Application Development News & Articles


Spring Gets Expanded Java Annotation Support

Spring 2.5 embraces annotations in a variety of new ways.

Neo FreeRunner Phone Hits Market, Provides Open Access

The cell phone's open platform lets developers write applications in C and C++.

Microsoft Talks Up SDL

Redmond’s Secure Development Lifecycle requirements aim to counter security defects in the face of recent SQL attacks.

Microsoft Mends Breach in Open Source Sandcastle

The source code is now available after Microsoft initially removed the project for not following OSI rules.

Microsoft Issues Version 1.0 Protocol Documentation

The new documentation describes technologies that can be used by developers to interoperate with Microsoft's solutions.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1 are expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

Eclipse's Third 'Release Train' on Schedule

On Wednesday June 25 the Eclipse Foundation is sending Ganymede down the tracks.

Microsoft Advisory Targets SQL Injection Attacks

Company issues three tools to help Web developers with security.

Q&A: IASA's Paul Preiss

Paul Preiss champions the role of software architects.

First Look: UNA Collaborative Edition 1.0

New Eclipse-like developer product can be used to support team collaboration.

Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group

Group tracks the use of open source software at the enterprise level.

Curl Announces RIA Dev Tools Beta for Eclipse

Developers can create dynamic Web apps in the Curl language via Eclipse.

Microsoft Edges Further Into HPC

The company cites gains in the high-performance computing market, with nine universities adopting Microsoft's technology.

VMware Unveils ThinApp 4.0 for Application Virtualization

'Agentless' offering comes thanks to VMware's acquisition of Thinstall earlier this year.

Verizon Teams Up With LiMo Foundation

Telco joins organization advocating the use of Mobile Linux.

RC0 Version of SQL Server 2008 Available

MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers can now test a full-featured version of the relational database management system.

IBM's Mashup Play

IBM looks to deliver enterprise-level mashups for everything from end-user creation to adding value to SOA deployments.

Microsoft Pulls 'Open Source' Release, Apologizes

The company's Sandcastle project omitted the source code, and thus failed to meet open source licensing requirements.

Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

Bill Gates Tuesday kicked off the annual Tech-Ed Conference with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.

Microsoft To Add Architecture Explorer to Visual Studio

Visual modeling tools will first appear as Visual Studio add-ons.