Esperanto attitude needed for next-gen application developme...
Blog I am just in the process of upgrading from the 2004 version to Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (why on earth do we Mac users only get a look in every four years!) and I’m wondering whether to take... [19 Nov 2008]
OpenSocial, Facebook, Microsoft vie for developers
Analysis OpenSocial's growth as a development platform for social-networking apps means it has to work out where it stands with rivals and programmers [18 Nov 2008]
Adobe to bring full Flash to smartphones
News Powerful new mobile phones will get full-on Flash Player 10, not just the lightweight version, although Flash on the iPhone remains on the wish list [18 Nov 2008]
Qualcomm serves up Brew SDK to developers
News Qualcomm has introduced a software developer kit for its Brew Mobile Platform, bringing Flash and applications to mid-range mobiles [17 Nov 2008]
The collaboration conundrum: what’s wrong with REPLY ALL any...
Blog I’ve been trying to follow the development of a few companies that offer online collaboration tools in the form of so-called ‘secure online workspaces’ for project development. Of course I’m... [17 Nov 2008]
I wandered lonely as an unmanaged cloud service
Blog Would you be suspicious if a piece of software claimed to be the first product capable of monitoring the “entire” enterprise infrastructure, bridging the gap between the data centre and the cloud?... [12 Nov 2008]
Two development streams needed for next mobile killer-applic...
Blog I’m trying to cut through the mobile madness out there and distill some thoughts on where, globally speaking, the next generation of killer mobile apps will develop. Why am I doing this? Well,... [10 Nov 2008]
Oasis forms ODF committee
News The body that maintains the OpenDocument Format has formed a committee to promote interoperability [04 Nov 2008]
More on CRM meets Web 2.0: Salesforce.com and Facebook
Blog Just a few weeks after LinkedIn announced an investment from SAP, Facebook and Salesforce.com buddy up. If you don't follow Salesforce.com, it's their Dreamforce expo this week, where users and... [03 Nov 2008]
Microsoft unveils Live Framework
News At the Professional Developers Conference, the software maker unveiled the developer component of Live Mesh [03 Nov 2008]
Can we measure digital mood?
Blog I'm currently working on a project to dig into the accessibility issues that web designers need to consider when building new sites. Among the companies I am talking to is Keynote Systems who label... [03 Nov 2008]
NXP to open up Mifare APIs for mobile software
News The chip company will offer APIs for mobile software development for its Mifare chipsets in the coming months [31 Oct 2008]
Is Google playing fair in Africa?
Blog Just been at a really interesting event at Chatham House in London called Technology: A Platform for Development. (ZDNet.co.uk is one of the media partners). The conference had lots of very... [31 Oct 2008]
Mobile banking: ease-of-use is more important than trust, re...
Blog I attended a meeting this week with a company called Vasco that works with authentication software. The upshot of this encounter was that I ended up debating the single most important factor... [30 Oct 2008]
Microsoft research does the PDC keynote
Blog Wednesdays keynote here at PDC was given by Rick Rashid from Microsoft Research, some interesting highlights of the reams of facts and figures that were given here - Microsoft Research is modelled... [29 Oct 2008]
Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examination...
Blog The hallowed halls of the European Patent Office (EPO) have been reverberating with disquiet this month and it’s all as a result of the software industry in the form of the long-running Symbian... [29 Oct 2008]
Heisenbugs
Blog If you're at the PDC, I can only suggest that you check the Microsoft Research Area. There are some great demos being given of Microsoft Chess. Chess is a tool Microsoft have created to help track... [28 Oct 2008]
Micro Focus signs with Microsoft's Azure
Blog Micro Focus has said that applications developed using its implementation of COBOL will be able to work with the Azure Service Platform. The aim is for companies to be able to use cloud... [28 Oct 2008]
Vendors snuggle up for Microsoft PDC
Blog Just a short train ride from Hollywood, the great and good of the software development industry are buddying up with Microsoft this week to celebrate PDC (Professional Developers Conference) 2008.... [27 Oct 2008]
Software development from classical, jazz and karaoke to hea...
Blog Software application development comes in many flavours, or as we often like to call them ‘methodologies’. There are different styles to suit different people for different reasons – and that’s a... [24 Oct 2008]
