BLOG: Microsoft wins praise for new hosting service Oct 28, 2008
Chowdhry calls Azure the industrys most comprehensive cloud offering, including new database services, new architectures, new development tools and new programming language, But he also cautions: This is probably a two to three year journey. . (USA Today -- Money)
New Blackfin microcontroller lowers cost, power Oct 28, 2008
The Crosscore software and development tools are available from ADI, as are its VisualDSP++ development and debug environment. Related Links. (EETimes)
Microchip bucks trend with soaring sales, sees hard times ahead Oct 25, 2008
"Market demand for our development tools continued to be very strong, with shipments achieving record levels for the fourth quarter in a row. We shipped 35,282 development tools in the September quarter, with cumulative shipments exceeding 700,000.". Sanghi concluded, "Global economic conditions are creating significant difficulties in the market, as consumers and businesses deal with liquidity and credit concerns. Determining demand levels in the current climate is extremely challenging, as we... (EETimes)
Athens-Clarke Commission candidates offer options (with AUDIO) Oct 24, 2008
Petrovs said he would look to economic development tools like tax breaks, fast-tracked planning and other incentives to revitalize blighted westside commercial areas such as Perimeter Square Mall, creating new jobs and getting rid of eyesores. Robinson is also concerned with blight, but said residential areas are the spots that will begin to decay as the national housing crisis hits Athens. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Aptana Brings Cloud Computing Down to Earth Oct 22, 2008
Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Aptana, Inc., a leading provider of open source tools and infrastructure for Web application development and management, today announced the general availability of Aptana Cloud, an online service that integrates with Eclipse software development tools to provide unprecedented ease for hosting, scaling and managing Web applications in "The Cloud". Aptana Cloud provides a complete end-to-end solution for deploying, scaling, staging, managing and monitoring your Web sites... (PR Newswire)
In Anaconda: Interest grows in tourist homes Oct 21, 2008
"We don't want to ruin stable residential neighborhoods to do that. Residential areas are one of the best economic development tools you could have." Rules under consideration would allow vacation homes in residential areas, but would set standards for parking, occupant limits and other things. "With reasonable sideboards on things like parking and the number of guests, tourist homes could be entirely appropriate for some residential areas of Anaconda," county planner Connie Ternes-Daniels said... (Montana Standard, MT)
OUR VIEW: Readers have their say in JG/T-C online survey Oct 20, 2008
Mike P wrote on Oct 18, 2008 12:33 PM:" This is what increased local sales taxes and property tax increase sequestration, does to an economy. While this view, fails to list a figure of individual participants, in its reporting of valuing percentages of figures, I think from my exposures the rent is average to slightly high, and 58,810, is high for local average household incomes. I know many families here live on less than 35k a year. Several cope with much less.While these numbers as provided... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Microsoft, OpenLogic Further Open Source Efforts Oct 17, 2008
The new software from Microsoft includes Web PI (Web Platform Installer), a free download manager that simplifies the installation of Microsoft's development tools, from ... In a blog post on Microsoft's latest Eclipse-related venture, said, "Microsoft is funding our member company Soyatec to develop Eclipse tools for Silverlight. This project is not only building development tools for Silverlight, it is also focused on easing the integration of Java-based Web sites and services with Silverlight... (eWeek)
LogoYes Gives Small Businesses Access to Professional Branding Solutions At An Affordable Price Oct 16, 2008
Oct. 16, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Web. com (NasdaqGM: - ), a leading provider of online marketing for small businesses, is offering small business owners the ability to develop and foster their own brand identity through its LogoYes logo and brand identity solution. (Primezone Releases)
Augmented Reality Makes Commercial Headway Oct 15, 2008
If today s trends hold true, more AR-based products will arrive before long. Commercial entities that have entered the field are split among suppliers of AR-authoring and development tools, including ARToolWorks in Seattle, Germany s Metaio and France s Total Immersion, and large companies such as Sony, Canon, Qualcomm, Motorola and Nokia. Billing-hurst estimates that around 40 academic labs shell out a combined $50 million to $60 million every year on AR research and that commercial firms spend... (Scientific American)
Multi-core: A new challenge for debugging Oct 15, 2008
Jens Braunes, pls Development Tools (10/14/2008 9:59 AM EDT) ... The debug tool to configure and control debug and analysis tasks is the Universal Emulation Configurator (UEC) by pls Development Tools 0 ... About the Author: Jens Braunes is software architect at pls Development Tools. (EETimes)
