Shantanu Narayen on Adobe's Future Direction: Product Strategy for the Next Generation of the Web

5/16/2007 2:02:17 PM

A key element of what has been called "web 2.0" -- along with ideas such as user-generated content and social networks -- is the concept of "rich Internet applications," which use the web as a platform for innovative types of online experiences. A new generation of Internet-connected applications is beginning to emerge led by such companies as Adobe Systems. Knowledge@Wharton recently interviewed ...

Mirror Image Supports Silverlight

5/16/2007 8:52:33 AM

May 16, 2007 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Mirror Image Internet announced on Wednesday it will provide support for Microsoft Silverlight, a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering enriched media experiences and interactive applications for the Web.

Software connects people, processes, and content.

5/16/2007 6:16:03 AM

Designed for media/entertainment industry, MicrosoftR Interactive Media Manager bridges process gaps between content production and business departments by combining digital work flows and media application integration with collaborative front-end environment. Solution offers real-time insight into production details; addresses digital content aggregation and management; and provides tools for ...

Software powers Web-based media experiences.

5/16/2007 6:15:52 AM

MicrosoftR Silverlight(TM) uses Windows Media Video (WMV) for delivering media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for Web. Cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in integrates with existing Web technologies and assets to accommodate interactive video experiences that scale from full-screen HD to mobile scenarios. At discretion of content providers, Silverlight will also deliver ...

Avenue A / Razorfish Names Darin Brown Chief Strategy Officer

5/15/2007 9:38:13 AM

Avenue A | Razorfish (NASDAQ:AQNT), one of the largest interactive services firms in the world, today announced Darin Brown has become the agency ' s first Chief Strategy Officer.

The Future Of Video Goes Through Adobe

5/15/2007 9:32:06 AM

Adobe's Media Player will debut sometime this summer. There is a good chance Adobe's ecosystem plans for digital media will solidify its role in content creation and serving. The Future Of Video Goes Through Adobe This morning, Adobe announced an expansion of its Flash Media Solution Provider (FMSP) program. They are going after content publishers by ...

Avenue A / Razorfish Names Darin Brown Chief Strategy Officer

5/15/2007 9:29:00 AM

SEATTLE----Avenue A | Razorfish , one of the largest interactive services firms in the world, today announced Darin Brown has become the agency's first Chief Strategy Officer. The new position creates a catalyst for leveraging thought leadership throughout the agency and to drive innovation on a global scale.

Mirror Image Internet Announces Support for Microsoft Silverlight

5/15/2007 6:40:23 AM

NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- Mirror Image(R) Internet, a leading provider of content delivery solutions powered by a patented global network, today announced that it will provide support for Microsoft Silverlight, a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich, interactive applications for the Web. The announcement was made this morning ...

Live streaming over the Internet for everyone with Skinkers LiveStation and Microsoft Silverlight

5/15/2007 5:39:54 AM

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Mirror Image Internet Announces Support for Microsoft Silverlight

5/15/2007 5:00:00 AM

NEW YORK----Mirror ImageR Internet, a leading provider of content delivery solutions powered by a patented global network, today announced that it will provide support for Microsoft Silverlight, a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich, interactive applications for the Web.

10 things Microsoft loves & hates about open source

5/15/2007 2:54:54 AM

Over the years, Microsoft has had some pretty harsh words (and actions) for the open-source community. We take a look at five ways Microsoft is embracing open source or Linux and five ways it'is doing to battle against those same forces.

Comparing Notes at JavaOne and Software 2007

5/14/2007 10:44:34 PM

Software, like any other sector, requires business people who buy, run, and sell software companies, and it also requires people who manufacture the product. Last week, we experienced an unusual juxtaposition of events: we attended JavaOne and Software 2007 on back-to-back days, getting views from opposite ends of the industry. Just before hitting the plane, wed thought wed share some initial ...

Top 10 things Microsoft loves and hates about open source

5/14/2007 7:53:17 PM

Updated: 15 May 2007 Over the years, Microsoft has had some pretty harsh words (and actions) for the open source community in general and for Linux in particular.

Moonlight: Silverlight for Mono

5/14/2007 8:23:34 AM

Silverlight 1.1 is a new development technology for the Web created by Microsoft based on the CLR that augments it with a 2D retained graphics system and media playback engine and ships a subset of the standard .NET libraries.

Adobe To Release PostScript Driver For Windows Vista -- Finally

5/14/2007 7:00:00 AM

Adobe has taken some heat from users for what they claim is its lukewarm support for Windows Vista.

Sun builds on JavaFX Script

5/14/2007 5:56:19 AM

James Gosling, who helped create Sun's Java software, shares his thoughts on plans to bring it back to its desktop computing roots

Comparing Notes at JavaOne and Software 2007

5/13/2007 11:09:29 PM

Sun Announces Its Own Rich Internet App Framework

5/13/2007 10:44:33 PM

In an otherwise headline-light JavaOne, Sun has announced that it is throwing its hat in the ring with its own Java-based frameworks for Rich Internet, also known as Web 2.0 Applications. It involves a new product family that will fall under the JavaFX brand umbrella, with the first two offerings to include JavaFX Script for development, and JavaFX Mobile, for mobile development.

