Macromedia Flash—and its namesake file format—redefined the Internet browsing experience five years ago with scalable vector animations. Of the products in our roundup, Macromedia Flash 5 is the most ...

Macromedia hopes to make its Flash animation player a "first-class citizen" on PCs with a new addition that allows the software to operate outside a Web browser. The company is scheduled to announce ...

When Macromedia Inc. was founded 10 years ago, the software firm quickly established itself as the anchor of an emerging San Francisco multimedia industry. At that point, Macromedia and other ...

Software maker Adobe Systems is set to dump a bit of rain on rival Macromedia's parade Monday. While Macromedia executives tout one of the company's biggest product launches ever--Web design tool ...

A year after Macromedia revealed ambitious plans to expand the reach of its Flash format, the software maker appears to have trouble building support for the effort among developers and information ...

Macromedia Inc. warned yesterday of a “critical” security flaw in the latest version of its Flash animation player and advised users to install a new version that it released on the Web to fix the ...

Japanese cell phone giant NTT DoCoMo will become the first phone carrier to offer services based on Macromedia's Flash animation player, Macromedia is set to announce Monday. Flash is one of the most ...

As Adobe Flash will reach its End of Life on December 31st of this year, the Internet Archive has announced its plan to preserve both Flash animations and games for future generations on its site. The ...

Macromedia Inc., a software maker with a history of reinventing itself, is proving once again it is no flash in the pan.A flood of new multimedia software products combined with a strong sales ...

Macromedia has released the Flash 5 player for Microsoft's Pocket PC platform, adding a multimedia component that was previously missing from most Pocket PCs. The current player for the desktop is ...