FJAX vs AJAX vs plain page

Recently I came across this page FJAX, and this is what it does….

• Make HTTP calls
• Get and parse XML
• Render stuff

You’d say how different is it from AJAX, Well only in a way it uses a stupid Flash file which does all that.

IBM’s Live Scoreboard

I was trying to figure out IBM's way of a Live Scoreboard, I thought it must be having AJAX (XMLHttpRequest), but its not. Its using flash. Here is what I've deciphered.