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Mozilla warns on Adobe, Microsoft hidden Web agenda

Companies building Web sites should beware of proprietary rich-media technologies like Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, the founder of Mozilla Europe has warned. Read more »

Silverlight 2.0 due today

Microsoft has scheduled a conference call today in the US to announce, among other things, that it has completed version 2.0 of Silverlight, its rival to Adobe's Flash. Read more »

Can bundling help Silverlight trash Flash?

When Microsoft's Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight, he is usually having one of two types of conversations. Read more »

Microsoft tweaks Explorer

Microsoft has released what it called "modest changes" to Windows and Internet Explorer as a result of the patent suit brought against it by Eolas Technologies. Read more »

Sun: JavaFX can take on Flash

This week at Sun's JavaOne conference,the company introduced JavaFX, a rich Internet application environment set to compete with Adobe Systems' AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight. Read more »

Microsoft offers development tools for Mac, Web

Even as its steers developers toward the forthcoming edition of Windows, Microsoft is building tools to write applications for the Mac OS and the Web. 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 »

HP offers developers free Flash-app security tool

HP is set to announce a free tool that developers can use to check for holes in the Flash applications they write, which can lead to data leaks and other security problems on websites. Read more »

Microsoft to license Adobe's Flash Lite

Even though it has plans to release a competing technology, Microsoft has agreed to license Adobe's Flash Lite technology for its Windows Mobile operating system and browser. Read more »

Open-source Silverlight released for developers

The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime. Read more »

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Macromedia courts mainstream developers

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

Macromedia's DevNet available to Aust developers

In a move similar to the creation of MSDN, Macromedia Australia has launched DevNet, a subscription service for its products, exclusive developer resources and online licence administration. Read more »

The evolution of .NET

Microsoft is touting the new .NET platform, but is it really new? This article explores the maturation of the basic technologies that are the foundation of .NET. Read more »

Explore Flash on a Pocket PC

Getting Flash to run on a Pocket PC requires a developer's touch. See how to set up a Flash Player and develop Flash content for Pocket PC devices. 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 »

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 »

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 »

Adobe AIR brings the Web to the desktop

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) lets developers build Web applications with a rich user interface that mimics desktop applications. Read more »

To Flash or not to Flash

Flash can be an effective content delivery tool but when should and shouldn't Flash be used on the Web? Builder.com investigates further. 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 »

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Blog (33)

Flash in the pan

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

Microsoft prescribes more REST

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Details have begun to emerge about the next versions of Visual Studio and Windows Server this week -- and the message from Redmond is to REST up Read more »

Crying, mooning and leaving

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- 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

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- TechFest, Microsoft's internal even took place this week with researchers showcasing some new interfaces the company is working on. Read more »

Ubuntu Karmic Koala released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, was released overnight. More of this week's news in this edition of the Roundup. Read more »

The real-time search race

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google and Yahoo deploy real-time search this week, WebGL reaches the draft stage and more. Read more »

Microsoft does a Wacko Jacko

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week was dominated by Microsoft US$44 billion proposal to Yahoo but we still found time to ask Linus Torvalds some questions and wonder if Michael Jackson and Microsoft behaved more similar than you'd think. Read more »

Azure: A matter of trust

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- 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 »

Perils of outsourcing

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This edition of the Weekly Roundup looks at what happens when outsourcing companies are robbed, there's more Google news than one can poke a stick at, Samba has a new version and we see what endorsement Mark Taylor has signed on for. Read more »

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