Microsoft set to release Silverlight 2 Oct 14, 2008
Microsoft's Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications will be generally available on Tuesday along with supportive development tools, the company said during a teleconference on Monday morning. The company also revealed plans to have Silverlight capabilities integrated into the open-source Eclipse IDE.. (InfoWorld)
Lifted iPhone NDA means better discussion Oct 11, 2008
In previous conferences, speakers would have to talk about Mac development tools and try to relate them to the iPhone, without speaking about the iPhone -- a tough task. The NDA stifled growth in the development community simply because new developers had a limited amount of resources to seek help. (InfoWorld)
Gaming by the people, for the people Oct 11, 2008
Community Games works like this: Just about anybody whos ever thought By golly, I could make a video game (and has some programming skills to back up that fantasy) can download Microsofts XNA Game Studio development tools for free and use them to make a game. Then, for an annual fee of $100, they can join the XNA Creators Club, where they post their games to be reviewed by fellow Community Games developers. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Microsoft unveils plans for new Windows Cloud operating system Oct 10, 2008
The variety of internet development tools makes it difficult for people to write Clould applications, so Microsoft plansd to extend its technology stack so programmers could apply their existing programming skills. A new internet-friendly version of SQL Server is also on the cards, where it will join online implementations of Exchange and SharePoint, he said. (Accounting Web, UK)
World of Goo Emerges Oct 10, 2008
The Steam PC edition of World of Goo will feature eight Achievements enabled by Steamworks, a complete suite of publishing and development tools available free of charge. "More people have told us to get World of Goo on Steam than any other title coming this year," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. (IGN PC Games)
Mono 2.0 Brings Microsoft C#, .Net To Linux Oct 10, 2008
0 Brings Microsoft C. Net To Linux -- Windows Linux -- InformationWeek. (InformationWeek)
Mono Moonlight – Shedding Light Without Generating Heat Oct 8, 2008
But that doesn't change the fact that corporate America has a substantial investment in custom software developed using Microsoft development tools. (See this article for more information on the Mono project). (Datamation)
READERS WRITE Oct 7, 2008
Having the development tools to help control their financial destinies can be bolstered by a yes vote on amendment No. 2. A.J. ROBINSON. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Low-power chips pack 'em in Oct 7, 2008
5-Gbps serial transceivers available on any FPGA. The devices are fully supported with application-specific IP, development tools and reference designs for implementing high-bandwidth protocol bridging. "Virtex-5 TXT FPGAs tackle the challenges these requirements impose on hardware designers by enabling ultra-high bandwidth communications on a power-optimized programmable platform," Westman said. (EETimes)
Facebook co-founder Moskovitz leaves to start group collaboration ... Oct 6, 2008
And if our new development tools turn out to be useful, we hope the Facebook engineering team will come to adopt them. Leaving Facebook makes me sad, but I feel I have to follow my passion on this. (VentureBeat)
Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Special Report Oct 3, 2008
Fusion Middleware in the Amazon Cloud, and updated Java development tools for the newly integrated BEA technology, including the newly christened Oracle WebLogic Server were announced at Oracle Open World ... Fusion Middleware in the Amazon Cloud, and updated Java development tools for the newly integrated BEA technology, including the newly christened Oracle WebLogic Server were announced at Oracle Open World. (SearchOracle.com)
Governor announces Farmington part of DREAM Initiative Sep 25, 2008
Gov. Blunt unveiled the DREAM Initiative in 2006 to provide Missouri s small and mid-sized towns the same access to economic development tools as larger communities ... With the DREAM initiative, we changed that system and leveled the playing field to give our small and medium sized communities the same access to downtown development tools as our largest cities. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Tilcon Software Enables Leading Edge Graphical Experiences for Windows CE Devices Sep 24, 2008
Tilcon Software announces groundbreaking GUI development tools for Windows CE, enabling high fidelity, next generation graphical user experiences on a wide range of consumer electronics, medical, automotive, retail and industrial devices. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Oracle's 'Beehive' Approach to Market Share Sep 24, 2008
September 24, 2008 Hot topics. Free Newsletters : lect. (Datamation)
Coghead clicks for non-coders Sep 23, 2008
Coghead is one of many Web-based development tools for business users. Read about other. (InfoWorld)
DREAM to help Fulton realize downtown vitality hopes Sep 23, 2008
