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Opera launches first open-source project

Opera has launched its first fully open-source project by moving the Dragonfly debugging toolkit onto the BitBucket hosting service. Read more »

Google offers JavaScript programming tools

With a project called Closure Tools, Google plans on Thursday to start helping developers who aspire to match the company's proficiency in creating websites and web applications. Read more »

Mozilla calls on coders to build web-tool index

Mozilla Labs has set up the Open Web Tools Directory, a bid to build a comprehensive list of the open-source developer tools available. Read more »

Android developers get native-code kit

A native application development kit has been released for Android developers, offering a way to create certain kinds of high-performing applications for handsets running the platform. Read more »

Google debuts Chrome for Mac, Linux

Google released Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux on Thursday, but only in rough developer preview versions that the company warns are works in progress. Read more »

Symbian sets timetable for OS releases

The Symbian Foundation committed itself to an aggressive operating release schedule on Friday, promising a new version of the open-source OS every six months for the next few years. Read more »

DTrace gets guernsey in new FreeBSD

The FreeBSD Project has released a new stable version of its popular Unix operating system, officially incorporating for the first time Sun Microsystems' flagship DTrace performance analysis and debugging tool. Read more »

Google plans Chrome extensions

Google yesterday in the US said it planned to develop an add-ons system for its new Chrome browser, similar to the functionality that can be found in rival Mozilla Firefox. Read more »

Building quality code, not testing for quality

Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »

Exploit tool reveals inner working of the iPhone

An iPhone debugging tool has been released that reveals the inner workings of Apple's popular gadget. Read more »

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Experiencing ASP.NET MVC deja vu

Find out why the author is experiencing ASP.NET MVC deja vu and why he's encouraging other web developers to check out ASP.NET MVC. Read more »

A look at ColdFusion 9's new features

This article looks at some of the best features in ColdFusion 9 and discusses why the application server is still compelling. Read more »

It's time to consider alternatives to RDBMS

For at least the last 20 years, developers have been trying to figure out how to make the relational database work better for our needs. When do we start trying something entirely different? Read more »

The 10 most useful Linux commands

Maybe the command line isn’t your favorite place to hang out, but to be an effective Linux admin, you need to be able to wield a few essential commands. These 10 commands are guaranteed to simplify your Linux admin life. Read more »

10+ tips for working smarter with SQL

The sharper your SQL skills become, the more robust and error-free your solutions will be. Here are a dozen practical tips to get you started. Read more »

10 ADO best practices

You can work more efficiently with data when you know how to take advantage of the ActiveX data objects (ADO) library. This article offers some pointers that will help you use ADO objects effectively and avoid potential code snafus. Read more »

Hands-on with Mono 2.2

Mono is now up to version 2.2 and the differences between 2.0 and 2.2 are pretty important. Read more »

Five alternate careers for IT pros

Considering a career change? Book author Janice Weinberg points out some of the paths open to IT workers. Read more »

PowerShell 2.0 - Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3 released

Microsoft recently released the third Community Technology Preview for PowerShell 2.0. Sporting a vast number of improvements, PowerShell 2.0 is shaping up to be a robust, reliable choice for administrators with enterprise-grade features critical in many organizations. This article walks you through some of the highlights. Read more »

MAX 08: Adobe lays out future directions

At Adobe's MAX conference this year -- Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch identified three trends that Adobe will address: client and cloud computing, devices and desktop computing, and social computing. Read more »

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Dragonflies eat bugs

Charles McCathieNevile talks about Opera's Dragonfly and Scope debugging tools Read more »

Blog (20)

Google to dump Gears

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google is about to pull the plug on its Gears project, while Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support in future versions of Firefox. Read more »

Microsoft Surface comes to Australia

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft Surface finally to hit Australia, Google adds Buzz to the social networking array and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

Windows Azure: New windows, same tools

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Microsoft was at pains to stress that it will be creating an environment that developers feel familiar towards for Windows Azure development. Read more »

Opera Widget SDK released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Opera has announced the release of Opera Widgets SDK beta, that allows Web developers to create Web applications capable of running on all devices. Read more »

Introducing IE8: The Ocho

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Over in Las Vegas the MIX conference is underway and that means only one thing: Microsoft announcements and plenty of them. Read more »

Adobe bashes open source alternatives

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Adobe Systems has embraced open source software for some products, but its core Creative Suite line looks like it'll remain proprietary. Read more »

iPhone Web development guide released

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Apple has released it's Web development guide for iPhone. Is your Web application Safari compatible? Read more »

Mixed Emotions

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Betamax showed that technical superiority can be beaten with a good dose of distribution -- does the same fate await Silverlight? Read more »

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