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The Mandelbrot Set (zip)

The Mandelbrot Set is a simple but fast application that lets you render images of the famous Mandelbrot set fractal. You can zoom in and change colors. You can also save your renderings to a bitmap file. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Fractal, Bitmap, André Laszlo, Mandelbrot Set

Software downloads 2008-05-16

Additional Resources

Web Science: The next academic hot spot

Web Science: The next academic hot spotThe previous issue of SciAm was very good.For anyone who doesn't know, the prior issue of Scientific American was almost entirely about privacy and security, with an appropriate focus on the Internet.I thought the web science article in the current issue was very interesting...

Tags: Channel management, Web, web science, academic hot spot, Web Science, hot spot

Discussion threads 2008-09-27

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Released

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 ReleasedHow does it camparewith Laszlo and their flight demo at http://www.laszlosystems.com/lps/my-apps/travel/travelmax_results.html ?There are lots of ways to get a richer UI on the web. Some are even cross platform.

Tags: Channel management, Silverlight 2 beta 2, Silverlight 2 Beta, Silverlight 2, Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

The application interface problem

I believe that almost any programming language can be used to build almost any kind of user interface, but that the closer the user interface is to the assumptions built into the language, the simpler and more efficient this component of the overall application will be. More importantly, I believe...

Tags: Application, User Interface, Tool, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-12

The importance of tools in rich Internet application platforms

The RIA space is white hot. Microsoft, Adobe, the vast number of Ajax frameworks out there and companies like Laszlo Systems, Curl, and Appcelerator are all focused on creating great platforms and applications for rich Internet applications. We might even see JavaFX this year. Back when I did my predictions...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Development Platform, Tooling, Productivity, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Spket IDE (jar)

It is editor for JavaScript, XUL/XBL, Laszlo, SVG, Silverlight and Yahoo! Widget development. The JavaScript editor provides features like code completion, syntax highlighting and content outline that helps developers productively create efficient JavaScript code. It can run as Standalone application or as Eclipse plugins. Version 1.6.5 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: JavaScript, Spket Studio, JavaScript Editor, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2008-02-06

RIA Weekly number 3

RIA Weekly #3 is out and Coté and I got together with André Charland from Nitobi to talk about some news over the past month and also get into some predictions about what's in store for RIAs. I've been heads down doing some coding the past couple of days so...

Tags: Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Next up for Salesforce: A Windows-like browser-based desktop user interface?

Next up for Salesforce: A Windows-like browser-based desktop user interface?A better example of a web desktopYou should check out Sitecore's desktop. Sitecore is a .NET based CMS, and the desktop was created with XAML but does a server side conversion to pure XHTML and Javascript. Like Salesforce you...

Tags: Sales force management, Desktops, Firewalls, Microsoft Windows, Laszlo Webtop, Salesforce.com Inc., Sitecore, desktop, Next Up, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Next up for Salesforce: A Windows-like browser-based desktop user interface?

We've already seen Web-based desktops from the likes of Laszlo with its Webtop see video and from Sapotek with its Desktoptwo see video -- both of which pursue different models (the former, you must host behind your firewall; the latter is hosted multitenant style by Sapotek) and both of which...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Desktop, Web, User Interface, Sales Force, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, User Experience, Sales Force Management, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-14

Laszlo demo: The write once/run anywhere (Flash,DHTML,Java,Silverlight) RIA dev tool?

Laszlo demo: The write once/run anywhere (Flash,DHTML,Java,Silverlight) RIA dev tool?15% of browsers use Xul for RIA.Doesn't that qualify it as a major player? (It's 28% in Europe.) Miro is a Xul app, too AFAIK, but I don't have numbers to share on that.Anywhere NOT Everywhere!There is a difference!If I have...

