BlackBerry counter programs against Nexus One with Google's keywords
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:10:41 -0800
What do you do if you're a Nexus One rival on a day where Google's latest Android device is stealing all the headlines? You buy some keyword counter programming. by Larry Dignan
What rankles in open source buy-outs
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:42:30 -0800
Now it's true that programmers who helped build mySQL and Zimbra don't own the project. They don't have a legal claim on the businesses their code built. But there is such a thing as moral equity. by Dana Blankenhorn
Unchaining the opportunistic programmer
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:55:23 -0800
Opportunistic programmers are typically not interested in writing large office suites, web browsers and email programs. Instead, they like writing small, fun and useful little programs. Thanks to a tool called Quickly, the Linux development ecosystem should get a more diverse range of applications. by Jono Bacon
Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2010 launch due to virtual memory performance issues
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:45:25 -0800
When Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 in October, company officials said it was looking likely that the product would ship on or around March 22, 2010. But due to some feedback from testers around virtual memory performance, Microsoft is delaying the launch by "a few weeks." by Mary...
Sun's last SOA hurrah? New releases of Java EE, NetBeans, Glassfish
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:26:30 -0800
Sun Microsystems perhaps soon to be Snorkel if the Oracle acquisition goes through just released a new raft of platforms and tools targeted at SOA-aware service development and deployment. The key announcement is a new version of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE 6), which is...
Nominations open for the Eclipse Awards 2010
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:07:35 -0800
Every year the Eclipse Foundation hands out awards at its annual EclipseCon conference. Nominations are now open for the next conference, to be held on March 22-25, 2010 in Santa Clara California. The deadline for nominations is January 29, 2010. Good luck! by Ed Burnette
