> Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s General Manager of Internet Explorer, cut to the chase rather quickly, by stating “the future of the Web is HTML5.” He also said that Microsoft has been “deeply engaged” in the HTML5 process with the W3C, the standards body that drafts the specifications for how HTML5 should work. The company’s Internet Explorer 9, now in beta for Windows users, features HTML5 support. Hachamovitch says that while the W3C does not specify a video format for video embedded in HTML5 sites, Microsoft has joined Apple in…

> Narayen [spoke exclusively](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/29/live-blogging-the-journals-interview-with-adobe-ceo/) with *The Wall Street Journal* Thursday afternoon after Jobs’ letter, entitled “Thoughts on Flash,” was posted on Apple’s website. The Adobe CEO said he believes that multi-platform options like Flash will “eventually prevail,” because they allow developers to write software that can be used on a number of devices, rather than being tied to Apple’s iPhone OS ecosystem through the App Store. > > “We have different views of the world,” Narayan reportedly said of Adobe and Apple.…

> New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind. via [apple.com](http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/)Well said, Steve. I, too, hope that Adobe makes some HTML5 tools to help me create web sites for the future. I encourage everyone to read Steve’s official statement on Flash. It sums up what most defenders of…

> *By Jason Schwarz of [](http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10709986/1/google-could-plummet-as-apple-war-takes-toll.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA#) [www.economictiming.com](http://www.economictiming.com).* > > **Google’s**([GOOG](http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10709986/1/google-could-plummet-as-apple-war-takes-toll.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA#)) in trouble. I’m forecasting the next 24 months will take this stock back to its first-year initial public offering levels of $300 a share. The Internet search giant has ruffled the wrong feathers. > > When I hear **Apple*…

> So when exactly can you expect for Flash to hit your Android phone? Brimelow says no specific dates are being disclosed just yet. Adobe’s CEO, however, divulged some general details during [a recent interview](http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4148785/adobe-ceo-on-creative-suite-5-and-apple) with the Fox Business Network. > > “Google and RIM and Palm are going to be releasing versions of Flash on smartphones and tablets in the second half of the year,” CEO Shantanu Narayen said. > > This is a change from Adobe’s previous target launch date for Flash on Android;…