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Adobe sounds off on transition to Web apps

From the Max 2007 conference in Chicago: CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica talks with Adobe Chief Architect Kevin Lynch about the company's shift into Web applications.

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Channel Management, Marketing, adobe, max 2007, conference, pohotoshop, photoshop express, word processor, buzzword, web app, application, kevin lynch, thermo, Web

Videos 2007-10-03

Tidbits from the developer chat - 64bit Flash, open source Player and XUL/MXML

I just finished sitting in on the Mozilla developer chat with Brendan Eich and Kevin Lynch regarding todays announcement by Adobe that they are open sourcing the ActionScript Virtual Machine and contributing it to the Mozilla Foundation my coverage here. Now, quick disclaimer, a lot of these are pretty...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flex, Flash, Ajax

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Flash Player 9 penetration statistics are out. It is at 35.9% in the "mature markets" which, according to Emmy Huang, is on pace with Flash Player 8 (which is at 89.1%). I expected this number to be higher, because MySpace began requiring FlashPlayer 9 for all of their visitors....

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Apollo, Kevin Lynch, Atlas, Ajax, Universal Desktop Daily

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Adobe jumps into the venture capital world

I just got out of the Adobe MAX keynote where Kevin Lynch announced some big news for the company. The biggest announcement by far was the news that Adobe will be creating a $100,000,000 venture fund that will be available to innovative companies using Adobe technology. According to Kevin, the...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apollo

Blog posts 2006-10-24

New Flash Player penetration statistics

New Flash Player penetration statisticsFlash Player versionsThe player is now up to version 8, and that's missing from the stats ergo they are pointless.No support for PalmOSSeemless support across all devices and web browsers is needed if Flash is to gain full penetration. For example, I rarely view Flash...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Handhelds, Adobe Systems Inc., Kevin Lynch, Linux Player, Linux, Macromedia Flash Player

Discussion threads 2006-08-16

Wharton tracking the future of software

Knowledge@Wharton, the newsletter of the Wharton School posted a few articles covering Supernova, the conference they co-hosted in San Francisco late last month. The articles are important to anyone following Rich Internet Applications and I wanted to discuss some of the content here on ZDNet. ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-21

Supernova: The Future of the Desktop

Panelists: Lili Cheng Microsoft, Tom Ngo NextPage, Gary Benitt Goowy, Chris Thomas Intel, Kevin Lynch Adobe Panel intro by Kevin Werbach from program: "Windows and Mac OS, the dominant computer interfaces of our time, are two decades old. And the standard office productivity software suite is not much younger. Have...

Tags: Lili, Tom, desktop, decentralization

Blog posts 2006-06-23

Making the Rich Internet Application a Reality - Kevin Lynch

It's difficult to talk about the evolution of the web without mentioning Flash. Over the years Flash has run the gambit from annoying animation, to revolutionary video technology and application framework. Who would have thought during the dark days of the skip intro button that Flash would someday serve up...

Tags: Flash, Adobe Systems Inc.

Blog posts 2006-06-23

Additional Resources

Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up

Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens outlined strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was strong and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...

Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper

Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...

Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Microsoft splits its Platforms

Microsoft splits its Platformsjohnson leavingFirst of all, this is good news. It's not like he as done a good job running this companies marketing and online business. This is good news. Microsoft is making changes and its for the better. For all your naysayers who like to...

Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Corp., Johnson, rep, Juniper Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

jkOnTheRun purchased by the Giga Omni Media group

I am very happy to let you all know that my two fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel are now full time bloggers for Giga Omni Media. James started jkOnTheRun a long time ago and Kevin joined him a few years ago in writing and posting videos...

Tags: Media, Site, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-22

News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

UPDATE: AT&T free WiFi access offer to iPhone owners is up again, NOT!

We have seen the on and off saga of free WiFi at AT&T hotspots for a couple of months now and it looks like iPhone users may again have access to free WiFi at AT&T locations, such as Starbucks. There doesn't seem to be any time limit on access either,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-18

DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?

DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?DIRECTV postJason - Sounds like an incredibly frustrating experience. I am really surprised the DirecTV employee would suggest disconnecting your service. The "D-word" should never be initiated or used by the employee -- Call Center...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DirecTV, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

MobileTechRoundup show #139, the iPhone App Store is the big news of the week

It is tough in the summer months to get three people together who are in three different time zones and then Audacity failed me on my MBP last week, but James, Kevin, and I were finally able to get MobileTechRoundup show #139 put together for your listening pleasure. We couldn't...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Apple iPhone, iPhone App Store, Podcasts, 3G, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Wow! FCC to punish Comcast

Cable company arrogance is taking one on the cheek today. Amazingly, FCC chair Kevin Martin will recommend Comcast be punished for its infamous throttling of BitTorrent traffic. Just as Free Press and Public Knowledge had asserted in complaints to the FCC, Martin found that the company...

Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board

Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two...

Tags: Transaction, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn, Steve, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-07

2009 Acura TSX

Photo gallery:2009 Acura TSXBecause of its solid and comfortable everyday driver demeanor, buyers of the new 2009 Acura TSX will probably opt for the five-speed automatic transmission, for ease of driving in traffic and urban settings. And that's unfortunate, because to appreciate Honda's capability to build truly efficient engines that...

Tags: Acura, Acura TSX

Product reviews 2008-07-03