The city was among 10 municipalities selected earlier this month for access to state resources and economic development tools to help small towns revitalize downtowns. In every small community, the perception of the downtown is the perception of what the community is like, Callaway County Chamber of Commerce director Nancy Lewis said. (Fulton Sun, MO)
David Catania Sep 23, 2008
Debt issued for tax increment financing and other economic development tools would not be affected. We re looking for the right balance. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Is Android Google's Ticket into the Enterprise? Sep 21, 2008
Unfortunately for Google, there has been a vocal contingent within its Android developer community that has expressed some concerns over the search giant's overly secret behavior with the open source OS. Leading up to last week's Android software developer kit (SDK) launch, the company has been criticized for restricting access to key development tools and bringing open source principles into question. Earlier this summer, Google announced that the latest SDK would be released first to the 50... (PC World)
Granholm meets with 11 companies in Japan Sep 19, 2008
"In every meeting, our message is clear: our world-class workforce combined with a host of new economic development tools make Michigan the perfect place for global companies to invest and do business," Granholm said. "We are aggressively targeting companies in the automotive, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and alternative energy industries to bring new jobs to Michigan and diversify our state's economy.". (Dowagiac News, MI)
Serena Business Mashups Now Available On Demand From Serena Software Sep 16, 2008
Serena will be the first major application development tools vendor to deliver a pure Agile toolset that allows IT departments and ISVs to manage Agile projects over the Web. Pricing Serena's new subscription pricing structure for Mashups On Demand is designed to help organizations and the knowledge workers within them get started for $15 per user per month. (PR Newswire)
Adobe Systems Has Designs On Another Healthy Creative Push Sep 13, 2008
CS4 is a collection of graphic design, video editing and Web development tools for professional designers. It includes such software products as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash and Dreamweaver. (Investors Business Daily)
Grau: Bright outlook for Northwest Iowa development Sep 12, 2008
Some testing has been done recently, and I am told that we rank extremely high - ridges in BV and Pocahontas as some of the best locations in the entire country," he said. Grau has been working with both of Iowa's senators toward improving the transmissions grids - curently additional wind development is held back by a "bottleneck" in transmissions lines that can't carry any more power out from the region. "Both senators see the problem and promised to work with the regulatory agencies to... (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Human Monitoring Releases High Definition Video Stabilizer for User Generated Broadcast Applications Based on Texas Instruments' DaVinci??? Techno Sep 8, 2008
The Network provides a broad range of end-equipment solutions, embedded software, engineering services and development tools that help customers accelerate innovation to make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. Meet us at Hall 1 - BM4 at the IBC Exhibition in Amsterdam, on September 12-16th, 2008. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
IDIS powers scalable video security product lines with Texas Instruments digital media processor and software Sep 4, 2008
Both product lines will be extended later this year to include multiple channel DVRs and IP cameras, which is made possible by the scalability offered by the DaVinci(TM) technology portfolio of products complete with software, development tools and support. The TMS320DM644x architecture is a highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) based on TI's performance-leading TMS320C64x+(TM) DSP core, an ARM926 processor, video accelerators, networking peripherals and external memory/storage interfaces all... (PR Newswire)
Chrome vs. IE 8: A side-by-side comparison Sep 4, 2008
Microsoft has added a lot under the hood to make IE 8 beefier in terms of security and Web development tools. But for those of us who want a fast, no-nonsense Web-browsing experience, Chrome is a terrific option. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Questions asked on development group structure Sep 3, 2008
The changes that Schuster requested consist of: goals and objectives of the economic development committee, other economic development tools, reporting federal and state grants that the agency secured, the county's ability to do surprise audits and the requirement of a code of ethics. These changes will be made by Stephen Lynch, director of the Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic Development , and once they are in the contract, the Legislature will hold a special meeting to discuss... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Digital River to Exhibit at Austin Game Developers Conference Sep 3, 2008
The Austin Game Developers Conference, which is a conference for developers by developers, showcases the latest in game development tools, platforms and services. For more information, visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Software Engineer Sep 1, 2008
