Software Engineering
302 Stories
From software theory to fact
Insight newsmaker Laura Bennett, an IBM alphaWorks executive, discusses the emerging software types being investigated by her team and facing up to skeptics.
Tags: Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Technology, Security, Open Source, Community, venture capital, intellectual property, podcast, software
Academy program to plug 'real-world' gap
News Microsoft introduces initiative aimed at helping Malaysian education institutions bring relevant IT skills into curriculum and ensuring local graduates are "employable".
Tags: IT training, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., India, Program, Graduate, software, technology company, Human Resources, job
Sun: OpenOffice still a 'great international effort'
News Development projects are underway to improve performance issues in the open source project, which remains a strong focus within the community, says exec.
Tags: Open source, Office suites, Software engineering/development, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Contributions, e-mail, performance
How will you use Google Wave?
News Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., SAP AG, TechEd, software, Web 2.0, Vienna, IM, decision-making, collaboration
Apple's Snow Leopard to get early release
News New version of the OS X operating system, which marks Apple's move to 64-bit support, will be made available ahead of its original September schedule.
Tags: Mac OS, Apple Inc., Apple iWork, Apple Mac OS X, Apple iLife, hard-disk space, online store, 64-bit CPU, software engineering, Mac OS
Google unleashes Wave on developers
News Google has announced a peer-to-peer-based collaboration platform called Wave, and is inviting developers to help create its underlying protocol.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Conference, Google Inc., Spokesperson, Developer, API, IM, robot, network
Google Gadgets for Linux appears
News Previously only available for Windows and Mac platforms, Google Gadgets can now be used with, and developed for, Linux platforms.
Tags: Linux, Search, Personal applications, Google Inc., Open Source, Apple Macintosh, software, 64-bit, desktop, software engineering
Google open sources XML alternative Protocol Buffers
News Software company releases software for encode data in multiple formats in a single binary format for network communications or storage.
Tags: Open source, XML, Google Inc., software, I/O, hard drive, network, disk, software engineering, Java
Information Card Foundation launched
News A weighty group of industry leaders coalesces around new standards for online authentication.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Spam and phishing, Security, Information Card, Google Inc., Paul Trevithick, ID Card, Password, Novell Inc., OpenSSL
BBC hires Yahoo exec as CTO
News Linwood will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, this includes maintenance of the technical infrastructure behind all BBC output and also overseeing the corporation's IT requirements.
Tags: Web sites, Network infrastructure, IT training, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Steve Ranger, social networking, VP, CTO
Technology: It's where the jobs are
News A new survey shows growth across the United States, with higher-than-average pay. And with the number of tech grads falling, demand will only rise.
Tags: Human resources, Recruiting, Survey, Salary, Worker, software, Tech Wage, technology company, job, Silicon Valley
Google opens update software to scrutiny
News By releasing the Google Update software as open source code, Google aims to allay concerns over what exactly the program is up to when it phones home.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Apache Software Foundation, Omaha, Open-source Software, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Earth, Software, blog
Microsoft is expanding and investing in Thailand
News The software giant will collaborate with the country's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center on research and development, among other initiatives.
Tags: Innovation, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Mobile, Thailand, software testing, memorandum of understanding, Nectec, software, R&D
Snow Leopard features hint at Apple tablet
News Some of the upgrades to Mac OS X show that Apple could be headed toward software that would translate well to a larger touchscreen device.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Apple iPhone, Laptop Computer, touch screen, tablet, video, window, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.
Student fights off virus attack
News A British teenager has prevented the outbreak of a computer virus that he discovered when logging on to an Internet chatroom. The case has now been forwarded to the FBI for further investigation.
