The launch of the iPad has nothing to cool the debate between Apple and Adobe over Flash. While the latest Apple device officially does not support Flash, Adobe posted a
On Wednesday, Oracle began to put to rest concerns about its plans for the Java programming language. Oracle exec Thomas Kurian called Java one of Sun’s crown jewels, noting, “Java
Researchers say the demand for Linux experts could rise as much as 50 percent this year. For those looking to break into the field as a result of that forecast,
Many developers are excited about the prospect of creating apps for the Android platform. The open SDK and the fact that you don’t have to sell your app through official
According to the New York Times, “Analysts caution that creating software that takes advantage of the features of an Apple tablet — which are likely to include a bigger screen,
According to recent statistics from Forrester, companies spend about 27 percent of their software dollars on application servers, IDEs, design and modeling tools, testing tools, and other tools that allow
Created both for ISVs and enterprise IT departments, Novell’s Suse Appliance Toolkit enables the development of software appliances for deployment in a physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructure. “A software appliance
The latest version of the Google Chrome browser for Windows offers several new tools for developers. For example, it includes a Web SQL Database API, a Web Storage API, WebSockets
InfoWorld’s Randall C. Kennedy argues that a world without Windows would not be the developer utopia that open-source advocates suggest. He writes, “Rather than freeing IT, the demise of Microsoft