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The convenience of USB drives and burning CDs only go so far. When you need to send large pictures, videos, or documents immediately, these relatively antiquated solutions just don't go the distance. Large file sharing requires the extra power of web services that send multi-MB data in a flash. Though there are dozens of file sharing sites available on the web, these are the ones we find to be the easiest and fastest solutions.

• WeTransfer — It's as simple as adding files (up to 2GB), enter your email address, then your recipient's, and that's it. WeTransfer is free and requires no registration, making sending big files as painless as possible. They'll even send you a receipt once the recipient has successfully downloaded the file.
• Adobe SendNow — For $20 a year, send multiple files at once, up to 2GB, and the service provides a confirmation that the file was received, so you're not fretting from your side of the Internet. An optional desktop app is available to easily drag and drop files to share. Plus, get up to 20GB of storage with an account too.

More mega file sharers after the break.

Good news for font geeks and web design fans everywhere; thanks to a new partnership between Typekit and Adobe, 18 new fonts are making the leap online. Starting yesterday, Typekit users are able to integrate these new fonts (including favorites like Adobe Garamond and Myriad) into their designs. The fonts are available at every account level, with Adobe Garamond available free to users within the free trial period. Find out more about the new fonts after the jump.

Two weeks after Steve Jobs posted an open letter to Adobe detailing his issues with Flash, Adobe has responded with a series of ads, both online and in print. The advertisements are running on the New York Times website and in a full-page ad in The Washington Post. The online ads (built in Flash, natch) declare, "We <3 Flash, We <3 Apple," and link to a page detailing its position on the Apple vs. Flash situation.

Tech feuds tend to fascinate me, and this latest one is no exception. I haven't chosen a side in this debate, but both do make valid points. At any rate, I find it interesting that Adobe chose to fire back with a relatively nice campaign, including this letter from Adobe's founders.

• Steve Jobs explains his position on Flash — Apple
• Little kids perform The Hills — Urlesque
• An LED lamp inspired by Avatar — Unplggd
• Augmented reality floor tiles turn your basement into a beach — Dvice
• Best and worst hotel WiFi — Gizmodo
• The 25-year-old who live blogged her death — Lemondrop
• Jon Stewart weighs in on the Gizmodo/Apple fiasco — Mashable

One thing that is notably missing from the iPad is Flash support. Some may argue that Flash is on its way out, therefore it's not needed. However, one of the touted benefits of the iPad is its portability, and your ability to watch movies and TV from anywhere . . . as long as you consume the content the way Apple wants you to consume it — through iTunes. Hulu for example (along with a ton of my favorite websites), is Flash-based, so leaving that out of my iPad experience makes me a little less excited to rush out and pick one up on launch day.

Thankfully, there is a silver lining to this flash-free cloud: Hulu is rumored to be whipping up a work-around to bring the content site to the iPad by March. This could be in the form of an HTML5 web app (the same technology that finally brought Google Voice to the iPhone), and by converting their video files to something that the iPad can read. Fingers crossed that we can all enjoy what Hulu has to offer on our new Apple tablets. What do you think — is Flash (and websites like Hulu) important enough not to buy an iPad?