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Flash, the ubiquitous plug-in that as of now is the go-to for Internet video or audio among other uses, looks to be improved greatly in the new 10.1 beta.  Adobe is pushing to bring Flash to every platform, both desktop and mobile (excluding the iPhone thanks to Apple), and is… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover wireless power, Google Android all over CTIA, Verizon joins up with Google Voice, doubleTwist becomes a serious iTunes competitor, and Flash on every phone except the iPhone. Continue Reading »

Remember way back when Adobe was angling to work with Apple to get Flash on the iPhone?  Apple seemingly had no interest in working with Adobe and to date, the mighty iPhone can’t handle Flash.  Fast forward a couple years and it seems that Adobe was kind of upset Apple… Continue Reading »

For many people, Adobe Photoshop is very pricey and has features that they will never use.  That’s why Adobe has its Photoshop Elements software.  Today, Adobe announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for both OS X and Windows.  Elements 8 will cost $99 for either platform, but Adobe is running a… Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s new Windows Mobile cell phone OS is set to be available in new smartphones starting October 6, 2009, a little over a month away.  The new OS is supposed to have an easier UI, superior browsing capabilities, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, and a way to back up all phone… Continue Reading »

Adobe’s Photoshop.com web app just got some new features.  Now users can upload video and create Group Albums.  There are limitations on video uploads: if you upload via the web app, videos must be no larger than 200MB.  If you upload using the Adobe AIR Uploader, videos can be up… Continue Reading »

Danish security researchers have discovered that Adobe is offering a badly outdated and bug ridden version of their popular Reader software on their website.  The version, Reader 9.1, was released in early March and has 14 security vulnerabilities that have been patched in two subsequent versions. By offering the outdated… Continue Reading »

Before we continue to get all hyped up on Google Chrome OS, we must remember that it is not going to be available until the second half of 2010, which means we still have a year to wait and at this point we only have a few facts in regards… Continue Reading »

Anyone who has used a smartphone recently knows just how frustrating some websites can be without the availability of Flash.  How else would we be able to watch YouTube or see obnoxious Flash ads?  Presumably there are useful applications for the Flash Player outside of Hulu even if we haven’t… Continue Reading »

If there’s one web video platform that’s nearly impossible to escape from, it has to be Adobe’s Flash.  YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, and nearly every other video hosting website uses Flash as a means of showing video.  According to Adobe, Flash is currently installed on 98 percent of all computers.  Apparently… Continue Reading »