But with the advent of rich Internet applications (RIA), development nirvana gets a bit closer. RIAs are enhanced Web applications that have additional functionality on the client, which makes them ...

Rich Internet applications, or RIAs, comprise a spectrum of application types and technologies. The lightweight end of the spectrum has seen most of the attention in recent months, with Microsoft’s ...

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and the American Cancer Society Inc. are looking to Adobe Integrated Runtime technology to take some of their rich Internet applications to the desktop. The new AIR technology ...