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Mozilla issues first Firefox 3.6 alpha version
News An early version of an update to the browser is starting to emerge. Mozilla touts faster JavaScript, new style features, and more rapid delivery than with Firefox 3.5.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Browser Company, CSS, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, performance, Programming, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, JavaScript
With IE 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars
News By showing first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also showing it's serious about building competitive browser.
Tags: Web browsers, Acceleration Feature, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Microsoft Internet Explorer, performance, Hardware, JavaScript
US govt Web site makes open source move
News White House Web site now employing open source software. Given the U.S. federal government's widespread adoption of open source, the amazing thing is that it took so long.
Tags: Open source, Government, Drupal, Open Source, Acquia, software, Open-source Software, Associated Press, White House, proprietary software
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, compiler, C, Ken Thompson, software, Web Browser, Programmer
Open education child's best cyber defense
Blogs I have a soon-to-be six-year-old Jack Russell Terrier that has a habit of barking at almost every dog we paw past during...
Adobe offers online presentation technology
News Acrobat.com Presentation, an Adobe Labs project, lets multiple people simultaneously create an online presentation and share it.
Tags: Cloud computing, Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser, Tool, Adobe PhotoShop, Cloud computing, programming language, JavaScript, Google Docs
Google tech tweak reveals plan for faster search
News What's a search engine referrer string? You probably don't need to know. But when Google changed its string, it showed a plan to display search results more quickly.
Tags: Search, Java, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, software, programming language, Search Result, JavaScript, blog, Web Site
Are language minutiae necessary?
Techguide Why clog a programming language spec with minutiae that don't offer any technical benefits? On the other hand, is an "anti-minutiae revolution" really necessary?
Tags: Programming languages, Ruby, Language, C, Justin James, Programming, network management, programming language, theory, Perl
MonoTouch lets .NET coders build iPhone apps
News Novell's paid-for MonoTouch SDK is built upon open-source Mono for the iPhone, leading to complaints from some free software supporters about the cost.
Tags: Applications and tools, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Developer, Apple Macintosh, Novell Inc., JIT, C#, Programming, Microsoft .NET
Use cryptographic hashes for validation
Techguide You can use cryptographic hash functions to provide a little more security when exchanging files.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Ruby, Security, C, Algorithm, SHA-1, Unix, Password, word-processor
Strategies for learning programming languages
Techguide Learning another programming language can help bring your development career to the next level. Justin James shares techniques that have and have not worked for him.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Personal development, Ruby, Language, C, C#, Justin James, Programming, programming language, knowledge
IBM defends its Big Iron
News Mainframe computer sales are sliding, but Big Blue appoints a new manager to keep the powerful machines relevant with new software.
Tags: Personal Computers, Mainframe, IBM Corp., computer, programming language, revenue, analyst, Personal Computers
Apache Stonehenge SOA tool hits first milestone
News Project, which aims to provide developers with a set of sample service-oriented architecture apps that work across languages and platforms, has seen its first key release.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Apache Software Foundation, SOA, Tool, W3C, software company, Programming, programming language, Web Site
Red Hat announces strategy to 'future-proof' Java
News Red Hat's JBoss Open Choice application platform strategy aims to make it easier for enterprises to develop and deploy applications with Java.
Tags: Java, Open source, Programming languages, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Programming, programming language, programming model, Oracle Corp., strategy
Google App Engine suffers outages
News Google's vaunted facility for hosting Web applications is experiencing problems. The company is "working hard" to track down the source and fix it.
Tags: Business applications, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Web Application, RFC, Outage, mailing list, programming language, Python, job
