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The how and when of Adobe and Microsoft's Rich Internet Application technologies: Now that Silverlight is being talked about, people seem to be comparing Apollo and Silverlight in the same posts. I think this stems from the fact that both are still alpha/beta and that the two technologies "cross the streams" into the other companies territory. For that they are significant, but...; Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation, Expression Studio, Apollo, Ajax, Adobe, XBAP, WPF, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, On2, Microsoft, Flex, Flash; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Flash Player 9 has 84.3% penetration as of March: While the official numbers havent been released yet, it looks like (scroll down, its in the comment section) the latest Flash Player survey puts Flash Player 9 penetration at 84.3% up from 55% in mature markets as of December. Thats a significant jump and shows just how quickly...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Adobe; Blog posts 2007-04-15
How Adobe can overcome the issues around open sourcing the Flash Player: This is a longer post, so youve been warned, but its something Ive spent a lot of time thinking about, so hopefully its valuable. Open Sourcing the Flash Player is a contentious issue. In some corners, the lack of open source causes Flash to be anathema to the web. Others...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Adobe; Blog posts 2007-04-11
Why I don't think open source Flash is necessary: Ted Leung has a thought provoking post titled "Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the web". From what Ive been able to gather, Ted is a big open source advocate, so obviously he has some strong feelings about a platform that seems to be growing. For me, its absolutely...; Tags: Adobe, Flash, Rich Internet Applications; Blog posts 2007-03-02
The strategy for Flex 3: Ted Patrick has a post this morning titled Flex 3 - the most important feature! which gives us a glimpse into what Adobes plans for Flex are. The new version of the Flash Player was the biggest overhaul in the history of the platform, but according to Teds post,...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flex, Macromedia Flash Player; Blog posts 2007-01-23

Flash Player for Linux Now Available for Download: The Linux version of the Flash Player is now available for download on the Adobe site. This isnt the beta version that has been on labs but the final release of a very long awaited Linux player. This is a big milestone for Adobe and Flash developers because it means...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flash, Linux, Macromedia Flash Player; Blog posts 2007-01-16
Rich Internet Applications I couldn't live without: After seeing Mike Arringtons post about Web 2.0 companies he cant live without, I thought an RIA-themed version would be fun to do. Im also very curious which RIAs you use on a daily basis, so if I missed any, leave them in the comments. Goowy This year...; Tags: Instant messaging, Ive, Pandora, Jumpcut, Brightcove, video, RIA, Macromedia Flash Player, Yahoo! Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-02
Top 10 Rich Internet Application events of 2006: I gave a rundown of my predictions for next year, but a friend emailed me and suggest that I go back and give my opinion on the 10 biggest RIA events of last year. I think it’s a fun idea and after going back and sifting through the news, I...; Tags: Ajax, Google, Apollo, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Flash, OpenLaszlo, Adobe, Flex, Microsoft, Flash Video, Rich Internet Applications; Blog posts 2006-12-29
Adobe partners with Mozilla by open sourcing a core part of the Flash Player: Adobe is announcing a very interesting partnership with the Mozilla Foundation today. Adobe has been good about dipping its toes into the open source waters with a lot of their ActionScript 3 API releases and the free Flex 2 SDK. But this time, they seem to think that the water...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, ActionScript, Mozilla Corp., Flash; Blog posts 2006-11-06

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Your computer as your singing coach: Israeli researchers have developed an electronic ear to coach vibrato technique. Until now, the quality of a vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- could only be judged by voice experts. Now, a Tel Aviv University research team 'has successfully managed to train a computer...; Tags: Researcher, Quality, Teacher, Computer, TAU, Productivity, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-05
Internet abuse and Cloud Computing: A recent uproar in the right wing blogosphere about the shutdown of anti-Obama sites on blogger.com has some serious implications for those considering cloud computing. What seems to have happened there was a simple, if pernicious, denial of service attack carried out for political reasons - but there's not much...; Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Blog, Blogging, Internet, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-05
MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
3D Flash Menu Builder with Special Text Effects an (exe): Use this 3D Flash Menu Builder with special text effects as a cool intro designer. With this software easily create high quality 3D flash menu navigation systems that will stun your visitors and wanting them to visit your entire Website. Totally customize the look and feel of the menu navigation...; Tags: 3D, File Splitter; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Exit Reality (exe): Exit Reality is a free Internet plug-in that allows anyone to view any Web page in 3D. View any Web page in 3D every website is now an online world. Turn your standard 2D Web page into your own unique 3D space. Takes online social networking to a whole new...; Tags: 3D, Web Page, Exit Reality; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Adobe Lightroom Exporter For Pixelpost (zip): Now you can edit your images with Adobe Lightroom and upload them directly to your site. No more logging into your admin screen and manually upoading photos. Just a few clicks, and your images are live on the Internet. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Lightroom, Image, EcoSee Photography, Internet; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip): With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Website Submission Shareware (exe): Website Submission Shareware promote your software on the Web. Helps you find more than 2000 up-to-date shareware download sites, Website Submission Shareware helps you distributing programs to many shareware download sites on the Internet. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Shareware, Web Site, Website Submission Shareware, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet; Software downloads 2008-07-04
4.2 mln Internet users signed up for fiber in Q1 2008: 4.2 mln Internet users signed up for fiber in Q1 2008???what is....mln??; Tags: Network technology, Q1 2008, fiber, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?: Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...; Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users): EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...; Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address; Discussion threads 2008-07-03