Google launches open source tool for building Web apps
Google is using its first worldwide Developer Day to launch Google Gears, an open source technology for building Web applications that can work offline.
Google is using its first worldwide Developer Day to launch Google Gears, an open source technology for building Web applications that can work offline.
IBM announced a new Web application development tool that can help users without technical skills develop online forms for automating common manual tasks like collecting and analyzing information.
At its first Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference in Seattle, Microsoft -- which had been holding details about the next version of SQL Server close to the vest -- announced the target ship date and new details for the follow-on to SQL Server 2005. Code-named "Katmai," the next release will include support for unstructured data and will boost scalability and administration, said Ted Kummert, Microsoft's corporate vice president of the Data and Storage Platform Division. Kummert spoke to Computerworld recently about the next version of SQL Server, which will focus on enterprise scalability, developer productivity and providing users with pervasive insight about data.
Microsoft Wednesday announced new details about the next version of its SQL Server software, which it said will let users access and manage increasing volumes of data.
Adobe Systems Wednesday unveiled a new version of its Flex SDK development tool set, code-named Moxie, along with plans to provide its code to the open-source community.
Google has rolled out a new Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) API geared to help AJAX developers more easily add Atom and RSS feeds to Web applications or blogs.
Google plans to take another swipe at Microsoft's Office suite of tools by adding presentation software to its Google Docs Web-based tools for word processing, e-mail and spreadsheets.
While the virtual world Second Life has gained widespread attention among consumers, there is also a growing market for virtual trade shows that come complete with a grand entranceway, a conference hall for keynotes, exhibition booths and professional networking lounges.
Adobe Systems has released the first public alpha version of its cross-operating system application runtime designed to allow developers to build rich Internet applications for the desktop.
NewsGator Technologies Wednesday signed an agreement to resell /n Software's Real Simple Syndication feed-generation engine, which will allow its business users to access content from databases, business applications and spreadsheets via an RSS feed.
NXP Software has brought out new technology that it says can enable a digital camera to capture the geographic coordinates of an outdoor location as a photo is taken.
Jyve on Tuesday launched a new search site that links users directly with people who can answer their questions.
Borland Software plans to unveil a new approach to its application life-cycle management business, called Open ALM, and to roll out a new product designed to provide real-time visibility and software quality metrics for each phase of the application development process. Tod Nielsen, president and CEO of Borland, and Marc Brown, the company's vice president of product marketing, discussed the announcements in an interview with Computerworld last week.
HP has unveiled new project and portfolio management software designed to allow enterprises to optimise IT development based on corporate goals and standardise how the health of those projects is measured.
In an about-face, Borland Software announced that it would spin off its developer tools division into a wholly owned subsidiary called CodeGear rather than sell off the group, as it had announced it would in February. Rick Jackson, chief marketing officer at Borland, spoke to Computerworld today about the rationale behind the decision to keep the tools division.