How not to hire a developer

Google prides itself on its tortuous hiring process, but does its battery of bizarre tests really accomplish anything?... more

Android's fast release cycle could backfire

Android 2.0 is coming hot on the heels of the previous version, but will such rapid change leave customers wary of Google's mobile OS?... more

The sad state of the mobile Web gets even sadder

Desktop browsers are undergoing a technological renaissance -- so why are smartphones stuck in the Dark Ages?... more

Flash for iPhone is a Hail Mary pass for Adobe

Flash CS5 will output native iPhone binaries, but can Adobe convince developers to choose Flash over Web standards?... more

Verizon's scary designs to become the Microsoft of mobile

America's largest carrier wants to consolidate the smartphone market under its control -- and that's bad news for promising upstarts like Palm... more

Intel architecture to rule them all?

Intel claims its processor architecture can power any device, from PCs and servers to smartphones and TVs. But will a CPU monoculture benefit customers?... more

What not to code: Why in-house apps need a professional eye

If you rely on programmers to design your application's UI, the result will be software with a face only a developer could love... more

Why software developers are immune from the recession

Programmers are finding jobs and development budgets are climbing -- and we have your company's poor planning and flawed processes to thank... more

Google Android: The party is over

Google's smartphone OS is open source, hardware-agnostic, and developer-friendly. So how come its developers seem so unhappy?... more

HTML 5: Can the center hold?

As work progresses on the next-generation markup language, ongoing disagreements call to question the ideal of a truly standards-compliant Web... more