Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

As if the line between desktop apps and Web services wasn’t fuzzy enough, Adobe has introduced a technology called Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) that promises to further blur the difference even more ...

A couple of companies are releasing AIR applications today. eBay's San Dimas project, what I consider to be the original AIR application, was finally released today at desktop.ebay.com. AOL also ...

Most computer users are familiar with Adobe Flash, the browser plug-in responsible for powering much of the Internet’s multimedia content–from YouTube videos and ...

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On Monday, Adobe officially released version 1.0 of the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), the company's cross-platform software technology for running rich internet applications. AIR, which has been ...

AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a wrapper around a set of technologies that enables developers to build rich Internet applications that deploy on the desktop. Applications are created using a ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

Adobe's rich Internet application toolkit lifts Flash and AJAX out of the browser and onto the desktop; debut release shines with light technical requirements and ...