YouTube Says HTML5 Not Ready for Prime Time YouTube fired off another shot in the battle for the future of online video this week by underscoring its support of Adobe Flash over HTML5. John Harding, a YouTube software engineer, said that currently Flash offers many useful features not found in HTML5. “There’s a lot more to it than just retrieving and displaying a video.” HTML5 proponents still have high hopes for the standard, which is still “a work in progress.” Despite predictions to the contrary, Adobe Flash won’t be supplanted any time soon as a major video distribution vehicle on the World Wide Web, according to a software engineer at the Net’s largest video sharing site, YouTube.

Adobe: We know we’re hackers’ favorite target Adobe knows there’s a target on its back. But it’s OK with that. “We’re in the security spotlight right now,” said Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director for product security and privacy, in an interview this week

Why Apple is right about Flash on smartphones Apple’s lack of support for Adobe Flash has generated thousands of column inches online and in print. There’s been harsh words between Adobe’s founders and Apple CEO, Steve Jobs

Adobe Makes ‘Love’ Not War in Dispute with Apple Adobe is firing back at Apple with love. Adobe Systems Inc. is countering Apple Inc

Adobe Cofounders Accuse Apple of Undermining Web The Adobe Systems-Apple battle over Flash is heating up. An open letter to Apple from Adobe cofounders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke accuses the company behind the iPhone, iPod and iPad of undermining “the next chapter of the web.” Adobe published the letter on its web site and began an advertising campaign.

The first F2F meeting of the Affirmation mandated Accountability and Transparency Review Team is to be held in Marina Del Rey on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 and Thursday, 6 May 2010 – 16.00 UTC – 01.00 UTC . An audio-streaming will be provided for the public parts of the meeting

Microsoft more secure than Apple, Adobe, claims former hacker A seasoned hacker believes Microsoft is now more secure than both Apple and Adobe. Marc Maiffret, who once faced FBI agents waving a gun in his face over his hacking exploits aged 17, now works trying to find security flaws in Microsoft’s software and well as tackling malware.

Adobe vs. Apple is going to get uglier Usually I write about security here, but Apple’s iron-bound determination to keep Adobe Flash out of any iWhatever device is about to blow up in Apple’s face. Sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks.

Report: Adobe May Sue Apple Over iPhone Flash The simmering dispute between Apple and Adobe over Flash on the iPhone could soon escalate into a full-fledged legal fight.

Adobe Critical Security Patch Coming Adobe on Thursday said that it intends to release a critical security update for its Acrobat and Reader software next week, on Tuesday, April 13.