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Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Adobe's RIA platform brings web and desktop together

Adobe's RIA platform brings web and desktop togetherOffline AccessHey Ryan. Don't underestimate that offline component just because a few hip social network guys are telling so.I recently got a bid invitation for creatin a CRM app for an official instituition in Austria in my inbox and seamless offline/online access was...

Tags: Social networking, Adobe RIA, rich Internet application, Adobe Systems Inc., desktop, Web

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

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Open Search Server 1.1.2r665 (Mac)

Open Search Server OSS is a search engine software developed under the GPL v3 open source licence. Built using the best open source technologies available, Open Search Server is a stable, high-performance piece of software. It is both a modern search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Full-text Search, Open Search Server, Document Format, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Open Search Server 1.1r632 (Windows)

Open Search Server OSS is a search engine software developed under the GPL v3 open source licence. Built using the best open source technologies available, Open Search Server is a stable, high-performance piece of software. It is both a modern search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Full-text Search, Open Search Server, Document Format, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-26

News to know: Adobe; Sergey Brin; Apps.gov; Oracle; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer' Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Sergey Brin, OIN, Enterprise Service Bus, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Tablets, Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-16

News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-09-09

What ever happened to the withering RIA market?

RIA ended up as toys, not toolsThe other things that happened to RIA were security and abuse of the user.Most RIA applications loose on the Web are simple toys, not useful to the viewer for the most part. Some of the few successes like Netflix VOD are characterized by heavy...

Tags: rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Adobe Digital Editions 1.7.1 (Mac)

Adobe Digital Editions is an engaging new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Digital Editions is built from the ground up as a lightweight, Rich Internet Application RIA. Digital Editions works online and offline, and supports PDF and XHTML�¢â?¬â??based content as well as Flash SWF for...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Adobe Digital Editions, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Weekend stuff: geeks who love to help

Earlier today I was speaking with an Adobe Flex geek. I needed some help with a wee project and he's an Adobe rockstar. It was a real pleasure to have someone solve a problem in 10 seconds flat with which I'd been scratching my head for several hours. That's what...

Tags: Geek, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010

Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Microsoft RIA MIAFlash/Flex is so far ahead that it is not even funny any more.RE: Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Is this like Flex Data Services/Livecycle? This one's gonna be an important part of Azure then.Won't be for anything meaningfulDon't expect any meaningful...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Flash/Flex, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .Net RIA Services, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Atlassian Embraces Open Social, Shows Strong Momentum at Summit

The Atlassian Summit 09 has just concluded in San Francisco, kicking off a busy week for coders, with Sun's Java One also happening. The 6 minute video above, shot in dynamic wobble vision from my Flip UltraHD, is of a portion of CEO...

Tags: Plug-in, Atlassian Summit 09, Mike Cannon-Brooke, Collaboration Component, Confluence 3 Confluence, Kap IT, Wiki, Collaboration, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-03

The Oracle open source credibility gap

The Oracle open source credibility gapIf I was in Larry Ellison's shoes......I'd do the following:1. Spin off MySQL either by selling it to the public, or by setting up a non-profit foundation and transferring all MySQL copyrights and employees to it. Ellison would get to play the good...

Tags: StarOffice, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, open source, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Studio

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Silverlight strikes out with MLB

Silverlight strikes out with MLBLMAO!!!!!!!!!Ok as much as I'd love to I won't really bash MS.The only mistake I will talk about is thinking that there is a market for this. This is not only for MS but for Sun with JavaFX and Adobe with Air/Flex or whatever it is....

Tags: .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, MLB, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

So long and thanks for all the fish

So long and thanks for all the fishGood Luck!Good luck with your career Ryan. Your blog has been fun - particularly in the early years. Now browser apps are continuing to become progressively richer, and desktop apps are almost all becoming Internet connected. It's kind of nice when people start...

Tags: Blogging, Universal Desktop, Ryan, fish, blog

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

So long and thanks for all the fish

This will be my last post on ZDNet. Blogging here has been one of the most fun things I've been able to do in my career. In fact, basically everything started here. Almost all of the various connections I've made over the past couple of years are as a result...

Tags: Blog, Rich Internet Application, Jeffrey Hammond, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Where Worlds Collide - and then there's Sharepoint

Where Worlds Collide - and then there's SharepointThe Open Web and the Walled GardenNicely stated:Going forward Sharepoint is everywhere, and as future iterations of a cloud oriented Microsoft Office hook into the next iterations of Sharepoint, it seems likely an extensive new walled garden will emerge. How and if this...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Open web, open source, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Brightcove adds some new leadership talent

This morning Brightcove made an announcement that they're adding a few new faces. A couple of those faces will be familiar to anyone who has been involved in the RIA world for the past couple of years. Jeff Whatcott, who was vice president of marketing at Adobe, is joining as...

Tags: Talent, Leadership, Brightcove, Blogging, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Looking ahead to 2009

2008 was a big year for rich Internet applications. We saw companies like Curl and Appcelerator make big pushes into the RIA mindshare. We saw a significant release of Silverlight - a release that most people excited about Silverlight were very happy with. We saw Adobe push more with Flex...

Tags: Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Native Client: Google's (other) plugin play

Yesterday Google announced an early developer release of Native Client, a plugin for web browsers that lets you essentially run native code like C or C++ in the browser. In theory it could be extended to other languages. The main goal is to provide native-like performance and to let C/C++...

Tags: Google Inc., Alchemy, C, Web Browser, Plug-in, C/C++, Web Browsers, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-12-09

Adobe lands MLB.com deal

Adobe lands MLB.com dealFlash: Great workout for your computer's CPUIt is so easy to tell when I'm on a web site that uses CPU hogging flash items: the fan on my laptop starts singing, the Windows Task Manager's CPU indicator control on my taskbar becomes fully green, and my Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Adobe Systems Inc., CPU, CPU Usage, MLB

Discussion threads 2008-11-17