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.
STMicroelectronics hopes to make the wimpy LED flash on your smartphone as bright as the xenon flash in your camera with a new chip that packs a supercapacitor for quick bursts of power.
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.
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.
This isn’t all that much of a shock, but it does confirm what we already suspected. Adobe says iOS rejection killed Flash.
RIM, with a finger in each ear and a third, cybernetic arm poking out its own eyeballs, has decided to license Flash from Adobe and keep it alive for PlayBook, AllThingsD reports. Nothing says the future like supporting dead technology!
Wow. It seems Adobe is stopping development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers. The company will reportedly continue to support existing Android and BlackBerry Playbook configurations of the player, but future development will be focused on developing HTML5 and apps.
To avoid shadows on their face and to produce a lovely halo effect in their eyes, portrait photographers often use a ring flash, which completely encircles the lens with light for even illumination. But it also results in a telltale darkened halo around the subject that the cheaper RoundFlash could alleviate.
A Stanford University student recently discovered a security flaw with Adobe’s Flash Player that allowed malicious users to activate your webcam and microphone without your knowledge. They could then tap into the video and audio to watch and listen to your every move.
