Application Development Trends' News


Report Finds Dip in Microsoft's Browser Share

Use of Microsoft Internet Explorer decreased by seven percent over the year, and Vista adoption remained "slow," a report found.

Survey: IT Hiring and Pay Still Up, But Employers 'Cautious'

With the U.S. economy still circling and unemployment on the rise, it's a good time to be in IT -- relatively speaking.

Sun's Yearly Revenue Flat, Despite Growth Abroad

The company's revenues were up .1 percent.

IBM Unveils eDiscovery ECM Tool for Law Firms

The company is offering an enterprise content management solution to help law firms carry out the legal discovery process.

Analyst: Beware of the Google Gadgets

One fun thing about the interactive world of Web 2.0 is the online applications you can take advantage of, such as Google Gadgets.

Seven Critical Fixes Expected on Tuesday

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday security rollout next week will be expected to have 12 total fixes, with seven deemed "critical."

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 to Manufacturing, IT Pros

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing (RTM) and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services

VMware Teams Up With Linux Foundation

The virtualization solution provider company made its move to get closer to the Linux development community.

DNS May Be Patched, but Danger Still Lurks

We dodged a bullet last month -- the discovery of a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System, Dan Kaminsky told a standing-room only (and some sitting on the floor) crowd at the Black Hat Briefings Wednesday.

Coreflood Trojan Stole 500G of Personal Financial Data

A cache of stolen data gathered from a botnet that has been quietly sweeping up information for years contained the user names and passwords for 8,485 bank accounts.

IBM Touts Linux Strategy with New Virt, SuSE, Supercomputer Intiatives

Plans to release its first open source software contribution for supercomputers among announcements.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 to Manufacturing, IT Pros

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services

AT&T Delves into Cloud Computing

AT&T has introduced a new hosted service that offers online storage, processing power and enterprise applications.

Black Hat Researchers Overcome Security Learning Curve

The Black Hat Briefings return to Caesars Palace this week with a new batch of hands-on security research for a crowd of 4,000 IT administrators, hackers, industry experts and government officials.

Open Source: A 'Growing Challenge' to Microsoft

Microsoft's 10-K SEC report described open source software as a competitive threat to its licensed software model.

IBM To Team With Linux Vendors on 'Microsoft-Free' PCs

Red Hat, Novell and Canonical have joined forces with IBM on a plan to supply PC vendors with Linux-based software bundles.

IBM Makes Large Cloud-Computing Investment

IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources.

LinuxWorld Preview: Mobility Mavens, Mock Elections and Robot Cars

Plus a slew of major tech announcements from IBM, HP and more expected at this week's conference.

Model-Driven Development Cuts the Coding

Intelliun releases J2EE tools for implementing MDD.

Security Woes Up, as PHP and OSS Make the List

A study finds most software vulnerabilities are reported by IBM, Microsoft and Apple, and Web apps are a leading point of attack.