Curl is another player in the RIA (Rich Internet Applications) space, going up against Microsoft Silverlight , Adobe’s Flex platform , and OpenLazlo , among others. The Curl platform provides developers a way to build web-based apps that can’t be easily built using Ajax or other web-based technologies. Those apps can be deployed both within the web browser or on the desktop via Curl Nitro , an extension of the Curl platform. To show off what Nitro can do, the company has recently released a demo app featuring a visual representation of the Facebook social graph.
The Curl Platform and Curl Nitro
Where the Curl platform itself competes with Flex and Silverlight, Curl Nitro competes more directly with Adobe AIR , Mozilla Prism , Google Gears , and other applications that allow content from the web to run on the desktop while also providing asynchronous communication with various back-end services.
This recently released Nitro demo app called CurlGr...
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SanDisk working on new Sansa Fuze?From: buzzya.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:48:07
While it’s not official, SanDisk is getting ready to launch a new mid-market PMP called the Fuze. Aimed at the 3rd generation iPod Nano, the Fuze will be an SSD-based tiny-screen having PMP that appears to have almost all the same features as the iPod Nano, plus an FM radio, but with more storage, possibly up to 16GB.
So far, SanDisks PMPs have been pretty decent, I’ve had a Sansa for awhile and it’s a great alternative to the iPod. You contrarians should have love in you...
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Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:34:00
Filed under: Portable Audio
Man, Qtrax just can’t stop lying about those label deals , can it? The company issued a press release over the weekend saying it has (finally) signed up with Sony / BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner, but Wired did a little bit of digging and found out that Qtrax isn’t being exactly honest -- spokespeople from all four labels flatly denied that any deals were in place. Apparently there have been some experimental licenses and older deals m...
more Nike and Apple burrow further into the lives of gym bunniesFrom: buzzya.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:25:12
As if it wasn’t enough that your Nano was counting your every step through the chip in your Nike+ shoes, now it can track every mile you pretend to bike at the the gym. Ellipticals and such, too. They’re teaming up with 24 Hour Fitness and some Virgin thing to provide machines that track your use, assuming you have the time and inclination to plug your gear into the the thing’s port. You can then take it home and plug it in at home, at which point it will upload its data to...
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