(Adobe) Flash in the pan for Windows 8


"For the web to move forward and for consumers to get the most out of touch-first browsing, the Metro style browser in Windows 8 is as HTML5-only as possible, and plug-in free," said Dean Hachamovtich, who leads Microsoft's Internet Explorer team. "The experience that plug-ins provide today is not a good match with Metro style browsing and the modern HTML5 web."

I think Steve Jobs said something similar last year.

Living in Steve's House

gdgt's co-founder and technology critic Ryan Block on why we needn't worry about Steve Job's absence from Apple.

For the nearly fifteen years since his return, Steve's worked to prepare Apple to avoid the mistakes of the past, stock leadership and board members loyal to his way of thinking and doing business, show the bad apples the door, and demonstrating to everyone at the company how the company ought to operate with or without him.

Ivan Seidenberg talks with Charlie Rose

In terms of Steve Jobs, I think this is just another arrow in his quiver. He's done a great job at innovating, and he's got a product that people feel like they want to carry. And we did want to carry the iPhone. I would also make this point: We're further along in 4G than others are. So I think this decision, from Apple's standpoint, is also very strategic because they get to establish a relationship with us early in their cycles to take advantage of the 4G stuff that's going to come out over the next 12 months. If you do your job well, then in an industry like this, eventually the right partners are going to end up on the dance floor.