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Alternative to Adobe's Flash Player
Talkback Flash has been around for a long time, and it is fairly simple to create a flash website. Do we really need an alternative? Security holes have been few and patched quickly. Everyone is aware of Microsoft's record on buggy software, and their...
[March 4, 2008, 13:35]
Oh yes?...
Talkback I think the same may be said of Microsoft, who have spent so long alienating their customer base, the result of that "investment" is actually beginning to show. They tried to break Quicktime and failed, so now they are going after Adobe.
[July 14, 2009, 8:03]
The winner?
Talkback In the battle between open-source, standards-based and proprietary vendor-controlled, there will only be one winner. The fact that the vendor in question is Microsoft just adds the garnish.
[September 5, 2008, 13:55]
I just wonder...
Talkback If Microsoft end up losing this case, how much they'll have to pay in penalties. After all, the olympics isn't quite the same as the third division championship. It's much less serious, but for some reason worth a whole lot more in tangibles.
[July 17, 2008, 19:42]
Microsoft to fix zero-day SMB, IIS holes
News The bulletins affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Silverlight, Forefront, Developer Tools and SQL Server, the advisory shows. Microsoft on Thursday said it will provide a fix next week for zero-day flaws in Microsoft Server Message Block and...
[October 9, 2009, 14:19]
Sun seeks new coders, revenue via JavaFX
News Java paved the way in 1995, but now it has to take on Adobe's Flash and AIR; Microsoft's newer arrival, Silverlight; and JavaScript and its more sophisticated cousin Ajax. JavaScript has matured as an interface language, Flash has many loyal...
[December 4, 2008, 7:35]
Google web workshop targets developers
News News of this event comes just a week after Microsoft hosted its MIX08 conference, where it set out its latest batch of tools for web developers, including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2 and Expression Studio 2.
[March 12, 2008, 14:38]
BlackBerry dev tools target Eclipse, Visual Studio
News The Eclipse plug-in, which is compatible with version 3.4 of the environment, allows the debugging and profiling of HTML and CSS-using web pages, and of rich internet applications using Ajax, Silverlight, PHP, ASP, Ruby on Rails, JSP and Python.
[July 29, 2009, 12:59]
Windows Mobile gets Flash compatibility
News Microsoft's licensing of the Flash Lite plug-in means that Windows Mobile phones will soon support both Adobe's software and Microsoft's own rival, Silverlight. Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader LE software for its Windows Mobile...
[March 17, 2008, 11:38]
Windows Mobile 6.5: a first look review
Reviews Internet Explorer Mobile will support Flash and JavaScript — but not (yet) SilverLight. Microsoft has officially unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system at Mobile World Congress 2009.
[February 17, 2009, 7:59]
Faster, Fully Featured FireFox 3
Talkback Silverlight (Microsoft's attempt at a Web platform) does install but does not run video as a plug-in to FireFox 3. I managed to get one of the 7 million downloads on the first day, mostly just to say I did it, in any case FireFox 3 in some sort of...
[June 21, 2008, 1:26]
