Technologizer

Google Acquisition Could Move HTML 5 Ahead

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Google’s $106.5 million acquisition of video technology maker On2 Technologies today could signal that it intends to make technology freely available for the next version of HTML, someday eliminating the need for plug-ins such as Flash for video playback on the Web. On2 Technologies is best known for its VP7 and VP8 video codecs. The codecs [...]

5Words for April 20th, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

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Wow, Oracle will own Java… Larry Ellison is buying Sun. Adobe puts Flash on TVs. The post-Windows era begins. TiVo to sell user data. YouTube’s new comment filtering system. Toshiba’s netbook starts at $600. iPhone refurbs: a good deal. Apple leads in customer experience. A review of iPhone Quickoffice. Microsoft gets $15 per netbook.

Silverlight vs. Flash: The Winner is…Consumers!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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At Microsoft’s MIX conference today, the company Silverlight 3.0, a new version of its rich-media Web plug-in, that includes new multimedia capabilities that aim to it to parity with Adobe Flash, it can now run applications offline as well, as Adobe’a AIR can. Adobe will doubtlessly respond by improving both Flash and AIR, continuing its [...]

Full-Fledged Flash on Smartphones. Most of Them, Anyhow…

Monday, February 16, 2009

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It’s tempting to crack a joke about “Skip Intro” coming soon to a smartphone near you. But seriously, this is good news: Here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Adobe is announcing that it plans to bring Flash Player to phones running the Windows Mobile, Android, and Symbian Series 60 operating systems, as well as [...]

Microsoft Shoots Back at Adobe Over Silverlight

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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Adobe CFO Mark Garrett seems to think that Silverlight is “fizzling,” but Microsoft begs to differ. The exec’s comments came as part of a broader talk on Adobe’s business at the homas Weisel Partners Technology & Telecom Conference being held this week in San Francisco. Garrett’s contention is that while Silverlight may have launched strong, demand [...]

Report: Google Polishes Off Chrome

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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The browser was are heating up– again. Google vice president Marissa Mayer said that company’s Chrome browser is on the verge of coming out of beta, according to a report by TechCrunch. Chrome made its debut as a beta on September 2nd; for Google, a beta period of only a few months is a surprisingly [...]

Adobe Releases Flash Player 10

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Adobe on Wednesday shipped its latest update to what has now become nearly the de-facto standard for multimedia on the web, Flash Player 10. One of the most noticeable enhancements here would be 3D support, which would add a whole new layer of interactivity to Flash-enabled applications. Using 3D would be easy, Adobe says — it [...]

Six Burning Questions About Flash on the iPhone

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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It may be the single biggest thing on the iPhone to-do list that’s not completely under Apple’s control: getting Adobe’s Flash working on the thing. Yes, there are cynics,lovers of lightweight surfing, and haters of animated intros who will contend that the iPhone is better without Flash. But anyone who’s ever tried to visit a [...]