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- Microsoft adds new features to its Popfly mash-up tool
- Microsoft has done a refresh of the beta of its Popfly mash-up tool. On February 14, the company rolled out a refreshed version of Popfly which added a new data-source editor, allowing users to add their own data to mash-upsl; as well as a new search interface....
- Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Ruby, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Mashup, Rails, Scripting Languages, .Net, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Ruby on rails on Oracle: A Simple Tutorial
- Ruby on Rails is the new application framework that seems to be taking the Web development community, in particular J2EE and PHP programmers, by storm. Rails is a capable Web application platform and has, in less than few years, gained significant traction among J2EE and PHP programmers. However, Rails has...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., PHP, Ruby, Rails, Ruby On Rails, J2Ee, Scripting Languages, Storage, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-04-01
- RAD That Ain't Bad: Domain-Driven Development With Trails
- Rails is a framework using the Ruby language that allows one to create database-driven web applications in a fraction of the time it would normally take. This paper will focus on how one can do Rails-esque "Rapid application development the right way" in Java. The fruit of the effort is...
- Tags: RAD, Web Application, Framework, Rails
- White papers 2005-06-23
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- Profits-strapped Sun continues decade-long pitch to developers on Java dominance
- Leading up to the JavaOne developers conference, Sun Microsystems posted an embarrassing quarterly profit loss, is making OpenSolaris more open than ever, bringing the OpenSolaris platform value to the Amazon Web Services cloud, and is still using variations on the projectile theme to send T-shirts into the international crowd of...
- Tags: Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetBeans Ecosystem, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- On owning your own bits
- On owning your own bitsIf anyone is interested...Here are the cases I used:http://www.meritline.com/720-cd-dvd-storage-wallet-case.htmlAnd the software:www.invelos.comTotal cost, about $110, and I have room for another 500 or so DVD's before having to worry again.No, its OEM CD's, not CD-R's (although...)OEM CDs that one buys down at the local store are...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, physical media, CD-collection, DVD, CD, media, disc
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Sometimes it takes a thousand words
- Sometimes it takes a thousand wordsA lot more often than "sometimes". NT.Oh, so true......but you need the diagrams...too many people get lost in the words. That being said, adhering too closely to any standard or methodology is a self defeating exercise.BLUE!I can't believe that you were allowed to do...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, parallel, software, real world, Bookkeeper
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- News to know: Sun; Microhoo; Vista; Linux security; Spigit
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy Nate McFeters: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification Steve Ballmer's defining hour Mary...
- Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Linux, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Seagate patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!
- Can "prior art" be too prior? Dramatic evidence of America's broken patent system surfaced in last week's lawsuit by Seagate against STEC, the innovative developer of high-performance flash drives. Imagine winning a patent for something invented 10 years before. Seagate may sue SANdisk next. Seagate owns...
- Tags: Patent, Disk Drive, Seagate Technology LLC, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Will Mesh take the Web from open source?
- Will Mesh take the Web from open source?Just My takeFrom what I understand, Mesh is going to be a good thing. These days, we have so many devices that it will be good to be able to access all of them from one centralized location or one main computer. For...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Twitter turmoil: when does it end?
- The news that Twitter's lead architect Blaine Cook and Lee Mighdoll, VP engineering have left should be no surprise. Let's be blunt. Despite the neutral language used in various posts, they were fired. One has to wonder whether Jack Dorsey is next, especially as he doesn't seem to understand the...
- Tags: Twitter, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Manufacturing, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Trouble at OLPC? That's OK, they started the revolution
- OLPC is in the midst of corporate reorganization, hardware difficulties, manufacturing and distribution challenges, and an overall dulling of their original vision as Nicholas Negroponte rails against "open source fundamentalism" and tries to further align himself with Microsoft. According to Ars Technica, There...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Creative TravelSound i80 for iPod Nano
- If you're an iPod owner searching for a way to share tunes, there's no shortage of iPod speakers from which to choose. The problem is distinguishing them from one another, and one of the easiest ways is to look for something with a unique or innovative design. Creative Labs manages...
- Tags: backside, Creative TravelSound, speaker, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano
- Product reviews 2008-04-22
- Frustrations with development languages
- Frustrations with development languagesWhat's left?It seems that you don't like any programming language....Seriously the "failure" of Java EE you refer to isn't necessarily a failure of Java, it is likely a failure of software management by the IT department concerned. Many companies tend towards highly complex solutions and "smart" ways...
- Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, Scripting languages, Ada, Java, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Google App Engine creation process live on Twitter
- Google App Engine creation process live on TwitterRails will continue to gain market share too ...... so I wonder if we'll be seeing powerful Rails hosting ...It's taken a while, but now the FOSS faithful will be getting appropriate financial rewards for their in-depth knowledge and passion for things computer...
- Tags: Google App Engine creation process, Google App Engine, creation process, Twitter, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-12
- Open source market making arrives with Marketcetera
- It can be tougher than getting the winning bid in at an eBay auction. Traders who want to automate what they do and get the best price have long been saddled with proprietary systems like Bloomberg to run their algorithms. No more. Now there's...
- Tags: Trader, Eclipse, Day Trader, Open Source, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Is Java Windows for Unix?
- Is Java Windows for Unix?Amen brother!Java completely violates the Coupling/Cohesion rule of software quality. A "module" in Java consists of 5/6+ files containing interfaces, beans, functions, etc. This makes for low cohesion (BAD!). All of these files also need to be connected to each other plus those "frameworks". This introduces...
- Tags: Programming languages, window, Unix, Java, Ada
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- WWDC '08 sessions and labs announced
- Apple has posted a list of initial sessions and labs that will be part of WWDC '08. The list includes more than 60 how-to technical sessions and hands-on labs you can take at this years conference which takes place in San Francisco from June 9–13, 2008. The...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Session, Channel Management, Productivity, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- WOA may soon eclipse SOA as most impactful business transformation agent
- In a recent blog post I questioned whether services oriented architecture SOA was driving substantive transformation inside of enterprise IT. My conclusion is that something is not quite right in SOA-ville. The uptake of general-purpose service enablement is by no means a hockey stick trend line. The...
- Tags: Web, Agent, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Novell insists it's winning the Linux wars
- In the third of a series of interviews by Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian right insisted his company is not being hurt by its association with Microsoft. "Novell grew 200% in the SUSE Linux marketplace year-over-year from an invoicing perspective," he said. The...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08
- OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. These components are on...
- Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, CPU, List, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., LGA775, AM2, ASUS Maximus Extreme, Maximus Extreme, DDR3, PSU, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
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