Adobe Systems is working on software meant to blur the line between the Web and desktop PCs.
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A golden window of opportunity is going to be lost if the Linux community doesn't stay true to its revolutionary ideas and avoid capitulating to the status quo.
AIR, or Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a download that lets Web applications run on a desktop. With AIR applications, people can work offline and drag and drop items like graphics or text between Web and desktop applications.
Miguel de Icaza, who heads up the open source Mono project, has provided an update on a project to create Silverlight applications that run out of the browser, moving a small step toward what Adobe Systems offers with AIR.
Based on the data from over one thousand respondents to our online survey, T&B and ZDNet Australia come up with the goods on what software Australians like best--and what vendors provide the best service and support.
CEO Bruce Chizen faces Microsoft on one flank and open-source on the other. Is he worried? Nope.
Windows 7 will be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfils the promise shown by the unofficial beta version we have been testing for the past couple of days.
Java has come full circle, and James Gosling has watched the 12-year journey. Gosling, who helped invent the Java programming language, talks about how Sun Microsystems plans to return Java to its roots and the role of the newly launched JavaFX Script.
Sales of new and used PCs running the Linux operating system will reach US$10 billion by 2008, market researcher IDC predicted Wednesday.
Mandrake Linux 8.1 represents a significant step toward a serious, reliable alternative to Microsoft Windows' server and desktop operating systems.
Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.
Despite a few useful features, the ASUS Eee Box is a novelty at best. It can't come close to the performance and robustness of even the most basic standard budget PC, while a low-end notebook can do everything it can do and more.
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs has rolled out a new crop of Power Macs that he says can outperform any Windows-based PC on the market.
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