When Steve Jobs posted a letter last year blasting Flash as being unreliable, slow, buggy, a battery life killer, and a known malware target, among other things, Adobe cried foul. They complained loudly, got plenty of favorable press, but could never prove Jobs wrong. When I presented a challenge to Adobe in these columns, that […]

As you know, Microsoft makes huge profits from the sale of software and services. While you can get a generic PC real cheap with a flavor of Windows preloaded, actually buying a copy at your favorite consumer electronics outlet can be extremely costly. Best Buy, for example, offers Windows 7 Ultimate, the edition with all […]

No doubt you’ve heard the news. The two major players in graphics software, Adobe Systems and Macromedia, have agreed to become one. The all-stock transaction, in which Adobe will acquire Macromedia, is valued at $3.4 billion and requires both shareholder and regulatory approval before it is finalized. The entire process will take at least six […]