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Adobe don’t care Contribute is broken

So finally we have our answer from Adobe Technical Support with regards to how Adobe Contribute is breaking every website we use it with.
Apparently, it’s the users fault. Specifically, my client.
Excellent .. and there was me thinking Adobe had been utterly unprofessional.
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For anyone who’s used the very much broken Adobe Contribute, you’ll know how simple [...]

Adobe Contribute is broken

I say this with some degree of confidence, making up in part for my lack of authority, as I’m neither a software developer, nor an avid user of Adobe Contribute. But that’s besides the point. The fact is, Adobe Contribute just doesn’t work properly because I think it’s broken.
I’ve had dealings with Adobe Contribute before. [...]

The Venice Project brings P2P to TV

Convergence can be an awkward thing. New ideas are often disruptive and inconvenient. So having a technology like The Venice Project that sort of falls between the two stools of being convergent and disruptive, then as an entrepreneur, you have to be light on your toes.
For the likes of founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Fries [...]

Could Apple exit the hardware business? Part 2

Businesses respond to pressure, be that commercial, consumer or technological. Good businesses anticipate pressure and move ahead of the issues before they become problems. Apple has made some canny moves recently, but can they keep ahead of the wave?
In the first installment, I looked at what makes Apple money, the hardware they have in place [...]