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Adobe's RIA platform brings web and desktop together

Today Adobe announced the availability of Adobe AIR 1.0, Flex 3, and a new open source portal and all three announcements are indicative of where Adobe is going as it tries to expand on it's platform and bring the best of the web to the higher-featured desktop world. Because today...

Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Flex 3, Open Source, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Adobe names Narayen CEO

Adobe names Narayen CEOWhat they are NOT telling you!Shamtashunism is inheriting a company which looks good now but which really has no future! Why? Silverlight for one reason, these clowns have made so much of their core dependent on this flashy stuff that they are in trouble! Once the world...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, Flex 3, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Narayen

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

The strategy for flex 3

The strategy for Flex 3Cast a wide .NetI am using Flash 9 for Linux--so far so good--thanks Adobe for making the R&D commitment and following through!Adobe isn't going for the .Net lock-in and Eclipse-based Flex is a shining example for other software developers/vendors to follow!!Cast a wide net Folks!;)Anyone hire...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Development tools, Adobe Systems Inc., Flex 3, Adobe Flex, strategy

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Additional Resources

Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature

There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...

Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta

We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...

Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-15

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

Introducing the User Interface Resource Center

Late last week effectiveUI rolled out the User Interface Resource Center as a place for developers and designers to get information about various RIA technologies. They interviewed people from Adobe, Microsoft, and independent developers on a variety of topics. There's obviously a heavy user interface focus and they dive into...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Seeking the iPhone in Adobe's annual analyst briefings

Even if you're not an analyst, Adobe's 2008 financial briefings available online make interesting viewing, from its showcase of new AIR tools to the "soul" of Adobe, Google and Microsoft. And then there's the iPhone. The recordings cover the morning and afternoon sessions...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-05-08

TerraPass gets more granular with its carbon-crunching calculator

Popular carbon offset Web site TerraPass has updated the online calculator you can use to keep track of your carbon footprint. The update now includes options for tracking the differences between many different hybrid fuels from biodiesel to flex fuel ethanol to compressed natural gas. So, if you select some...

Tags: TerraPass, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-05-08

KinetiCast - online presentation and promotional tracking

Update: KinetiCast can do PowerPoint imports. I was looking at the "preview" mode in the file sharing screen but when you create a presentation you can import slides from PowerPoint. With the meme about presentation tools and SlideShare yesterday I thought now was as good a time...

Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentation, KinetiCast, Presentation Creator, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-08

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

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'The "may"...?Please, just close your mouth and only open it again when you have actual proof of anything. [i]They "may" have an agenda...[/i]Nothing other than just more endless anti-MS crying. but Give me a break...motivationWhat's the motivation for Adobe to provide current versions...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Open Software, Microsoft Silverlight, government control, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, software, Proprietary Software, Socialism

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Silverlight going to be all over the Democratic National Convention

Silverlight going to be all over the Democratic National ConventionGlad MS picked a winner...unlike Google who picked the RNC to back this election cycle.I guess this means that Google stands for: misleading the US to war, torture, gutting of the Bill of Rights, right-wing social conservative nut jobs, wiretapping, incompetence,...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Silverlight, Democratic National Convention

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

The Long Tail of Services

The "Long Tail" explains the growing use of services outside of the core domains of SOA, business process implementation and integration, says XAWare chief science officer, Kirstan Vandersluis. Commentary--The "Long Tail" moniker has been used extensively some would say overused in marketing and mass media over the last couple...

Tags: Long Tail, SOA, Service, Head Area, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, XAWare, business process

News items 2008-04-28

Intuit enters the PaaS wars

The key to the success of a platform is establishing a virtuous circle of eager customers and willing developers. The technology is just the starting point. You need enough customers to create a market for the add-ons and applications developers create. It's even more important to get developers enthused about...

Tags: Developer, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, PaaS, Intuit QuickBooks, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Sales Force Management, Sales, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Live Webcast: Accelerating the performance validation of AJAX and Flex applications

Today's Web client environments are getting more complex to test as you need to capture information not just from simple HTTP-based pages but also from rich Internet applications that incorporate complex technologies like Adobe's Flex. HP Software and Adobe have recently created a ground-breaking solution that helps...

Tags: AJAX, Hewlett-Packard Co., Webcast, Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Webcasts 2008-04-28

Sprout releases SDK

Yesterday Sprout my previous writeup, the company that lets you build Flash widgets right inside the browser, launched an SDK that will let 3rd parties take advantage of the service for their own offerings. The company used the SDK to create components for Twitter and Seesmic that can be dropped...

Tags: Component, SDK, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-22

RIA-related talks and companies at Web 2.0 Expo

I'm going to be heading down to Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow and in looking at the schedule I'm really excited about the presence and sponsorships of several important RIA companies. I'll first start with the talks you should be keeping an eye on and then go down the list of...

Tags: Web, Rich Internet Application, Web 2.0, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-21

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

Enpower ENP780

This is one desktop replacement that might actually find itself leaving the house from time to time. The Enpower ENP780 is the thinnest and lightest 17-inch laptop we've laid hands on to date. Where most laptops in this class hover around the 9-pound mark (and Dell's XPS M1730 breaks the...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Enpower ENP780

Product reviews 2008-04-17