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 ...

Combining two of the largest makers of software for creating and delivering digital content, Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday it will acquire Macromedia Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at ...

Macromedia is set to announce a new pay-as-you-go plan on Tuesday for its Breeze Live Web conferencing service. In addition to existing plans that allow businesses to pay for the service by annual ...

Macromedia will begin shipping FreeHand 10 for Mac OS X next month, the company's first product tailored for Apple Computer's new operating system. The announcement comes just over a week after OS X ...

The Good: A whole new world of interactive XML-based Web site-creation tools. The Bad: Complex, and requires a major commitment to learn. For professional Web designers only. The Verdict: With a ...

Shares in Macromedia dropped more than a third Thursday, after the company lowered revenue forecasts for its current fiscal year based on lower-than-expected sales of its main software package. In ...

With its $3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Adobe, which built its name on the Portable ...

— -- Macromedia has overhauled its Studio 8 Web suite, but many of the changes are not to its individual apps. Overall, the $999 suite features tighter integration and improved links to databases ...

A gaping security hole in Macromedia Inc.'s Flash Player could put millions of Web surfers at risk of PC hijack attacks, the company warned in an advisory. The vulnerability, which was privately ...

Macromedia Inc. has introduced steeper discounts in its volume-licensing programs for colleges, partly in response to a growing demand for affordable software to build Web pages, company officials ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--Macromedia (Nasdaq:MACR) today announced that Stephen Elop, formerly executive vice president of worldwide field operations, has been named chief ...