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Submission + - Why Adobe needs to kill the swf format now (wanstor.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 25, 2011 @07:23AM

An anonymous reader writes: Adobe's Wallaby technology trial shows that the company is taking the threat to its fiercely-protected proprietary .swf format seriously. With Apple blockading 'traditional' Flash on the iPhone, many have seen Wallaby as a reactionary toe in the water on Adobe's part, or a project designed to solve just one problem: the iPhone. But with a 15-year lead on any other scriptable vector animation program, are Adobe willing to risk being overtaken by more committed HTML5/JQuery developers in the belief that the .swf format has a future? This article looks at what Wallaby is currently capable of, and what the project might mean for Adobe — and the web.

Submission + - Microsoft to dump .Net for HTML5/JavaScript? (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by joelholdsworth on Monday June 13, 2011 @11:34AM

joelholdsworth writes: Microsoft seem to be set on adopting HTML5 and JavaScript as its main application development tools for Windows 8 — is this the end of .NET?" "Microsoft developers feel left in the dark and very angry at the way they are being treated. You only have to browse the Microsoft forums to discover how strong the feeling is: forum post 1, forum post 2 and an open letter.

Submission + - MS loses Supreme Court Appeal in i4i patent case (winbeta.org)

Submitted by

BogenDorpher

on Thursday June 09, 2011 @06:14PM

BogenDorpher writes: "The Supreme Court, today, unanimously rejected Microsoft's attempt to avoid paying $290 million dollars to a small Toronto firm which accused Microsoft for violating its patents. The vote, 8-0, concurs with a lower court ruling that determined Microsoft was in violation of i4i's patents."

Submission + - Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8 (itnews.com.au) 1

Submitted by

aesoteric

on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @06:16PM

aesoteric writes: "A legion of Silverlight developers have threatened revolt after Microsoft made no mention of Silverlight or .Net in the vendor's brief video preview for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Developers expressed fears Microsoft might let their investment in skills "die on the vine" as Redmond finally embraces open standards. Microsoft, for their part, have told developers they can't say more until September."

Submission + - Ubuntu not ready for 200 Million Users (asininetech.com)

Submitted by linuxnja on Friday May 27, 2011 @02:38AM

linuxnja writes: In today's article I describe why Ubuntu isn't ready for 200 Million average users based on my observations working in a customer facing tech support position. Between lack of a service offering, poor exposure and ingrained capitalist attitudes, Ubuntu has a difficult journey on the road to 200 million average users.

Submission + - Samsung expands patent attack against Apple (edibleapple.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29, 2011 @01:24PM

An anonymous reader writes: Samsung recently expanded its patent attack against Apple, bringing suit in the US claiming that Apple infringes upon 10 Samsung patents relating to mobile phones and “fundamental innovations that increase mobile device reliability, efficiency, and quality, and improve user interface in mobile handsets and other products.”

Submission + - MS Nokia deal violates antitrust laws (computerworlduk.com)

Submitted by doperative on Friday April 29, 2011 @09:04AM

doperative writes: This type of horizontal agreement between holders of significant patent portfolios is per se illegal under the antitrust laws, threatens competition for mobile device operating systems and is further evidence of Microsoft’s efforts to dominate and control Android and other open source operating systems.

Submission + - B&N Responds to Microsoft's Android Suit (groklaw.net)

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @06:49AM

eldavojohn writes: "You're probably familiar with Microsoft's long running assault on Android but, as noticed by Groklaw, Barnes and Noble has fired back saying, 'Microsoft has asserted patents that extend only to arbitrary, outmoded, or non-essential design features, but uses these patents to demand that every manufacturer of an Android-based mobile device take a license from Microsoft and pay exorbitant licensing fees or face protracted and expensive patent infringement litigation.' Barnes and Noble goes on to assert that Microsoft violates 'antitrust laws, threatens competition for mobile device operating systems and is further evidence of Microsoft’s efforts to dominate and control Android and other open source operating systems.' The PDF of the filing from two days ago is rife with accusations including, 'Microsoft intends to utilize its patents to control the activities of and extract fees from the designers, developers, and manufacturers of devices, including tablets, eReaders, and other mobile devices, that employ the Android Operating System.' and 'Microsoft has falsely and without justification asserted that its patents somehow provide it with the right to prohibit device manufacturers from employing new versions of the Android Operating System, or third party software.' Barnes and Noble does not mince words when explaining Microsoft's FUD campaign to both the public and developers in its attempts to suppress Android. It's good to see PJ still digging through massive court briefs to bring us the details on IP court battles."

Submission + - Mobile Devs: We prefer Apple and Google, not MS (winbeta.org)

Submitted by

BogenDorpher

on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @02:16PM

BogenDorpher writes: "In a recent survey conducted by mobile development companies, researchers found that mobile developers prefer to build applications for the Apple iPhone and the Google Android, but lack interest in Microsoft's Windows Phone."

Submission + - Amazon Outage - the future of the Cloud? (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by

foupfeiffer

on Thursday April 21, 2011 @11:46AM

foupfeiffer writes: "Amazon AWS outage hits many famous startups (Quora, Reddit, FourSquare, etc.) — EC2 and RDS are critical to scalability but after hours of disruption and no ETA for a fix, does it sometimes rain in the Cloud?"

Submission + - Linux patent protection network lures Facebook, HP (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

jbrodkin

on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @10:33AM

jbrodkin writes: "Facebook, HP, Rackspace, Juniper, Fujitsu and dozens of other organizations have joined a group building a defensive patent portfolio to protect Linux-using members from potential lawsuits. The Open Invention Network (OIN) — founded in 2005 by IBM, NEC, Novell, Phillips, Red Hat and Sony — has acquired 300 Linux-related patents and licenses to 2,000 in total in a bid to protect the Linux community from intellectual property lawsuits. The group added 74 new members this year and is giving a leadership role to Google, which is fighting lawsuits targeting Linux-based Android."

Submission + - Justices question Microsoft's vision of patent law (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Monday April 18, 2011 @06:55PM

angry tapir writes: "U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned Monday whether they should side with Microsoft and weaken the legal standard needed to invalidate a patent, with some justices suggesting there are alternatives to changing established law. The issue arose as part of the case involving Redmond and i4i."

Submission + - Open Source Programming Tools on the Rise (infoworld.com)

Submitted by

snydeq

on Monday April 18, 2011 @10:02AM

snydeq writes: "InfoWorld's Peter Wayner takes a look at 13 open source development projects making waves in the enterprise. From Git to Hadoop to build management tools, 'even in the deepest corners of proprietary stacks, open source tools can be found, often dominating. The reason is clear: Open source licenses are designed to allow users to revise, fix, and extend their code. The barber or cop may not be familiar enough with code to contribute, but programmers sure know how to fiddle with their tools. The result is a fertile ecology of ideas and source code, fed by the enthusiasm of application developers who know how to "scratch an itch".'"

Submission + - GIMP 2.7.2 released - another step towards 2.8 (gimpusers.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 14, 2011 @08:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: The developers of GIMP have finally released a new development version on the way to GIMP 2.8. GIMP 2.7.2 includes a huge bunch of changes — but it is not intended for production use.

Journal Journal: 3 cheers for the death of the "web programmer" 2

Journal by tomhudson on Friday April 08, 2011 @10:04PM

Statistics are now proving what many of us have been saying for years - if you're a "web monkey", you're not a real programmer. Real programmers know asm, c, c++, even (yuck!) java. Adding a few scripts to a pre-made CMS simply does not make you a programmer, any more than clicking on a few icons in an IDE to "develop" software does, or changing the oil in your car makes you a mechanic.

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