Bootlegging Windows 7 in China Oct 17, 2009
It also allows you to drag interactive applets or widgets onto your desktop, and the boot-up time seemed faster than for the Windows Vista I have on my laptop at home. But, after a reboot, the laptop mysteriously crashed, with a black screen prompting: "Bootmgr is missing.". (Newsmax)
Eolas Sues Almost Everybody Over Browser Apps Oct 8, 2009
Two years ago, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) negotiated an out-of-court settlement with tiny startup Eolas Technologies over patent rights to embed applets and plug-ins in browsers. That came after two re-examinations of the validity of Eolas' patent, both upheld, and a court award of $565 million against the software titan. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Elegant new Zune HD may be a little late to the game Sep 17, 2009
About half a dozen applets, like a weather reporting program and a few games. All were cobbled together by Microsoft, which says it has no plans to open the Zune to software from independent developers. (Boston Globe)
Combination Of Old And New Media Deepens Mathematical Understanding May 20, 2009
To this end they developed so-called applets, small interactive software components that can be accessed through an Internet browser. The applets are embedded in an electronic learning environment ... Working with applets can help students gain a better understanding of the mathematical concept of function and the applications of this. (Science Daily)
Facebook's Big Move Toward the AfterWeb Apr 28, 2009
That allowed programmers to create tiny applets which, in turn, made the service more useful and fun and pulled in more users. Blowing up the browser and letting the same developers figure out new ways to use the pieces is every bit as smart. (Time.com)
How to Use Facebook Safely Apr 19, 2009
Javascript, Java applets, Flash, ActiveX, and many others are all examples of active content. And guess what. (Datamation)
Test Center review: An IP KVM for the little guy Mar 26, 2009
Simply splendid Unlike the big boys who relied on custom-written ActiveX or Java applets for remote desktop control, Adder saw that VNC (virtual network computing) was already doing a better job, and it was easy to license the technology from the folks at RealVNC. So in one swoop, Adder now has IPKVM access to just about every computer platform on Earth -- including my Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Adder also listened to the marketplace that was very tired of the huge cables found on older... (InfoWorld)
Get it done with GNOME Do 0.8.1 Mar 16, 2009
The downside of docky relative to AWN is that it still lacks support for many of the specialized components that users require in a panel replacement, such as a virtual desktop visualization, CPU and memory monitoring applets, and a tray icon area. In practice, this particular limitation isn't particularly troublesome because there are several third-party utilities that can be used alongside GNOME Do to provide such capabilities. (Ars Technica)
Intersections Inc. CEO and Founder Discusses Identity Theft Prevention on Popular Home Design Show, Designing Spaces Mar 11, 2009
"Many people do not realize how easy it is for fraudsters to access your personal information. By simply clicking on a link in a piece of junk e-mail, hackers can install applets onto your computer and access your passwords, account information and other personal data. Consumers must be vigilant and protect themselves. We hope that this segment helps viewers understand the severity of identity theft and prompts them to take the required steps to protect their identities and valuable personal... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Apps we love Mar 9, 2009
The answer, up until now, has usually been to paste a bunch of video applets into your site. But loading even a few Flash video applets at the same time can slow your system to a crawl ... Embedr offers a neat solution, allowing you to create cross-service playlists and embed that playlist as a single video applet that won't kill your system's performance, and is quite a bit more usable than YouTube's own playlist applet, let alone a bunch of single-video applets. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Experts: Adobe Flash Still Vulnerable Mar 8, 2009
SWF files can contain animations or applets with different functions. That need to download a malicious SWF file first could mean hackers would have to launch a two-pronged attack of the kind that hit the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) earlier this week. (eSecurityPlanet)
MNI MEDIA LLC Launches the Ms Nude Internet Beauty Pageant Mar 4, 2009
Designed into the back-end is a state of the art Advertisement server platform each page contains a minimum of two banner ads and two video applets for serving commercial ads. We believe in the coming years that mainstream advertisers like the Fords, Pepsi's and Dell's of the world will find this an acceptable platform to reach a more liberated user base. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
MSDN Spotlight Article: Browser Interoperability with Silverlight Feb 25, 2009
You can use Silverlight 2 to build full-page Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-like Web applications or to enrich HTML-based pages with additional features such as animations, advertising, and specific applets. The browser doesn't directly process the eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) content that makes up a Silverlight application. (IntranetJournal)
Windows Vista Security: Up to par? Feb 20, 2009
The conclusion I draw from this is that it is virtually impossible to build a completely safe operating system that accommodates literally hundreds of thousands of different programs, scripts, applets, etc. written by many different vendors whose developers may be good or average. (Search Security, MA)
Sun JavaFX 1.0 Feb 10, 2009
The Java applets that could be embedded in any Web site couldn't compete with the smooth animation and anti-aliasing of Flash ... This is essential because some suggest that Flash beat out Java applets for Web animation because it offered smooth anti-aliasing. (InfoWorld)
