http://bigblog.com/developer.html The latest in Developer http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/19142713/Facebook-application-plan-rank.html The process is meant to increase users trust of applications that are posted on the site and to help developers wanting to build a serious business http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009772o-2000498448b,00.htm We seem to be in a particularly good period for Linux at the moment. We've recently gotten the Mandriva 2009.0 and Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex releases, and both of them seem to be very good. There will be a number of new releases coming in the next few weeks, as well: http://www.ciol.com/Enterprise/News-Reports/Black-Monday-for-Blore-techies!/181108112797/0/ BANGALORE, INDIA: Employees of BPO and IT companies, working in India's silicon valley -- Bangalore, had the worst experience of their life on Black Monday. A political party's show of strength, which saw close to 1.5 lakh people attending the rally at the city's Palace Grounds resulted in massive traffic jams with commuters stranded for as long as seven hours. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21798/1092/ Technology news and Jobs arrow Radioactive IT arrow GCAP08: Game Developers discuss Film, TV and Game integration http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081119.CABRIEF19-2//TPStory/Business Nearly half - 49 per cent - prefer e-mail, while 34 per cent want an in-person conversation, a survey finds. http://www.eventpub.com/CP_stories.php?id=148308 NEW YORK - Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network - an optional process that has upset some developers despite the companys assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits. http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/techforum/2008/0811190807.asp?A=COV&S=Cover I've learned in 10 years as an IT professional that most developers hate to write reports. Most developers feel report writing is beneath them and not something they were hired to do. But then you also get very good report developers who enjoy giving end-users all the information they need, in whatever format they desire it. http://www.indiaenews.com/business/20081118/158866.htm Less than three weeks ago, Saurabh (name changed) relocated along with his family from Edison, the Indian neighbourhood in New Jersey, to Silicon Valley in California as he switched jobs. Before moving, he put his house, which he had bought last year, on sale and leased an apartment at his new work place. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/35431 Pillar Technology has addressed the lack of unit test coverage in legacy Java J2EE applications, and solved the extreme hassle and cost of manually written tests. Pillar released Verd, a tool that automates the characterization testing of all Java J2EE applications, recording JUnit tests dynamically at run time. The velocity of development teams using test-driven software development techniques improve by a significant margin when leveraging the automated capability of Verd. Clients using the Verd tool report a 70% reduction in the cost of manually produced JUnit code. http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3785891 Making sure your software works as it is designed can be tough work, especially if your application is more complex than the ubiquitous Hello World. This is because software works in the context of the operating system and even other applications, which in turn can interfere with your application. This is often the reason why problems at the customer's site are so hard to replicate. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Facebook_application_plan_rankles_some_developers/rssarticleshow/3731386.cms NEW YORK: Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network, an optional process that has upset some developers despite the company's assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits. http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081119.CABRIEF19-2/TPStory/?query= Nearly half - 49 per cent - prefer e-mail, while 34 per cent want an in-person conversation, a survey finds. http://dqchannels.ciol.com/content/reselleralert/108111908.asp "Ad: Nortel data network solutions are 40% more energy efficient" "Ad:Discover Green Intelligence, make your business strong" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10543931&ref=rss NEW YORK - Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network - an optional process that has upset some developers despite the company's assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/jobs/0,1000003278,39542885,00.htm A leading design and print management company is looking for a developer to display a high level of skill and take the company forward. This expanding company has implemented a programme of continuous improvement and ongoing investment in technology resulting in a top quality client base of blue chip clients from across the UK. The workforce totals some 250 and there is an excellent record of staff retention and employee relations. You will require an understanding of how the business works I order to suggest technical solutions within agreed timescales. The successful candidate will be joining a growing group of 14 IT professionals and will have the opportunity to progress forward into lead developer roles in the future. You will require the following skills to be considered ASP. http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/11019.html a) enables applications that mash up proprietary apps, WebEx, and data from public API's (Salesforce, etc)and b) hosts said applications on their private CDN, MediaTone (which is optimized for seamless real-time collaboration) http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/11017.html Ermine, the commercial alternative to the popular Statifier package makes it easy to create executables that will run on nearly any GNU/Linux system. This new major release vastly simplifies the packing of multiple binaries into one executable that is independent from the target system's libraries. http://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/blog/archives/2008/11/why_platform_as.html?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL Sure, Platform as a Service is mostly aimed at software developers. But by making it easier to create specialized programs, PaaS promises more and better business applications. http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/News/ContentPosting?newsitemid=120003041&feedname=CP-TECHNOLOGY&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True The hottest tech gift ideas, plus creative ways to use your PC to get ready for the holidays. Check out the Tech Gift Guide! http://www.infoweek.ca/index.php/NEWSLETTER/Why-Platform-as-a-Service-matters-to-businesse-not-just-developers.html?Itemid=0 Sure, Platform as a Service is mostly aimed at software developers. But by making it easier to create specialized programs, PaaS promises more and better business applications. http://www.blackberrytoday.com/software/rim1/StockBoss-for-Java-2003-6-30-rim-rim1.html Based upon the RIM Wireless Handhelds, StockBoss Interactive Application provides sophisticated charting and navigation of financial data, transmits custom price and volume alert notifications, plus allows for on-demand requests for new financial information. The performance of stocks and other market information can be viewed in graph form with line, bar, and volume charts in daily and weekly format. Install Over-the-Air from http://www.stockboss.com/sb.jad or install with Internet Explorer at http://www.stockboss.com/sbia_web.htm http://searchDataCenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1339246,00.html Starting with the IBM z9 mainframe, and even more so with the z10 it introduced this year, IBM has promoted big iron as a server consolidation savior in particular, for x86 Linux server consolidation. http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212100578&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_Management In an exclusive interview, Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst opens up about the open source software firm's short-term prospects in troubled times and longer-term opportunities for growth. http://call-center-software.tmcnet.com/news/2008/11/18/3796347.htm TMCNet: Strategic Test: Strategic Test announces Development Kit for Freescale i.MX27 processor; Runs Linux 2.6 and Windows CE 6.0 http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/17/47TC-developers-mac_1.html Apple systems have become the tools of choice for coders of all kinds, but not without a few aches and pains