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Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, January 05, 2007

Hey, look at this, the first UDD of the new year. Im sorry Ive been slacking this week with these but Ive been swamped with work. I still have a lot of fun doing them so hopefully you enjoy a few of the links from time to time. ...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Flex, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Universal Desktop Daily, Rich Media, Mix07, WPF

Blog posts 2007-01-05

Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, December 22, 2006

Richard Leggett has an excellent breakdown of Flash and WPF/E. Well worth checking out Tony MacDonell adds two more good predictions to my earlier post about 10 predictions for RIAs in 2007. Marco asks whether Microsoft is betting on .NET or JavaScript and brings up the Sidebar and WPF/E....

Tags: .NET, Scripting languages, Application servers, WPF/E

Blog posts 2006-12-22

Universal Desktop Daily - Thursday, December 21, 2006

Ted Patrick has put together a Flickr account that shows off a bunch of applications written in Flex. I think this is a great way to showcase applications, especially those that are behind the firewall. If youre curious what you can do with Flex this is a pretty impressive...

Tags: Universal Desktop Daily, Flex, Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2006-12-21

Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Steve Borsch has an interesting post about Assembling a Rich Internet Application. Steves got an excellent blog and I always enjoy it when he talks about RIAs. Thanks to John Dowdell for the link. TechCrunch has some info on Gotuits new service which allows users to "cut and tag...

Tags: RIA, Microsoft .NET, WebORB Blog, Gotuit, Rich Media, Universal Desktop Daily, .NET 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Universal Desktop Daily - Thursday, December 7, 2006

Update: Its Thursday today, not Wednesday. Im trying to squeeze extra days out of the week. Ive been remiss in my UDDs and while Ive been silent people building RIAs seem to have gotten much bigger spurred by the release of WPF/E on Monday. Its great to see...

Tags: Ive, WPF/E, SAP, Universal Desktop Daily, Ajax, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Flash, Flex, Adobe, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2006-12-07

Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, November 21, 2006

There is a beta 2 version up for the Linux version of the Flash Player which fixes some audio issues. Emmy Huang, Mike Melanson and Tinic Uro all have information. There is an Apollo session online by Luis Polanco, Sr. Apollo Product Manager that gives some interesting information on...

Tags: Fireworks, Apollo

Blog posts 2006-11-21

Universal Desktop Daily - Thursday, November 16, 2006

I saw that we have a new Microsoft blog, Web.Next which will cover the next generation of Microsoft technologies starting with WPF/E. From the post: "I know that there are a lot of questions on this technology, and there isnt a lot that I can talk about right now...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Flash, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, Universal Desktop Daily, Microsoft Corp., Mono

Blog posts 2006-11-16

Universal Desktop Daily - Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Sorry Im late this morning, but hopefully better late than never. I just have a few quick items A new version of Flash Player 9 has been released. This supports full screen mode, includes Windows Vista support, and has some bug fixes. A good post by John...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flex, Flash, Windows Presentation Foundation, Universal Desktop Daily

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, November 14, 2006

A few random items from the past few days. Im skipping the graphic for tonight because Im in a hurry, but it will be back tomorrow. Thomas Nicholls pointed me to this walkthrough to get set up using OpenLaszlo over on XML.com. Its a pretty thorough step-by-step and...

Tags: Instant messaging, Blogging, Adobe Connect, mobile-Web

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Flash Player 9 penetration statistics are out. It is at 35.9% in the "mature markets" which, according to Emmy Huang, is on pace with Flash Player 8 (which is at 89.1%). I expected this number to be higher, because MySpace began requiring FlashPlayer 9 for all of their visitors....

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Apollo, Kevin Lynch, Atlas, Ajax, Universal Desktop Daily

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Additional Resources

Make your Gmail even more secure

Last week Google launched a new feature that lets you keep track of computers that are logged into your Gmail account -- a tool that will put the minds of people who are suspicious of unauthorized account access at ease. But what about people snooping your internet traffic? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-26

Cloudworks shows the green side of managed services

Here's a refreshing twist: An executive with an ostensibly "green" technology who really isn't willing to pitch it that way. I'm talking about Cloudworks founder and CEO Mike Eaton, who really cares more instead about the "overall convenience and efficiency" of his company's services. He's playing the economy card, rather...

Tags: Managed Services, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Small Business, Cloudworks, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-26

1.4 bln Internet users in 2008

Roughly 1.4 bln people ill use the Internet on a regular basis in 2008. This number is expected to surpass 1.9 bln unique users, or 30% of the world’s population, in 2012, according to IDC. Users will access the Internet through more than 1.5 bln devices worldwide in 2008, including...

Tags: Internet User, Mobile, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Foxconn snubs Linux users

Foxconn snubs Linux usersWho needs Foxconn anyway.There are plenty of good MB makers that do support Linux.It's a good idea to look at hardware compatibility at the distro's website anyway. I use Asus. But I have had to update the BIOS on every Asus MB I've bought to get...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Foxconn, Linux, BIOS, ASUS, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Global spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008

Worldwide spending on Internet advertising will total 65.2 bln USD in 2008, which is nearly 10% of all ad spending across all media, according to IDC. This share is expected to reach 13.6% by 2011 as Internet ad spending grows to $106.6 bln worldwide. by NB

Tags: Internet Advertising, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-25

50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008

China’s online population is forecast to grow from 275 mln users in 2008 to 375 mln users in 2012, according to IDC. Nearly half of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008. By 2012, there will be more than 1 bln online buyers worldwide making business to consumer...

Tags: Internet User, B2C, Internet, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop

Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktopwho can't type?What does this mean?Like at Clearcube you should be able to choose from diffenerent Ports with diffenent features.

Tags: Performance management, Desktops, R5400, Dell Computer Corp., desktop, performance

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet

Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletI WANT ONE!!Dang, I'd buy it in a heart beat. I already have an iPod Touch love it and getting ready to buy an iPhone.RE: Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletMay sound very nice, but unfortunately, like all Apple things, it will probably...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Mystery Solved, iTablet

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missingI couldn't make this stuff up if I triedSeriously, I'm not that creative.[url=http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=48138&messageID=898138] Apple fan explains why Apple isn't responsible for PWN2OWN vulnerability [/url][i]A Perl exploit isn't an Apple bug, anymore than the Flash exploit on the Vista machine was a Microsoft...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Domain names, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, DNS, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-25