7 cannot open PDF documents without third-party software or add-ons
Monday, April 26, 2010
HTML5 won’t kill Flash: Adobe exec Flash can do things HTML cannot, said an Adobe exec. One Toronto Web designer expresses frustration over lack of Flash support in the iPhone and iPad
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Researcher shows new clickjacking methods At the Black Hat Security conference in Barcelona, security consultant Paul Stone revealed four new methods, including one that uses the drag and drop API in Web browsers to trick users into dragging items on to Web pages.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Fallout over iPhone OS 4 dev agreement Just before releasing the newest iPhone OS 4 SDK beta, Apple made a significant change to Section 3.3.1 that not everyone is happy about
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Microsoft safeguards video, Adobe secures PDFs Microsoft released 11 security bulletins Tuesday, including one for a vulnerability that could let a hacker insert malicious code into files protected by digital signatures. Find out about Adobe’s Acrobat updates
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Adobe-Apple conflict offers lessons to IT shops Companies working on Web or mobile content should avoid taking sides in the very public Adobe-Apple dispute, said a Montreal-based Flash development firm. The company’s CEO said the dispute means that developers will continue dealing with multiple standards for multimedia content
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Worm attack could spread through PDF files An intrusion prevention systems vendor, NitroSecurity Inc., claims it can add malicious data to legitimate portable document format files to spread malware all over a PC. Find out how to change preferences in Adobe Systems Inc.'s reader software to block this attack