Entrepreneur. Loves to code.
Microsoft has recently been quite active with big announcements, updates to developer tools and Windows OS. On Monday, MS announced they will give away VS, Expression and Windows Server absolutely FREE to students worldwide. Read more here, and here. Very impressive move to get crowd stick to MS, seems quite workable idea :) Adobe also recently made available Adobe Flex Builder free to students. MS following the same idea making it …
Wow, it looks so sexy! more contents area, better section management, and eye-catchy JS animations. It simply rocks!!! I have sent many requests to Macromedia (now Adobe) about changing layout of DevNet. But the wait is over. The new DevNet is also renamed to Adobe Developer Connection, ADC in short :) The main sections are expandable, showing main categories links. as soon as you click the section heading, it expands …
(via apcmag.com) Google Alerts is a cool service. I’ve been using it for months now, and it brings me thing I want to know :) Google Alerts took me to this interesting article by apcmag.com. During this morning’s session on mobile Internet devices, Intel’s senior veep for ultra mobility Anand Chandrasekher produced a prototype device which looked like a stretch limo version of the iPhone which he spruiked as “mostly all …
(via RIApedia) This video preview of NUI’s Flash Surface seems too cool, it almost mimics all features of MS Surface, except wireless media transfer between devices, and automatic device recognition. This project is using Flash 9 with AS3, and it will be open source. So far it looks direct competitor to MS Surface. I think Flash is best option they used. The latest Flash 9 performs better, and have accelerated …
I have been keeping my eyes open for latest developments on Silverlight and AIR. I just read Daniel’s post about AIR is not a competitor to Silverlight, well that’s correct. Also, Flex is not a direct competitor as well. Its just about client runtimes, Flash and Silverlight, which actually renders content in browser and provide APIs to developers to create interactive experiences. AIR can run Flash and AJAX based applications …
Finally Microsoft released Silverlight v1.0 to masses. Before 5 Sep 2007, only developers were using it. it had 0% penetration on Internet connected systems. Lets see how it goes. Also, there is new update of Silverlight 1.1 alpha. I’m really excited about this new technology. As i love to R&D, i will surely give it a try. i already have some ideas where to use it ;) // chall3ng3r //
Do you ever thought of adding your custom sounds and graphics on a web or mobile game? you better check www.ugengames.com ugenGames, launched Sep 4, 2007, is a new step towards future of mobile games, where players can customize the whole game and share it with their friends. There are already many games to play and customize. give it a try, you’ll love it. Congrats to mobitween team for brining …
I noticed this nice comparison, where Silverlight is actually compared with its correct counterpart, the Flash Player, rather than Flex. http://shoutat.blogspot.com/2007/08/microsoft-silverlight-vs.html I don’t call it that accurate as it misinforms about some features of Flash, but it worth a look. don’t forget to read my comments over there, and post yours if you like :) // chall3ng3r //
I recently read an article about Buzzword on wired.com blog for this new Web 2.0 application. I made the request for the preview invite, and I got reply in few hours (lucky day!). After signing-up and getting into my Buzzword account, I was impressed by the real Web 2.0 style design. the application works flawlessly, even its still in early preview. Its full Flash based application, and requires latest version of …
Microsoft is improving Silverlight in every new release. the new thing i noticed from many others, is a better version information for currently installed Silverlight runtime through right-click context menu. It shows complete version info including build numbers. User can also set Silverlight Update options under the Updates tab. Adobe Flash only shows major version number when you right-click on Flash content. When you click About Flash Player 9, it opens new …