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A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easierWow!This is a really big deal for Flash developers. We've been waiting a long time for this. No more alternate content solutions and having SEO dweebs trying scab your clients over this issue.Now, all we need is Flash on...

Tags: SEARCH, WebTop, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Adobe's Photoshop Express and the big picture

Adobe on Thursday unveiled the beta of Photoshop Express, a Webtop version of its photo editing juggernaut. Depending on who you listen to Photoshop Express is either a worthwhile contender in a market that includes a bunch of Web photo editing tools or an instant also ran...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Webtop, Webware, Grunin, Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Offline Webtop access: Is it really a game changer?

Offline Webtop access: Is it really a game changer?As I have been saying, Google should beworking 24 hours a day to add a Java runtime to gears. They need to work with Mozilla and Sun to use the same VM as for the rest of the functions.With a rich execution...

Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, desktop application, webtop, game, Web Apps, desktop, Web browser, desktop app, game changer

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Offline Webtop access: Is it really a game changer?

The biggest thing this week in the world of Web software has been offline access, but it remains to be seen whether this is a real game changer or just a must-have addition that closes gaps with desktop software. At this week's Mix conference in Las Vegas...

Tags: Game, Software, Mobile, Desktop Software, Rich Internet Application, Webtop, Game Changer, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Webtop meets desktop: Are we there yet?

Webtop meets desktop: Are we there yet?The thing that will turn the light bulb on is: Seemless offline abilitieswhere everything works that you would expect to wort without an internet connection, coupled with near desktop performance, and of course seemless synchronization. Even when online, we need local caching with background...

Tags: INTERNET, Programming languages, WebTop, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Who is afraid of the GGG?

Dan Farber was one of the first to cover the Giant Global Graph, here on ZDNet. A few days on, though, there's value in taking a look at how these ideas are being discussed across the blogosphere. The GGG, or Giant Global Graph....

Tags: Social Networking, Web, Graph, Tim Berners-Lee, Network, Relationship, Onus, GGG, Tim, Scepticism, WebTop, Channel Management, Semantic Web, Marketing, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2007-11-26

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

Web 2.0: Putting webware on the webtop

David Thomas, executive director of the software division at the software industry lobby group the SIIA, pulled me to one side last night to confide a guilty secret: "I invented the term software as a service," he told me, "back in 2000." But since then, the term has taken...

Tags: Web 2.0, Architecture

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Webtop Web-based E-mail 2.03 (Windows)

The Webtop is a free Web-based email system that you run on your own computer or server. It comes with an integrated calendar, notepad, Webdrive, reminders, contacts list, and Web-based administration. The Webtop is a Java servlet application and can run on any platform that runs Java. The Webtop has...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Servlet, eMedia Ventures, Webtop, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2003-04-21

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Are netbooks quietly driving us toward cloud computing?

Are netbooks quietly driving us toward cloud computing?Both netbooks AND smartphonesNetbooks & smartphones are likely to cause companies to re-evaluate their computing strategies.By moving to browser-based/cloud applications, companies can:1. reduce their support costs software updates are propagated to all clients instantaneously.2. provide OS (Windows/Linux/OS X) & device (smartphone/netbook/notebook/desktop) flexibility.3. simplify...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

News to know: iTunes 8 sneaky upgrade; AMD; CTIA; Text pricing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade. Gallery Tour: Sneaky iTunes install, step by step right Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iTunes...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iTunes, CTIA, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Jibdee launches: a consumer-centric take on the webtop concept

Jibdee launches: a consumer-centric take on the webtop conceptJibidee is awsomeThis program is brilliant! I've been working with the beta version for the last few months and love it, and it just keeps getting better each time. I've become a big fan. This one is a...

Tags: Jibdee, Jibidee

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Jibdee launches: a consumer-centric take on the webtop concept

At TechCrunch 50 yesterday a company called Jibidee rolled out a public beta of their service. I like what Jibidee is doing. At its most basic level it's a webtop product. You can store information, create lists, and generally organize your life through a very engaging web-based interface and...

Tags: TechCrunch, User Interface, List, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-09-10

The end run around the OS is underway

The operating system may be losing its luster. In fact, you could argue that the operating system--Linux, OS X and Windows--will become an application that just happens to boot first. And hardware vendors are on to the OS's diminishing importance. Let's connect a few dots: ...

Tags: Operating System, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-15

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about all the search happenings this week--Google and Adobe, Microsoft and Powerset and the never-ending Microhoo saga--as well as the Viacom vs. Google lawsuit. It was a busy week on the search front. Adobe kicked off the...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., Podcasts, Games, Internet, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset’s smarts are Microsoft’s gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier

It's a big day for rich Internet applications. Why? You can now find these newfangled Web applications a lot easier. Google, Yahoo and Adobe have teamed to make Flash file format content easier to find. Adobe said in a statement Tuesday that it has worked with Google...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Search Engine, Yahoo! Inc., Rich Internet Application, Flash, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerate

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver another sermon to the Mac faithful at the Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC, but amid all the pyrotechnics about the iPhone, App Store and third party software goodies keep in mind the big picture: There's a platform war about to start. It's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Developer, Apple Macintosh, Platform, Apple Inc., WWDC, Gartenberg, Morgenstern, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-09

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlus

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlusWebtop ConvergenceSeems as though we're not moving toward hybrid applications as much as we're moving into hybrid environment/ecosystems/frameworks that let us design, develop, and integrate our online/offline experiences.Answer 1/2Ryan as an Adobe employee you don't have to comment on my.. comment and I have to admin...

Tags: Yahoo BrowserPlus, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, Fit Client, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Facebook censorship; Twitter raises another $15 million; Facebook's pending redesign

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Facebook censorship.  Facebook is blocking certain messages between users under the umbrella of spam prevention, reports Marshall Kirkpatrick over at ReadWriteWeb: "If you ever get the...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Kirkpatrick, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-05-22