[](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…

> ## RIP Nexus One > > The only loser in this affair is the Nexus One brand, which [didn’t perform brilliantly](http://mashable.com/2010/03/16/nexus-one-sales-poor/) in sales, and also got nixed by two major carriers for newer models. But while the Nexus One may be heading toward the [end of its lifeline](http://www.pcworld.com/article/195011/google_nexus_one_a_successful_flop.html), the phone has managed to raise the profile of the Android operating system, which is now [outselling the Apple iPhone](http://www.macworld.com/…

> Google’s Android OS surpassed Apple in US smartphone market share during the first quarter of 2010. According to the NPD Group, Google now enjoys 28 percent of the smartphone market, earning the company the second-place spot behind Research in Motion (36 percent) and pushing Apple to third place (21 percent).  > > NPD credits Android’s success to strong carrier promotions, such as Verizon’s buy-one-get-one-free offer on RIM and Android OS devices. Still, the only company to offer Apple’s iPhone (AT&T) remained on top of the smartphone market…

> 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/…