Open Source Development News & More


Component Assembly Service Has Its Head in the Cloud

A Web-based component map service helps users share applications.

Creative Commons Introduces CC+ License

Extension to CC licensing provides middle ground between open source and commercial licenses.

Internet Explorer 8 Passes Acid2 Test

Microsoft gets the smiley face, indicating better standards compliance by its latest browser iteration.

Advanced AJAX Security

Security in AJAX apps can have big problems, even for those who go by the book.

Adobe Goes Open Source With BlazeDS

Messaging solution supports real-time data push for Web applications.

Trolltech and KDE Team on Multimedia Programming Framework

Phonon Framework will help better incorporate multimedia in C++ apps.

Virtual Machine Use May Tilt OS Dynamic

Open source operating systems may gain prominence as ISVs gravitate toward virtual machines as a method of software delivery, report suggests.

Intel Aims To Boost SOA With XML Solutions

Software suite adds libraries that can improve XML handling, company officials say.

ELC and FiveRuns Team on Enterprise Ruby on Rails

Companies advocate a hosted monitoring solution to improve the performance of RoR applications in the enterprise.

Red Hat Bundles Tooling and Runtime in New JBoss IDE

JBoss Developer Studio provides more open source options for enterprise application developers.

DataDirect Issues 3.1 Versions of XML Products

Upgrades include support for HL7 standard and MySQL Server.

Sun Releases Virtualization Management Tool Under GPLv3

Company adopts open source strategy with its new xVM Ops Center solution.

NetBeans Beta 2 Is Dual-Licensed

Latest release includes a licensing change that better supports open source Java development.

Open Source Limited in SMB Market, Report Finds

Small and medium businesses have resource constraints, making it not so easy to opt for open source solutions.

Affero General Public License V3 Released

The new license applies open source principles to network-run software.