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- Monday morning hangover: Adobe and Microsoft
- Big announcements this morning that are prompting a lot of discussion on the web. One interesting thing is that the conversation about the Microsoft and Adobe announcement are all on the same Techmeme thread. Why? Because the announcements today are more signs that Microsoft and Adobe are on a collision...
- Tags: WFP/E, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Flash, Apollo, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- "WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video side
- At the NAB conference this morning, Microsoft is giving us a first glimpse at Silverlight, the artist formerly known as "WPF/E". Because the announcement comes from the NAB conference, but also because its one of Silverlights major strong points, Microsoft is talking a lot about video. I was briefed about...
- Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WFP/E, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Silverlight
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- Why Rich Internet Applications are important for the browser
- At Ignite Seattle this evening I hung out with Ted Leung for a while and we chatted about Rich Internet Applications RIAs. Coming from the open source world, he always has a very interesting take on the RIA world and I always learn a ton from him. In this case,...
- Tags: XULRunner, XUL, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Experience, Dekoh
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Ray Ozzie on Adobe and software as a service
- Knowledge@Wharton just published an interview with Ray Ozzie in which he talks about Microsoft, software as a service, and a little bit on Adobe: In the docs and spreadsheets realm, I believe there are certain uses of spreadsheets in particular, where the sharing model [enabled by] using...
- Tags: WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation, WFP/E
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Microsoft Expression Blend release candidate now available
- This almost slipped off of my radar as I was checking feeds today, but according to the Expression Blog, Microsoft rolled out the release candidate version of Blend tonight. Blend is an interactive designer for creating XAML-based applications and is part of Microsofts Expression Studio. I havent heard...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., release-candidate, Microsoft Expression, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- The war for Ajax developers
- I think theres a war for Ajax developers and Im not sure the people involved realize it yet. I look at Ajax developers as the pioneers of the web. Like the heroes of the old west they combine a rugged ingenuity with a bit of crude willpower to make a...
- Tags: AJAX, AJAX Developers
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Tool for creating "WPF/E" apps on the horizon?
- I always feel a odd bringing up shortcomings for products that are still very much in development like Apollo or "WPF/E", but one of the complaints Ive heard about WPF/E is the lack of a specific tool targeted at the XAML that WPF/E uses. Blend is a great tool for...
- Tags: WFP/E, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Expression Studio, Devigner Workflow, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- A list of Rich Internet Application Technologies for the Digg crowd
- This comment thread made me realize that there is still a lot of confusion about what the different RIA technologies do. Statements like "Flex is Adobes AJAX offering." or "Flex is like a weak version of WPF/E when it comes down to it." just show people havent quite grasped where...
- Tags: WFP/E, WPF, Expression Studio, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, OpenLaszlo, Apollo, Flex, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- With their RIA tech, Microsoft could toast Google in the SaaS world
- I have to hand it to Phil, he called me out and pwned me. He gave perfect examples of why data is not necessarily safer in the users hands than it would be with Google. I still think theres something to be said for knowing that Im responsible for my...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Google, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, Ajax, WFP/E, WPF
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- How Adobe started winning developers
- Theres a post over on Scobles blog that takes on the topic of developers and how Microsoft is hemmoraging them while Adobe seems to be gaining them. It really has been astounding to watch this company known for its "uppity designers" (kidding!) take the developer world by almost total surprise....
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Flash, WFP/E, WPF
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- 5 Rich Internet Application conferences you should attend this year
- This post is long overdue, and I apologize because I think a lot of people may have spent their conference budgets or already made plans. In fact some conferences, like 360 Flex, are already sold out. We have a rich slate of conferences to choose from this year, which...
- Tags: Adobe, Ajax, Apollo, Cynergy, Design, Flash, Flex, Microsoft, Mix07, OpenLaszlo, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E, WPF
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with C# and CLR support
- Microsoft is talking about its Expression Studio product at the Future of Web Apps event in London and Tim Anderson had some interesting information from some of the folks working the Microsoft booth: A couple of notes on Microsoft, a newcomer to this conference and showing off...
- Tags: .NET 3.0, Expression Studio, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Rich Internet Applications are terrible at 'view source'
- Theres a good post over at Ajaxian about how more and more Ajax applications are taking steps to obfuscate their source code. The view source issue is, in my opinion, the greatest threat to steady adoption of Rich Internet Applications out there. I love Flash and Flex, and I...
- Tags: Ajax, Flash, Flex, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
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- BenQ V2400W
- The BenQ V2400W is the fourth 24-inch LCD we've reviewed this year and the third we'd recommend. The $600
- Tags: BenQ Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-07-01
- Gateway FHD2400 (24-inch)
- Despite a host of video connections, including HDMI, and HDCP support, the $550 Gateway FHD2400 is not a good multimedia display choice. This 24-inch LCD carries a reasonable $550 price and will suffice for basic productivity and gaming usage. The rich feature set includes an optional $50 speaker bar that...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Gateway FHD2400, Gateway Inc., display, OSD
- Product reviews 2008-03-25
- Vista price slash
- Vista price slashHmmmm...It's getting hard to tell the fanboys from the trolls.It's not my fault that Microsoft is a monopolyand uses abusive tactics, lies, and bullies businesses with threats in order to sell their technically inferior product that uses the OS/2 memory manager, lifted a BSD TCP/IP stack for NT/2000/XP,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adrian, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security and Deployment (Part 5 of 7): Deploying IPSec With Windows Vista (Level 200)
- The presenter of this webcast looks at the new network stack in the Windows Vista operating system, and talks about how innovations in the stack can help secure the network by enabling new features to filter network traffic and prevent unwanted forwarding. The presenter shows the new features in Windows...
- Tags: Desktop, Webcast, Network, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft TechNet, IPSec, Microsoft Windows, VPNs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network Security, Networking, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-11-26
- Microsoft wants inside your kitchen
- Microsoft wants inside your kitchenTo name only a fewWindows for WashbasinsSalad ServerFruit Simulator [1]SharePint [2]IIS MakerPowerPuree replaces Blender...[1] Apples not compatible with the Microsoft Kitchen[2] Not compatible with WineRevive old technologyA few years ago MS had a flat / touch screen product that a user could carry around the house...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, kitchen, Microsoft Corp., fridge, touch screen
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- Why do tech journalists get Rich Internet Applications so wrong?
- Why do tech journalists get Rich Internet Applications so wrong?Lack of representationThere is not a lot of quality RIA publishings out on the net, but it is a space that is going to grow as consolidation for enterprise communication is going become more important. As IM, video conferencing becomes...
- Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Systems Inc., rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- DBNS Word Finder Pro (zip)
- Word Finder Pro has four different search modes Scrabble, Crossword, Countdown and Word Checker each mode can be used respectively of one another. Each mode can use a different dictionary file. WordFinder Pro comes with a dictionary file of 172,000 words. Word Finder Pro also comes with a wordlist editor...
- Tags: Word Finder Pro, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-05-28
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