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IBM scientist predicts software's future
News Bigger, more ubiquitous and transparent, but software developers will increasingly have to worry about security and privacy issues, says Grady Booch.
Tags: Component-based development, Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Computing, Security, Programmer, software, technology company, software development, Internet usage
Checker eases app programming flow
News Managing software development process allows one Singapore software vendor to diversify offerings and keep customers coming back, says founder.
Tags: Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Programmer, Singapore, Software Update, development environment, Programming, IDE, Vertical industries, application development
Google Chrome 4.0 graduates to beta status
News There's no Mac OS X or Linux version yet, and extensions are disabled, but a significant new version of Chrome is heading to a broader audience.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Google Inc., Security, Web Page, Web sites, Web Browser, Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, performance
Firefox gets an early taste of 3D Web standard
News Programmers have begun building WebGL into developer-oriented versions of Mozilla's browser. The 3D-acceleration technology is coming to WebKit, too.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Programmer, Graphics, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., 3D, Mozilla Firefox, blog
Google grants outsider Chrome-coding privileges
News Although the browser is still largely a Google project, its open-source nature is being highlighted as a University of Warsaw programmer is granted insider status.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Web services, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Programmer, computer science, SVN, Computer, software
Google releases open source Mac updater software
News Search giant uses the open source framework to keep multiple Mac OS X applications updated--and now anyone else may use it, too.
Tags: Mac OS, Open source, Google Inc., Open-source Software, Programmer, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, screensaver, software, blog
Coder links Yahoo search, Google App Engine
News A coder releases a library that lets programmers who want to use Yahoo's BOSS search services into a site running on Google App Engine.
Tags: Programming languages, Search, Web sites, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Programmer, Web Application, Server, software, Python
FluidHTML seeks to bridge Web programming divide
News Start-up called FHTML hopes its software will let traditional Web programmers tap into the power of Flash more easily. It's not a free lunch, though.
Tags: Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Conference, Programmer, Graphics, Video, Rich Internet Application, Programming, JavaScript, Web
Google hopes to remake programming with Go
News A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Now, Go becomes open source software.
Tags: Open source, Programming languages, Google Inc., Multi-core, Ken Thompson, compiler, C, software, Web Browser, Programmer
Chrome takes new tack for faster JavaScript
News Google is working on faster regular expression handling for faster JavaScript in Chrome. Translation: faster Web apps.
Tags: Web browsers, Java, Web services, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Google Inc., Web Page, Programmer, Open Source, regular expression
Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut
News A new survey shows that more software developers in India are choosing Orkut over Facebook and MySpace.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Software engineering/development, Google Inc., India, Orkut.com, Programmer, Evans Data Corp., software programmer, social networking
Coders to get 70 percent of Android Market revenue
News Google has promised that beginning next year, programmers will get the lion's share of revenue from applications sold on the download site for the company's mobile phone operating system.
Tags: Open source, Mobile platforms, Smart phones, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Application, Mobile, Google Inc., Programmer, phone
My favourite new features of Windows 7
Blogs I'm a happy user of Windows 7. I have been doing heavy multitasking with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 every day for t...
Smartphone users, keep complaining
News Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints. That was the message at a session aimed at developers at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Tags: Smart phones
Web of Trust extension comes to Chrome
News In the newest sign that Chrome's extensions are becoming practical to use, Web of Trust has released its add-on for Google's browser.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, App servers, Business applications, Open Source, Extension, Google Inc., Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0
