Mobile Flash dropped by Adobe

HTML5 is the new standard for mobile

Adobe Flash

Adobe “will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations,” according to a blog posted by Danny Winokur, general manager of interactive development for Adobe. Those configurations include the chipset, browser, OS version and more, he said. The changes will take place following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook, he added. Continue reading

Executives overpaid for decision making compared to computers

A U.K. study of 350 of the largest firms that found that pay for company executives rose by 700% since 2002 to this year, while the value of those firms went up by 21% and workers pay went up by 27%. “There has to be something questionable about that picture.” Gartner Continue reading

Windows 8 will be touch screen on desktop, tablet and smartphone

Next version of Windows due in 2012 brings desktops and laptops closer to the mobile world

Windows 8 launch screen with active tiles (beta)

Microsoft will play catch-up with Apple iPhone/iPad and Google’s Android in 2012 with the release of the evolutionary Windows 8 interface.
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