// December 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Google, Technology News
Over Google operating system blog, Alex chintu wrote about features he is awaiting on Chrome OS. I was about to post a comment on it. But I thought it would be better to make a blog post on the same. As a Google fan web developer and tech enthusiast, I wish Google Chrome OS should have these features. (more…)
// March 4th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Technology News
Microsoft is so often the behemoth everyone loves to hate that people overlook the stuff it does right. We tried its newer Web services and found five gems. Preston Gralla, PC World
When you think of Web apps and services, Microsoft doesn’t immediately come to mind. Lately, though, the company has been rolling out a slew of them, including several that match or beat competing offerings from Google, Yahoo, and any number of startups you’ve never heard of.
Which of those Microsoft services are the best? We’ve tried them all, and we’ve selected five free hidden gems. (more…)
// February 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Technology News
Microsoft researchers are working on a new browser called Gazelle which it promises will have some impressive new features and capabilities. The firm released a research paper (PDF) late last week, saying that the new browser would offer significant security improvements compared to other browsers, including Internet Explorer. “No existing browsers, including new architectures like Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome and OP, have a multi-principal operating system construction that gives a browser-based operating system the exclusive control to manage the protection of all system resources among web site principals,” Microsoft said in the report. (more…)
// February 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Technology News
With its Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Systems offers significant enhancements over Creative Suite 3. The improvements to the graphics suite of tools include a redone interface, better component integration and upgraded 3-D tools. Adobe Creative Suite 4 completes the integration of the former Macromedia products with the Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe Creative Suite 4 also gives developers six versions to choose from.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 adds a revamped interface, improved component integration and advanced 3-D tools to the dominant graphics suite. And while some users will probably be able to get by just fine with the older versions, serious Web and rich media developers will find Creative Suite 4 to be a very worthwhile upgrade. (more…)
// February 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Technology News
The popularity of social networking sites like YouTube and MySpace is driving the success of Adobe’s Flash Lite technology on mobile handsets, says Strategy Analytics. Social networking applications are driving the use of Adobe Systems’ Flash Lite technology, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. Social networking applications are driving the use of Adobe Systems’ Flash Lite technology, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. The company said in a news release:The popularity of social networking sites like YouTube and MySpace is driving the success of Adobe’s Flash Lite technology on mobile handsets. (more…)
// July 8th, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News
Mozilla Firefox users are the safest Web surfers on the Internet, according to a study by The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google and IBM’s Internet Security Services. According to the study Firefox users were the most likely to use an updated version of their browser.
Researchers determined Firefox users are by far the safest Web surfers on the Web during an 18-month study. The study based its conclusions of safety on how often users of different browsers updated to the most recent version of browser software. Much of the credit to Firefox’s safety ranking stems from its ease of self updating by the software. Unlike IE which has to update via Windows Update, Firefox has a self-contained updating mechanism which translates into Mozilla users being far more likely to have the most up-to-date (and safest) version of their browser. (more…)
// July 3rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News
Adobe released on Tuesday the first Reader application to bake movies and animation into the Portable Document Format. With Adobe Reader 9, users can play Flash movies, Shockwave animation, and other rich media content without needing to open a third-party player. PDFs are reaching new levels of interactivity with this release. Past versions of the nearly ubiquitous and free application, by contrast, have enabled dynamic forms but served largely to open print-ready PDFs. (more…)
// July 3rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News
Adobe announced late Monday night that it was providing optimized Adobe Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo to help them better index dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications that include the Shockwave Flash file (SWF) format. It sounds exciting, but what exactly does it mean for Web searchers, Webmasters, and Flash creators? CNET News.com asked Adobe, Google, and Yahoo and got some answers. (more…)
// July 3rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News
Bill Gates may have only just said his goodbyes, but the Microsoft machine keeps on running with the company announcing information about the release of Windows 7. The paint may not have even dried on the Windows that is Vista, but it seems that Microsoft is already looking to launch its successor within the next two years. In a letter to enterprise and business customers on Tuesday, vice president of Microsoft Bill Veghte announced that the approximate launch date for Windows 7 is January 2010. (more…)
// July 3rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News
Adobe Director multimedia authoring software, which gained popularity during the CD-ROM era of the 90s, has released its first upgrade since Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. The last significant upgrade for Director was in 2001, with the 8.5 version. Many developers began using Director at that time, as an introduction to 3D applications. While quite a few other 3D tools have hit the scene, many still find that Director is the most useful to them. (more…)