SAN FRANCISCO -- Macromedia Inc. said it agreed to acquire rival Allaire Corp. in a $360 million stock-and-cash deal that will combine two leading makers of Web-development software.

Software giant Macromedia is investigating reports that its Flash Player plugin for Internet browsers could allow malicious hackers access to computers connected to the Internet. An advisory ...

Macromedia said the exchange concept bore a limited comparison to the open-source programming model, in which a software title's underlying source code is published, anyone can contribute to the ...

Macromedia on Monday announced a new version of Director, the company's multimedia authoring tool. Director is one of Macromedia's oldest applications, dating back to the days when multimedia ...

Software maker Macromedia on Wednesday began shipping new versions of several key products, including its market-leading Dreamweaver Web authoring package. As previously reported, the new MX ...

Macromedia shares gained $2.76, or 8.3 percent, to $36.21. The transaction, contingent upon the approval of regulators as well as the shareholders of both companies, ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday it plans to buy Macromedia Inc. for $3.4 billion in stock, challenging Microsoft Corp. in the market for software used to display ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Macromedia Inc., which is in a pending deal to be acquired by Adobe Systems Inc., said late Wednesday its quarterly profit jumped 17%, propelled by strong demand for ...

Macromedia and Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D., usability guru and founder of Nielsen Norman Group, have entered into a strategic relationship to focus on improving the usability of rich Internet ...

Macromedia Spectra was originally Allaire Spectra, developed by Allaire Corporation, which merged with Macromedia in 2001. Two years later, Macromedia Spectra was made an open source product.