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With JavaFX, Sun seeks new coders, new revenue

With a back-to-the-future technology called JavaFX, Sun hopes to attract a new class of developer while building a much-needed new revenue source. 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 sheds light on Flash rival

Looking to dethrone Adobe's Web video tool, Redmond to unveil a browser plug-in called Silverlight. 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 »

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 »

Software turns .Net to Flash

The race to build more-powerful Web-based applications could accelerate with the addition of software that lets Windows developers create Flash applications without knowing Flash. Read more »

Silverlight ships, gets mooned by Linux

Microsoft has released Silverlight 1.0 and said it has partnered with Novell to deliver a Linux version of the software. 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 »

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 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 »

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Add XML functionality to your Flash movies

You already know that XML enables data to move easily between applications. Now see how you can integrate XML and Flash for some powerful effects. 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 »

Macromedia courts mainstream developers

Macromedia announced this week the first major update of its MX line of Web design and development tools. Read more »

JavaScript -- a Flash competitor?

Open source software has its problems when it's trying to keep up with proprietary software, but when it does what it's good at -- creating ideas and developing them very quickly in public -- it can be revolutionary. 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 »

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 »

HTML 5: A change in course... straight for the iceberg

The W3C recently released a working draft specification for HTML 5. In its current iteration, this is the worst specification I have ever read. 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 »

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 »

Flash MX 2004

The grand master of Flash animation programs is now more powerful, requires less programming and includes better help. Read more »

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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 »

Live Blog: MIX 07 Keynote

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Live blog from the MIX 07 Keynote. Will we see an announcement regarding Silverlight? It certainly appears so. Read more »

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