Posted by admin on Mar 29, 2004 in
flash/flex,
new releases,
technology Macromedia released Flex today, the biggest bet of the family. Flex is the enterprise level presentation server that generates SWF to the Flash player through MXML, same as HTML gets rendered by browser. Flex has the biggest product team and has had the longest development cyle of any Macromedia product that I am aware of.
With the release of Flex, Macromedia takes its first step to tussle with Microsoft’s Longhorn.
Hear about Flex technology from these places for an introduction if you are new to Flex.
1. Browse through the OnDemand Seminars for Flex introduction, you will find a good intro on Flex technology.
2. Breeze presentation gives you the overview and demo of the Flex product.
Posted by admin on Mar 23, 2004 in
technology I just attached Laszlo Blogbox to my website on the right navigation panel.
In competition with Flex, Laszlo Systems has greatly reduced their Server pricings, though the price is not put on their website, I remember hearing it as $2000. Two days back, they have announced Free Non-Commercial Edition Server, this would be beneficial for organizations that would like to build and deploy applications for non-commercial, educational and research purposes as well as non-profit organizations providing information for public benefit. Likewise, other major marketting shift are likely to be seen to survive the future competition with Flex.
Posted by admin on Mar 14, 2004 in
technology “There are great tools for finding stuff. But there are few tools for managing research.”
- J.J. Allaire’s words on his new tool, Onfolio.
Alliare Corp., was his first company which he founded in 1995 when he was just out of college in Minnesota. He built Allaire into a publicly traded company with $100 million a year in sales before selling it to Macromedia Inc. Alliare’s Coldfusion is still a big asset for Macromedia, which helped to expand its vision from a multimedia company to become a Giant in Internet technologies.
Onfolio is a software for collecting, organizing and sharing information you find online. It is planned to be released tommorrow.
While Google helps in searching the raw data available on the Internet, this tool
captures a wide range of content including links, text snippets, images, web pages, and documents and lets you organize and find captured content quickly and easily. Watch how it works.
You can check out the 30-day trial version, it costs at $30 for the basic research version and $80 for the Web publishing version. It works with Windows computers but not on Apple or Linux.
Posted by admin on Mar 14, 2004 in
new releases,
technology Many applications use Microsoft Access for a database or go out and buy SQL server for a big money.
Many developers didn’t know that Microsoft offers a stripped down version of SQL Server 2000 for free. Thats right, a completely free SQL Server 2000 implementation.
Everything you need to know about MSDE can be found in this excellent MSDN article.
Posted by admin on Mar 14, 2004 in
flash/flex,
new releases,
technology I was just reading this tip from MX Traveller and couldn’t resist from posting this info.
If you are backing up your Windows system and looking to save the settings and data of Dreamweaver, Flash and Contribute, look no further.
There is a nice little software called MM Exporter.
It saves all program settings, all Site-Definitions separately at one time the “Configuration” folder backup an arbitrary, user defined folder Serial numbers of almost every MM program into a text file and/or alternatively all configuration data and entire settings from win registry. You can also quickly restore your workspace after a crash or change of system.
Posted by admin on Mar 12, 2004 in
new releases,
technology RemoteDriver was showcased in MAX 2004 Japan. The robot is made out of tablet-pc, a webcam and an old rc car chassis. When online it can be driven by anyone from anywhere in the world. Look at the outline of how it works.
If you have a good internet connection and the flashplayer, that’s all you need to drive this remote car. For me, it was an awesome ride!
Login at the indicated time above for some hot rod realtime action.
http://www.marumushi.com/apps/remotedriver2/
Posted by admin on Mar 9, 2004 in
technology Old Story was the threat that SCO was making 10 months ago against corporate Linux users claiming ownership over parts of Linux.
What’s new are these two things:
1. Today Computer Associates.Inc has signed Linux license from SCO Group, which would add momentum for SCO to win its claim over Unix through its legal law suit filed last week.
2. The other news is the connection between Microsoft and SCO which erupted the rumors after Microsoft signed two deals with SCO worth $16 million. Many question the motive behind Microsoft’s deal with SCO’s technology. What’s the secret about it?
