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Appcelerator Brings Web Applications to the Desktop with Titanium

News - 28 days ago

Appcelerator has announced the public preview release of Appcelerator Titanium, an open source platform for building desktop and mobile applications using a common set of Web technologies. Titanium allows developers to use standard Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop appli read more

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ASP.NET and AJAX Performance Enhancements Across DevExpress Presentation Components

News - 28 days ago

Developer Express has announced the following new performance enhancements across its ASP.NET and AJAX product line: AJAX Callback Compression for faster page loads and reduced network bandwidth/traffic, JavaScript Files now combined for fewer server requests and round-trips, and menu enhancements read more

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Sun Frees Rich Internet Applications from Browsers, Releases JavaFX 1.0

News - 29 days ago

"The Internet marketplace has evolved within and well beyond the traditional Web browser, fueled by an explosion of Java-powered smart phones and consumer electronic devices from RIM's Blackberry to Amazon's Kindle," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO & President of Sun, as JavaFX 1.0 was unveiled today. read more

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InfoStreet Launches AJAX-Enabled Office Software

News - 29 days ago

InfoStreet has announced that it is responding to market demand for improved workplace efficiencies with an enhanced software suite that will target small- to mid-sized businesses. Email is the ultimate delivery mechanism, however, tagging, categorizing, prioritizing and organizing conversation thr read more

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Tooling Up for Web 2.0

News - 33 days ago

Most of the discussion surrounding Web 2.0 applications revolves around the way it revolutionized end users' interaction with applications and with other users. An area that is sometimes left out of the discussion is the impact Web 2.0 had on the developers who are actually building these applicati read more

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Virtualization Journal: Intel & Hitachi Cut SSD Joint Venture

News - 33 days ago

Intel has cut a joint venture with Hitachi to make solid state drives (SSDs) for servers, high-end workstations and storage – not the consumer goods where such pricey widgetry is usually found these days. Their first products, branded and sold exclusively by Hitachi, are supposed to appear early in read more

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Cloud Computing Journal: Zoho Builds Data Bridges in the Cloud

News - 33 days ago

Zoho, the prolific Microsoft wannabe that has already proven it can knock off a web app at the drop of a buzzword, is branching out into middleware. It’s come up with some widgetry – aimed at developers this time, not end users – called CloudSQL that’s supposed to let people interact with their Zoh read more

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JavaFX vs Silverlight vs Flex

News - 33 days ago

We shouldn’t forget that Java really started as an RIA technology back in the late 90s with applets. But I don’t think JavaFX will win any “hearts and minds”. In the end, I think everybody goes with what they know. Dot Netters will go with Silverlight, and Adobe people will stick with Flex. All tha read more

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Start wearing purple

News - 35 days ago

Today was officially my first day at my new job at in Yahoo! Search. In the spirit of less-is-more I'm stepping out of the position of improving the performance of all Yahoo's sites worldwide to improving the performance of just one Yahoo! Search - in the US first, then maybe helping globally. I'm read more

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RIA and Cloud Computing Apps

News - 41 days ago

We are using software applications more than ever before. As the demand for new capabilities and functions grows, companies strive to provide an adequate response to business needs. The rate of application evolution places an ever-larger burden on the shoulders of software producers, vendors, and e read more

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