Software Development

Java, .Net get boosts

Multiple themes cited for Java upgrade; Microsoft backs Python language

Inventor group questions patent reform push

Small inventors say proposed changes will make it easy for large companies to ignore patents

Oracle leaves technology trade group

Political motive may have been a factor

Attempts to exploit WMF vulnerability by IM multiply

Researchers have found over 70 variations on IMs attempting to exploit the WMF flaw

PC maker Mirus offers Linux PC line

Mirus teams with Linspire to offer Linux-based desktops starting at $299

Web 2.0 = The Global SOA

With all of the talk about Web 2.0, I was wondering were the heck that term came from. The term Web 2.0 was originally coined by O'Reilly's Dale Dougherty to describe the forces behind the huge post-dot-com success of Internet companies lik

Innovation’s blitz

Study: Microsoft still leads in e-mail

Exchange's push wireless e-mail will keep attracting users to Microsoft, Radicati predicts

Wikipedia, competition, and the future

The online encyclopedia must adapt to meet the ongoing challenges of free-form digital collaboration

‘Pay-per-call’ ads a good option for service providers

Ingenio, Verizon among those testing the approach