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  • Adobe adds HTML5 controls to Illustrator

    Adobe Systems has released an add-on package for its Illustrator CS5 design editor that will allow developers to export their designs to the Web and mobile platforms, using the emerging HTML5 set of Web formats.

    Written by Joab Jackson13 Sept. 10 14:02
  • Apple removes nail from Adobe Flash coffin

    Yesterday, Apple released a statement highlighting significant changes to their iOS Developer Program license, re-opening the platform to third-party development tools such as Adobe Flash. Additionally, Apple posted their full App Store review guidelines. The move has already been touted as a positive step towards App Store review transparency- which in the past has been criticized for its ostensible inconsistency. But why now? And what does this mean for Flash developers?

    Written by Mike Keller11 Sept. 10 06:29
  • Cloud-based source code host adds Git

    Codesion, which offers hosted source code management, has added the Git distributed version control system to its services, the company said this week.

    Written by Paul Krill10 Sept. 10 10:27
  • HTML5 may help Web pages talk, listen

    Sometime in the near future, users might not only read Web pages but hold conversations with them as well, at least if a new activity group in the W3C (World Wide Consortium) bears fruit.

    Written by Joab Jackson08 Sept. 10 02:34
  • Google opens Wave in a box

    Google Wave, the social networking service canceled by Google, will morph into an application bundle for real-time collaboration, a Google engineer said this week.

    Written by Paul Krill04 Sept. 10 02:01
  • Microsoft upgrades free app security tool

    Microsoft released this week an upgrade to a tool that helps secure applications for the Internet without having to recode them.

    Written by Paul Krill04 Sept. 10 06:41
  • Intel upgrades parallel development suite

    Intel will release on Thursday an upgrade to its parallel development toolset for Windows application developers, adding both a tool to walk developers through parallelism, as well as support for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 IDE.

    Written by Paul Krill03 Sept. 10 00:19
  • Google technologist derides Oracle's lack of developer focus

    When it bowed out of the JavaOne conference this year, Google cited Oracle's lawsuit over Java use in Google Android. But one Google technologist suggests a second possible reason for Google's reticence: Oracle's lack of focus on developers.

    Written by Joab Jackson02 Sept. 10 04:42
  • ActiveState prepares Python for databases

    ActiveState has updated its distributions of the Python programming language so that they provide developers easier access to databases, as well as new ways of creating GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces), the company announced Wednesday.

    Written by Joab Jackson02 Sept. 10 05:16
  • Alcatel-Lucent buys mobile apps dev-tool vendor OpenPlug

    Alcatel-Lucent has acquired OpenPlug, the creator of ELIPS Studio, a tool that allows developers write an application once, and then translate it into native code that can run on iPhones and Android-based smartphones.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs01 Sept. 10 20:18
  • Oracle lawsuit unlikely to prompt Java forking

    Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Java patents could alienate some people in the Java space, but the litigation is not likely to prompt a forking of the Java platform itself, the founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java development said on Wednesday.

    Written by Paul Krill02 Sept. 10 05:13
  • Oracle giving student coders free access to JavaOne

    Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne and Oracle Develop conferences.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus02 Sept. 10 05:30
  • Ruby on Rails 3.0 now available

    Ruby on Rails 3.0, an upgrade to the popular open source Web framework that features a merger with the Merb framework, was released Sunday, the founder of Rails, David Heinemeier Hansson, said in a blog.

    Written by Paul Krill31 Aug. 10 02:22
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