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.

The official 1.0 release of Adobe AIR last month attracted the attention of many software developers. The AIR platform is designed to facilitate rapid development of rich Internet applications (RIA) ...

In a move that will let Web developers use their existing skills to build rich Internet applications for the desktop, smart clients and browsers, Adobe Systems Monday released the first version of its ...