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Leopard vs. Vista: feature chart showdown
Engadget created a neatly-structured chart to compare the both richest consumer operating systems, Vista and Leopard. The chart is only for out of box features, and does not take into account 3rd party software. Read MoreGeneral
Mozilla's answer to Adobe AIR with Prism
Mozilla released Prism, an application that lets users split web applications out of their browser and run them directly on their desktop. When invoked, these applications run in their own window.
"Unlike Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight, we’re not building a proprietary platform to replace the web", claim Prism developers team.
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Mini review and competition of Client-Side Reporting with Visual Studio in C# book
We've got a brand new mini-review and competition of the Client-Side Reporting with Visual Studio in C# book. The friendly people of Apress are giving away 5 books! Read MoreGoogle
Googles offers IMAP for Gmail
Google is currently activating IMAP on Gmail accounts. IMAP, or Internet Message Access Protocol, lets you download messages from Gmail's servers onto your computer so you can access your mail with a program like Microsoft Outlook Express or Apple Mail, even when you aren't connected to the Internet.Read More
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Flash CS4 Sneak Peek
JonnyMac reported that at FITC Hollywood Richard Galvan, Adobe Flash Product Manager, shed some light on the upcoming Flash CS4 "Diesel". The next version of the Flash IDE will feature a brand new timeline animation model - frameless Flash animation.
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Adobe releases a patch for Acrobat Vulnerability
Adobe released an update that fixes the leak in Adobe Acrobat/Reader PDF documents found some time ago in version 8.1 and earlier versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The flaw could allow hackers to use a malicious code added to PDF documents to take control of Window XP computers with Internet Explorer 7 installed.
Adobe strongly recommends upgrading to Adobe Reader 8.1.1 or Acrobat 8.1.1.
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Adobe Flex and AIR with Bruce Chizen at Dreamforce07
Bruce Chizen, Adobe CEO, presented Adobe's Flex and AIR applications during Dreamforce07 and shared his vision on where Adobe and PostScript are going in the future.
"Our view of the world where people consume and
interact with information will be very diverse. There will be less and
less sell on a PC, more and more sell on other non-PC connected
devices," says Chizen.
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Windows 7 taking shape: the MinWin kernel
A senior Microsoft engineer recently demonstrated the core of the next version of Windows, codenamed Windows 7, at the University of Illinois. Microsoft admits that its work is outlined thanks to virtualization, multicore, and more. Read MoreGoogle
Google Analytics expands tracking capabilities
Google has updated their popular Google Analytics service to begin tracking Ajax and Flash-based requests. This update will allow developers to leverage Ajax, JavaScript and Flash without the worry of losing valuable stats data.
Google Analytics is a software which companies use as an enterprise analytics package to watch over their websites and plan their design strategy.