In a surprise post on Apple’s Web site, CEO Steve Jobs has defended his company’s decision to block Adobe’s popular media playback software Flash.Jobs said he wrote the post because
hree years ago, Jakob Nielsen — a former Sun engineer who became one of the first people to focus on making the Web easier to use — published his most
Part 1 of this series started a simple project to show how you can use Adobe Flash Builder 4 to rapidly develop a SOAP-powered map application called TerraClient. Using the
Adobe Flash Builder (formerly Adobe Flex Builder) introduces a powerful new set of tools for using remote data services. Of particular interest is Flash Builder’s support for SOAP (Simple Object
Microsoft is trying to attract Web developers to Sharepoint 2010, while at the same time keeping the product integrated with a long list of other Microsoft products and services. Pleasing
There is a glut of overly optimistic literature giving advice and encouragement on entrepreneurship, innovation, and fearlessness in the face of risk. The advice can be quite misleading due to
Microsoft’s Tech Days Paris began this week, and programming languages and web apps are major themes. During a demo talk at the show, Don Syme, principal researcher at Microsoft Research,
odern browsers have greatly improved their performances, development tools, and compatibility. Even though most web sites still adhere to the page paradigm, rendering their content as it would appear in
any years ago, when I was first getting started as a programmer, much of the work that I did was focused on the development of multimedia applications (programs that combined