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Google Chrome OS shows limitations of Android 10/07/2009 05:46:00
The need for a new, netbook-specific OS raises questions about Android's long-term viability for those devices

Google's decision to create a new Internet-centric OS for netbooks shows the limitations of the Android mobile OS for netbooks and raises questions about its future on those devices, developers and analysts said.
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Microsoft ties Dynamics CRM to Twitter 10/07/2009 04:42:00
It's one of many recent CRM-related developments around the micro-blogging site

Microsoft has integrated its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) software with Twitter, in just the latest move by an enterprise software company to latch onto the wildly popular micro-blogging service.
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Prankster admits faking Google Chrome OS screenshots 10/07/2009 04:17:00
Owns up to hand-made images that duped scores of sites

File this under: Don't believe everything you see.
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PayPal to open platform to third-party developers 09/07/2009 04:22:00
New APIs will let developers create different payment scenarios funneled through PayPal's system

PayPal will soon open up its platform to third-party developers, allowing them to build applications with a range of money transfer options.
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Microsoft Silverlight gathers steam in Asia 08/07/2009 08:42:00
Developers in the region also are looking at SOA and cloud deployments

Microsoft's Silverlight technology for rich Internet applications is gathering steam among developers in Asia, an Evans Data survey unveiled on Tuesday reveals.
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Programmer steals Wall Street trading code, FBI alleges 07/07/2009 08:16:00
Reuters, LinkedIn connect Sergey Aleynikov to Goldman Sachs

A high-level developer for a major Wall Street firm was arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with stealing computer code that automates high-volume trading on stock and commodities markets, according to court documents.
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Vendor squabbles cause W3C to scrap codec requirement 03/07/2009 05:48:00
The decision could mean third-party plugins needed to play multimedia content will be around for a long time

The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content.
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XHTML 2 language dumped in favor of HTML 5 03/07/2009 07:07:00
W3C looks to focus efforts on HTML upgrade geared to Web development

Looking to focus on the budding -- and game-changing -- HTML 5 specification, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) said Thursday it plans to increase available resources for the effort by discontinuing further development of XHTML 2.
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Social networking touted for software development 02/07/2009 08:02:00
Atlassian tools provide activity streams that reveal what different people are doing in the code repository

Atlassian this week introduced FishEye 2, which adds social networking capabilities to source code repositories, including Subversion and CVS, and boosts agile programming projects.
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Star Trek-like universal translator a step closer 01/07/2009 10:51:00
Firms merge to build mobile voice, text translation app

The first iterations of something akin to the universal translators used on Star Trek may soon be arriving via your smartphone.
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Zend tool beta backs PHP language upgrade 26/06/2009 07:08:00
Zend Studio 7.0 will support PHP 5.3 and will integrate with other company technologies like Zend Framework and Zend Server to provide everything needed to build a Web application

Zend Technologies, makers of tools for PHP application development, is offering a beta version of its Zend Studio 7.0 development environment, featuring support for PHP 5.3, the company said this week.