06 Oct 09 Adobe circumvents Apple to bring Flash apps to iPhone

Adobe Systems has come up with a way to let developers write Flash applications for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices, even without the support of Apple.

Adobe has been trying to work with Apple for more than a year to get its Flash Player software running on Apple's products, but has said it needs more cooperation from Apple to get the work done. It has now come up with something of a work-around.

Tagi: iphe, ipod touch, iphone, adobe systems, apps, developers, apple

06 Oct 09 Adobe to Translate Flash Apps for iPhone

An upcoming version of Adobe's Creative Suite developer tools will let Flash developers export their projects as iPhone apps, Adobe announced at their MAX conference on Monday.
Tagi: flash developers, mday, iphone, developer tools, creative suite, apps, adobe

19 Oct 09 'Gone Google' Campaign Goes Global

Stepping up its efforts to woo business users, Google will begin marketing Google Apps in five international cities.


Tagi: internatial, google, business users, apps

30 Oct 09 Canonical updates Linux-based netbook OS with new interface, apps

Canonical on Thursday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use Web content.

The Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix is designed to run basic Web and office applications typically used on netbooks. Netbooks are cheap, lightweight laptops characterized by limited computing resources and small screen sizes.

Tagi: netbooks, netbook, computing resources, basic web, apps, laptops, interface, linux

05 Nov 09 Microsoft preps SQL Server for battle in two enterprise arenas

Routinely accused of bloating Windows and Office, Microsoft has acted more like a skinny teenage boy with enterprise apps like SQL Server: desperate to bulk up.

King of the middleweight databases, SQL Server has yet to be fully accepted by the big boys, admits Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server & Tools division. "Really large data warehouses and extremely large scale-up apps are the last high-end problems" remaining for SQL Server, Muglia said in a keynote at the PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server) users' conference in Seattle on Monday.

Tagi: sql server users, amp tools, data warehouses, bob muglia, mday, office microsoft, big boys, teenage boy, arenas, keynote, apps, large scale, databases, seattle, microsoft