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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every ...

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 ...