It was only a matter of time before bored DIY geeks began combining fun toys with dangerous snooping technology; which is exactly what someone did when they combined a DIY remote-control toy helicopter with wireless-network-hacking computer. The end result is the ominous sounding SkyNET bot, a menacing hacker drone with an even more dubious-sounding name. [...]
Adobe announces the immediate availability of Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3. This release pushes the boundaries of what’s possible on the web, and helps customers deliver innovative games, data-driven and rich media apps consistently across multiple devices and platforms including Android, iOS, BlackBerry Tablet, Smart TVs, Internet-connected Blu-Ray players and set-top boxes, [...]
The love-hate relationship that millions of computer geeks around the world have with Flash is about to change. Flash Player has gotten a makeover and released its version 11. The widely-used browser plug-in from Adobe got an overhaul, undoubtedly due to threats to its monopoly from rapidly-growing web standards competitors like HTML5, Silverlight and Java [...]
Adobe AIR App Challenge, Sponsored by Sony (source : Adobe) Adobe and Sony are challenging developers to build breakthrough Adobe AIR apps optimized for the new Android-based Sony Tablet S1 and Sony Tablet S2 using Adobe Flash Platform tools for a chance to win $200,000 in total cash prizes and other high-visibility rewards.
The Adobe AIR runtime enables developers to use HTML, JavaScript, Adobe Flash and ActionScript to build web applications that run as standalone client applications without the constraints of a browser
Balsamiq Mockups intentionally uses hand-drawn UI elements, so that people don't get attached to "that pretty color gradient" or think that your mockup has actual code behind it and is "practically done".
Being an AIR app, GoAir and Live Quotes work on Windows, Mac and Linux. GoAir is an offline Gmail Client while Live Quotes shows you relevant information about company stocks.
This tutorial from Nettuts will introduce you to Adobe Air, a framework to build rich internet applications. The introduction shows how to create a simple application using Html/Js technologies.