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MonoTouch lets .NET coders build iPhone apps

Novell on Monday introduced MonoTouch 1.0, a development framework for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that uses Microsoft's .NET with C# and other programming languages. Read more »

Moonlight 2.0 goes beta

The developer of the Moonlight software that enables Silverlight applications to run on Linux computers said on Monday that he is ready to start publicly beta testing an update to the software. Read more »

Linux Silverlight implementation goes live

Moonlight 1.0, the first open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich media technology, has gone live. Read more »

Silverlight ready to Moonlight on Linux

Microsoft and Novell said Tuesday they are nearly ready with a beta version of Moonlight - a Firefox add-on that allows Silverlight content to play on Linux PCs. Read more »

Microsoft extends Novell pact

Microsoft and Novell have extended their interoperability agreement for server operating systems. Read more »

Open-source Silverlight released for developers

The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime. Read more »

Mono brings Silverlight and Adobe AIR closer

Miguel de Icaza, who heads up the open source Mono project, has provided an update on a project to create Silverlight applications that run out of the browser, moving a small step toward what Adobe Systems offers with AIR. Read more »

Silverlight ships, gets mooned by Linux

Microsoft has released Silverlight 1.0 and said it has partnered with Novell to deliver a Linux version of the software. Read more »

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Google vs. Microsoft

At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »

Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates

Bill Gates has left the building and the question on many people's lips is: will Microsoft change as a result? What influence will Steve Ballmer have and how will the company's strategy alter without Gates? Read more »

Hiring a Web designer

When you're interviewing candidates for a Web designer position, you should carefully assess their skill set. Here's a list of technologies to look for and some questions to ask. Read more »

Five questions to ask before you hire a freelancer

Outsourcing can be a great way to supplement your in-house capabilities, but you should know what you're doing when you hire a freelancer. Here are five questions that will help you choose the right one. Read more »

Dynamic Classification with Interfaces and Delegation

Learn how to use dynamic classification to allow objects to take on different roles at different points in their life cycle. Read more »

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Helping in the Moonlight

Michael Kordahi and Shane Morris discuss the status of the Moonlight project, an effort to bring Silverlight to Linux. Read more »

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Symantec's dirtiest websites

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Symantec issued a list of 100 "Dirtiest Websites of Summer 2009", which have an average of 18,000 threats. Read more »

Moonlight 1.0 released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we take a look at Moonlight 1.0, Microsoft's My Phone, Google Sync and more. Read more »

Crying, mooning and leaving

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

When software becomes an entertainment report

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

How Microsoft dealt with GPLv3

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- The easiest way for Microsoft to avoid the snare of the Free Software Foundation is to step around GPLv3 and leave it to their partners -- this is certainly the case for Silverlight. Read more »

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    This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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    In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

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    Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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