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Adobe to cut about 680 full-time jobs

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.

Adobe to offer Flash to iPhone developers

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.

On the Call: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen

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.

Adobe extends Flash to TVs, Blu-ray players

Adobe Systems Inc. is extending its Flash platform to digital home entertainment devices like TV sets, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes.

Adobe 1Q profit, sales drop, squeezed by downturn

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.

Earnings Preview: Adobe Systems

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.

Adobe to miss 1Q revenue target

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.

Adobe 4Q profit grows, revenue essentially flat

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.

Adobe's 4Q sales range mainly in line with Street

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.

Adobe 3Q net income down, results beat estimates

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.

Adobe second-quarter earnings jump 41 percent

Adobe Systems Inc.'s profit rose 41 percent in the second quarter because of strong sales and booming demand in international markets.

Adobe launches new version of Acrobat with Flash

Adobe Systems Inc. is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos.

Adobe plans to give away Flash for mobile devices

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.

Free Web Version of Photoshop Launches

The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.

Adobe Shares Surge on Strong 1Q Profit

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.

Microsoft Licenses Adobe Mobile Software

Microsoft Corp. has licensed Adobe's software for viewing online videos and other files on cell phones, the companies said Monday.

Adobe CEO Chizen Earned $8.3M in 2007

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.

Adobe 4th Quarter Profit Climbs 21 Pct.

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.

Adobe, Yahoo Partner on Ads

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.

Adobe CEO Steps Down

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.

Adobe Launching Creative Suite 3

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.

EU: No Adobe Complaint About Microsoft

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.

Adobe-Google Sign Distribution Deal

Adobe Systems Inc. said late Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to distribute the Google Toolbar with various Adobe products.

Microsoft, Adobe Systems in Ongoing Spat

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.

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Adobe Plans Staff Reduction
Source: digitaldaily.allthingsd.com

Add Adobe to the fast-growing list of tech companies sacking employees in November.

New Adobe Zero-Day Exploit
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Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of a zero-day exploit that affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier versions (CVE-2009-3459). Trend Micro detects this as TROJ_PIDIEF.UO.

Apple, Google, others named in patent infringement suit
Source: electronista.com

Research and development company Eolas Technologies has filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies, including major technology businesses such as Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Google, eBay and Sun.

Adobe delays anger users
Source: Australian News Network

PHANTOM customer support and selling corrupted software have swiftly turned into a comedy of errors for Adobe, and its customers are not laughing.

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again. By Ryan Singel. August 10, 2009 7:39 pm
Source: Wired News

More than half of the internet's top websites use a little known capability of Adobe's Flash plugin to track users and store information about them, but only four of them mention the so-called Flash Cookies in their privacy policies, UC Berkeley researchers reported Monday.

The Hidden Cost of Microsoft's 'Free' Online Office Suite
Source: industry.bnet.com

Despite what you've heard, the online version of Office 2010 announced by Microsoft earlier this week won't be free to corporate users, and isn't a threat to the likes of Google, Adobe, or even Zoho, which sells online productivity software to small and medium-sized busines …

HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?
Source: Yahoo! Tech - Daily Features

HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, a …

Disable JavaScript for Safety, Adobe Advises
Source: PC World

Not even Adobe Acrobat is safe anymore; just ask F-Secure.

Flash goes iPhone ?

For real or a rumor ?The first time in the mobile history somebody ported Flash Lite Project ( mobile version of Adobe's Flash ) to the iPhone/iPod touch, claims Thomas Joos ( yesterday< ) who has collaborated with italian programmer Emanuele Cipolloni.We managed to create a fla …

World's best overall Flash Lite application: Tube

Developers and experts from User Group gave the votes.Croatian Flash Lite developer Alen Alebic won again most respected award among Flash Lite developers with Tube – interactive mobile guide for London's subway system ( Nokia s60 3rd edition ) .Alebic is the head of Gideon Mob …

I'm sorry but Dreamweaver is dying
Source: pcpro.co.uk

I've received a number of very kind emails regarding my last digital design column, but I have to admit that a couple made me feel slightly uncomfortable.

28 Adobe AIR Apps for Designers and Developers - Need Some AIR?
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28 Adobe Air Apps for Designers and Developers

Transitioning from Flash to Flex: An Overview

This article is cross-posted at the Flex Cookbook. It's mildly technical in nature, and definitely aimed at a specific demographic - I'm writing to Flash Developers curious about Adobe Flex. I hope at least a few people find it to be helpful!

Cash Rich Tech Companies Cutting Jobs
Source: siliconvalleywatcher.com

Tough times call for tough measures and we can see that in the increasing numbers of layoffs among large tech companies.

Adobe Flash is being Redefined
Source: theflashblog.com

This is an interesting blog post from Flash Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow. Anyone who works with ActionScript is probably going to be fairly familiar with Lee - he runs GoToAndLearn, which is one of the best resources for aspiring developers.

[Gallery] The 10 most annoying programs on the Internet
Source: content.techrepublic.com.com

The Internet has brought us many joys. It's rewritten the rules of business and pleasure.

Gmail gets a proper PDF viewer
Source: CNET.com

Gmail's integrated software-free PDF viewer has received a nice upgrade courtesy of Google Docs. Now opening up a PDF in Gmail won't fire up your native PDF viewer (like the slow-to-load Adobe Acrobat), and instead will send you to the document reader built into Google Docs.

Zoetrope: Temporal Web Browsing. Friggin Sweet!
Source: Technology Review

Check this out - it's a video clip demoing some new product from Adobe. It lets you select page elements and view them over time - it also seems to be capable of pulling data out dynamically, and comparing it to other data.

Seven Reasons Why Barack Obama Should make the Birth Certificate Controversy go Away

The question of whether Barack Obama was actually born in Kenya thus disqualifying him to run as a presidential candidate will not go away. It is like the little mushrooms that appear every morning under the tree, they keep coming back. What should the President Elect do?

Adobe starts 64-bit Flash testing with Linux alpha
Source: Ars Technica

Adobe has released the very first alpha version of a 64-bit Flash Player for Linux. This move is part of the company's broader plans to provide comprehensive 64-bit support for the widely-used browser plugin.

PDF Malware Hits Acrobat Reader Flaw
Source: PC World

"PC Tools is reporting an increase in PDF-based malware, some of which can evade antivirus software.

Adobe Drops Licensing Fees, Gives Away Flash For Devices
Source: Wired News

Software maker Adobe announced Thursday that it would drop many of the licensing requirements attached to its Flash technology, which is used to display video and audio content on the web. The new initiative, named the Open Screen Project, has five key components:

Adobe Adds 3-D Dev Tools To Flash
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The 10th version of Adobe's Flash Player emphasizes features relating to 3-D animation and text effects. The new release includes new support for custom filters and effects, native 3-D transformation and animation, advanced audio processing and GPU hardware acceleration.

Ancient Peru Pyramid Spotted by Satellite
Source: Discovery.com

A new remote sensing technology has peeled away layers of mud and rock near Peru's Cahuachi desert to reveal an ancient adobe pyramid, Italian researchers announced on Friday at a satellite imagery conference in Rome.

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