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Adobe Flash Unfit for iPhone

One thing is inherently missing with the iPhone and the iPad when visiting multimedia sites. There are blank screens where videos or animated content are normally displayed. The problem with the iPhone and iPad is it does not support Adobe Flash. Steve Jobs recently was quoted saying Adobe Flash is unfit for the iPhone.

He says it has too many bugs, drains batteries too quickly and is too oriented to personal computers to work on the iPhone and iPad. Jobs cited reliability, security and performance” are the reasons Apple will continue to keep the Adobe Flash off its devices.

Meanwhile, a Google vice president has confirmed that full support for Flash is coming in the next version of Android. Whatever is happening behind the scenes between Apple and Adobe, Google is going to benefit. Android is well positioned to take advantage of the gaping hole Apple has left with Adobe Flash unsupported.

Ubuntu 10.04 Is Here

If you are running Ubuntu, today is your lucky day. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is now out. Check the Ubuntu website if the latest release is available for download. If not yet, it will be available later on today.

If you want to perform an upgrade instead of downloading the ISO image, just press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box.

The Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ‘10.04’ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

Web Hosting Initiative Guidelines

Selecting the right web hosting company is the first step to ensuring a successful online presence. There are several approaches in choosing a cheap web hosting solution for websites. Let’s suppose you registered a domain name and you need a quality cheap website hosting account from a reputable Canadian web hosting company.

The two common methods are: to directly contact the web hosting companies and purchase a desired plan without putting any effort in researching the available packages. The other method is to perform a thorough research from review websites.

In most cases, every hosting provider tries to increase sales with less emphasis on quality of service. Website hosting companies usually hide the negative aspects in their products and promote a single piece of information with less on facts.

The best approach is to perform due diligence by researching web hosts from review websites. There are numerous hosting review sites that provide consumers with the latest and up to date reviews of cheap web hosts as well as dedicated server providers.

Webmasters are getting much more involved. They write reviews about each package or each company whether they are promoting cheap website hosting or dedicated servers.

A decision can be made by comparing the different packages of different hosts on the basis of bandwidth, storage space, and other additional features. Depending on the criteria, whether price and features, a web hosting provider can be given preference over one another.

In a nutshell, the best way to go for a web host is to visit a hosting review site that will give you a true picture of reality and will afford you the most suitable web hosting plan for your website.