I took a look at Adobe AIR after being impressed against my will using Twhirl.  Not that I have anything against Adobe.  I just think their flagship products are over-priced or out of the reach for hobbyists.  That doesn’t mean that the company doesn’t have some serious talent.  It got me thinking about the big [...]

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Yongfook has a heart-warming post about how great it is to develop web apps on Windows and how you’d be foolish to use Windows.  As much as I’d like to join in on the gratuitous Windows bashing, I can only say that it’s not quite true unless you’re mainly a designer.  That’s not to say [...]

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Should software be free as in birds? free as in beer? or free as in speech?  I don’t think anyone has the right answer aside from secretly straddling the gray zone between, "piracy is illegal" and "it should all be free". Daniel Jalkut had an interesting post on the topic of free software.  It’s a [...]

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According to the latest reports, Japan’s largest cell phone carrier will be using  Google’s Android OS for mobile devices which is in turn based on WebKit of all things. NTT DoCoMo Inc. will remove advanced functions and services from its cell phones’ operating software, such as the ability to connect to the Internet, enabling the [...]

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