Nov 10 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems said Tuesday it is cutting 680 full-time jobs, or about 9 percent of its work force, to align costs with its fiscal 2010 budget.
Oct 5 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems says developers for Apple's iPhone will be able to use its video-enabling software, Flash, to create applications for the device for the first time.
Sep 15 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc. is planning to buy Omniture Inc., a Web analytic software company, for about $1.8 billion. The deal, announced Tuesday, comes nearly four years after Adobe paid $3.4 billion for Macromedia Inc. — the company behind now well-known Adobe products such the Flash online animation and video software. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen discussed Adobe's plans for Omniture during the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings conference call.
Apr 19 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc. is extending its Flash platform to digital home entertainment devices like TV sets, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes.

Mar 17 - By Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
Adobe Systems Inc., the company behind the popular Photoshop software, posted a decline in fiscal first-quarter profit and sales Tuesday, squeezed by the economic downturn.
Mar 13 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal first quarter, which ended Feb. 27, on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Mar 4 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc. late Wednesday warned that first-quarter revenue won't meet analysts' estimates amid a business downturn, but said earnings will still meet forecasts.
Dec 16 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc., best known for its Photoshop and Acrobat software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit grew 11 percent, at the high end of the guidance it gave this month.
Sep 16 - By Associated Press
Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. forecast fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 39 to 41 cents per share and adjusted earnings of 51 to 53 cents per share Tuesday, in line with Wall Street estimates.

Sep 16 - By Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
Publishing and design software maker Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday its profit fell 7 percent in its fiscal third quarter. But by the measures watched on Wall Street, earnings beat analysts' forecasts.
Jun 16 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
Adobe Systems Inc.'s profit rose 41 percent in the second quarter because of strong sales and booming demand in international markets.
Jun 1 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
Adobe Systems Inc. is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos.
Apr 30 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
Adobe Systems Inc. says it will license its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices to help developers make mobile Internet experiences more closely resemble the experience on computers.

Mar 26 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.

Mar 18 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. climbed 13 percent Wednesday, a day after the software maker reported a 52 percent jump in its first-quarter profit amid strong demand for design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver and for its Acrobat publishing tool.
Mar 16 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
Microsoft Corp. has licensed Adobe's software for viewing online videos and other files on cell phones, the companies said Monday.
Feb 28 - By Amanda Fehd, Associated Press Writer
Departing Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Bruce Chizen received compensation valued at $8.3 million in 2007 and gained another $29.6 million by exercising stock options that year, according to a regulatory filing.

Dec 17 - By Associated Press
After a year of record revenue and the departure of a longtime CEO, executives at Adobe Systems Inc. say 2008 will bring additional product releases and the completion of an aggressive stock buyback program.
Nov 28 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc. and Yahoo Inc. plan to launch a service Thursday allowing publishers to insert advertisements into many online newsletters or other electronic documents.
Nov 12 - By Associated Press
Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Bruce Chizen said Monday he would step down, and President and Chief Operating Officer Shantanu Narayen will replace him on Dec. 1.
Mar 27 - By Rachel Konrad, AP Writer
A new version of Adobe Systems Inc.'s Creative Suite software will go on sale next month, a launch that executives have billed as the most significant in the company's 25-year history.
Jun 22 - By Aoife White, AP Business Writer
The European Commission said Thursday that software company Adobe Systems Inc. has not made any complaints so far about Microsoft Corp.'s plans to ship its new Office software without Adobe's PDF file reader.
Jun 21 - By Associated Press
Adobe Systems Inc. said late Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to distribute the Google Toolbar with various Adobe products.
Jun 2 - By AllisonLinn
Microsoft Corp. said it has canceled plans to include an automatic way to save documents in the popular PDF format in the next version of its Office software, amid an ongoing dispute with Adobe Systems Inc.