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Adobe releases beta of Flash for Linux
Adobe Systems has released a beta of a Flash Player 9 for Linux and said that it is working on 64-bit editions of Flash. Read more »
Macromedia launches Flash 8 beta
Three months after promising big changes in its signature Web animation software, Macromedia has released a public test version of the Flash player. Read more »
Build the platform and apps will come: Adobe exec
Adobe's strategy for it Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is not to take on Microsoft directly, but provide a platform for developers to build Web-applications, according to a company executive. Read more »
Microsoft releases Media Player beta
The company unveils the first test version of Windows Media Player 10, a significant upgrade aimed squarely at the portable device market. Read more »
Windows 7 testers have long path to upgrade
Going from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is relatively straightforward. So one might think that moving from a pre-release version of Windows 7 to the final version would also be simple. Read more »
Adobe blasts Apollo into beta through AIR
Adobe Systems on Monday released a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo, that makes Web-native applications operate like desktop programs. 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 »
Second Silverlight 2.0 beta to take up Flash fight
Microsoft is launching a revamped test version of its Silverlight software that is designed to broaden the appeal of the company's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash. Read more »
Microsoft offers some Silverlight 4 details
Ahead of a broadcasting conference that starts later this week in Amsterdam, Microsoft on Tuesday shared a few new details on the next version of Silverlight. Read more »
Microsoft ready for Silverlight's second act
Microsoft on Monday announced that it is ready with a final version of Silverlight 2. Read more »
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Windows Vista Beta 2 Slideshow
We take a detailed look at the features of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which include improved security options, "gadgets" and integrated search. Read more »
Olympics are a boon for Silverlight
Here's the way things work at Microsoft. After correcting shortcomings in the first and second editions of its software, version 3.0 of a Microsoft product usually silences the company's worst critics, allowing management to get on with business of crushing rivals. But I'll be first to acknowledge that Silverlight breaks with that pattern. 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 »
MAX 2006 Report
Max 2006 was staged in Las Vegas on 23rd - 26th October, Andrew Muller was there for Builder AU. Read more »
Macromedia courts mainstream developers
Macromedia announced this week the first major update of its MX line of Web design and development tools. Read more »
Flash and Flex: cached and componentised
Mike Potter is the developer marketing manager for Flex, we sat down with Mike at MAX and discussed where Flex and Flash is heading. Read more »
How JavaScript became a browser-war battleground
After lurking inconspicuously within the code of websites for more than a decade, JavaScript has emerged to become a key battleground in a second era of web-browser wars. Read more »
10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009
The new year holds a great deal of promise for the Linux OS and open source software -- from an explosion in the mobile arena to large-enterprise scalability to widespread adoption of OpenOffice 3. Read more »
The Web as a platform
As a gross over-generalisation, software developers don't care much for the latest trends in fashion. Read more »
Blog (13)
Crying, mooning and leaving
-- In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
Mixed Emotions
-- Betamax showed that technical superiority can be beaten with a good dose of distribution -- does the same fate await Silverlight? Read more »
Microsoft showcases new NUIs
-- TechFest, Microsoft's internal even took place this week with researchers showcasing some new interfaces the company is working on. Read more »
The real-time search race
-- Google and Yahoo deploy real-time search this week, WebGL reaches the draft stage and more. Read more »
Shadow chasing in browsers
-- The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »
Azure: A matter of trust
-- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »
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 »
Adobe releases new Flash tools
-- Adobe launches new Flash tools, Microsoft reveals Windows 7 release date, and we bring you coverage from the JavaOne conference. More in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Flash vs. Silverlight
-- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »
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