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While it hasn’t released many details about the incident, Apple has confirmed that it has removed all of developer Thuat Nguyen’s apps from the App Store. Approximately 400 users complained
Microsoft has taken the wraps off WebMatrix, a new free all-in-one solution for Web development on Windows. The package combines three new products released last week–IIS Developer Express (a Web
One of the most common questions I hear often during an iPhone development course is how do you populate your View window with more views than what you can see
Microsoft is shipping a free Silverlight control that enables users to visualize data graphically to help them better perform such tasks as analyzing business intelligence (BI) data from an e-commerce
Calling Caucasians “the other white meat” is rude, uncouth, and racist. But the real reason you can’t use the phrase is that the National Pork Board’s lawyers might send you
Companies like Microsoft, Google, and others are not only embracing Python for their internal development use, they’re also contributing code and resources to the open source project. What’s behind the
Comparing Scala and F# is somewhat difficult because F# is a Microsoft project and Scala is a cross-platform, open source project. However, Developer.com does compare their characteristics in a variety
Two new reports are shedding light on the use of agile development at large organizations. The first, “The State of Business Analysis in Agile IT Practices,” was created by a
Understanding what Windows Azure — Microsoft’s fledgling cloud computing platform — is all about can be confusing, especially when you compare it to competitive offerings. In a nutshell, Windows Azure
From a consumer perspective, apps are “mobile” when they can be used on portable devices, like smartphones. From an IT perspective, apps are “mobile” when they can be easily moved
Recent Gartner research suggests that the trend toward software as a service (SaaS) may be drawing to an end. Between 2008 and 2009, the percentage of their budgets that enterprises
While the software configuration management (SCM) space isn’t known for lots of excitement, it has been undergoing a quiet revolution. For starters, developers and organizations have embracing open source options
App developers who write for the Android mobile operating system have had a lot to complain about lately. Google’s Android Market has experienced a number of problems, including disappearing apps,
Yet another site has weighed in on the Flash vs. HTML5 debate. YouTube says it’s sticking with Flash. “While HTML5’s video support enables us to bring most of the content
Yesterday at Yahoo’s annual Hadoop developer conference, the company unveiled a new beta of the open source distributed file system. The new release incorporates two other open-source tools: the Kerberos
Just how fast or slow is cloud computing? Well, a lot depends on how you define the cloud and what tests you run.Indeed, it’s fair to say that the term
Writing unit script code for your complex business objects in a test-driven development environment really gets difficult, because business classes may have too many external dependencies (high coupling) on other
Earlier this week, someone leaked a Microsoft partner slide show detailing the plan for the next iteration of the company’s operating system — Windows 8. From an application development perspective,
For the first time since 2006, the Apache Software Foundation has released a major update to the popular Tomcat open source Java Web server. “Developers can rely on Tomcat 7
Rhomobile has taken the wraps off Rhodes 2, an updated version of its smartphone app development framework. Aimed primarily at enterprise applications, Rhodes 2 will make it easier for ERP
Before diving into RDFa (Resource Description Framework-in-attribute), we should understand the monumental importance of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for all sites looking for new, or more, visitors. SEO is often
Should developers use Flash or HTML 5? User interface expert Anthony Franco says it depends on what you’re building. For applications that won’t be accessed by mobile users, he recommends
Some Visual Studio developers report that they’ve been getting error messages after cutting or copying small amounts of text. The messages read: “Insufficient available memory to meet the expected demands
Many developers have begun open source projects without ever intending to make a profit. But for those who do hope to someday reap financial rewards, what are the options? InfoWorld
Many enterprise development teams often struggle with releasing software projects on time. That doesn’t seem to be the case with the multi-vendor open source Eclipse Foundation, which for the last
I think we’ve all come to expect tons of spam when we post anything on Craigslist that includes an email address. It’s gotten to the point where I no longer
Developers seeking a better, smarter, and potentially lower-cost way to create location-based mobile apps might want to consider using a location-as-a-service platform — a market that is just lifting off.Location-based
Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile app store, but a lot fewer people could tell you that GetJar is number two. Despite its status as a relative unknown,
Every year, the Eclipse Foundation coordinates a release train of Eclipse-related projects. This year’s release, named “Helios” includes 39 separate projects and more than 33 million lines of code. Notable
Red Hat’s JBoss middleware division is updating its platform this week with the release of JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0, featuring new enhancements designed to improve its ease of use.
