Rich Internet Application is the fancy name for a desktop app that leverages internet connectivity outside the browser. RIAs, as they're called, are supposed to be ushering in a post-browser Continue reading »

Cooliris' PicLens is, without a doubt, one of the prettiest browser add-ons currently available. When we first reviewed it in February, Josh Catone called it 'nifty' and 'gorgeous.' Both of Continue reading »

Today, Adobe is releasing the 1.0 version of its Media Player (AMP) software to the public. The player, which is an offline Flash video manager comparable to the Veoh player, Continue reading »

Last month at the D conference, Real Networks announced the next version of RealPlayer, which features one-click downloading and saving of online video. This week last100 editor Steve O'Hear got Continue reading »

This year there has been an explosion in Rich Internet Application (RIA) frameworks. The first major player to announce one was Adobe and its Apollo framework, which Richard covered back Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Understanding_Apollo'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; During my recent visit to the US, I popped into the Adobe office in San Francisco to find out more Continue reading »

Today at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters conference (NAB2007), Microsoft and Adobe have gone tit for tat with product launches that directly target one another. Our previous post covered Continue reading »

Alex Iskold is reporting live from ETech 2007 The Apollo team from Adobe is here at ETech, presenting the Alpha version of their new runtime environment - which is aimed Continue reading »

Revision3, the online TV network founded last year by Digg's Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose, David Prager of TechTV, and others, has announced a new underground music show on Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus My wife and I were in the bookstore the other day and we were discussing the difference between shopping online versus Continue reading »