HTML5 WebSocket to hasten Web app comms
Thanks to its chattiness, the traditional communications protocol for shuttling data around the World Wide Web is not very efficient. Now an HTML5-related standard called WebSocket could cut some of...
View ArticleCitrix exposes APIs for its collaborative software
Hoping to spark closer integration with third-party applications, Citrix has exposed a number of APIs (application programming interfaces) for three of its collaborative services, GoToMeeting,...
View ArticleAdobe donates Flex to Apache
In a move that appears to be another step away from its Flash platform, Adobe has submitted the code for its Flash-based Flex framework to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to be managed as an...
View ArticlePHP 5.4 emerges from the collapse of PHP 6.0
With the pending release of PHP version 5.4, due early next year, the creators behind the popular Web scripting language are including the best parts of the now-abandoned PHP 6.0 project.
View ArticleYahoo simplifies developer access to BOSS search development platform
Yahoo will introduce on Wednesday several new features in its Search BOSS application development platform intended to make it easier for programmers and web publishers to adopt and use.
View ArticleFacebook releases a PHP just-in-time compiler
In its continuing endeavor to serve its 800 million users as quickly as possible, Facebook is once again revamping the way it handles its PHP-based Web pages.
View ArticleEricsson lays groundwork for calls from mobile browsers with Bowser
Ericsson has launched the world's first WebRTC-compatible browser for mobile devices, which will allow developers to integrate voice and video communications in their Web-based applications.
View ArticleMicrosoft launches hosted ALM service
After a year in beta, Microsoft has launched its Team Foundation Service, a hosted version of its application lifecycle management (ALM) software. Its usage, for the time being, has been limited to...
View ArticleWindows 8 presses developers to update their skills
Microsoft likes to talk about Windows 8 as being Windows "reimagined," and in many ways it is quite a departure from its predecessors. To allow the operating system's use across a range of touchscreen...
View ArticleBloomberg opens platform for third-party apps
Bloomberg has launched an app portal that will allow subscribers of its financial information service to access additional third-party functionality, and even contribute apps of their own.
View ArticleAmazon connects node.js to AWS services
Amazon is providing a way for one of the most popular JavaScript extensions, node.js, to easily access the Amazon Web Service collection of cloud computing capabilities.
View ArticleRuby on Rails receives the third security patch in less than a month
Developers of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework released versions 3.0.20 and 2.3.16 of the software on Monday in order to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability.
View ArticleOpera moves to the WebKit rendering engine
Creating some consternation in the Web development community, Opera Software is switching from a home-built rendering engine to the more widely used open-source WebKit, now employed in the Apple Safari...
View ArticleIBM makes big mobile push with MobileFirst
IBM is making a renewed push into the burgeoning market for all things mobile, saying it can help its corporate customers grow revenue and become more competitive through mobile app development.
View ArticleAdobe CTO Kevin Lynch resigns to work at Apple
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch is leaving the company to take a job at Apple, a one-time close partner of Adobe that became the most vociferous critic of its Flash technology.
View ArticleMicrosoft enlists Bing to enhance Windows 8.1 apps
In its ongoing challenge to attract more users to Windows 8, Microsoft is offering bits of its Bing Internet search service to boost the functionality of third-party Windows Store applications.
View ArticleGoogle posts Chromecast development kit for third-party apps
For the launch of its much-discussed Chromecast device for streaming content to TVs, Google focused largely on how users will be able to display YouTube and Netflix videos on their televisions. But the...
View ArticleFirefox, Chrome strengthen in-browser debugging
Mozilla and Google have updated their browsers with features to help developers more effectively write and debug their websites.
View ArticleDevelopers can now sell Web apps in Amazon's Appstore
Developers can now submit Web apps and offer them alongside native Android-based programs on Amazon's Appstore.
View ArticleApplication-layer DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated
The number of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that target weak spots in Web applications in addition to network services has risen during the past year and attackers are using increasingly...
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