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Microsoft uses TechFest to tout new user interfaces
Although it is not open to the press this year, Microsoft is using this week's TechFest internal science fair as an occasion to talk about some of the work it is doing to find new ways of connecting with computers. Read more »
Android first smartphone to get Adobe AIR
Adobe Systems, hard at work bringing its Flash technology to mobile phones, announced on Monday that it's also working on making the same move for a related programming foundation called AIR. Read more »
80% of Aussies support filter
A survey commissioned by the ABC's Hungry Beast, has found that 80 per cent of respondents supported Labor's proposed filter. Read more »
Vic man crushed by falling server
A man tragically died yesterday after a 200kg server fell on him while being unloaded from the back of a truck at transport company AirRoad in Laverton North, Victoria. Read more »
Start-up claims Microsoft China took its code
A start-up says that a microblogging service recently launched by Microsoft in China "rips off" its user interface and also contains a huge percentage of similar code. Read more »
Microsoft releases Silverlight 4 beta
Microsoft's fourth-generation answer to Adobe Flash, Silverlight 4, was released overnight at the software giant's 2009 Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Read more »
Adobe releases new Flash, AIR betas
Adobe Labs on Monday released test versions of two closely related foundations for net-based applications, Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2. Read more »
Microsoft taps the 'Family Guy' to sell Windows 7
Microsoft on Tuesday plans to announce a deal with News Corp's Fox that will see Microsoft sponsoring a TV show that will merge a pitch for Windows 7 with the comedic stylings of "Family Guy" voices Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein. Read more »
Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?
Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handheld devices smells strongly of Sun's attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. But will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate? Read more »
Adobe tries keeping Flash in web vanguard
There's a major movement afoot to rebuild the web as a foundation for interactive applications. But Adobe Systems, whose Flash technology already plays that role as a nearly ubiquitous browser plug-in, believes its technology will stay a step ahead of the game. Read more »
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Use holiday parties to climb the ladder
Many people don't look forward to office parties, but career pro's know they're a great opportunity. In this article, executive and leadership coach John M McKee shares his top 10 tactics for climbing the ladder over cocktails. Read more »
10 low-cost, high-value Web 2.0 strategies
Innovation around Web 2.0 technologies continues to pick up steam as companies look for ways to cut spending and get more from the solutions they choose. This article outlines some of the top cost-effective web-orientated tools and strategies. Read more »
Celebrating freedom with open source
Happy Independence day to our US readers. And with this celebration, I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about, at least on a fundamental, non-TCO-ROI level. Read more »
Everyone matters a little but not everyone matters a lot
Every day we form new and manage existing relationships with those around us. Managing relationships can be extremely difficult and it's important to realise that not every relationship has to be maintained at the same level. Some people, by their actions, perceptions or their positions, matter only as it pertains to service levels. Others, though, matter a great deal more. Read more »
Eclipse4SL allows Eclipse users to develop Silverlight apps
A new tool called Eclipse4SL is coming out that allows Eclipse developers to work on Silverlight applications. This will bring even more pressure to bear on Adobe Flash's market domination. Read more »
Introducing Flash Catalyst
At MAX 2008, Adobe demonstrated and distributed to attendees a preview release of Flash Catalyst, the Rich Internet Application (RIA) interaction design tool formerly known as Thermo. Read more »
MAX 08: Adobe lays out future directions
At Adobe's MAX conference this year -- Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch identified three trends that Adobe will address: client and cloud computing, devices and desktop computing, and social computing. 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 »
Build an AIR application for your website
Adobe AIR brings web technologies to the desktop through the integration of the Webkit rendering engine in a Flash-style desktop-based runtime. AIR applications running on HTML, CSS and Javascript can interact with the local file system, manipulate local SQL databases and even use AJAX on any domain. Read more »
Get creative with Aviary tools
Aviary is generating quite a bit of buzz in the Web design community. Check out what these new types of Flex-based tools are all about. Read more »
Video (8)
What if every child had a laptop?
From the '60 Minutes' archive: Lesley Stahl talks with MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the non-profit One Laptop Per Child. (Originally aired in US on May 20, 2007) Read more »
Avoiding security risks with AIR
Being a native application, AIR needs far more security than a typical Flash application. Mike Downey, principal evangelist, Adobe, discusses the extra steps Adobe had to take with AIR. Read more »
Future AIR trajectory
Mike Downey explains what the future holds in store for the Adobe's Integrated Runtime. Read more »
Does AIR move the focus off the web?
With Adobe pushing their AIR product, does the development focus return to the desktop? Mike Downey, principal evangelist, Adobe, answers this question. Read more »
Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying
Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air". Read more »
On AIR: Getting ready for primetime
We caught up with Ryan Stewart, rich internet evangelist, Adobe, at MAX and spoke about AIR and Thermo. Read more »
Vision for the robotic future
Robot development takes center stage. Read more »
Blog (22)
Windows Phone 7 makes its debut
-- The highlights from the Mobile World Congress and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Chrome OS source code unveiled
-- Google has open sourced the code of its web-based Chrome operating system. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Apple can give but can't take
-- Apple has complained about Microsoft's laptop ads, a hacker has defaced the RAAF website and Firefox 3.5 users could fall victim to drive-by attacks. Read more »
Google Sync pushes contacts, calendars to phones
-- On Monday mobile phone users, including those with Apple's iPhone, got a new way to sync and access information from the cloud. Read more »
Sun's JavaFX RIA platform MIA?
-- Adobe and Microsoft have taken the early lead in the RIA market but Sun is still waiting to get out of the starting blocks with JavaFX. Is Sun too late to the party? Read more »
What's new in Dreamweaver CS4?
-- Let's look at some of the new features we can expect to see in Dreamweaver CS4. Read more »
Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table
-- I should have known it was only a matter of time. I've been covering security conferences on and off for about 14 years and considered myself lucky not to have been hacked, that I knew of. Until Thursday. Read more »
Introducing the new "nerd whistle"
-- Certainly the iPhone 3G has changed a lot about how we think of our mobile devices, but I guess I never thought we would discover the ultimate geek magnet -- the nerd whistle of all App Store apps -- the Phonesaber. Read more »
Repent Open Sourcerers
-- The Anglican Diocese in Sydney is moving away from Microsoft technologies, Access and ActiveX provide another way for remote code execution and a local Aussie team wins the Imagine Cup. All that and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Gestation, robots and NASA hacking
-- Firefox 3 made it out the door last week, and set a world record while doing so; after 15 years Wine 1.0 also hit the street. We also look at robots, google developer day and outsourcing in this week's Weekly Roundup. Read more »
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Microsoft shows off IE9 previewThis week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »
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In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
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Google launches Apps Marketplace
Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
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