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- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Loco Mogul (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Is 64-bit Flash support just around the corner?
- Is 64-bit Flash support just around the corner?Not so fast, JohnnyJavaFx could be a strong player on the RIA front which might bring a little life to Swing. On the server end, Java is still pretty entrenched especially in large scale enterprise apps running under *nix where Java is basically...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?I don't see it.I don't see where this is helping anyone. It seems like any help MS is giving to Novell is being tied up at Novell. For instance Novell's version of Open Office. I don't really see any of that coming down or...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Morph Labs and FiveRuns combine efforts to support, test and monitor Rails apps
- The goal is to make enterprise-class application developers and deployers an offer they can't refuse. by Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- App Store blacklist continues, next victim: I Am Rich
- It appears that Apple continues to remove and blacklist applications from the App Store without warning, notice or acknowledgment. First, NullRiver's NetShare tethering application was removed, reappeared and was removed again. Second, the extremely useful Box Office application renamed to Now Playing suddenly disappeared. The third application...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- 'ESME': Social messaging within an enterprise SOA environment
- There are interesting community driven enterprise developments around SAP's 'Netweaver' SOA ('service-oriented application') and integration platform, with a sophisticated Twitter - style tool created by a diverse group of international users taking shape. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2
- Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited
- Photo gallery:2008 Hyundai Santa Fe LimitedThe 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe is the second model we've seen from Hyundai with a navigation system, reinforcing the fact that the company is seriously upping its tech game. But unlike the 2009 Sonata, the tech in the Santa Fe is more of an add-on,...
- Product reviews 2008-08-01
- News to know: Microsoft; Oracle; SAP; Vista SP1 video
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs How will Microsoft spend its multicore millions? More details emerge on the Microsoft Sphere Larry Dignan: The future of computing: Multiple cores, multiple inputs Ryan Naraine: Evilgrade: Exploit...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Microsoft makes pledges to support Apache, PHP, Ruby
- Microsoft makes pledges to support Apache, PHP, RubyExisting vs new marketsHow does Microsoft benefit?The company is improving interaction wioth products in an existing markets, as well as ingratiating itself with the developers working in those markets. Both can contrivute to sales which would otherwise not be made.How does Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Microsoft makes pledges to support Apache, PHP, Ruby
- Like Dana, I was surprised to hear of Microsoft's decision to become a platinum sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation, announced at OSCON late last week. It wasn't the only announcement. The Redmond, Wash based Windows giant also shared that it would make a contribution to the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Open-source Castle Project founder joins Microsoft
- Open-source Castle Project founder joins MicrosoftI've always been curious about the uptake of Iron*Its a strategy that seems to follow the same mistake MS is making on the web...."If we offer OUR version they will come". It seems to me that ASP.Net attracts a certain type of person just like...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Ounce Labs finds 2 security vulnerabilities in Spring framework
- Code inspector Ounce Labs has identified two vulnerabilities in the open source Spring framework that exposes their enterprise applications to would-be hackers and hijackers. The two issues, ModelView Injection and Data Submission to Non-Editable Fields, affect only the MVC module of the Spring framework, which is used to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- The fastest way to learn open source
- The fastest way to learn open sourceReally?You wrote:One of the biggest problems in computing today is the shortage of young programmers, and one of the chief reasons for that is a shortage of readable, basic guides which can act as textbooks in high schools.[End quote.]I'd thought there were more programmers...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Amazon helps boost Engine Yard's cloud computing efforts with capital infusion
- Rubinius, a project to develop the next generation virtual machine for the Ruby programming language, implements the core libraries in Ruby, making a system accessible for development and extension. Merb is a light framework that is ORM, JavaScript library, and template language agnostic. by Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- My Awesome IT Job: Chief architect, The Hive
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here's a new Friday feature at The IT Grind showcasing IT professionals that love their work....
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- C to be the next browser scripting language... wait, what?
- First off, I hope that everyone's fourth of July was as good as mine. There's nothing quite like spending time with family and friends over the holidays to put your work-life relationship into perspective of what's important. In any case, the security news didn't stop for the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Komodo IDE (Mac OS X/Intel) (dmg)
- Komodo IDE 4 is a powerful, multi-platform, multi-language IDE for end-to-end development of dynamic web applications. Komodo IDE makes creating robust web apps fast and easy, with a rich feature set for client-side Ajax technologies such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, coupled with advanced support for dynamic languages such...
- Software downloads 2008-07-04
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