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Does remote working work?
Blog There are a whole slew of web sites where you can farm out web development work (GetAFreelancer.com is the one I have heard of). I'm also guessing that this is at loggerheads with Agile Programming-style approaches to development, where developers...
[April 10, 2008, 10:03]
Using mHealth to Promote Development in Africa
Blog I have a little bit of a technical background, but have always had a strong interest in working for an organization that is doing something to help development in Africa’s sub-Saharan region. Awa Dieng, a program officer at the nonprofit...
[September 12, 2008, 17:29]
Is SCM a prerequisite for follow-the-sun development teams?
Blog Getting these engineers to work in harmony from a code development perspective needs, unsurprisingly perhaps, a code repository and management layer in the form of a Software Change Management (SCM) system.
[November 9, 2009, 18:24]
Confronting the Challenges of Tomorrow
Blog We must work together as a cohesive force to expedite development of natural resources, eliminate the abuse of the environment. Utilize today’s technology to expand the desalinization of water increase the development of Alternative energy with an...
[June 30, 2008, 9:15]
PDC Day minus one
Blog The real bonus is the screen which has a 1280 x 768 resolution and makes it actually possible to use the machine for development work in a modern IDE. While development on the Asus is possible it feels far to cramped on screen.
[October 26, 2008, 15:01]
What to expect from Intel’s ‘Parallel Universe’ Software Conference 2009
Blog Indeed, ZDNet.co.uk itself is hosting a series of videos here to explain the intricacies of making parallelism work in your own development environment through the use of abstraction techniques, which provide an arguably less painful alternative...
[April 20, 2009, 6:06]
Agile’s enterprise evolution?
Blog But it is of special importance here because for Agile to work properly, a very close relationship is needed between development teams and the business they serve. Fans of Agile will argue that it is largely common sense and that it is faster, more...
[October 1, 2007, 18:06]
Up periscope: Adobe's GUI updates for US Navy's green screens
Blog Turner told a mixed bag of journalists from Western Europe that she was almost disappointed that web development has failed to keep pace with desktop application development in the wider sense. Consumerisation of the Internet has even impacted the...
[December 5, 2008, 6:31]
Government launches new e-crime unit
Blog Based in the Metropolitan Police Service, the PCEU will work with the National Fraud Reporting Centre and support the development of the police response to e-crime across the country. The new e-crime unit will work closely with the National Fraud...
[September 30, 2008, 14:45]
Tiers of technology for a green planet
Blog The UK has a unique opportunity to prosper in key markets of the future by taking a lead in the development of low carbon technologies and services in power, buildings, transport and industry. No matter what the solutions are to the issue of...
[December 6, 2007, 21:20]
Vendors snuggle up for Microsoft PDC
Blog Just a short train ride from Hollywood, the great and good of the software development industry are buddying up with Microsoft this week to celebrate PDC (Professional Developers Conference) 2008. Oh - and apparently they’ve catered for 32-bit...
[October 27, 2008, 7:37]
Skype HQ Video and 4 months on what has changed ?.
Blog Skype listen carefully, we DON’T want Skype to work with our washing machine or our vacuum cleaner WE want the basic Skype to work trouble free on our laptops/PC’s or Skype phones, then you can think about continuing with the development.
[March 3, 2008, 13:05]
Technology research labs: pure vs. applied
Blog APPLIED: This rather less excitable but equally talented team take a more empirical approach to R&D and, when reviewing the PURE team’s work, might just be overheard muttering things like “well, that’s a crazy idea that would never work in the...
[March 11, 2008, 16:33]
The collaboration conundrum: what’s wrong with REPLY ALL anyway?
Blog I’ve been trying to follow the development of a few companies that offer online collaboration tools in the form of so-called ‘secure online workspaces’ for project development. Of course I’m looking at these tools with an eye on developer...
[November 17, 2008, 7:09]
Is Google playing fair in Africa?
Blog Just been at a really interesting event at Chatham House in London called Technology: A Platform for Development. The conference had lots of very interesting speakers from NGOs and development agencies as well as lots of vendors who are keen to...
[October 31, 2008, 17:03]
Linux on Netbooks - with PICTURES!
Blog In fact, even though I have kept the Kubuntu patched up to date, I haven't seen any changes or updates to the KDE Netbook Desktop come through since I first installed it at the end of October, so I assume by this time it is well out of date with...
[December 30, 2009, 9:50]
Microsoft begins work on Windows 8
Blog He described himself as: "Working in high security department for research and development involving strategic planning for medium and long-term projects. Research & Development projects including 128bit architecture compatibility with the Windows...
[November 30, 2009, 7:49]
More hot news from xG!
Blog They've extended a development deal with Cambridge Consultants to create a handset for their xMax wireless data/VoIP standard. We selected Cambridge Consultants for their expertise in innovative product development, and their ability to get product...
[March 4, 2008, 13:56]
Australian Collaboration Situation
Blog Collaborative Australian and Kiwi software application development has always benefitted from the nine to ten-hour time difference we share with the boys and girls down under when it comes to development projects built around a follow-the-sun...
[August 17, 2009, 10:02]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog One of the most exciting events has been a meeting in Geneva of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - and with a name like the Inter-Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a Development Agenda for WIPO, it's hard to see why The Sun...
[April 15, 2005, 19:30]
