A recent Microsoft job posting contains hints of good news for Windows and Windows Phone developers. A listing for a software development engineer for test (SDET) reads, “Are you excited
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is currently hearing arguments in a case that could have sweeping implications for the software development industry. In the case of
On Tuesday night, Netflix hosted an open source open house, and a couple of hundred developers showed up. Netflix uses Amazon’s cloud computing services to host its online video services,
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given a $3 million grant to Continuum Analytics to fund development of Python. Specifically, DARPA wants the firm to boost the
BlackBerry (the company formerly known as RIM) wants to thank the developers who stayed with the organization through its dark days. So it’s giving away 12,000 limited-edition, cherry-red Z10 smartphones
HP has taken the wraps off two new agile software development tools. The first, HP Agile Manager, is an application lifecycle management (ALM) solution that aims to facilitate agile development.
As cyberattacks continue to increase, developers are coming under increasing pressure to make sure their code is secure. InfoWorld‘s Peter Wayner has put together 17 tips designed to help programmers
Because the number of Agile software development jobs continues to far exceed the number of qualified candidates, many developers with Agile experience are finding that they have a choice of
On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission released a report on consumer app privacy that includes a number of best practices for developers. “The mobile world is expanding and innovating at