The daily

Wednesday, October 3. 2007

The daily

Adobe releases Flex builder for linux

Flex is Adobe's rather new system for building feature-rich applications that run the same on every browser and OS. Yesterday they released their alpha of the Flex builder, based on Eclipse. The builder includes project creation, code coloring, code hints, compilation, the Ajax Bridge, Find All References, and debugging.


AT&T's new ToS addition

Apparently, AT&T doesn't much like backtalk. According to their Terms of Service, you can be cut off at any time for anything that "tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries."


Microsoft releases new Zune models

Microsoft has officially released information about their new portable media player, the Zune. The new Zune players will be 80GB, 8GB and 4GB, respectively. But possibly the coolest detail emerging about this is that the older Zune models will be retroactively updated, to include all of the features the new models will have. The features also include WiFi syncing with your computer, and native video codecs for h.264 and MPEG-4, among others.


Gibson releasing self-tuning guitar

Gibson is going to be releasing a self-tuning guitar, that will allow you to tune your Gibson "in seconds," and will allow you to change tuning easier than ever. But is it really worth an extra $899? Discuss!