Microsoft brings Silverlight to Facebook

The two companies' latest collaboration combines Web, client, and social technologies for building apps and services for the social networking site... more

Microsoft buys bridge between Java and .Net developers

The company is acquiring SourceGear's Teamprise suite, which lets Java developers build apps via Visual Studio TFS... more

Eich: JavaScript getting faster, could displace Flash

JavaScript's founder claims JavaScript has displaced Java as a Web client, outlines projected enhancements... more

Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade

Scalability and security to be enhanced in Tomcat 7; Apache also is set to take over the Subversion software configuration management project... more

Microsoft-backed open source group outlines project guidelines

The CodePlex Foundation seeks to connect corporate software developers with open source community projects... more

HTML 5 progresses despite challenges

The new standard still faces video codec issues but could reach the candidate-recommendation phase by 2011... more

Unisys official says cloud computing can save money by eliminating U.S. jobs

Official cites how the company was able to save money through implementing and remotely managing a private cloud... more

Yahoo donates Traffic Server to Apache

The high-volume HTTP processing app can be high-performance app server for cloud services... more

Cloud computing: Simply SaaS renamed?

Industry leaders cite subtle differences between the technologies at SIAA OnDemand 2009 conference ... more

Checkmarx touts innovation in secure coding

Virtual Compiler scans code in real time, providing capabilities for fixing flaws at the earliest stages of development... more

IBM pairs Rational and Tivoli products to automate development processes

IBM also announced software delivery solutions for automating development tasks and team collaboration and streamlining asset lifecycle management... more

Microsoft extends Windows 7 and Azure to open source developers

Company working with Tasktop and Soyatec on multiple initiatives to boost interoperability between its products and open source technologies like Eclipse and Java... more

Microsoft offers Spec Explorer 2010 software test tool

The technology leverages model-based testing techniques ... more

Salesforce-Adobe deal could boost Force.com profile

Flash linkage to Force.com helps establish the cloud platform as a separate entity from Salesforce.com's core CRM system... more

Mylyn task-focused interface for Eclipse is upgraded

C/C++ capabilities get added, and the integration tool also improved... more

PHP frameworks square off

Agavi, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony, and Zend advocates talk up their technologies at the Zend/PHP conference... more

Microsoft offers second beta for Visual Studio Express

The free developer tools are geared to novices and feature a new IDE and .Net Framework 4 support... more

PHP 6 to boost internationalization with Unicode

The Unicode support plans are made with an eye toward helping developers write apps that can be deployed in multiple markets... more

Microsoft SharePoint VP hails 'Swiss Army Knife' software platform

In an interview with InfoWorld, Microsoft's Jeff Teper also cites room for open source tie-ins to the commercial SharePoint platform... more

Zend says Code Tracing capability eases PHP problem resolution

Zend likens new feature in the Zend Server 5.0 PHP Web application server to a black box flight recorder in an airplane... more