- Mon Sep 17 2001 Liberate taps Macromedia for Flash
Liberate Technologies said it has integrated Macromedia's Flash Player into its interactive TV software. Liberate said the streaming media company's player will enable developers to create applications and graphics for interactive TV on its software. Such applications include interactive programming guides and games.
San Carlos, Calif.-based Liberate provides the software that enables people to play games or purchase products via interactive TV. The company said last June that its software was in use in more than 1.5 million set-top boxes as of May 31.
- Mon Apr 13 1998 Macromedia to open Flash
Macromedia is opening its popular Flash file format for the delivery of vector graphics and animation on the Web.
- Mon Oct 8 2001 Macromedia tracks Flash use
Software developer Macromedia has signed a deal with WebSideStory, a Web site analytics company, to offer site developers a custom tool to track consumer interaction with sites built in Flash.
Flash, an easy-to-use animation tool made by Macromedia, is one of the most widely used development applications for Web sites, advertisements and games, claiming such clients as Nike, MSNBC and Virgin Records. The deal allows Web developers to use WebSideStory's HitBox Professional tool to monitor how often sites build in Flash and Macromedia's Dreamweaver tool are viewed, as well as how visitors interact with content and ads in real time. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- Thu May 27 2004 Macromedia tests Flash fixes
The company is letting a group of users test an update of its Flash MX 2004 application, part of the company's drive to make Flash a broad Web development tool.
- Tue Dec 16 2003 Macromedia boosts Flash for video
The software maker announces a hosting partnership and other deals aimed at promoting the use of its Flash format to serve up video clips online.
- Tue Jul 27 2004 Macromedia updates Flash tools
Upgrade is designed to let customers load and compile code more quickly.
- Mon Mar 29 2004 Macromedia flexes Flash muscle
The software maker releases Flex, a server tool aimed at creating slick interfaces for Web applications.
- Mon Apr 21 2003 Macromedia adds Flash tools
The software maker hopes to encourage the proliferation of Web applications based on its Flash language with the addition of a new set of drag-and-drop developer tools.
- Tue Jan 8 2002 New virus first to infect Macromedia Flash
Antivirus companies warn that online vandals have learned a new trick: embedding infectious code in Macromedia Flash movies.
- Tue Nov 7 2000 Short Take: Macromedia Flash to work with Allaire products
Macromedia and Allaire say they are collaborating on software that will make it easier for people to use Macromedia's Flash animation software with Allaire's Web application server software. Allaire's products slated for integration with Flash are the ColdFusion Web application server and the JRun Java application server. Allaire this week is previewing the Flash toolkit, code-named Harpoon, at the company's developer conference in Washington, D.C. The toolkit is scheduled for a public beta test in December.




