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Aug 9

Render SWF in JavaScript – a solution for Flash on iPhone/iPad? #

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Looking at the blazing-fast JavaScript in IE9 Preview 4 made me wonder if anyone had tried to write a SWF renderer in JavaScript.


Jul 19

OpenStack takes on Amazon with open source cloud computing #

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Today’s big open source announcement is OpenStack, an open source cloud platform that aims to be an non-proprietary alternative to Amazon’s Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2)...

Jun 30

PivotViewer comes to SilverLight – data as visual collections #

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Microsoft has released a PivotViewer control for Silverlight. Data visualisation is a key business reason to use Silverlight or Flash rather than HTML and JavaScript...

Jun 24

Big browser and RIA news: Canvas comes to Internet Explorer 9 #

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I’ve just installed the third Internet Explorer Platform Preview (on a virtual machine just in case) and run through a few of the demos.

Jun 4

Serena flip-flops: goes Google, then back to Microsoft #

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Interesting story from Serena software, an 800-employee company with 29 offices around the globe whose products cover application lifecycle management and business process management.

May 14

Adobe’s campaign against Apple misses the target #

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Nothing better demonstrates Adobe’s concern about being locked out of Apple’s mobile platform than a huge advertising campaign attempting, one assumes, to win public support...


May 3

After Apple’s Flash ban, what next for Adobe? #

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I imagine there must be urgent meetings taking place at Adobe following Apple’s prohibition of Flash content or applications on its iPhone and iPad devices,...

Apr 27

VMforce: Salesforce partners VMware to run Java in the cloud #

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Salesforce and VMware have announced VMforce, a new cloud platform for enterprise applications.

Apr 11

Apple locks down its platform just a little bit more #

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How much money is enough? “Just a little bit more”, said J D Rockefeller; and Apple is taking a similar line with respect to control...

Mar 29

Building for multiple mobile platforms with one codebase #

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Individuals may have strong opinions about the merits of Apple iPhone versus Google Android versus the struggling Palm WebOS versus the not-yet Windows Phone 7;...

Mar 12

QCon London 2010 report: fix your code, adopt simplicity, cool .NET things #

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I’m just back from QCon London, a software development conference with an agile flavour that I enjoy because it is not vendor-specific.

Feb 20

What’s on at Mix 2010 – some surprises as Microsoft talks standards #

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Microsoft’s Mix conference is on next month – probably the company’s second most interesting conference after PDC, though this Mix looks rather better than last...

Feb 10

Buzz buzz – Google profile nonsense #

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Google has launched a new social media service called Buzz (as if you did not know) and I’m on it – here’s my profile.


Feb 4

Adobe Flash getting faster on the Mac #

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According to Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch: Flash Player on Windows has historically been faster than the Mac, and it is for the most part the...

Jan 27

Apple iPad vs Windows Tablet vs Google Chrome OS #

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Apple has announced the iPad – essentially a large-size (242.8 x 189.7mm) iTouch.

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