http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/adobeflash.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe today fulfilled earlier promises and provided betas for both Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2. Both are the first from Adobe to have a Flash layer that supports multi-touch input, including gestures such as pinching to zoom the window. Flash Player specifically gets H.264 hardware decoding through newer video chipsets and, initially for Windows PCs, can significantly reduce the workload on the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/flash.and.air.betas.also.bring.hw.decode/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/blackberry.gets.opengl.es.micropay.more/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/blackberrytour-reviewsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RIM opened up the BlackBerry Developers Conference by revealing the first modern 3D support for its smartphones. Those using a new Java SDK for BlackBerry OS 5.0 can now use OpenGL ES graphics and produce games or other 3D apps with contemporary effects. The SDK is currently in beta but should be available today.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/blackberry.gets.opengl.es.micropay.more/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/conversion.software.generates.flash.panoramas/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/panorama2flash1.00-story-29.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Easypano says it has launched a Mac version of Panorama2Flash. The software batch-publishes images as Flash panoramas, viewable in a fullscreen mode. Easypano claims one-click publishing, and the ability to add top and bottom images. Users can also customize pan, tilt and FOV values for Flash output, along with rotation speed and scene quality.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/conversion.software.generates.flash.panoramas/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/21/cortex.a5.nearly.ready.for.phones.pmps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/armcortex-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ARM used its presence at TechCon3 today to unveil a new processor architecture built to speed up lower-cost handhelds. The Cortex-A5 is about twice as power-efficient as older budget designs but shares many of the same foundations as fast processors like the Cortex-A8 found in the iPhone 3GS, including the NEON vector instructions that boost media and some other tasks. It can work either as a ve... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/21/cortex.a5.nearly.ready.for.phones.pmps/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/apple.restricts.necessary.technology.for.flash/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/flashsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe's mobile website contains new information that directly blames Apple for preventing the company's Flash Player from being allowed onto the iPhone platform. Visitors attempting to install Flash Player on their iPhone are reminded that the project has stagnated due to Apple's rules.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/apple.restricts.necessary.technology.for.flash/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/may.simplify.cross.platform.development/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/adobe.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe is well into the production of updated Flash Authoring software, allowing the creation of iPhone apps, says an Adobe product manager. Mike Chambers notes that a private beta of the new software is already in effect, and some titles built with Flash have already reached the App Store, such as Fickleblox and Trading Stuff. A public beta of the tool will be released by the end of the year, al... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/may.simplify.cross.platform.development/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/adobe.unveils.flash.101.without.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/palmpre-flash.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe at its MAX show launched Flash 10.1, a major update to its plugin that promises video on devices that normally haven't been capable. The release adds hardware graphics acceleration on computers and should make HD Flash video possible on netbooks and ultraportables and standard definition possible on smartphones. NVIDIA already promises that its GeForce, Ion and Tegra chipsets will speed up... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/adobe.unveils.flash.101.without.iphone/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/akamai.intros.hd.network.with.online.streaming/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/akami.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Akamai on Tuesday announced it will soon launch the Akamai HD Network that will be capable of delivering HD video to hundreds of thousands of people using Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight and, eventually, the iPhone. The Akamai HD Network will support both live and on-demand streaming. It will run on Adamai's global EdgePlatform network platform composed of over 50,000 servers, allowing content ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/akamai.intros.hd.network.with.online.streaming/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/nvidia.ion.accelerates.flash/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/nvidiaion-flashvideo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA at a recent presentation showed its Ion chipset accelerating HD video on a netbook. While the hardware can already process HD already on the system, the new demo shows YouTube's HD video smoothly with Ion's full decoding enabled where the same footage stutters when it has to rely mostly on the Atom processor. The technique works by adapting Ion to recognize and process the H.264 encoded v... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/nvidia.ion.accelerates.flash/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/intel.ce4100.media.processor/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/intelce4100.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel at its third-day IDF keynote unveiled a new media system-on-a-chip (SoC) that should bring advanced media features to networked media hubs and TVs. The CE4100 is Intel's first all-in-one processor based on its Atom architecture and is made on a much smaller, more efficient 45 nanometer process than the Pentium M- and 65nm-based CE3100. These and a new hardware decoder give it enough power ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/intel.ce4100.media.processor/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:25:00 GMT