AJAX & RIA Journal

When I told a friend that I'm going to Moscow to teach a master class on programming with Adobe Flex , he said that I was crazy. Normal people don't go to Russia in December.  This reminded me an old Russian joke:  A boss asks an engineer, "Do you like sweaty women and warm vodka?... (more)

HONG KONG, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon", with its subsidiaries collectively the "Group"; Stock Code: 777), a leading online game developer and operator in China, today announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the thr... (more)

Taiwan’s largest music subscription service, KKBOX, today announced the expansion of its unlimited music download service for PC, iPhone and Android-based phones in Hong Kong with Hutchison Telecom. Backed by big-name investors and local telecom giants, the investor roster of KK... (more)

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest mobile broadband speed test data from Broadband Genie shows two thirds of users have been saddled with speeds below 1Mb this year - less than 15% of the 'up to' speeds claimed by, for example, Vodafone (7.2Mb). The majori... (more)

KANPUR, India, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- This years' Entrepreneur of the year award at Madhavrao Leadership Awards has been bagged by Mr. Vinnet Mittal, MD, Welspun Energy. The awards were presented today at prestigious Merchant Chamber Hall, Civil Lines, Kanpur by Shri. Jyotir... (more)

ALVISO, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2009. "TiVo recorded another strong... (more)

Every time I work with one of our .NET customers to help them with managing their application performance I come across the same problems as seen with other clients before: lots of ADO.NET queries, many hidden exceptions in core or 3rd party .NET libraries, slow 3rd party compone... (more)

The New York Times announced today a special offer for new subscribers to Times Reader 2.0: order a one-year subscription to Times Reader 2.0 and receive a $100 discount toward the purchase of a Samsung Go™ netbook. “Times Reader is an exceptional way for a growing segment of our ... (more)

OTTAWA, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- E-commerce has brought us a world of products on demand, but traditionally, the experience has been closer to shopping from a catalogue than a retail store. Zappos.com, a leader in online apparel and footwear sales and the undisputed heavyweigh... (more)

James Cameron’s epic adventure AVATAR will take moviegoers to a world never before experienced, so it’s only fitting that the film is getting a “next generation” movie trailer. The dynamic interactive experience will be available for download beginning November 24 via the film’s ... (more)

A recent Strategy Analytics survey of vehicle owners in the USA and Western Europe found that drivers increasingly want to be able to use their own devices, such as iPods and MP3 players, via their vehicle’s stereo system. However, in-car AM/FM radios and CD players continue to b... (more)

The long, lost application delivery spell compendium has been found! Its once hidden, arcane knowledge is slowly being translated for the good of all web applications. Luckily, you don’t have to be Elminster or Gandalf or to cast this spell ... (more)

World leader in online customer service to change the face of online shopping through interactive video OTTAWA, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ - E-commerce has brought us a world of products on demand, but traditionally, the experience has been closer to shopping from a catalogue than a ... (more)

SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/24/09 -- Qliance Medical Management Inc., which operates insurance-free direct primary care clinics -- also known as "direct medical homes" -- in Washington State, today announced it has named Ona Karasa, 49, to the new position of chief operatin... (more)

SEO Journal on Ulitzer Aside from not blogging recently, I have been spending alot of time speaking with folks in the online marketing space as I work on building the go-to-market strategy and machinery for VMTurbo.  One area which I knew little about when I started having these... (more)

Recently I installed the Beta 2 version of "Geneva", or ADFS 2.0. All of my machines are now Windows 7 machines, including just about all of my VHDs and virtual machines. The only time I use Win2k8 R2 is when the product I'm installing specifically requires me to do that. So when... (more)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quepasa Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: QPSA), creator of Quepasa.com, one of the world's fastest-growing Latino social networks, today announced the launch of QTweet, its new synchronization tool for Twitter. The launc... (more)

Over the past few posts I covered a number of key points to consider as you plan to move to the cloud.  These issues are based on our experiences with many public clouds, as well as what we have learned from working with enterprises adopting the cloud. I hope it’s clear that tod... (more)

CSR plc [LSE: CSR] announces it will present at the Credit Suisse 2009 Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 3, 2009. A webcast of the presentation will be available:         Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time/9:00 A.M. Pacif... (more)

NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Architecture, engineering and construction industry technology consultant, Microdesk, Inc., has expanded their corporate headquarters. The new space features state-of-the-art training facilities, increased office space, and provides conven... (more)