All tag results for ‘cross platform’

Out with WPFE in with Microsoft Silverlight. This has just been announced!

So we’ve been hearing about WPFE for a while now but Microsoft has just officially announced Microsoft Silverlight.  A new solution for being able to take video, interactivity, animation and make it available on Mac, Windows and many browsers.  We’re talking cross-platform.  Microsoft Silverlight is all about rich media experiences. Read the more »

Cisco Buys WebEx for $3.2 Billion

News is just breaking that Cisco has agreed to aquire WebEx for $3.2 billion in cash. In 2006, WebEx generated nearly $50 million in profit on $380 million in revenue. They have $300 million or so in cash on hand, so the net deal value is $2.9 billion.Webex is still ubiquitous (I am asked to view a WebEx presentation almost daily), but it’s expensive and bulky. Read the more »

Dangers of Mozilla Firefox - Hacking usernames and passwords

What is Mozilla Firefox?

Mozilla Firefox (originally known as “Phoenix” and briefly as “Mozilla Firebird”) is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers , and acclaimed as the award-winning Web browser as faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life.

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Google Browser Sync for Firefox

I use two computers for development - a portable (MacBook Pro) and a desktop (Mac Pro). It’s helpful having the two different environments, and it’s helpful having a backup in case one of them has a problem. It does open up all sorts of issues about keeping things in sync.

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