Author: coderman

Flash Vulnerabilities Affect Thousands of Sites

I noticed a posting on Slashdot (/.) about Flash Flash Vulnerabilities that have been disclosed by a private group and some other security experts. The article in itself is not the most shocking thing, but more importantly the last line of it. No patch in sight...

Office 2008 Coming January 2008

It seems like 2008 is going to be a good year for software. Adobe AIR, MDM Zinc and now Office 08 for Mac. In fact Office is the only reason I have had to stick by Parallels for the writing of those very important documents...

Building a Todo App using AIR

Jonathan Snook (creator of Snitter, an Adobe AIR based Twitter client) has written an in depth guide to building a To-do application using Adobe AIR. The article not only ends up becoming a real application, but Jon includes relevant information about working with AIR throughout...

Adobe releases Free Data Services

Adobe has released BlazeDS which is the server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology. It will enable developers to easily connect to server distributed data and push data to Adobe® Flex™ and Adobe AIR™ applications to create a more responsive RIA. This is a big step forward...

Adobe AIR Public Beta 3 Released

Adobe has released AIR Public Beta 3 Beta 3 for Mac OS X | Windows From those who don't know: Adobe® AIR™ is a cross-operating system runtime that allows web application developers to use their existing web development skills (HTML, Javascript, Adobe Flash®, Adobe Flex™, Ajax) to...

Wireless onboard

JetBlue has recently announced a beta service they are offering on select planes. This service "BetaBlue" is wireless im and email from 10,000 feet. Basically you can email and use IM (live and yahoo) from the comfort of your seat and any wireless smartphone or...