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Total lunar eclipse

The moon turned a shade of red Wednesday evening as the Earth's shadow completely eclipsed it. If you missed it, watch CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi's recap video. Or, you can wait until December 10, 2010, the date of the next total lunar eclipse.

Tags: kara tsuboi, chabot space and science center, lunar eclipse, moon, sun, atmosphere, oakland

Videos 2008-02-20

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Beta version of Hello, Android book is out

Ever since Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance announced the Android platform last November, I've been working on a book to help developers write programs for it. The book, called Hello, Android, is now available in Beta form at the Pragmatic Programmers web site. The current version...

Tags: Version, Adobe PDF, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-16

News to know: Apple vs. Psystar; Intel; Microsoft and multicore; Linux kernel

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple sues Psystar Sam Diaz: Complaint: 'Invaluable good is being eroded' Larry Dignan: The end of the Mac clones? Jason D. O'Grady: Apple: See you in court Larry Dignan: Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Linux Kernel, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Twitter, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Linux, Channel Management, Mainframes, Open Source, Telecommunications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Servers

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Eclipse gets its first Russian member

Eclipse got its first Russian member today with Excelsior LLC of Novosibirsk joining as an add-in provider. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Eclipse, Novosibirsk, Excelsior, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Borland Management Solution offers visibility into software lifecycle delivery and refinement

Borland Management Solution offers visibility into software lifecycle delivery and refinementBorland shoulda stuck with dev tools....Who is paying any attention to their efforts on this stuff? I mean, yeah, there's this ZDNet article...but how many developers ever mention the name Borland anymore? Zilch. They over-priced JBuilder and...

Tags: Java development tools, Enterprise software, Borland Software Corp., Borland Management Solution

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

When proprietary companies go open source

When proprietary companies go open sourceThe elephant in the room[i]Let’s not pretend, though, that it’s a move proprietary companies make when they are successful…which explains the trend.[/i]Yup, that's it -- IBM is a failing company and turned Eclipse loose in desperation.John, you remain fixated on the model of "software for...

Tags: Java development tools, Tools & Techniques, Eclipse, IBM Corp., software, Sun Microsystems Inc., software company, open source

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

When proprietary companies go open source

I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...

Tags: Software, Netscape Communications Corp., Stallman, Open Source, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Larry misses the mark on Yahoo BOSS

Larry Dignan wrote an article today called "Yahoo's desperate search times call for open source", about this week's announcement of the Yahoo BOSS platform. Unfortunately Larry has gotten it all wrong. The first problem is that Yahoo BOSS is not open source. They've...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., API, Larry, Y!BOSS, Open Source, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-10

MB Japanese Zodiac (exe)

MB Japanese Zodiac determines your Japanese zodiac sign from your date of birth. This is also known as the Japanese animal sign. These signs are based on the Chinese Lunar Calendar. This program gives you a detailed interpretation of the sign you belong to according to Chinese Astrology. It gives...

Tags: Sign, MysticBoard, MB Japanese Zodiac

Software downloads 2008-07-09

News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job Mystery explained: Why...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Leadership, Strategy, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?

Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?Saleforce cloud has an on-rampEclipse-based and it got "deploy to cloud" http://wiki.apexdevnet.com/index.php/Force.com_IDEReally need something like this to work across a multi-cloud deployment though.RE: Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?Where's...

Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Eclipse, Ganymede, Eclipse Foundation

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?

Now that the Eclipse Foundation has proven it mettle with delivery of consistent and complete packages of downloads -- now's the time to take this puppy to the cloud. I'd like to see more integration between Eclipse products and cloud-based development, integration and deployment services. And I'm not alone on...

Tags: Eclipse, Eclipse Foundation, Amazon Web Services, DTP, Ganymede Web Site, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-06-27

News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at Ganymede

Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at Ganymedecomparison to netbeans?I keep hearing really good things about netbeans... is there a comparison between the two?RE: Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at GanymedeEveryone know Ganymede was destroyed in the Inter Galactic wars. Leaving the Doctor as the lone survivor.Depends on your needsI jumped...

Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Eclipse, Ganymede, Eclipse 2008

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at Ganymede

The Eclipse Foundation has announced that Ganymede is now available for download. Ganymede is a simultaneous release of 23 projects governed by the Foundation (out of about 90), including version 3.4 of the Eclipse Platform. These yearly "release trains" help developers that build products on top of the Eclipse Platform...

Tags: Eclipse, Ganymede, Eclipse Foundation, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-25

EclipseCon Day 1: Tutorial: The Eclipse Debug Framework

EclipseCon Day 1: Tutorial: The Eclipse Debug FrameworkHow to add Breakpoints in editor through outline view in eclipse?Hi I am a newbie in developing eclipse plugin's..:)!Can you please tell me how can we add breakpoints through the outline view programmatically? I have an XML editor whose outline is shown on...

Tags: Java development tools, outline view, EclipseCon Day 1, Eclipse

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers

After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killer

Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killerOpen sores are good, but when is it too many?It's about time Symbian went open sores. I guess, Nokia, Mot and others saw the writing on the wall. Never mind Android, the real fear is Apple iPhone. The juggernaut is unstoppable if...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, juggernaut, Open Sores, Symbian Inc., open source, Nokia Corp., Nokia Buys Symbian, killer

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

NASA robots on Moses Lake dunes

According to the Tri-City Herald, WA, NASA engineers in space suits have tested new robotic vehicles for two weeks on the dunes of Moses Lake, WA. These robots could be used on future NASA missions on the Moon and on Mars. According to the newspaper, five robotic vehicles were tested:...

Tags: NASA, WA, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-12

GWT fireside chat

I'm still wading through all the notes I took at the Google I/O 2008 conference last week. If you want to see pictures, check out my flickr photoset (183 photos). While I was there, I went to two sessions called "fireside chats". Although there was no fire...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Web Toolkit, Google Web Toolkit 1.5, JS, Q., Q. Google Web Toolkit 1.5, Q. Model, Programming Languages, RPC, Development Tools, Java, Scripting Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking, Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-05