February 18, 2010

Google CEO Preaches ‘Mobile First’

In his keynote at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google CEO Eric Schmidt called attention to the growing importance of mobile devices. He encouraged application developers–both inside and outside of Google–to “work on mobile first,” before they create desktop apps. In addition, he pointed out that mobile Web adoption

Embarcadero Brings Developer Tools to the Cloud

Embarcadero offers more than 20 different tools for programmers, now all available through its Embarcadero ToolCloud. Available products include Delphi, JBuilder, C++Builder, ER/Studio and DBArtisan. Developers who use the on-demand tools benefit from access to the latest version of each product, as well as freedom from licensing hassles. The company’s

2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

The SANS Institute, MITRE, and other top software security experts have once again compiled a list of “the most widespread and critical programming errors that can lead to serious software vulnerabilities.” Here’s a quick look at the top five: Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure (‘Cross-site Scripting’) Improper Sanitization of

Born Free: Launching a Software Startup, Part II

The goal of this article, (this is part II), is to offer suggestions on how to build a company and give it a chance to stand on its feet, while spending nothing more than the legal fee to register as a company and a domain name. Hopefully it will afford