EBay, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Nickelodeon and Salesforce.com Inc. are all quick out of the gate creating downloadable, desktop versions of their websites using the latest technology released by Adobe Systems Inc. today. Adobe AIR "will allow any company with a Web site to inhabit a permanent spot on people's desktops." according to the Globe and Mail. Running on any operating system, applications developed for AIR are like widgets for the desktop, constantly updating as long as your PC is connected to the internet. The goal appears to be taking the browser out of the equation. “The browser was in the way and the widget, in some instances, was in the way,” says Adobe spokesman Adrian Ludwig.
