Remember the ColdFusion Exchange ? It's been languishing and suffering from neglect for a while. But ColdFusion team member Ahamad Patan has taken over Exchange moderation and is committed to reinvigorating this resource.
Download Day 2008 is a planned attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in a single day. As per the FAQ , they'll need over 1.6 million downloads, but want to shoot for 5 million. Which is nice, but sorry Firefox, that'll be no record. Flash Player blows that number...
MAX 2008 registration is now open at the Adobe MAX site . Right now we've only opened registration for MAX U.S. in San Francisco. Registration for MAX in Milan and Tokyo will be opening shortly.
Vertabase Timer is a free utility to help you keep track of time spent on client projects. And the new version 1.5 is a Flex based AIR application (as described in this forum post ).
Samuel Asher Rivello has posted his ActionScript 3 and MXML Coding Standards . If you're getting started with Flex, this may be of use to you.
EarthBrowser is an interactive 3D globe of the earth which provides all sorts of regional data, weather information, and much more. (A bit like Google Earth in some ways). And the latest release, version 3, is built as an AIR desktop application (as explained by creator Matt Giger).
And now we have another open source CMS option for ColdFusion. Blue River Interactive Group has announced the release of Sava CMS , its open source ColdFusion-based content management system. The features look pretty impressive, as does the UI in the screenshots. If anyone has personal experience...
UK based Software Editorial magazine has published a detailed review on ColdFusion 8, and concludes "Companies choose ColdFusion to create complex and robust mission-critical applications for internal and external access. While there are a number of ways to integrate web content with relational...
The winners of the 23rd Annual SIIA Codie Awards have been announced, and ColdFusion 8 has won the award for "Best Web Services Solution". Other Adobe winners are Connect for "Best Collaboration Solution" and Captivate for "Best Corporate Learning Solution".
The Adobe AIR Marketplace is an online exchange where developers can post their AIR applications. AIR applciations need to be digitally signed, and doing so requires a code signing certificate. Developers who submit an unsigned AIR application to the Marketplace are eligible to receive a...