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  • Fresh rivals take on Microsoft Office Goliath

    Two new players have entered the market for productivity software, hoping to grab a sliver of business from Microsoft's dominant Office package.

  • Macromedia, Adobe make peace for bigger fight

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

  • Microsoft, Adobe in document showdown

    Microsoft's XDocs technology was originally hailed as major threat to Adobe's PDF format. But now, Adobe is fighting back.

  • Software makers ready desktop lockdown

    An ancient e-mail message embarrasses Microsoft in a key legal case. A leaked memo has Linux antagonist SCO Group scrambling to explain apparently secret Microsoft connections. A leaked message from RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser reveals his behind-the-scenes maneuvering to get a stake in Apple Computer's booming iPod business.

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    CEO Bruce Chizen talks up the impending merger with Macromedia and what comes next for Flash.

  • Adobe versus the world

    CEO Bruce Chizen faces Microsoft on one flank and open-source on the other. Is he worried? Nope.

  • Microsoft and Adobe to square off?

    In digital documents, Web applications and image editing, Adobe has a healthy head start. But Microsoft is making some noise.

  • When standards don't apply

    A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.

  • Microsoft, Adobe in document showdown?

    Adobe Systems' Acrobat Reader software has become one of those rare birds in personal computing: a de facto standard that has nothing to do with industry giant Microsoft.

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