Develop screen interfaces for use by dispatchers and technicians using screen development tools as well as making the associated database enhancements. . (Florida Today)
Microchip to invest $65 mn in India Aug 31, 2008
"We have set up a new facility to work on integrated circuit (IC) development, microcontroller development tools and corporate information systems," Microchip vice-president Ganesh Moorthy said in a statement issued in Bangalore late Friday. The $1 billion Arizona-based US firm designs embedded control solutions for consumer, automotive, office-automation, communications and industrial-control markets worldwide. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Google Releases Android SDK, Version 0.9 Aug 20, 2008
There are also new development tools, including a graphical preview for XML layouts for users of Eclipse, plus new APIs and what Morrill described as "tons" of bug fixes. He also pointed to the Android Developer Roadmap, "a living document" that is continually updated with achieved and upcoming milestones. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
New "CocoBase® JPA" V5.5 SR1 Addresses Problem of Keeping Business Models Synchronized with Database Models During Application Development Aug 15, 2008
5 sr1, now includes data model synchronization facilities that allows the developer to seamlessly cope with changes to the database model and other team development tools such as database design, object modeling and CASE/IDE tools. This results in much improved developer productivity and reduces overall development organization costs. (Internet News Bureau)
Why tax abatements? Aug 14, 2008
Last week I addressed the tax abatement process and the ability of local taxing entities to use these abatements as economic development tools. The taxing entities that I left out of that equation are Pecos County's three school districts. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Oracle goes with WebLogic as services center piece Aug 13, 2008
The BEA development tools have now been re-branded as Oracle WebLogic Workshop 10 ... Today's announcement should reassure BEA customers who were concerned that about the future of the server and development tools they have been relying on for their SOA implementations, said Mike Piech, senior director of product marketing for Oracle WebLogic Server, who has come over from BEA to support the technology ... The BEA development tools have now been re-branded as Oracle WebLogic Workshop 10. (Search Webservices)
Unhappy Android developers Aug 13, 2008
The company's actions -- including restricting access to key development tools and allegedly treading on open source principles -- have created, if not a full-fledged revolt, at least a sense of disappointment and disillusionment among many in the tightly knit Android development community, which numbers perhaps 2,000, according to an estimate by AndroidGuys, an independent Android blog site ... But the news that Google was reserving its latest and best development tools for a handpicked group,... (InfoWorld)
Analysis: Freescale basestation baseband accelerator Aug 9, 2008
There are a few massively parallel processors that might be able to do the trick, but these processors tend to be from relatively small companies without proven track records or proven development tools and methodologies. (PicoChip is a notable exception here, having shipped chips for 3G cellular and WiMAX base stations for some time. (EETimes)
Curl RIA tools hook up to Eclipse framework Aug 7, 2008
Curl Development tools for Eclipse (CDE) is aimed at U.S. developers who have a preference for the popular Eclipse development environment, said Jnan Dash, chief strategy officer ... Curl Development tools for Eclipse (CDE) is aimed at U.S. developers who have a preference for the popular Eclipse development environment, said Jnan Dash, chief strategy officer. (Search Webservices)
Curl embraces Eclipse IDE Aug 6, 2008
Curl Development Tools for Eclipse will be the company's first set of plugins for the Eclipse IDE ... RIA (rich Internet application) vendor Curl will announce Tuesday that it has completed its initial transition over to the Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment) with a set of Eclipse plugins, Curl Development Tools for Eclipse (CDE). (InfoWorld)
Taking advantage of multicore PCs Aug 6, 2008
But most developers aren't Olympians, and so need development tools and operating systems to handle much of the multicore effort for them. Software vendors are beginning to rise to the challenge, according to a Forrester Research report, by delivering low-level language extensions and libraries. (InfoWorld)
ACCESS Announces NetFront Browser Widgets on ACCESS Linux Platform, Support for Mobile Internet Devices Aug 4, 2008
It provides widget players, development tools, and widget content together in one package for operators and device manufacturers. This latest Widget offering follows the company's recent announcement of a NetFront Browser Widgets community site (), where users can download and try widgets for Windows Mobile devices for free. (PR Newswire)
Oracle buys Global Knowledge Aug 1, 2008
GKS also supplies development tools to some of Oracle's competitors, including SAP and Microsoft. Oracle said it will continue to support customers that use GKS tools to train on non-Oracle applications, and hopes to expand this part of the business. (InfoWorld)
