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Best Practices for Building Cloud-based Applications

(03/22/11)

Choosing a cloud platform, or building an application that you plan to deploy in the cloud? Here are a few best practices to make the process easier.

Open Source ALM Set to Take Off in 2011

(03/21/11)

The Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) space has evolved rapidly as open source ALM tools continue to mature. In fact, open source ALM is poised for wide adoption in 2011.

Merge XML files into a PDF Document in .NET

(03/17/11)

Learn how to merge XML files into a PDF document in .NET, avoiding code duplication for documents with common content.

4 Critical Cloud Computing Considerations for Developers

(03/16/11)

Development teams must think hard about these four aspects of cloud computing before they start the development process.

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5 Essential Building Blocks for Your Private Cloud Infrastructure

(03/14/11)

Users will expect your private and hybrid clouds to deliver the kinds of infrastructure services that big public cloud players do. Here is how to build a cloud infrastructure that can do just that.

All the Windows Phone 7 Development Essentials in One Guide

(03/10/11)

The Windows Phone 7 Cheat Sheet provides all the information you need to start developing applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform.

Open Source Cloud Computing Platform OpenStack Goes Commercial

(03/09/11)

The OpenStack cloud computing platform, backed by Rackspace, NASA, Cisco, Dell and others, ramps up commercial support options for cloud and enterprise users.

Cloud Computing vs. Grid Computing: Does It Matter for Developers?

(03/07/11)

Find out why developers should care whether the infrastructure supporting their apps is in the cloud or in a grid.

A Quick Start Guide for Deployment to the Amazon EC2 Cloud

(03/04/11)

You've heard all the buzz about cloud computing, but how do you actually get started with a cloud serviced like Amazon EC2.

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• Eclipse Orion Continues to Mature

Open source effort to build a browser based development tool gets an online home at OrionHub.

• Open Source Flash Improves with Gnash

From the blogs:Latest Gnash 0.8.9 platform improves stability and interactivity for open source Flash player

• Drizzle Pours Down Open Source MySQL Database Fork

From the blogs: MySQL for the cloud takes off, after nearly three years of development. Should Oracle be worried?

• Ubuntu Helps Debian Linux DEX

From the blogs:Five years after the last effort to bring Debian Linux derivatives together, a new effort emerges. Why will this effort succeed?

• Heroku Ruby Devs Get Xeround Database

Database choices expand for Heroku users as Xeround delivers their MySQL in the cloud offering.

• Apache Tomcat 7 Getting More Stable

From the blogs:The open source Java server continues to eliminate bug and security flaws as the technology matures.

• Oracle Targets Mobile Devs

New Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) Mobile Client enables developers to extends enterprise apps to java enabled smartphone - starting with Blackberry and Windows mobile

• Linux 2.6.38 Boosts Performance

New Linux kernel takes big steps forward to make the open source operating system faster than ever.

• Twitter Aims to Clean Up Fractured Landscape

New developer roadmap gives thumbs down to third party Twitter clients.

• Novell openSUSE 11.4 Offers Hybrid Distro Model

Breaking from the normal binary division between stable milestone updates and incremental, rolling release cycles, Novell openSUSE 11.4 gives users their choice.

• OpenStack Cloud Effort Plans Commercial Support

Open source project that grew out of partnership between Rackspace and NASA has been cultivating a wide range of partners and now will offer commercial services.

• HPs webOS, Coming to a Desktop Near You?

HP's CEO Leo Apotheker opens up about the computer giant's software strategy.

• Adobe Debuts App to Bring Flash to iOS

In an effort to broaden the availability of its Flash technology, Adobe has released Wallaby, an experimental application for converting files to HTML that will run on Apple's iPhones and iPads.

• Open Source Mobile Apps Weak on Compliance

New survey from open source services vendor OpenLogic indicates that nearly three-quarters of mobile apps on Apple's iOS and Google's Android aren't in compliance with licensing terms.

• Nokia Sells Open Source Qt

Qt framework gets split up with commercial services sold to Digia, while some developers worry that the move will end support for the open source technology.

• Google Expands Honeycomb API

In an effort to combat fragmentation in the Android developer community, Google expands Honeycomb API to ensure compatibility with current smartphones.

• Python 3.2 Debuts With Improved Multithreading

With Python 3.2, the first 3.x release not associated with a 2.x corollary, the open source language aims for broader adoption in the financial and scientific communities.

• Irked PlayBook App Dev Gets RIMs Attention

Research In Motion responded to criticism over its policy for developing mobile apps for its upcoming PlayBook.

• New FreeBSD Release Boosts ZFS Support

First release of the year for open source operating system sees enhanced support for ZFS filesystem and improving the performance of the disk encryption function.

• Google Unveils First Apps Certification Program

A cloud-based process will confer Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialist status, the first of several certifications planned.

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A software weapon we -- the U.S. -- may have helped develop what can now be used against us, so we'd better get on the stick and start protecting our networks. More...

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State Department Opens Opportunities for Developers

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