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Will Oracle kill the Java community? 04/06/2009 03:41:00
Some worry at this year's JavaOne, but most say 'better Oracle than IBM'

Will Oracle be good to Java's developers?
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Has Microsoft lost its war on open source? 21/04/2009 05:58:00
Whatever dastardly plans Microsoft may have, open source proponents say it doesn't matter

Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war,Â Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.
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Ogg and friends challenge Flash 29/01/2009 06:09:00
Ogg Theora may technologically revolutionize online video, but to succeed in the market it's got a long, hard battle ahead of it.

Mozilla has given US$100,000 to improve and develop Ogg Theora, an open source video codec being developed by the Xiph.org Foundation. Wikimedia will disburs funds over a six-month period. Although not the best-known video format, Ogg already has some major support from web developers. Theora will be built into Firefox 3.1, which is currently in Beta 2, as well as into Norway's homegrown browser Opera. Theora is also the video format of choice for all Wikimedia Foundation projects.
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Google's plug-in strategy for Chrome 11/12/2008 11:50:00
Google is finally beginning to flesh out its plug-ins strategy for Chrome.

I'm a big fan of Google's Chrome Web browser. Lightweight and fast, Chrome epitomizes the kind of "less is more" philosophy that has always appealed to my inner geek. However, I, like many Chrome enthusiasts, lament the lack of an established framework for implementing the myriad plug-ins and extensions that made IE bearable and Firefox one of the hottest Web development platforms going.
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Open source is dying -- or maybe it isn't 05/12/2008 11:42:00
The open source model is broken. Fighting Microsoft was a big mistake. And, yes, open source is the key to a better future.

Put three geeks in a room and it won't take long to start an argument. Well, analyst Dennis Byron, veteran open source exec Stuart Cohen, and ex-Microsoft developer Keith Curtis weren't exactly in the same room, but all three have provocative opinions about the future of software in general and of open source in particular.
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This software brought to you by Ovaltine 28/11/2008 10:35:00
Is an advertising-supported model the way forward for the software industry?

Are we having a recession yet? Ask and ye shall receive. If the bad news keeps rolling in from Wall Street, coded phrases like "economic downturn" won't stop companies from acting as if the recession is already here.
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Upcoming PHP 5.3 beefs up security 08/10/2008 09:09:00
PHP 5.3 is set to introduce a small coding change that is bound to have major effects on the overall security of many PHP sites and projects.

PHP security guru Stefan Esser recently posted on some of the changes and important security issues that are likely to have significant effects for the everyday PHP coder (and user) with the release of the upcoming PHP 5.3.
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Should computer programming be mandatory for students? 03/10/2008 08:59:00
Core computer literacy will be essential in the global job market, so maybe it's time to start looking at programming as a baseline skill and not as a differentiator

If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the State Board of Education have their way, soon every California student will have to pass an algebra test to graduate from the eighth grade.
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Nokia challenges developers to think outside the phone 02/10/2008 11:55:00
You'd be wise to learn what a Nokia Series 60 handset can do before you settle on a mobile platform

You don't have to be a programmer to be a mobile innovator. All you need to do is open your eyes to the fact that a smart phone or QWERTY handset is a personal computer, sans legacy baggage. In the future, user-facing computers will have more in common with the high-end mobile devices of today than with the eight-core desktops and quad-core notebooks of 2009.
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SDK shoot-out: Android vs. iPhone 26/09/2008 09:52:00
Apple and Google differ along familiar lines with their smartphone development kits

InfoWorld has been all over this week's official launch of Android, the new smartphone platform from Google. With its slick interface and open application platform, Android shows every sign of giving Apple's iPhone a run for its money when the first phones begin shipping in late October.
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Building Google Chrome: A first look 12/09/2008 09:49:00
Google's open source browser has much to offer prospective hackers (provided they use Windows)

Last week I said I would look at Google Chrome "from a developer's perspective." I should have specified what kind. I meant I was considering it from a Web developer's perspective: What does it mean for Web application builders to have yet another browser enter the already-crowded field?