XMOS introduces development kit for software-silicon combination Jul 29, 2008
The XS1-G4 device is programmed using web-based XMOS development tools which include C and XC compilers, simulator and debugger. The kit includes a tutorial on XC, which is the XMOS-originated programming language supporting parallelism, concurrent and real-time programming using channel-based communications, and event-driven control. (EETimes)
Octopi Re-Acquires Assets from FUN Technologies Jul 29, 2008
There is a large market for casual strategy/mmo style games and Octopi has the experience and development tools to rapidly deliver some exciting products. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Innovation Still At BI Forefront After Round Of Consolidation Jul 26, 2008
"We have seen a strong correlation between the use of their business development tools and an increase in productivity," Tobin said via e-mail. Another game-changer involves the use of free open-source code to build BI applications. (Investors Business Daily)
GarageGames Announces Torque for the iPhone Jul 25, 2008
As the makers of Torque Game Builder, Torque Game Engine, Torque Game Engine Advanced, and Torque X, they have been providing game development tools and technology at an affordable price since 2000. The Torque Technologies line of game engines have been used since to develop hits such as Marble Blast Ultra, Fallen Empire: Legions, Penny Arcade Adventures, Screwjumper, and countless other titles on Windows, Mac, Linux, Wii, Xbox 360, and GarageGames' own InstantAction. (IGN Wireless Games)
Microsoft Robotics: The Inside Scoop Jul 24, 2008
I reflected that the market was really not here yet, but there was an opportunity to help it emerge by developing a common ground and good development tools that would better enable the community to come together and build on itself. Bill liked the idea, but before approving sent me to Craig Mundie, one of Bill's direct reports looking to future opportunities and strategies and now one of the senior execs taking over for Bill. (Fox News)
Sell games on Xbox 360, keep the spoils Jul 23, 2008
In 2006 Microsoft became the first of the three console makers to open development tools for independent game creators. In May, Nintendo Co. followed with a similar program for its best-selling Wii console. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Microsoft to let developers sell Xbox games online Jul 23, 2008
In 2006 Microsoft became the first of the three console makers to open development tools for independent game creators. In May, Nintendo followed with a similar program for its best-selling Wii console. (USA Today -- Tech)
Law firm to mix Apple and Berry Jul 22, 2008
"I don't think its inventors were really thinking about web-delivered applications, however, when they came up with the device. "They might be able to change the operating system to cater for that, particularly on the development tools, but that's not the case yet. " Specifically, Neiditsch points to collaborative Web 2.0 applications developed in the law firm, which have been difficult to port to the BlackBerry. "We have a very powerful people directory, which allows us to interact and... (Australian IT)
Viewpoint: Analog IP integration needs support Jul 22, 2008
A successful IP model provides a robust ecosystem of software development tools, hardware tools and real-time that support the IP. Additionally, designers need integration support, since mixed-signal designs can be difficult to integrate and there is a finite pool of internal resources to draw from. Analog IP suppliers must support design teams' lack of in-house integration expertise and guide them throughout the entire design cycle to ensure and expedite successful silicon results. (EETimes)
Rally Software keeps climbing Jul 21, 2008
A Boulder company that makes software development tools, , wants to revolutionize the industry. Such grandiose plans can yield either utter failure or spectacular success. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Wizzard Software Letter to Shareholders Jul 17, 2008
Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via computer or telephone. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Books are available for citizen review Jul 14, 2008
Instruction on how to preen through confusing, generic leadership models and establish development tools that facilitate lasting, effective results. 186 pages. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Carbon Design Systems acquires SoC designer from ARM Jul 14, 2008
In previews interviews ARM representatives had expressed the belief that ARM had to develop and market its own development tools because it could not count on the timely collaboration of a third party ... Following the agreement, John Cornish, vice president and general manager, ARM System Design Division stated that, "The agreement between ARM and Carbon will ensure customers have access to a fast, cycle-accurate design environment in which they can architect and validate advanced SoC designs... (EETimes)
GOP pair face off for chance at seat Jul 13, 2008
Clemente: Through multiple economic development tools and incentives ... Using the above-mentioned economic development tools and incentives. (The News-Herald)
