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Google's Doodle Honors Synthesizer Genius Moog

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Google's New Mobile PlayBook Helps Businesses Tackle The Mobile Revolution

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Adobe VP On HTML5: Why We're Not Giving Up On Flash

For some companies, change is not so easy. Case in point: Adobe, which last week doubled down its efforts on Flash, releasing Flash Player 11, Air 3, and ramping up its 3-D and HD support--even as many critics argue the industry is shifting away from Flash and toward HTML5. READ MORE

Adobe's Edge HTML5 Web Tool Blazes A Trail To The Post-Flash Internet

Today Adobe is launching a public preview of Edge, its tool for web designers that allows moving, interactive graphics on a website using HTML5, not Flash. Adobe tells Fast Company why it's the tip of the iceberg.READ MORE

Kobo Thumbs Its Nose At Apple With An HTML5 E-reader App

Apple's put the boot down on in-app stores that circumvent its own App Store (and 30% surcharge), a move that's changed and, some argue, hindered the look and feel of e-reader apps. To skirt the rules, Kobo is launching a web app for its e-reader. READ MORE

iFive: LulzSec Hacks CIA, Facebook's Anti-iOS Plans, Location Privacy Bill, U.K. Shuns PlayBook, Bloomberg Immigration Plea

Today's the day that Adam Smith was born, IBM was incorporated, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, and rocket pioneer Werner von Braun died. But that's the past...here's today's news:READ MORE

Google's Author Markup Support Makes It Easier To Find A Writer's Works

Google just revealed it's supporting authorship markup HTML tags. This may sound like a small tweak, but it's great stuff if you're a writer who wants to track your work online--and it may even help protect an article's IP. READ MORE

Tron Guy Rejoice: Disney, Microsoft Unveil HTML5 Graphic Novel "Tron: Legacy"

"We were blown away by the potential of this technology for the graphic novel," Disney creative director Nashie Castro tells us.READ MORE

Google Chrome OS Director Joins Chorus of Praise for HTML5

Google is banking on the power and scalability of HTML5 to attract developers to its Chrome Web Store, which offers browser apps that mimic the experience of apps on Apple's iPhone and iPad. READ MORE

Internet Explorer Director: HTML5 Will Revolutionize Web Experience

Today, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9, the browser's latest iteration. Like competitors Firefox and Chrome, Microsoft is fully focused on the power of HTML5. What kind impact will that have on the web--and could it sound the death knell for Flash?READ MORE

Star.me Makes the Web Messier, More Fun

Humorist and TED speaker Ze Frank tells FastCompany how his new startup can help save us from living our entire online lives in blue and white. READ MORE

Firefox VP: Say Goodbye to Flash

HTML5 is great news for Firefox's 450 million users, but it's not so positive for Adobe, which could see one of its premiere products become irrelevant. Is Flash no more? READ MORE

Disney Buys HTML5 Gamers Rocketpack, Enhances Web Future for Casual Games

With the purchase of a startup, Disney signals that the race is on to make casual gaming more of a cross-platform web experience, and less beholden to the App Store.READ MORE

Apple Launches iAd Producer Pack to Steal Adobe's Business

Apple's suite of software for crafting its next-gen iAd advertising apps is an unashamed attempt to snatch some of Adobe's business.READ MORE

iFive: Google TV Delays, U.K. Blocks All Porn, Facebook's E-Commerce Plans, Apple's Holiday Sales Push, HTML5 Beats Flash Again

Monday's here, bringing with it snow, an impending lunar eclipse, imminent holidays, and the week's early tech news in lovely, bite-sized chunks:READ MORE

Adobe CTO on MacBook Air, HTML5: Flash Battery Problems a "False Argument"

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch fights back against criticism from Apple and competition from HTML5.READ MORE

Beware the Evercookie: An HTML5 Loophole to Steal Your Privacy

HTML5 may be the future of advanced websites, and one step toward the demise of Adobe's Flash tech, but that doesn't mean it's 100% wonderful. Now a virus coder has shown HTML5 may have huge privacy loopholes.READ MORE

Internet Explorer 9 Beta Scores Millions of Downloads: No Longer "Internet Exploder"?

Microsoft's venerable Internet Explorer has been known as Internet Exploder for some time, due to its sluggishness and out-of-date feature set. But the new IE9 beta is netting millions of downloads. Is the curse finally broken?READ MORE