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Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model
Open-source software company Red Hat has said that it is concerned that Microsoft patent arrangements may not be compatible with open-source licensing models. Read more »
Industry veterans bet on open-source model
A team of computer industry veterans, including a former Microsoft executive, are launching an open-source company that aims to be the Dell of the software industry. Read more »
ZNF brings MVC to PHP
The open source project provides PHP developers with a way to separate out logic from presentation using the Model 2 pattern. Read more »
Open source grows beyond its roots
One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. Read more »
Hyperic launches open source management project
The company is applying the open source model to the enterprise management software business Read more »
Small is beautiful for Web 2.0 start-ups
Jason Fried, president of start-up 37Signals, is a bona fide software entrepreneur. But he wants nothing to do with the traditional model of starting a software company. Read more »
OpenJDK gets pencil lines not formal governance
OpenJDK is set to benefit from Sun's lesson with OpenSolaris that just because a project's governance is "dreamworthy", it may not suit developers. Read more »
Apps need easy desktop-cloud migration: Ballmer
The future lies in the platform in the cloud, according to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. Read more »
Vista gets snubbed for XP by Windows developers
A new survey has found that an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. Read more »
War on tera: Intel picks C for parallel computing
Intel has been showing off a programming model which it claims will help C and C++ developers take advantage of a parallel computing without the need for any code changes. Read more »
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Inside the open-source development model
Programmers contribute to free software and open source projects for many reasons. In this article we take a closer look into the development models of three open source projects. Read more »
Model-Driven Development today
Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »
Understanding the Java security model
The Java security model, introduced in Java 2, is the basis of highly secured and distributed enterprise Java applications. We'll show you the basics. Read more »
UML Modelling with Borland's Together for .NET
If you are looking at modelling tools for your .NET apps Borland's Together could just be your answer. David McAmis takes a close look at the VS.NET tool. Read more »
Security models made easy
The right level of security to allow end-users access your applications can be a tough job in a dynamic enterprise environment. Here are some tips to help you sleep easier at night. Read more »
Design before you build with wire frames
Tony Patton explains why using wire frames to properly design a Web application before development work begins will please clients, project managers, and Web developers. Read more »
A better model for enterprise software
Business Service Providers are the next generation of enterprise software--a better business model that achieves higher benefits for customers, more quickly and for much less cost. Read more »
Laying out elements with the CSS box model
The CSS2 specification uses the box model as the basis for describing everything displayed on a Web page. This concept will require some rethinking by developers, but the flexibility of the design will pay off in the end. Read more »
The .NET Common Programming Model (CPM)
The basic principle of .NET is object-oriented development. The driving force behind it is the Common Programming Model (CPM). Read more »
Create components in your application with JavaBeans
JavaBeans let you visually assemble components and dynamically change properties on the fly. Peter V. Mikhalenko discusses the JavaBeans conventions, events, and listeners. Read more »
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Model Driven Development
Ron Jacobs explains how Model Driven Development can improve a developer's approach to testing GUIs and what the future has in store for Model View Presenter Read more »
Nvidia chip with Java allows 3D modeling on cell phones
At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Ken Russell and Sven Gothel of Sun Microsystems explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to cell phones. Users will be able to play games and navigate cities in 3D using... Read more »
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Application Threat Modeling v2
-- Threat Modeling has become one of the most important ways to increase the security of your application development projects. It allows you to understand the threats you will face, and implement countermeasure in a consistent, reliable way. If you only do one thing to improve yoru development processes, Threat Modeling should be it. Now with the new ACE Threat Modeling methodology and tools, it's easy to do as well! Read more »
Adobe Developer Week
-- Adobe recently ran a series of online conferences via Breeze under the banner of Adobe Developer Week. There was a great and diverse range of topics on offer; including Flex, LiveCycle, ColdFusion, Apollo, Model Glue, RIAs, Ajax, ActionScipt 3 and security. Read more »
Do you trust data in the cloud?
-- Cheap hosted storage, app engines, and hosted code libraries. Can you really trust your data, or your client's data in the magical Web 2.0 cloud? Read more »
Everyone wants to be agile
-- During a recent trip to China and Australia I observed that everyone wants to be agile. In a round table meeting with CIO’s, I usually ask what people are particularly interested in right now. Five years ago a common answer was we are trying to adopt the Unified Process. Now, the same question returns the answer we are trying to move to agile. Thus you would assume that people know what agile is. Read more »
When software becomes an entertainment report
-- This week's roundup covers Microsoft no longer being interested in Yahoo, Stallman suggesting that foil be used to stop RFID chip reading and something about the iPhone. Read more »
Make money from free code
-- The Open Source Developers conference began Wednesday morning at Monash University in Melbourne. Read more »
You need to be smart
-- One of the most popular buzzwords in software development agile. Today everyone
wants to be agile. That is good! However, being agile is not enough. Read more »
Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way
-- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »
Is that a Moket in your Pocket?
-- Nokia will be bundling content from Brisbane Flash Lite developers Moket when they release the new 6131 in Singapore. A Series 40 clamshell, the 6131 like an increasing number of new models from Nokia has the Flash Lite player preinstalled. Read more »
Simonyi tells programmers to leave the Dark Ages
-- Charles Simonyi -- legendary Microsoft programmer and space tourist -- doesn't have many good things to say about the current state of his own profession, software engineering. Read more »
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Share a keyboard and mouse with Synergy
Even in the era of virtualization, many IT pros (including myself) have a small army of computers sitting on, under, and around their desks. Read more »
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Android devs less than gruntled
Yet more discouraging news on the Android front. Having hacked off its developer community by releasing updated SDKs to just a small group of chosen devs, Google has now given the brush-off to a petition that called for more to be given to the wider community. Read more »
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As a developer there will be a time when you ship a bug -- be it a stub that you left in, or a flaming, crashtastic segfault. The next time this happens and your bosses come baying for blood, point them in the direction of VMware, who this week gave the developer world a great example of how to ship a showstopper bug. Read more »
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Club Builder: Captain Obvious vs the Crackpots
In the case of the bleeding obvious, IBM says open source needs good designers; a claim is made that China can activate your phone to snoop on you; and we take a look at the Defcon conference.
