Tour de LiveCycle

Team Adobe has come out with yet another over-the-top application, to get an insight into the Live Cycle Data Services [LCDS], aptly named Tour de LiveCycle
Go ahead, download it and give it a try. Now in the wishlist is the online version of Tour de LiveCycle, just like Team Adobe did for Tour de Flex.

Tour de Flex (online)

Again! Team Adobe has come up with the online version of the Tour de Flex. They are going places with this application. The only catch with the AIR version of Tour de Flex is that the user needs to install AIR on the machine, before it can be viewed. And Tour de Flex air file needs to be downloaded. This comes handy while the user is going offline.

But now the problem of downloading & installing etc solved. Tour de Flex is now also currently available as an online version. There is not much of a difference between desktop version and online version. The difference that you may catch is with the number of samples listed.

You can experience the application here: Tour de Flex – online

Also see: Tour de Flex – offline

Adobe, NVIDIA and Broadcom bringing GPU acceleration to Flash

As part of the Open Screen Project, which should be getting Adobe Flash onto many new platforms, Adobe, NVIDIA and Broadcom are all hard at work getting GPU acceleration to do what it ought for Flash Player, with improvements in store for everything from Tegra MIDs to Broadcom Crystal HD netbooks to tablets and beyond. Phew, atlast, hardware acceleration for Flash player! Although its high time flash player needs to support of this kind, we will have to wait till the middle of 2010 to see something in action.

GPUs with HD Video Playback Acceleration Enable Compelling Delivery of Flash Technology Based Web Content and Applications
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Adobe and Broadcom Bring HD Flash Video to Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor Based Netbook Platforms.
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Kudos to all the teams that are involved in coming out with this.