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  HTML5: An open standard to rule them all?

  Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not advocate a position that is particular to the author's employer and has been edited and approved by Network World editors.

  By Faraz Syed, president, Keynote DeviceAnywhere | 22 February, 2012 06:26

  Tags: adobe flash, Android, App Development, applications, Blackberry, bring your own device, byod, consumer electronics, consumerization of IT, Facebook, Flash, html5, iOS, iPhone, mobile, Mobile OSes, mobile Web applications, smartphones, software, Telecommunication, web development, WebSocket

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  NeuroSky MindWave: Fun with Brainwaves

  In last week's Gearhead I discussed, in part, the science of electroencephalography or EEG … the detection and measurement of the neurological activity of the brain via electrodes attached to a subject's scalp.

  By Mark Gibbs | 10 February, 2012 11:29

  Tags: brainwaves, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, EEG, electroencephalography, electromyography, EMG, Flash, hardware systems, NeuroSky, NeuroSky MindWave

• Adobe: Flash for Ice Cream Sandwich by year-end

  Adobe's plans to stop developing mobile Flash Player will have to wait a little longer, as the company works on bringing Flash to Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

  By Jared Newman | 22 November, 2011 04:42

  Tags: Android, consumer electronics, Flash, Google, Phones, smartphones

• RIP Adobe mobile Flash: Will anyone miss you?

  It may be the end of the line for Adobe's mobile Flash Player, but the question now is will anyone care if and when it's gone?

  By Daniel Ionescu | 10 November, 2011 04:23

  Tags: Adobe Systems, apple iphone, Flash, hardware systems, tablet PC, tablets

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  Adobe explains ditching Flash for mobile

  Adobe Systems said Wednesday it is abandoning the Flash Player in future mobile browsers to focus on HTML5, a decision that immediately ignited concerns among mobile app developers, many of whom are working with Android apps.

  By Matt Hamblen | 10 November, 2011 04:16

  Tags: Adobe Systems, App Development, applications, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile Apps and Services, software, Flash, html5

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  Adobe to fix Flash flaw that allows webcam spying

  Adobe is working on a fix for a Flash Player vulnerability that can be exploited via clickjacking techniques to turn on people's webcams or microphones without their knowledge.

  By Lucian Constantin | 21 October, 2011 01:18

  Tags: Access control and authentication, Adobe Systems, applications, browsers, Desktop security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, Flash, online safety, peripherals, privacy, security, software, webcams

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  How to convert PowerPoint to Flash

  We look at several different ways that you can convert PowerPoint to Flash

  By Staff Writers | 15 September, 2011 09:49

  Tags: Flash, Microsoft, powerpoint, presentations

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  Getting the most out of flash storage

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

  By Gary Orenstein, vice president of product and technical marketing, Fusion-io | 14 September, 2011 07:30

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Flash, hardware systems, network storage, storage, Storage Management

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  HP or no HP: The PC lives

  Suggestions that the PC is dead are greatly exaggerated. Flexibility, innovation and users' storage needs will keep it around a good long while.

  By Ian Paul | 21 August, 2011 06:41

  Tags: Components, computers, desktop, desktop pcs, Flash, hardware systems, hewlett-packard, HP, IBM, IDC, International Data Group, Kinect, laptop accessories, Lenovo, memory, memory stick, Microsoft, operating systems, software, tablet PC, Windows

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  Android apps, HTML5 heat up freelance job market

  The growth in freelance jobs for the Android mobile platform is outpacing the venerable iPhone and iPad, and HTML5 demand is snowballing at more than 30 per cent, according to skills marketplace Freelancer.com.

  By Rodney Gedda | 11 July, 2011 10:17

  Tags: Android, careers, Flash, Freelancer.com, Google, html5, iPhone, jobs, software development

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  Deja vu all over again: Adobe reveals new Flash Zero day

  Do not adjust your Web browser. This may look like an identical post to the one from four weeks ago announcing a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash, but it's actually a new one.

  By Tony Bradley | 13 April, 2011 00:41

  Tags: Adobe Systems, antispam, Flash, malware, phishing, security, spam, viruses

• Creative Suite 5.5 proves Adobe can adapt and evolve

  Adobe is unleashing Creative Suite (CS) 5.5. The number after the decimal point indicates that this is an incremental update, but CS 5.5 includes a number of impressive improvements and tools that make it feel more like a major release. At the same time, CS 5.5 shows that Adobe has no intention of fading away any time soon.

  By Tony Bradley | 12 April, 2011 01:58

  Tags: Adobe Systems, Android, consumer electronics, Flash, internet, iOS, Phones

• Adobe Fixes Zero-Day Flaw in Flash Player

  Adobe is releasing updates today to address a critical zero-day flaw in Flash Player--and the authplay.dll element used in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat--that was announced last week. Time to get patching.

  By Tony Bradley | 22 March, 2011 09:21

  Tags: Adobe Systems, antispam, Flash, malware, phishing, security, spam, viruses

• Motorola Xoom gets Flash update, finally

  After rushing its tablet to market ahead of Apple's iPad 2 announcement, Motorola is updating its Xoom tablet's software with Flash support. Is it a coincidence it's on the same day Apple's iPad 2 goes on sale? I think not.

  By Daniel Ionescu | 12 March, 2011 02:07

  Tags: Android, Apple, consumer electronics, Flash, google android tablets, Motorola, motorola xoom, Motorola Xoom tablet, Phones, tablet PC, tablets, twitter, upgrading

• Motorola Xoom launching without Flash support

  The launch of the first Android Honeycomb tablet is becoming a disaster, as Adobe runs damage control on the news that Motorola's Xoom tablet will ship without Flash support.

  By Jared Newman | 23 February, 2011 03:51

  Tags: Android, Android tablets, consumer electronics, Flash, Google Android, Handhelds / PDAs, Motorola, motorola xoom, Phones, tablets, Verizon Wireless