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 ...

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 ...

A year after Macromedia revealed ambitious plans to expand the reach of its Flash format, the software maker appears to have trouble building support for the effort among developers and information ...

Macromedia will launch the next stage of an ambitious product upgrade cycle Monday with new Web development and server tools that focus on better delivery of Web applications. The new products include ...

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 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 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Combining two of the largest makers of software for creating and delivering digital content, Adobe Systems Inc. said today it will acquire Macromedia Inc. in an all-stock ...

SAN JOSE, California – Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE), maker of Acrobat document-sharing software, on Monday said it agreed to buy digital animation and design software company Macromedia Inc. (MACR) for ...

Adobe Systems Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia Inc. for US$3.4 billion in stock, the company said Monday. The deal would combine the companies’ document management, Web ...