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Cloud Working Group Developing Standard APIs

The DMTF is planning to create a standard vocabulary and set of application programming interfaces for cloud computing vendors. On Monday, the DMTF (formerly known as the Distributed Management Task

It is Now Legal to Jailbreak Your iPhone

The federal government today announced new exemptions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that will allow for the modification of smartphones, most notably Apple’s iPhone, without the handset maker’s

Third-Party JavaScript Leads to Malware on Web Sites

Do you know what’s running on your website? A new report from security firm Dasient concludes that the majority of websites are running third-party JavaScript somewhere on their sites, which

Google Executive Frustrated by Java, C++ Complexity

At the O’Reilly Open Source Conference, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike told attendees that “industrial programming languages” like Java and C++ have become too complex. “I think these languages are

Microsoft Visual Studio Adds Scrum Component

This week, Microsoft unveiled Visual Studio Scrum 1.0, an extension for Visual Studio which works with the Team Foundation Server 2010 application lifecycle management (ALM) server. “So, why a new

Mobile Development Platform Comparison Matrix

 ToolsLanguage(s)CostDevicesDocumentationDeveloper SupportApp Delivery MechanismCarriersTarget AudienceAndroid• Android SDK• Android Development Tools (ADT) plugin on Eclipse 3.4 and 3.5• Java for native apps• Android Native Development Kit (NDK) for apps requiring C/C++

Compuware Offers Modern Front-end for Mainframe

Many enterprises face a challenge in finding developers who can work on the mission-critical applications that run on mainframes. Compuware’s Neil Richards notes, “Many of the people [in IT] don’t

Microsoft Updates Power Tools for Visual Studio

Developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 now have access to some new capabilities. Microsoft has released an update for Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2010, which features four

Which Flavor of Android Are Most People Using?

Versions of the Google Android mobile operating system are forward-compatible, but not backward-compatible. That means that an app developed for version 1.5 will work on version 2.2, but the opposite

25 Billion Mobile App Downloads by 2015

In 2009, smartphone users downloaded 2.6 billion apps. According to a new report from Juniper Research, that number will jump to 25 billion by 2015, in part due to the

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,