Thoughts on Flash

Steve Jobs Is Lying About Flash MPEG-4 AVC H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC) is a block-oriented motion-compensation-based video compression standard. As of 2014[update], it is one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of video content.[1] It supports resolutions up to 8192×4320, including 8K UHD.[2] The intent of the H.264/AVC project was to create a standard capable of providing good video quality at substantially lower bit rates than previous standards (i.e., half or less the bit rate of MPEG-2, H.263, or MPEG-4 Part 2), without increasing the complexity of design so much that it would be impractical or excessively expensive to implement. This was achieved with new features such as an improved discrete cosine transform (DCT) algorithm and multi-picture inter-picture prediction. H.264 was standardized by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC JTC1 Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). Naming[edit] History[edit] Versions[edit]

Zero-day exploits spur uptick in Adobe updates | Adventures in IT Gripe Line reader Scott recently sent out a challenge to find out what's going on with all those pesky Adobe Reader updates. "The frequency of these updates is getting quite ridiculous," he laments. "This is worse than Microsoft ever was before they started their monthly updates. Can someone please find out why they are sending out so many updates lately?" [ For a look at where tech support is going, read Christina Tynan-Wood's "The (better) future of tech support." | Frustrated by tech support? Gripe Line reader Ken weighed in on the Adobe update issue via email in response to Scott's call. "There have been a number of Adobe Reader updates lately either because of security vulnerabilities within Reader or some of the products it leverages," Ken says. True, says Adobe spokesperson Wiebke Lips: "The updates you are seeing for Adobe Reader and Acrobat are security updates. But occasionally the company feels the need to do out-of-cycle releases.

Adobe respond to Jobs' "thoughts on Flash" The Wall Street Journal has had a short live-blog session with Adobe CEO, Shantanu Narayen, regarding today's "Thoughts on Flash" letter by Steve Jobs. In the interview, Narayen says that the technology problems Jobs portrays are nothing more than a "smokescreen," and that over 100 applications made by Adobe software can currently be found in the App Store. Narayen also goes on the attack, stating that if Adobe really is the number one cause of Mac crashes, then the problem is with the Apple OS, and not Adobe's product. In addition to addressing other issues, Narayen makes Adobe's stance on the matter clear--customers will be the ones to decide what technology to use, and Adobe firmly believes in a multi-platform world. Aside from the official response from Adobe, former Editor-in-Chief of MacUsers, Adam Banks, has voiced an opinion of his own. Banks then addresses the points he disagrees with, one by one. It was Adobe who supported Apple in the beginning. 2:40 pmMr. 2:43 pmMr.

IEEE 802.11y-2008 IEEE 802.11y-2008 is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11-2007 standard that enables high powered data transfer equipment to operate using the 802.11a protocol on a co-primary basis in the 3650 to 3700 MHz band in the United States, except when near a grandfathered satellite earth station.[1] It was approved for publication by the IEEE on September 26, 2008. Background[edit] In June 2007 the FCC issued final rules for a novel “light licensing” scheme in the 3650–3700 MHz band.[2] Licensees pay a small fee for a nationwide, non-exclusive license. They then pay an additional nominal fee for each high powered base station that they deploy. Features[edit] The US 3650 MHz rules allow for registered stations to operate at much higher power than traditional Wi-Fi gear (Up to 20 watts equivalent isotropically radiated power). IEEE 802.11y adds three new concepts to 802.11-2007 base Standard: Some of the benefits of DSE include: Beyond the US 3650 band[edit] Other potential bands for 802.11y include:

Flex and Flash Developer – Jesse Warden dot Kizz-ohm » Blog Arch Apple has posted Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash“. There are a lot of lies and half truths. No one will care. The article has enough valid points that people won’t check up on them. That said, here’s my attempts to correct the lies. Lie #1: “Adobe’s Flash products are 100% proprietary.” The Flash IDE, yes. ActionScript 3 runtime, called Tamarin. This street goes both ways, too. ActionScript 1, 2, and 3 are all based on EMCAScript. I’m not saying Adobe’s open sourced a lot of the Flash Player. Regarding their products, he’s wrong there too. Using a blanket statement saying Adobe’s Flash products are 100% proprietary is a lie. Lie #2: “HTML5 being adopted by Google” Google created the first browser to fully integrate plugins, and continues to work with Adobe to do so. Google didn’t start out with Flash. Lie #3: “…75% of video on the web is in Flash. Incorrect. Not all H264 videos conform to these specs. I’ve been in web video for 7 years. Lie #4: “users aren’t missing much video.” Incorrect.

Facebook Abandoning HTML5 to Speed Up iOS App Adobe Gives up on Apple, Welcomes Android Adobe is officially giving up on Apple. Or rather, Apple gave up on Adobe and Adobe is just now admitting it. In any event, the news is that Adobe's "Packager for iPhone," the bundled tool in Flash Professional that lets Flash developers leverage their existing skills to produce iPhone apps, shall be no more. Farewell, iPhone The announcement highlights the escalating tensions between the two companies, initially kicked off by Apple's decision to not allow Flash on its mobile devices, a line up which includes iPhone, iPod Touch and now, the iPad. More recently, Apple made changes to its software development kit license, the agreement developers sign prior to building mobile applications for Apple, which again seemed like a shot at Adobe more so than anyone else. That change effectively killed Adobe's plans for its Flash-to-iPhone packager, a tool that would have allowed Flash developers to port their creations to Apple's platform. But is Adobe worried? To some extent, he's right.