> “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…

> 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…