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Adobe Systems Inc said upgrades for its flagship software package, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash, would be available only through online subscriptions, effective immediately.

Disney (DIS) has acquired Rocket Pack, a Helsinki-based start up producing HTML5 video games, TechCrunch reports. Terms weren’t disclosed, but TechCrunch says one source said the deal was valued at between $10 million and $20 million. The story adds that the company’s software allows the creation of games that run in Web browsers, with no plug-in or Flash required.

Google is supporting Flash, but Adobe faces a formidable foe in battling Apple.

What was once just one echelon above a myth is now finally coming to fruition. Adobe is pushing out a beta of its Flash 10.1

Earlier this week, Steve Jobs kicked the debate about the need for Flash into high gear, especially for Web video.

The news broke yesterday about the Microsoft General Manager who said that that the "future of the Web is HTML 5."

But it's important enough for us to write about even if in the long run it still does not solve the issues with earlier versions of the Internet Explorer browser.

Google will build Adobe's Flash into its Chrome Web browser.