MC2 Post 638: At The Crossroads: Adobe, Flash and HTML5

The Secret Is Out 

Apple and Adobe 

Don't Like Each Other?

No, Not That One, This One:

adobe-acrobat-reader-silent-update

Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1600424/adobe-acrobat-reader-silent-update

Of Course, Adobe is:

Not Just A Flash in the Pan

Link: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/the-future-of-web-content-html5-flash-mobile-apps/

The Other Side of The Line

Ooyala and Microsoft Silverlight

Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ooyala-announces-online-video-solution-built-on-microsoft-silverlight-2010-04-08?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Adobe Flash evangelist: 

'Go screw yourself Apple'

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20002188-248.html

One Ring Shall Rule Them ALL ???

HTML5

HTML 5: Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe 

Fight to Rule the Web

Link: http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10006554/html-5-google-microsoft-apple-and-adobe-fight-to-rule-the-web/

Just a Little MS Salt to the Open Wound

Microsoft launches iPad-happy website

for wimmin

Ladies Night, oh what a site

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/07/microsoft_glo/

iPad Media Apps Stuck in the Past

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/08/tech/main6376993.shtml

iPad Proves That Apple Wants to Kill Flash

Apple's campaign for iPad-ready sites is just the 

start of an effort to kill off internet apps 

like Flash and Silverlight.

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/193540/ipad_proves_that_apple_wants_to_kill_flash.html

Backgrounder (a liitle background), Up the Middle ...

What to expect from HTML5

Link:  http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/what-expect-html5-611

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And The Beef Goes On ...

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ruby 

A Programmer's Best Friend

Link: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

and

 
Ruby on Rails

Heinemeier Hansson first released Rails as open source in July 2004

 Link: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/RailsDispatchcom-Launched-as-Community-Resource-for-Rails-3-1143922.htm

Still Holding Mindshare.



Wingman, On the ruby ridge, Watching the Fray

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MC2 Post 623: TECH Anniversaries

TECH Anniversaries

iPod, PSP, Wii, and YouTube's 

Charlie and Lady GaGa

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iPod October 23, 2001
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1st Gen iPod is a little over 8 years Old
Friday, October 23, 2009 10:55PM

Apple is so old in the MP3 player market that its already the iPod’s 8th anniversary. 

Eight years ago, Apple announced the first iPod, a clunky brick with a click wheel. 

The original iPod held only 1,000 songs, weighed 6.5 ounces and synced songs through Firewire, which took a while. 

Now, iPod Classics can hold 40x the amount of music and videos than the original, revolutionizing the way we interact with our music libraries.

Link: http://blog.ziggytek.com/2009/10/23/ipod-celebrates-its-eighth-anniversary-apple-not-so-happy/

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Sony PSP March 24, 2005
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Happy 5th Anniversary PSP!

Link: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/24/happy-5th-anniversary-psp/

Link PSP Blog: http://blog.us.playstation.com

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Google's YouTube February 16
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On YouTube's 5th anniversary, 

video of 'Charlie' reigns

February 16, 2010, 5:35PM

In honor of the fifth aniversary of YouTube, here's the video-site's 
most-watched video of all time. As of this date, the video, 

"Charlie Bit My Finger --Again!," 

has been viewed more than 160 million times.

Link: http://blog.syracuse.com/indepth/2010/02/on_youtubes_5th_anniversary_vi.html

Well Yeah, but that was A Whole Month Ago...

Lady Gaga Tips the Scales of 

YouTube Views to Over a Billion...

One Billion online views for Lady Gaga

According to Visible Measures, an internet video tracker, the singer’s videos from the album have attracted more than one billion hits, making her the first artist 
to achieve this phenomenal target. And yes, these figures do not include the statistics for the song ‘Telephone’. They announced this startling news on the 24 March, 2010.

Link: http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/news.php?newscatid=1&newsid=2213

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Article on YouTube's success in April's WIRED Magazine, where 

it also 

has a very lengthy article on how iPAD will change everything.

It's Anniversary will be April 3, 2010.

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Stay iTuned.

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Nintendeo Wii Nov 19, 2007
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Published Nov 18, 2007

Tomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary for the Wii !!(I think) Hopefully Nintendo will realize this and give us a great VC game and maybe

something extra special on the shop channel. (Like a new channel, or maybe a secret wiiware game that wasnt announced oooh). Any

ideas on what they have planned? if anything?

