Monthly Archives: July 2009
Labs Gallery: Microsoft Expression Blend 3 RC Makes Great Strides in RIA Race
Labs Gallery: Microsoft Expression Blend 3 RC Makes Great Strides in RIA Race
by Jim Rapoza
SketchFlow
The new SketchFlow feature in Expression Blend 3 makes it...
Adobe Open-Sources Flash Platform Components
Adobe Systems moved another step closer to open sourcing its Flash Platform. Or did it?Critics of Adobe have long called for the company to...
Microsoft Plans to Use Apple Exec for Retail Stores
Microsoft has hired George Blankenship, a former Gap executive who helped launch Apple's retail arm back in 2001, to help with Microsoft's own store...
Can Malware Help Erin Andrews?
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews got screwed. Bigtime. Nude spy video on the Internet screwed.But in an ironic twist, malware distribution may play an unexpected...
Adobe Offers Unpatched Version of Reader – But Don’t Panic
Adobe has talked a lot about security lately. A few months ago, the company announced it was changing its patching and development process. Now,...
Google Celebrates Apollo 11 Anniversary with Moon in Google Earth
I'm not a big moon guy, which has always seemed boring to me given the myth of Mars and little green men, but I...
Microsoft Releases 20,000 Lines of Linux Code
Microsoft has released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community.The software giant announced its move at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention...
Apollo 11: NASA’s Past and Future Moon Destiny Merges
When the ongoing celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's historic strolls on the moon are finally over, NASA will...
Verizon Says It Will Limit Handset Exclusivity to 6 Months
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier, sent a letter to major lawmakers on July 17 offering to limit the length of its exclusivity...
Avaya Bids $475 Million for Nortel Enterprise Business
Bankrupt communications vendor Nortel Networks is continuing to sell off its businesses-most recently, Avaya put in a bid for its enterprise division-and the fire...