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OpenLaszlo moves towards AJAX

The Flash development tool will soon have a DHTML output option. Read more »

Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser

Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports. Read more »

Silverlight update fights back against Adobe's AIR

On Monday, Adobe released the long-awaited AIR download for running Web applications offline, but Microsoft is readying an update to its Silverlight platform that it hopes will keep Web developers in its camp. Read more »

Adobe AIR brings online apps to the desktop

AIR, or Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a download that lets Web applications run on a desktop. With AIR applications, people can work offline and drag and drop items like graphics or text between Web and desktop applications. Read more »

Adobe plots its path on the Web

Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business. Read more »

Adobe ponies up for Apollo

Adobe to invest part of $100 million venture fund the downloadable player that lets Web applications appear as desktop programs. Read more »

Adobe aquire Macromedia

With its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Read more »

Start-up Zimbra takes Web e-mail offline

E-mail software company Zimbra on Sunday released an early version of Zimbra Desktop, Web e-mail software that will run online and offline. Read more »

More than meets the eye in Microsoft plan

A little-known Microsoft project promises to bring advanced graphics to a broad range of devices and set up a potential showdown with Adobe Systems. Read more »

Sun tries again with consumer-flavoured Java

The server and software company comes full circle with Java, releasing a scripting language to ease desktop and device Java development. Read more »

Features (6)

Spry Interrogation

Greg Rewis, Senior Evangelist for Web Tools at Adobe, discusses their designer centric Ajax framework Spry. Read more »

On AIR: Getting ready for primetime

We caught up with Ryan Stewart, rich internet evangelist, Adobe, at MAX and spoke about AIR, Thermo and how Ryan has covered the US in a bus. 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 »

Tim Buntel and the Tale of Scorpio

Chatting about the upcoming release of ColdFusion 8 called Scorpio with Tim Buntel, Adobe's ColdFusion Marketing Manager. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

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

JavaFX sends Sun back to the future?

Sun's chief technology officer for software discusses the issues facing Sun with JavaFX and whether it will be enough to put Java back on the desktop. Read more »

Blog (8)

Spry Game

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Adobe WebDU conference in Sydney, Greg Rewis gave a presentation on Spry 1.6, the AJAX framework. Read more »

Vegas: Elvis, Blue Men and the world's biggest Flash enabled

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- I'm in Las Vegas this week for MAX, Adobe's annual user conference, and this morning's opening keynote went off with a bang. And a loud one at that! Read more »

Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- The big event of a Flex, Flash or ColdFusion developer's year is Adobe's annual conference held this year in Chicago. Builder AU's Andrew Muller attended this year and reports on the first day's opening. Read more »

Adobe MAX conference: Sneak Peaks, Sound Treats

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- To close MAX 2006 Adobe gave delegates at the conference a sneak peek at some upcoming technologies and products. Read more »

XP stays on life support for longer

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »

Does ApolloCamp Equal Apollo Release?

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- Adobe will be hosting ApolloCamp this Friday night San Francisco time and the smart money is that a public alpha of Apollo may be announced sometime around that date. Read more »

Conference season open for Web developers

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Are Adobe Air, Microsoft Silverlight, Google Gears, AJAX, and the semantic Web some of your favourite things? Now's the right time to put in that training request because May and June are full of great local Web developer conferences. Read more »

Adobe Developer Week

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- Adobe recently ran a series of online conferences via Breeze under the banner of Adobe Developer Week. There was a great and diverse range of topics on offer; including Flex, LiveCycle, ColdFusion, Apollo, Model Glue, RIAs, Ajax, ActionScipt 3 and security. Read more »

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