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PayPal Gets Friendly With Developers November 04, 2009 
New APIs from PayPal will allow developers to integrate its payment capabilities within applications. Typically, online shoppers have to visit PayPal's site to complete purchases. The new functionality will let them complete their transaction without leaving a shopping site or game -- even allowing those who don't already have a PayPal account to set one up on the spot.
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Why It Pays to Second-Guess Your Technology Assumptions October 20, 2009 
As a resident of New Hampshire, I can tell you that the Old Man of the Mountain is a very tender topic for Granite Staters. If you've never heard of it, the Old Man is -- or rather was -- a natural rock formation that was the spitting image of an old man's face. It was carved out of granite on the slope of Mt. Cannon, and if you've never seen it you can check out what it looked like on the back of the N.H. state quarter.
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Firefox Locks Out Microsoft's App Dev Tech October 19, 2009 
Microsoft technology used to program applications that can be accessed through a browser continued to be blocked for Firefox users Monday. Mozilla had been blocking two Microsoft plug-ins after the discovery that Microsoft's .Net 3.5 SP1 install silently adds a plug-in to Firefox allowing the surreptitious launch of a malicious AML browser application that could take over infected machines.
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Free iPhone Apps Now Free to Charge October 16, 2009 
Apple on Thursday revised its app store policy to let developers include for-pay features in free apps. This could save developers time in the long run, as they will only have to put out one version of their applications, rather than a free version and a paid-for version. In the short term, however, it could cause developers some grief.
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An Autumnal Tour of Linux Workshops October 08, 2009 
As the days get shorter and temperatures get cooler here in the northern hemisphere, it's clear Linux geeks' thoughts have begun to turn to the many delights of the season. Yes, there are pumpkins, hay rides and apple pie aplenty as October wears on, but for real Linux geeks, one of the keenest joys of the season lies elsewhere.
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Management From Afar: Coaching a Team of Remote Workers October 05, 2009 
In our global economy, where outsourcing is common and the Internet makes it possible to work from almost any location under the sun, it's not unusual for a company to find itself in the position of having a large portion of its staff in various locations outside the main offices. Particularly in the technology industry, software and application development jobs are often filled by freelance workers.
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Obama Death Poll on FB Puts Third-Party Apps in Spotlight September 29, 2009 
Facebook now has some new "friends:" the United States Secret Service, thanks to a startling weekend poll appearing on the world's largest social network that asked the question, "Should Obama be killed?" The poll provided four possible answers: "Yes," "No," "Maybe," and "Yes if he cuts my healthcare."
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Adobe-Omniture May Be a Surprisingly Smart Match September 16, 2009 
Adobe's planned acquisition of Web analytics firm Omniture took nearly everyone off guard when it was announced Tuesday. Now that the idea has had a chance to sink in, though, it seems to be growing in popularity. "I think it really does make sense," said Steve Ashley, an analyst for investment research firm R.W. Baird.
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GroundWork Cuts Ribbon on MonitoringForge September 16, 2009 
GroundWork Open Source, a provider of commercial open source systems and network management software, has launched MonitoringForge, a hub for IT administrators and developers interested in open source monitoring tools. The new site aims to encompass the monitoring space as a whole, as opposed to focusing on specific products or applications.
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App Testing From the Comfort of the Cloud September 07, 2009 
One area of cloud computing that has really taken off and generated a lot of interest is the development test and performance proofing of applications -- all from an elastic cloud services fabric. The build and test basis of development have traditionally proven complex, expensive, and inefficient. Periodic bursts of demand on runtime and build resources are the norm.
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Facebook Bows to Canada's Privacy Demands August 27, 2009 
Facebook will be overhauling its privacy policy following an investigation by the
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, which concluded that the social networking site's policies posed significant risks. The changes will affect Facebook's entire global user base.
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Trade-Offs, Evolution and the Truth About Mobile Phone Development August 25, 2009 
It has been said that a great user experience in mobile phone offerings is a combination of good engineering, marketing and graphical and user interface design. More importantly, it is about keeping the balance between all these elements. This is why the term "trade-off" is a recurrent one in the mobile phone industry.
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Democratization of Data: Mass. Shares Transit Info August 19, 2009 
Massachusetts is planning to "democratize the data" behind its public transportation network. It's providing software developers with all the coding and background data they will need to develop iPhone applications and other high-tech aids incorporating MBTA subway, bus, train and regional transit information.
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A Slip, a Slide, and a Bounding Bull Run for Apple August 19, 2009 
Buoyed by a bullish report on smartphones from RBC Capital Markets, Apple share prices shot up by more than $4 on Tuesday. Share prices of Research In Motion and Palm also rose. If RBC is right, we're in for a wild, high ride. If it's not -- hey, the iPhone is about to go into China, the next iPod touch will probably have new features, and perhaps an iTablet is on the way.
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IE6: Dead Browser Walking August 12, 2009 
Google's social network Orkut reportedly plans to phase out support for Internet Explorer 6, igniting a long-simmering debate over continued use of the 8-year-old version of the browser. The current version is IE8. Microsoft intends to maintain support for IE6 in conjunction with its support for Windows XP -- the OS that originally delivered it.
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Google Offers Testers a Sip of Caffeine August 11, 2009 
As if its widely acknowledged dominance of the U.S. search engine market is not enough, Google on Tuesday revealed that it's working on a next-generation architecture for Web search. The formerly secret project, code-named "Caffeine," is the first step in a process to improve the search engine in various areas, including indexing speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness, Google said.
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