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Adobe Sponsored Poker Event III
It?s that time again :) The 3rd Adobe sponsored London Poker Tournament is now open for r egistratio
I woke up this morning
and much to my surprise, the public beta of the flash player 10 is out.  I knew this would be c
SHOCK, HORROR as Aral changes session de scription for Multi- Mania (or: ?Ruling the web: 12 things you must know as a Flash devel
OK, I couldn't help it. There's so much tabloid journalism going on in our industry these days that
Flash Player 10 (Astro) Beta
Lots of new toys to play with. You can find all of the informatio n on labs.
ColdFusion 8.01 64-bit and Supported Linux Distros
The ColdFusion 8.01 System Req uirements as shown in the detailed platform support matrix [PDF] indic
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Flash Player 10 prerelease is out on the Adobe Labs
Adobe Flash Player 10 is now out on the Adobe Labs. Get the Flash Player 10 prerelease now. Important: All users should uninstall any currently installed Flash Player before installing the beta.
Is Nokia an Internet company ?
No. Definetly. Or better, not now. But Nokia wants to act more like an internet company than a "traditional manufacturer" (via WebGuild). Nokia introduced Ovi, the company's new Internet services brand name. With the introduction of Ovi, Nokia is
Disable the auto-update capability in Adobe AIR using the SettingManager application
If you want to update the Adobe AIR runtime manually you have to disable the auto-update capability. Using the AIR SettingsManager you can disable it. AIR SettingsManager is a small application that use a toggle button to Enable or Disable auto-updat
i2 technologia featured on Forum Nokia with Anina's Flash Lite DressUp game
I'm very happy to spread the word for this news. Guys behind i2 technologia (Felipe and Luciano) were featured on Forum Nokia as a FN Success Story:
Flex and AJAX Quality Assurance automated testing with Borland Silk 2008
Testing Flex and AJAX applications is challenging because the nature of the application itself can communicate between the client and the server in a different ways. We're not anymore in a context where the standard web application submits via GET or
Waiting for the Nokia N96 I'm enjoying my N95 8GB with Flash Lite 3
I'm a Nokia N95 8GB (with Flash Lite 3 installed) owner since November 2007 and I'm totally satisfied. When the Nokia N95 8GB software version 15.0.015 was released, the Flash Lite 3 support was added (other improvements include WLAN and browser st
Hydra changed its name: Pixel Bender
Just to let you know that Hydra, the bitmap effect scripting language, will be renamed to Pixel Bender. Reading the Kevin Goldsmith blog this is the reason : The problem is that it's a great name for any kind of technology that does multiple things
NetBeans 6.1 adds new features for developing AJAX Web 2.0 apps (JavaScript and PHP support)
During NetBeans Day at JavaOne it has been announced that NetBeans 6.1 IDE will be more oriented to AJAX and Web 2.0 application development. In fact the new NetBeans will add the support for PHP scripting language, support for embedded CSS, HTML an
I'll speak at Multi-Mania conference.Registrations are now open
Multi-Mania is totally free event dedicated to multimedia topics that happen in Belgium. The speaker list has been published on the site and it keeps getting great.
Calculating the ROI for enterprise applications that use Flex 3
Raffaele, my business partner, has published the slides of his presentation at 360Flex. The topic was very interesting because he showed the benefits achieved as a consequence of adopting Flex to re-design an enterprise application. The benefit was
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Adobe Flex 2 - Answering Tough Questions About Enterprise Development
A Correct Person wrote: Denis Roebrt commented on the 21 Aug 2006 "Tough Questions"??? Sounds more like questions a Fox anchor would ask Bush. Sheesh, can an interview sound more like a sales pitch? Or has Adobe finally bought Sys-Con and we don't know it yet? Hey Denis - I see ...
A Dozen Predictions for 2008
Joachim Van der Auwera wrote: I agree that code generation can be very important for relieving a couple of the challenges of building reliable, consistent applications in a minimum amount of time. There will be an interesting mixing of compile-time and runtime generation. Wha...
E-Commerce 2.0
Brian wrote: I think we're heading in the right direction, but we've still got some work to do. Search engine support, for example, is something that is still a big problem for RIAs.
Adding Enum Support to Adobe Flex AMF Protocol
travesti wrote: thanks my brother
Three RIA Platforms Compared: Adobe Flex, Google Web Toolkit, and OpenLaszlo
NN wrote: Yeah you are right GWT is poor man's Flex. After using GWT on two projects I am done with creating UI using Java. Best combo is Flex + ROR or Flex + Java (server side rules no question about that) Otherwise Appcelerator sounds great for page level RIA.
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AJAX World - Curl Launches Adobe AIR Competitor
Curl announced the beta release of Curl Nitro, the code name for an extension of the Curl Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform which offers enhanced desktop capabilities required by today's enterprises. The Nitro extension simplifies the process of installing and managing Curl applications acces
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AJAX World – Personal Branding Checklist
This is a checklist of items you need for an all-e
Two great PDF creators
I like reading stuff in pdf format. But it's even
3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo: Themes & Topics
From Application Virtualization to Xen, a round-up
A Runtime Integration Approach to Application Development
This pattern is a hybrid of plug-in and event-driv
JavaOne 2008: Sun Talks Up its Late-to-the-Party AIR-Silverlight Rival
At Java One this week Sun has been selling its yea
Facelift Your SOA with Rich Internet Applications
We are entering an era of Rich Internet Applicatio
Adobe Flash Player 10 Public Beta Now on Adobe Labs
Today, Adobe announced the immediate availability
AJAX World - Xceed Launches Microsoft Silverlight 2 Control
Xceed launched Xceed Upload for Silverlight, the c
Microsoft To Keynote 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo
Mike Neil is general manager for virtualization st
AJAX World - Skyway Software Announces RIA Developer Contest
According to Sean Walsh, President and CEO of Skyw
"Virtualization Journal" Debuts This Week at JavaOne
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Wal-Mart To Sell $399 Ubuntu Linux-based Laptop with Google Operating System
The Ubuntu Linux-based gOS operating system from G
Flex 4: My Wish List
Flex 2 was released in the Summer of 2006 and it w
AJAX World - Adobe Makes Flash & AIR Free for Mobile Widgets
A bunch of the boys have joined Adobe in forming t
Additions to My Computer Book Shelf
Many young programmers don't read books anymore.
Adobe and Industry Leaders Establish Open Screen Project
Today, Adobe announced the Open Screen Project, su
Forrester Turns Its Back On AJAX
I know, it's not nice and I should behave as if it
AJAX World - Cooking CRUD with Flex and BlazeDS
In today's cooking class you'll add to your cookbo
Java Updater: Sun and Google Are as Bad as Apple
Apple's taken some heat lately for their decision
Ubuntu Here We Come! - Java Finally To Become 100% Open Source
With only two weeks to go now before JavaOne, its
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