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Schwartz: Java FX can take on Flash
Java FX -- which is geared to make it easier to build flashy Web sites and Java desktop applications -- is ready to take on Adobe Systems' Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight software, according to Sun Microsystem's chief executive. Read more »
Flash to jump beyond the browser
Adobe Systems is working on software meant to blur the line between the Web and desktop PCs. 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 »
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 »
Discovery Channel switches to Silverlight in a flash
International Web development firm @www has built a new user interface for TV broadcaster the Discovery Channel using Microsoft's Silverlight -- the software giant's challenger to Adobe's Flash. 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 »
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 »
Adobe updates Flash Player, Flex tool
Adobe Systems on Wednesday in the US plans to release upgrades to its Flash Player software and Flex development tool for building Web applications. 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 »
Adobe opens up tech warchest in fight with Microsoft
Adobe Systems detailed a number of technology projects and products at its Max 2007 developer conference on Monday and gave glimpse of how it intends to make more money from online services. Read more »
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Uncloaking 'invisible' Flash Web content
Adobe announced yesterday that it was providing optimised Adobe Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo to help them better index dynamic Web content and RIAs that include SWFs. It sounds exciting, but what exactly does it mean for Web searchers, Web masters, and Flash creators? CNET News.com asked Adobe, Google, and Yahoo and got some answers. Read more »
Metaliq flexes its creative expression
Metaliq build applications with Flex and Silverlight -- leaving them in the interesting position of playing two sides of the rich Internet application platform field. 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 »
Deciphering the term "rich Internet application"
Web 2.0 has become a cliched term when it comes to describing websites. A new term has popped up to cover online applications: RIA, or rich Internet application. Does it mean the same thing as Web 2.0? 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 »
Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor
A quick overview of what you'll find in the latest version of Silverlight. Read more »
Flash MX 2004
The grand master of Flash animation programs is now more powerful, requires less programming and includes better help. Read more »
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. 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 »
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 »
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Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote
-- 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 »
Flash in the pan
-- So Silverlight will kill Flash, will it? Maybe it will. A lot of people have told me this and I began to wonder if the opinion had any validity. Read more »
The Tamarin Seed
-- In announcing that they've contributed the source code for the ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2) to the Mozilla project Adobe has done something really exciting today. Read more »
Salesforce.com flexes its on-demand platform.
-- Salesforce.com has included Adobe Flex functionality to it's Apex platform. The move means that developers using salesforce.com's Apex platform can now deploy rich Internet applications using the Flex toolkit. Read more »
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