On April 16 Adobe announced Adobe Media Player at the National Association of Broadcasters. Adobe Media Player is a desktop application, built in Apollo. It serves as both a desktop media player, allowing you to easily play media such as .flv’s from your your desktop and to play streaming media from the web.
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Google has a new addition for the Google Docs & Spreadsheets family: presentations. The company recently acquired Tonic Systems which has a extensive knowledge of presentation creation and document conversion. It's expected to be ready by summer.
Read MoreLast Monday, on April 16 Microsoft Corp. unveiled Microsoft Silverlight at the 2007 National Association. Microsoft Silverlight is a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web.
Read MoreBy the end of January 2008 the Software Giant Microsoft will stop Windows XP of being available on new PCs. The software giant will still deliver the retail version. This decision affects all the versions of the operating system to make way for Windows Vista.
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This Friday, Google acquired Web ad supplier DoubleClick, securing a leadership position as the Internet's top advertising business. Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. also set their sights on the company but were outbid by Google.
However the deal needs to be approved first by the authorities. Competitors protest that the search Giant might get to much power in the advertising market.
Read MoreMozilla, Opera, and Apple have advised the W3C to adopt the HTML 5 work from WHATWG.
HTML 5 specifies existing HTML4 markup and APIs with much clearer conformance criteria for both implementations and documents. It specifies many useful additions, in many cases drawing on features that have existed in browser-based implementations for a long time. And it actively draws on feedback from implementers and content authors.
Read MoreMartin Kliehm, Senior Web Developer for BlueMars, has written an interesting overview of what is going on in the world of accessible Web 2.0 applications.
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With the literally hundreds of Linux distributions out there it can be hard to choose which one is right for you. linuxforums.org has a great review of the 10 major Linux distributions out there, giving the pros and cons of each and every one of them.
Read MoreThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google maps to bring more attention to the ongoing crisis in Darfur. The new initiative, called "Crisis in Darfur," enables Google Earth users to visualize the details in the region, including the destruction of villages and the location of displaced persons in refugee camps.
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