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Google releases open source app development tools

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Javascript software to build better web applications

Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster web applications.

PeerBlock review

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT

PeerBlock is free software that helps you surf the web in secret

They're lurking out there - sleazy spyware companies, unscrupulous advertisers, and just people you don't want looking at what your computer is doing. PeerBlock (free), an open source program, offers part of a solution - low level blocking of packets coming from, or going to, a long list of hosts.

Developers to put PayPal payments into applications

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

PayPal X pushes micro-payments

PayPal used its inaugural PayPal X Innovate 2009 conference in San Francisco to officially announce the PayPal X program to release APIs allowing developers to integrate PayPal seamlessly into third party applications. The expanded functionality will help PayPal to compete against similar online payment services from Amazon and Google.

Firefox interface to look more like Google Chrome

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:15:00 GMT

Mozilla plans major overhaul of user experience

Mozilla plans to overhaul the look and feel of Firefox for Windows, a redesign that will resemble Google's Chrome in several key elements, according to screenshots and discussions on the open source developer's website.

Apache Foundation to release Tomcat Java update

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:18:00 GMT

Open source community to take over Subversion project

The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, with improvements eyed in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said.

Apache Software Foundation still open to change

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:00 GMT

A decade on and still at the forefront of open source

It's been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation hung out its feather, creating what has become a series of communities filled with focused project entrepreneurs working on a laundry list of innovative efforts, one of which landed in the White House just a few weeks ago.

Novell to launch social networking for enterprises

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:44:00 GMT

Pulse to link up with Google Wave in collaboration move.

Novell has released an enterprise social networking suite, integrated with Google's new Wave application, that can let co-workers collaborate on documents.

Aster promises massive decrease in processing time

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Claims deeper analytics in data warehousing now possible

Aster Data has upgraded its software to speed up data warehousing to improve companies' analytics handling to improve their responsiveness to their customers and to handle online fraud better. The software which takes advantage of the company's Massively Parallel Data-Application Server to speed up data processing.

Aster promises massive increase in processing time

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Claims deeper analytics in data warehousing now possible

HTML 5 web standard hits video issues

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Formal adoption in 2012 at the earliest

Development of HTML 5, the highly touted upgrade to the language of the web, is progressing but still faces obstacles, including lack of a standard video codec, said an official of the World Wide Web Consortium.

Google Chrome browser hits beta of version 4

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:21:00 GMT

Google boasts speed improvement, bookmark sync

Google upgraded the beta version of its Chrome browser yesterday, adding integrated bookmark synchronisation and boasting of a 30% speed improvement over the current production edition.

Google Chrome growing faster than Firefox

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:22:00 GMT

Microsoft Internet Explorer loses market share

Google's Chrome boosted its share of the browser market by a bigger margin than did Mozilla's Firefox in October, the fourth time its gains have trumped those of the second place browser in the last year, a web metrics company said yesterday.

Yahoo gives Apache open source Traffic Server

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:07:00 GMT

Application server for cloud donated to community

Yahoo is debuting on Monday an open source version of its Traffic Server software, which serves as a high performance application server for cloud computing services.

Microsoft cuts online pricing, targets Google Apps

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:00 GMT

Exchange Online goes half price

Microsoft has cut in half its per user per month list price for Exchange Online services and cut by 33 percent the price of its Business Productivity Online Services suite of online productivity applications.

Bean review

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:41:00 GMT

Is TextEdit too minimal and Word too much? Bean fits somewhere in between

Our quest for the ultimate writing tool continues with Bean, a stripped down and superfast word processor. Most of the applications Apple bundles with OS X are great, but TextEdit simply isn’t. As a document viewer, it’s very handy to have in the absence of Adobe Reader or MS Word. It supports RTF, HTML and even .webarchive files. As a word processor, we’d rather write with a sharp stone on the pavement.

Release candidate version of Mozilla's Safari lookalike launched

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:27:00 GMT

Camino 2 RC1 now available

Mozilla's Safari like Mac browser Camino has been offered as a RC1 release candidate.

Mozilla offers first glimpse of Firefox 3.6

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:49:00 GMT

Company takes wraps off new browser beta

Mozilla has released the first beta of Firefox 3.6, a minor upgrade expected to wrap up later this year.

Twitter rolls out Lists to the public

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:08:00 GMT

New feature helps organise Tweets.

Twitter has begun rolling out its latest feature, Lists, to its user base at large.

Twitter launches new Lists feature

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:20:00 GMT

Users can group tweets by category

Twitter is in the midst of an ongoing rollout of its new Lists feature designed to let users better tune their Twitter feed to hone in on the information they want.

Microsoft breaks Communication Server with patch

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:15:00 GMT

Windows Update has some explaining to do

After releasing its largest ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.

Developer tool points out code problems in real time

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:56:00 GMT

Checkmarx Virtual Compiler boosts secure coding

Checkmarx announced technology this week that the company describes as an innovation in secure coding.

IBM products to boost application development

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:00 GMT

Rational and Tivoli ranges integrated

IBM will announce integrations between its Rational and Tivoli product lines that enable users to automate processes across development, testing, and operations teams.

Yahoo and Microsoft need more time on search deal

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:00 GMT

Now hope to finalise venture by early 2010

Yahoo and Microsoft have missed a deadline for finalising their search and advertising deal and have now extended the deadline for an unspecified period.

Microsoft bringing Dynamics CRM Online to Europe

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:26:00 GMT

Cloud software set for european release

Microsoft plans to expand the number of countries where it offers the hosted version of its Dynamics CRM product, which has proved popular in the US and Canada where it is already offered.

Microsoft offers free software test tool

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Spec Explorer 2010 to streamline development

Tackling the issue of software testing, Microsoft this week is offering a tool that leverages model based testing techniques.