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  • Novell Mono project bringing Silverlight to Apple iPhone

    Developers for the Mono project also are readying a version of Silverlight for Apple's iPhone MonoDroid, which will enable deployment of .Net-based applications on Google Android phones, is in development at Novell, with a preview release planned…
  • Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview

    This build is simply a first look at the work Microsoft has done so far and is ready to share with its developer community.Missing from the browser are critical user navigation tools such as the address bar, as well as security features like the…
  • Microsoft pushing Silverlight 4 for Windows Phone development

    Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Blend are positioned, respectively, as development and design tools for the phone OS, which features graphical capabilities akin to the Apple iPhone.I'm pleased to announce that the Windows Phone 7 developer
  • Green wireless dev kit helps cut power use

    Startup introduces developer's kit for building systems to help reduce energy consumption in buildings Startup People Power this week is introducing a wireless application development platform that is centered on home deployments and the green…
  • Parallels enhances virtualisation for Apple servers

    This includes advanced troubleshooting and monitoring options as well as the use of a powerful dashboard that can manage the whole server farm.He said that Apple had been very supportive of the initiative seeing it as a way to increase the spread…
  • PayPal to open web application store

    PayPal will have a presence at more than 110 developer events this year, he said. We have to be where they are and be active in the developer community," he said.I want developers to think of PayPal first whenever they hear the word 'payments' and…

Latest Features

  • Eight things you should know about Windows Phone 7

    If you're already using Microsoft's core Windows and web development tools and frameworks, you're qualified to start creating Windows Phone applicationsMicrosoft has just released for Windows Phone free versions of the newest releases of its…
  • Why Google Android beats the Apple iPhone

    As Apple would have it, programmers can't talk to other people, such as bosses and investors, about the iPhone and iPad capabilities unless those folks pay the cash and join the developer program. While the Android does require the developer to add…
  • Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

    His plan includes free, ad-supported services for consumers; hosted software as a service (SaaS) for businesses; tight integration of services with desktop software; and new platforms to allow Microsoft's vast developer community to build Web…
  • Apple App store's dirty little secret

    A good number of apps rise on the list on their own merits, while others leverage the power of the developer's brand. Subramanian says he has seen developers break out of obscurity with a great app, allowing customers to become familiar with the…
  • IBM Project Vulcan aims to take down Microsoft, Google

    The first manifestation of Vulcan will come when IBM releases a set of developer tools into beta later this year.The tools are a down payment on the forward looking Vulcan strategy that analysts and users say signals Lotus is a strategic asset to…
  • Visual Studio 2010: A first look for developers

    Last week, I had a visit from two members of the Microsoft Visual Studio team, Dave Mendlen, Director of Developer Tools Marketing and Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager of Visual Studio Team System.
 

How-Tos

  • How to get an Apple iPad for work

    With some proactive planning and attention to Apple's information (joining the iPhone developer program would not be a bad idea if you really want details), you can ensure that when the iPad shows up on your network, you're as ready as can be for it.
  • How to fix the most common Internet problems

    The developer says it's because FlashMute uses the same method of hooking into your browser as some types of AdWare, but it's only intercepting sound from Flash and other Web sources. I just hunt for the "X" and get back to the editorial.The Fix…
  • Five ways to improve website uptime

    Brian Sutherland, a managing partner at Vanguardistas, a company that provides a scaling architecture for sites such as that of US News and World Report, says that a vast majority of websites are poorly programmed and aren't able to withstand…
  • Case Study: The virtual virtualisation case study

    Although the downtime was largely due to the original software developer being defunct, this fiasco was a serious black mark on the IT department as a whole and a terrible start for Erics budding career at Fergenschmeir.The final push toward…
  • How to keep virtual test environments in check

    There has to be a real effort around controlling this environment with policies to prevent the environment from growing too much or becoming unused resources.Avoiding test-server sprawlTim Antonowicz, systems engineer at Bowdoin College in…
  • The Tao of managing virtualised servers

    In the world of virtualisation, two plus two sometimes makes three, or six.Nothing is really linear," says Derek Anderson, the lead developer for Enomaly's Enomalism product, a tool for Xen's virtualisation platform.

Reviews

  • PHP code tools round up

    Consequently, a good PHP IDE must allow the developer to work with equal ease in multiple languages (both programming and markup) and contexts.In this article, we examine eight IDEs: ActiveState's Komodo IDE, CodeLobster PHP Edition, Eclipse…
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 review

    SharePoint 2010 also offers improved developer and administration capabilities, which will likely speed application creation while easing server management.We tested beta versions of SharePoint Server, and two related apps, Visual Studio and…
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.5 review

    You can even download the video or audio by right-clicking and saving it.For all of this to work, though, the elements have to be in the page itself, which means the developer has to code it that way.
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 review

    You can safely install either or both of the Express and Developer versions of the database.We have encountered only one bug in this beta that has yet to be resolved. All too often, we found ourselves switching to an FTP client for deployment…
  • Talend Open Studio 3.0

    The result gets turned over to developers, who flesh out the details using the Job Modeler, an Eclipse-based IDE and debugger.The Job Modeler will put any Eclipse-seasoned developer at ease with its own palette of drag-and-drop components.
  • Microsoft Azure Services Platform

    I would expect that any moderately experienced .Net developer with some SOA experience could be somewhat productive with Azure after a few days of concentrated work and fluent in a few weeks.Four pillarsThe Microsoft Azure Services Platform is a…
 
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