Flash WYSIWYG editor

Flash editor for widgets

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/29/sprout-the-online-wysiwyg-editor-for-flash/

WebORB

WebORB for Java reduces the barrier to access for any sized organization and provides a complete set of tools enabling transparent connectivity between Flex, Flash and AJAX client applications and Java-powered backend systems. The product is a full-featured alternative to Adobe’s Life Cycle Data Services and includes remoting, data management and bi-directional messaging support for Flex clients. Additional features not available in any of the competing solutions include: powerful management console, service browser, and code generation tools. Midnight Coders is rolling out a suite of support plans for all product editions.

http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=47838

Widget platforms

Yahoo widgets, musestorm and clearstorm widgets

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/28/yahoo-widgets-upgrade-now-with-flash-and-new-friends/

Web based OS

Goowy -- http://www.goowy.com/index.aspx

Ghost -- http://g.ho.st/

Jooce -- http://jooce.com/





More info - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/webified_desktop_apps_vs_browser_apps.php

Spring OSGi

What is OSGi and a presentation about it.

http://www.springframework.org/node/506

Major current implementations :
Eclipse OSGi
Felix - Apache implementation

Eclipse plugin project is same as OSGi

Google Gears

Google Gears is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:

http://gears.google.com/

Mashups: The next major new application development model?

Microsoft Mashup tool : http://www.popfly.ms/ (Also see silverlight framework from MS)
Yahoo Mashups : http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/

Excellent blog article on mashups : http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=106
Excellent blog on widgets : http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=80

Thousands of widgets you can add : http://www.widgetbox.com/