In the past few years, we have seen Adobe buy out Macromedia, the other design software stronghold and Adobe has been making the Macromedia products more and more integrated with the Creative Suite. Flash has adopted a new, more Adobe friendly Actionscript language and has vector tools more similar to Illustrator. But the question remains if Adobe will continue to progress to have influence on the direction of the internet.

CFML is often looked at as an “Adobe version” of PHP, similar to ASP.NET being owned by Microsoft. Adobe AIR was also released, bringing internet technologies to the desktop. They have Adobe FLEX for internet application development as well. To many, Adobe has maxed out their software released, and to others, it has only just begun.

Despite the economic times, people are flocking to laptop computers like never before. Laptops have become a commodity as the prices for simple ones have dropped dramatically over the past year or so. One of the most sought after in the world of Apple product fans is the MacBook. It remains to be seen whether it will become a hot seller. Harcore fans will be there to take it in but will new buyers come on board? This holiday season will be like no other in history. A follow-up entry in the new year may be warranted with this one.

In the wake of the trend that saw mobile phone producers competing to see who could develop the thinnest cellphone, the torch has now passed on to the laptop industry.  Earlier this year, Apple released their MacBook Air which is just over a foot wide and weighs in at 3 pounds.  Not to be outdone by competitors, Dell have put together the E-Slim Notebook due to hit store shelves later this summer.  Until that time, Lenovo have the smallest laptop available with their ThinkPad X-series.