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ActionScript: A scripting language for Flash animations that is similar to JavaScript. Introduced in 2000 with Flash 5, which was the first Flash version to be fully programmable, ActionScript is...; Full ActionScript Definition >>

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Mark Dowd's null pointer dereference exploit and advanced Flash ActionScript techiques proove definitively: Aliens Do Exist!: Mark Dowd's null pointer dereference exploit and advanced Flash ActionScript techiques proove definitively: Aliens Do Exist!Afraid of missing an ad?Who's stilling running with Flash? What are you worried you'll miss an ad or get information overload from browsing the web too fast? It's hard to even read ZDNet with Flash...; Tags: Desktops, advertisement, desktop, Mark Dowd, ActionScript; Discussion threads 2008-04-17
Programming Flex 2: ActionScript: ActionScript is the programming language that the user can use along with MXML to create sophisticated Flex applications. While MXML is an important part of a Flex application, it is mostly used for creating the user interface, and it can go only so far in creating a complete application. For...; Tags: Application, Specification, O'Reilly Media Inc., Programming, ActionScript, ActionScript 3.0, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Book chapters 2007-04-01
eBay announces an ActionScript SDK: At this mornings 360 Flex keynote, eBay announced that they have released an ActionScript SDK for eBays Web Services that will make it easier for Flash and Flex developers to build applications that leverage eBays web services. Alan Lewis has the full announcement over on the eBay Developer blog, so...; Tags: eBay, Cooqy, Rich Internet Applications, Flash; Blog posts 2007-03-07
O'Reilly showing big uptick in Flex and ActionScript books: O'Reilly showing big uptick in Flex and ActionScript booksYou see what you want to seeDid you look a the graphic? How small the box is. Talking about seeing what you want to see.Could you be a bigger Adobe Fanboy. You have absolutely no objectivity. Doesn't that bother you?; Tags: ActionScript, O'Reilly; Discussion threads 2007-01-18
Adobe partners with Mozilla by open sourcing a core part of the Flash Player: Adobe is announcing a very interesting partnership with the Mozilla Foundation today. Adobe has been good about dipping its toes into the open source waters with a lot of their ActionScript 3 API releases and the free Flex 2 SDK. But this time, they seem to think that the water...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, ActionScript, Mozilla Corp., Flash; Blog posts 2006-11-06

Macromedia Flash effort does slow burn: Macromedia Flash effort does slow burnwhy do I have to configure flash from a browser?why does it have the ability to access my camera and microphone, why are the options so painfully hard to follow, put the options in a control panel application, and local to the machine, not connecting...; Tags: Web browsers, ActionScript, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Inc.; Discussion threads 2004-03-02

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2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced: Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...; Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-21
iSpring Ultra (exe): iSpring Ultra, a PowerPoint add-in, is Flash content authoring tool. You can convert your PowerPoint presentations into Flash format and publish them to any LMS which confirms to SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004 standards. iSpring Ultra produces Flash movies with ActionScript API for total programmatic control of your presentation playback...; Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, iSpring Solutions, iSpring Ultra, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-17
Google ships open-source Web security assessment tool: The Google security team has released a free, open-source Web app security assessment tool capable of flagging vulnerabilities and potential security threats in Internet-facing applications. The tool, called Ratproxy, is described as a passive Web application security audit tool designed to analyze legitimate, browser-driven interactions with tested Web...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Web Application, Web Security, Tool, Google Security Team, Productivity, Open Source, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac (dmg): Sothink SWF Decompiler for Mac supports Flash CS3 (9.0) and ActionScript 3.0 completely. It can convert SWF to FLA and extract elements from SWF into variable formats, such as shapes, images, videos, frames, fonts, texts, buttons, sprites, and ActionScripts. It is compatible with Flash versions including Flash 9. Support both...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, SourceTec Software, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-05-28
Google about to launch Flash API for Maps: Google just published a page detailing how Flash developers can now use the Google Maps ActionScript API. Unfortunately, as of right now all the samples still don't work, but based on the documentation from a guy who has never made anything in Flash, it looks pretty easy to use....; Tags: Developer, Google Inc., API, Google Maps, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1; Will bring back VBA: Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1; Will bring back VBABoo!! Hiss!!Office Macros need to die! Talk about insecurity! What is clear is that this isn't being done for the customers' good, but to perpetuate lock-in...competing products haven't yet fully replicated the (erratic & dangerous) behavior possible with...; Tags: Scripting languages, Microsoft Corp., Nothing, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from SunYou've got things mixed upMary,You clearly do not understand the Rich internet Applications space very well ...there a lot of mistakes in the article that i have to correct ...[b]"Sun is building on top of JavaFX"[/b]The more appropriate word here would...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., JavaFX, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
The ever-changing definition of RIAs and how people are killing it: There's a long and mostly good article about various RIA technologies over at eWeek. I say mostly good because the author, Jim Rapoza, gives a pretty unbiased view of a lot of technologies. It's a rundown that we the entire space needs more of and that I don't feel qualified...; Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Prism, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-18
News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery right. Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Mark Dowd's null pointer dereference exploit and advanced Flash ActionScript techiques proove definitively: Aliens Do Exist!: Alright, I'm just going to start out with a little background before I start, this particular research was so cool that I've been talking about it all day. Reading this whitepaper, written by Mark Dowd, was as exciting to me as watching highlights of Michael Jordan sinking that winning shot,...; Tags: Research, Adobe Systems Inc., Blog, Blogging, Team Management, Internet, Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Moyea SWF to PSP Converter (exe): Convert SWF to PSP MP4 video. Convert SWF to MP3, WAV, M4A, and AAC audio. Support MPEG-compatible codec of MPEG4. Support ActionScript. Support recording audio and ripping audio in an independent file. Perfectly convert embedded Flash videos FLV or linked Flash videos FLV. Support batch-mode conversion. Support converting Flash projector...; Tags: Audio, Video, Sony PlayStation Portable, Moyea Software, Corporate Communications, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-10
Moyea SWF to Zune Converter (exe): Convert SWF to Zune video (MP4 and WMV). Convert SWF to MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A and AAC audio. Support codecs of Windows Media 7, 8, 9. Support ActionScript. Support recording audio and ripping audio in an independent file. Perfectly convert embedded Flash videos FLV or linked Flash videos FLV. Support...; Tags: Audio, Microsoft Zune, Video, Moyea Software, Corporate Communications, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-10
Adobe Flash Pwn2Own details released by ZDI...: ... and unfortunately leaves much to be desired. I think many people were hoping for the disclosure from ZDI to contain a lot of details on what could've been exploited with this issue, unfortunately, the details just aren't really there. In fact, after reading it, I think I have more...; Tags: User Interaction, Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Adobe Flash Player, ZDI Advisory, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-08
Interview with the Vista Pwn2Own contest winners: Update 04/03/2008: I've updated the article as apparently the link to k2's blog was broken. Also, it's important to note that Derek Callaway was a part of this research and exploitation as well, and I neglected to mention that. So obviously our coverage of the Pwn2Own contest has...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows Vista, Exploit, Data Execution Prevention, Flaw, Nate, Programming Languages, Java, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-02