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The Price of Publishing: 

10,000 a gallon for Printers Ink?

Wis. college says new e-mail font will save money

A Wisconsin college has found a new way to cut costs with e-mail — by changing the font.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has switched the default font on its e-mail system from Arial to Century Gothic. 

It says that while the change sounds minor, it will save money on ink when students print e-mails in the new font.

Diane Blohowiak is the school's director of computing. She says the new font uses about 30 percent less ink than the previous one.

That could add up to real savings, since the cost of printer ink works out to about 

$10,000 per gallon.

Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxYdUmrxaBDpCplWZdQgyOKE7nOgD9ELP2M80

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Wingman Keeping an I on Tech Anniversaries Too !!!

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MC2 Post 592 Storm Watch Again...

Not This Storm

But This Storm

Southern California Gets Smacked Again... 

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Early Adopters Beware!

Apple gets set to Shaft its initial iPad customers

It's planning a price cut

Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1591042/apple-set-shaft-initial-ipad-customers

 

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Some Good News, and Some Bad News, 

About Adobe Flash 10.1

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5467382/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-about-adobe-flash-101

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What's All the Buzz about Google Buzz!!!

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5467846/what-is-google-buzz?skyline=true&s=i
 

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HTML 5 is Coming, These are 

11 Features of HTML 5

11.     Deprecates support for Internet Explorer 6.
10.     Variable rate <blink> tag.
9.     Answers your email, walks your dog and makes your lunch.
8.     <NSFW> tags.
7.     Uses 20% less energy than Watt-guzzling HTML 4.
6.     Only supports URL-shortened URLs.
5.     Filters lame top 11 entries.
4.      
3.     Enhanced support for people with disabilities by automatically 

        correcting "its", "it's" and "your", "you're" mistakes on pages.
2.     Opens up the other Internets to everyone.
1.     Lays groundwork for machine takeover of world in HTML 6. 

 

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Wingman with a Late Posting, Not Bad Eh?

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Stephen Colbert had an iPad... On The Grammy's

Yes, I admit it, I Jumped when I Saw It!!!

Stephen Colbert had an iPad... On The Grammy's.

Now Why Doesn't Microsoft Do Stuff Like That?

Engadget Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/31/stephen-colbert-has-an-ipad/

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And What Are The iPad Hackers Finding?

Confirmed: iPhone OS 3.2 has support for video calling, 

file downloads, and SMS 

(update: handwriting keyboard?)

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/confirmed-iphone-os-3-2-has-support-for-video-calling-file-dow/

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It Goes Both Ways, 

Yea!!!

iPad UI gets ported to the iPhone and iPod touch

Under 50 days away from the earliest iPad deliveries.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/ipad-ui-gets-ported-to-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

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What About Flash on the iPad?

Adobe on Flash and the iPad: 

'Apple is continuing 

to impose restrictions on their devices'

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/adobe-on-flash-and-the-ipad-apple-is-continuing-to-impose-rest/

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 Stephen Colbert, Keeps Saying: "I Want An iPad!" on his Show.

And I Guess, the Wingman Does Too!


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iPAD?: iMissed It By That Much Blog

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Missed It By That Much

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All Mouth's were Agape at the 

Apple "Event",  Yesterday.

You Would have thought you made a wrong turn, and ended up

at a "Window's Event".

So much Promise, So little Delivered.

This is the Wingman's Take.

( Please remember, My iPod Touch IS Jailbroken. )

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Here Are The Problems:

1. Too Pricey ( Better Not wait a Month on a Price Drop Here )

2. No Camera ( Big Ball Drop here )

3. No Real Operating System ( Just an iTouch Hand-Me-Down )

4. All That Space and No Multitasking ( Move Over Newton )

5. Where's the "Beef", the "New Interface" ? ( Brushed Aside, i Guess )

There Are Things About the iPad that are OK,

but I already Have an iTouch.

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So I expect a Lot.

But even the iPad's stupid name, makes

Window's "Zune" Almost Classy...

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Techmeme Links:  Were TOO Fricking Long,

491 Characters vs. 26?


Apple is not the only Bozo's This week.

Use the TinyURL instead: http://tinyurl.com/y9jcuh9

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Apple iPad Link:

Link: http://www.apple.com/ipad/

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Wingman: Watching the Apple FanBoy's Running for Cover.

They're Not Dumb you Know...
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