Ajax News


Microsoft Live Software   
by Tim - oreilly.com  01 Nov 2005

Microsoft is fully engaged with thinking about what I've called "Web 2.0." They are focused on the internet as the platform, on software as a service, on creating rich experiences across multiple devices, on live update as a metaphor for both software and documents, on grassroots adoption as a result of user conversations. They are also very clearly focused on advertising as a new business model. We're hearing all the Web 2.0 buzzwords: RSS, AJAX, social networking.

Bill Gates articulates the following five "Live" Principles :
 » Software plus service
 » Server = Service
 » Support multiples pcs and devices
 » Multiple styles of client
 » Combination of client software, peer-to-peer, and internet services

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Support for AJAX Development Rising   
by Darryl K. Taft - eweek.com  24 Oct 2005

Sun Microsystems Inc. is promoting an AJAX-supporting component model around its upcoming Java Studio Creator tool with hopes the model can succeed the way the component model Microsoft Corp. fostered around its popular Visual Basic development environment did, said Graham Hamilton, a Sun fellow and vice president of Sun's Java Platform Group, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Sun has touted Java Studio Creator, formerly known as Project Rave, as a Visual Basic-like tool for simplifying Java development.

AJAX is the name coined for a set of technologies that enable developers to build Web applications that are more rich and interactive, like desktop applications. AJAX development is among the hottest developer technologies around, based on growing vendor support for the platform and developer acceptance.   more  »


Microsoft Mail Beta Kahuna Preview  
by pcmag.com  13 Oct 2005

With over 200 million active accounts, Microsoft's Hotmail has the largest free e-mail user base in the world today. For its latest Web mail offering, Microsoft brings together experience from several different mail products aside from Hotmail, including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, and Entourage (Outlook's counterpart on the Macintosh platform). We had a chance to test out Kahuna—which may become Hotmail's replacement. For now, it's a closed beta; so far Microsoft has invited a select group of 200,000 users to try out the updated Web mail application. According to a com-pany spokesperson, this beta program will expand in the coming months.   more  »


ClearNova integrates Java and Ajax  
by Michael Meehan  21 Sep 2005

Spurred by Ajax, the Rich Internet Application renaissance may make for exciting times in the programming world, but it also threatens to create a new church and state separation between presentation specialists and the application developers building Web services.   more  »


Ajax: Microsoft's Achilles heel?  [24 Oct 2005] new!

The following news talks about Ajax and Microsoft. This news item appeared in Technology News section of bostonherald.com

"The threat comes in large part from Ajax, a set of Web development tools that speeds up Web applications by summoning snippets of data as needed instead of pulling entire Web pages over and over.
It definitely supports a Microsoft exit strategy, said Alexei White, a product manager at Ajax developer eBusiness Applications Ltd. I don't think it can be a full replacement, but you could provide scaled-down alternatives to most Office products that will be sufficient for some users.
Ironically, Microsoft invented Ajax in the late 90s and has used it for years to power an online version of its popular Outlook e-mail program. "  Read more  »


Innovative web-based software is challenging Windows ... [24 Oct 2005] new!

The following news item regarding Ajax appeared in CBS Business news.

"Microsoft, which uses Ajax in a new map offering and an upcoming Hotmail upgrade, is even starting to build new tools to promote Ajax development - even as it pushes a next-generation alternative.
The alternative technology, known as XAML, will permit even richer applications over browsers. Alas, unlike Ajax, it will run only on Microsoft's Windows computers - no Macs, no Linux. "  Read more  »