The most recent Developer articles from IT Week

Opera Mobile 9.5 beta released

David Neal — 2008-07-17T12:48:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 12:48:00

New features and developer tools boost the Opera mobile experience

Opera has released the latest version of its mobile browser, saying that it adds many new features and will make developing for the platform much easier....

How to foster a spirit of ingenuity

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-14T11:28:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Monday 14 July 2008 at 11:28:00

Innovation is a crucial part of any business, and the IT department should sit at the heart of delivering and implementing new ideas

It has become a truism that companies need to innovate to gain a competitive edge, and in most cases it is to the head of IT that firms turn to...

Will insight lose out to inanity on the mobile web?

James Woudhuysen — 2008-07-11T14:42:00.000Z

James Woudhuysen, IT Week, Friday 11 July 2008 at 14:42:00

Mobile web’s business potential may be undermined by its more frivolous aspects

On the bus above my head, the new Vodafone ads tease me about Facebook on the move. I fight back despair and disapproval, and, instead, go on to learn more...

Yahoo opens up search resources

David Neal — 2008-07-10T12:03:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Thursday 10 July 2008 at 12:03:00

Yahoo gives access to its search tools in order to disrupt the market

Yahoo has today announced a new tool that will let developers create their own search tools based on its framework and engine....

Microsoft developer returns to the fold

David Neal — 2008-07-01T15:20:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Tuesday 1 July 2008 at 15:20:00

From there, to here, and back again: An ex-Google developer rubbishes the firm's enterprise aims

Sergey Solyanik, a developer who left Microsoft for Google, but has since returned to the Redmond fold, has revealed the motivations behind his move in an extraordinary blog post....

Sun gets more social

David Neal — 2008-06-30T11:59:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Monday 30 June 2008 at 11:59:00

Sun Microsystems is making it easier for firms to run and develop open environments

Sun Microsystems is offering customers new software that can help them better manage their resources, and reduce the cost and administration associated with popular open source database and application server...

Microsoft to acquire mobile services developer

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-27T11:33:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 27 June 2008 at 11:33:00

Purchase of MobiComp will extend the capabilities of Windows Mobile and Windows Live

Microsoft has announced plans to acquire a firm specialising in mobile data, particularly in providing phone users with mobile access to content....

Salesforce unveils toolkit for Google Data APIs

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-06-24T12:20:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 12:20:00

Toolkit allows developers to merge Google services with Salesforce database, logic and workflow capabilities

Salesforce.com has developed a new toolkit for Google Data APIs that allows developers to build web applications from a combination Salesforce and Google App services....

Updated – Unified Symbian platform to be open-source

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-24T10:44:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 10:44:00

Newly formed body, the Symbian Foundation, will develop a common interface framework that handset makers can use royalty-free

Symbian's smartphone platform is to be unified and made available under an open-source licence via plans announced today by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Japanese telco NTT Docomo....

Adobe updates its application developer tools

David Neal — 2008-06-17T11:47:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 11:47:00

Adobe has announced an update to its LiveCycle Enterprise Suite

Adobe Systems has updated its LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, adding new developer tools, and making it easier for enterprises to roll out applications....

Microsoft releases new OpenXML SDK

David Neal — 2008-06-10T16:43:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 16:43:00

New OpenXML SDK should make it easier for developers to use

Microsoft has made available the latest version of its Open XML software developer kit, a package designed to make it easier for developers to create client and server solutions using...

Sun touts open integration platform

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-06-09T14:51:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Monday 9 June 2008 at 14:51:00

Sun unveils Java Caps 6, its open source integration platform

Technology giant Sun Microsystems has released a new version of its integration platform, Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Caps) 6, which it claims will help businesses create a more agile...

Microsoft aims to offer best of both worlds

Tim Anderson — 2008-06-06T16:18:00.000Z

Tim Anderson, IT Week, Friday 6 June 2008 at 16:18:00

Microsoft is hoping to counter the challenge from online services by offering companies a platform that melds the ubiquity and flexibility of the cloud with client-based performance

With software-as-a-service becoming viable for an increasingly broad range of business applications, vendors such as Microsoft risk seeing the market share for traditional desktop applications decline, especially if customers perceive...

New generation of Microsoft Embedded technology out

David Neal — 2008-06-05T12:36:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Thursday 5 June 2008 at 12:36:00

Microsoft has released a new version of its Embedded technology, boasting of many new features

Microsoft has released the 'next generation' of its Windows XP Embedded technology, promising new features and a much richer user experience....

Google announces pricing for App Engine

David Neal — 2008-05-28T11:54:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Wednesday 28 May 2008 at 11:54:00

Google adds pricing details and new features to its application development hosting environment

Google has announced pricing details for its application development hosting services, and released its first public API. The service was announced as a limited preview in April, and although was...