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LongJump Addresses 'Long Tail' of IT Development

New Java-based, Eclipse-compatible rapid application development suite for cloud computing focuses heavily on reuse.

MyEclipse Mixes in More Maven

Genuitec has implemented Maven2 in the latest milestone release of its MyEclipse integrated development environment (IDE).

Visual Studio To Include jQuery Library

Microsoft plans to incorporate an open source JavaScript library in Visual Studio and ASP.NET, and contribute to the project.

Mike's Rails Zone: Handling Many-to-Many Relationships in Rails

Mike Gunderloy walks you through the steps and code needed for handling this kind of relationship in the user interface.

Integrated Collaborative Environment Leverages Web 2.0

Bluenog ICE integrates CMS, BI and RIA portal features.

Serena Acquisition Takes Aim at Microsoft Project

The Projity acquisition will bolster Serena's PPM product line by adding two open source management solutions.

WSO2's PHP Play

WSO2, the open-source SOA middleware maker, has joined the growing ranks of PHP supporters with the release of its new Web Services Framework for PHP (WSF/PHP) 2.0.

Observers At ZendCon Ponder What's Next For Microsoft and PHP

Despite speculation that Microsoft might make an announcement around its Silverlight runtime environment at Zend/PHP Conference and Expo, the company's profile was lower than past events.

Office 2.0 Spotlighted Startups

The product announcements came fast a furious at the third annual Office 2.0 conference, which wrapped up last week in San Francisco.

Google's Chrome Browser Contains Microsoft Code

The newly launched Web browser uses Microsoft's Windows Template Library, and other open source code.

Microsoft and Novell Roll Out Virtualized Linux Solution

As part of their interoperability partnership, both companies verified running Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server as a guest OS on Windows and Hyper-V.

Sun Expands Virtualization Portfolio, Partners with Microsoft

Sun launches free hypervisor, new version of Ops Center and Microsoft partnership.

VSLive! Keynote: NYC Sees More .NET and Open Source Development, Moving Toward SOA

City's top IT official says that its integrating more .NET development but is still looking toward open source.

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 Hypervisor Adds 64-bit Support

Sun released the latest version of its open source desktop app virtualization solution.

Security Exploits to Google Chrome Browser Emerge

Two proof-of-concept bugs were identified in Google's new Chrome Web browser, which uses WebKit open source code.