Macromedia plans to wade into the growing electronic forms market with the next version of its ColdFusion Web application server. Macromedia recently began initial "alpha" testing of the next major ...

Desktop publishing specialist Adobe Systems is buying multimedia applications maker Macromedia in a $3.4 billion deal geared toward building a software powerhouse. The all-stock deal, announced Monday ...

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 Inc. will announce on Thursday Macromedia Central, a Mac OS X compatible product that’s designed to extend Macromedia Flash beyond the browser. How? By allowing Internet applications to run ...

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 ...

When Macromedia Inc. was founded 10 years ago, the software firm quickly established itself as the anchor of an emerging San Francisco multimedia industry. At that point, Macromedia and other ...

Macromedia hopes to make its Flash animation player a "first-class citizen" on PCs with a new addition that allows the software to operate outside of a Web browser. The company is scheduled to ...

Next month Macromedia will ship new versions of their MX product family, including updates of Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. The company will also ship a new product, Flash MX Professional 2004, ...

Having a Web site is great for small and medium-size businesses, but having to run even minor changes through a Web developer isn't. That's where Macromedia Contribute 1.0 ($100 street), a new ...