dp619 writes “Several months after joining the Apache Foundation, Microsoft has made its first code contribution to an Apache project. The project, known as Stonehenge, is made up of companies and developers seeking to test the interoperability of Web standards implementations.”Reader Da Massive adds a link to coverage at Computer World.
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PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby.
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A developer's-eye view of smartphone platforms
TMCnet – 2 hours ago (InfoWorld Daily Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Smartphone programming is booming. The little leash that lets your boss reach out and ruin your time off is turning into a platform of seemingly infinite possibilities. Apple's iPhone may have outsold Android nearly 6-to-1 Apple Insider The iPhone 3G could make mobile management legit, if only… Computerworld InfoWorld – Bloomberg – MacApper – Examiner.com all 19 news articles Langue : Français |
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Sony intentionally made the PS3 hard to develop for
PS3Center.net – 2 hours ago by Nick Of course, outside of lackluster sales numbers caused by the price of the system, the other achilles heel of the PS3 has been it's infuriatingly complex architecture, which developers have openly complained about. Xbox Live Subscription Price Drop: Thanks for Nothing PC World Hirai Claims PS3 'Official' Leadership, Criticizes Rivals Gamasutra Gameinfowire.com – Ars Technica – Eurogamer – The Tech Herald all 184 news articles Langue : Français |
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A developer's eye view of smartphone platforms
InfoWorld – 13 hours ago As smartphones evolve into serious computers, the worlds of iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, Palm, and Windows Mobile offer developers new possibilities. The iPhone 3G could make mobile management legit, if only… Computerworld ANDTEK to present iPhone World Newmobilecomputing.com – PC World Canada all 6 news articles |
Derwent sends along a Computerworld piece which begins: “The Ubuntu Mobile operating system is undergoing its most radical change with a port to the ARM processor for Internet devices and netbooks, and may use Nokia’s LGPL Qt development environment as an alternative to GNOME. During a presentation at this year’s linux.conf.au conference, Canonical’s David Mandala said Ubuntu Mobile has changed a lot over the past year… ‘I worked on ARM devices for many years so a full Linux distribution on ARM is exciting,’ Mandala said, adding one of the biggest challenges is reminding developers to write applications for 800 by 600 screen resolutions found in smaller devices. ‘The standard [resolution] for GNOME [apps] is 800 by 600, but not all apps are. For this reason Ubuntu Mobile uses the GNOME Mobile (Hildon framework) instead of a full GNOME desktop, but since Nokia open sourced Qt under the LGPL it may consider this as an alternative.'”
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Report: Apple to Gain 40 Percent of the Global Smartphone Market …
TMCnet – 5 hours ago By Narayan Bhat iPhone (News – Alert) maker Apple will knock out Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia from the top spot of smartphone sellers and take over nearly 40 percent of the global handset market over the next four years, says a report from … A developer's eye view of smartphone platforms InfoWorld The iPhone 3G could make mobile management legit, if only… Computerworld Smartphone Thoughts – PC World Canada – Cnet Asia all 7 news articles Langue : Français |
ruphus13 writes “Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, claims that the company is very close to the M mark, at which point, they will be a self-sustaining company. While people feel that this should not worry Microsoft, the real question is whether a 10,000 person effort on a failure like Vista can actually be the paradigm of a long-term strategy. From the article: ‘Microsoft had 10,000 people [the article is unclear whether these were all developers, or administrative and support staff were factored in] working on Vista for a five year period … huge profits in any given year can mean relatively little five years on. Canonical’s self-sustaining revenue may not be threatening — but it leaves one wondering how sustainable Microsoft’s development process really is.'”
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This is a feature about how not to make a game. In fact, it goes farther than this: it’s a feature about how developers often pander to the whims of the market at the expense of envelope-pushing. It’s nobody’s fault per se – money is money and businesses want to make as much as possible with the least effort and investment.
Today, we have a new post that has simplest free web apps that can really simplify your work life. Whether you are designer, developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, or home user.. But we made sure to add something interesting for everyone. Most of them are not very well-known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features
