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CodeGear’s Delphi for PHP IDE get niche enhancement

April 15th, 2008 Software No Comments
CodeGear, the developer tools subsidiary of Borland Software, has released second version of its tool set for PHP developers (Delphi for PHP 2.0). Announced Delphi for PHP 2.0 is an IDE (integrated development environment) for rapidly building interactive Web applications using visual drag-and-drop design capabilities. This new version comes with a number of enhancements geared to make PHP developers more productive. But off course this new release is also a move to keep on fighting the growing competition with Zend, PHP’s lead commercial sponsor, and the maker of Zend Studio IDE. Delphi for PHP 2.0 features several enhancements, the key enhancements are following: HTML templates with embedded dynamic PHP Ddatabase support for MySQL, CodeGear InterBase, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, IBM Informix and DB2, and Sybase’s SQL Anywhere The ability to build rich data-driven Web applications without requiring database connectivity coding New expanded and faster VCL (Visual Component Library) for PHP with support for popular PHP packages and libraries including the Zend Framework from Zend Technologies Productivity and performance enhancements including new error insight and source code formatting The whole new PHP debugging features and integrated PHP performance profiling and tuning. Version 2.0 of CodeGear’s Delphi for PHP follows the…
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Windows XP life+2 years

April 5th, 2008 Software No Comments
By no surprise Microsoft announced to extend the availability of Windows XP until 2010, which was supposed to be discontinued this summer. We all know Windows Vista’s got quite bit beefy system requirements and no way suitable on ultra low cost PC’s like Asus Eee PC or similar. So Microsoft decided to allow system vendors to preloads the Home edition of Windows XP on "ultra low-cost PCs" (ULCPC) for an extended period. It’s not that Microsoft don’t want users to go for Windows Vista but to experience all of Vista’s features, PC users need a computer with at least a 1-GHz processor, 1 GB of memory, and a 40-GB hard drive. On the other hand, Windows XP Professional requires only a 300-MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM, and a 1.5-GB disk. ULPCPC’s Like Asus Eee PC, which sells for less than $400, use discount-line processors and integrated graphics adapter, is completely incapable of handling something like Vista. So why Microsoft so worried about ULCPC’s? Emerging markets like India, China and South East Asia are experiencing growing sales of ULCPCs. Now OLCPC vendors like ASUS won’t have any choice but preloads all their system with Linux, unless Microsoft has something to…
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Adobe’s new mobile show off

February 18th, 2008 Software No Comments
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has been full of surprises and innovations, every top notch companies were out there showing off what’s under their sleeve. Adobe systems didn’t hold back either, this week they launched two new mobile applications, Flash Home and Flash Cast 2, designed for providers that want to enhance their products with rich mobile content. Flash Home is a mobile application for creating customizable home screens and wallpapers using live data services. The combination gives users a more personalized mobile experience, said Adobe. For example, instead of an idle home screen, users would get instant access to more elaborate content branded by specific providers. In contrast, Flash Cast is a server push solution for mobile devices; version 2 has just been released. Unlike its predecessor, client 2.0 is more streamlined and faster; it also adapts its channels to your device better. Adobe Flash Cast is already licensed by various carriers worldwide, including US Verizon Wireless, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, and China’s Chunghwa Telecom. All three uses the application to provide rich media through their customized content portals. Both of these top notch solutions are branched from The Adobe Mobile Platform, the new Flash platform for mobile devices. The…
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Goodbye Adobe stock photos

February 5th, 2008 Software No Comments
Adobe Systems Inc. has announced plans to discontinue its Adobe Stock Photos service effective April 1, 2008. The service enables users of Adobe’s Bridge software to purchase royalty-free images for use in their work. It was introduced in 2005 when Adobe rolled out Creative Suite 2. “Adobe has decided to concentrate its efforts in other areas,” said the company in a statement posted to the Adobe Stock Photos Web site. In straighter wards-Adobe stock photos don’t bring us any money, the way our world class image editing software brings. It’s true that me and many of my colleagues use Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks almost every day but never used their stock photos service. Some of us though use similar sort of services, which they consider much more cost effective and rich in resources. I agree with those who thinks Adobe stock photos service just not up to the mark(ex. iStockPhoto and Getty Images) to gain a lead in that stock photography market. The service will remain fully operational until March 3, 2008. From then through the end of March, comp images will still be available for download. Adobe has posted instructions for users interested in purchasing or downloading images after…
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Firefox 3 beta 2 a glimpse of a great product

January 10th, 2008 Web 1 Comment
After the first beta release of the much-anticipated Firefox 3 Web browser which offers some nice enhancements over the previous version, Firefox 3 beta two is now available for testing. Though it doesn’t differ much from its predecessor’s functionality or looks but there are some major performance upgrade has brought. Since it’s a beta release there are still some known bugs, which obviously will be taken care off before Firefox 3’s anticipated debut. Firefox 3 is based on the new Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform. Firefox 3 has been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot of goodies to offer website and Firefox add-on developers. Firefox 3 Beta 2 includes approximately 900 improvements over the previous beta, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user interface improvements. But still not yet ready for day to day use, unless off course you want to take the ride Key improvements of Firefox beta 2: Effective top-level domain (eTLD) service better restricts cookies and other restricted content to a single domain. Better protection against cross-site JSON data leaks New Download Manager: the revised download manager makes…
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Microsoft & Adobe starts their SaaS expedition

October 1st, 2007 Software, Web No Comments
Just couple of years ago SaaS (Software as a service) was just merely an idea/lab concept of software giants. But hey that scenario has completely changed and turned into a head to toe race that transforming the basic computing completely virtual. T Though Adobe is one of the most admirable software giant, but was completely absent from this race, by virtue of its purchase of a start-up firm (Virtual Ubiquity Inc) that’s been developing an online word processor that’s coincidentally built on Adobe technology now adobe joins the race in full gear. Adobe will announce today its plans to move into online word processing by acquiring Virtual Ubiquity Inc., a closely held firm in Massachusetts that offers a service called Buzzword. Terms of the acquisition were unknown at the time of this writing. Buzzword will work online or offline, in a browser or on a desktop, on Windows, Macintosh or Linux, and provide the exact same experience regardless of platform or connection status. Adobe is promising that Buzzword will be the next generation in online, collaborative document creation and management. As part of the online publishing push, Adobe is launching a service called Share as well, which will allow people…
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Expression Web, Dreamweaver killer?

April 25th, 2007 Software No Comments
Few days ago I just got my hand on Microsoft’s Expression Web program (the final version). So what this “Expression Web” do? With its focus on CSS, XML, and other Web standards, this app lets you create modern, data-driven web sites. But one little problem, it isn’t built for novice. In simple words, it presents a difficult learning curve. Microsoft’s earlier web authoring tools, such as FrontPage express never really bother with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XML, and other industry standards, but this new baby got it all in under the sleeves. Expression Web places CSS, XML, and other industry standards at the core of its site design and management strategy. I am impressed to see it adheres to those Web standards closer than many competitors’ products do. If you are a developer, you will simply love “Expression Web”-just like you love Adobe’s Dreamweaver. FrontPage will seem like a child’s play compare to this “Expression Web”. While the program still shields designers from much of the code underlying their pages, the resulting sites should meet all Web design and accessibility standards. The drawback is if you are non-coder, even with its many built-in CSS and XML helpers- you will need…
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