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Microsoft Switches Iron Languages to Apache License

IronPython and IronRuby are Microsoft’s versions of the Python and Ruby development languages, modified for the .NET environment. Officially, IronPython and IronRuby have been open source projects released under Microsoft

Google Snags Semantic Web Firm Metaweb

In the latest in a string of acquisitions, Google has unveiled plans to purchase Metaweb, a firm that maintains a vast open source database of information about objects in the

How You Can Make a Remote Team Work

Programmer Jeff Atwood says that the key for assembling a remote team of developers is to pick people who love to code and have amazing skills. He recommends three basic

OpenStack Wants to Be Android of the Cloud

Cloud computing vendor Rackspace is leading a new open-source project known as OpenStack, which will develop a cloud platform to compete with VMware’s vSphere and Microsoft’s Azure. NASA will also

ActiveState Releases Perl Development Kit

Version 5.12 of the Perl development language was released in April, but so far, few Perl developers have chosen to upgrade. However, the number of upgrades may get a boost

Who Should Assign Stories? Editors or Readers?

We all know editors used to be named Perry White or Lou Grant and decided, gruffly, what stories reporters should cover. But nowadays, online, a whole bunch of news organizations,

What I Learned from 10 Online Businesses

Everyone has business ideas. Some people quickly forget them, others remember and wonder what could have been, and then there are the crazies who spend 23 hours of the day,

Survey: Windows 7 Getting Popular With Developers

According to a survey by database and application development tool vendor Embarcadero, 54 percent of developers are currently creating applications for Windows 7. Another 25 percent plan to begin building

Introduction to LINQ — Book Excerpt

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 21 of “Visual Basic 2010 Programmer’s Reference.” This comprehensive tutorial and reference guide provides programmers and developers of all skill and experience levels

Best Practices for Remotely Managing Agile Teams

For those tasked with managing agile software development teams remotely, new challenges arise that are not addressed from standard agile practices derived from the “Agile Manifesto.” One of the 12

CollabNet Debuts New Version of ScrumWorks

CollabNet Debuts New Version of ScrumWorksThe latest version of the agile development project management tool is integrated with the company’s ALM platform. When CollabNet purchased Danube Technologies, it also purchased

Android Enthusiasts Push for Paid Apps

Android users and bloggers are encouraging their fellow smartphone owners to take the “Paid App Pledge.” Those who sign the pledge promise to spend $5 per week on paid Android

Apache Cayenne 3 Delivers New Features for Java ORM

The Apache Foundation has released a new update for Cayenne, its open source Java framework. Key updates in Cayenne 3.0 include object relational mapping (ORM), improved concurrency, faster paginated query

10 Ways Curated App Stores Undermine Developers

A new report from Forrester says that Apple’s App Store marks the advent of a new relationship between tech vendors and consumers, which they call “curated computing.” In curated computing

Users Say the Darnedest Things

During the testing phase, some user comments are simply staggering, such as the user who “never would have guessed” that she should click the Search button in order to perform

Useful UML Modeling: UML’s Double-Edged Sword

(Editor’s Note: The goal of this multi-part series is to get back to basics and help make modeling more practical and useful for you. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has

Developer Launches HTML5 Coding Start-Up

Former Apple developer and co-creator of SproutCore has started a new company called Strobe Digital Publishing. The company will continue to develop the SproutCore tools for building rich Web applications

Apple Blocks Mobile App Developer

While it hasn’t released many details about the incident, Apple has confirmed that it has removed all of developer Thuat Nguyen’s apps from the App Store. Approximately 400 users complained