Applications Development

5/13/2007 4:41:56 PM

With AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and JSF (JavaServer Faces) component technology representing a one-two punch for Web development, plans are moving forward to strengthen support for AJAX in the JSF specification.

Microsoft.com + XBOX 360 + Silverlight

5/12/2007 5:24:11 PM

This weekend microsoft.com is launching a new ad campaign for the XBOX 360 Elite using Silverlight. This is a very exciting moment for folks on our team. We've been working on the plug-in for 18+ months now and to be used on such a high traffic site is really amazing.

Xbox Elite Flips On the Silverlight

5/12/2007 8:59:20 AM

Microsoft is pushing Silverlight beta downloads off its popular home page, with a new Flash-like ad for Xbox 360 Elite....

lynda.com Announces Release of Getting Started with Expression Blend Over Three Hours of Hands-On Tutorials for ...

5/12/2007 12:15:45 AM

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Getting Started with Expression Blend. (PRWeb May 12, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1TaW5nLUhhbGYtRW1wdC1UaGlyLVplcm8=

lynda.com Announces Release of Getting Started with Expression Blend Over Three Hours of Hands-On Tutorials for ...

5/12/2007 12:01:00 AM

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Getting Started with Expression Blend.

Adobe Illustrator: The Latest

5/11/2007 2:02:49 PM

Adobe Illustrator is one of the hardest applications I ever taught myself. Why? Cause you create imagery by manipulating little wires. I learned it back in 1988 and it??s sure gotten a lot more powerful since then. Recently I had a chance to sit down with a few Adobe teams (Photoshop and Premiere are coming soon) to catch up on what Adobe??s been doing lately. Here Phil Guindi product manager ...

Socializing Your Internet Marketing Strategy

5/11/2007 1:32:55 PM

The capabilities opened up by Web applications such as social-networking sites and the close integration of media in software is changing the face of consumer marketing, said Robert Bach, head of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division at Mix 07 (Microsoft's conference devoted to Web developers and designers.) "The same technologies that are transforming the world of development are ...

Java goes back to the PC

5/11/2007 12:07:03 PM

Q&A James Gosling, who helped create Sun Microsystems' Java software, is working to bring it back to its desktop computing roots.

Sun looks to jolt interest in Java

5/11/2007 11:52:23 AM

With its JavaOne conference under way, Sun aims to capitalize on the growing interest in so-called rich Internet applications.

Java goes back to the PC

5/11/2007 11:51:59 AM

James Gosling, who helped create Sun Microsystems' Java software, is working to bring it back to its desktop computing roots. Making things easy with JavaFX Sun looks to jolt interest in Java

Programming for Silverlight: a Q&A with Microsoft

5/11/2007 1:24:32 AM

We ask what it??s for and where it runs - and get several different answersDepending on who you talk to at Microsoft, Silverlight is a way to design good-looking interfaces with Ajax, a way to stream your content or ?V in version 1.1 - a new programming model for developing cross-platform rich internet applications with real languages.?K

Programming for Silverlight: a Q&A with Microsoft

5/11/2007 1:12:24 AM

We ask what it??s for and where it runs - and get several different answers Depending on who you talk to at Microsoft, Silverlight is a way to design good-looking interfaces with Ajax, a way to stream your content or ?V in version 1.1 - a new programming model for developing cross-platform rich internet applications with real languages.?K

lynda.com Announces Release of Getting Started with Expression Design Over Six Hours of Hands-On Tutorials for ...

5/11/2007 12:53:41 AM

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Getting Started with Expression Design. (PRWeb May 11, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/TG92ZS1TaW5nLVNxdWEtRW1wdC1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Can Web toolmaker Laszlo avoid the big squeeze?

5/11/2007 12:53:28 AM

Updated: 11 May 2007 In 2005, when job search site Monster.com started looking for new Web development tools, Adobe Systems Inc. was charging five figures for Flex, Microsoft Corp. hadn??t turned on Silverlight, and Sun Microsystems Inc. was still brewing JavaFX.

JavaOne - Day One Keynotes

5/11/2007 12:20:26 AM

JavaOne never ceases to amaze me. Year after year, I expect the show to be a flop. This year is no exception. I am wrong again this year. In my cab ride from my hotel in the Theatre District, I can see hundreds of attendees (obviously developers) trekking their way through the Tenderloin, across Market and Mission to Moscone. With their wheeled-backpacks in tow, the mirthless programmers, mostly ...

lynda.com Announces Release of Getting Started with Expression Design Over Six Hours of Hands-On Tutorials for ...

