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Microsoft gets hip to AJAX

Not to be left out of any development trends, Microsoft is working to simplify the job of building so-called AJAX applications, or Web applications with sophisticated graphics. Read more »

Rich media Web delivery patented

A patent for the design and creation of rich media services over the Internet, potentially covering Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax and XAML has been granted to America's Balthaser. Read more »

Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google

Microsoft plans to open access to MSN and its other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites -- a technique used successfully at Google and other Web companies to promote their properties. Read more »

Open source grows beyond its roots

One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. Read more »

Media companies 'must embrace Web 2.0'

Media companies who ignore user contribution will come unstuck as Web 2.0 changes the technology and media landscape, warned experts on Wednesday at an event on the future of the Web. Read more »

Opera brings AJAX to mobiles

A beta version of the Opera Platform SDK allows interactive Web applications on smartphones. Read more »

Eclipse jumps from development to runtime

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the creation of a project called Equinox, an expansion for the open source group beyond development tools and into runtime software. Read more »

Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »

Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly

Sun Microsystems plans to alter its licensing to make it easier to bundle Java Runtime Environment with Linux. Read more »

Gartner: Prepare for consumer-led IT

Gartner analysts predict there will be a large-scale shift in technology influence toward consumers and away from central corporate IT departments. Read more »

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Make the most of AJAX

AJAX has changed the way Web apps are developed and used. It allows for interactive Web pages and is on the cutting edge of current web trends. Read more »

HTTP and HTML: The paradox of dominance

The saying, "When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail," makes me think of the mess that we're in when it comes to the dominance of HTML and HTTP. Read more »

Adding AJAX to Java with DWR

Making web-based Java applications more interactive doesn't need to be difficult. The Direct Web Remoting toolkit takes much of the hassle out of AJAX Read more »

Case Study: Taking the Smartpath with Flex

Sometimes it's worth taking a risk on a beta. For Smartpath, taking that risk has led to the creation of a robust and industry-tested asset, help desk and facilities management tool based on Flex. Read more »

Client-side programming with Atlas

In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work. Read more »

First impressions of ASP.NET's MVC framework

Find out why you may want to use Microsoft's Model View Controller (MVC) framework instead of Web Forms. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

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

Don't sweat migrating legacy .NET projects to Visual Studio 2008

Migrating to Visual Studio 2008 is a breeze. It automates the conversion process and allows you to continue working with older versions of the .NET Framework. Read more »

Debug JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with Firebug

Firebug is a great development add-on for Firefox. It provides an integrated tool for monitoring and debugging JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Here's a look at Firebug's features and benefits. Read more »

Blog (4)

AJAX applications and security

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSON, gave a talk entitled "AJAX Security" at the recent Web Directions South conference. In this talk, Crockford discussed some of the security concerns with AJAX applications and what can be done to address them. Read more »

Schoolgirl builds SecondLife Web app

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- A new web application AjaxLife allows interaction with the online virtual world SecondLife. The cool part? It was developed in just a week by a fifteen year old English schoolgirl. Read more »

Another day, another patent threat

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Planning on building an AJAX application that will be hosted in the United States? First, you may need to pay for a licence if the latest patent debacle is enforced. Read more »

Helper Monkey to JavaScript's rescue?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- A new project by Sun Microsystems is looking to tackle the problem of maintaining and debugging JavaScript code by bringing DTrace's tracing framework to the Web 2.0 table. Read more »

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