Ed Husic's Aussie Price Inquiry: Excellent Idea, But Apple's The Wrong Target [Updated] 
Photoshop CS6 Review: The Best Photoshop Update In Recent Memory 
Flash Isn't Dead On Either Mobile Or Desktop 
Adobe: Apple Pretty Much Murdered Mobile Flash 
Report: Adobe Pulling The Plug On Mobile Flash 
Photoshop Express For iPad Quick Review: Avoid For Now 
Labor backbencher Ed Husic’s been fighting against Australian technology price inequalities for some time now, and he’s back in the headlines, calling for an inquiry into unfair prices. I reckon he’s right to complain, but his target is poorly chosen. Update: Ed’s been in touch with a copy of his speech, and he’s well aware that Apple’s not the worst offender in this category; indeed he’s as concerned as I am with many of the same target companies.
Adobe’s latest version of Lightroom, the photo management and editing tool, was released as beta back in January. Now it’s been officially released as Lightroom 4, and brings with it a big drop in price; the full version now costs $219 in Australia.
Even though you’re only shooting with the crappy camera built into your smartphone, Photoshop CS6′s new Blur Gallery will easily make it look like your shots came from an expensive DSLR.
The Android version of Photoshop has been out for some time now, and it’s just popped up on the App store — although it’s not without a couple of limitations.
When Adobe Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes demonstrated the new content-aware features of CS6 to me, my mouth opened like an imbecile out of complete disbelief. You can basically move objects around your image freely and effortless. It’s black magic.
We already knew that the bootloader on Windows 8 ARM Tablets would be locked. It’s been confirmed that legacy apps won’t run on ARM tablets either. Now you can add Flash onto the list of things that Windows 8 tablets won’t support.
The Business Software Association, which includes tech giants like Apple, Microsoft and Intel, has reversed its stance on the controversial (and awful!) Stop Online Piracy Act: now it doesn’t like it. Good.
At least, that’s the word according to Paul Burnett, Adobe’s Open Web Evangelist. I’m just off a call from him regarding Android ICS Flash, Flash on the desktop and Adobe’s development future.
Apple might have forced Adobe to kill Flash mobile, but Occupy Flash wants to unite the world in eradicating Flash from the desktop as well. The goal is simple: get everyone to uninstall Flash Player and you can join the fight now.