5/11/2007 12:01:00 AM

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Getting Started with Expression Design.

Big Guns Jump on Open-Source Bandwagon for New Web Apps

5/10/2007 10:59:20 PM

Hoping to win the hearts and minds of millions of internet programmers, the giants of the software industry are starting to sing a new song: Free your software and developers will follow. By Michael Calore.

AJAX, JavaServer Faces ties to get stronger

5/10/2007 5:12:35 PM

( InfoWorld ) - With AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and JSF (JavaServer Faces) component technology representing a one-two punch for Web development, plans are moving forward to strengthen support for AJAX in the JSF specification. Panelists at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco on Thursday discussed the linkage between these two sets of technologies. AJAX and its attendant ...

JavaFX Script

5/10/2007 1:13:58 PM

JavaFX had previously been called "F3" (Form Follows Function), which Sun acquired from Chris Oliver in September of 2005 with the acquisition of SeeBeyond. Chris Oliver continues to spearhead the technology now at Sun although under the name of JavaFX Script.

Microsoft: Silverlight Demo Was in Jscript, Not C#

5/10/2007 11:32:51 AM

During a presentation to analysts on Tuesday in Seattle, as BetaNews reported yesterday , Microsoft technical product manager Brian Goldfarb, standing beside his boss, Chairman Bill Gates, demonstrated an application produced for Major League Baseball, showing how fans can keep track of multiple games from stand-alone consoles that include graphics of the current diamonds, and can show multiple ...

Silverlight for Opera

5/10/2007 8:32:07 AM

Completely missed in all the talk at Mix about Silverlight, Microsoft??s amazing development platform for rich applications, is the news that Silverlight is coming to the excellent Opera browser . Opera, which I use and love, is known for having some of the best web standards support of any browser and amazing features not available in any other browser, would be an amazing platform for ...

Ballmer: Submit and OBA-y

5/9/2007 7:57:24 PM

Ignore Duet's sad song Software 2007 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hawked Office Business Applications during his keynote at the Software 2007 conference, but conceded during a Q&A session that the company's best-known OBA, called Duet, has not made the progress desired, given the time invested in it.?K

Ballmer: Microsoft's SaaS Strategy Could Include Acquisitions

5/9/2007 4:22:00 PM

Microsoft's evolving business services model is expected to include online software, advertising-funded software, and perhaps an acquisition or two.

Microsoft Plays Software Card Online

5/9/2007 1:13:37 PM

Behind on search, Bill Gates and Co. are emphasizing their strength in software. Will it be enough to beat Google?

Bill Gates: Digital Landscape To Alter Dramatically

5/9/2007 1:12:12 PM

SEATTLE -- Microsoft opened its eighth annual Strategic Account Summit, the company's yearly gathering of its advertising partners from across the globe, with a keynote speech by chairman Bill Gates during which the billionaire visionary predicted that a highly wired digital media landscape driven by advances in software will emerge over the next five years.

How Long Will You Wait For Silverlight?

5/9/2007 12:50:41 PM

Microsoft's been coy about when version 1.1 of its Silverlight Web technology, which has been labeled an Adobe Flash-killer, will come out. But Microsoft architect evangelist Alexander Strauss may have leaked a bit of news in his blog.

Adobe to open-source Flex SDK by end of year

5/9/2007 12:32:13 PM

Elizabeth Montalbano IDG News Service Updated: Apr 30, 2007 05:02 PM In an effort to build a larger community of developers for its Flex environment, Adobe Systems said Thursday it plans to open-source the Flex software development kit (SDK), designed to let developers build multimedia-rich Internet applications, by the end of the year.

Sun JavaFX Targets Rich Net Apps

5/9/2007 12:31:34 PM

Simplified scripting language can run on Java-powered devices from browsers to cell phones.

Java's Weapon to Kill Flash, Ajax, SilverLight

5/9/2007 11:48:05 AM

Java has long failed to woo Internet users on the client front-end. Flash was ruling it for years; but with the recent announcement of SilverLight from Microsoft, Sun could no longer stay behind. So, they are trying again with a consumer-flavored Java ?V JavaFX. JavaFX is said to be a new scripting variant of Java with a focus on development for the consumer communications market, including ...

Gates Calls AJAX 'Very Complex,' Touts Silverlight as an Alternative

5/9/2007 9:32:38 AM

During a Strategic Account Summit meeting in Seattle for investors and analysts yesterday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates downplayed the role of Asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX) technologies in future Web development.

Sun Reveals a Slew of Moves at JavaOne

5/9/2007 8:45:50 AM

Sun Microsystems has announced the release of an open-source version of its Java Development Kit for Java Platform Standard Edition, the systems company and Java giant also announced a new competitor to Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, as well as a new mobile initiative.

Sun Reveals a Slew of Moves at JavaOne

5/9/2007 8:03:58 AM

Sun announces that it will open-source Java Development Kit and take on Flash and Microsoft Silverlight.