Languages and standards
Implementations of the dynamic language leverage popular platforms to broaden its appeal... more
The company stressed that it is bringing the full desktop Flash to mobile devices... more
Experts say the new programming language will require a long-term commitment from Google to succeed... more
The open source effort attempts to combine the speed of dynamic languages with the performance and safety of compiled languages... more
Called Go, the language is being released as open source... more
The new standard still faces video codec issues but could reach the candidate-recommendation phase by 2011... more
Whether the subject is programming guidelines or nearly anything else, there's a difference between documenting and prescribing. Be clear on the task before you start... more
The Unicode support plans are made with an eye toward helping developers write apps that can be deployed in multiple markets... more
And Larry Ellison pokes fun, FCC chief takes the CTIA stage, Microsoft gives notice of a busy patch Tuesday next week ... more
The company recently began allowing any developer to build apps for Yahoo.com... more
Application development will figure prominently at the conference as Oracle steps closer to acquiring Sun... more
Internet Explorer is lone holdout in backing W3C specification for high-quality, interactive Web graphics using XML, Google official stresses at conference... more
Startup FHTML launches technology to leverage Adobe's rich Internet platform using HTML skills
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Novell technology lets developers use .Net and C# instead of C or Objective-C to build applications for Apple's handheld... more
The money is to benefit local software entrepreneurs in Kenya... more
As work progresses on the next-generation markup language, ongoing disagreements call to question the ideal of a truly standards-compliant Web... more
CISQ will standardize metrics and license software quality evaluation service providers... more
Acing last year's quiz was nothing. Only true hacker heroes will survive Round 2... more
For young developers learning programming for the first time, curiosity and enthusiasm are more important than rigor and discipline... more
Sun's JVM evolves from being only about running Java apps... more
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