> Although Grønvold doesn’t see a reason to use Flash for video, he says that the relative ubiquity of Flash content makes the plugin a necessity in order to have a complete Internet experience. As such, he says that Opera still needs the plugin. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/05/opera-flash-as-a-video-container-makes-very-little-sense.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)Because Adobe followed the same basic business strategy of Microsoft, making its product a NECESSITY instead of a DESIRE, they are now facing the obvious…

> **NEWS****Smartbooks have failed to materialise due to delays in Flash optimisation, a lower-than-expected uptake of Linux on netbooks, and the sudden emergence of tablets, ARM’s marketing chief has said.** > > ARM dominates the mobile phone chip design market and has since 2008 been [trying to get into the subnotebook market](http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/processors/2008/10/23/arm-cortex-based-netbooks-due-soon-39527261/ "ARM Cortex-based netbooks due soon") as well. The plan was to do so through Linux-based, [ARM-powered ‘smartbooks’](http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/processors/2009/06/01/qualcomm-lines-up-30-snapdragon-gadgets-39657633/…

> “We believe that the native browser experience is the best reading experience for documents” as opposed to Flash, which requires duplicating browser functionality inside a browser, Friedman said. Scribd users will get such functionalities as search, zoom, and scrolling via HTML5, he said. > > “Previously, the Flash application needed to provide all that functionality itself, which meant that users had to learn and work with a whole new interface in order to manipulate what they were reading,” said Friedman. > > While Scribd is primarily a consumer site, it does have an enterprise…

> “The technology issue I think Apple has with us is not that it does work, but when it does work,” he said. “We don’t want to play technology games when Apple is playing a legal game. We’re focusing on everybody else. There’s a huge wave of innovation, there’s going to be a wide range of devices.” > > Lynch went on to mention the Open Screen Project, which he said has more than 70 partners working with Adobe, and he believes great innovation will come from it starting…

> The 3.5″ 1.44MB HD floppy may finally be going gentle into that good night. Sony, one of just a few companies that still produce the archaic computer storage media, has announced plans to [end production of floppies](http://www.macworld.com/article/150837/2010/04/floppydisk.html "Macworld: Sony to end floppy disk production") in March 2011. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/04/the-once-ubiquitous-floppy-finally-being-axed-by-sony.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)If you still don’t understand why Apple is fighting…