Few experiences match the sight -- and sound -- of a Shuttle launch.

Google's partnership this week with Adobe Systems, which has the Flash Player being bundled with the Google Chrome browser, has the potential to take relatively vigorous competition in the browser market to an even more-heated level, an IDC analyst said in a bulletin this week.

HTML5, the budding specification for multimedia in Web applications, will not displace proprietary rich Internet technologies, such as Adobe Flash/Flex or Microsoft Silverlight, anytime soon, an analyst report released this week said.
Based on data gathered from three IT surveys in 2009, Forrester Research does not see obsolescence for the single-vendor-driven plug-in platforms.
Code-named Froyo, upgrade brings voice-controlled GPS, search in-browser, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and setup wizard to smartphone.