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It's Adobe's game to lose, CEO says

Bruce Chizen discusses open source, the importance of video and increasing competition from the likes of Google. Read more »

Microsoft to push Silverlight 1.0 RC out the door

Microsoft's Adobe flash-killer Silverlight is entering its next phase with the software maker set to debut Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate late this week. Read more »

Microsoft brings .Net to Silverlight

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, has introduced a video-streaming service and .Net development tool support for Silverlight, its cross-platform Web browser plug-in. Read more »

Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival

Looking to dethrone Adobe's Web video tool, Redmond to unveil a browser plug-in called Silverlight. Read more »

Xamlon looks to beat Microsoft to the punch

Software engineer and entrepreneur Paul Colton thinks he can beat Microsoft by taking a page from its play book--literally. Read more »

AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps

Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications. Read more »

SP2 vs. the plug-ins

While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion. Read more »

Gates trots out Longhorn

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates tried to win over developers in Los Angeles Monday in the U.S. as he offered the first look at Longhorn, the next version of Windows. Read more »

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Adobe AIR brings the Web to the desktop

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) lets developers build Web applications with a rich user interface that mimics desktop applications. Read more »

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Getting to know ColdFusion 8

In the final interview of our MAX07 series, we talk with Tim Buntel, senior product marketing manager ColdFusion, and discuss the release of ColdFusion 8 Read more »

MAX 2006 Report

Max 2006 was staged in Las Vegas on 23rd - 26th October, Andrew Muller was there for Builder AU. Read more »

Flex: The new face of design and development

Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »

First Look: ActivePDF Toolkit

In this "First Look", we take a look at ActivePDF Toolkit, a flexible API-driven toolset that ASP and .NET developers can use to manipulate PDF files and forms. Read more »

Create rich interfaces with Microsoft Silverlight

Recognising an area of technology without a presence, Microsoft has thrown its considerable weight behind an initiative to make inroads in the area now dominated by Flash with its Silverlight product. Read more »

Ian Griffiths talks Windows Presentation Foundation (Part 2)

In the second part of our interview with WPF expert Ian Griffiths, we discuss the Rich Internet Application platform battle, the future of the desktop and whether now is the right time to switch to WPF. Read more »

All about Longhorn

COMMENTARY -- Longhorn will be immensely popular once it is released, because Longhorn is revolutionary technology that makes desktop computing better. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?

The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »

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    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

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