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- 40,000 downloads of Adobe Apollo since alpha launch
- Forbes is reporting that there have been 40,000 downloads of the Apollo runtime since Adobe opened the public alpha on the 19th of March. In addition, there were 30,000 downloads of the SDK, the software to actually create Apollo applications. That’s a pretty astounding number for alpha software. Clearly the...
- Tags: Servers, Forbes, Adobe Apollo, Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-29
- Adobe Apollo is dead on arrival
- After reading an essay by Bruce Eckel about how great Adobe Apollo was going to be, I had high hopes for the product. But after reviewing the alpha release, those hopes were quickly dashed.Apollo represents a new breed of applications that erase the line between desktop and web applications. For...
- Tags: Software development, Adobe Systems Inc., Apollo, tool, Adobe Apollo
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- News to know: Adobe Apollo Alpha; Intel benchmarks; Local Web ads
- Notable headlines:Ryan Stewart: Apollo public alpha available. Microsoft, Adobe, and rich versus reach. Apollo Camp: effective UI helping developers extend Apollo.Adobe offers early peak at Apollo. Adobe statement. Salesforce update to CRM service springs forward. Database servers get a new...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adobe Apollo, advertisement
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- Intel vs. AMD, Adobe's Apollo mission and more on the Dan and David Show
- This week on the Dan & David Show, David and I are both in the same place San Francisco at the same time for a change. We hook up in the ZDNet broadcast studio in our nice suits, the professional look, for a video version of the show, thanks to...
- Tags: Intel, Adobe, Telecommunications, Broadband, Government, Dan &, David Show, Legal, Microsoft, AMD, Web Technology, General, Hardware Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- News to Know: Adobe Apollo; Ray Ozzie; HP control freaks
- Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Reading the Ray Ozzie tea leaves. Microsoft still trying to answer Googles wake-up call. Post Vista, Microsoft reorgs the Windows group. Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit.Mitch Ratcliffe: The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience.Gallery: Five years...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- How eBay is developing with Adobe's Apollo project
- When people talk about the big internet companies, eBay sometimes seems left out. People consistently talk about the battle between Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft because the "search war" makes for an interesting topic to write about with some big players involved. But while all of that is exciting, companies like...
- Tags: Desktops, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Apollo, eBay Inc., San Dimas, Apollo, desktop
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- A tour of Adobe's Apollo project with Kevin Lynch
- Late last week I had the chance to sit down with Kevin Lynch, the Chief Software Architect at Adobe and talk with him about Adobes strategy over a number of products and about the direction of the Flash Platform. He also took time to talk about the Apollo project and...
- Tags: Apollo
- Blog posts 2006-09-29
- Adobe's Apollo - The Next Step in Rich Internet Applications
- CNet's News.com had an article today which provided more information on Adobe's upcoming Apollo than I'd ever seen. Apollo has been billed as a new version of Macromedia's Central, but I think that description is only half right. Apollo could very well be the next big thing to...
- Tags: Apollo
- Blog posts 2006-05-11
Additional Resources
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade
- My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- News to know: Apple, Crapware; Icahn and Yahoo; Brocade
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple reports record Q3 08 Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan? Dennis Howlett: Apple chaos theory Jason O'Grady: Apple Q3 2008...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Mice, Utility Computing, 3G, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- eMachines T5274
- The eMachines T5274 is eMachines' higher-end budget desktop for the back to school season. While it seems like a good deal for $400, the fact is that the low-end PC market has become increasingly competitive this year, which makes it hard for systems such as this one that straddle two...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5274
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- 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
- Apple chaos theory
- I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone's are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies in highly...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, Theory, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see
- Y Combinator posted a list of a bunch of different startup ideas they'd like to see and fund. It's a sizable list with 30 different thoughts waiting for enthusiastic entrepreneurs to take a shot. But what struck me most about the list was how RIA-heavy it is. I as much...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Rich Media, Site Builder, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?
- Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?Is this equivalent to Migration Assistant?I don't know anything about Easy Transfer, but I do know that Apple's Migration Assistant is fabulous. When I buy a new Mac, set up takes a few clicks and about 3 hours and voila, my...
- Tags: Windows Easy Transfer Companion, Windows Easy Transfer, HAS Microsoft, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Adobe InDesign CS3 (cfm)
- Adobe InDesign delivers tight integration with other Adobe graphics applications, easy-to-use tools that reduce elaborate design tasks to a few quick steps, and built-in support for publishing pages anywhere--in print, on the Web, to Adobe PDF, and as eBooks. Version 5.0.3 includes unspecified updates.Note: The Download Now link will direct...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe InDesign, E-books, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- My Identity Protector (exe)
- My ID Protector protects you from Identity Theft and data loss by locating sensitive personal data at rest on your computer before it can be stolen. My ID Protector self-discovers anything on your computer that looks potentially like your personal data. In addition to simply discovering your personal regulated private...
- Tags: Data, Computer, Proventsure, Productivity, Identity Theft, Security
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- ZT Affinity 7221Xa
- The $600 ZT Affinity 7221Xa is the cheaper sibling of the recently reviewed ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35. Its fixed configuration includes most of what we expect to find in a system in this price range. Like the 7225Xi-35, the 7221Xa is geared toward those who need a simple desktop with basic...
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Flash memory, Memory, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), ZT Affinity 7221Xa, ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
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