If you do a little planning, it’s easy to gather information about a business’s past performance. You can easily track web site hits, retail sales, software downloads, or enrollment in
Experts say that 70 percent of security breaches occur at the application level. While Microsoft has incorporated additional security features into the .Net framework, developers continue to make mistakes. The
At the new VMWare Labs Web site a “fling” is a project in development that’s available for a “brief casual relationship” with users. Sexual innuendo aside, the site does offer
In the newly unveiled Google Apps Marketplace, users can download apps that work with Google’s cloud-based apps. The new app store currently contains 50 third-party tools that enhance Gmail, Google
According to Google, the latest version of the Android NDK should allow developers to create apps with better graphics and better overall performance. ” The NDK allows you to implement
If you’ve always wondered what a smart card is, here’s how to think about it: a smart card, used for authentication, is a mini computer that has a hardware and
In a new survey, 72 percent of organizations said they are planning to upgrade to Windows 7, and 70 percent said they were either already upgrading or would begin upgrading
Palm is hoping that a new kit for developers will lead to better apps for its Pre and Pixi smartphones. The new PDK offers richer 3D graphics for a better
Adobe Flex is the premier rich Internet application (RIA) technology in the marketplace. Because of Flex’s toolset and support, you have many options for creating your next user interface (UI).
After filing a freedom of information request related to NASA’s iPhone app, Fred von Lohmann with the EFF obtained a (previously elusive) copy of the agreement developers must sign to
In this lengthy article, Developer World examines the promise of and remaining hurdles for the new HTML standard. Specifically, it details the way the new language helps support the rich
If you’re using Apache 2.2.14 (or earlier) for your Web apps, experts recommend that you update immediately to Apache 2.2.15. That’s because the older versions contain a bug in the
Scouring data from Mitre, OWASP, SANS, OSVDB, Symantec, US-CERT and their internal research, Cenzic details the top vulnerabilities for the last quarter of 2009. The most severe vulnerabilities uncovered during
. Today, Appcelerator has released version 1.0 of Titanium, it’s cross-platform app development system. Developers who use the system will be able to create apps for multiple platforms using JavaScript,
Agile has established itself as one of the premier approaches to developing software — justifiably so, for many good reasons. It provides a flexible framework for helping teams maintain a
When Forrester talked to 111 enterprises, 91 percent of those they surveyed said that the high cost of ownership is a significant or very significant problem with enterprise apps. Other
The country’s CIO, Vivek Kundra, is promoting the Open311 standard as a way for cities to unite through a common Web interface. “Through this approach, Web applications can mash publicly
Adobe has unveiled an update to Photoshop.com Mobile for Android that includes several new features. In addition, the app can now be built into third party applications. According to the
It used to be, within most organizations or enterprises, that data existed in a box. That box may have been a file system containing a repository of word processing files
In a blog post, Microsoft has confirmed rumors that Windows Phone 7 will not run apps written for previous versions of the Windows Mobile operating system. “To deliver what developers
It just became easier for developers to create apps that recognize media covers, including CDs, DVDs, Books, and Movie Posters. Kooaba has released an API that allows developers to access
Security vendor McAfee has released a report detailing the way hackers accessed source code during the recent targeted attacks on Google, Adobe, Intel, and others. George Kurtz, McAfee’s chief technology
In a new report, Juniper predicts that several factors will combine to generate rapid growth in the number of mobile enterprise users accessing cloud-based apps. Those factors include the success
DeveloperWorld points out that while few software bugs are as critical as those believed responsible for Toyota’s recent problems, “Every software company ships products with hidden security defects. There are
More IT managers worry about cyber attacks than they do about traditional crime, natural disasters, or terrorism, according to a State of Enterprise Security report released by Symantec last month.Nearly
Apple provides an iPad simulator, but it only runs on desktop machines–machines that don’t have a GPS or multi-touch capabilities. One solution is to use Vimov’s iSimulate app for the
InfoWorld says that not only can Android phones compete with the iPhone, they’re a better choice for most developers and businesses. Why? For one, an Android phone is essentially a
Earlier this week, Google sent out e-mails to developers of Android apps with at least 3.5 stars and 5,000 downloads informing them that they would receive a phone. Developers in
Working with DreamWorks Animation, several Intel employees developed an innovative technique for optimizing common Linux bottlenecks without any source or build system changes. To do it, they used LD_PRELOAD to
If you currently use the standard version of Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2005, you’ll be able to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 Professional for $299. (Microsoft isn’t offering