Security researcher Michael Sutton warns that the types of offline storage specified in the HTML5 standards offer criminals new ways to attack users’ systems. Some applications that run entirely over
Last year, developers complained to Apple about the length of time it was taking to receive approval on iPhone apps, and the company responded by speeding up the process. Now,
In this article I will show how to apply a neural network to financial prediction. This program is implemented as a Microsoft WPF application using C#. For neural network processing,
In a recent report, Skyhook found more than 6,000 location-aware apps for the iPhone, 900 for Android, and 300 for Blackberry. However, only 43 of apps worked cross-platform. Not surprisingly,
In this article, Allaire argues that the HTML5 vs. Flash vs. native apps debate and the open vs. proprietary code debate won’t be solved any time soon. Instead, he believes
According to Novell and the Mono Project, a new alpha release of Moonlight 3.0 brings the capabilities of the Linux/Unix software closer in line with the capabilities of Microsoft’s Silverlight
In Part 1 of this series you learned that design discussions and code reviews can be divided into four modes of speech using the four Critical Conversation Cards: Inquiry, Suggestion,
Version 11.1.1.4 of Oracle’s set of free plug-ins for Eclipse IDE includes a number of new features to streamline authoring and deployment of apps. For example, updated capabilities for the
Getting a group of critical thinkers, engineers, designers, and programmers to review a colleague’s work together can be a daunting, if not down right disagreeable, task. What starts out as
In an update on its iPhone developer RSS feed, Apple has delivered a warning: “If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based
IBM’s InfoSphere Business Information Monitor will allow organization to monitor the movement of information from databases to enterprise applications. When something goes wrong, the software will send out RSS or
Developer Sahil Lavingia has announced plans to create a “One Week App”–a brand new iPhone application that he’ll take from start to finish in just one week. Throughout the process,
How do design specifications for mobile apps differ from those for other applications? What are the best practices for developing Java-based applications for Blackberry devices? What tools are available to
Following the Sun-Oracle merger, Project Kenai has become one of the first projects to get the ax. Oracle says it is eliminating public access to the open-source project-hosting site in
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Over the past two years, Facebook’s “HipHop for PHP” has reduced CPU usage on the company’s Web servers by an average of 50 percent. “The project has had a tremendous
In a recent study by Computer Economics, 33 percent of companies surveyed said that they were currently outsourcing application development. That’s about a 20 percent drop from the more than
Cloud computing heavyweight Salesforce.com has taken the wraps off a new tool it calls the “Visual Process Manager.” The Visual Process Manager lets users design business processes using flowchart elements,
With the recent release of the latest version of its flagship product Adaptive Server Enterprise version 15.5, Sybase has stepped into In-Memory database area. Unlike Oracle’s TimesTen, Sybase’s In-Memory database
Savvy developers looking for the next big thing in mobile business apps may actually have two big things to set their sights on: web-based cloud computing and related appliance-like devices.
Flash gets a lot of bad press as a risky technology, but Mike Bailey, a senior security analyst with Foreground Security, says that a big part of the problem is
In what’s being seen as a move to compete more directly with Microsoft, Google may open an app store targeted at business customers as early as March. The new site
Between 2007 and 2009, the Second Life userbase grew dramatically. Drawing from experience working for the company, Ian Wilkes offers developers advice on how to create Web apps that are
Deploying and maintaining enterprise applications is both challenging and time-consuming, but software appliances can change that. With an appliance, enterprises can quickly and easily deploy a pre-configured, optimized appliance with
Iteration planning occurs on the first day of the iteration. A guiding tenet is — those who do the work, plan the work — so it is essential that the
As Microsoft moves into the cloud computing space with Windows Azure, many observers are wondering how market share will fall out among the big players. In the meantime, several small
Agile development practices, when performed correctly, are lightweight and inexpensive, avoid wasted cycles, and ensure that just the right features are built. In this article you will find successful ways
Do developers agree with Apple’s Scott Forstall that the iPad is a “whole ‘nother gold rush for developers?? The Wall Street Journal talked to execs from Pandora, Flixter, Snapture, ShopSavvy,
The Apache Click Web application framework allows developers to create Java-based Web apps quickly. In part, Apache Click is fast because it doesn’t require the use of JSPs or MVC
While plenty of developers have turned in bugs in Google Chrome for free, Google is upping the ante. Those who spot security holes in either the browser or the new