> ## Apple Responds > > [](http://www.zeldman.com/wp-content/n4f.png) > > via [zeldman.com](http://www.zeldman.com/2010/05/14/apple-responds/)Bravo, zeldman.com. That just made my whole week.…

[](http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jcieplinski/FIfjJsJiqjpidzdryfplCEotECexFehIuJGJbwJcDhIwxdgFFEDsbqmhfatn/media_httpstaticarste_ycilb.jpg.scaled1000.jpg)via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/05/adobe-takes-case-against-apple-to-net-with-ad-open-letter.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)This ad is complete nonsense, but at least Adobe seems to have figured out that the media war is about consumers, not companies or developers. That’s a start, anyway. Amazing that Adobe is so hell…

> 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…