Tags: XML, rich Internet application, Flash,DHTML,Java,Silverlight, Laszlo, tool

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

News to know: HP home server review; Mandriva on Classmate PC; IE refresh

Notable headlines: Robin Harris: Macs cost less than PCs - if you erase the disks. Ryan Naraine: Hackers seize Alicia Keys's MySpace page, launching malware attacks. Ed Bott: HP's new home server is small, smart, and impressively simple. Gallery right. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, Mandriva, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-09

OpenLaszlo: Neutral ground for online developers

Laszlo Systems' OpenLaszlo environment makes it possible for Internet application coders to develop their applications once and run them on any of the top rich-media platforms. The downside: it's using an outdated open-source license whose terms are widely acknowledged as overreaching.

Tags: Developer, Laszlo Systems Inc., Internet, Open Source, Rich Internet Application, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Videos 2007-11-08

Laszlo demo: The write once/run anywhere (Flash,DHTML,Java,Silverlight) RIA dev tool?

If you're like a lot of Web developers who want to turn their static Web sites in to something more rich and interactive (these days, referred to as Rich Internet Applications or RIAs), one of the challenges is in choosing a platform to target. The main choices are Adobe's...

Tags: Desktop, Application, Platform, Rich Internet Application, Laszlo Systems Inc., Tool, Flash, OpenLaszlo, CPL, Laszlo Webtop, Open Source, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Mashup Camp Dublin or bust, Office Live Workspace (or bust), Laszlo's Switzerland of RIAs, Outlook '07, JGE, etc.

We here at ZDNet have been working on some podcasts and reviewcasts today and I've been trying to clear out my inbox as I prepare to jump on an Aer Lingus flight tomorrow to Dublin, Ireland for Mashup Camp's first foray into Europe. I've been working with the developer...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office Live, Handset, Rich Internet Application, Laszlo Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Laszlo Webtop, Microsoft Outlook, Programming Languages, Microsoft Office, Java, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Interaction08 information - a conference for interactive designers

The Interaction08 Conference in Savannah announced it's full schedule this week and it looks like it's going to be a great event. Interaction08 is the very first conference being put on by IxDA, the Interaction Design Association. It's a conference aimed at bringing together interactive designers and showing them what's...

Tags: Rich Internet Application, Conference, Interaction08, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Tech Shakedown: HP Pavilion notebook owners flood HP's site with WiFi problem complaints

If you've watched any of my Tech Shakedown videos here on ZDNet, you'd know that I've been asking viewers to let me know if they know of a breakdown that needs to be the subject of a Tech Shakedown. In cases where suggestions like these come from ZDNet's audience...

Tags: Notebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wi-Fi, HP Pavilion, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Yet another Ajax toolkit: Eclipse RAP 1.0

Wouldn't it be nice if you could write your application once and then reuse the code in both a) a "fat client" for high interactivity and offline usage, and b) a "thin client" inside a web browser for ubiquitous access with zero install? The Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform RAP library...

Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Web, Eclipse, Google Web Toolkit, Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform Library, Rich Ajax Platform, SWT API, AJAX, Java Development Tools, Desktops, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Development Tools, Software Development, Hardware, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Sea, soy and sun

Will you use one day SoyScreen on the beach? This is an eco-friendly sunscreen developed by chemists working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA. SoyScreen is biodegradable, non-toxic and could lead to a new class of cosmetic ingredients. It was developed by using an enzyme-based method to make 'an...

Tags: Ingredient, Oil, Patent, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, SoyScreen, FSG33, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-09

Laszlo Systems gets customer win with Verizon

Laszlo Systems will be rolling out a version of their webtop to Verizon customers. Last week after the RIA panel at the Office 2.0 conference I talked with David Temkin, the CTO of Laszlo Systems about what the company is up to. The Verizon win is significant for the company...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Laszlo Systems Inc., Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Will the electric utility be your server hoster? Or will Amazon be our electric utility?

On the heels of last week's coverage where I pointed out how the Uptime Institute's chief analyst Bruce Taylor had referred to salesforce.com as being unethical because, in his estimation, the CRM/SFA service provider experience two avoidable datacenter outtages in 2006, I've been e-mailing back and forth with salesforce.com APEX...

Tags: Server, Amazon.com Inc., Multi-core, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-08-21