No doubt, Adobe System’s Flash is popular: it’s installed on 99 percent of all PCs, according to the company.
But when it comes to mobile devices and other non-PC platforms, Flash is an also-ran. One reason for that situation, according to Adobe, is the lack of good development tools and the company’s own restrictive licensing.
On April 30, 2008 Sony Ericsson announced its new Project Capuchin technology which is a Java ME API that defines a bridge between the Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite programming environments. This API makes it possible to use Flash Lite as the front end and Java ME as the back end of applications, meaning that Flash tools can be used for UI design while still having access to all the phone services available to Java ME.
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I’m a “just in case” packer, so I know that having a big backpack means I’ll find some way to fill it up. If you’re a pack rat like me, it’s time to trade in the heavy bag for something that’s smaller and lighter.
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Switch on the news and you’ll see frenzied “Grand Theft Auto” fans snaking around the block, all clamoring to buy the latest GTA epic. But, as I’d suspected, I managed to walk into an empty store this morning and leave five minutes later, GTA IV in hand. So, what’s the point of pre-orders again?
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Yahoo! Go is today’s essential solution for anyone with a mobile phone. It’s an all-in-one offering that lets you enjoy the best of the Internet on your phone—for free.* Send an email, upload photos, download a map, search for answers, check stock quotes, or get breaking news—all that and much more is available through Yahoo! Go.
Creatures of habit that we are, we sometimes get into a gadget rut, forgetting that our iPods are probably capable of a lot more than what we do with them. So far, I’ve used mine for listening to music and podcasts, watching movies (which isn’t my idea of film appreciation), and receiving RSS feeds. But I didn’t know what I was missing until I stumbled across “100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better” from the Online Education Database (OEDb).
Many of the suggestions are free, while some have a low-cost fee. There’s not a loser in the bunch, and they come from some far-flung places on the Web.
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