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Adobe:
Adobe to Open Source Flex — For immediate release — Gives Developers Ability to Enhance Flex Framework for Delivering Rich Internet Applications — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced plans to release source code for Adobe® Flex™ as open source.
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Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop:
Adobe Flex goes open source — Adobe is announcing tonight that the Flex SDK will be open sourced under the Mozilla public license, the same license that they open sourced the Action Script VM under (the Tamarin project). The move is just the latest in a trend of an increasingly open ecosystem around Flash …
Ted Leung / Ted Leung on the Air:
Adobe open sources Flex — Last week while I was in San Francisco, I sat down for an hour with David Wadhwani, the VP of product development for Flex and Ely Greenfield, one of the Flex architects. After I wrote my original post about open sourcing Flash, I got a note from David asking …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:Adobe opensources Flex (Exclusive Videos with Adobe)
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TechCrunch
Robert Scoble / PodTech.net:Breaking News: Adobe Flash (Flex) goes Open Source
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Acoliver / blog.buni.org:I eat crow: Flex to open source under Mozilla Public License
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PR Newswire:
Apple Reports Second Quarter Results — Earnings Grow 88 Percent Year-over-Year — CUPERTINO, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company posted revenue of $5.26 billion …
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Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Google and privacy — In my previous post I talked about some useful things I'd discovered about Google's Web History feature. As you might expect, several commenters asked about various aspects of privacy for Web History. I gave a quick response in my comments, but I figured …
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Steve Dowling / Apple:
Apple Board Members Bill Campbell, Millard Drexler, Albert Gore Jr., Arthur D. Levinson, Eric Schmidt and Jerry York today released the following statement — We are not going to enter into a public debate with Fred Anderson or his lawyer. Steve Jobs cooperated fully with Apple's independent investigation …
Dana Epp / Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary:
RunAs Radio interviews me about Cardspace — Recently I was interviewed by Richard Campbell and Greg Hughs on RunAsRadio. You might have heard of Richard... he's also the host of .Net Rocks!. Where .NET Rocks! is for developers, RunAsRadio is for IT Pros.
Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Radically, transparently stupid — Maybe you've heard of Steve Rubel. He's this smarmy PR guy from Edelman PR who thinks he's Mr. Know It All when it comes to blogging. He's always talking about "radical transparency" even though, let's face it, he makes his living telling friggin lies.
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TalkBMC - opensville:
Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open Source — Next week I'm leading the "Open Source, the Web, Interoperability, and Microsoft" panel at Mix07 in Vegas, my first Microsoft conference. Naturally, I've been pondering the topic so I don't end up on stage with my pants around my ankles.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits — The shake-ups in Microsoft's search organization aren't over yet. — On April 24, Microsoft announced internally that Dane Glasgow, general manager for Live Search, is leaving the company to work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family.
Ohio University:
Ohio University announces changes in file-sharing policies — Ohio University announces changes in file-sharing policies ATHENS, Ohio (April 25, 2007) - In an effort to ensure that every student, faculty member and researcher has access to the computer resources they need …
Brian Oberkirch / Like It Matters:
Live: All Things Digital — Go check out All Things Digital, the new online home of Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and John Paczkowski. — Walt and Kara have extended their highly regarded D Conference with a showcase site that wraps up all Walt's weekly columns and adds a new 'Mossblog' to the mix …
Jeremy Kirk / PC World:
FaceTime Enhances Skype Security — New product manages VoIP program use and functions, possibly easing business worries about security. — A new security product has been released that manages certain aspects of Skype Ltd.'s VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) application …
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Business Wire:
TheStreet.com Acquires Stockpickr.com — Leading social networking site that shows you how the rich get richer — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—TheStreet.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSCM - News), a leading provider of financial commentary, analysis, research, news and financial ratings …
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Information Arbitrage
John Jackson / The Roanoke Times:
Covering the Tech shootings — Here are some notes about roanoke.com's coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings: — Traffic: Our traffic on Monday after the 9:40 e-mail was sent surged to some of the highest levels we've ever measured. We had to work with our Internet Service Provider …
