Application Development News & Articles


Microsoft Launches Accessibility Portal for Developers

Web site provides tools to help test accessibility features in applications.

ComponentOne Releases Studio Enterprise 2008, Doc-to-Help 2008

New user interface and help authoring tools are released.

Appistry Launches Open Distribution Initiative

Company is offering a free community edition of its application execution solution.

BEA Systems Releases WebLogic Portal v10.2

Product adds mashup and Web 2.0 development capabilities.

Windows Home Server Data Corruption Fix Coming in June

Problem is caused by a clash between Microsoft's NTFS file system and Home Server's file system mini-filter drivers.

IBM Unveils 'Secure Mashups'

Technology will be donated to OpenAjax Alliance and added to a commercial product, expected this summer.

Microsoft Reveals OOXML SDK Roadmap

SDK beta is expected to be released as soon as April.

Microsoft's Open Spec Is Bad for GPL, Law Group Says

Analysis by the Software Freedom Law Center states that Microsoft's open specification promise provides "no assurance to GPL developers."

Mono Project To Release Dev Tool and New Beta

Solutions help port Microsoft .NET apps to Linux.

Nortel, Microsoft Add to Joint Unified Communications Line

New products are based on the companies' collaboration on server integration.

Sun-Microsoft Collab Results in Interop Center

Both companies also develop guidelines for implementing Exchange Server 2007 on Sun server and storage hardware.

Coral8 Updates CEP Software

New solution adds querying capabilities using SQL.

CodeGear Releases 3rd Rail 1.1, Donates Ruby Debugger

Company donates debug tool to Eclipse project.

Ballmer Acknowledges Mistakes, Offers Insights on Roadmap at MIX08

Microsoft's CEO acknowledged frustration with the acceptance of Windows Vista and the company's failure to upgrade its Internet Explorer browser more routinely, as well the questionable decision to pursue separate development paths for Internet Explorer and the .NET Framework.

Microsoft Creates IT Job Portal for Students

Portal points college students to entry-level IT jobs.

VMware Supports BEA's Effort To Virtualize Java Apps

The collaborative effort is aimed at supporting BEA's LiquidVM platform.

Apple To Add Exchange Support to iPhones

A beta of the Apple iPhone software development kit was released.

Zend Core PHP Certified for Windows Server 2008

Companies assert that past performance and reliability issues have been settled.

MIX08 Kicks Off With First IE 8 and Silverlight 2 Betas

Highly anticipated betas get a debut.

VSLive! San Francisco Preview: LINQ to SQL Q&A with Perry Birch

Perry Birch shares his take on the best LINQ to SQL features, and walks you through the biggest changes from ObjectSpaces and more.