JamieG Analysis

There has been much discussion over the motives behind Steve Jobs not allowing Abode Flash player on the iPhone.  In general, as a developer, there is no reason why flash lite could not work on the iPhone. Full version of flash, yes that is questionable, but not out of the question either.  The real reason, [...]

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A common topic I cover on my blog is what the Set top box of the future is likely to be. Recently in my post named “Discussion with Philip Hodgetts about the digital TV future.”, Philip and I covered many aspects of this idea.  Recently a number of developments connected to this topic have surfaced.  [...]

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Recently “Insight” an SBS TV show that holds panel discussions did a story called “MiTunes“.  This panel is made up of younger confessed downloaders.  A number of local semi successful artists and some heads of record labels and industry organizations.
Unfortunately, there was considerable miss-information based around the fact that most of these people are mis-informed [...]

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If you follow my blog, you will notice that I take a lot of effort in looking at Adobe and what they are doing with their flash technology. To help position this post, let me first refer to previous posts in reverse chronological order:
Flash DRM, a disappointing implementation: where I discuss pitfalls in Adobe’s plans, [...]

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Recently Adobe released  “Flash Media Rights Management Server“. More details have come to light, and unfortunately it is not good.
Follow this link for a good overview of the latest development in the Flash DRM.
Unfortunately Adobe appears to have lost the plot here.  The details regarding FMRMS are a strange departure from what appeared to be [...]

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