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Rams-Seahawks moved to Sunday night

The Rams game at Seattle to decide the NFC West title has been moved to prime time next Sunday by the league.

Dallas-Washington to remain NBC Sunday night game

The Dallas-Washington matchup Dec. 27 will remain the NFL's Sunday night game even though NBC had the option to choose another one.

2009 Ford Flex is no look-alike crossover SUV

People love it or hate it, but they agree on one thing: The Ford Flex is no look-alike crossover sport utility vehicle.

Titans at Colts Switched to Prime Time

Next Sunday's season finale between the Titans and Colts at Indianapolis has been moved to prime time with Tennessee in position to secure an AFC wild-card berth.

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Making a Decision: Flex vs. Silverlight | TechExplored.net
Source: TechExplored.net

RIA tool comparison.

Transitioning from Flash to Flex: An Overview

This article is cross-posted at the Flex Cookbook. It's mildly technical in nature, and definitely aimed at a specific demographic - I'm writing to Flash Developers curious about Adobe Flex. I hope at least a few people find it to be helpful!

Adobe Flash is being Redefined
Source: theflashblog.com

This is an interesting blog post from Flash Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow. Anyone who works with ActionScript is probably going to be fairly familiar with Lee - he runs GoToAndLearn, which is one of the best resources for aspiring developers.

A freelance lifestyle in a corporate workplace
Source: Reuters

Picture an office where no meeting is mandatory and employees can come and go as they please as long as they get the job done.

Syncplicity, a competition to SugarSync

There's new sync-based web service Syncplicity, quite a competition to SugarSync. It is still in beta stage and it has only Windows client, but Mac client is promised to be delivered in Q3 2008. Like SugarSync, it simply synchronizes the shared files and folder with web service.

Adobe Photoshop Express - Made You Look.
Source: photoshop.com

Finally web-based photoshop, well, really it is Adobe Photoshop Express. It provides access to photos on Facebook, Photobucket and Picasa, that's incredible! The website is made with home-made Flex, a great alternative to AJAX.

Flexible, full-color OLED
Source: Pinktentacle.com

Paper was always such a drag anyway.

Getting Started With Groovy, Grails and Flex
Source: ggflex.com

Everything you need to know to start building your own Rich Internet Application with these great free technologies.

Adobe to Open-Source Flash tool Flex
Source: ZDNet

Adobe Systems plans to open-source Flex, its development framework for building Flash and Apollo-based applications.

'Flash is the new publishing tool of the century'
Source: Guardian Unlimited

From the article: On meeting Mark Anders, the temptation to say, "Let's skip the introductions" is almost irresistible - for he's the senior principal scientist at Adobe Systems, where he's in charge of making Flash "a great platform for building the next generation of rich inter …

Apollo Runtime from Adobe Labs
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I have been following the progress of Apollo Runtime for a while and thought I would share a few thoughts. To start off with I'll just give you a basic explanation as to what it is....

What is Adobe Apollo?
Source: firstpartners.net

What is Adobe Apollo? You know, Adobe , the people that give us the PDF reader. Is Apollo the new Java for this Decade? Will it replace Atlas and .Net? Is Apollo an answer to problems we have in building web sites that all users can see? Will Apollo replace Ajax , Flash and plai …

Adobe aquires InterAKT
Source: InterAKTOnline.com

Adobe aquires InterAKT, makers of popular Dreamweaver extenstions.

IFBIN - Great Software By Example
Source: ifbin.com

Starting today IFBIN 'Flash by Example' and 'Flex by Example' products are open source, open to contribution, free to download, and free for commercial and non-commercial use. These changes are the foundation of IFBIN 2.0.

Adobe Labs - JamJar
Source: labs.adobe.com

"JamJar is a demonstration of a rich internet application built on Flex 2. It provides a graphical, private, persistent, and customizable canvas for small groups to easily exchange digital content."

Adobe slights Mac Users by failing to deliver Flex Builder 2 for OS X

If you were to visit labs.adobe.com six months ago you would have found a fair amount of hooplah surrounding the progress of Flex Builder 2 (Adobe's touted "go beyond Ajax" web application development framework).

Adobe Apollo - Flash to jump beyond the browser
Source: spbarber.com

The goal of Apollo, which will be available as a free download early next year, is to overcome some of the limitations in today's Web applications, Lynch said. Right now, Flash programs run within a Web browser.

Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together
Source: eweek.com

AJAX and Flash. Just what the world needs.

Adobe Bridges Flash, Flex with AJAX
Source: eweek.com

Adobe (who acquired Macromedia) has announced two new open-source libraries that make it easier to incorporate Flex, Flash, and Ajax.

U.S. Grants Patent For Broad Range Of Internet Rich Applications | February 22, 2006
Source: informationweek.com

The patent covers all rich-media technology implementations, including Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax, and XAML, when the rich-media application is accessed on any device over the Internet, including desktops, mobile devices, set-top boxes, and video game consoles, says inventor Neil Bal

Adobe to release Flex beta | CNET News.com
Source: CNET

It's an amazing product and if you're excited about web applications, you should download it and give it a try.

Turdhead » Why Flash still beats everything else on the Web (or "How I spent my weekend on the Web")
Source: turdhead.com

Great article on Flash and usability

John Dowdell on Flex 2
Source: Adobe Blogs

The Flex 2 Alpha has been a huge success for Macromedia/Adobe, John Dowdell hints at a soon-to-come beta and asks for users to spread the word.

Christian Cantrell: Clarifying the Term
Source: weblogs.macromedia.com

This is a great round up of Flex, which is Adobe's next generation Rich Internet Application framework.

Gimlet - Rich Internet Applications
Source: Own

Link to my company site.

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