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/ 9 November 2011
Adobe crying uncle and canning its mobile version of Flash is bigger news than you’d think, writes Alistair Fairweather
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a giant technology company is accused of using its dominance to push a smaller player out of a juicy new market.
Steve Jobs sees Flash’s near-dominance in the online animation and interactivity sphere as a strategic threat.
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/ 12 February 2010
Photoshop, the ubiquitous photo manipulation program that is 20 years old, is now so popular it’s a verb in common usage.
The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online. San Jose, California-based Adobe Systems says it hopes to boost its name recognition among a new generation of consumers who edit, store and share photos online.
Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates took centre stage at the world’s largest technology show for the last time on Sunday and predicted that his industry was on the cusp of the next "digital decade". Gates said computing will become a pervasive part of everyday life through devices like televisions and cellphones.