Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Hate it or love it, Adobe's (formerly Macromedia) Flash format has become almost de-facto on ...

July 1, 2008 In a move that will inevitably lead to a richer user experience on the internet, Adobe is teaming up with Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF ...

It’s been about 14 years since streaming media technology was first used on the internet and, like it or not, after 14 years no single format is considered the standard for video delivery today.

Adobe has announced plans to open its Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), the communication system that is used by streaming video in the Flash browser plugin. The protocol specification will be ...

The Universal Transportable Memory Association (UTMA) revealed the creation of another flash media format called FISH (Flash Internal Semiconductor Hard-drive). The format is essentially a miniature ...

When it comes to audio-only streaming or downloading, Windows Media is still the dominant format. Typically, the Flash format is not used without some sort of video component involved. So for content ...