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Empty Client AJAX Approach

Visual WebGUI — Thu, 04 Sep 2008

Although AJAX became a common practice among content oriented websites, it is rarely incorporated into enterprise level applications. Analysts associate that with three major AJAX setbacks

Looking At A different approach to AJAX / Silverlight front-ends

Desire Athow — Tue, 26 Aug 2008

While AJAX / Silverlight front-ends' trend is towards empowering the client (browser) with more capabilities, there might be a market for a server based computing approach called the 'Web like desktop'

Accessing Software Over the Web

Team Unified Software — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

In the last couple of years, we have witnessed the beginnings of a revolution in the way that software is distributed by its creators, and accessed by its users

Microblogging Service Twitter Cuts UK SMS In Bid To Save Money

Desire Athow — Thu, 14 Aug 2008

Twitter has announced that UK users of the service will be no longer able to receive any updates by SMS; they were previously allowed up to a maximum of 1000 texts per month

Gartner Identifies Green IT, Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 as Future of Tech

Desire Athow — Tue, 12 Aug 2008

Research analyst firm Gartner has revealed what it seems are the five main tech-centric ideas that will affect businesses in the next five years, after exiting what it calls the "trough of disillusionment"

Microsoft's Midori Has Potential To Kill Windows As We Know It

Desire Athow — Fri, 01 Aug 2008

Windows Seven, Microsoft's successor to Windows Vista, will still be carrying forward "long-term architectural investments" or legacy technology (like Vista), much to the chagrin of some who asked for a back to basis, stripped Windows

Scrabulous reincarnated as Wordscraper

Desire Athow — Fri, 01 Aug 2008

Playing scrabble with your friends online was not the same after Hasbro removed Scrabulous on the charges of copyright infringement

Blinkx Introduces TV Search Engine Aggreatator; allows UK users to catch up TV content online

Desire Athow — Thu, 31 Jul 2008

TV fanatics now have a better tool to access their favourite TV shows on internet, because Blinkx has unleashed its internet search engine that allows its users to access TV contents available on the net

MPs ask Online Video and Social Networking Websites To Monitor Dark Side Of Net

Desire Athow — Thu, 31 Jul 2008

The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee is putting forward the idea of an industry policing body to take care of the "dark side" of the web

Myspace Links Up With OpenID Alliance For Seamless Social Networking Integration

Desire Athow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008

Social networking website MySpace has joined the OpenID alliance, which would allow its users to seamlessly access other websites without changing the usernames and passwords