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The coming RIA wars: A roundup of the Web's new face

The coming RIA wars: A roundup of the Web's new faceVideo LinksThis video shows WPF/E running on a Mac by the WPF/E team. http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=193367The page also contains links to WPF/E running on mobile devices etc...More corrections[i]Interestingly, Microsoft is bringing its own Flash competitor to market that will run on other...

Tags: Web, XML, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, E4X, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2006-09-12

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Firefox security makeover: 11 vulnerabilities, 4 critical

 Mozilla has released a new version of its flagship Firefox browser to fix a total of 11 vulnerabilities that expose users to code execution, information stealing or denial-of-service attacks. Four of the 11 flaws covered with the new Firefox 3.0.4 are rated "critical" because of the risk...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, JavaScript, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Multiple Facebook vulnerabilities reported on Full-Disclosure

Jouko Pynnonen posted a message to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today, citing multiple "script injection" vulnerabilities within Facebook.  I'm not sure if this is a surprise to anybody out there, it's certainly not to me, as numerous web applications have major problems with Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities, but I think this...

Tags: Facebook, Vulnerability, XSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sandbox, JS, Canvas Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-02

RIA wars heat up with alpha versions of Adobe's AIR and Flex

RIA wars heat up with alpha versions of Adobe's AIR and FlexAlpha?It is a production release for both products. Yeah, you know what you are talking about. Not.Forgot the part where...Flash is abysmal to develop for, and lacks a programmer-centric IDE.Flex 3 Builder is useless junkIt only runs on Windows,...

Tags: Linux, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, beta, Flex Builder, XML, alpha, CSS, Adobe Systems Inc., rich Internet application, Adobe AIR

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

Adobe Apollo is dead on arrival

Adobe Apollo is dead on arrivalAlpha Focused on FlexThis alpha was specifically focused on Flex/Flash, which is why Ajax seems like a second class citizen. When the final product ships, Ajax will be on par with Flash/Flex to the point where you won't ever need to use those "proprietary formats"...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Adobe AIR, Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc., tool, SDK, AJAX

Discussion threads 2007-03-27

What's Microsoft's mysterious 'Technology X'?

What's Microsoft's mysterious 'Technology X'?Its DirectX without Direct, just XOr "Flash its nice, but we the Borg will assimilate it, resistance its futile"Bill gatacus of MicrosoftusIt's the final piece.It will be what is required to lock out the competition for ever!!!! No more Linux or Mac, just Microsoft X!!!Technology...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

Changing the web development paradigm with FXT and Flex

Ted Patrick, the Flex Evangelist at Adobe, showed me FXT, an independent project he's been working on that I think could make some big waves in web development. FXT is an open source solution that uses templating and Flex to give web developers the ability to create...

Tags: Flex

Blog posts 2006-08-10