The upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook has a dual core processor and what appear to be pretty powerful multitasking capabilities. But how does it handle everyday tasks like viewing web pages with heavy Flash or HTML5 features? Research in Motion has posted a new video of the PlayBook browser in action and it looks like it can […]
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Flash video stinks on Google Cr-48 notebooks, Adobe’s working on it
The first Cr-48 Google Chrome notebooks began arriving today, and while by all accounts the hardware is well designed and the operating system is simple to use and fast to boot, there’s one glaring problem: Adobe Flash support seems to stink at the moment. Like the latest versions of the Google Chrome web browser, Chrome […]
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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 beta brings better hardware acceleration support
Adobe has launched a public beta of Flash Player 10.2. The biggest change is support for Adobe’s new Stage Video API, which improves support for hardware video acceleration. Translation: If you’ve got a supported video card, you’ll be able to watch HD Flash video without straining your CPU, which means you’ll be able to watch […]
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RIM shows off BlackBerry PlayBook at Adobe MAX conference
This morning Adobe announced that Adobe AIR 2.5 would work on a range of devices including TVs, Android smartphones, and tablets like the BlackBerry PlayBook. Meanwhile RIM launched the SDK for developing AIR apps for the tablet today, as well as a BlackBerry PlayBook simulator. So it probably shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that […]
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 now available for download
Adobe has released Flash Player 10.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company has been pushing out release candidates for the last few months, but now the Flash plugin is officially ready for prime time. Among the biggest changes in Flash Player 10.1 are support for hardware acceleration for H.264 video content. That means if […]
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The battle for web video continues: NBC, Time Warner stick with Flash
Apple doesn’t like Adobe Flash, which is why you can’t use it on the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Google and Adobe have made a big deal out of the fact that you can run Flash on Google Android 2.2. But you know what else uses Flash? Almost every computer on the market today — […]
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Acer Aspire One 521 with AMD V105 CPU: HD video test
There’s good news and bad news about that new Acer Aspire One 521 netbook that was introduced the other day. The good news is the folks at Notebook Journal.de have gotten their hands on a demo unit. The bad news is they’ve discovered it has issues playing HD video from YouTube. Standard definition video looks […]
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Litl Webbook to support HD Flash video
The folks behind the Litl Webbook plan to launch an update that will support Adobe Flash Player 10.1 with hardware video acceleration. In other words, you’ll be able to watch HD Flash video on the Litle Webbook. But the company is also introducing an SDK that will allow developers to write Flash-based channels for the […]
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 RC4 with support for Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics
Adobe has just pushed out the 4th release candidate for Adobe Flash Player 10.1. The new version is supposed to enable 1080p HD Flash video playback on computers with Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, which is just about every 11 to 12 inch thin and light laptop with an Intel CULV processor released in the last […]
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ARM: It ain’t the chips that are delaying the launch of smartbooks
It’s been almost a year since chip-maker Qualcomm coined the term “smartbook” to describe a new kind of device that would be a cross between a smartphone and a netbook. Like smartphones, these so-called smartbooks would have low power ARM-based processors, long battery life, and always-connected access to the internet through 3G wireless networks. But […]