Application Development Trends' News


Appistry Launches Open Distribution Initiative

Appistry, a pioneering provider of grid-inspired application servers known as "fabrics," is reaching out to developers with a free version of its flagship product, a new open licensing model and a newly launched developer portal.

NSA Teams Up With Sun on OpenSolaris Security

Agency plans to transfer technology improvements to private sector.

Appistry Launches Open Distribution Initiative

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

Open Source Computer Donation Program Aims To Go Nationwide

Northern California effort pulls together volunteers to get computers to schools.

BEA Systems Releases WebLogic Portal v10.2

Product adds mashup and Web 2.0 development capabilities.

Atalasoft Updates Photo and Document Imaging Toolkit

Toolkit helps scan Web and desktop application.

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.

Gates to Congress: Improve Math, Science Education

Microsoft's Chairman says the United States is facing a shortfall in scientists and engineers.

Microsoft Reveals OOXML SDK Roadmap

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

Report: Yahoo and Microsoft in 'Informal Talks' About Merger

An unnamed source suggests talks continue.

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.

Network Time Protocol Updated for Improved Granularity, IPv6

Clock syncing mechanism gets a windup with Internet Protocol Version 6.

NSA Extends Access Control to Network Storage

The National Security Agency is leading an effort to extend its access control work into the arena of network file storage. The effort involves integrating NSA's Flask mandatory access control (MAC) architecture -- now the basis of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) -- into the Network File System (NFS) protocol widely used for network-attached storage devices.

Report: Further Declines in Computer Science, but Turnaround May Be on the Horizon

The number of new CS majors actually showed a slight increase in 2007.

Microsoft To Acquire Desktop Virt Vendor Kidaro

Redmond sets its sights on desktop virtualization solution vendor.

Convergence 2008 Highlights Useability and Services

Office-like interface and customer deployment options emphasized at Microsoft Dynamics users' event.

Nortel, Microsoft Add to Joint Unified Communications Line

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

Mobile Routing Protocol Advances

The Naval Research Laboratory researchers are helping develop a set of routing protocols for setting up mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs).