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01.15.2009 Almost a year after they became available eWEEK Labs took a look at software built on Google's App Engine to see what applications have been built on the technology. While none have yet reached the size and power of Facebook or Twitter, there are some interesting apps out there. It might trail others, such as Amazon Web Services, but Google App Engine shows promise as a viable platform for large Web-based applications.
01.14.2009 Part of Microsoft's weekly patch yesterday was a single bulletin addressing three issues affecting Microsoft's Server Message Block Protocol, a key part of its midmarket business application products.
01.14.2009 Small and mid-sized businesses that need to improve performance using application accelerators and load balancers have a new option from midmarket tool vendor Coyote Point.
01.14.2009 Built on the same foundation, Rails and Merb differed just enough to attract avid developer communities that often clashed. However, the desire to make a more bulletproof solution brings the two camps together to deliver a gift to Ruby application developers looking for a stronger, more scalable Rails.
01.12.2009 The assertion by a Burton Group analyst that the recession had killed chances for widespread adoption of services-oriented architecture applications set off a storm of discussion among developers. Despite problems with the definition of SOA as well as its "pure" adoption, SOA-influenced technologies such as mashups, business process management, SAAS and cloud computing all continue to gain importance.
01.12.2009 Lay users can still use the newest version of Google's Web browser, but they will have to reinstall Chrome to get the new Web services features, which include a fresher version of WebKit for Web page rendering and a new form autocomplete feature. It also includes Google's own implementation of HTTP to prepare for, yes, future Mac and Linux versions of Chrome.
01.07.2009 Working with the JRuby community, Sun Microsystems has developed and now released JRuby 1.1.6, a new version of the JRuby Java implementation of the Ruby interpreter.
01.05.2009 2008 was the year of the cloud, for application developers, and 2009 doesn't look to be any different. Application developers are jostling to get into prime positions as cloud computing platforms and applications become more numerous.
01.05.2009 With each passing year, software tools become more sophisticated and developers have more languages and tools to choose from than ever before. See what was big news in 2008 and what to expect in 2009 from cloud development platforms, mobile application development and the increasing acceptance of dynamic languages for Web development.
12.29.2008 Microsoft did everything it could at the launch and in a marketing re-launch, but Vista remains a failed experiment. Worse, at least for Redmond, Vista may mark the turning point when Microsoft lost the operating system as the foundation of its business.
12.29.2008 Microsoft has a new director for its platform and open-source strategy, with a history at IBM and BEA as bona fides, but hasn't changed its core message that open-source is fine as a condiment, but the main course will always be proprietary.
12.29.2008 A new survey indicates that organizations view security as a key factor to consider when adopting open-source technology. The 25 top projects represent secure, stable open-source implementations. In addition, Ingres' CEO offers his predictions for open source in 2009.
12.22.2008 In addition to its other capabilities, Adobe Systems is promoting AIR as a platform for workflow-enabled applications for Web-based office automation projects.
12.22.2008 Adobe AIR has held the headlines in the publishing world this year, but even developers and publishing professionals underestimate its real capabilities .
12.22.2008 A new release, Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux has been announced by Adobe Systems. The new release supports Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 or higher, and openSUSE 10.3. The company says existing AIR applications running on Windows and the Mac "will just work" on Linux.
12.22.2008 Sprint has expanded its open development location-based services offerings by integrating location aggregation platforms Veriplace by WaveMarket and Where by uLocate Communications. The deal offers third-party mobile and wireless, Web, WAP, SMS and widget developers a consistent way to create applications that use the customer's location information to provide customized information and services, Sprint says.
12.22.2008 Piria has updated its "no programming" Web site builder called Rombla. The application is based on Adobe's Flex Web development technology. Rombla enables designers to build interactive Web sites without the need for application development.
12.22.2008 JavaScripting with PDFs continues to grow as developers and end-user companies build custom workflows with little-known, under-publicized capabilities of PDFs.
12.17.2008 Microsoft has released documentation on how it plans to implement support of the OASIS Open Document Format Version 1.1 in Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 when it becomes available in 2009. Microsoft says it will deliver similar notes on how it will support Open XML in Office in the near future.
12.17.2008 A release candidate version of Internet Explorer 8 browser is imminent and application developers ought to get ready, Microsoft warns. It will come with better standards support, better tooling and other new features added since the Beta 2 release of the Web browser.
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